Navigate with a compass? Fix a car engine? What Americans say they can (and can’t) do

I have an idea for a new hit TV show. It’s basically candid camera, except people are thrown into situation where they have to do tasks everybody should know how to do, like fix a flat tire, balance their checkbooks or Ted Stryker an airplane

Aliens make ‘first contact’ to warn mankind to save the planet

Huge if true. Might want to set that 401k to “Aggressive”

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 – Take a Number - A 911 operator thought he’d heard it all until a deluge of panicked calls reports that Mothman, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster have descended upon Atlanta, forcing him to take cryptid sightings with the same seriousness as a misplaced Wi-Fi password.

Tales From the Blue Line - Take a Number Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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The Shocking (But Not Surprising) Ryder Cup Fans

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER

John Howell and Rick Telander take aim at what might seem like a niche topic — bad behavior at the Ryder Cup — but turns it into something much bigger: a diagnosis of America’s national mood.

The Shocking (But Not Surprising) Ryder Cup Fans John Howell / Rick Telander Episode

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Inside Operation Greylord: The Undercover Mission That Shook Cook County

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.

Inside Operation Greylord: The Undercover Mission That Shook Cook County John Dempsey Episode

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Also Worth A Look…

• Netflix strikes ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ toy deals with both Mattel and Hasbro - Merchandising, merchandising, merchandising… where the real money from the movie is made. KPop Demon Hunters the t-shirt! KPop Demon Hunters the coloring book! KPop Demon Hunters the lunch box! KPop Demon Hunters the breakfast cereal! KPop Demon Hunters the flame thrower!

• Amazon plans to replace 600,000 US workers with robots by 2033: NYT - John Connor was unavailable for comment. Amazingly, it’s not the worst thing Amazon has done this week

• Plane makes emergency landing after pilots lose contact with flight attendants and hear banging on cockpit door - I probably wouldn’t be too thrilled if I was on that airplane, but it’s probably best to err on the side of caution in a situation like that

• In 1997, A Zoo Chimp Amazed Scientists By Gathering Rocks To Throw At Visitors - Completely understandable

• Humpback Whale Population Now Well Above Pre-Whaling Levels in Australia - Dr. Gillian Taylor was unavailable for comment

• Dairy Queen Blizzard Helped End Armed Standoff In Washington State - I think you could talk just about anyone off the ledge with the promise of a Blizzard

• Young girl who fell from Disney Dream cruise was told by mom to pose in front of open porthole - Yeah, maybe don’t do that

• Patient plays clarinet during life-changing brain surgery - Even more amazing was the fact that they had never played the clarinet before

• Wild Bear Breaks Into Zoo, Is Found Hanging Our Near Bear Enclosure - You normally wouldn’t expect a bear to break *into* a zoo

• Weather Balloon Firm Admits Likely Role in United Cockpit Strike - Boeing’s just happy it wasn’t their fault for once