NOTE: Subscribers can download the DIY graphics, sales one sheets and audio clips on the Show Prep page here with their login or in the shared Dropbox folder.  

Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, this major company has a new CEO  

Jeff Bezos has stepped down as the CEO of Amazon. Andy Jassy, who runs Amazon’s cloud computing division, will succeed him. Just weeks after being surpassed by Elon Musk as the world’s richest man, Bezos will relinquish his role and become the executive chairman. I’m assuming so he can spend more time with his money. (Additional out) Looks like someone didn’t like the idea of being number two.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, this California town will pay you to visit  

Santa Maria, California is paying tourists $100 to visit. The small town near the coast and Santa Barbara is known for barbecue, wineries, beaches and hiking trails. Santa Maria wants to lure tourists back after the state’s stay at home orders have been lifted. So, it’s offering $100 Visa gift cards to use toward a hotel stay. Throw in a bottle of wine and I’m in. (Additional out) That should cover roughly two waters and a soda from the mini-bar.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, how long Putin’s biggest critic will spend in prison  

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to more than two and a half years in prison by a Moscow court. The verdict on politicized charges sparked protests across the country and condemnation abroad. Navalny was first detained two weeks ago after returning to Moscow from Berlin, where he was recovering from poisoning. Hence why you don’t return to the country led by the guy who poisoned you. (Additional out) Then I’m assuming Putin retreated to his secret Bond villain palace in hopes that this will all blow over.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, this stock plunged yesterday  

GameStop stock fell over 50% yesterday and ended down 81% from it’s peak last week. Other momentum investments made popular by the Reddit crowd also appear to be on hold with AMC, silver prices and silver mining companies all falling sharply. But heavily shorted stocks could rally again, yesterday Mark Cuban urged members of Reddit’s WallStreetBets community to stay the course with stocks like GameStop. Sounds like the guy who bullies everyone on Shark Tank owns some GameStop stock. (Additional Out) But that’s kind of like a dad telling a teenager something’s cool.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll: There could be a wing shortage for Super Bowl Sunday. The Georgia Poultry Federation says that high demand during Covid could cause a potential wing shortage. Chicken wing consumption and sales peak right before the big game in February, but wing prices have been high for months because of the pandemic. What do you think, where do wings rank and what’s the best Super Bowl food?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, which one of these new robot tricks isn’t real? The correct answer wins ________.  

[Contest setup] Boston Dynamics is teaching its robot dog Spot some new tricks. Yesterday the company announced three new products for Spot, the Spot Arm, Spot Enterprise and Scout. Together they give the robot dog more functional abilities, allowing them to do some new tricks. Which one of these new robot tricks isn’t real?  

A: The ability for three of them to team up and jump rope  

B: The ability to doggy paddle  

C: The ability to fetch something and open doors  

Answer: B, Spot can’t swim but he can jump rope, fetch and open doors. So, if you had death by robot dogs on your apocalypse bingo card you win.  

[DIY Feature] What in the World Wednesday: I’ll give you riddle clues about a place, person or thing and the first person to guess it correctly wins _________. If no one gets it I’ll give you more clues.  

Hint: On a map  

Clue 1: Its bigger than the state of Rhode Island  

Clue 2: One of the most visited in the US  

Clue 3: Carved over six million years ago  

Answer: The Grand Canyon  

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) Jeff Bezos has stepped down as the CEO of Amazon. Andy Jassy, who runs Amazon’s cloud computing division, will succeed him. Just weeks after being surpassed by Elon Musk as the world’s richest man, Bezos will relinquish his role and become the executive chairman. I’m assuming so he can spend more time with his money.  

2) Santa Maria, California is paying tourists $100 to visit. The small town near the coast and Santa Barbara is known for barbecue, wineries, beaches and hiking trails. Santa Maria wants to lure tourists back after the state’s stay at home orders have been lifted. So, it’s offering $100 Visa gift cards to use toward a hotel stay. That should cover roughly two waters and a soda from the mini-bar.  

3) Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to more than two and a half years in prison by a Moscow court. The verdict on politicized charges sparked protests across the country and condemnation abroad. Navalny was first detained two weeks ago after returning to Moscow from Berlin, where he was recovering from poisoning. Hence why you don’t return to the country led by the guy who poisoned you.  

4) GameStop stock fell over 50% yesterday and ended down 81% from it’s peak last week. Other momentum investments made popular by the Reddit crowd also appear to be on hold with AMC, silver prices and silver mining companies all falling sharply. But heavily shorted stocks could rally again, yesterday Mark Cuban urged members of Reddit’s WallStreetBets community to stay the course with stocks like GameStop. Sounds like the guy who bullies everyone on Shark Tank owns some GameStop stock.  

5) Boston Dynamics is teaching its robot dog Spot some new tricks. Yesterday the company announced three new products for Spot, the Spot Arm, Spot Enterprise and Scout. Together they give the robot dog more functional abilities, allowing them to do some new tricks. Spot can now jump rope, fetch and open doors. So, if you had death by robot dogs on your apocalypse bingo card you win.  

What’s the Best Super Bowl Food?  

There could be a wing shortage for Super Bowl Sunday. The Georgia Poultry Federation says that high demand during Covid could cause a potential wing shortage. Chicken wing consumption and sales peak right before the big game in February, but wing prices have been high for months because of the pandemic. What do you think, where do wings rank and what’s the best Super Bowl food? We posed that question to our  _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll below to weigh in, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

What’s the best Super Bowl food?  

Chicken wings  

Chips and Queso/Nachos  

Chips and Dip  

Cheeseball  

Pizza  

Burgers  

Tacos  

Pigs in a blanket  

(Other suggestions from on-air)