This is the Babylon Bee weekly news podcast for 5/22/2020.
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In this episode of The Babylon Bee podcast, editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle talk about the biggest stories of the week like teenage expert Greta Thunberg teaching everything now, Elon Musk being the real-life Tony Stark, and Biden hiring a translator to render his speech into plain English. Ravi Zacharias went on to glory so our topic of the week is recalling Ravi's impact as an apologist and ambassador of the Gospel. This episode gets emotional.
In the subscriber portion, subscribers get to listen to Kyle and Ethan continue their tribute to Ravi and talk about civility, humility, and forgiveness.
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Show Outline
Introduction
Ethan helps out a family. You can help out too at https://www.ethannicolle.com/post/helping-a-struggling-family
Stuff That's Good
Kyle likes Seinfeld 23 Hours To Kill and Ethan likes Kerry Callen's Super Antics and Halo & Sprocket
This News Is Weird
Alleged thieves wore watermelons over heads at grocery store
'Virtual Pub Quiz' sets Guinness record for YouTube streaming
Pentagon officially releases UFO videos
Massive asteroid flying past Earth next week looks like it's wearing a face mask
Stories of the Week
Story 1
MasterClass Replaces All Instructors With Greta Thunberg
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CNN added Greta to their panel of COVID-19 experts
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Check out the new ad from MasterClass!
Story 2
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Musk threatened he was leaving CA to another state
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Musk threatened they were reopening their factory and to come and arrest him if they county insisted on trying to keep them closed
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CA or the county of Merced backed off
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Tweeted "Take the red pill"/but red rose is democratic socialism
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Elon Musk speaks in parables and riddles, like Jesus
Story 3
Biden Campaign Hires Interpreter To Translate His Speeches Into English
- Biden's interpreter reached out and provided a handy key to help us understand Biden's unique and endearing speech patterns. Here are a few of the examples that should help you next time you see a Biden speech.
Topic of the Week
Kyle and Ethan recall great teaching moments from Ravi Zacharias.
Clips referenced:
Meaninglessness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03qR8b4P8Uk
Islam/forgiveness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRCsXRassg&feature=youtu.be
Testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO8HWH7aq-s
Civility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MYQhFB_f4I
Humility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78Nr4P5KaE
Short tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP5NybBs0Ak
Another short tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSy4YtExaJg&t
Meaninglessness is self-defeating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i68mc1lMkc
Subjective moral reasoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0218GkAGbnU
Hate Mail
Going to video means we are beginning to get comments on our appearances and some conspiracy theories about Kyle.
Paid-subscriber portion
Ravi Zacharias still teaches Kyle and Ethan about forgiveness, subjective moral reasoning, humility, and civility.
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