Episodes
4
Nov. 23, 2024
In Glass, Part I
The story of a woman who faced a really loaded question: how far should you go to get pregnant?
3
Nov. 16, 2024
The Rise and Fall of Purity Culture
Through the eyes of a couple who lived through some of its best features–and some of its worst
2
Nov. 9, 2024
Navigating the Wilderness of Grief
WORLD Radio’s Jenny Rough was worried. Last year, her memory seemed to be slipping, and few things scared her more than descending into dementia as she got older. She also came across some recent research that tied dementia and Alzheimer's disease to a person’s ability to navigate–and Jenny has always had a little trouble with maps. Worst of all, her own mother had passed away from Parkinson’s disease a few years before. So, naturally, Jenny went for a good long hike … and got lost. On this ep...
1
Nov. 2, 2024
The Feminine Mystake
Mallory Millett blames her own feminist icon sister Kate for the most destructive ideas about women the world has ever seen
6
Aug. 25, 2023
The Death Doula
A Christian woman learns what it means to patrol the line between life and death
5
Aug. 18, 2023
Dreamland
A young man teaches himself to “lucid dream” and stumbles into one of life’s great mysteries
4
Aug. 11, 2023
Breaking a blood oath
An Albanian family struggles desperately to avoid getting caught up in “blood feud”
3
Aug. 4, 2023
The Experience Machines, Part Two
Stewart Freeman heads into one of the metaverse’s wildest apps to preach the Gospel
2
July 28, 2023
The Experience Machines, Part One
A young man explores a new technology that delivers what he was looking for–just not in the way he expected
1
July 21, 2023
You think you know someone
An Illinois couple learns the hard way that sometimes people aren’t quite what they seem
July 14, 2023
Singletake: Blindsided
When Rachel Cochrane was 17, she headed off with her mom to attend an Air Force Academy ball with her brand-new, first-ever boyfriend. It should have been so romantic. It wasn’t. Music licensed via podcastmusic.com from 5 Alarm, ALIBI Music, Atomica Music. News clips from KOAA News. Final song: The Manhattans, "Kiss and Say Goodbye”
April 28, 2023
Singletake: The sheer terror of impending catastrophe
On April 12, 1999, Air Force cadet James Busch stepped out of an airplane 6,000 feet in the air for a routine practice jump. But his parachute didn’t open. Neither did his reserve. And then things got really bad. It’s a helpless feeling to watch a big problem come rushing up from a long way away, knowing that you’re out of options. But sometimes God works in unexpected ways.
April 1, 2023
Two days to change her mind
Last September Roberta Bayer got a call from her mom, who was in a nursing home in southern Ontario. Roberta had to come up and visit that weekend, her mom said, or it would be too late. Roberta realized that she had 48 hours to stop her mother from doing something terrible.
8
Sept. 16, 2022
The Freedom Show Part II
The Kim regime’s information blockade is crumbling. Truth under the totalitarian society is finding a foothold. Free North Korea Radio is sending hope and the Gospel across the DMZ.
8
Sept. 16, 2022
The Freedom Show Part II
The Kim regime’s information blockade is crumbling. Truth under the totalitarian society is finding a foothold. Free North Korea Radio is sending hope and the Gospel across the DMZ.
8
Sept. 16, 2022
The Freedom Show Part II
The Kim regime’s information blockade is crumbling. Truth under the totalitarian society is finding a foothold. Free North Korea Radio is sending hope and the Gospel across the DMZ.
7
Sept. 9, 2022
The Freedom Show - Part I
A tiny band of North Korean defectors is battling for the hearts and minds of 25 million people with shortwave news and programming. Free North Korea Radio, founded by Christians, is helping people in the world’s most totalitarian state imagine life without the Kim regime. Will the truth set them free?
7
Sept. 9, 2022
The Freedom Show - Part I
A tiny band of North Korean defectors is battling for the hearts and minds of 25 million people with shortwave news and programming. Free North Korea Radio, founded by Christians, is helping people in the world’s most totalitarian state imagine life without the Kim regime. Will the truth set them free?
7
Sept. 9, 2022
The Freedom Show - Part I
A tiny band of North Korean defectors is battling for the hearts and minds of 25 million people with shortwave news and programming. Free North Korea Radio, founded by Christians, is helping people in the world’s most totalitarian state imagine life without the Kim regime. Will the truth set them free?
6
Sept. 2, 2022
Meaningful Discussions
A Christian teacher tries do her job amid a dumpster fire of controversy and identity politics
6
Sept. 2, 2022
Meaningful Discussions
A Christian teacher tries do her job amid a dumpster fire of controversy and identity politics
6
Sept. 2, 2022
Meaningful Discussions
A Christian teacher tries do her job amid a dumpster fire of controversy and identity politics