Show Notes
Fri » On Culture Friday, John Stonestreet recalls how legalism burdened homeschool families with rules God never commanded. Also: Marvel’s VisionQuest brings back an android who can’t quite figure out who he is—or how to live with losing someone he loves. And British pop star Bob Stanley is still making mixtapes, rescuing songs you may have heard years ago without knowing their names.
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☀️Today’s stories › Friday morning news › Culture Friday: Take it easy on each other › Movie review: A machine in mourning › Music review: The mixtape never ends
↳ Go deeper Collin Garbarino reviews You Can See Everything, a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. He finds the film fascinating but raises serious concerns about its content.
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