From News Sidequest from Keith Conrad <[email protected]>
Subject NASA finds some people with the right stuff / The Kiss Cam CEO plot thickens / Something new is trying to kill you…
Date September 24, 2025 12:00 AM
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NASA Introduces Its Newest Astronauts: 10 Chosen From More than 8,000 Applicants [ [link removed] ]
Passed over yet again
CEO & Exec at Coldplay concert weren’t having an 'affair’: report [ [link removed] ]
The hugging was weird and professionally questionable. But the thing that always had me giving that side eye was the fact that they were out in public. That doesn’t seem like something you’d do if you were sneaking around on your spouse
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
In a kingdom ruled by a semi-barbaric king, a young man’s fate rests on a barbaric game of chance—unless the princess who loves him can use her secret knowledge to save him from either a hungry tiger or an arranged marriage.
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Inside Operation Greylord: The Undercover Mission That Shook Cook County [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
John Dempsey sits down with Terry Hake, the man who became the federal government's key undercover operative in Operation Greylord, one of the most significant judicial corruption investigations in American history.
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The “How To Do A Podcast” Podcast [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander turn the mic on their producer, Keith Conrad, for a conversation about the nuts and bolts of podcasting. From publishing schedules and YouTube discoverability to viral gimmicks and old radio war stories, nothing is off the table. It’s equal parts practical advice and good-natured banter about what it takes to stand out in a crowded media landscape.
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Also Worth A Look…
More than 160,000 apply for Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade, wildlife officials say [ [link removed] ] - Am I the only one who didn’t realize there were bears to worry about in Florida too? Summer must be tough for them with all that fur. Florida really is the Australia of America
Boy, 13, Survives 620-Mile Flight While Hiding in an Aircraft's Landing Gear [ [link removed] ] - It’s absolutely amazing that he survived. Don’t do that
Kennedy Mural Blasted As ‘AI Slop’ By Local Artists, Commuters [ [link removed] ] - Not even graffiti is safe
ChatGPT Helps Woman Nab $150K Powerball Win [ [link removed] ] - I must be using the wrong prompts, all I keep getting is graffiti
'Unexpected' Find in Rembrandt's Most Famous Piece [ [link removed] ] - I’ll be looking at my “Dogs Playing Poker” painting very closely from now on
Connecticut to ban first cousin marriages, which are still legal in at least 16 states [ [link removed] ] - How is that still a thing?
Spirit Airlines to Furlough One-Third of Flight Attendants [ [link removed] ] - Their sterling customer service reputation might take a hit with this
Multiple chickens, pigs and piglets escape Washington farm [ [link removed] ] - Great. Now the farm animals are banding together
DoorDash driver alerts police to hostage situation after delivering suspicious items to motel [ [link removed] ] - Who hasn’t gotten trash bags, zip ties, bleach, a hatchet delivered to a hotel before?
‘Nightmare bacteria’ cases are increasing in the US [ [link removed] ] - There’s something new to be worried about
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