4.23.26 Psychedelic drugs for mental illness, a state-funded abortion facility, AI for medical care, and an Iranian-born pastor on the Iran war
4/23/202638 min
Executive order on psychedelic drugs, a state-funded abortion facility, artificial intelligence for medical care, and an Iranian-born pastor reflects on the unrest in his homeland. Plus, Cal Thomas on the redistricting spiral, a harbor seal finds refuge, and the Thursday morning news
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First 90 secondsMary Reichard· Host0:00
[intro music] Good morning. A green light for research on psychedelic drugs.
Chuck Schumer· Soundbite0:10
We need the same sense of urgency that we had with HIV to address mental illness.
Myrna Brown· Host0:15
Also today, pro-lifers work together to fight abortion tourism. And later, an Iranian-born pastor reacts to the war in his homeland.
David Nasser· Guest0:24
The people of Iran have been, I like to say, held hostage by these tyrants.
Myrna Brown· Host0:29
And world commentator Cal Thomas says redrawing congressional maps takes the country down a dangerous road.
Mary Reichard· Host0:36
[intro music] It's Thursday, April twenty-third. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported World Radio. I'm Mary Reichard.
Myrna Brown· Host0:49
And I'm Myrna Brown. Good morning.
Mary Reichard· Host0:51
Up next, Kent Covington with today's news.
Kent Covington0:55
Iranian forces fired on three cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, seizing two of them. Revolutionary Guard gunboats fired on a container ship off of Oman's coast, damaging its bridge. They hit another vessel hours later. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Karoline Leavitt· Soundbite1:11
Iran has gone from having the most, uh, lethal navy in the Middle East to now acting like a bunch of pirates. They don't have control over the strait. This is piracy that we are seeing on display.
Kent Covington1:23
The White House says the seizures did not break the current ceasefire because neither ship flies an American or an Israeli flag.