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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, Biden’s new number
President Biden has urged Democrats to shoot for a range of $1.9 to $2.2 trillion to pair down the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan and appease moderates. That likely means lots of cuts in proposed programs like free community college, universal pre-K and paid family leave. Or, lawmakers could choose to delay or truncate programs to lower the cost. Who cares about the price tag, its all Monopoly money at this point anyway. (Additional Out) As they work hard to find that sweet spot that won’t get them killed in the midterms.
Tease: In ______ minutes, the best restaurant in the world
Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark won the top spot at this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards. Another Copenhagen restaurant, Geranium, took 2nd. Two restaurants in Lima Peru made the top 10 this year. Overall, six American restaurants made the top 50, three in New York and three in California. Good luck getting a reservation at any of those six anytime soon. (Additional Out) When I was a kid I thought Red Lobster was the nicest restaurant on the planet, I kind of miss those days.
Tease: Coming up at _____, what the Facebook whistleblower told the Senate
Facebook harms children, stokes division and weakens our democracy. That’s what Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, told a Senate subcommittee yesterday in a highly anticipated hearing. Haugen also claimed that Facebook knows how to make its product safer, but chooses not to in favor of profit. What? A big tech company choosing money over safety, stop the presses. (Additional out) Republicans and Democrats finally agree on something, their hatred for Facebook.
Tease: In _____ minutes, we have a new entry for dumbest criminal of the year
If you’re selling catalytic converters online, you probably shouldn't include meth in the photo. That’s exactly what a Missouri man did, leading to his inevitable arrest. On Facebook Marketplace he posted a photo of a catalytic converter and in the background you can clearly see a bag of meth, a large spoon, a syringe and a scale. Maybe he was selling the meth and forgot to hide the catalytic converter. (Additional out) I’m assuming he sold the catalytic converter with the side of meth in roughly ten seconds.
Phone Topic/Web Poll: The MLB playoffs are underway and the Boston Red Sox have snuck in after defeating the New York Yankees in the AL Wildcard Game last night. Fox Sports gives the Dodgers the best chance to win it all this year, followed by the Astros, Rays, Giants and White Sox. What do you think, who will win the World Series this year?
Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, how much are these pretend contestants fighting for? The correct answer wins ________.
[Contest setup] The new Netflix show ‘Squid Game’ is on pace to become the streaming giant’s most-watched show ever. In the fictitious show hundreds of broke contestants compete in a deadly series of games for a cash jackpot of 45.6 billion won, South Korea’s currency. Roughly how much is that in US dollars?
A: 38.4 million
B: 384 million
C: 3.84 billion
Answer: A, 45.6 billion won is around 38.4 million in US dollars. Not quite enough to make me compete to the death, but close.
[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: Animal
Clue 1: There are 275 species of them in the world, the Eastern gray is the most prevalent in the US with a population of roughly 2 billion
Clue 2: They can smell and find food buried under a foot of snow
Clue 3: They help the tree population by not digging up all of their buried nuts
Answer: Squirrels
5 Things You Need to Know
1) President Biden has urged Democrats to shoot for a range of $1.9 to $2.2 trillion to pair down the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan and appease moderates. That likely means lots of cuts in proposed programs like free community college, universal pre-K and paid family leave. Or, lawmakers could choose to delay or truncate programs to lower the cost. As they work hard to find that sweet spot that won’t get them killed in the midterms.
2) Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark won the top spot at this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards. Another Copenhagen restaurant, Geranium, took 2nd. Two restaurants in Lima Peru made the top 10 this year. Overall, six American restaurants made the top 50, three in New York and three in California. When I was a kid I thought Red Lobster was the nicest restaurant on the planet, I kind of miss those days.
3) Facebook harms children, stokes division and weakens our democracy. That’s what Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, told a Senate subcommittee yesterday in a highly anticipated hearing. Haugen also claimed that Facebook knows how to make its product safer, but chooses not to in favor of profit. What? A big tech company choosing money over safety, stop the presses.
4) If you’re selling catalytic converters online, you probably shouldn't include meth in the photo. That’s exactly what a Missouri man did, leading to his inevitable arrest. On Facebook Marketplace he posted a photo of a catalytic converter and in the background you can clearly see a bag of meth, a large spoon, a syringe and a scale. I’m assuming he sold the catalytic converter with the side of meth in roughly ten seconds.
5) The new Netflix show ‘Squid Game’ is on pace to become the streaming giant’s most-watched show ever. In the fictitious show hundreds of broke contestants compete in a deadly series of games for a cash jackpot of 45.6 billion won, South Korea’s currency. Roughly how much is that in US dollars? A) 38.4 million, B) 384 million, or C) 3.84 billion. Answer: A, 45.6 billion won is around 38.4 million in US dollars. Not quite enough to make me compete to the death, but close.
Who Will Win the World Series?
The MLB playoffs are underway and the Boston Red Sox have snuck in after defeating the New York Yankees in the AL Wildcard Game last night. Fox Sports gives the Dodgers the best chance to win it all this year, followed by the Astros, Rays, Giants and White Sox. What do you think, who will win the World Series this year? We posed those questions 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.
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(Web poll)
Who will win the World Series this year?
Dodgers
Astros
Rays
Giants
White Sox
Brewers
Red Sox
Braves
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