The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast

Recently, a Monitor reporter came across someone who recognized a pretty hopeless pattern that has run its course in multiple African countries beginning to play out in Maine. So she committed herself to interrupting it. Even more impressive, she didn’t keep what experience had taught her to herself. She shared it widely. Also: today’s other stories: addressing food insecurity around the world, reconstruction in Ukraine, and the complicated intersection of the tech world with the spiritual. Join the Monitor's Trudy Palmer and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Two stories that broke this week, one about a grave historical wrong and another about a person breaking historical barriers, show that history isn’t really in the past, or merely fodder for books. It’s alive and evolving, as fresh discoveries shed new light on events and our understanding of them. Also: today’s stories, including a look at the state of public education in the United States, what the end of Roe will mean for upcoming elections, and the evolving meaning of the national anthem. Join the Monitor's Linda Feldmann and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Abnormally high heat is a problem. But if places where three-digit temperatures are the norm can teach us something, it’s how crucial adaptability is. Also: today’s stories include a Supreme Court ruling about the Environmental Protection Agency, a look at democracies and the rule of law, and Indian Muslims looking for safe spaces in New Delhi. Join the Monitor’s Clara Germani and Clay Collins for today’s news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

If Cassidy Hutchinson’s blockbuster assertions prove to be a breakthrough in the Jan. 6 investigation, it would not be the first time a high-profile congressional hearing hinged on the testimony of a little-known aide. Also: today’s stories, including a look at how the air might be a solution to the drinking water shortage, how the church in the Philippines is rethinking its role in politics and a look at Romanian weddings taking ancestral villages by storm. Join the Monitor's Dave Scott and Erika Page for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

The most explosive testimony yet from the Jan. 6 committee came today in a surprise hearing. The sole witness? A recent graduate who had an extraordinary window into the inner workings of the Trump White House. Her testimony portrayed the president as irascible, throwing dishware, grabbing the steering wheel of the presidential limousine, and lunging for the throat of a Secret Service agent when they refused to take him to the Capitol. Also: today’s stories, including how Biden is bolstering American leadership in Europe, a bifurcated war in Ukraine, and progress on climate change in Louisiana. Join the Monitor's Ali Martin and Stephen Humphries for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

As Saudi Arabia surges into a post-oil future. Can its people keep up? Also: today’s stories, including why a WWII refugee from Ukraine is linking Putin’s war to Stalin’s famine, how Africa shoulders a huge migration burden, and why it matters, and how the Supreme Court has changed religion in public schools. Join the Monitor's Amelia Newcomb and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

After almost half a century, Roe v. Wade is no more. How will the overturning of Roe reverberate through America? Also: today’s stories, including How Ukraine's candidacy for EU sends a signal, but the hard part is just beginning, how military veterans are among the vocal backers of gun safety, and how the Jan. 6 panel is holding up public officials as the ‘backbone of democracy.’ Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Noelle Swan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

In the midst of seemingly insurmountable challenges, storytelling can be a powerful tool to highlight progress and collaboration. Also: today’s stories, including the new Supreme Court ruling, Russia’s war correspondents, and our education system. Join the Monitor’s Mark Sappenfield and Ali Martin for today’s news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Toni McClendon has fought for reproductive and minority rights in Pittsburgh for decades. But she has long eschewed the labels “pro-choice” and “pro-life” as divisive, limiting and above all failing to address what many Black women experience in America’s shrill reproduction debate. Also: today’s stories, including how the heat wave reminds world leaders there are challenges beyond Ukraine, how three girls injured in the Ukraine war are moving towards healing, and what gun deal means for Americans. Join the Monitor's Dave Scott and April Austin for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

As Title IX turns 50, the Monitor is reflecting on its wide-ranging legacy, from uplifting womens’ sports to protecting students on college campuses. Monitor reporter Kendra Nordin Beato tells about her reflections on what Title IX has meant in her life and her experience reporting on it. Also, today’s stories: an election that has shaken Emmanuel Macron’s control in France; a pair of troubling disappearances in the Amazon; and points of progress around the world. Join the Monitor's Kendra Nordin Beato and Ken Kaplan for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.