North Texas Teacher Apologizes for Feeding Live Kitten to Snake in Classroom

How else are the kids going to learn how snakes eat? What are some things that happened when you were in school that would probably get the teacher fired today? I had a teacher show us Braveheart. That’s a little more tame than feeding a kitten to a snake, but considering the number of F-bombs dropped and limbs chopped off, I’m not sure it would fly today and probably shouldn’t have back then. Also, it took like three days to get through.

Americans Are Using PTO to Sleep, Not for Vacation—Report

Listen, whatever you have to do to relax. There’s nothing wrong with a staycation

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Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD

A test pilot’s experimental flight goes wrong, but he returns from the edge of space with a terrifying tale and an urgent warning: humanity has been quarantined by an alien force, and the world will end with the next nuclear explosion.

The Outer Limit by Graham Doar Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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Inside Operation Greylord: The Undercover Mission That Shook Cook County

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY

John Dempsey sits down with Terry Hake, the man who became the federal government's key undercover operative in Operation Greylord, one of the most significant judicial corruption investigations in American history.

Inside Operation Greylord: The Undercover Mission That Shook Cook County John Dempsey Episode

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The “How To Do A Podcast” Podcast

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER

John Howell and Rick Telander turn the mic on their producer, Keith Conrad, for a conversation about the nuts and bolts of podcasting. From publishing schedules and YouTube discoverability to viral gimmicks and old radio war stories, nothing is off the table. It’s equal parts practical advice and good-natured banter about what it takes to stand out in a crowded media landscape.

The "How to Do a Podcast Podcast" John Howell / Rick Telander Episode

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Also Worth A Look…

• Americans generally oppose Trump’s National Guard deployment: Poll - Nice to know we’re “generally” on the same page there

• Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say - Bots and talking heads who just wanted you to be angry about something. Anything

• Eating fruit could slash effects of air pollution on the lungs, study finds - An apple a day really will keep the doctor away

• Fears of disaster as Russian nuclear submarine reports major malfunction in Mediterranean - Jack Ryan and Marko Ramius were unavailable for comment

• Bite-Proof Wetsuit Fabric Almost Entirely Prevents Shark Bite Flesh Wounds - Big deal, Batman had a spray for that 40 years ago

• Woman hospitalized with pain and vomiting—diet soda cured her - Her doctor may be thrilled but her dentist is less than excited

• Youtuber travels to Isles of Scilly in bathtub - Totally understandable. Have you seen how much a Mediterranean cruise costs these days?

• After massive shrimp recalls, the FDA finds radioactive contamination in spices too - The spice must glow

• Thieves steal $1M worth in craft whiskey from Washington distillery - That’s a lot of whiskey. Even when you slap “Craft” on the front of it

• George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen’s World War II combat pilots, dies at 100 - RIP. Certainly the end of an era

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