Almost half of Americans are reconsidering traveling overseas due to safety fears, poll finds

Traffic has to be down at most tourist destinations around the world, so it would be a good time to visit. But you might get caught up in the start of WWIII or Stephen Miller might block you from coming back

Scientists find Earth’s mantle beating like a heart, slowly tearing Africa apart

Just another thing I didn’t know we needed to be worried about

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

Tales From the Blue Line: An ER nurse's routine night shift turns unsettling when a mysterious patient with a strange injury and no shadow appears, leaving her to question reality and forever change how she perceives the unseen.

Tales From the Blue Line - The Shadowless Man Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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Golf Talk, Grit, and $4.3 Million Putts with John Dempsey

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL

JJ Spaun shocks the field at Oakmont with a dramatic U.S. Open win, and John Howell and John Dempsey are here to break it all down

Golf Talk, Grit, and $4.3 Million Putts with John Dempsey Big John Howell Episode

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Heaven Is a Playground—The Book, the Movie, and the Memories

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER

John Howell and Rick Telander along with John Dempsey take a deep dive into Telander's iconic book Heaven Is a Playground—from its origins in a 1973 Sports Illustrated article to its 1991 film adaptation.

Heaven Is a Playground—The Book, the Movie, and the Memories John Howell / Rick Telander Episode

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Also Worth A Look…

1. 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Reveals Ancient Zombie Fungi - Zombie fungi trapped in amber. It’s the Jurassic Park/Last Of Us mashup you didn’t know you wanted

2. AI Willing to Kill Humans to Avoid Being Shut Down, Report Finds - That’s less than ideal

3. Chinese hotel told ‘wake-up service’ of red pandas climbing onto guest beds must stop - We’re just not allowed to have fun anymore

4. Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say - This is how The Borg got started, isn’t it? I, for one, welcome our new snot-sucking robot overlords

5. Get Paid $34 to Donate Poop in This Luxurious Setting - Gig alert

6. Dog at Adoption Event Credited With Saving Man From Seizure - Good timing. Although there’s never a bad time to adopt a doggo

7. Brother's advice earns N.C. man a $100,000 lottery prize - Looks like someone is getting a good Christmas present this year

8. Giant Archaeological Puzzle Reveals Artworks Not Seen for 1,800 Years - The worlds oldest example of dogs playing poker

9. Chinese man, 64, finds toothbrush he swallowed at age 12 stuck in intestine, needs surgery - 12 seems a little old to think it’s a good idea to swallow something just to see what happens

10. Michigan DNR Rescues Bear with Lid Around Its Neck - Maybe the other bears will stop making fun of him now

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