From News Sidequest from Keith Conrad <[email protected]>
Subject It might be the end of the world as we know it / Robot fight club / Scientists decide to sin against nature
Date June 30, 2025 12:01 AM
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Is THIS how the world will end? The universe has a 'self-destruct button' that could WIPE OUT life in an instant, scientists warn [ [link removed] ]
It starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an airplane. Lenny Bruce was unavailable for comment
AI-Powered Humanoid Robots Compete in First 3-on-3 Soccer Match in China [ [link removed] ]
Now we’re making them compete for our amusement. Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet
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
When a vicious alien monster crash-lands in the Florida Keys, two telepathic researchers and a reclusive hermit find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against a creature far more terrifying than they could ever imagine—or so they think.
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Golf Talk, Grit, and $4.3 Million Putts with John Dempsey [ [link removed] ]
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
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Heaven Is a Playground—The Book, the Movie, and the Memories [ [link removed] ]
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.
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Also Worth A Look…
Scientists Playing God Are Building Human DNA From the Ground Up [ [link removed] ] - When has that ever ended badly in pop culture?
A Shocking Amount of People Say Car Cupholders Are ‘Difficult to Use’ [ [link removed] ] - It holds cups. It’s literally in the name. How can people need instructions for that? We really are living in Idiocracy
The sleepcation boom: Why more travelers are booking trips to do nothing [ [link removed] ] - Doing nothing on vacation sounds pretty amazing. But you could stay at home and do nothing and save some money
Vancouver woman mistakenly declared dead after filing late husband’s tax return [ [link removed] ] - Authorities were quoted as saying she’d be “stone dead in a moment.”
Woman likely bitten by shark at New York’s popular Jones Beach [ [link removed] ] - Mayor Vaughn said the beaches will still be open for the 4th of July
Skull study shows Chicago's rodents are rapidly evolving [ [link removed] ] - I, for one, welcome our new rat overlords
Australian man charged with cattle theft after $100,000 load of bull semen found [ [link removed] ] - That’s a lot of bull semen
Woman suspected of DUI hits man with car during dispute [ [link removed] ] - Ouch. How did she even pick it up to begin with?
Zoinks! Search for Burglar Dressed as Scooby-Doo in Alabama [ [link removed] ] - They would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids
A woman’s house in California was burglarized so many times that even bears went in [ [link removed] ] - She needs to check her fence posts for hobo markings
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