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Your Roomba isn't a family member / People need wake up calls on airplanes / Charles Dickens has a very bad day

It's not going to judge you like a human maid, but that doesn't mean it likes you

Keith Conrad
May 5
 
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Roombas fill an emotional vacuum for owners

The nickname thing isn’t too big of a deal. People have been naming things for a long time now. But some of this stuff is pretty crazy.

United Flight Attendants Keep Leaving Passengers Asleep On Empty Planes—Airline Warns: ‘This Is A Safety Risk And Federal Violation’

Listen, everybody wants to talk about the flight attendants, and rightfully so. But just how zonked do you have to be to sleep through the plane landing, pulling up to the gate and everybody else including the flight crew getting off the plane?


More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…


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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
At the bottom of the Atlantic, a small leak in Subatlantic Oil’s drilling chamber triggers a race against time — and a chilling reminder that ambition, arrogance, and pressure don’t just build under the sea.

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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…

  1. Drunk, Pantless Man Told Police His Name Was "Charles Dickens" - Definitely not much of a stretch to say that for him, it was the worst of times

  2. The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes - Just what we need, Skynet hopped up on caffeine pills and listening to George Noory

  3. Police Say They Foiled Bombing of Lady Gaga's Show - We’re going to find out Lady Gaga’s been secretly fighting crime this whole time, aren’t we?

  4. What You Must Earn to Afford a Home in America - A lot… you have to earn a lot

  5. Days After Claiming Prize, $167M Winner Is Behind Bars - Well, I guess he’ll have plenty of money to pay his legal bills

  6. Plane Sets Down on Riviera Fairway - “Mind if I play through?”

  7. NASA Images Reveal Texan Conditions Not Seen Since 1936 - Gird your loins for Dustbowl 2.0

  8. Wisconsin woman found alive 62 years after disappearance - “So… what have you been up to?” It turns out she just wanted to leave. I’m not sure it speaks very well of the investigators that they were never able to figure that one out

  9. Meet Angel/Zeke, a Rare 2-Headed Snake Surviving Against the Odds - Double the nopes

  10. Aussies Rescue Stranded Great White Shark - Quint was seen shaking his head in disgust

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