Radio Recap (Friday 08/30/19)

Bible Trivia Question:Who was a cousin of Barnabas ?
A. Matthew
B. Mark
C. Luke
D. John



In The News:
- Slinky Day

- On this day in 1984: The Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage.

- A drunk man in China became stuck trying to crawl out of a glass ATM enclosure because he couldn’t find the button to open the door. Despite their instructions to the man describing how to press the button officers were forced to destroy the glass partition in order to free him. The man was also too drunk to operate the ATM, which ultimately ate his bank card.

- In Scotland a man set fire to his car in an effort to collect on an insurance policy. After torching the vehicle, he went down to the police station to report the crime, blaming it on vandals. The cops didn’t buy his story. It seems in setting the car ablaze, the man got a little too close, and when he walked into the police station the officers couldn’t help but notice his hair and eyebrows were singed.

- Rachel Thornburg called police to report her car had been stolen after she’d left her keys inside. It just so happened that a Clinton County, Iowa, Sheriff’s deputy was in pursuit of the very car Thornburg was calling about. The deputy had attempted to stop the car for speeding, but the driver sped off and led him on the high-speed chase. The Iowa State Patrol was finally able to stop the vehicle and arrested — Rachel Thornburg, who they say was behind the wheel the whole time.





Fun Fact:In a survey, women said what they want most in a single man’s apartment is a clean bathroom. What was second? (Nice furniture) #funfact



Matt's Musing: I have been shopping for a trailer. Every time I think I have found a good one, there is a hitch... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:“When I Move to Hallelujah Square” by the Dove Brothers




Bible Trivia Answer:B. Mark (Col 4:10)

Radio Recap (Thursday 08/29/19)

Bible Trivia Question:What did Jesus do before preaching His "Sermon On The Mount"?

A. exercised
B. clapped his hands
C. waved at the crowd
D. sat down




In The News:
- on this day in 1898: The Goodyear tire company was founded.

- Lemon Juice Day

- Sometimes you need to take time off work to attend a friend or family member’s wedding, baby shower, or birthday. Chances are, you’re not too happy about it. A survey found the average American worker receives 10 vacation days a year and spends about a third of those days on other people’s life events. Eighty percent of those polled wished they didn’t have to use vacation for anything other than their own time off.

- Employees of an engineering company in Pennsylvania got a Hot Wheels car to roll across 2,176 feet of track to break a Guinness World Record. The workers (at Benesch in Pottsville, Pennsylvania) said they started planning the attempt in February and gathered 100 volunteers, including nearly 50 children, to help set up the track this week… The volunteers laid out nearly 1,400 pieces of track and the toy car glided 2,176 feet, beating the previous record of 1,838 feet, set in Moscow in 2018… Evidence from the event is being submitted to Guinness for official certification

- Next time you check out of a hotel, be sure to look for your phone charger. A survey of hotel workers say chargers are one of the most common thing guests leave behind — but it’s not at all the strangest. Canes, toothbrushes, and camping cots (really?) are some of the weird things people leave behind after checking out of their hotel room. People don’t usually come back for most items, but one they do is false teeth.




Fun Fact:It is estimated that the average person living in North America does this 22 times daily. (Opens the fridge) #funfact



Matt's Musing: I remember being able to get up without making sound effects. Good times... #musing


Matt's Pick Song:“He’s Leading Me” by The Williamsons



Bible Trivia Answer:D. sat down (Matthew 5:1-2)

Radio Recap (Wednesday 08/28/19)

Bible Trivia Question:Every meat offering to God had to be seasoned with WHAT?

A. Salt
B. Pepper
C. Sugar
D. BBQ Sauce




In The News:

- on this day in 1922: The first radio commercial aired, on station WEAF in New York City. It was a 10-minute advertisement for the Queensboro Realty Company, which had paid $100.

- Bow Tie Day

- Like chocolate? Researchers (Athens Medical School) reported that eating dark chocolate improves healthy blood flow and helps prevent the flow of potentially damaging blood clots. Eating 100 grams of dark chocolate improved blood flow in healthy young adults for at least 3 hours.

- A New Mexico man is facing charges after he was accused of committing a burglary. Authorities say the 31-year-old man (Paul Trujillo) entered a walk-in freezer at a Dairy Queen store and stole 22 boxes of Dilly Bars. A second man seen on video in the Dilly Bar heist has not been identified.

- A doctor in Vietnam has shared video of what he pulled out of a patient’s ear. The man had been experiencing pain in his ear canal and the doctor used a small camera to uncover the cause. The man had a large bee burrowing inside his head.

- August 28, 1963 - On this day in history the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous, "I Have a Dream" Speech



Fun Fact:You’ll probably do this about 13 times today, but it would be good if you did it more… Laugh. #funfact





Matt's Musing: Wouldn't a bank robbery be considered a safe job..? #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Going There” by Triumphant




Bible Trivia Answer:A. Salt (Leviticus 2:13)

Radio Recap (Tuesday 08/27/19)

Bible Trivia Question:What miraculously appeared in the mouth of a fish to pay taxes?
A. a pearl
B. a coin
C. a gold ring
D. a loaf of bread




In The News:
- Banana Lovers Day

- Humans have been searching for centuries for the secret to living longer, and the answer may be as simple as maintaining a positive state of mind. A new study (Boston University) found that people who scored higher on an optimism assessment were more likely to live past the age of 85.

- Teens spend too long looking at screens and not enough time exercising or sleeping — with less than 10 percent meeting the recommended guidelines. Research found children aged between five and 17 should spend an hour a day doing moderate to vigorous exercise and no more than two hours a day in front of a screen. More than three-quarters of teens spend more than two hours a day interacting with screens.

- As other chicken chains compete for chicken sandwich dominance, KFC is doing its bit for the planet and taking its first baby steps to move beyond the chicken coop with a plant-based chicken nugget. The first nuggets are going on sale for one day — today (August 27) — at a single restaurant in Smyrna, Georgia.

- Ladies, if you’re in the market to get hitched, find a short guy. A study (out of NYU) found short men marry later, make more money while in the relationship, and divorce less than their taller counterparts.

- Monday was National Dog Day and in a statistic unsurprising to most dog lovers, a new survey found that over 70 percent of dog owners prefer spending time with their pets than with other people.

- A mistake by workmen in England got some laughs after they misspelled the word ‘bus’ on a road. “Bup stop” was painted in large yellow lettering.

- A man in Japan has given up on his attempt to impress a neighbor he’s attracted to. For two years the man has left flowers outside her door every day. The man had never actually seen the woman — only smelled her. Shortly after the man moved into his apartment he smelled perfume and fell in love with his neighbor. But his shot at romance is dead. Recently the neighbor opened the door as the man was leaving flowers. While impressed and thankful for the daily bouquet, the woman told the man she’s too old for him. He’s 26, she 94.





Fun Fact:Every second, together, Americans eat 100 pounds of … Chocolate. #funfact



Matt's Musing: Traffic jams are more tolerable if you just think of them as really boring parades... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“One More Beautiful Day” by Faith’s Journey




Bible Trivia Answer:B. a coin (Matthew 17:27)

Radio Recap (Monday 08/26/19)

Bible Trivia Question:How long was the time period between Jesus' resurrection and ascension?
A. 7 days
B. 14 days
C. 30 days
D. 40 days



In The News:
- National Dog Day

- WE LIE — A LOT _ According to a study (University of Massachusetts), when we’re making small talk with strangers, we tend to lie to each other about three times every 10 minutes. Our reasons for lying are many. We lie to address our own insecurities when meeting new people, and also because lying about ourselves is often easier than telling the truth. The old phrase “just being yourself” requires more creative effort than lying because it involves deciding “which attributes to emphasize and which to minimize, which impulse to follow and which to ignore.”

- This labor day, a lot of grilling will be happening! If you thaw your steaks before throwing them on the grill, you’ve been doing it wrong. America’s Test Kitchen tested frozen steaks vs. thawed, and found cooking steaks frozen produced better taste, less moisture loss, and a more even cook.

- if you’re over age 60, do your heavy thinking in the morning _ Older adults who want to take a crack at the newspaper crossword or try a new recipe may want to do it first thing in the morning. A small study (by Canadian researchers) found that adults between the ages of 60 and 82 were less distracted and better able to perform cognitive tasks between the hours of 8:30 and 10:30 AM than in the afternoon, when their brains started “idling”.

- According to research 57 percent of meals in the U.S., both at home and away, are eaten alone. Breakfast is the loneliest meal of the day, with 60 percent of meals eaten in solitude.… At least there’s company for dinner: Diners eat alone for just 32% of evening meals. Nearly half of families with children eat dinner together at least five times a week.

- A library in Japan has installed sensors in its toilets that tell users if they’re taking too much time. The toilets also give users a talking reminder if they fail to flush the toilet, don’t put up the toilet seat, or use too much toilet paper …. Hey now… i have three kids… where can I purchase one of these!




Fun Fact:An acre of peanuts will give you 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches. #funfact




Matt's Musing: I recently added squats to my daily workout routine.... by moving my coffee grounds to the bottom shelf of the kitchen cabinet. #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Calvary’s Cry” by Brian Free & Assurance




Bible Trivia Answer:D. 40 days (Acts 1:3)

Radio Recap (Friday 08/23/19)

Bible Trivia Question:What was the east gate to the Temple called?
A. Fantastic
B. Magnificent
C. Gorgeous
D. Beautiful



In The News:

- Daffodil Day

- We use just a fifth of the apps on our smartphones. Despite having an average of 26 apps on mobile devices, adults admit to using just five every day… It’s not just apps ‘cluttering’ up smartphones: the average adult also has more than 550 pictures, videos or documents stored on their smartphone which should be trashed.

- BeeJay — who at 26 pounds weighs more than some bobcats — is up for adoption at a Philadelphia animal shelter, where workers on Thursday said his chunkiness is part of his charm. The Morris Animal Refuge tweeted: “Can you give him a home? Adopt this jumbo-sized package of fluff & love.”

- Pumpkins Spice is nice — for a few weeks. But according a survey (by Green Mountain Coffee Roaster) 41 percent of you would stand in line at the DMV once a month for the rest of your lives if it meant you’d get pumpkin spice year-round for life… Two in five would take a red-eye flight once a week just to have pumpkin spice coffee every day for life… One in three would name a kid Pumpkin Spice if it meant being able to have pumpkin spice coffee every day for life… Four out of five of us would sign a petition to make pumpkin spice available all year.

- If you want to be truly liked on social media, hold off on posting another selfie. That’s the message from researchers (University of Southern Mississippi) who concluded that Instagram users who post a lot of selfies are “almost uniformly” perceived as less likeable and more insecure, compared to Instagrammers who share posed photos taken by someone else.

- In the Netherlands two men were trying to break into a house when neighbors alerted the police. When officers arrived at the scene, a witness pointed them in the direction in which the pair rode away on bicycles. The suspects were soon chased down and arrested separately. One arresting officer was surprised to recognize his own bicycle. The other thief was found with his other bike. Apparently they happened to steal the bicycles from the officer’s back garden during their flight.



Fun Fact:Around the world each week, roughly 5,200 people are injured by what? (Jewelry #funfact



Matt's Musing: All I ask is to one day live in a house with secret passages... #musing


Matt's Pick Song:“The Love Of The Lord” by George Younce


Bible Trivia Answer:D. Beautiful (Acts 3:2 & 10)

Radio Recap (Thursday 08/22/19)

Bible Trivia Question:How many Swords did Jesus' disciples carry?
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Twelve




In The News:
- Burger Day

- on this day in 1902: President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to ride in an automobile, in Hartford, Connecticut.

- 99 percent of exported bananas are of the Cavendish variety. And the Cavendish is facing an “existential crisis” in the form of a fungus called Tropical Race 4 which infects bananas plants through their roots and has spread from Asia to Latin America. Salvation may come, however, thanks to gene-editing which could make Cavendishes that are resistant to the fungus.

- An official in Missouri is urging people not to set their flood-damaged homes on fire after more than 20 firefighters spent more than two hours battling a blaze. Central County Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Steve Brown said Wednesday in a news release that setting fires after flooding is unfortunately not uncommon. But he urged people to use proper methods to remove damaged buildings, saying fires “create a dangerous situation for neighbors and first responders.”

- If you’re heading somewhere very crowded and you’d rather not lose your children there, highly visible clothing colors might help. The blog Hint Mama shares this simple tip: dress the entire family in the same, bright colors. Hideous, yes, but useful in crowded areas.

- Claims that Facebook or Instagram are changing their terms of service and will make everything public unless users repost some poorly worded legal text are completely bogus — still. The message went viral earlier this week, and was even shared by celebrities. A Facebook spokesperson said Wednesday that there is no truth to the post, which dates back to 2012.

- A woman in upstate New York made the catch of a lifetime when she reeled in a fish that appears to have two mouths. Debbie Geddes says she caught the unique fish while she was out on a lake (Lake Champlain) with her husband. Debbie said, “When we got it in the boat I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Two mouths! And yet this fish was healthy and thriving. Pretty amazing!” They took a few pictures and released the fish.

- In a survey 74% of us think we’re a better driver than everyone else on the road.

- A woman in China has recovered only a small portion of her savings after termites snacked on the hidden bills. The bugs ate through $1,625, which had been hidden in her closet.

- Careful talking with your hands! In Sweden, a man giving a speech at an aquarium absentmindedly stretched his hand back over a glass enclosure and was bitten by a crocodile.






Fun Fact:More than 90% of shark attack victims have this one thing in common… they survive. #funfact




Matt's Musing: I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Unworthy” by Dixie Echoes




Bible Trivia Answer:C. Two (Luke 22:38)

Radio Recap (Wednesday 08/21/19)

Bible Trivia Question:What was Paul’s trade of work?
A. Fisherman
B. Tentmaker (Acts 18:1-3)
C. Tax collector
D. Car salesman




In The News:
- Senior Citizens Day

- THE UKULELE IS 140 _ Happy birthday to the ukulele, which is 140 years old this week.

- In Hackettstown, New Jersey, a McDonald’s drive-through customer reportedly paid with a “smoldering” dollar bill. After taking the money, the employee realized the dollar was still smoldering and she was burned on the palm of her left hand. Police are investigating.

- After stealing a Walmart electric shopping scooter from a store in Florida (St. Petersburg), a man drove the hot wheels nearly a mile before cops apprehended him. They found him trying to recharge the cart at a gas station. The 59-year-old was jailed on a felony grand theft charge in connection with his alleged swiping of the $1,500 scooter.

- A Massachusetts man trying to rescue a cat from a tree (in Leominster) wound up needing the rescuing. When the cat became stuck in the tree the homeowner called their contractor, who brought out his ladder. But then, 60 feet up, he got stuck — hung up by his belt. That’s when firefighters and other rescue pros came to help. Both the contractor and the cat were safely brought to the ground.




Fun Fact:When eating watermelon, 14% of us eat the seeds. #funfact




Matt's Musing: Parallel lines have so much in common, it's a shame they'll never meet... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:“The Old White Flag” by Triumphant



Bible Trivia Answer:B. Tentmaker (Acts 18:1-3)

Radio Recap (Tuesday 08/20/19)

Bible Trivia Question:When did the Israelites leave Egypt ?
A. At midnight
B. In the morning at sunrise
C. In the evening at sunset
D. In the midday at noon



In The News:
- On this day in 1920: The first commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), began operations in Detroit, Michigan.

- National Radio Day & Bacon Lover’s Day

- A study has found that people are more likely to be dissatisfied with their house if it is smaller than their neighbors’. This study provides evidence that people care not only about their house’s features, but their relative position: how their house compares in size to those of their immediate neighbors. Daniel Kuhlmann, an assistant professor at Iowa State University, said, “Although we may not realize it, our housing decisions may affect our neighbors’ actions … by building a large house we could unwittingly push our neighbors to spend more money to buy larger homes to catch up.” Kuhlmann says this is one possible explanation for the steady increase in the size of single-family houses in the U.S. over the last 50 years.

- The world’s oldest webcam will be shut down at the end of this month. The San Francisco FogCam is named for the shrouded view it offers of the San Francisco State University campus where the cam’s creators were taking classes. It’s the oldest continually operating webcam in the world, and has been running for 25 years. It will be shut down because it no longer has a really good view, and there’s no good place to put the camera.

- A German woman thought she had been robbed when she returned to her car to find $700 missing. Then she noticed her dog was vomiting so she took the dog to a vet. The vet gave the dog an injection and after 20 minutes six of the missing bills reappeared. The dog spit out the rest of the money in shreds along with some bank statements.

- What temperature do you set your thermostat at when you’re hanging around doing stuff in your house in the summer? Probably no higher than 75 degrees, right? Do you change the temperature setting in your home when you go to bed? Maybe lower it? How about when you know you aren’t going to home for awhile?… Energy Star, the federal program from the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, says the coolest you should keep your home is 78 degrees when you’re home… 85 when you’re at work or away… and 82 while you’re sleeping.

- In England, four robbers entered a coin shop armed with guns and knives. They whipped out several large sacks and stuffed them full of valuable coins. Perhaps they should have done a little weight training before taking on the job. The sacks were so full and so heavy that they couldn’t lift them. Not wanting to take the time to remove any of the loot, the crooks fled empty-handed.

- What about caffeine? A morning cup of coffee doesn’t just wake you up. According to a study from the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, it may also lower your risk of Alzheimer’s disease by keeping your cholesterol levels in check — which is associated with the disease. That doesn’t mean you should chug coffee all day long. One cup a day helps prevent Alzheimer’s — but more than three cups can result in anxiety, headaches, nausea and sleeplessness.





Fun Fact:There are 28 doctors in the U.S. with the last name of Doctor. #funfact





Puns: National Radio Day & Bacon Lover’s Day
- How can you spot a radio personality in a parade? He gives a short wave.

- Those who play musical instruments for radio have to stay tuned.

- Clock radios are the worst to wake up with… they go off with alarming frequency!

- Why did the pig stop sunbathing? He was bacon in the heat.





Matt's Musing: I wish "it's the thought that counts" worked for housework.... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“I Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now” by The LeFevre Quartet




Bible Trivia Answer:C. In the evening at sunset (Deut 16:6)

Radio Recap (Monday 08/19/19)

Bible Trivia Question:Joash was the youngest king at what age?
A. 7
B. 10
C. 16
D. 18



In The News:

- On this day 2004: Internet search engine Google went public.

- Potato Day, Cupcake Day, Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day

- According to a new study from job search company Monster, 8 out of 10 people have cried at work. Why are so many darkened conference rooms being stained with the secret tears of a disconsolate workforce? Monster’s poll of 3,000 workers found that 45% of respondents who admitted to crying said it was because of their bosses or co-workers. Only 19% of respondents who had cried said that personal, non-work issues were the reason for the teardrops on their keyboards. Monster career expert Vicki Salemi said, “When you cry at work, that’s a sign of a toxic environment.”

- Hackers are able to work out your online passwords just from the sound of your keystrokes. In tests researchers were able to detect what was being typed with remarkable accuracy. It could be a major threat to people who use laptop computers in public places.… Security experts (Southern Methodist University in Texas) found that sound waves produced when we type on a computer keyboard can successfully be picked up by a smartphone.

- Striking out on Tinder? Time to step up that emoji game. According to a new study (published in the journal PLoS ONE) people that regularly use emojis with potential dating partners have much higher success rates getting dates.

- A South Dakota woman went to the hospital with what she thought were kidney stones. Nope… she was pregnant. With triplets. Dannette Giltz (of Sturgis) gave birth to the healthy triplets on August 10. Giltz says that despite having two other children, she did not know she was 34 weeks pregnant. The pain from the kidney stones she thought she had turned out to be labor pains. The triplets were born within four minutes. Each weighed about 4 pounds.

- According to a survey, workers are prepared to give away their passwords for a cheap pen. Ninety percent of office workers gave away their work computer password for the pen. Men were more likely to reveal their password (95%) than women (85%).






Fun Fact:Between 30 and 40 people call 911 each day (in the U.S.) for the weather forecast! #funfact



Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):No matter how sweet, adorable and loving children are, there is a universal truth to almost every kid on the planet: they are gross. A mom shared on Facebook about an incident involving her daughter, Blakely, and the grossest ice cream cone ever. The post features an image of mom Sidney holding a vanilla ice cream cone. Apparently, Blakely had asked her mom to hold the dripping cone for her. Obviously, like any human parent, Sidney took a lick to clean that puppy up. However, Sidney noticed her daughter is looking at her funny. When Sidney asked her what was wrong, and her daughter replied: “Is it okay? I accidentally wiped my butt with it.”… Naturally mom asked her daughter how she “accidentally” wiped her but with an ice cream cone. Daughter Blakely replied, “I used the wrong hand to wipe but it was just pee mommy.”




Matt's Musing: Remembering to remember is always the first thing I forget... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:“I Wish It Would It Would Rain” by Perfect Heart



Bible Trivia Answer:7 years old (2 Chr 24:1)

Radio Recap (Friday 08/16/19)

Bible Trivia Question:What color was manna?
A. Yellow
B. White
C. Brown
D. Red



In The News:
- Tell A Joke Day, Roller Coaster Day

- Dairy Queen says its famous Pumpkin Pie Blizzard will be released extra early this year, on August 26.

- Here's some promising news for anyone who has had strife in their lives due to a cat allergy. Researchers at the University Hospital in Zurich are working on a vaccine that could block what's known as the "major cat allergen" in felines, making them less likely to set off triggers in humans.

- The Department of Transportation has announced that miniature horses will still be allowed on airplanes as service animals. The agency was reviewing its service animal policies after complaints of passengers abusing guidelines for emotional support animals. But in an update released last week, the DOT made clear that "commonly recognized service animals" will be permitted, which includes dogs, cats, and miniature horses. However, airlines will not be required to transport other animals including "snakes, other reptiles, ferrets, rodents, and spiders".

- Tweets aren’t always sweet — sometimes they’re just “pointless babble.” Actually, they are 40% of the time, based on a study of 2,000 random tweets over two weeks. The researcher deemed 811 tweets as babble, compared to 751 (38%) as conversational, 174 (8%) as moderately interesting and 117 (6%) as self promotional.

- A masked robber was caught red-handed stealing from a vending machine at a high school in Orlando, Florida. The bandit was a raccoon who managed to get himself trapped inside the machine surrounded by snacks.





Fun Fact:In 1922, there were 30 radio stations in the U.S. #funfact




Today: Tell A Joke Day & Roller Coaster Day:

What's the fastest ride at a theme park?
You would think it would be the roller coaster. But really, the carousel has the most horse power.

What does a dentist do on a roller coaster?
He braces himself.





Matt's Musing: Imagine being the sort of person who knows what every button on a TV remote does.... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“I Believe In A Hill Called Mt Calvary” by the Gaither Vocal Band



Bible Trivia Answer:B. White (Exodus 16:31)

Radio Recap (Thursday 0815/19)

Bible Trivia Question:What will the gates of the holy city (New Jerusalem) be made of?
A. Gold
B. Silver
C. Emeralds
D. Pearls



In The News:
- Best Friends Day and Relaxation Day

- Dunkin and Starbucks will begin serving up pumpkin spice drinks and treats in a few days, but if you can’t wait there’s always Pumpkin Spice Spam. The fake flavor was a viral thing in in 2017, but it goes public for real September 23 and will be available on Spam.com and Walmart.com.

- In the latest survey on smartphone use, the average adult spends three hours and 25 minutes on their phone every day — 52 minutes of which is spent on social media.

- Going off the grid is good for the soul — if you can survive the withdrawal symptoms. A new study looked at the emotional roller coaster of “digital detox” vacations and found that when tourists were cut off from digital access on a trip, they first felt an initial anxiety, frustration and withdrawal. But soon enough, they experienced growing levels of acceptance — even liberation. After their vacation, many participants found reconnecting overwhelming and upsetting as the flood of messages they’d received while offline flooded their devices.

- Like pancakes, eggs, bacon, waffles or Wheaties for dinner? You’re not alone: almost 70 percent of adults say they love breakfast for dinner.

- The company you keep can influence how much you eat. A study found that women eat more when they eat with a large group of female friends. However, if a woman eats with a smaller group of female friends, she eats less. When she dines with a man, she eats even less.

- State police in Washington found a vehicle on the shoulder of a highway and discovered the driver playing PokemonGo on eight different phones. The driver agreed to put the phones in the back seat before hitting the road again.

- Police in Daytona Beach, Florida, arrested a man who threatened his neighbors with nunchunks… before accidentally hitting himself on the head.





Fun Fact:There are 16.8 million High school students in the U.S. #funfact



Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):A man was arrested by police in Honduras after he was caught begging while dressed up as a pregnant woman. The man told cops he was begging as a pregnant woman for two years and got three times as much money as he did when he begged dressed as a man.




Matt's Musing: I keep forgetting how bad my memory has become..... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Alpha And Omega” by the Gaither Vocal Band




Bible Trivia Answer:D. Pearls (Revelation 21:21)

Radio Recap (Wednesday 08/14/19)

Bible Trivia Question:Who was the queen thrown out of a window?
A. Esther
B. Candace
C. Jezebel
D. Vashti



In The News:
- World Calligraphy Day

- A study showed a substantial cut in the risk of death from heart disease for heart attack survivors who ate chocolate two or more times per week. The study said the risk is cut threefold compared to those who never touch chocolate.

- Let’s talk about hygiene. No matter how clean you are or how often you shower, you leave a lot of yourself behind in your sheets. Mary Johnson, Tide Principal Scientist at Procter & Gamble, says that every day “people produce one liter of sweat, 40 grams of sebum (the stuff in your pores that makes your skin oily), 10 grams of salt, and 2 billion skin cells.” Plus your sheets pick up skincare products, hair care products, ear wax, snot, drool — lots of really gross stuff… So how often should you change your sheets? Johnson suggests at least every two weeks, though a recent survey found “one week” to be the top response.

- Why do flamingos like to stand on one leg? Two scientists who conducted an exhaustive study of captive Caribbean flamingos said they do it to regulate their body temperature. The birds also likely alternate which leg they stand on to avoid one leg becoming too cold.

- A man in Britain underwent abdominal surgery that turned out well. However, days later he had to have additional surgery because he couldn’t swallow and was having trouble breathing. It turns out that during the initial surgery, he had swallowed his dentures.





Fun Fact:Every second, Americans eat 100 pounds of … chocolate. #funfact




Matt's Musing: Who needs the weather network when you have Facebook... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“So Close To Home” by Brain Free & Assurance



Bible Trivia Answer:C. Jezebel (2 Kings 9:30-33)

Radio Recap (Tuesday 08/13/19)

Bible Trivia Question:Who was Lot’s uncle?
A. Abraham
B. Moses
C. Noah
D. Joshua



In The News:
- Today, Silver Dollar City announced it’s latest addition to the park, scheduled for summer 2020. A raft ride named Mystic River Falls. With a nearly half-mile river journey, it ends with a 4-platform elevator lift tower, taking you ip to 6 stories with a final tallest raft ride drop in the western hemisphere.

- On this day in 1942: Walt Disney’s animated feature “Bambi” premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

- The less satisfied people are at work the more likely they are to lie to others at the office. That’s according to a recent survey (from Simply Hired) of more than 1,000 people. 41 percent said they are not satisfied at work and said they tell at least one white lie a week — which is more than those who are happy at work.

- Americans would rather endure any number of vacation hassles than go without internet. Almost half of respondents (49 percent) said that no internet access would qualify as a vacation disaster — just think, no streaming TV, music or movies. Only lost luggage was a bigger vacation hassle (54 percent). No internet ranked as a bigger hassle than food poisoning (47 percent), consistent bad weather (47 percent), and a lost credit card (44 percent).

- A rescue team on a scuba diving training exercise found two cell phones that were in a plastic bag in a river in Southwest China. One of the divers took the phones home and, using the contact lists on the phones, tracked down the owners — a husband and wife. The wife said that their phones accidentally fell in the river while they were on a boating trip in August 2016.

- A California man charged with stealing a taxi cab stepped out of a police station house after posting bail and immediately slipped into an empty patrol car for a nap. Police found him some time later asleep in the front seat. He was taken back into the station house and charge with breaking and entering.

- While most 22-year-olds would be ecstatic to receive a BMW as a present from their father, a guy in India wasn’t satisfied and threw a temper tantrum for the ages. The spoiled brat wanted a Jaguar and decided to drive his new BMW into a river. It took a crew over five hours to retrieve it.





Fun Fact:Nearly 9,000 people injure themselves each year with a toothpick. #funfact



Matt's Musing: Imagine how fun Pringles would be if the cans were spring-loaded.... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:“Hold Me Up” by Gordon Mote




Bible Trivia Answer:A. Abraham (Genesis 12:5)

Radio Recap (Monday 08/12/19)

Bible Trivia Question:
What was the name of a leper who was also the captain of the host of the King Of Syria?
A. Zacchaeus
B. Naaman
C. Esau
D. Gideon



In The News:
- 1851: Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine. #HomeSewingMachineDay

- 1898: Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.

- Vinyl Record Day

- In England, a woman’s home was severely damaged by a freak fire sparked by the sun shining on a crystal ball on her window sill. The $30 ornament refracted the rays straight into the back of the woman’s TV which overheated and exploded, igniting a nearby sofa.

- Daniel Rose-Levine holds the Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik’s cube — with his feet. The upstate New York (Red Hook) 16-year-old can do it in 16.9 seconds. Rose-Levine first mastered the cube, using his hands, at age 11. His top time got to 5.3 seconds and he has more than 15 cubing-competition wins under his belt. The current world record for solving by hand is 3.47 seconds. But it came with a price: cubing for five hours a day led to a painful repetitive-stress injury at age 14.

- Guess who’s more rude at work? If you said men, you’re right. Researchers say men are the rude ones at work 70 percent of the time.

- People who suffer from insomnia take sick days twice as often as those who do not, according to a report by The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. The study found that over a six-month period, the condition cost employers an average of 4.4 days of wages for each untreated sufferer, plus indirect costs due to lower productivity and mistakes made because of lack of sleep.




Fun Fact:54 percent of workers say you shouldn’t do this at work… clip your nails! #funfact




Matt's Musing: Everyone’s an optimist when it comes to their car’s fuel gauge... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Go And Tell Somebody” by the Kingsmen



Bible Trivia Answer:B. Naaman (2 Kings 5:1)

Radio Recap (Friday 08/09/19)

Bible Trivia Question:How many days did it take Nehemiah to inspect the city walls of Jerusalem before rebuilding them?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 14



In The News:
- Smokey Bear turns 75! (August 9). In 1944 the creation of Smokey Bear was authorized by the Forest Service, and the first poster was delivered on October 10 by artist Albert Staehle. In the first poster, Smokey was depicted wearing jeans and a campaign hat, pouring a bucket of water on a campfire. The message underneath read, “Smokey says – Care will prevent 9 out of 10 forest fires!” … The living symbol of Smokey Bear was a five-pound, three month old American black bear cub who was found in the spring of 1950 after the Capitan Gap fire, a wildfire that burned in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico. Smokey had climbed a tree to escape the blaze, but his paws and hind legs had been burned. Local crews who had come from New Mexico and Texas to fight the blaze removed the cub from the tree. At first he was called Hotfoot Teddy, but he was later renamed Smokey, after the icon.

- Book Lovers Day

- Kool-Aid Day




Fun Fact:Nearly 900 people (Americans) go to the emergency room every day for what? (Dog bite) #funfact




Matt's Musing: Once again its Friday. I know its only been 7 days since the last one, but it feels like its been a week.......#musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Rumor Mill” by the Cathedrals




Bible Trivia Answer:A. 3 (Nehemiah 2:11-13)

Radio Recap (Thursday 08/08/19)

Bible Trivia Question:Who was buried in a potter’s field?
A. Judas Ascariot
B. Moses
C. David
D. Paul




In The News:
- on this day in 1899: A.T. Marshall of Brockton, Massachusetts, patented the refrigerator. Refrigerator Day.

- Zucchini Day

- Frozen Custard Day

- International Cat Day

- Is this a surprise? A new study (Arizona State University) finds body mass index tends to rise along with the number of fast-food outlets and other food sources around a person’s home or on their commute. The study involved more than 700 female elementary school employees living in and around New Orleans. Conversely, having a greater number of full-service, sit-down restaurants near your home was associated with a lower BMI.

- A New Jersey man was seriously hurt after jumping on the hood of his SUV while it was being stolen. The carjackers kept on going and took 59-year-old James Dillon on a dangerous ride for nearly a mile before being flung off the SUV. He was rushed to a hospital. The suspects, 17 and 18, were captured. Police say they would not recommend jumping on top of a car to stop carjackers.





Fun Fact:After dropping one of these in the toilet, 57% of those surveyed said they’d still use it… their Toothbrush! #funfact




Matt's Musing: Nobody looks back on their life and remembers the nights they had plenty of sleep...#musing



Matt's Pick Song:“I Want To Thank You” by Karen Peck & New River


Bible Trivia Answer:A. Judas Ascariot (Matthew 27: 3-10)

Radio Recap (Wednesday 08/07/19)

Bible Trivia Question:Who cut his hair only once a year?
A. Samson
B. Esau
C. Samuel
D. Absalom



In The News:
- 1782: George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and non-commissioned officers. #Purple Heart Day

- Lighthouse Day

- New research has found that as many as one in 300 of us may have a natural preference for going to bed extremely early and waking up fresh and revitalized in the small hours of the morning.

- Scientists (University College London) have used a mathematical equation to accurately predict the happiness of more than 18,000 people around the world. The formula for happiness, according to the equation, depends on whether things are better than expected, and not just on how well things are going. People felt happiest when they performed better than expected on a risk-reward task. THE KEY TO HAPPINESS?.... REALLY LOW EXPECTATIONS

- A woman in China crashed into a roadside guardrail after choosing to take her hands off the steering wheel so she wouldn’t develop a tan. The woman, who wasn’t injured, voluntarily gave up control of her vehicle because she feared that the August sun would darken her skin pigment a shade.

- Here’s a tip to stay awake while driving... Put a $100 bill in your left hand and hold it out the window.

- If you’re a bull and about to get slaughtered, during your great escape… where would you attempt to find refuge. Well, in Bangladesh… A bull escaped the butcher’s knife, ran down a street, and charged up a ramp into a hospital emergency room… interrupting medical procedures for nearly 45 minutes!

- Prisoners will do strange things to keep with their love! A prisoner in Madrid, Spain, glued himself to his girlfriend during a jail visit. The couple was taken to a hospital so the could be separated. My thought… how’d it get the glue?

- How hot is it? In Phoenix, a postal worker decided to demonstrate the insane heat in which some United States Postal Service employees work on a daily basis by cooking steak on the dashboard of the mail truck!. In a series of photos posted to social media, the mail deliverer showed a steak in several stages of the cooking process, with a meat thermometer ultimately rising to 142 degrees Fahrenheit. An Arizona politician is suggesting adjusting morning start times to allow postal workers in Arizona to deliver later during the cooler parts of the day, avoiding the blazing afternoon temps.

- “If you don’t know how to cook, stay out of the kitchen,” Wise words from a neighbor of a man who started a fire while he was heating oil to cook french fries and the grease ignited and exploded. The man evacuated his apartment, but firefighters had to rescue his dog from another apartment.





Fun Fact:We claim we hate heat, but the average shower is 101 Degrees. #funfact




Matt's Musing: If you see me smiling in public it means I’m laughing at the jokes I tell myself in my head...#musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Marriage supper of the lamb” by the Hoppers




Bible Trivia Answer:D. Absalom (2 Samuel 14: 25-26)

Radio Recap (Tuesday 08/06/19)

Bible Trivia Question:How many times did Balaam hit his donkey before the donkey spoke to him?
A. Once
B. Twice
C. Three times (Numbers 22:28)
D. Four times



In The News:
- Fresh Breath (Halitosis) Day • Root Beer Float Day
- Earthlings, listen up: There are no fish, cannonballs, thigh bones, spoons or crab monsters on Mars. And there are no boots or robot legs. Just rocks. Lots and lots of rocks. The latest conspiracy theory NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover snapped a photo of the leg of an ancient robot. The boot-shaped object is actually a rock.

- If predictions come to pass, the number of natural redheads everywhere will continue to dwindle until there are none left by the year 2100. The reason, according to scientists in England, is that just 4 percent of the world’s population carries the red-hair gene. The gene is recessive and therefore diluted when carriers produce children with people who have the dominant brown-hair gene. The foundation says the way things are going, red hair will either be extremely rare or extinct by the end of the century.

- Calling all chocolate, peanut butter and donut lovers. Krispy Kreme and Reese’s have joined forces to create the dessert mashup of your dreams: Reese’s Lovers Original Filled Donuts. The new collaboration includes two different versions of the original glazed Krispy Kreme donut that is stuffed, drizzled and dipped in both chocolate and peanut butter. The Reese’s Original Filled Peanut Butter Lovers donut has more peanut butter than chocolate, and the Reese’s Original Filled Chocolate Lovers Doughnut has more chocolate than peanut butter.

- A man in Ashland, Oregon, accidentally threw his life savings into a recycling bin. The $23,000 in a shoebox was collected and soon on a truck bound for California. The next day, an employee at the recycling facility spotted the shoebox and rescued it. All but $320 was recovered.



Fun Fact:13,000: Americans injured by office supplies each year. #funfact




Matt's Musing: If only I did everything with the same precision in which I craft my sandwiches.... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Everything But Time” by the Anchormen



Bible Trivia Answer:C. Three times (Numbers 22:28)

Radio Recap (Monday 08/05/19)

Bible Trivia Question:To be healed of leprosy, who was dipped seven times in the Jordan River?
A. Moses
B. Naaman
C. Paul
D. Zacheus



In The News:
- On this day in 1930: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born.

- Assistance Dog Day … my dog is… she assists me in taking care of all the dropped food from my kids!

- If you think riding in an elevator with random people can be awkward, you’re not alone. A new study has found that 66 percent of people don’t want to talk while in one. Of the two-thirds who don’t want to talk on an elevator, about a quarter of them said they don’t talk because they just don’t like speaking to people they don’t know…. There are about 7 billion elevator rides around the world each day.

- How popular you are may very well depend on your age. And the magic one seems to be 29. Those approaching their third decade have approximately 80 friends, which is about 30 percent more than those in any other age group, based on a survey of 1,505 Britons. What’s behind the almost-30-somethings’ popularity? The company that conducted the study (Genius Gluten Free) explains that at 29, people are still in touch with school friends but have also forged new bonds with work colleagues.

- An Allstate Foundation and National Organizations for Youth Safety survey found that 80 percent of teen girls and 58 percent of teen boys text while driving. Teens are the most dangerous drivers on the road, with a crash rate double that of 20- to 24-year-olds, three times that of 25- to 29-year-olds, and more than four times that of 30- to 69-year-olds.

- A study found that most catastrophic sports injuries among high school and college athletes occur on the sidelines. Researchers (National Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio) found that six sports account for 70 percent of school sports injuries: running, basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, and gymnastics. But cheerleading was found to be the leading cause of catastrophic injuries — those usually involving spinal cord damage — among high school and college athletes.

- According to a study (found in Psychological Science) babies whose parents play Mozart for them aren’t any smarter than the ones whose parents don’t.

- Staff at a railway station in China found snakes crawling in a luggage storage room. Twenty-five of more than 500 eggs of the poisonous snakes a man bought and transported hatched under hot weather conditions. Staff alerted police and wild animal experts and then stood back.

- Health officials in Romania were called out by a 74-year-old man to investigate a strange smell of gas in his house and what they found was a dead cow in the man’s living room. The man refused to believe the rotting carcass was the cause of the smell and said he cut a piece off every night for dinner.

- A burglar in Washington was caught on security video entering a home’s garage through a dog flap and attempting to escape on a bike he found. The problem with his escape plan... was he was unable to ride a bike... fell off of it and had to race off on foot.





Fun Fact:The average man will spend 140 days of his life...Shaving. #funfact



Matt's Musing: If I have to stir it, it’s homemade... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“A Little Bit Of Sunshine” by Jeff & Sheri Easter



Bible Trivia Answer:B. Naaman (2 Kings 5: 1-14)

Radio Recap (Friday 08/02/19)

Bible Trivia Question:What was the name of Abraham’s wife?
A. Hannah
B. Sarah
C. Ruth
D. Mary



In The News:
- Coloring Book Day • Water Balloon Day • Twins Day • Ice Cream Sandwich Day

- More than 500 teeth were removed by doctors from a little boy’s mouth recently after he started to complain of jaw pain and swelling. Since the 7-year-old India boy’s surgery last month, he now has 21 teeth instead of an unprecedented 526 — many of which were discovered inside a sac embedded in his lower jaw.

- Don’t want to miss a funeral? The practice of live-streaming funerals has recently exploded in popularity and the president-elect of the National Funeral Directors Association estimates that 20 percent of funeral homes now offer the service. The service caters to those loved ones unable to travel on short notice to pay their respects.

- The average person spends more than six months of their life talking about the weather… According to a study, a typical weather conversation crops up three times a day, lasting an average of two minutes and 46 seconds on each occasion.

- MUGGER THANKS POLICE FOR RESCUING HIM _ Police in Italy say an attempted mugger thanked officers for rescuing him from his alleged victims — a group of South Korean tourists skilled in taekwondo. Authorities say the Italian grabbed a handbag from one of the tourists and brandished a knife. However, one South Korean disarmed the attacker using taekwondo techniques and used the martial art to keep the suspect from escaping until police arrived.

- A teenager found out the hard way that the fish were biting. The boy reached into the water of a Hong Kong fountain hoping to scoop up a fish — then was bitten by what turned out to be a piranha. The 14-year-old boy required three stitches to his left index finger but was not seriously injured in the attack. A cleaning crew drained the fountain and found two piranhas, apparently pets that had been abandoned in the fountain at a public housing project.




Fun Fact:Each year in the U.S. about 32,000 people are treated for injuries from... hammers. #funfact




Matt's Musing: It's ok if you don't like my personality... I've got others.#musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Joyride” by Ivan Parker




Bible Trivia Answer:B. Sarah (Genesis 17:18)

Radio Recap (Thursday 08/01/19)

Bible Trivia Question:What did Peter say that Jesus should never wash?
A. His cup
B. His hair
C. His hands
D. His feet



In The News:- First day of August!

- on this day in 1962: Spider-Man was introduced in Marvel Comics issue #15.

- #Spider-Man Day

- At what age do you consider yourself an adult? A survey asked people to pinpoint the age at which they felt they fully became a grown-up: men said age 26; women about three years earlier. When asked what’s considered to be the “favorite age” to experience in life, the average millennial wishes they could be 23 for the rest of their life, whereas baby boomers said 32.

- Wondering where it is safe to fly your drone? There’s an app for that! The FAA has rereleased its drone app, this time with useful information on where you can and can’t fly your drone. The B4UFLY mobile app is free in the Apple app store and Google Play. The app now has a clear status indicator of whether it’s safe to fly your recreational drone, or whether you’re in a prohibited zone, like the area around an airport or a military facility.

- Don’t be using too many big words _ Everyone knows how college students will try to make themselves sound smarter by using big words they barely understand. But a study shows that readers can see through this. A psychologist at Princeton took a handful of writing samples and used a thesaurus to replace the simple words with needlessly flowery ones. Then he gave all the writing samples — the original, simple ones and the modified, flowery ones — to 71 students to evaluate. The result? As the grandiosity and complexity of the language increased, the judges’ estimation of the intelligence of the authors decreased.

- Do you feel that you enjoy the taste of food more than others in your life. If so, you may be obese! A study shows obese people eat more food because it simply tastes better. Researchers at the University of Iowa gave chocolate to a group of obese and non-obese women and found that as the obese group kept eating the food continued to taste almost as good to them as the first bite. The findings suggest that understanding taste perceptions may be crucial to preventing obesity when combined with targeting nutritional awareness.

- Wanna be an astronaut? clean breath required _ Bad breath is enough to fail the test to enter China’s manned space program. China only wants to send the best of the best into orbit, meaning bad breath and body odor are sufficient reason to be disqualified right away.

- A Cleveland bank robber walked up to the counter at a U.S. Bank branch and passed a note, demanding money. When the teller took the note and looked at it, and looked at the other side, she saw the robber’s name. He had used a note that he had used earlier at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and it had his name and address on it.

- Police in Germany are planning to bill a 71-year-old woman for going to her house to investigate who was playing the loud music that was disturbing her. They discovered the music was coming from her own radio. She’d been playing the radio full blast in her garden earlier in the day and forgot about it.

- August 3rd is national mustard day and instead of celebrating with a hot dog, which is so 2017, how about French’s mustard ice cream?! Although it’s blindingly yellow, it doesn’t have the tang of mustard until after you taste a more birthday cake-like flavor with caramelized sugar and cotton candy notes. If you like the tartness of Pinkberry’s frozen yogurt, then you’ll like French’s Mustard Ice Cream. Although only available in California and New York… French’s will have the recipe available online. Would you try it? It takes faith… like a mustard seed?




Fun Fact:The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments #funfact



Matt's Musing: The only thing “instant glue” sticks to “instantly”... is fingers. #musing


Matt's Pick Song:“This Ole House” by the Cathedrals


Bible Trivia Answer:D. My feet (John 13:8)