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 year’s most influential people according to Time magazine  

Tim Cook, Billie Eilish, Simone Biles and Alexei Navalny are some of the ‘most influential people in the world’ according to Time Magazine. Time released their annual list along with several covers featuring some of the names at the top. Other people to grace the ‘most influential’ covers this year include Naomi Osaka, Britney Spears and Meghan and Harry. For refusing to carry on a tradition that should’ve ended 50 years ago. (Additional out) After doing that Oprah interview that made Piers Morgan’s head explode.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, the booster shot debate continues  

Three reports published yesterday support the argument that booster shots of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine would be safe and effective and may be needed. An FDA advisory committee will meet tomorrow to consider Pfizer’s application to offer boosters. A recent FDA review found that an additional shot increased immune response but also that the current regimen still provided strong protection from death and severe illness. I don’t care, boost away, I’ll take a shot every month if it means this stupid pandemic will finally end. (Additional Out) Personally, I’ve been taking booster shots of tequila daily since the Delta variant emerged.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, the first electric truck is here and it isn’t Ford, GM or Tesla  

The first all-electric consumer ready pickup is here. Startup truck maker Rivian beat Ford, Tesla and GM by rolling the R1T pickup off the line in a former Mitsubishi plant in Normal, Illinois this week. The Rivian R1T is priced at $73,000 and has four electric motors, one mounted on each wheel, delivering an impressive 700 horsepower with an 11,000 pound towing capacity. Plus, it looks way cooler than that space truck Elon Musk is making. (Additional out) Meaning it’ll easily pull that boat you bought and used for one summer and then never again.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, some of this year’s finalists for the toy hall of fame  

American Girl Dolls, Battleship and Masters of the Universe are some of the notable toys nominated for the National Toy Hall of Fame this year. The inductees will be announced November 4th and join the exclusive list of 74 toys that have been inducted thus far. Also up for the honor, Risk, billiards, sand, the toy fire engine, Settlers of Catan and Cabbage Patch Kids. I was more a fan of the Garbage Pail Kids but I was a weird child. (Additional out) I’m gonna have to veto Settlers of Catan because it takes roughly four hours to explain to someone how to play it.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll: Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin weighed in on an age-old debate during a recent interview, stating unequivocally that a hot dog is in fact a sandwich. The ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ question has divided the internet for years and I, for one, am on team not a sandwich. What do you think, is a hot dog a sandwich?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, how high are they flying? The correct answer wins ________.    

[Contest setup] For the first time in history, private citizens are orbiting the earth without any professional astronauts on board to help. SpaceX successfully launched a crew of four from Florida last night who’ll circle the plant until Saturday. How high above earth are they orbiting?  

A: 160 miles  

B: 260 miles  

C: 360 miles  

Answer: C, the space tourists are orbiting 360 miles above earth. Or roughly 268 thousand Shaqs above earth.  

[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: Calvin and Hobbes debut in newspapers, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the Soviet leader, and this movie hits theaters (Cocoon Clip)  

2nd break clues: Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17, the first mobile pone call is made in the UK, and this show debuted on TV (The Golden Girls Clip)  

Answer: 1985  

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) Tim Cook, Billie Eilish, Simone Biles and Alexei Navalny are some of the ‘most influential people in the world’ according to Time Magazine. Time released their annual list along with several covers featuring some of the names at the top. Other people to grace the ‘most influential’ covers this year include Naomi Osaka, Britney Spears and Meghan and Harry. For refusing to carry on a tradition that should’ve ended 50 years ago.  

2) Three reports published yesterday support the argument that booster shots of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine would be safe and effective and may be needed. An FDA advisory committee will meet tomorrow to consider Pfizer’s application to offer boosters. A recent FDA review found that an additional shot increased immune response but also that the current regimen still provided strong protection from death and severe illness. Personally, I’ve been taking booster shots of tequila daily since the Delta variant emerged.  

3) The first all-electric consumer ready pickup is here. Startup truck maker Rivian beat Ford, Tesla and GM by rolling the R1T pickup off the line in a former Mitsubishi plant in Normal, Illinois this week. The Rivian R1T is priced at $73,000 and has four electric motors, one mounted on each wheel, delivering an impressive 700 horsepower with an 11,000 pound towing capacity. Plus, it looks way cooler than that space truck Elon Musk is making.  

4) American Girl Dolls, Battleship and Masters of the Universe are some of the notable toys nominated for the National Toy Hall of Fame this year. The inductees will be announced November 4th and join the exclusive list of 74 toys that have been inducted thus far. Also up for the honor, Risk, billiards, sand, the toy fire engine, Settlers of Catan and Cabbage Patch Kids. I was more a fan of the Garbage Pail Kids but I was a weird child.  

5) For the first time in history, private citizens are orbiting the earth without any professional astronauts on board to help. SpaceX successfully launched a crew of four from Florida last night who’ll circle the plant until Saturday. The space tourists are orbiting 360 miles above earth. Or roughly 268 thousand Shaqs above earth.  

Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?  

Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin weighed in on an age-old debate during a recent interview, stating unequivocally that a hot dog is in fact a sandwich. The ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ question has divided the internet for years and I, for one, am on team not a sandwich. What do you think, is a hot dog a sandwich? 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)  

Is a hot dog a sandwich?  

Yes  

No