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Why Is Reading a Book Better Than Using a Screen?

The Carrie Abbott Show

Release Date: 07/29/2026

What if We Knew the Challenges Marriages Might Face in Advance? show art What if We Knew the Challenges Marriages Might Face in Advance?

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The 2025 State of the Family Marriage Study is out, and it brings both good news and the challenges some face in their marriages. It assesses what healthy marriages have in common and the 32 areas all couples care about, regardless of faith. Dr. Bob Paul, VP of the Focus on the Family Marriage Institute, brings us the insights and revelations and an inspiring outlook for all marriages! State of the Family - 2025 - Focus on the Family (https://www.focusonthefamily.com/state-of-the-family/)

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Karoline Leavitt is leaving her post as the youngest press secretary so she can be with her kids. We applaud her and bring you the story! Other child-focused news: Dr. Anthony Fauci knew C-19 shots might cause miscarriage and promoted it anyway. Massachusetts Gov. signs a bill to expand abortion, and we discuss what this means spiritually, and finally, federal funds are drying up for childhood mutilation, and some doctors may have committed fraud, using various codes to make millions while doing gender surgeries. Big stories!

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Cue the celebration music—due to a new executive order, the vaccine schedule is changing! We review the details. AOC injects herself with a shot on social media as part of her journey in freezing her eggs. I share what I wish someone would tell her! A tragic story about a baby turns into a redemptive cautionary tale and another reason to change the policy on Mifepristone.

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Author Marci Ferrell joins us again to share how God transforms us in the ordinary tasks of homemaking and managing a home to be like Christ. She explains how serving others, starting with our family, literally is the Gospel on display. Women and men will be so encouraged by the reset that can happen when you embrace homemaking as ministry! Thankful Homemaker | Gospel-Driven Homemaker Encouragement (https://thankfulhomemaker.com/)

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Biblical homemaking isn’t curating picture-perfect homes; rather, it is stewarding the ministry that happens at home naturally and powerfully—if we realize every task can be offered to God as a form of worship. Author and podcaster Marci Ferrell brings us her book "Homemaking Matters" and shares how God transformed her thinking and attitude from grumbling to grateful. Encouraging conversation! Thankful Homemaker | Gospel-Driven Homemaker Encouragement (https://thankfulhomemaker.com/)

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Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White have announced plans to declare for the WNBA 2027 draft! We explain their reasoning, related to the possible inclusion of trans players. We tackle the ongoing drama in the WNBA, including Sophie Cunningham’s courage, the backlash against teen girls attending a Seattle Storm game, and what is really at stake in this ongoing saga.

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The voice in contrast to Dr. Fauci during the pandemic, Dr. Peter McCullough joins us with his thoughts on Fauci’s behavior, his diary, and his congressional hearing. We include the ongoing disruption Fauci’s leadership caused during the pandemic at hospitals and the medical community’s interaction with various drugs they attempted to remove, such as ivermectin. We also examine a new breakthrough for cancer with ivermectin! Emergency Kits, RX Access & Premium Supplements | The Wellness Company (https://www.twc.health/)

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The ongoing uncovering of Dr. Fauci’s fraudulent, narcissistic behavior makes the pain of the Pandemic even worse. Fires in Washington state are from an arsonist, apparently. Two administrators were charged for not reporting sexual assault in the case of the girl wrestler. Planned Parenthood is taking big money and harming more kids via cross-sex hormones. 148,000 kids have been found, and other breaking news.

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The Parent Center at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation is now launched and ready to help parents find answers and resources for all the difficult situations their kids face online, including taking pictures down, adult interaction, bullying, and much more. Layne Shill, Director of the Center, joins us with the details on how this new platform works to provide answers that are vetted by the best organizations. Parent Center (https://parentcenter.org/)

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Making Forgiveness a Life Habit, Part 2 show art Making Forgiveness a Life Habit, Part 2

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Dean’s journey to forgiveness, which included forgiving the man who murdered his mother, is an arresting and shocking story. God made a way for Dean, and in the process, he gave him a path to lead others to true forgiveness and the life-changing freedom only biblical forgiveness can bring. Surprise after surprise unfolds in this second half of his story.

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A meta-analysis reveals some intriguing and important revelations about how our brains develop when reading, why it affects attention span so strongly and why we comprehend less when reading on a screen, compared to holding an actual book. The research is eye-opening (pun intended) and explains the push to get kids to read more actual books in school.