Listener Feedback

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Friday, June 25th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Myrna Brown.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Time now for this month’s Listener Feedback.

But first: a correction. A commentary this month had Jesus walking in Palestine. What we should have said was that he was walking the streets and hills of Judaea and Samaria.

BROWN: Ok, on now to your calls and emails. And we’ll start with the one that traveled the farthest. Listener Kristi Colas sent us this voice memo she recorded on her smartphone from France. She said she’s lived in Europe for 13 years and has listened to the program for a few years now.

COLAS: One thing I enjoy the most about your podcast is the fact that you cover the world news so well. When I first heard that the name was The World and Everything in It, I kind of rolled my eyes because in America I have found that so many times when they say, ok now we’re going to give news about the world, it’s almost all still about America. And now that I’ve lived overseas for so long, I’ve realized that the world is a much bigger place than the U.S. And so I love the fact that you cover international stories so well. So, please keep up the good work with that.

I do have one question, and that is, what time of day do you record the different parts of the podcast? Just curious about the daily schedule. But you all do a wonderful job. Thanks so much!

EICHER: It’s a good question, and the one thing I can say about the daily schedule that’s pretty predictable is this, and you’ll see it’s quite Biblical: The first is last. In other words, Kent Covington and his team work really hard to provide the most up-to-date news for you, so the first thing in is typically the last thing out.

So whether it’s Myrna and me or Mary and me, we go first, so Johnny and Carl can start working their magic as early in the evening as possible, then Kent prepares the breaking news, then we’re out the door.

There are exceptions, but not very frequently.

RUSSELL: Joy here, from California. Love, love, love the program. Listen to you daily. But I just have a question that’s probably on a lot of our minds. Do Johnny Franklin and Carl Peetz no longer stay up late to get the program to us early? Wonderin’ in California! Thanks!

BROWN: Joy, I’ve got to hand it to you. You stumped us there for a minute. Then we figured out you were referring to the close on our Friday program. We’ve gotten out of the habit of calling Johnny and Carl our night owls, but believe me, they still are! They stay up late every night to get the program to you early.

EICHER: Alright, let’s go to the listener line.

MCALLISTER: Hi, this is Ian McAllister. I’m calling from Western Massachusetts. Love the program. Was just listening to today’s program. Great job Jenny Rough for your piece on boxing and Parkinson’s disease. Fascinating and well done. Thank you and keep up the good work.

BROWN: Thank you, Ian, agreed! Jenny finds really good stories.

EICHER: She does, and as a matter of fact, she and Mary Reichard are up in Montana reporting an episode of the Legal Docket podcast—preparing for Season 2, after the Supreme Court adjourns for the summer. So we’ve got that to look forward to.

BROWN: And that’s feedback for the month of June. But before we say goodbye, one more thing.

EICHER: Yeah, I think these guys heard their names mentioned one too many times. They’ve got a few words…

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