Man Installed "Kill Switch" So That If He Was Ever Fired, All Hell Would Break Loose

That’s the American dream right there. Any good stories out there of companies getting some comeuppance after some poor personnel decisions?

TikTokers Convinced Travelers To Show Up 15 Minutes Before Flights—Now Airlines Are Giving Away Their Seats

Who could have predicted that would have ended badly?

A Day in the Life of a (Beleaguered) Congressional Staffer

BELEAGUERED STAFFERS W/ KEITH CONRAD, LAURA FINCH & SEAN MAGERS

Working in Congress may sound like a glamorous job—policy debates, historic votes, and rubbing elbows with power players. But the reality is often far less glamorous, most of the time you’re taking calls from crazy constituents, or worse, people like Keith Conrad

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Auditory Anthology

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

In a historic battle for the middleweight championship, Alix 1340—more than just a machine—must decide if he is a symbol of revolution or something far greater when the fate of both man and machine hangs on a single word.

Title Fight by William Gault Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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• USA asks Denmark for help in the egg crisis - Probably wasn’t a good idea to say we were going to invade Greenland if we were going to need their help with eggs

• Sales of US goods ‘rapidly dropping’ at Canadian grocery stores - I’m shocked.. SHOCKED. Well, not that shocked

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• Escaped pet monkey captured after home burglary spree - Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?

• Florida police officer delivers pizza after large gator caught on camera in customer’s driveway - Say what you want about the midwest, but you’ll never see stories about us having to dodge giant man-eating lizards

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