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Expectant Parents Criticized for Choosing 'Chernobyl Hope' as Baby Name [ [link removed] ]
“Have you met my son, Hindenburg?”
Spaniards squirt water guns at foreigners in Barcelona and Mallorca to protest overtourism [ [link removed] ]
I’ll bet they don’t mind the extra moola they get from tourists
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
Auditory Anthology [ [link removed] ]
SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
A murder aboard a starship, a vanished secret to faster-than-light travel, and the only witness is a silent, shapeshifting alien who may not be what it seems.
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Unsolicited Life Advice with Keith Conrad [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
John is joined by Producer Keith Conrad, who has scoured the pages of Reddit in search of tortured souls who are in need of life advice from someone as wise and worldly as Big John Howell.
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Of Mice, Men, and Michael Jackson (with John Dempsey) [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander welcome longtime newsman and first-time guest John Dempsey for a special episode packed with vermin, vintage movie trivia, evolutionary biology, and one shockingly good Michael Jackson impression.
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Also Worth A Look…
Pentagon Pizza Deliveries Surge Hours Before Israel's Strikes on Iran [ [link removed] ] - The Pizza Scale is a real thing
Brain Food Fight: Rutgers Maps the Hidden Switch that Turns Cravings on and Off [ [link removed] ] - This is the first story I’ve seen in quite some time that gives me hope the human race won’t end up like the fatties at the end of WALL·E
Mouth tape is a billion-dollar industry. Is it worth your money? [ [link removed] ] - Supposedly it helps you sleep. I know a few people who would do well to tape their mouths shut when they’re awake
Kings Island visitors warned to keep mouths closed on amusement park rides because of cicadas [ [link removed] ] - I know a few people who would do well to keep their mouths shut when they’re not visiting Kings Island
Guy Scores 120 Free Flights by Posing as Flight Attendant Before Getting Busted [ [link removed] ] - Let him skip jail if he works as an actual flight attendant on 120 flights
National Weather Service issues Alaska's first-ever heat advisory [ [link removed] ] - That’s less than ideal
Celebrating A Wedding With Some Gunfire [ [link removed] ] - Maybe don’t do that
World's largest game of red light, green light played in California [ [link removed] ] - They are going hard to promote the new season of Squid Game
Trump Calls for ‘End’ to Israel-Iran War, Says Putin Agreed in Call [ [link removed] ] - This is a lot more weighty than normal News Sidequest fare, but the optics of the guy who invaded Ukraine and is still fighting there calling for an end to another war is… something
Doctor Gave Free Care to Patients for Decades–Now They’ve Raised $280,000 to Pay for His Cancer Treatment [ [link removed] ] - My America was always great
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