Florida ranked among the most likely to survive an alien invasion, placing 6th and scoring 7.55 out of 10

I’m not sure how I feel about Florida being the last of us to survive

Machete-wielding cinnamon bun bandit caught mid-snack, Asheville police say

What can I saw that’s going to improve on that? I got nothing

Colby Hall Talks Trump, Canada, and Media Distraction

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL

John Howell welcomes Colby Hall, founding editor of Mediaite.com and Peabody Award-winning TV producer, for a discussion that spanned Trump’s curious obsession with Canada and Greenland, media manipulation, and the Democratic Party’s struggles to define itself.

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

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Amateurs No More: College Sports, Cash, and the End of Illusions

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER

John Howell and Rick Telander dive into the billion-dollar business of college athletics—and the increasingly blurry line between amateurism and professionalism.

Amateurs No More: College Sports, Cash, and the End of Illusions John Howell / Rick Telander Episode

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Auditory Anthology

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

After a grueling night at the studio, a TV producer wakes to find himself trapped in a time loop—repeating the same day again and again—until a mysterious figure appears with a cryptic clue that might be his only way out.

Tales From the Blue Line - Frame by Frame Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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• AI successfully applied to become an art student at a university in Vienna - So basically AI is already a better artist than Hitler was. I’m not sure what that means

• Cashless society drives drop in children swallowing coins, researchers say - That certainly adds up

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• D.C. man's $1M lottery win was predicted by a dream - I just keep having that dream where I have to go back to school and I haven’t studied for that Algebra test

• Girl, 15, Attacked by Sea Lion During Swim Test - That was no boating accident

• Stir Stick to Detect if Your Drink Is Spiked Developed by Chemists Hoping to See Them on Every Bar Top - Science stepping up to deal with the Andrew Tates of the world

• Alabama halted a library’s funding. Supporters raised the cash in days - My America was always great

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