5.1.26 Telling the truth about life and death, a review of Animal Farm and The Devil Wears Prada 2, and the Dutch influence on the English language
5/1/202634 min
Culture Friday on telling the truth about life and death, a review of Animal Farm and The Devil Wears Prada 2, and Word Play on the Dutch influence on the English language. Plus, the Friday morning news
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First 90 secondsMyrna Brown· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Good morning. Today on Culture Friday, facing death and telling the truth, the witness of Ben Sass. And a viral moment that asks what happens when a child is denied his mother?
Nick Eicher· Host0:18
Right. We'll talk it over with John Stonestreet. Also today, two new films in theaters this weekend.
Speaker 20:24
Who is this? Do you know her? Do I know her?
Nick Eicher· Host0:27
The Devil Wears Prada 2 and a new Animal Farm adaptation. World Arts and Culture editor Colin Garbarino has a review. Later, George Grant with Wordplay for May.
Myrna Brown· Host0:39
[upbeat music] It's Friday, May 1st. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported World Radio. I'm Myrna Brown.
Nick Eicher· Host0:54
And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning.
Myrna Brown· Host0:56
Up next, Kent Covington with today's news.
Nick Eicher· Host1:01
Iran's purported Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, reportedly vowed Thursday that Iran will not give up its nuclear or missile programs and that it intends to keep its grip on the Strait of Hormuz. According to Iranian state TV, Khamenei said Americans belong, in his words, "at the bottom of the Persian Gulf" and called the U.S. the Great Satan. Khamenei took over after his father was killed in February's U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, but no one has seen him in public since