The World and Everything in It: June 19, 2026

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KATIE MCCOY: Hi, this is Katie McCoy.

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I’ll be back in less than 10 minutes with Culture Friday. We’ll talk more then!

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Good morning!

Social media celebrates self-medicated moms as a new report documents a decline in fatherhood.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: That and more is ahead on Culture Friday with Katie McCoy.

Plus: Woody and Buzz return. But their newest rival isn’t a toy.

JESSIE: You’re not even listening to me!

LILY PAD: Oh, no. I was listening. I’m always listening.

Collin Garbarino will have a review of Toy Story 5.

And music critic Arsenio Orteza catches up with the Petersens.

PETERSEN: "Would you want your six year old son singing this song?" It hits different when you think about a kid singing it. 

BROWN: It’s Friday, June 19th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. 

I’m Myrna Brown.

MAST: And I’m Lindsay Mast. Good morning!

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

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Iran latest » Iranian oil tankers and ships are once again sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. That comes amid a framework peace deal by which the US has lifted its naval blockade against Iran, and Tehran has agreed to reopen the strait. But it could take weeks for normal commercial traffic to resume due to safety concerns.

The agreement is drawing mixed reviews in Washington. Everyone’s happy about the strait reopening, but GOP Sen. Tom Cotton adds:

COTTON:  But I do have concerns that certain aspects of this deal are a step in the wrong direction For instance, we're gonna lift sanctions on Iran's oil exports right away.

Iran gets that relief up front at the beginning of a 2-month negotiating window over its nuclear program.

But most of the incentives for Iran are phased, set to take place gradually as Tehran makes good on its assurances. Vice President JD Vance told White House reporters that includes a planned US troop drawdown in the area.

VANCE:  What we're saying is that we will withdraw troops to the pre-conflict level, meaning we're not gonna keep a couple of extra aircraft carrier groups over there. The Iranians don't want that. Frankly, we don't want that either

But President Trump has made clear that further military action remains on the table if Iran does not comply.

Hegseth chides NATO, review of U.S. forces in Europe » Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has announced a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe. The review's outcome will depend on how quickly European allies take responsibility for their own security.

Speaking in Brussels to many of his European counterparts, Hegseth criticized NATO allies for not spending more on defense.

HEGSETH:  NATO 3.0 is post-Cold War recognition that it needs to go back to a real hard-line military alliance that has real military capabilities capable of deterring right here on the continent and taking the lead for the conventional defense.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte noted a significant increase in European defense spending and said Washington’s demands are reasonable.

RUTTE:  It's a fair deal with the United States. You say, you said we are committed to NATO, but you also have an expectation.

An expectation that each NATO ally pulls its own weight on defense.

Hegeseth also criticized many allies for not providing access to bases for U.S. forces during the Iran war, and for prioritizing things like gender equity and climate change over defense.

Ukraine-Russia latest » In Moscow:

SOUND: [Attacks in Moscow]

An air defense missile hits its target as Russian forces attempt to repel one of Ukraine's largest drone attacks since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. A fireball and massive smoke plume filled the sky Thursday after Ukraine hit a major Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week.

AUDIO: [Zelenskyy in Brussels]

Speaking from Brussels, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack retaliation for a Russian strike that damaged a Kyiv monastery.

Eleven people were killed in that strike that sparked a fire at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

Built in the 11th century, Zelenskyy said the historic monastery played a key role in Christianity's spread in the region.

ZELENSKYY: Taking such places is in fact a crime against humanity. Of course we are preparing our responses to such Russian attacks and today you can see one of those responses in the Moscow region this morning.

Ukraine's strike on the oil refinery also resulted in hundreds of flight disruptions at airports in and near Moscow.

Miami-Dade fires » In South Florida, crews in Miami-Dade County are still battling two wildfires that have scorched more than 16,000 acres at the edge of the Everglades.

Fire Chief Ray Jadallah says it started Sunday as a single brushfire, sparked by lightning. But:

JADALLAH: The fire has now split into two. The fire has two names. We have the Quarry Two fire and we also have the Well fire.

The larger Quarry fire is now more than 50-percent contained; the Well fire, around a quarter. But thick smoke has fouled the air for miles — including in nearby Doral. Mayor Christi Fraga:

FRAGA: We ask you to limit outdoor exposure, keep windows closed, put your air on recirculation. Obviously, there is some ash. And for seniors or young children with asthma, please take particular precautions.

Firefighters are also up against brutal heat — forecasters say the heat index could hit 110 degrees this week.

Gas prices dip » Relief is finally showing up at the gas pump. The national average for regular unleaded has dropped below $4 a gallon. Triple-A puts it at $3.99, down about 13 cents in just a week.

The big driver, of course, is news of the framework peace deal with Iran. The pact to reopen the Strait of Hormuz caused crude to tumble to its lowest in three months.

Most experts expect prices to continue dropping, but caution that we’re not likely to see a return to pre-war prices anytime soon.

I'm Kent Covington.

Coming up: The toys of Toy Story are back and face a new threat: technology.  Plus, Arsenio Orteza talks with American roots band The Petersens about their new album.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s Friday, June 19th.

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

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: And I’m Lindsay Mast.

LINDSAY MAST: It's Culture Friday, and joining us now is author, speaker, and co-host of World's Reality Check. The reality chick herself, Katie McCoy. Katie, it's good to see you.

KATIE MCCOY: Hey, Lindsay and Myrna, so good to see you. And Lindsay, I see that you have taken up Nick's mantle in calling me the Reality Chick.

MAST: A little bit, a little bit. I figure if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me. So we'll roll with it. We'll roll with it.

MCCOY: He's on a mission to make that stick. Yeah, he's trying to make it stick. All right.

MYRNA BROWN: I like it.

MAST: So Katie, there’s an alarming new documentary out. It's done by David Delaiden and the Center for Medical Progress. It tells the story of a couple who allege that during an abortion the mother got at five months pregnant… their baby girl was delivered alive… then trafficked for her organs.

Now, while the allegations are horrifying and worth their own discussion, what I'd really like to focus with you on are some of the things that this mother talks about that led her to consider abortion in the first place. Things like not having a career, not having much money, a dead car with no brakes, things of that nature. And then this long distance relationship with the child's father. Katie, I know you call these solvable problems, but those are all scary life circumstances for someone who is looking at trying to support a child. So I wanna know what stands out to you about what is actionable here and and, and by whom to keep a couple like this from moving to abortion as the answer.

MCCOY: So glad you asked about this story, Lindsay. It is absolutely horrifying. And as we know from different pro-life advocacy groups, this is being done. We'll hear from a lot of pro-abortion activists and Planned Parenthoods, that it's just a hoax, it's fake news, it's a total lie that this isn't happening. But we know that it is. And this story also came out around the same time I became aware of a mission from Heartbeat International talking about tracking nationally the documented cases of either abortion pill poisonings or forced abortions.

And this idea of forced abortions, I think we need to lean into what that really entails. So certainly for women who are caught up in human trafficking, the abortion pill and abortion on demand is a trafficker's green light. He can continue to exploit women and girls as long as these things are law. But this story kind of has a, I don't know if we can call it coerced abortion, but certainly the idea of a woman getting an abortion, not because she wanted to get rid of the pregnancy necessarily, but because she didn't see a way forward. And one thing that I wish we would take up, a mantle that I wish we would take up in the church, is asking what are some of those factors that make a woman vulnerable to choosing abortion?

And to the extent that women do not have a support system, they become even more vulnerable to an abortion. And so one of the things that I think is missing from a lot of our pro-life conversations, we focus only on the policies, but oftentimes we miss the people and the lived experiences that they have that is between them and that choice. So what can we do as the church? I wonder what would have happened if this woman had a community of believers, had a strong family support system.

You hear the reasons behind why she got an abortion. And they're not life and death problems, right? Her car needed a repair. She needed a better job. Those are fixable. Those are solvable problems. And the solution to them is not terminating her pregnancy. But all of this, you start talking about those factors and what we can do to mitigate those factors. And I think a lot of our pro-choice American neighbors will get kind of angry. Because if it's all about choice, how pro-choice are they, truly? And do you actually believe that abortion is, at the very least, a tragedy that you wish you could avoid? If people actually believed that, we would spend a lot more time helping vulnerable women in society get connected to institutions and relationships that could help her rather than only advocating for her to have the legal permission to kill her unborn child.

BROWN: Katie, what's interesting to me is the presence of the father in that story.

MCCOY: Yeah.

MYRNA: As I recall in reading it, he is willing to be identified, whereas she was not. But I mentioned that because that leads into our next story about fathers. Sunday is Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all the dads, including my sweet husband Stanley. There's a new study out about fatherhood in America. The Institute for Family Studies reports fewer young men are becoming fathers at all. In fact, they're calling what they're seeing the vanishing father.

They break it down by age, education, and ideology, with declines in all three areas. But the starkest divide is cultural — only 37% of liberal men are fathers versus more than 60% of their conservative peers. That gap has widened dramatically since the 1980s.

So Katie, out of those three categories, age, education, ideology, what surprised you the most?

MCCOY: I have to say, Myrna, I don't know that any of it surprised me as much as it saddened me. So, first of all, let me just do one happy note. Shout out to my dad, the great Bruce McCoy, this Father's Day. He's the best, and he was always, for my whole life, extraordinarily present. And we never got the sense that we were a burden to him. And I know that there are a lot of people listening that they can agree that the presence of their fathers was a game changer the older that they get, recognizing that a dialed-in, faithful father was a pivotal part of their upbringing and future success. Fathers are the greatest metric of future success of children in society. Now, that's not a a dismissal of the importance of mother. Far from it. Rather, mothers bring a different set of life skills and emotional regulation and personal identity formation.

When women are in crisis in a nation, we talk about things like mental health and education. When men are in crisis in a nation, we start talking about macroeconomics and national security. And there's a reason for that. It's because what God designed each parent to bring not only to an individual family, but to a society at large. A lot of what we're seeing is the result of a very me-centered focus of life, career, relationships, future in family. But one of the most concerning things I think we could draw was a big connection here. This is going to seem a little bit like a leap, but I promise there's a strong correlation. One of the things that we're seeing, among young men especially, is this strong gravitation to ideologically fringe identities. We're seeing this in different corners of the internet, and it's alarming, things that young men are identifying with.

And I believe that is deeply connected. Because with the decline of family, with men and women choosing not to marry, not to have children, with that comes social isolation, a lack of a cohesive sense of identity, of meaning, of purpose.

And with family, all of the priorities change, all of the perspectives change, even the reason why you go to work changes. Because when men have children, all of a sudden they have this mission, purpose, things that get them up and going to work and making stable, safe decisions that are not only for the benefit of their family, but compounded through society for the health of an entire nation.

And so these young men that are disconnected from family relationships, they're finding that on these fringe corners of the internet. So much of this goes back to the very basic way that God created us to live in community with other human beings. And that central institution is the family.

MAST: How much of this though is also driven by women who don't want to have children and therefore aren't making men fathers?

MCCOY: Oh, it's enormous. Everything that we talk about, I, I've lost count of how many times. I could say, well, this is from the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and it's a backlash of a backlash of a backlash. We are still seeing the fallout of a cultural mindset that separated biological sex and what God created sex for, and cohesive social relationships. Because once we separated sex from relationships, all sorts of chaos has followed and we're just still seeing the effects of that.

MAST: Well, Katie, I do love to give dads their dues. So I, too, will give a shout out both to my father and to my husband, who are excellent dads. But the news is what it is. So happy Father's Day, fathers, and moving on to the issue of mothers. Specifically, mothers who are turning to a form of escapism they call gardening. It may not be what you think it is. It's social media code for smoking marijuana to get through the day. And it's the focus of an article this week in The Atlantic. The idea that motherhood is something to be survived. While publicly numbing out with pot may be new, self-medicating is not. What do you say, Katie?

MCCOY: I could hardly believe it when this headline popped up that women feel that parenting is so stressful, so anxiety-inducing, and so exhausting that they're just trying to medicate their days away. Not the first time we've seen that. You might have seen the wine mommy culture. Decades ago, women took Valium, is what this article details. But you know, I think this goes hand in hand with the previous story because with the decline of the traditional nuclear family of two parents raising children in a stable home, with that, women and men, but women especially, are feeling more and more isolated. We have had a decline in what sociologists call mediating institutions. Mediating institutions are relationships or organizations that exist between an individual and the state. So family, marriage, volunteer clubs, churches, neighborhood groups, these were all mediating institutions. And when they are strong in a society, that society is very healthy.

So, I think what we're seeing in both of the previous stories, the one affecting fathers and mothers, is the effects of our social isolation. Now, the solution to that is not just to put people in a room and tell them to talk. It's that they need the mediating institutions primarily of marriage and family, and then also of religious identity in church.

BROWN: Big announcement from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer this week. Britain banning children under 16 from using a range of social media apps. We're talking Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, all about protecting young people from harmful content and excessive screen time. They're following the same model, as the ban in Australia. And interesting, Starmer stressed that enforcement will target tech companies and not children. What do you think, Katie? Too much, too little?

MCCOY: You know, Myrna, I'm torn on this law because, on the one hand, we're seeing just study after study on the effects of social media and screen time on children and teens. And we're still going to be discovering that for probably decades to come. And I think we can say, spoiler alert, it's all gonna be bad. It's pretty much all negative. So, on the one hand, this seems like a really good step forward, but, but I have to see it through the lens of this relationship between the government, the family, and the individual. And so, back to this conversation about the role of families and churches and voluntary associations like that in relationship to the state in terms of regulating behavior. So, now what's happened is a role that typically would belong to a parent, determining screen time for their children, what apps they have access to, what they're able to follow, all of that now is being outsourced effectively to the state.

All of this we can trace to the breakdown of very simple relationships: marriage, family, religious identity, and church. And when we see these things, we see an overall stability in society. So it’s fascinating. We could talk all day, ladies, about how the progressive left, you see this correlation with the progressive left, that traditional marriage and parenting, indeed pregnancy itself, is considered oppressive. We need to dismantle these things. But what replaces it? It is the control and centralization of the state. So, I get the desire to protect children. But I think it's a bit of an indication of what their society is that parents are not the ones that the government is looking to to raise their children.

BROWN: Katie McCoy, author, speaker, co-host of World's Reality Check. Reality Chick herself. Thank you, Katie.

MCCOY: Always good to be with you all.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Today is Friday, June 19th. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Lindsay Mast.

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

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: Pixar returns to the story that started it all.

MAST: That’s right. This weekend the latest Toy Story movie opens in theaters. And in this one, the toys are confronting a new threat vying for their kid’s attention. Technology.

Here’s WORLD’s arts and culture editor Collin Garbarino with his thoughts on Toy Story 5.

COLLIN GARBARINO: Pixar’s Toy Story has proved to be one of Hollywood’s most reliable franchises. But the studio has been in the doldrums lately, so it’s no surprise it decided to bring out a fifth installment. Each of the previous four movies has enjoyed solid box office returns. And audiences love the films. I mean, personally, I think No. 3 should have been the last. It’s my favorite in the series, and I didn’t need to see Woody walk away from his faith at the end of Toy Story 4. But I acknowledge most fans enjoyed seeing these familiar characters dealing with familiar problems again.

HAMM: So what’s going on?

TRIXIE: Slink. Talk to me.

SLINKY DOG: I hear a lot of commotion.

MR. POTATO HEAD: I bet they’re arguing over getting rid of us.

REX: Are we getting donated?

And for folks who want to go through the familiar story all over again, I’m happy to report Pixar didn’t drop the ball with Toy Story 5. It’s certainly not as good as 3. But it’s miles better than 4.

In this film, the toys are once again living in fear that they’re becoming obsolete and that playtime might be coming to an end. How’s that possible? Bonnie, the little girl who owns them, is only eight!

A new threat has invaded the home, disrupting Bonnie’s creative play. Bonnie gets a tablet computer called Lily Pad. The glowing screen promises to connect Bonnie with her peers and provide endless hours of educational fun. The toys, led by Sheriff Jessie, want to nip Bonnie’s reliance on technology in the bud.

JESSIE: I’m going to have some words with this Lily Pad and let her know how things are run around here.

BUZZ: Try to stay calm, Jessie.

JESSOE: Buzz, you know me. I’m the definition of calm.

BUZZ: That’s not gonna work.

Jessie, the vintage cowgirl doll, and Lily Pad, the slick new piece of technology, represent different generational outlooks and strategies. Both want the same thing: For Bonnie to make some friends her own age and for her to be happy. Jessie and the gang are putting in the hard work of playtime. Lily Pad coolly approaches the problem with a swipe and a click.

JESSIE: Look here. Me and the toys have been workin’ all summer to try and get Bonnie to make friends with the Jordan twins across the street…

LILY PAD: Uh huh.

JESSIE: But then you…

LILY PAD: Got it.

JESSIE: had to ruin it with all your stupid… You’re not even listening to me!

LILY PAD: No. I was listening. I’m always listening. See? “Now look here. Me and the toys have been workin’ all summer to try and get Bonnie to make friends with the Jordan twins.”

When things get tough for Jessie, she reaches out to her old pal Woody for advice. And he’s eager to return to Bonnie’s bedroom to help set things straight.

BUZZ: Halt! Who goes there?

WOODY: Whoah, whoah, whoah! Sorry. My name is Woody. I come in peace. I used to live here.

BUZZ: Oh, right. It’s been too long, cowboy.

Even though Woody returns, this movie belongs to Jessie. She’s the one who must struggle with the perennial problem of being a toy that’s left behind… both physically and emotionally. It’s through her eyes that we’re reminded of the transient nature of our human relationships… whether it’s friendship or parenthood. Just like all the other Toy Story movies, this one includes the obligatory tear-jerker moment. And, as always, the Buzz and Woody rivalry plays a prominent role.

WOODY: You gotta stay here. I’m going with them.

BUZZ: Why? Why just you?

WOODY: I just have more field experience than you. That is all.

BUZZ: You don’t think I can do it.

WOODY: No. I just think I can do it a little bit… better.

Kids and their screentime is part of this movie, but the film is really about a family dealing with peer pressure—both the parents and the child. Seeing Bonnie’s parents wrestle with whether to give her an internet-connected screen will likely resonate with many adults. They don’t necessarily want her to have a Lily Pad, but they’re worried she’s being left out because she can’t text with friends. Pixar’s approach is pretty nuanced when it comes to tech, probably because Disney has plenty of tech it wants to sell to our kids. Instead of condemning tech geared for kids, Toy Story 5 shifts the question to whether it’s helping kids develop the right kinds of friendships.

The story is enjoyable, but parents ought to know the film is rated PG for some rude humor. I was surprised Pixar stooped to potty humor, but I will admit it’s more clever than the kind that’s in most kids movies. Also, just because Woody returns, don’t get your hopes up that he’ll stay. He remains an apostate, once again abandoning his friends and his kid.

MR. POTATO HEAD: It’s good to see them fighting again.

SLINKY DOG: It sure is.

I’m Collin Garbarino.

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

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: And I’m Lindsay Mast. Up next: A music group that proves the family that plays—and prays—together, stays together.

It was in 2003 that Lt. Col. Jon Petersen decided that he, his wife, and their four children would become a bluegrass family band. But it took almost 15 years before the Petersens officially decided to go all in. They’ve since become one of Branson, Missouri’s most popular attractions.

WORLD’s music critic Arsenio Orteza says their new album is pretty good too.

ARSENIO ORTEZA: The album Father, a Moment with You is so nice the Petersens have released it twice. Well, not actually twice. Technically, the version subtitled Live Album Release Concert on their YouTube channel is just a video. But the Petersens are so tight musically and vocally it’s almost impossible to tell the difference between what’s live and what’s studio. Try to guess which one this song is. It’s an a cappella number called “Not Afraid of Bad News.”

MUSIC: [Not Afraid of Bad News” by the Petersens]

It’s actually not from the album or the concert. It’s a stand-alone performance that the four Petersen siblings recorded for a video showing them singing outdoors. And, yes, despite the absence of ambient nature sounds, what you just heard really is live.

HAYGOOD: We have talked to our audio team. We're like, “Maybe just have, like, a little of the crickets still in so people believe that, like, we are outside doing this.”

That’s Ellen Petersen Haygood. She’s the Petersen singing lead on “Not Afraid of Bad News.” She also performs or shares lead vocals on three other new songs. The Petersens apportion lead-vocal duties pretty democratically. On Father, a Moment with You, five of the six Petersens get to sing or co-sing lead on multiple songs, and that goes for the Dobro player Emmett Franz, the group’s “adopted” Petersen, as well.

MUSIC: [ “Lord, How Long?” by the Petersens]

So why did the Petersens' parents, Jon and Karen, want their family to form a music group in the first place? Basically, Jon thought his kids would be better off playing music together than playing video games. And why a bluegrass band? Karen loved bluegrass. Eventually, in keeping with the genre’s requirements, Katie learned the fiddle, Ellen banjo, Matt guitar, and Julianne mandolin. But there was still the issue of who would play the upright—or double—bass.

HAYGOOD: My mom is just very gifted musically. And so she was able to just pick up the bass as, like, a temporary until we were able to find someone else. But then she was so good at it! It’s so funny. She loves her bass. If you try to carry it, she gets upset. And so people are always getting mad at us, like “Don't let your mom carry that big instrument!” And we're like “She will not let us touch it!”

One thing that she would let them touch as they were growing up was a wide variety of music. An album called Father, A Moment with You and songs titled “Not Afraid of Bad News” and “Lord, How Long?” are strong clues about the Petersens’ Christian faith. But a look at their back catalogue shows that they’re familiar—and comfortable—with more than gospel music and hymns. They’ve covered songs by Dolly Parton, the Beatles, Sting, the Cranberries, and Fleetwood Mac. Still, it’s doubtful that even their biggest fans saw this cover coming.

MUSIC: [“Bohemian Rhapsody” by the Petersens]

Katie says that although she and Emmett had a role in making Queen bluegrass friendly, it was her mom that made the performance as good as it is.

PETERSEN: My mom was very passionate about “We are going to play every single chord of this song!” We didn't want to skip anything. So she helped figure out our vocals and everything.

The Petersens do not, however, consider every type of music fair game. One of their slogans is “Discover a more wholesome alternative,” and they mean it. Katie says that, despite their wide-ranging tastes, they have a “strong filter” on what they perform.

PETERSEN: Our mom's initial phrase was like “Would you want your six-year-old son singing this song?” And so through the lens of that, we have not chosen many things because it hits different when you think about a kid singing it.

Their family-friendly approach is working. So far, they’ve accumulated over 20 million streams on Spotify and over 300 million views on YouTube. They also perform to enthusiastic crowds twice a week at Branson’s Little Opry theater. They’ve even toured abroad. And, frankly, the success couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.

MUSIC: [“Father, a Moment with You” by the Petersens]

I’m Arsenio Orteza.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: And before we go, a reminder if you’ve not given yet, we’d be grateful for your support of WORLD’s June Giving Drive. WNG.org/donate.

Now it’s time to name the crew who helped with this week’s programs:

Mary Reichard, David Bahnsen, Arsenio Orteza, Lauren Smyth, Liz Lykins, Lauren Canterberry, Amy Etchyson, Jenny Lind Schmitt, Mary Muncy, Cal Thomas, Janie B. Cheaney, Seth Troutt, Hunter Baker, Collin Garbarino, Katie McCoy, and Josh Goniea.

Thanks also to our breaking news crew: Kent Covington, Steve Kloosterman, Travis Kircher, Daniel Devine, and Christina Grube.

And thanks to the guys who are up late so your program is ready early: Tech producers Benj Eicher and Carl Peetz.

Harrison Watters is Washington producer, Kristen Flavin is features editor, Emma Eicher is assistant producer. Nick Eicher is Executive Producer.

I’m producer Lindsay Mast.

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

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