Concurrently: The News Coach Podcast WORLD Radio

How do we handle mystery and truth without falling for the temptation of conspiracy theories? What makes conspiracy theories so tantalizing? And how can we offer our kids a better story?Check out The Concurrently Companion (https://media.gwnews.com/images/articles/Concurrently-Ep-66-Companion-Printable.pdf) for this week’s downloadable episode guide including discussion questions and scripture for further study. Sign up for the News Coach Newsletter at gwnews.com/newsletters (https://gwnews.com/newsletters).We would love to hear from you. You can send us a message at newscoach@wng.org (mailto:newscoach@wng.org). What current events or cultural issues are you wrestling through with your kids and teens? Let us know. We want to work through it with you.See more from the News Coach (https://gwnews.com/newscoach/), including episode transcripts.Further Resources:* Read “A Parent’s Guide to Conspiracy Theories (https://axis.org/resource/a-parent-guide-to-conspiracy-theories/)” at Axis.* Learn more about the stages of conspiracy theory escalation (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/conspiracy-theories-how-social-media-can-help-them-spread-and-even-spark-violence/) at Scientific American.* Read about the conspiracy theories surrounding the Baltimore bridge collapse (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/27/baltimore-bridge-collapse-conspiracy-theories?utm_source=gsan&utm_campaign=gsan-apr1-2024a&utm_medium=email&emci=9309df60-64f0-ee11-aaf0-002248223794&emdi=f456e84b-f9f0-ee11-aaf2-002248223353&ceid=12227406) and the solar eclipse (https://www.rumorguard.org/post/solar-eclipse-prompts-spate-of-end-times-rumors?).Concurrently is produced by God’s WORLD News. We provide current events materials for kids and teens that show how God is working in the world. To learn more about God’s WORLD News and browse sample magazines, visit gwnews.com (https://gwnews.com/).

What is materialism? How can we offer our kids and teens a better alternative? We’re joined by WORLD’s Max Belz and Amy Auten on today’s episode.

Fun with physics, inclusive classrooms, and homework no more. Read along online.Welcome to the Play-by-Play. Every other week, we’re taking three recent stories from our God’s WORLD News publications and breaking them down to help you spark conversation in the home or the classroom.Today's stories:Discover: Learn while you play. Read it at God’s Big WORLD (https://newscoach.gwnews.com/podcasts/play-by-play-april-19-2024). (https://godsbigworld.gwnews.com/articles/wash-up-and-get-better)Explore: Have You Heard? Read it at WORLDkids (https://kids.gwnews.com/news-shorts/have-you-heard). (https://kids.gwnews.com/news-shorts/an-uh-oh-for-evs)Discern: No More Homework. Read it at WORLDteen (https://teen.gwnews.com/news-bytes/no-more-homework). (https://teen.gwnews.com/news-bytes/social-media-at-the-senate)Today's Conversation Kickoff: With a big enough tub of oobleck, you can make it feel like you’re walking on water! If you could have a superpower, like water walking, flight, or invisibility, what would you choose?Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. — Proverbs 1:8-9

In light of Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation

What’s the difference between a device and a tool? How can families steward the power of technology for good? We’re joined by Andy Crouch to talk about technology, culture making, family, and more. Check out The Concurrently Companion (https://media.gwnews.com/images/articles/Concurrently-Ep-64-Companion-Printable.pdf) for this week’s downloadable episode guide including discussion questions and scripture for further study. Sign up for the News Coach Newsletter at gwnews.com/newsletters (https://gwnews.com/newsletters).We would love to hear from you. You can send us a message at newscoach@wng.org (mailto:newscoach@wng.org). What current events or cultural issues are you wrestling through with your kids and teens? Let us know. We want to work through it with you.See more from the News Coach (https://gwnews.com/newscoach/), including episode transcripts.Further Resources:* See more from Andy Crouch at andy-crouch.com (http://andy-crouch.com).* See more from tech ethicist Tristan Harris (https://www.tristanharris.com/).* Learn more about redemptive entrepreneurship at Praxis (https://www.praxislabs.org/redemptive-entrepreneurship).* Learn more about the VSCO mobile app (https://greglutze.com/project/vsco).* Read more about Venus Aerospace (https://www.venusaero.com/). Concurrently is produced by God’s WORLD News. We provide current events materials for kids and teens that show how God is working in the world. To learn more about God’s WORLD News and browse sample magazines, visit gwnews.com (https://gwnews.com/)

Helping toddlers, hearing the eclipse, and getting arrested LEGO style. Read along online.Welcome to the Play-by-Play. Every other week, we’re taking three recent stories from our God’s WORLD News publications and breaking them down to help you spark conversation in the home or the classroom.Today's stories:Discover: Toddlers are on the move. Read it at God’s Big WORLD (https://godsbigworld.gwnews.com/articles/toddlers-are-on-the-move). (https://godsbigworld.gwnews.com/articles/wash-up-and-get-better)Explore: Hearing and Feeling the Eclipse. Read it at WORLDkids (https://kids.gwnews.com/news-shorts/hearing-and-feeling-the-eclipse). (https://kids.gwnews.com/news-shorts/an-uh-oh-for-evs)Discern: LEGO Loophole. Read it at WORLDteen (https://teen.gwnews.com/news-bytes/lego-loophole). (https://teen.gwnews.com/news-bytes/social-media-at-the-senate)Today's Conversation Kickoff: If you could take a cosmic vacation—and the real rules of space travel didn’t apply—where would you want to go? The Moon? Mars? Gas giant ROXs 42Bb?Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. — Philippians 2:3-4