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Teenagers are having a love affair with AI... literally / Bad timing for a Civil War video game / Big news about those big heads on Easter Island

Keith Conrad
Oct 9
 
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1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

Judgment Day will be prevented by the love of teenagers. Or they’ll go through a messy breakup and we’ll all be doomed

Assassin’s Creed Game Cancelled Due to US ‘Political Climate’ Claims Report

Apparently they thought a game set in the Civil War era hit just a little too close to home at the moment


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
Skeleton by Ray Bradbury - Convinced that the skeleton inside him is a hostile, separate entity trying to take over his life, a perpetually anxious man seeks out a questionable “bone specialist” whose strange, whistling methods only confirm his terrifying delusion.

Skeleton by Ray Bradbury

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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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

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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

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Also Worth A Look…

  • Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Easter Island’s Moai Were ‘Walked’ Upright Using Ropes - So, not aliens, eh?

  • Crew with ‘Diversity’ of Personalities Would Be Best Mars Mission Team: Study - One of them will be a cannibal. Just to make sure everyone is represented… for a while, anyway

  • Disneyland visitor dies after suffering heart attack on Haunted Mansion - Geez, it’s not *that* scary

  • Old Man Robs Supermarket to Get into Prison and Help His Inmate Grandson - It’s basically Shawshank Redemption, but in reverse

  • The first animals on Earth may have been sea sponges, study suggests - Squidward was unavailable for comment

  • Woman Accused of Spiking Husband’s Wine With Antifreeze - Call me a Negative Nelly, but I’m thinking that marriage isn’t going to last

  • Boeing 737 Loses Title as World’s Most Popular Jet - Can’t imagine why Boeing jets would be less popular all of a sudden

  • Fight over NASCAR shirt turns to gun threat inside Family Dollar, witnesses say - People in the southeast take their NASCAR *very* seriously

  • Pig captured after several days on the loose in Indianapolis park - Templeton was unavailable for comment

  • Chicago Man’s Dog Returned to Him 10 Years After Pup Went Missing from Yard - They are going hard to promote that new Homeward Bound reboot

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