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It's the end of the universe as we know it (and I feel fine) / What would you do for your pet? / AI keep hallucinating

Don't worry. We have some time.

Keith Conrad
May 13
 
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New Study Predicts Universe Will End in 10⁷⁸ Years Due to Stellar Remnant Decay

Might want to set your 401k to “Aggressive”*

56% of pet owners would cut their own lives short to extend their pet’s, survey finds

Not to be Judgy McJudgerson over here, but if you don’t feel that way about your pet, why do you even have them?


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
After discovering a mysterious and disturbing painting in a museum, a man brings it home—only to find that some works of art were never meant to live beyond the canvas.

The Golgotha Dancers By Manly Wade Wellman

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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Blocking Jurko, Smoking Cubans, and Belichick’s Mermaid Muse

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander return to their favorite cigar-scented studio to talk about everything except politics. The conversation swirls from charity softball heroics and Beatles trivia to a truly baffling public image makeover by one of football’s most famously stone-faced coaches.

Blocking Jurko, Smoking Cubans, and Belichick’s Mermaid Muse

John Howell / Rick Telander

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Chicago's Own Becomes First American Pope: Jennifer Stephens Reflects on Historic Moment and Hope for the Future

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
Jennifer Stephens joins John Howell to reflect on the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and a native of Chicago’s South Side. The two discuss the significance of his background, his connection to Pope Francis’s legacy, and what his papacy could mean for the Catholic Church.

Chicago's Own Becomes First American Pope: Jennifer Stephens Reflects on Historic Moment and Hope for the Future

Big John Howell

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Also Worth A Look…

  • A Big Problem for AI: 'Hallucinations' Getting Worse - Pretty soon it’s going to be even less reliable than human-made content

  • Scientists claims that octopuses may have the skills to build the next civilization if humans die out - I, for one, welcome our new octopi overlords

  • Portillo's unveils new sandwich named after Pope Leo XIV - I feel like this was inevitable

  • AI company says job applicants should not use AI in job applications - Well, well, well, how the turntables

  • Skydiver Drops iPhone from 14,000 Feet, Finds It Perfectly Intact - Seems like that should make its way into an iPhone commercial soon

  • Family forced to lock B&B bedroom after finding 'painting of their son' inside - That may be the creepiest thing you’re going to see today

  • Ex-Royal Marine completes world’s longest triathlon by scaling Everest - I feel like that’s just showing off

  • Man with STD infected multiple coworkers after urinating into water cooler - Wait, what?

  • Video shows large alligator 'knocking' at front door of Florida home - The alligator was quoted as saying “Candygram for Mongo”

  • Bear wanders into Ohio apiary, eats entire beehive - Piglet was unavailable for comment

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