Is THIS how the world will end? The universe has a 'self-destruct button' that could WIPE OUT life in an instant, scientists warn

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

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…

Auditory Anthology

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.

Rough Beast by Roger Dee 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. Scientists Playing God Are Building Human DNA From the Ground Up - When has that ever ended badly in pop culture?

2. A Shocking Amount of People Say Car Cupholders Are ‘Difficult to Use’ - It holds cups. It’s literally in the name. How can people need instructions for that? We really are living in Idiocracy

3. The sleepcation boom: Why more travelers are booking trips to do nothing - Doing nothing on vacation sounds pretty amazing. But you could stay at home and do nothing and save some money

4. Vancouver woman mistakenly declared dead after filing late husband’s tax return - Authorities were quoted as saying she’d be “stone dead in a moment.”

5. Woman likely bitten by shark at New York’s popular Jones Beach - Mayor Vaughn said the beaches will still be open for the 4th of July

6. Skull study shows Chicago's rodents are rapidly evolving - I, for one, welcome our new rat overlords

7. Australian man charged with cattle theft after $100,000 load of bull semen found - That’s a lot of bull semen

8. Woman suspected of DUI hits man with car during dispute - Ouch. How did she even pick it up to begin with?

9. Zoinks! Search for Burglar Dressed as Scooby-Doo in Alabama - They would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids

10. A woman’s house in California was burglarized so many times that even bears went in - She needs to check her fence posts for hobo markings

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