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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, Biden’s new Covid strategy
President Biden is expected to unveil a plan today that will push for new vaccine mandates and testing programs as part of their revamped approach to end the pandemic. The White House’s six-pronged plan will focus on vaccinating the unvaccinated, booster shots, keeping schools open, increasing testing and requiring masks, economic recovery and improving care for those with Covid-19. Its all part of their ‘our bad we assumed this would be over by now’ plan. (Additional Out) Then he’ll field a few questions from reporters before yelling at them to get off his lawn.
Tease: In ______ minutes, what’s different this year as the NFL regular season kicks off tonight
As the NFL kicks off its 102nd season tonight with the Bucs Cowboys game, fans will notice a few differences this year. The regular season has been expanded to 17 games, the league vowed to crack down on taunting, many different positions can now wear single-digit numbers and for the first time since 2012 at least 3 rookie quarterbacks will start week 1, Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson and Mac Jones. And I’m sure loyal fans will give them all three or four weeks before turning on them. (Additional Out) Unfortunately two of them play for the Jaguars and Jets so they’ll likely be running for their lives every week.
Tease: Coming up at _____, this US city was named the world’s best city
San Fransisco has been crowned the ‘world’s best’ city by Time Out. The international media brand deployed its network of editors from across the world to survey 27,000 global city dwellers and narrow down the list of best cities on the planet. Factors included nightlife, restaurants, cultural highlights, sense of community, environmental initiatives, activism and general friendliness. Which in my experience is best measured when stuck in traffic. (Additional) That or they just threw a dart at a map.
Tease: In _____ minutes, these four people were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday
Derek Jeter, Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons and Larry Walker were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday. Yankees great Derek Jeter closed out a long-overdue afternoon of speeches at the ceremony that had been delayed by the pandemic. Jeter led baseball’s most storied franchise to seven pennants and five World Series amassing 3,465 hits during his 20-year career with the Yankees. Plus, he dated Mariah Carey, Jessica Alba and Scarlett Johansson. (Additional) Unfortunately, for 10 of those years he had to play with A-Rod.
Phone Topic/Web Poll El Salvador’s ‘Bitcoin Day’ didn’t go especially well. The impoverished country’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday was marred by street protests, technical glitches and an extreme drop in the value of the controversial digital currency. All of that could act as a warning to other countries. What do you think, will the US ever accept a digital currency as legal tender and if so, when?
Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, how much did this TV actor make on Cameo last year? The correct answer wins ________.
[Contest setup] The actor who played Kevin on ‘The Office’ is the biggest star on Cameo according the CEO Steve Galanis. Brian Baumgartner charges $195 per message on the video-messaging platform. How much did Kevin from ‘The Office’ make on Cameo alone last year?
A: $500,000
B: $1,000,000
C: $2,000,000
Answer: B, Brian Baumgartner made one million last year on Cameo, he also has an “Office” podcast and a book coming out next month called ‘Welcome to Dunder Mifflin’. I assume his next book will be about milking a bit part for everything it’s worth.
[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: NASA deploys the Hubble Space Telescope, Nelson Mandela is released from prison, and this movie hits theaters (Ghost Clip)
2nd break clues: Saturn cars are launched, the Cincinnati Red beat the Oakland A’s in the World Series, and this show debuted on TV (The Fresh Prince of Bel-AIr Clip)
Answer: 1990
5 Things You Need to Know
1) President Biden is expected to unveil a plan today that will push for new vaccine mandates and testing programs as part of their revamped approach to end the pandemic. The White House’s six-pronged plan will focus on vaccinating the unvaccinated, booster shots, keeping schools open, increasing testing and requiring masks, economic recovery and improving care for those with Covid-19. Its all part of their ‘our bad we assumed this would be over by now’ plan.
2) As the NFL kicks off its 102nd season tonight with the Bucs Cowboys game, fans will notice a few differences this year. The regular season has been expanded to 17 games, the league vowed to crack down on taunting, many different positions can now wear single-digit numbers and for the first time since 2012 at least 3 rookie quarterbacks will start week 1, Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson and Mac Jones. And I’m sure loyal fans will give them all three or four weeks before turning on them.
3) San Fransisco has been crowned the ‘world’s best’ city by Time Out. The international media brand deployed its network of editors from across the world to survey 27,000 global city dwellers and narrow down the list of best cities on the planet. Factors included nightlife, restaurants, cultural highlights, sense of community, environmental initiatives, activism and general friendliness. That or they just threw a dart at a map.
4) Derek Jeter, Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons and Larry Walker were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday. Yankees great Derek Jeter closed out a long-overdue afternoon of speeches at the ceremony that had been delayed by the pandemic. Jeter led baseball’s most storied franchise to seven pennants and five World Series amassing 3,465 hits during his 20-year career with the Yankees. Plus, he dated Mariah Carey, Jessica Alba and Scarlett Johansson.
5) The actor who played Kevin on ‘The Office’ is the biggest star on Cameo according the CEO Steve Galanis. Brian Baumgartner charges $195 per message on the video-messaging platform. Last year alone Brian made one million dollars on Cameo. Plus, he has an “Office” podcast and a book coming out next month called ‘Welcome to Dunder Mifflin’. I assume his next book will be about milking a bit part for everything it’s worth .
Will the US Ever Except a Digital Currency As Legal Tender?
El Salvador’s ‘Bitcoin Day’ didn’t go especially well. The impoverished country’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday was marred by street protests, technical glitches and an extreme drop in the value of the controversial digital currency. All of that could act as a warning to other countries. What do you think, will the US ever accept a digital currency as legal tender and if so, when? We posed that question to our _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web polls to weigh in, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.
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(Web polls)
Will the US ever accept a digital currency as legal tender?
Yes
No
If so, when?
By or before 2025
By 2030
By 2040
Beyond 2040