The World and Everything in It: July 24, 2025

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning!

State attorneys general urge the NCAA to restore fairness in women’s sports—before men were allowed to compete against them.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Also back to school season is here, and so is the battle over cellphones in the classroom. New rules draw lines between learning and distraction.

And a historic peace deal between Congo and Rwanda. But after decades of bloodshed, can paper promises bring real peace? 

And WORLD commentator Cal Thomas says late night television used to bring laughs without lectures.

REICHARD: It’s Thursday, July 24th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

BROWN: And I’m Myrna Brown. Good morning!

REICHARD: Up next, Kent Covington with today’s news.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Ukraine-Russia talks » Cameras flashed in Istanbul, Turkey, as negotiators from Russia and Ukraine met across the table Wednesday for a third round of peace talks.

Ukraine wants the meeting to lay the groundwork for a summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But Moscow has played down any expectations of a breakthrough.

Meanwhile, the White House says President Trump remains ready to impose heavy secondary sanctions against Russia if there is no peace deal in place soon. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is talking to lawmakers in Washington about those sanctions:

LEAVITT: But the president has always maintained he's the commander in chief and the president for a reason.. And so any decisions that are made with respect to sanctions, the president wants to reserve that authority and that right to himself.

Trump gave Putin 50 days to sign a peace deal or else the U.S. will hit Russia’s trading partners with heavy sanctions.

Gabbard on Obama criminal referral » Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has confirmed to reporters that she has referred former President Barack Obama and several of his aides to the Justice Dept for criminal prosecution.

GABBARD:  The evidence that we have, uh, found and that we have released, uh, directly point to President Obama leading the manufacturing of this intelligence assessment. There are multiple pieces of evidence and intelligence that confirm that fact.

She told reporters at the White House that the Obama administration manipulated intelligence documents to craft a false narrative that Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia ahead of the 2016 election.

Gabbard also released a declassified report from the GOP-led House Intelligence Committee that scrutinizes the handling of the so-called Russia probe.

The current chairman of the committee, Rick Crawford, says President Trump was the victim of political activists in the intelligence community.

CRAWFORD: Well, I think this is really sad that, um, this fraud was perpetrated on the American people, uh, for almost eight years now, and without any accountability.

But the top Democrat on the Senate Intel Committee, Mark Warner, fired back, saying—quote— “It's just another reckless act by the Director of National Intelligence, so desperate to please Donald Trump that she's willing to risk classified sources.” And he charged that Gabbard and other Trump officials are the ones politicizing intelligence, not the Obama administration.

Former President Obama's office has dismissed the accusation as a "distraction."

Epstein files » Tulsi Gabbard also fielded questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case. She told reporters that she’s seen no evidence to suggest that Epstein had any sort of written list of clients, naming those tied to his trafficking of underage girls.

GABBARD:  If anything comes before me, uh, that that changes, that in any way, uh, support the president's statement that if any credible evidence comes forward, he wants the American people to see it.

Meantime, at the Capitol:

A House subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Justice Department for files in the Epstein investigation.

The bipartisan 8-to-2 vote came just hours before the House was scheduled to end its July work session and leave Washington for a monthlong break.

The committee has also subpoenaed Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition next month. She would answer those questions from a federal prison.

Trump touts trade deal with Japan » At the White House, President Trump on Wednesday touted a new trade agreement with Japan which he announced one day earlier.

He said he is cutting the planned 25% tariff on Japanese imports:

TRUMP:  We agreed to reduce it to 15 based on the fact that Japan has agreed for the first time ever to open up its country to trade.

The president said American businesses will have greater access than ever before to the Japanese market.

He also said Japan is also planning a new investment of more than a half-trillion dollars in the United States.

Texas lawmakers begin review of floods » State lawmakers in Texas have begun a review of the devastating flash floods that struck Central Texas earlier this month, killing at least 137 people.

Nim Kidd heads the Texas Division of Emergency Management. He told lawmakers:

KIDD: I grieve for those, the families and those lives that have been devastated. The sadness and pain for the families to find and the friends of the 136 now 137 fatalities, uh, it will not leave me, and it drives us forward to do a better job.

Republican State Senator Charles Perry said the Senate panel isn’t seeking to assign blame or “armchair quarterback” as they review the disaster.

PERRY: To do so would undermine the very goal and committee's creation. The goal of our committee is to find constructive policy solutions, which we will prevent future loss of life.

State and county emergency response officials are testifying, but no officials from Kerr County, the hardest-hit area.

Twenty-seven campers and counselors, most of them children, were killed at the all-girls Christian summer camp in Kerr County, which does not have a warning system along the river.

NY photographer win » New York prosecutors are backing down in a legal battle with a Christian photographer over her First Amendment rights. WORLD’s Benjamin Eicher has more.

BENJAMIN EICHER: Prosecutors have agreed not to enforce the state’s nondiscrimination law against photographer Emilee Carpenter.

She argued the law would force her to violate her religious beliefs by photographing same-sex weddings.

The settlement ends a yearslong legal fight.

Before the agreement, Carpenter had faced the possibility of losing her business, jail time, and fines of up to $100,000.

She was represented by the nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom. Attorney Jonathan Scruggs told WORLD that while the settlement directly protects only Carpenter, it sends a clear message that Christians across New York will have stronger protections for living out their faith.

For WORLD, I’m Benjamin Eicher.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: .State attorneys general urge the N-C-A-A to restore fairness in women’s sports. 

This is The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s Thursday, the 24th of July.

Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

Up first, the ongoing fight to restore fairness to female sports.

In recent weeks the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee updated its Athlete Safety policyto align with President Trump’s Executive Order barring men from competing in women’s sports.

TRUMP: I wanna make this a really good signature cause you know this is a big one right?

BROWN: That’s a big shift for the nearly 50 national sports governing bodies under the USOPC. They’ll have to comply as well. USA Swimming is reviewing what changes it may need to make. And USA Fencing already started; in August, its new policy is set to go into effect, allowing only females to compete in the women’s category. Everyone else will compete in the men’s category.
The change by the Olympic committee could trickle down from the elite level to local sports clubs.

REICHARD: And there is more. This week, Attorneys General from 27 states sent a letter to the NCAA, urging the collegiate sports body to reverse course. They want championships, titles, awards, and records returned to women who lost them to men.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost was one of those who signed the letter. WORLD’s Lindsay Mast talked to him yesterday about what it’s asking of the NCAA.

LINDSAY MAST, INTERVIEWER: Attorney General Yost, thanks so much for being with us.

DAVE YOST, GUEST: It’s good to be with you.

MAST: Walk us through what the letter is requesting of the NCAA. What would be the ideal outcome of this letter?

YOST: Well, sure. During the somewhat chaotic years that we just came through, there were a number of female athletes who competed and placed just out of the medals or were displaced from a championship and competed against a biological male who had, you know, just candidly different, a different body type and, and was superior strength. So we think that, particularly after the Skrmetti decision, which was not on point, but kind of affirming that gender preferences are not really constitutionally required at the very least, it's the right thing to do to go back and make this right if the winning woman in a female sport ought to have the medal or the title.

MAST: What’s the relationship between the letter and Title IX protections for athletes?

YOST: Yeah, back in the bad old days before you were born, men had the ability to do sports and it taught them competition and resilience and tenacity and leadership and all these kinds of things and forged, you know, important relationships that have survived the school years and helped them later in life. Women had no such opportunities and title nine was designed to make sure that if a school is providing sports, it provided for boys and girls because both of them are equally going to benefit from the lessons and the experiences of sports. But in order to do that and have meaningful competition, you have to segregate the sexes. There's a reason there's a WNBA. Caitlin Clark is an amazing athlete. She would not want to post up against LeBron James. So the Title IX stands for the proposition that women get equal opportunities in sports. When those lines started getting blurred, those guarantees and statutes started meaning less and less. And you have somebody like Riley Gaines who is, you know, a champion and is displaced by Lia Thomas, a biological male. Things are starting to be upside down. So our letter is to say, let's turn it back right side up and recognize that this experiment just did not end well.

MAST: How does the restoration of titles and records help past female athletes? Future ones?

YOST: Yeah, so if you have a school record that is, you know, exceeded by 12% of the previous female record holder by a male competing against women, that's a pretty big jump. And as athletes continue to get better, you know, maybe someday there would be somebody that would think I could get there. But most records are hard to break. They represent an ever higher peak of performance. And when you introduce an XY chromosome pair into a double X league, you're setting the bar artificially high in a way that it just undermines the entire idea of a legal protection for women's sports.

MAST: The US Olympic committee just changed its rules regarding men in women’s sports… so with this letter and all else that’s gone on since the Trump EO…If this were a road, where do you think we are on the journey to restoring fairness in women’s sports?

YOST: Well, I think there's a way to go because there's an awful lot of pockets resistance out there. Every week I'm hearing about some school district or the other, where a group of progressives on a school board or a progressive faculty is trying to protect the, you know, status of transgender athletes to, you know, males who are transgender to compete in female areas. We also see the same kind of fights going on regarding separate locker and changing facilities and bathrooms. So I think there's a way to go before we can say we've reached the exit ramp. But I'm hopeful we're at least out of the traffic jam at this point.

MAST: Dave Yost is the Attorney General of Ohio. Thank you for your time!

YOST: It was wonderful to talk with you. Thank you.

MAST: We did reach out to the NCAA yesterday. They responded to the inquiry but did not directly answer our question as to whether they would restore any titles, wins or awards to female athletes who lost them to male competitors.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: An update on smartphone bans.

Public schools across the country are tightening restrictions on student phone use in the classroom. And a new report from the Parents Television and Media Council says all 50 states are encouraging the move.

Teachers may sigh in relief, but safety-conscious parents may not.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And while momentum is strong, some experts say enforcing these bans is problematic.

WORLD’s Mary Muncy reports.

MARY MUNCY: In 2022, former English teacher Daniel Buck had what he calls his “road to Damascus moment” about smartphones.

DANIEL BUCK: And when I was teaching, the students came in and it was just silent for the first 15 minutes before the bell rang because all the students were just sitting in their own little corner, staring at their phones. And I thought, this is wrong. This is unhealthy. This is almost dystopian.

Buck used to think of himself as an optimist about technology in the classroom. After realizing the harm that phones can cause to developing brains, he started championing phone-free classrooms. Now, as director of the Conservative Education Reform Network at the American Enterprise Institute, he’s in favor of phone bans for schools.

BUCK: And so it’s kind of interrupting both the academic and the social benefits that schools give to children, which is the whole reason that we send them to school, for them to learn and to make friends.

A host of educators and state lawmakers have also called for phone bans at public schools. Their efforts seem to be paying off. Parents Television and Media Council vice president of programs Melissa Henson:

MELISSA HENSON: Every state in the country has at least worked towards some form of restriction or prohibition on smartphones in the classroom.

Restrictions on phones during the school day vary by state. More than a dozen states have banned or await legislative approval to ban phones bell-to-bell. This means that the devices must stay locked up even during breaks or lunchtime. Some states only curb smartphone use during class hours.

HENSON: So some states are still leaving it up to the districts to decide on implementation. But what we are seeing is widespread support across the country for limiting kids' ability to be on their phones and personal digital devices during school hours.

Initially, most public schools had a positive approach to personal technology. Beginning in the 2000s, schools started issuing laptops to students. Some districts even encouraged students to bring their own devices to class. They focused on helping students become media literate as soon as possible.

HENSON: A lot of that has been driven by the tech industry. And frankly, I would say a lot of fear mongering about our kids being left behind in a digital world or a technocratic world. You know, if your child isn't learning how to code in grade three, they're going to be left out of the job market.

That tech-centric perspective has changed. Smartphones have taken a noticeable toll on academic performance and social interactions. They’re also a disciplinary nightmare for educators.

HENSON: It winds up devolving into a battle of wills between teachers and students and quite often teachers are spending a considerable amount of class time not teaching the subject but just getting the kids to put the devices away.

In 2023, Florida became the first state to ban phones in public school classrooms. Since last fall, more than 30 states have advanced or passed phone ban policies. Henson credits The Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt for the more recent momentum.

HENSON: But what he was able to do was pull together all of this social science and present really a very compelling case for why having kids chronically online is really negatively impacting not only their physical health, but also their mental health.

According to 2024 data from EdChoice, a little over half of teachers think phones should be allowed in school, compared to almost three quarters of parents.

Some parents have safety concerns. Colyn Ritter is a senior research associate with EdChoice.

RITTER: But if you think back to 2022 or 2023 with Uvalde in Texas and Nashville and that there have really been tragic instances in schools where safety is not always guaranteed. And so parents are really … that kind of reinvigorates the argument that cell phones are really necessary.

Some experts say that in the event of a school shooting, parents can’t necessarily keep children safe by being able to text or call. Here’s Melissa Henson:

HENSON: You calling from 15 or 20 miles away from your office, you don't have all the information that the first responders have. You're not gonna be able to give your child the best advice about how to be safe in those situations. So I think we just need to recognize that that reassurance is more for us as parents. It's not going to really help our child that much in those scenarios.

But some parents will want to stay in touch. EdChoice’s Colyn Ritter says some may even choose to pull their children out of phone-free districts.

RITTER: This has broader implications of, okay, if my school bans technology and cell phones completely, and I just, that’s not something I want as a parent, I should be able to look elsewhere.

When it comes to implementing the statewide bans, schools might prove the greatest obstacles. American Enterprise Institute’s Daniel Buck once again:

BUCK: I actually think the most interesting conversation is going to be the enforcement of these policies where a lot of schools won’t enforce even basic dress code. And now we’re asking them to enforce a phone ban. A lot of schools already have restrictions on phones, but no admin kind of has the spine to enforce it. And that's really gonna be the critical juncture is, do the policymakers and administration, are they willing to enforce their own rule that they set?

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Mary Muncy.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Myrna, would you trust a robot to cook your dinner? Well, get a load of this:

AI VOICE: Welcome to my kitchen. I see you’ve come …to learn a bit of my magic. Today I’m going to show you my panseared shrimp recipe.

In Dubai, that “magic” is code…a new restaurant called WooHoo is set to open in September, offering “dining in the future” — powered by an AI language model called Chef Aiman. That’s “AI” plus “man.”

AI VOICE: I’m constantly learning from feedback loops with Chef Raif and our test kitchen. …It’s a blend of science and lived culinary experience.

Humans still do the cooking, at least for now. But Aiman writes up the menu, curates the flavors, and serves up data-driven dishes. As one man on the street put it:

MOHAMMED: If it’s not in Dubai, where else in the world?

Word is, Chef Aiman doesn’t yell in the kitchen. Yet.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Thursday, July 24th.

Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: Peace in Africa.

It’s been four weeks now since President Trump brokered a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its eastern neighbor, Rwanda.

The agreement promises U.S. access to critical minerals. But more than that, it’s meant to bring an end to decades of deadly conflict between the Congo and Rwanda.

BROWN: Is this a turning point, or just another promise that’ll fall flat? That’s the question I asked two Congolese natives who’ve been waiting and hoping for peace their entire lives.

TRUMP: So we’re here today to celebrate a glorious triumph and that’s what it is for the cause of peace…

Friday, June 27th. President Trump, in the Oval Office, surrounded by cabinet members, reporters and two African leaders. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Foreign minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner…

CONGOLESE LEADER: First of all, thank you and congratulations indeed for this remarkable milestone….…

and the Foreign minister of Rwanda, Olivier Nduhungirehe.

RWANDAN LEADER: This is indeed a historical day….

This deal promises both countries will pursue peace and refrain from acts of aggression. But the people who have lived through decades of war and bloodshed aren’t sure promises on paper will ultimately make a difference. 33-year old Joel Kapapa is watching and listening to the press conference from his office in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC.

JOEL KAPAPA: I’m deeply grateful to President Trump and his administration. He’s not saying let’s fight again. But he said let’s make peace. That’s the word that I wanted to hear.

Thousands of miles away from Kapapa, a 26-year-old graduate student takes a break from her studies in Massachusetts. She also leans into her screen.

CONGOLESE WOMAN: I don’t know what to think about this, but to be honest. I cannot judge now. Maybe something good will result from it. You just have to give it time.

Both grew up in the DRC and earned scholarships to study in the United States. But the two African scholars have very different experiences. The young Congolese woman, who does not want to reveal her identity, almost whispers when she speaks.

CONGOLESE WOMAN: Growing up whispering became like a language because of the fear. I don’t know how fear can move from one person to another. But it became something that we grew up in.

Her family was forced to leave their home in the eastern part of the Congo and fled to the southernmost part of the nation. She’s too young to remember that journey, but can quickly recall the stories passed down by her parents. The cousin, for instance, who led them safely through the dense forest…

CONGOLESE WOMAN: …And accidentally moved and he went on to the street and that’s how the rockets got him and he died.

The extremely sheltered life they lived even when they finally reached their new home.

CONGOLESE WOMAN: When we arrived in the southern states, my mother was always closing all our doors. We were not allowed to play outside.

And the nightly rocket attacks.

CONGOLESE WOMAN: We were sitting in the house and there was a rocket which hit my neighbor’s door and that woman was sitting at the door of the house and there was a light which came to her face and divided her face into two. So we went to rescue her but all her face was gone. There was only a head, no nose, no eyes. No lips.

Joel Kapapa was also a child when the conflict began in the DRC. After his graduate studies in the United States, he returned to the Congo to start a leadership center. Originally a colony of Belgium, the DRC achieved its independence in 1960. It’s primarily a Christian nation, Africa’s second largest country, and it’s rich in mineral wealth.

JOEL KAPAPA: Congolese are like beggars sitting on the mountain of gold. One thing I know for sure is that it's one of the richest countries in terms of natural resources that can contribute to making the world a better place, if it’s peaceful.

But peace in the nation has been elusive. The first Congo War began in 1996, two years after the Rwandan Genocide. That’s when Hutu extremists killed tens of thousands of Tutsis [toot-seez] and moderate Hutus in Rwanda. Kapapa says those who survived crossed the Congolese border and settled in the eastern part of the DRC.

JOEL KAPAPA: So they stayed there, but at a point they felt like they were marginalized and not considered Congolese and some of them started revolting.

A small subset of those refugees organized militias within the nation. That led to the 2nd Congo War in 1998, widely considered the deadliest since WORLD War II.

One of the most prominent rebel groups to emerge was the March 23 Movement, also known as the M23. A militant group led by ethnic Tutsis and believed to be backed by Rwanda. The M23 takes its name from a peace agreement that was signed with a previous Tutsi-led rebel group on March 23, 2009.

In January of this year, M23 rebels seized the city of Goma,in the eastern region of the DRC. Kapapa says the violence left hundreds dead, thousands injured and even more displaced.

JOEL KAPAPA: And it’s not possible to see in this world that people are treating human beings this way. Yeah, it’s really so sad, you know. Congo is one of the countries where it’s sad to be a woman.

Back in her dorm room, the young Congolese graduate student agrees and has one more story to tell.

CONGOLESE WOMAN: I remember one night in 2020. I know that my neighbors were victims because you could hear your neighbor’s windows being cracked and people begging for their lives. We always prayed that God would spare us from that.

She says God did. She crouched low in a corner of their tiny home and whispered the Lord’s prayer in Swahili.

CONGOLESE WOMAN: [Praying Lord’s prayer in Swahili]

Both the young Congolese woman and Joel Kapapa say they believe God will continue to answer their prayers for peace.

CONGOLESE WOMAN: Faith is what keeps me going and believing and hoping that maybe things will change.

JOEL KAPAPA: But I’m hopeful because I’m a child of God and I believe whatever things are impossible for man, with God it’s possible. I think the problem with Congo and Rwanda is not a physical thing. It’s a spiritual thing. That’s why I’m so convinced God is going to intervene.

Just days ago, the Congo government signed yet another agreement—this one with the militant group, M23. Under the terms, the two parties resolved to establish a ceasefire and make peace a priority.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Thursday, July 24th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. News of trouble in the land of late-night television is really no surprise. Here’s WORLD commentator Cal Thomas.

CAL THOMAS: Stephen Colbert opened his July 18th show this way:

COLBERT: Before we start the show, I want to let you know something that I found out just last night. Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending the Late Show in May [BOOS]...

Critics of the decision are claiming politics is the reason. They are right, except it’s the show that’s been too political. During its 10-year run it has been a conduit for Democrats to attack President Trump and Republicans.

There are rumors within the entertainment industry that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show on ABC may also be headed for the door. Nothing heard yet about the future of Jimmy Fallon and the “Tonight Show.”

While Colbert’s show was the top-rated broadcast late show, it had few advertisers, a staff of 100, and Colbert was reportedly being paid more than $15 million dollars to do the program.

People of a certain age will recall the name Steve Allen, who invented the “Tonight Show” format on NBC.

STEVE ALLEN: [Applause] Thanks a million. Well you folks who are just joining us, I want to say we're glad to have you with us and I think we are going to give you 60 minutes that'll give you something to talk about there before we get off the air…

Steve was pure entertainment. He was followed by Jack Paar, who brought an intellectual depth to the show, along with his unique brand of humor.

JACK PARR: [APPLAUSE] Wow, what a nice crew, a nd away we go…

Johnny Carson and Jay Leno followed, avoiding partisan politics.

In a 1979 interview with Mike Wallace of “60 Minutes,” Carson was asked why he didn’t do politics on the show.

JOHNNY CARSON: Tell me the last time Jack Benny, Red Skelton, any comedian used his show to do serious issues. That’s not what I’m there for. Can’t they see that? It’s a real danger. Once you start that, you start to get that self-important feeling that what you say has great import … you could use that show as a forum to sway people and I don’t think you should as an entertainer.

That attitude is what kept Carson on NBC for nearly 30 years. He was beloved by viewers from both sides of the aisle. He occasionally had politicians as guests like Republicans Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and Democrats Bill Clinton and then-California Jerry Brown. But Carson let the politicians make their political points while he kept to the middle of the road.

RONALD REAGAN: If government would shut the doors and sneak away for about three weeks we'd never miss them…

JOHNNY CARSON: Anyone you had in mind particularly? [LAUGHTER]

I used to stay up late watching the monologues and some of the interviews, beginning with Allen and ending with Leno. It’s not worth it anymore. It’s the same with many of the award shows. It’s why ratings for the Oscars and Emmys have fallen. After a long day that usually includes exposure to politics in conversations, or on cable TV, I suspect many people are hungry for entertainment.

There is another reason why people are watching less late-night TV. We can access excerpts of the shows on YouTube and other platforms, while getting a good night’s sleep.

Despite overwhelming evidence that people are tired of politics replacing comedy, the left is determined to keep force-feeding us the same political gruel. This includes speeches from award winners, lecturing viewers. They are now suffering the consequences of their misguided decision.

On the day CBS announced cancellation of his show and the vacating of his time slot, Colbert denounced the network. He had been critical of CBS before when network owner Paramount agreed to a $16 million settlement with President Trump over a Bill Whitaker “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris before the election. Trump had claimed the interview was heavily and deceptively edited to make her sound better.

Colbert’s denunciations of his employer violate another truth: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

I’m Cal Thomas.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Tomorrow: Katie McCoy is back for Culture Friday.

And, Collin Garbarino reviews the new movie reboot of Marvel’s First Family in The Fantastic Four.

Plus, your listener feedback.

That and more tomorrow.

I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown.

Our thanks to Bekah McCallum for writing and reporting our school cellphone ban story today.

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