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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, this state just upped the ante on vaccine giveaways  

California is giving away $116.5 million to some vaccinated residents. Yesterday Governor Gavin Newsom announced Vax for the Win where 10 Californians who have had at least one dose will receive 1.5 mil each. Plus, 30 people will win $50,000 a piece and another two million will get $50 gift cards. California just said, we see you Ohio and we raise you $111.5 million. (Additional Out) And you don’t even have to be caller number 9.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, gas hits a high just in time for your road trip  

Gas has hit a 7-year-high as we approach Memorial Day weekend. 34 million drivers are expected to hit US roads this holiday weekend and the nationwide average cost for a gallon of regular gas is now $3.04 according to Triple A. That essentially matches the 7-year high set earlier this month and it means that gas is up 58% from a year ago when stay at home orders were in effect. Roughly 900 Zoom meetings ago. (Additional Out) If only we’d hoarded gasoline instead of toilet paper.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, the push to ban crypto  

Editorials in two prominent publications are calling for a ban on cryptocurrency. Business Insider’s Linette Lopez wrote ‘It all has to go.’ Similarly, Lee Reiners argued in the Wall Street Journal that crypto has been a ‘boon to extortionist hackers’ and ‘benefits nobody except criminals and speculators. Adding, plus now my nephew Chad is making more money than I am. (Additional out) Sounds like somebody missed out on Bitcoin.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, hackers from this country just targeted 150 American and foreign organizations  

Microsoft confirmed that a Russian email hack targeted more than 150 American and foreign organizations. Yesterday the company said that the Russian-based group behind last year’s SolarWinds attack launched a new campaign that appears to target government agencies, non-governmental agencies and think tanks. Which would mean more to me if I knew what think tanks were. (Additional out) As Russia’s nerds in basements continue to outwit our nerds in basements.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll Director Christopher Nolan topped the list of most confusing movies of all time. A new study by broadband experts money.co.uk put his films in the top two spots. They analyzed Google search data and determined that Inception and Tenet were the two most confusing films, followed by Scrosese’s Shutter Island. What do you think, did you have a tough time following those films and what’s the most confusing movie of all time?  

Contest Tease: Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, do more men or women believe in these? The correct answer wins ________.    

[Contest setup] A new study conducted by inmyarea.com found that lots of Americans are into some really odd conspiracy theories. For instance, 9% of those polled believe that Covid lockdowns were really just a way to secretly install 5G towers. According to the study, who’s more likely to believe in conspiracy theories, men or women?  

A: Men  

B: Women  

C: Evenly split  

Answer: A, Men are slightly more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. Reason number 1,001 that women should be in charge of everything.  

[DIY Feature] Fast Five Fridays: If you can name five in five seconds you’ll win _________. Call for your chance to win.  

Fast Five Friday Topic:  Angelina Jolie  

(Read once you get the caller on the line)   

Name 5 of the top 15 Angelina Jolie movies according to IMDB (Changeling, Girl interrupted, Kung Fu Panda Series, Maleficent, Gia, Playing By Heart, Wanted, The Bone Collector, The Good Shepherd, A Mighty Heart, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Gone in 60 Seconds, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Salt, Hackers)  

Name 5 of the top 10 highest grossing Angelina Jolie films (Maleficent, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Wanted, Salt, The Tourist, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Gone in 60 Seconds, Alexander, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life)  

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) California is giving away $116.5 million to some vaccinated residents. Yesterday Governor Gavin Newsom announced Vax for the Win where 10 Californians who have had at least one dose will receive 1.5 mil each. Plus, 30 people will win $50,000 a piece and another two million will get $50 gift cards. California just said, we see you Ohio and we raise you $111.5 million.  

2) Gas has hit a 7-year-high as we approach Memorial Day weekend. 34 million drivers are expected to hit US roads this holiday weekend and the nationwide average cost for a gallon of regular gas is now $3.04 according to Triple A. That essentially matches the 7-year high set earlier this month and it means that gas is up 58% from a year ago when stay at home orders were in effect. If only we’d hoarded gasoline instead of toilet paper.  

3) Editorials in two prominent publications are calling for a ban on cryptocurrency. Business Insider’s Linette Lopez wrote ‘It all has to go.’ Similarly, Lee Reiners argued in the Wall Street Journal that crypto has been a ‘boon to extortionist hackers’ and ‘benefits nobody except criminals and speculators. Adding, plus now my nephew Chad is making more money than I am.  

4) Microsoft confirmed that a Russian email hack targeted more than 150 American and foreign organizations. Yesterday the company said that the Russian-based group behind last year’s SolarWinds attack launched a new campaign that appears to target government agencies, non-governmental agencies and think tanks. Which would mean more to me if I knew what think tanks were.  

5) A new study conducted by inmyarea.com found that lots of Americans are into some really odd conspiracy theories. For instance, 9% of those polled believe that Covid lockdowns were really just a way to secretly install 5G towers. According to the study, Men are slightly more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than women. Reason number 1,001 that women should be in charge of everything.  

What’s the Most Confusing Movie of All Time?  

Director Christopher Nolan topped the list of most confusing movies of all time. A new study by broadband experts money.co.uk put his films in the top two spots. They analyzed Google search data and determined that Inception and Tenet were the two most confusing films, followed by Scrosese’s Shutter Island. What do you think, did you have a tough time following those films and what’s the most confusing movie of all time? We posed those questions to our  _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll below to weigh in, then listen Monday at _______ to hear the results.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

What’s the most confusing movie of all time?  

Inception  

Tenet  

Shutter Island  

The Shining  

I’m Thinking of Ending Things  

Donnie Darko  

Intersteller  

No Country For Old Men  

Nocturnal Animals  

Arrival  

(Other suggestions from on-air)