Couple File for Divorce After Being Unable to Agree on a Name for Their Child

I’m sure that kid will grow up to be a well-adjusted adult. What’s the dumbest fight you’ve ever had as a couple?

Mosquitos seem to like beer drinkers who recently had sex

So basically, mosquitos follow the rules of 1980’s slasher movies

More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…

Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD

Tales From the Blue Line: A weary ER nurse's late-night delivery to the hospital's records department leads her to a disorienting, shadow version of the building where time and reality are bent, and she is a ghost of a different time.

Tales From the Blue Line - The 24-Hour Shift Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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Dave Norman on Chops, Sound, and the Art of Making Music

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL

John Howell sits down with longtime friend and powerhouse trumpet player Dave C. Norman to talk range, tone, studio politics, teaching, and why “higher, faster, louder” isn’t the destination.

Dave Norman on Chops, Sound, and the Art of Making Music Big John Howell Episode

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The Mascot Distraction: Smoke, Fire, and Trump’s Culture War Playbook

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER

Big John Howell and Rick Telander tackle everything from Trump’s resurrection of racist mascots to the enduring grift of American demagoguery.

The Mascot Distraction: Smoke, Fire, and Trump’s Culture War Playbook John Howell / Rick Telander Episode

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Also Worth A Look…

• NASA Says Perseverance's 'Sapphire Canyon' Sample Holds Potential Biosignature - Who had “Ancient Martian Life” on their Bingo card for September?

• Cruise passenger charged after jumping overboard to allegedly dodge $16,000 in gambling debts - He probably would have been better off if he just tried to balance it all out by eating $16,000 worth of food at the buffet

• Lizard gives birth without mating in 'one of rarest events in animal kingdom' - And now we’ve got “Lizard Jesus.” What a time to be alive

• UK Railway Line ‘Hires’ Three New Cats Found Sleeping Rough Nearby - Nice to see they’re actually working for a living

• Soon, Your Uber Ride Could Be a Chopper - If the app doesn’t say “Get to da choppa!!” when your ride arrives, what are they even doing with their lives?

• Almost 70 Containers Fall Off Ship in California Port - Welp, looks like my new earbuds are going to be delayed a little while

• Someone is painting squirrels in a Connecticut town, animal control says - Maybe the squirrels are just finally getting to express themselves. You don’t know

• Europe’s slacker nation — Germany now works less than Greece and Portugal - Based on the 20th century, maybe it’s not such a bad idea for Germany to go through its slacker era

• Goodwill to host an NYFW fashion show for the first time this year - That’s interesting… not enough to make me watch, but interesting nonetheless

• Obese surpass undernourished youths for first time, UN warns -…… Is that good news or bad news?

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