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9.18 | Culture Friday · Overclocked childhood
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Fri » Kids caffeinate their way through exhaustion, while education tries to engineer the struggle out of learning. Also: John Stonestreet takes on cultural contradictions over the body and false equivalence over Islamism. Steve Limkeman returns to Middle-earth 25 years later to ask why its wonder still enlarges the real world. Plus: George Grant meets late-blooming reader Scotty Smith, who says books became “a radical gift in my life.” EP 3490 · Fri Sep 18, 2026 Today’s stories— > Friday morning news > Culture Friday: Overclocked childhood > LOTR: Wonder, recovered > Quest with George Grant: The late reader ★ Order your commemorative sticker celebrating 15 years and 100 million downloads.…