Man goes viral for 'mundane absurdity' of fixing a McDonald's sign

What mundane activity brings you joy? I kind of like vacuuming. Which is even more mundane than the sign job

State lawmakers are looking to ban non-existent ‘chemtrails.’ It could have real-life side effects

It would be fantastic if we could elect some people who have IQ’s above room temperature

Constitutional Law Expert Eric Segall on the State of the Supreme Court

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL

John Howell sat down with constitutional law professor Eric Segall of Georgia State University for a wide-ranging and sobering conversation on the Supreme Court, Donald Trump’s legal maneuvering, and the fragile state of American democracy.

Constitutional Law Expert Eric Segall on the State of the Supreme Court Big John Howell Episode

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Blitzed by Ambition: Donald Trump's Role in the Demise of the USFL

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER

Big John Howell and Rick Telander light up cigars—and history—as they crack open one of the wildest sports stories of the 20th century: the short-lived, long-mythologized United States Football League

Blitzed by Ambition: Donald Trump's Role in the Demise of the USFL John Howell / Rick Telander Episode

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Auditory Anthology

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

As four criminals escape from a prison on Titan and celebrate their newfound freedom aboard their stolen ship, one of them begins hearing an eerie knocking from outside the spacecraft

Escape by Lu Evans Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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Also Worth A Look…

• Babysitter checking for monsters finds man hiding under child's bed - I’ll bet that kid is feeling pretty vindicated about now. And creeped out

• 82 percent say presidents should obey federal court rulings: Survey - Who was that 18%?

• Patient Dies After Contracting Rabies From Organ Transplant - Amazingly, this was actually the exact plot of the Scrubs episode “My Lunch”

• Florida Man, 21, Drove Dad's Car Into Ocean - Don’t you hate it when the ocean just sneaks up on you like that?

• Declassified CIA files reveal psychic quest for the Ark of the Covenant - We didn’t need a psychic to tell us that. We already know top men are working on it

• Minneapolis Cop Goes Above and Beyond For Elderly Resident - My America was always great

• Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada - That’s less than ideal

• NASA's rover Curiosity finds biggest known organic molecules on Mars - The chances of anything coming from Mars are now slightly better than a million to one

• Indianapolis Zoo president has hand bitten while feeding chimpanzee - He was quoted as saying “I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-a to chimpanzee”

• University Picks Kermit for Commencement Speaker - Well done, University of Maryland

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