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Gen Z will believe anything / Bad airplane behavior reaches new heights / Early Christmas gift idea

Social media isn't making people discerning consumers of information

Keith Conrad
Apr 28
 
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How Gen Z Became the Most Gullible Generation

That’s a lot of reasons why that’s not exactly surprising. That brings up the question, what do we do about it?

US Airline Plane Grounded After Female Passenger Strips Naked And Poops On Seat

That seems like pretty typical behavior on airlines these days. If you don’t like it, get a ticket in the Non-Pooping section


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
This week’s story is The Star by H.G. Wells, which might be a prequel to The War of the Worlds. There’s actually a cameo by Ogilvy the Astronomer and the Martians, who are watching all of the hijinks on Earth from afar… probably with less envious eyes than they are in War of the Worlds.

The Star by H.G. Wells

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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Matt Lewis: Trump's Tariffs Could Be His 'Afghanistan Moment'

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
Political commentator Matt Lewis joined John Howell to break down what he sees as a turning point in Donald Trump’s post-presidency: the new wave of tariffs that Lewis believes may be the former president’s political undoing

Matt Lewis: Trump's Tariffs Could Be His 'Afghanistan Moment'

Big John Howell

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Is There Life Beyond Earth? Astronaut Tom Jones Weighs In on Breakthrough Discovery

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
John Dempsey speaks with retired NASA astronaut, planetary scientist, and author Tom Jones about one of the most exciting astronomical discoveries in recent memory: possible signs of life on an alien planet.

Is There Life Beyond Earth? Astronaut Tom Jones Weighs In on Breakthrough Discovery

John Dempsey

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Also Worth A Look…

  • A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction - Never too early to get a jump on Christmas shopping

  • More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says - That seems less than ideal. At least people were getting houses out of the deal in the last financial crisis

  • Trump's nominee for NASA administrator was once arrested, accused of passing bad checks to casinos - That’s less than ideal. You’d think you’d want the NASA administrator to be able to add enough to balance their checkbook

  • Bags of cash fell from a Brinks truck in suburban Chicago. Crowds of people stole $300K - How are you reacting is money just starts flying around everywhere?

  • The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges—and the economy - …and the hits just keep on coming

  • Redditor miraculously has his life saved after Pokemon card deck stop stray bullet - Gotta catch ‘em all. Your life might depend on it

  • Australian radio station secretly used an AI host for six months - KBBL has been using the DJ 3000 for years now

  • Dutch Town Accidentally Throws Away a Warhol - Oops

  • Adding 70 Windows to Illinois School Improves Student Wellbeing and Performance, Confirming Studies - I’m sure there was some curmudgeon who opposed the whole idea because they thought the kids would just be distracted

  • Woman Allegedly Catches Herpes Virus by Holding Karaoke Mic Too Close to Her Mouth - A likely story

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