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, a big new clue in Brian Laundrie’s whereabouts  

Police found the remnants of a campsite that appeared to be used recently at the Carlton reserve near Brian Laundrie’s family home. Laundrie is suspected of killing his fiancé Gabby Petito in Wyoming before returning to Florida. Investigators believe he’s been hiding out in the 24,565-acre wilderness reserve for nearly a month. That’s a lot of pooping in the woods. (Additional Out) Remember though, Brian is innocent until proven guilty, but innocent people don’t typically spend a month sleeping with the gators to evade capture.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, the three potentially deadly trends going viral on TikTok  

The Lug Nut Challenge, the Slap a Teacher Challenge and Scalp Popping are three new ill-advised, dangerous challenges going viral on TikTok that could cause serious injury or death. The Lug Nut Challenge is to loosen a car’s lug nuts to see what happens, the Slap a Teacher Challenge is just what it sounds like and Scalp Popping involves grabbing your hair or someone else’s and pulling so hard that the skin making a popping sound on their skull. Just when you think internet challenges can’t possibly get any dumber, a new one arrives and proves you wrong. (Additional Out) Apparently Hell’s social media department has been working overtime recently.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, the Senate is about to punt  

Lawmakers look to buy some time on the debt ceiling. Last night Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said that bipartisan talks are underway to finish a deal to extend the debt ceiling for two months. Democratic leaders favor this method, since it would allow them to continue working on Biden’s costly economic agenda without the risk of the US defaulting on its debts. So they can continue fighting amongst themselves for another two months. (Additional out) Because we all know the Senate’s motto, why do today what you can do in two months.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, why a California man is suing a psychic  

A California man is suing an L.A. psychic for fraud after she failed to remove a witch’s curse his ex put on him. According to the lawsuit Mauro Restrepo participated in a reading from Sophia Adams who told him his ex-girlfriend had hired a witch to cast a curse on him. Restrepo then paid $5,000 for Adams to remove the curse, but nothing changed and he continues to suffer from anxiety and sleeplessness. But in his defense, the psychic should’ve seen the lawsuit coming. (Additional out) I can’t imagine why his girlfriend left him.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll: Burger King is testing out Impossible nuggets. On October 11th, two years after they launched the Impossible Whopper, the fast food chain will begin selling a plant-based chicken nugget option in select restaurants.  What do you think, where do Burger King’s current chicken nuggets rank and who has the best fast food chicken nuggets?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, how many of these does the US have? The correct answer wins ________.    

[Contest setup] For the first time in four years, The State Department released the number of nuclear warheads the US has in its stockpile. How many nuclear warheads do we currently have?  

A: 375  

B: 3,750  

C: 37,500  

Answer: C, the US has 3,750 nuclear warheads in its stockpile. Enough to wipe out everyone on earth a few times over, but not enough to fend off the impending alien invasion, oops I’ve said too much.  

[DIY Feature] Throwback Thursday Name That Year: I’ll describe the events of a year and the first person to call in and correctly identify it wins ___________. If no one gets it I’ll move on to more clues.  

1st break clues: The Tiananmen Square Massacre happened in China, Toyota launches its luxury brand Lexus, and this movie hit theaters (Honey I Shrunk the Kids Clip)  

2nd break clues: George Bush Sr. becomes president of the US, the Oakland Athletics swept the San Francisco Giants to win the World Series, and this show debuted on TV (Seinfeld Clip)  

Answer: 1989 

 5 Things You Need to Know  

1) Police found the remnants of a campsite that appeared to be used recently at the Carlton reserve near Brian Laundrie’s family home. Laundrie is suspected of killing his fiancé Gabby Petito in Wyoming before returning to Florida. Investigators believe he’s been hiding out in the 24,565-acre wilderness reserve for nearly a month. That’s a lot of pooping in the woods.  

2) The Lug Nut Challenge, the Slap a Teacher Challenge and Scalp Popping are three new ill-advised, dangerous challenges going viral on TikTok that could cause serious injury or death. The Lug Nut Challenge is to loosen a car’s lug nuts to see what happens, the Slap a Teacher Challenge is just what it sounds like and Scalp Popping involves grabbing your hair or someone else’s and pulling so hard that the skin making a popping sound on their skull. Just when you think internet challenges can’t possibly get any dumber, a new one arrives and proves you wrong.  

3) Lawmakers look to buy some time on the debt ceiling. Last night Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said that bipartisan talks are underway to finish a deal to extend the debt ceiling for two months. Democratic leaders favor this method, since it would allow them to continue working on Biden’s costly economic agenda without the risk of the US defaulting on its debts. So they can continue fighting amongst themselves for another two months.  

4) A California man is suing an L.A. psychic for fraud after she failed to remove a witch’s curse his ex put on him. According to the lawsuit Mauro Restrepo participated in a reading from Sophia Adams who told him his ex-girlfriend had hired a witch to cast a curse on him. Restrepo then paid $5,000 for Adams to remove the curse, but nothing changed and he continues to suffer from anxiety and sleeplessness. But in his defense, the psychic should’ve seen the lawsuit coming.  

5) For the first time in four years, The State Department released the number of nuclear warheads the US has in its stockpile. How many nuclear warheads do we currently have? A) 375, B) 3,750, or C) 37,500. Answer: C, the US has 3,750 nuclear warheads in its stockpile. Enough to wipe out everyone on earth a few times over, but not enough to fend off the impending alien invasion, oops I’ve said too much.  

Who Has the Best Fast Food Chicken Nuggets?  

Burger King is testing out Impossible nuggets. On October 11th, two years after they launched the Impossible Whopper, the fast food chain will begin selling a plant-based chicken nugget option in select restaurants.  What do you think, where do Burger King’s current chicken nuggets rank and who has the best fast food chicken nuggets? 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.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

Who has the best fast food Chicken Nuggets?  

Chick-fil-A Nuggets  

McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets  

Jack in the Box Chicken Nuggets  

Wendy’s Crispy Chicken Nuggets  

KFC Popcorn Nuggets  

Whataburger Whatachick’n Bites  

Burger King Nuggets  

Checkers Chicken Bites  

Carl’s Jr Chicken Stars  

White Castle Chicken Rings  

(Other suggestions from on-air)