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Does the earth have too many people?

Jan 16, 2025 | wng.org | Grace Snell

Raphael Samuel rocketed to sudden worldwide fame when he filed a lawsuit against his parents—for bringing him into the world without his consent. That was six years ago. Today, the 32-year-old martial arts trainer from India admits the move was mostly a publicity stunt. Samuel wasn’t at all surprised when a judge tossed the case less than a year after he filed it. But the ideas behind the lawsuit—the ones he wanted to call attention to—are perfectly serious. Samuel is an antinatalist.
Can magic mushrooms heal broken brains?

Jan 16, 2025 | wng.org | Grace Snell

Jonathan Lubecky lay in a hospital bed and stared at the ceiling as two attendants hooked him up to a medical monitor. One of them handed him a dish that held a single green capsule. The pill contained MDMA, an illegal party drug known as “molly” or “ecstasy.” But Lubecky wasn’t looking for a good time. He was hoping for a cure. For eight years he had battled severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, ever since coming back from a deployment to Iraq.
‘Hard to comprehend’

Nov 20, 2024 | wng.org | Grace Snell

Blue smoke rises from smoldering heaps of rubble in a tiny neighborhood about 12 miles southeast of Asheville, N.C. Workmen are burning fallen trees and mounds of tangled debris. This is Craigtown—or what remains of it. On Sept. 27, Hurricane Helene’s heavy rainfall triggered a landslide that crushed a cluster of homes on land owned by the Craig family since the mid-1900s. The disaster claimed the lives of 13 people. Now, a jagged scar in the earth splits the landscape as far as the eye can see.
Too much Christmas?

Nov 14, 2024 | wng.org | Grace Snell

The Fanning family remembers 2010 as the “simple Christmas year.” At the time, Lora Lynn Fanning had five kids at home, all under the age of 5. She and her husband also felt God tugging at their hearts to adopt. So, by the time the holiday season rolled around, they were pinching pennies—trying to scrape together enough money to bring their new daughter home from Uganda. Fanning sat her little ones down and told them they wouldn’t be dashing off to the lot for a Christmas tree that year.
Rejecting a lifetime of addiction

Nov 14, 2024 | wng.org | Addie Offereins |Grace Snell

DAVID STONER REMEMBERS THE FEELING OF SMOKING MARIJUANA for the first time as a self-conscious 11-year-old. Soon after, he tried liquor. He relished the instant confidence boost even as it burned the back of his throat. “That sense of doubt in myself melted away,” Stoner recalled. For the first time, he felt comfortable in his own skin. The more he tried, the more he felt accepted by his peers. Alcohol and marijuana laid the groundwork for experimenting with cocaine and pills. Then, he met a girl.
How “Just Say No” became “Just Don’t Die”

Nov 14, 2024 | wng.org | Grace Snell

SARAH STONE KICKED HER DRUG HABIT cold turkey after spending 16 years addicted to opioids. But she takes a very different approach when it comes to helping other drug users. Stone lives in Charleston, W.Va.—a city gutted by the opioid epidemic. In 2019, she and some of her friends decided to start helping addicts use drugs more safely by handing out clean needles and naloxone, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses. Stone’s message to addicts is simple: Just don’t die.
Hurricane Helene’s Appalachian tsunami

Oct 17, 2024 | wng.org | Grace Snell

Ginny Barker’s boots stuck fast in a thick layer of mud as she surveyed the wreckage of her daughter’s home in Swannanoa, N.C., in early October. Sticky brown muck coated everything—sidewalk, yard, walls, and windows—all the way up to the watermark high above her head. Just a few days after the Swannanoa River burst its banks and swept through the neighborhood, Barker and her family started sorting through ruined belongings—saving what they could and dragging the rest to the curb.
Seeing God work after a hurricane

Oct 17, 2024 | wng.org | Grace Snell

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Thursday, October 17th. 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: cleaning up after Hurricane Helene. In Asheville, North Carolina, severe flooding and catastrophic landslides washed away homes, businesses, and schools. Without reliable Internet and clean water, schools in the area are closed until at least the end of the month.
Alaskans rank their candidate options

Sep 5, 2024 | wng.org | Grace Snell

STATE STATSVoter makeup: Although Alaska is the largest U.S. state, it is also the least densely populated: only about 600,000 registered voters call it home. Almost 60 percent of these are unaffiliated or independent, while 24 percent identify as Republican. Only 12 percent are registered Democrats. From its inception in 1959, Alaska has been a conservative bastion, with voters choosing a Republican candidate in every presidential election since 1964.
Human Race: Defiant in Gaza

Aug 15, 2024 | wng.org | Grace Snell

Hamas’ appointment of Yahya Sinwar as its new political head on Aug. 6 was a sign of recalcitrance from the terrorist organization—and it was a move that experts said would further diminish chances of a ceasefire with Israel. Almost a year into their war with Hamas, Israeli forces continued to hammer the Gaza Strip as international calls for a truce intensified. Sinwar, the purported mastermind of last year’s Oct.