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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, when a booster shot is recommended for most Americans  

Most Americans should get a booster shot 8 months after getting their second Covid vaccine shot. That’s what the Biden administration is expected to advise this week according to reporting from the New York Times. The plan, which is still being developed, would involve administering third shots beginning in mid-to-late September pending authorization from the FDA. IE this thing isn’t going away any time soon. (Additional Out) So we have that to look forward to.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, how science is trying to make us invisible to mosquitoes  

Using Crispr scientists have taken the first step toward creating a mosquito that is blind to human hosts. Researchers used the gene-editing tool to eliminate two of an Aedes aegypti mosquito’s light sensing receptors, knocking out its ability to visually target hosts. That effectively renders humans invisible to the mosquito. Good news for humanity, bad news for the makers of Off. (Additional Out) Not exactly why I used to fantasize about having the invisibility superpower, but I’ll take it.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, why regulators are investigating Tesla  

Federal regulators are investigating the autopilot system in Tesla’s electric cars after a series of crashes. At least 11 accidents from 2018 to 2021 involved Tesla cars using self-driving features that crashed into emergency vehicles when coming onto the scene of an earlier crash. Which is why I’ll be waiting for version 2.0 before I buy a robot car. (Additional Out) But in fairness that’s 11 crashes for self-driving cars in three years compared to 15.75 million crashes for human driven cars.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, a gator puts on a show for a kids birthday party in Utah  

A Utah animal handler is recovering after she was bitten by an alligator over the weekend in West Valley City. Video shows the handler talking about the reptile with kids from a birthday party watching before the gator grabs her left hand and pulls her into the water. Luckily a bystander jumped in to help while the handler calmly told him how to get the gator to let go. Teaching the kids a valuable lesson about handling gators. (Additional out) Hence why you should always feed the gator prior to the show.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll In a new poll by Mashed Totino’s was ranked consumers least favorite frozen pizza brand. 12-year-old me would’ve vehemently disagreed, but adult me concurs. Another Mashed poll from earlier this year put DiGiorno at the top of the list for favorite frozen pizza maker. What do you think, what’s your favorite frozen pizza brand?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, which NFL teams fans drink the most? The correct answer wins ________.    

[Contest setup] SportsHandle surveyed NFL fans of legal drinking age about their game day drinking habits. According to their findings, which NFL team’s fans drink the most per game?  

A: Cincinatti Bengals  

B: Baltimore Ravens  

C: Buffalo Bills  

Answer: A, at an average of 5.2 drinks per game, Cincinatti Bengals fans drink the most followed by the Ravens, Bill, Bears and Panthers. I just wanna know how the Jets didn’t even crack the top 5.  

[DIY Feature] Knockout Trivia Tuesday: I’ll ask a question on air, if you call in and correctly answer it you’ll have twenty seconds to answer three more questions to win ________. If no one gets it, we’ll move on to round 2.  

Round 1:  

General question: During the Malice at the Palace, who ran into the stands to punch a fan that threw a cup at him? (Ron Artest)  

Follow up questions:  

Who played Kevin Arnold on the TV series Wonder Years from ’88 to ’93 (Fred Savage)  

Which instrument has 47 strings and seven pedals? (Harp)  

In nautical terms, what is the opposite of port? (Starboard)  

Round 2:  

General question: What kind of swimwear did Louis Reard invent in 1946? (The bikini)  

Follow up questions:  

In the traditional children’s rhyme, how many mice were blind? (3)  

What Russian town suffered an infamous nuclear disaster in 1986? (Chernobyl)  

In women’s gymnastics, what is 6 foot 6 inches long? (The beam)  

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) Most Americans should get a booster shot 8 months after getting their second Covid vaccine shot. That’s what the Biden administration is expected to advise this week according to reporting from the New York Times. The plan, which is still being developed, would involve administering third shots beginning in mid-to-late September pending authorization from the FDA. IE this thing isn’t going away any time soon.  

2) Using Crispr scientists have taken the first step toward creating a mosquito that is blind to human hosts. Researchers used the gene-editing tool to eliminate two of an Aedes aegypti mosquito’s light sensing receptors, knocking out its ability to visually target hosts. That effectively renders humans invisible to the mosquito. Not exactly why I used to fantasize about having the invisibility superpower, but I’ll take it.  

3) Federal regulators are investigating the autopilot system in Tesla’s electric cars after a series of crashes. At least 11 accidents from 2018 to 2021 involved Tesla cars using self-driving features that crashed into emergency vehicles when coming onto the scene of an earlier crash. But in fairness that’s 11 crashes for self-driving cars in three years compared to 15.75 million crashes for human driven cars.  

4) A Utah animal handler is recovering after she was bitten by an alligator over the weekend in West Valley City. Video shows the handler talking about the reptile with kids from a birthday party watching before the gator grabs her left hand and pulls her into the water. Luckily a bystander jumped in to help while the handler calmly told him how to get the gator to let go. Teaching the kids a valuable lesson about handling gators.  

5) SportsHandle surveyed NFL fans of legal drinking age about their game day drinking habits. According to their findings, at an average of 5.2 drinks per game, Cincinatti Bengals fans drink the most followed by the Ravens, Bill, Bears and Panthers. I just wanna know how the Jets didn’t even crack the top 5.    

What’s Your Favorite Frozen Pizza?  

In a new poll by Mashed Totino’s was ranked consumers least favorite frozen pizza brand. 12-year-old me would’ve vehemently disagreed, but adult me concurs. Another Mashed poll from earlier this year put DiGiorno at the top of the list for favorite frozen pizza maker. What do you think, what’s your favorite frozen pizza brand? We posed that question to our  _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll to weigh in, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

What’s your favorite frozen pizza brand?  

DiGiorno  

Red Baron  

Tombstone  

California Pizza Kitchen  

Newman’s Own  

Amy’s  

Freschetta  

Tony’s  

(Other suggestions from on-air)