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Monday, October 25, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:39):
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Issues to Watch this Week: Democrats Say They Are Nearing Agreement on Massive Federal Spending Bill—But What Will it Be?

WALL STREET JOURNAL (PETER GRANITZ AND ELIZA COLLINS)
Democratic Voters Back Biden's Big Spending Bill

NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL D. SHEAR)
Biden the Dealmaker Finds That Compromise Can Have Consequences

PART 2 (8:40 - 13:39):
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Issues to Watch: Paramount Case In Abortion As Supreme Court Fast Tracks Hearing on Constitutionality Of Texas Abortion Law

CNN (ARIANE DE VOGUE)
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Criticizes Colleagues for Allowing Texas Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect

NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Supreme Court Again Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Law

PART 3 (13:40 - 14:57):
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Issues to Watch: Major Issues Leading Up The Gubernatorial Vote In Virginia Next Tuesday — Including Who Decides Education Of Children

PART 4 (14:58 - 22:28):
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Worldview Consequences of Geography: Rural Counties In Maryland Argue for Joining West Virginia. Why? Worldview Matters

NEW YORK TIMES (MICHAEL LEVENSON)
Bye, Maryland? Lawmakers in 3 Counties Float a Plan to Secede From the State.

ASSOCIATED PRESS (IRIS SAMUELS)
Montana Redistricting Commission Advances Two Map Proposals

PART 5 (22:29 - 26:20):
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An American Story: Chief Earl Old Person, Blackfeet Nation Chief for 60 Years, Dies at Age 92

NEW YORK TIMES (CLAY RISEN)
Earl Old Person, Chief of the Blackfeet Nation, Dies at 92

Leviticus 5:1–6:30

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Friday, October 22, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:25):
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Lessons In The Symbiotic Relationship Of Press and Political Elite — Lesson One: Katie Couric Apologizes For Protecting Ruth Bader Ginsberg Over 2016 Interview

WASHINGTON POST (ERIK WEMPLE)
Katie Couric Admits She Was Wrong to ‘Protect’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg

PART 2 (9:26 - 11:22):
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The Symbiotic Relationship Of Press and Political Elite — Lesson Two: The Book Business and Big Media

PART 3 (11:23 - 15:28):
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The Symbiotic Relationship Of Press and Political Elite — Lesson Three: Press Positively Covers Fashion Shift As Politics

NEW YORK TIMES (VANESSA FRIEDMAN)
Kyrsten Sinema’s Style Keeps Us Guessing

PART 4 (15:29 - 19:35):
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‘Gender Agnosticism’ On The Runway As Fashion Synthesizes With The Moral Revolution

NEW YORK TIMES (VANESSA FRIEDMAN AND GUY TREBAY)
The End of Gender

PART 5 (19:36 - 21:49):
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Why Are Cities More Liberal than Rural Areas? — Dr. Mohler RespondsTo Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 6 (21:50 - 23:17):
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Can The Supreme Court Overturn Texas Heartbeat Law But Still Overturn Roe v. Wade? — Dr. Mohler Responds To Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 7 (23:18 - 26:32):
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How Should Young Women Pursue Education and Careers Without Succumbing To The Cultural Imperative Of ‘Career First, Babies Second’? — Dr. Mohler Responds To Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

Rethinking Christian Witness in a Post-Christian Age, Lecture 2

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:40):
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The End Of Humanity Would Result In End Of Meaning? We Are Thinking Atoms? Worldview Clash Revealed at The Guardian

THE GUARDIAN (TARA CONLAN)
Earth’s Demise Could Rid Galaxy of Meaning, Warns Brian Cox Ahead of Cop26

PART 2 (11:41 - 18:44):
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‘Meaning Emerges From Sufficiently Complex Biological Machines’ — The Secular Worldview Attempts Definitions to Define Humanity In A Worldview Without God

PART 3 (18:45 - 22:19):
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Missionaries In Haiti Kidnapped For Ransom — More Evidence of Human Sinfulness on Display

WALL STREET JOURNAL (DAVID LUHNOW AND JUAN MONTES)
Haiti Kidnapping: What Happened to the Missionaries, and Who Is the 400 Mawozo Gang?

PART 4 (22:20 - 27:15):
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Someone Who ‘Represents all North Carolinians’ Instead? Modern Ideology Of Representation Goes After Statue Of Billy Graham for U. S. Capitol

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (SHERRI ZANN ROSENTHAL)
Billy Graham Statue at the US Capitol Won’t Represent Me, Many Others in NC

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 4:19):
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Get Ready for Big Action at the High Court — The Texas Abortion Law Heads Back to Supreme Court

NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law

PART 2 (4:20 - 17:47):
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Is the Pro-Life Argument Based on a Mistranslation of Scripture? Of Course Not, But the Washington Post Runs the Argument

WASHINGTON POST (DANYA RUTTENBERG AND KATEY ZEH)
An Ancient Mistranslation Is Now Helping to Threaten Abortion Rights

PART 3 (17:48 - 23:32):
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The Child Is Not the Mere Creature of the State’ — A Reminder of a Big Lesson on Parental Rights from the Supreme Court

WALL STREET JOURNAL (GERARD BAKER)
Merrick Garland Has a List, and You’re Probably on It

WALL STREET JOURNAL
‘The Child Is Not the Mere Creature of the State’

PART 4 (23:33 - 26:19):
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One Lifetime and an Entire Culture Ago — Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) Dies At 95

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ has died

Providence, Power, and Destiny: Winston Churchill and Christian Belief — A Conversation with Gary Scott Smith

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The Exclusivity of Christ

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 17:50):
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The Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Boston Marathon Bomber, But Still Says it Will Stop Federal Executions? Sometimes, Irony Reveals the Truth

NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Restore Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber

NEW YORK TIMES (NICK MADIGAN, MICHAEL LEVENSON AND NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS)
Parkland School Shooting Suspect to Plead Guilty

PART 2 (17:51 - 20:31):
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What Is Behind The Death Penalty? At the Most Foundational Level Is The Imago Dei, Justice, and the Value of Human Life

PART 3 (20:32 - 26:43):
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His Battles Are Over: The Complicated Life and Legacy Of General Colin Powell As Military Leader And Secretary Of State

WASHINGTON POST (BRADLEY GRAHAM)
Colin L. Powell, Former Secretary of State and Military Leader, Dies at 84

Monday, October 18, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:15):
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Biden Appointed Commission on Supreme Court Suggests Term Limits for Justices — So Why Would That Be a Bad Idea? Answer: Our Commitment to the Separation of Powers

THE HILL (JOHN KRUZEL)
Two Conservatives Resign from Biden's Supreme Court Commission

PART 2 (13:16 - 17:0):
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So Other Nations Have Term Limits for Judges? Well, Other Nations Have Other Constitutions. The U.S. Has Its Constitutional System for Good Reason

ASSOCIATED PRESS (JESSICA GRESKO)
Supreme Court Commission Talks Positively of Shorter Terms

PART 3 (17:1 - 26:7):
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Dave Chapelle Controversy Challenges the LGBTQ Doctrine of Harm — What Is At Stake In This Controversy For Christians?

NEW YORK TIMES (JOHN KOBLIN)
Netflix Loses Its Glow as Critics Target Chappelle Special

NEW YORK TIMES (JASON ZINOMAN)
Dave Chappelle Isn’t Canceled. He Just Likes to Talk About It.