Nick Eicher is executive producer and co-host of The World and Everything in It, WORLD’s daily news podcast. He also serves as executive vice president for editorial strategy, working closely with WORLD’s leadership to guide its journalism and maintain strong editorial standards across platforms. He has been with WORLD for more than 35 years and has helped shape its distinctive voice while leading its expansion into audio, video, and other new formats. He lives in St. Louis with his wife of nearly 40 years. They have five children and seven grandchildren.
Lindsay is the producer and co-host for The World and Everything In It. She began her career as a TV and radio reporter in Kentucky, and later served as a local and network producer in Atlanta. She took a long break to homeschool her children before joining WORLD in 2023. Lindsay is a graduate of Berry College and lives in Georgia with her husband and three children.
Mary is co-host of The WORLD and Everything in It, and covers the arguments and decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court along with reporting on lower court disputes. She graduated from St. Louis University School of Law and practiced law before becoming a journalist. She graduated from the WORLD Journalism Institute in 2011 and holds a Master’s degree in Health Administration. Mary resides in the Ozarks with her husband and three dogs.
Myrna is a co-host and reporter for The World and Everything In It. Based in Alabama, she has worked as a TV news reporter, public affairs show host, and producer. She’s a graduate of the World Journalism Institute’s mid-career course, and her family includes two grandchildren.
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Kent is Radio News Director for WORLD Radio. He spent almost two decades in Christian radio before joining WORLD in 2014, serving as a co-host, news anchor, and political correspondent.
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Kristen is Senior Producer and Features Editor for The World and Everything in It. She was part of the WORLD Journalism Institute class of 2014 and has been working for WORLD behind the scenes since 2011.
Harrison Watters is Washington Producer for The World and Everything in It. He’s a 2020 graduate of the World Journalism Institute and lives with his wife in DC.
Emma is Assistant Producer for The World and Everything in It. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Journalism from Patrick Henry College, and is a 2023 graduate of the World Journalism Institute. Emma lives with her husband Harrison in Moscow, Idaho.
Carl began his radio journey as a board operator, broadcasting Los Angeles Dodgers games in a small Southern California desert town in 1984. Since then he’s worked for numerous Christian radio stations and ministries. Carl joined WORLD in 2014 and stays up late to assemble The World and Everything in It. He is thankful to shine the light of the gospel through Biblical worldview journalism.
Benjamin is Technical Producer for WORLD Radio. He’s a Grove City College alum and lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and son.
Mary is a reporter and producer for The World and Everything In It. She graduated from the WORLD Journalism Institute in 2021, and Patrick Henry College in 2022.
Jenny is a lawyer and writer based in Alexandria, Va. She earned her law degree from Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law and currently serves as a Supreme Court reporter and feature writer for The World and Everything in It. Her popular newsletter Rough Draft is about faith, books, and the great outdoors.
Find her at jennyrough.com.
Lauren Smyth is an economics reporter for The World and Everything in It. Since signing her first publishing contract at age 13, she has written five young adult novels, most recently including All That Glows. She graduated in 2025 from Hillsdale College.
Kim is a graduate of the World Journalism Institute’s mid-career course. A homeschooling mom, she spent more than 20 years freelancing for local outlets and writing curriculum for LifeWay Christian Resources. Kim now contributes to WORLD as a Mississippi-based correspondent.
Onize is a WORLD Digital reporter based in Abuja, Nigeria. She became WORLD’s Africa correspondent in 2016 after graduating from the World Journalism Institute. She earned a journalism degree from Minnesota State University-Moorhead and is a frequent contributor to WORLD Radio.
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David Bahnsen is founder and chief investment officer of The Bahnsen Group, a national private wealth management firm overseeing more than $9 billion in client assets. He writes the widely read Dividend Café and is the author of several books, including Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life.
David first joined WORLD Radio during the COVID-fueled market turmoil of March 2020, and what began in crisis became a weekly conversation. A student of both theology and finance, David is passionate about the moral foundations of free enterprise. He joins The World and Everything In It each Monday for Moneybeat to unpack the economic headlines—and the deeper principles behind them.
Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D., serves as provost and dean of faculty for North Greenville University. He is a contributor to WORLD Opinions and The World & Everything in It and has been writing for publication in popular and scholarly venues for a quarter century. Dr. Baker is the author of Postliberal Protestants: Baptists between Obergefell and Christian Nationalism, The End of Secularism, Political Thought: A Student's Guide, and The System Has a Soul. He is a past winner of the international Michael Novak Prize.
John Stonestreet serves as president of the Colson Center. He’s a sought-after speaker and author on areas of faith and culture, theology, worldview, education, and apologetics. John is the daily voice of Breakpoint, the nationally syndicated commentary on culture founded by the late Chuck Colson. He also regularly appears on The World and Everything in It’s Culture Friday segment. John has co-authored five books, including A Practical Guide to Culture and Restoring All Things. He and his wife, Sarah, have four children and live in Colorado Springs, CO.
Katie McCoy holds a PhD in Systematic Theology and is the author of To Be a Woman: The Confusion Over Female Identity and How Christians Can Respond.” She has contributed to The World and Everything In It as a Culture Friday Analyst since 2020.
Collin is WORLD’s arts and culture editor, and regularly contributes movie reviews for The World and Everything In It. He is a graduate of the World Journalism Institute, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Louisiana State University and resides with his wife and four children in Sugar Land, Texas.
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Arsenio is a music reviewer for The World and Everything In It and WORLD Magazine. He’s been a regular contributor since 1986.
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Janie published her very first column in WORLD in 1991, in the middle of homeschooling her two children. Since then she has written children’s novels, writing workbooks, blogs, and book reviews in addition to her regular WORLD columns. She contributes commentary for WORLD Radio and lives in the Ozarks of Missouri.
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Cal contributes weekly commentary to WORLD Radio. Over the last five decades, he worked for NBC News, FOX News, and USA Today and began his syndicated news column in 1984. Cal is the author of 10 books, including What Works: Commonsense Solutions to the Nation's Problems.
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George is a contributor to WORLD Radio. He is the Pastor Emeritus of Parish Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Franklin, Tenn., founder of Franklin Classical School, the Chalmers Fund, the King’s Meadow Study Center, and the author of more than 85 books.
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Joel (1941–2024) served as the editor of The Presbyterian Journal before founding WORLD Magazine in 1986. He served as editor, publisher, and CEO over the years and wrote the lead WORLD column for more than 20 years. His occasional classic commentaries still provide fresh insights for a new generation of listeners.
