Listener Feedback

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Friday, October 29th. 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 Listener Feedback. And for that we turn to executive editor Paul Butler.

PAUL BUTLER, EDITOR: Good morning!

EICHER: Well, the last time we did Listener Feedback we were in Minnesota for our live event. So today we have two months of email and voicemails to go through. What have listeners been saying?

BUTLER: Far and away we heard the most from listeners praising Les Sillars’ two-part special on Free North Korea Radio. It was called The Freedom Show. Matt Brown from Tucson, Arizona, summed up just about all the feedback we got about these two programs.

MATT BROWN: Wow, what an incredible production. What a super helpful, super interesting podcast on current affairs in North Korea. You know, this came as a complete surprise. I didn’t hear about any um ticklers on this particular podcast. Fell on a Saturday morning. I’m thinking I’m in withdrawal from The World and Everything in It. Low and behold there’s something in my podcast inbox and I just start to listen. And I’m absolutely mesmerized, enthralled. Can’t say enough good about this particular podcast. It’s quality. It’s investigative reporting. Outstanding. Thank you so much for these kinds of just amazing ongoing podcasts that really just meet such a such valuable need to us as listeners. So a home run Les Sillars.

Thank you, Matt. And thanks to all of you who listened, loved it, and took the time to write and tell us that. We really appreciate knowing that you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed creating it. If you didn’t get a chance to listen to those programs, we’ll put a link to them in today’s transcript. Look for that at WNG.org. (Part 1 and Part 2)

EICHER: And we do plan to do more special episodes like this. In fact, stay tuned for a four part story that Kim Henderson is working on titled: Truth be Told on abuse and healing. We hope to release it in mid-November.

BROWN: We’ve also gotten several emails from listeners asking about Lawless. That’s the true crime podcast hosted by author and former WORLD Magazine reporter Lynn Vincent.

BUTLER: It is still coming! We’ve moved the release date back to March 31st of next year.

Back to the phone lines now for a call from Todd Cheney. He’s an active duty military chaplain stationed in South Carolina.

TODD CHENEY: I wanted to respond to the excellent report that Joshua Schumacher provided today on veteran’s struggles with the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. The subject really focused on PTSD. However in my time as a chaplain with one tour of duty to Iraq and two to Afghanistan, I’ve become convinced that PTSD is often time a name we incorrectly give to combat veterans that have been betrayed or they’re sacredly held beliefs and morals have been violated due to what they have either done in combat or witnessed. It is what trauma specialists called soul or moral injury. I draw this to The World and Everything in It's attention because I believe this undiagnosable phenomenon is what’s truly behind the sad reality of veteran suicide. A Biblical example of this is Elijah in 1 Kings 18 and 19. Prayerfully your listeners will have a broader perspective of veteran behaviors and suicides as they consider the impact of combat trauma and soul injuries. Thanks so much for your exceptional reporting.

BUTLER: Thank you, Todd. And thank you for your service.

Next, we have a call from Ian McAllister from Western Massachusetts.

IAN MCALLISTER: Just listened to today’s program and just wanted to say I love Whitney Williams’ great commentary at the end about the pulled pork and bologna sandwiches fundraiser. Just really well done. Heartfelt, touching and sweet and funny and all the good stuff. So keep up the good work, and we’ll keep listening. Thanks.

BUTLER: From a piece that touched hearts to one that, well, I’ll let listener Charlie Herndon explain.

CHARLIE HERNDON: Hey! Nick Eicher is right in the Kicker about Arc All Souls Academy and filler words, as they are, you know, like well they’re on to something. So, I mean, this is why I love this shazam WORLD podcast! Jenkies, it’s the bomb! ‘Cause communication on WORLD podcasts is always spot-on, never filler, you know? Other podcasts get filled up with, well, jumble spuz. So, I mean, at the end of the day, in my opinion, you know, honestly, you see, it’s reasonable to assume here’s to the most excellent, stupendous podcast! Preservative and filler free, and you know it!

EICHER: You may not know what Charlie is talking about, we’ve included a link to our October 11th kicker on expelling verbal fillers words...

BUTLER: And finally, we’ll end today with some praise for our audio engineers.

LORRAINE FRITCH: Hello, I’m Lorraine, from southern California. And I want to give a shout out to Carl Peetz and Johnny Franklin for their creative audio engineering. I’m still chuckling over the “Bye, Corona” clip from Friday’s podcast. Of all the parodies out there, you found a great one. And introduced me to a new band. Thanks, guys, for staying up late.

And that’s this month’s listener feedback.

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