MEGAN BASHAM, HOST: Today is Friday, January 22nd. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Megan Basham. MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown. Have you ever wondered why we start the new year in January, instead of July? Turns out that quirk of the calendar has...

NICK EICHER, HOST: Next up on The World and Everything in It: the WORLD History Book. 

NICK EICHER, HOST: Next up on The World and Everything in It: the WORLD History Book. 

NICK EICHER, HOST: Next up on The World and Everything in It: the WORLD History Book. This week, a notorious excommunication, the arrest of five members of a Soviet spy ring, and an out-of-this-world mystery. 

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Monday, December 28th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Next up: the WORLD History Book. 

NICK EICHER, HOST: Next up on The World and Everything in It: the WORLD History Book.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Monday, December 14th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher.