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, Facebook bans another conspiracy theory  

Facebook announced it will now ban holocaust deniers under its hate speech policy. This move comes just a week after the company said it will ban all pages, groups and Instagram accounts representing the QAnon conspiracy theory. Soon conspiracy theorists will have to go old school and just yell at people on street corners again. (Additional out) But for now people can still pretend the earth is flat and we faked the moon landing.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, I’ll tell you where to get some of the best Prime Day deals  

The two-day Amazon Prime Day sales start today. You can see more on our website but here are a few of the best deals. 23andMe’s Health and Ancestry service is half off today only, the Fitbit Versa Lite Edition is also 50% off, Apple Airpods are marked down 28% and the iRobot Roomba 692 Robot Vacuum is $120 off. In case you want something for your cat to ride around the room while it kind of cleans. (Additional out) It’s kind of like Black Friday without the fear of getting trampled by a crowd sprinting toward flat screen TV deals.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, voting during a pandemic is already proving problematic  

Early in-person voting has started and it’s already a mess in some states. Hour long lines around the state plagued voters in Georgia, in New York the NYPD has told all their officers to prepare to be deployed for protests before and after the election and in California the Republican Party has been asked to remove unofficial ballot boxes they illegally placed in at least 3 counties. Plus, in some states you get a punch in the face with your I Voted sticker depending on who you vote for. (Additional out) Regardless, I plan on voting because it’s my civic duty and it gives me the right to complain.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, why a family’s Halloween decorations are being called ‘Too real’  

A Riverside, California family’s Halloween decorations are so realistic that the fire department keeps coming out. They have a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ themed display and this year the family added projections that make it look like the house is on fire along with smoke and simulated explosions. 400 people drive by every night and some are so convinced it’s the real thing that they call 911. This is what happens when dad has too much time on his hands. (Additional Out) I’m sure their neighbors are delighted.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll: A Canadian tourist has returned five artifacts she took from Pompeii saying that she suffered a 15-year curse after taking them in 2005. The woman, identified only as Nicole, says she took them because she ‘wanted to have a piece of history’ but has since been stricken with bad luck and financial trouble. What do you think, are curses real?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, this makes us more likely to get into a long-term relationship with someone? The correct answer wins _______ _.  

[Contest setup] According to a new study, we are more likely to get into a long-term relationship with somebody who has what?  

A: More money than we do  

B: A face that is similar to ours

C: Our same eye color  

Answer: B, the study found ‘evidence of homogamy, or the spouses’ tendency to have similar faces.’ However, that’s still not something you should share with someone on a first date, ‘I just want you to know I hit on you because our faces look the same. Where you going?’  

[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: What does the human body have twenty-four of? (Ribs)  

Follow Up Questions:  

What hurricane hit New Orleans in 2005? (Katrina)  

What Cleveland Browns player was suspended for using his helmet as a weapon last season? (Miles Garrett)  

A.A. Milne wrote which popular children’s books? (Winnie-the-Pooh)  

Round 2:  

General question: What actor portrayed Johnny Cash in Walk the Line? (Joaquin Phoenix)  

Follow up questions:  

What is the lowest army rank of a US soldier? (Private)  

What is Bavarian Motor Works commonly referred to as? (BMW)  

How many pawns does each player start with in chess? (Eight) 

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) Facebook announced it will now ban holocaust deniers under its hate speech policy. This move comes just a week after the company said it will ban all pages, groups and Instagram accounts representing the QAnon conspiracy theory. Soon conspiracy theorists will have to go old school and just yell at people on street corners again.  

2) The two-day Amazon Prime Day sales start today and here are a few of the best deals, click here to see more. 23andMe’s Health and Ancestry service is half off today only, the Fitbit Versa Lite Edition is also 50% off, Apple Airpods are marked down 28% and the iRobot Roomba 692 Robot Vacuum is $120 off. In case you want something for your cat to ride around the room while it kind of cleans.  

3) Early in-person voting has started and it’s already a mess in some states. Hour long lines around the state plagued voters in Georgia, in New York the NYPD has told all their officers to prepare to be deployed for protests before and after the election and in California the Republican Party has been asked to remove unofficial ballot boxes they illegally placed in at least 3 counties. Plus, in some states you get a punch in the face with your I Voted sticker depending on who you vote for.  

4) A Riverside, California family’s Halloween decorations are so realistic that the fire department keeps coming out. They have a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ themed display and this year the family added projections that make it look like the house is on fire along with smoke and simulated explosions. 400 people drive by every night and some are so convinced it’s the real thing that they call 911. This is what happens when dad has too much time on his hands.  

5) According to a new study, we are more likely to get into a long-term relationship with somebody who has a face that is similar to ours. The psychological study found ‘evidence of homogamy, or the spouses’ tendency to have similar faces.’ However, that’s still not something you should share with someone on a first date, ‘I just want you to know I hit on you because our faces look the same. Where you going?’  

Are Curses Real?  

A Canadian tourist has returned five artifacts she took from Pompeii saying that she suffered a 15-year curse after taking them in 2005. The woman, identified only as Nicole, says she took them because she ‘wanted to have a piece of history’ but has since been stricken with bad luck and financial trouble. What do you think, are curses real? We posed those questions to our  _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll below to vote on your favorite, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

Are curses real?  

Yes  

No