The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast
The editors of The Christian Science Monitor take you beyond the headlines with the ideas driving progress in this 15-minute news briefing. The Monitor Daily Podcast is available each Monday through Friday at 6 pm ET. For more information on the Daily or The Christian Science Monitor, visit csmonitor.com. Send your comments, suggestions or thoughts to podcast@csmonitor.com.
Thursday, April 28, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
A tearful farewell to retiring Justice Stephen Breyer from Chief Justice John Roberts gives hope in polarized times. Also: today’s stories, including Germany’s moral foreign policy, weapons powered by artificial intelligence, and a trip to Michael Flynn’s corner of the GOP. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Erika Page for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
After two months of war, Ukrainians are already developing a shared historical perspective, born of experience, and a deepening sense of national pride and solidarity, our reporter finds in Bucha, Ukraine. Also: today’s stories, including what Ukraine can teach Western democracies that are facing political, economic, and cultural fissures that undermine a shared sense of national identity and purpose; the unique diplomatic bridge for the rest of modern Taiwan that shares historical and linguistic ties with Pacific Islanders; and how one Idaho second grader’s fame as an author can inspire creativity and courage in other elementary school students. Join the Monitor's Dave Scott and Ali Martin for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
I was away at college in the spring of 1992, when Los Angeles – my hometown – erupted in violence, generations of anger and frustration boiling over at the acquittal of four white police officers who had beaten a Black man named Rodney King. Also: today’s stories, including a look at how the Russian-speaking diaspora is responding to the war in Ukraine, what it's like to fly aboard Air Force One with President Biden, and a circus troupe offering hope to Senegal’s street children. Join the Monitor's Ali Martin and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Monday, April 25, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
The dateline on the story is a place called Miti. Its subject sounds like something cooked up at MIT: An innovator with a gift for electrical engineering goes DIY on a small-scale hydropower project that also carries the power to change lives. In fact, the backdrop is the rickety grid in the blackout-prone Democratic Republic of Congo. Also: today’s stories, including French President Emmanuel Macron's next challenge, a look at overpaid pandemic unemployment benefits, and a museum selling Mandela’s arrest warrant as an NFT. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Lindsey McGinnis for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Friday, April 22, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
As the White House works on the country’s response to the war in Ukraine, one Washington, D.C., small business not far from the situation room is doing its part to help Ukrainians as well. Also: today’s stories, including the French left’s hard choices, a manufacturing comeback in the Midwest, and how parents are having conversations about race with their kids. Join the Monitor's Ali Martin and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
How America reacts to the end of the federal transportation mask mandate might say more about the country than the ruling itself. Also: today’s stories, including what’s behind the flare up in violence in Jerusalem, brain drain from Russia and Ukraine, and a stunt man’s secrets. Join the Monitor's Mark Sappenfield and Clara Germani for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
What might the Democrats do to galvanize American voters by the midterm congressional elections later this year, as support for Joe Biden declines? Also: today’s stories, including why most Russians support “denazification” of Ukraine and how the Western and Russian understanding of the term “Nazi” differ, a new U.S. “ghost gun” regulation closes a loophole allowing unregistered and unmarked firearms built from kits, and an essay on coping with cultural appropriation in the U.S. Join the Monitor's Dave Scott and Jessica Mendoza for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
How did many of today’s most fraught culture wars start? Also: today’s stories, including a look at the hard choices the U.S. and its allies face as the Ukraine battle escalates, Denver’s apology for an anti-Chinese race riot, and a nurdle hunter protecting California's beaches from hidden pollution. Join the Monitor's Stephen Humphries and Ali Martin for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Monday, April 18, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Anastasia Chukovskaya was in Moscow when her husband, Alexey Zelenskiy, called from their home of nine years in Budapest, Hungary. Russia had invaded Ukraine. She rushed back, and for several days, the couple, both Russians, were “devastated.” They didn’t know what to do. Then their phone started ringing. Also: today’s stories, including a look at Afghans living on what were the Taliban’s front lines in Wardak province, how curiosity can bridge political divides, and giving up flying air travel to fight climate change. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Clay Collins for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
Friday, April 15, 2022 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily
Spiking oil prices have heightened the debate over whether the U.S. should emphasize more drilling or saving the planet. In North Dakota, officials think they’ve found a third way. Also: today’s stories, including Jackie Robinson’s efforts for the Black community on and off the field, a controversial train project stirring up debate over ecological preservation and economic development in a small countryside town of Japan, and the IRS dropping its plan plan to use facial recognition for tax identification this year. Join the Monitor's Peter Grier and Clara Germani for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.
