Radio Recap (Friday 01/31/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
Who quoted Scriptures when tempted by Satan?
A. Job
B. Moses
C. Abraham
D. Jesus



In The News:

- Hot Chocolate Day

- Facebook says it reached 2½ billion users in the last part of 2019.

- Quit work today. This Friday, January 31 is, according to research, the most popular day (in the most popular month) for people to quit their job, as those back in the saddle after the holidays find themselves staring at the year’s calendar and questioning the point of it all. For some, the urge may be fueled by a dread of keeping up the work routine after kids go back to school; for others it could be down to the fact January is a dull month.

- New year's diets. It’s the end of January and by now more than one-third of people who made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight have broken it. By March, only 13% will still be on their diet, and by April only 7% will be hanging on.

- Kobe Bryant tribute. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at a press conference Wednesday that Kobe Bryant will be honored as part of Sunday’s Super Bowl.

- Preschool Fitness Day

- Leave old grenades alone! In Germany, man who bought an old hand grenade from a friend was arrested after throwing it out a window to see whether it worked. It sort of ‘poofed’ — and freaked out a lot of people. The man was arrested.

- upside down license plate. A New Jersey motorcyclist cited for turning his license plate upside down because he liked the way the plate looked and “wanted to be different” has lost his attempt to rescind a traffic ticket he received. A state appellate court has ruled that the ticket and the $139 penalty Scott DiRoma received in municipal court were both justified. DiRoma claimed the law is vague and doesn’t prohibit an upside down license plate on a motorcycle.

- Google pays hackers. Paying hackers is not a bad thing. Which is why PayPal recently paid $15,300 to one; Tesla is offering $500,000 to anyone who can hack a Tesla Model 3; and Apple is prepared to cough up $1.5 million to iPhone hackers. Not to be outdone, Google has added a bonus to the $1 million offer to any hackers that compromise the security element on Pixel devices.… Since 2010 Google has paid out more than $21 million in rewards. In 2019 alone, roughly $6.5 million in rewards were paid by Google — twice as much as has ever been rewarded in a single year before.

- Looking to treat your special someone with something unique on Valentine’s day? Head over to Dunkin’s for a slam dunk for your date! Dunkin’s Valentine’s Day drinks are pink velvet-flavored and cute. That’s right… they’re mixed with red velvet cake flavor… yum!

- Pickle Bouquet. Not sure what to get your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day? Instead of flowers, how about a lovely arrangement of pickles? Boston-based Grillo’s Pickles is bringing back its famous pickle bouquet. It’s a do-it-yourself kit that comes with instructions for how to put the bouquet together. The kit includes an empty 32-ounce pickle container, 15 wooden skewers, artificial floral filler and cellophane, plus a coupon for a free jar of pickles. It’s being sold online for $25.

- Super Bowl and God. 26% of Americans say God determines who wins the super bowL _ Their hands might be gifted… their feet fast… their strategies on the field absolutely cunning… but a quarter of Americans don’t really think it matters. They believe that God personally controls who wins the Super Bowl.






Fun Fact:
The oldest cow lived to age 48. #funfact






Matt's Musing:
Pringles cans should have a twist mechanism like stick deodorant.... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“Testimony” by the Mark Trammell Quatrtet




Bible Trivia Answer:

D. Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11)

Radio Recap (Thursday 01/30/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
What animals were washed away when God closed the path through the Red Sea?
A. Sheep
B. Horses
C. Cattle
D. Snakes



In The News:

- Not sure they’d be too happy, but it’s Yodel for Your Neighbors Day

- Super Bowl and God. 26% of Americans say God determines who wins the super bowL _ Their hands might be gifted… their feet fast… their strategies on the field absolutely cunning… but a quarter of Americans don’t really think it matters. They believe that God personally controls who wins the Super Bowl.

- Pickle Bouquet. Not sure what to get your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day? Instead of flowers, how about a lovely arrangement of pickles? Boston-based Grillo’s Pickles is bringing back its famous pickle bouquet. It’s a do-it-yourself kit that comes with instructions for how to put the bouquet together. The kit includes an empty 32-ounce pickle container, 15 wooden skewers, artificial floral filler and cellophane, plus a coupon for a free jar of pickles. It’s being sold online for $25.

- Titanic was struck again… by submarine. The wreck of the Titanic was struck by a submarine hired by a British adventure company. The Titanic’s remains were hit by the $35 million Triton when “intense and highly unpredictable currents” caused the operator to lose control. The July trip was accompanied by scientists from Newcastle University in England and carried the submersible to the ship’s resting place about 12,500 feet below the North Atlantic surface. Expedition leader Rob McCallum confirmed there had been “contact” with the Titanic because of strong currents, but insisted that any damage could only have been minor… The expedition revealed that Titanic Capt. Edward John Smith’s bathtub had disappeared inside the deteriorating remains.

- Croissant Day

- Live near a starbucks. Living near a Starbucks isn’t just good for your caffeine addiction — it actually increases your home’s value. Not only that, but (according to research from Zillow) when a Starbucks moves into a neighborhood, houses go up in price at double the standard rate. And faster than neighborhoods with a Dunkin’ Donuts.

- Thank Your Mentor Day

- Traveling with his ferret. A 25-year-old British man quit his job last year to travel and Instagram his experiences with his best friend, Bandit. Charlie Hammerton traveled to 11 countries with best friend is his pet ferret. Charlie financed his trip around the world by selling all of his possessions — raising about $20,000.

- Does a fitbit help? Companies often tout the benefits of their wearable fitness technology with claims that a smartwatch or heart rate monitor can educate users about their fitness and health habits and motivate them to be more active. But researchers (University of Pennsylvania) say that strapping a piece of tech to your wrist and recording information doesn’t necessarily drive behavioral change. In fact, the people most likely to use wearables are those who need them least. … A survey of 6,223 people found that more than half of the people who buy wearables stop using them.

- Leave old grenades alone! In Germany, man who bought an old hand grenade from a friend was arrested after throwing it out a window to see whether it worked. It sort of ‘poofed’ — and freaked out a lot of people. The man was arrested.



Fun Fact:
On an average day in the United States, about 40 people are hurt by a Trampoline #funfact



Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):
Valentine’s Day is just a couple of weeks away and one hotel in Canada is offering a free stay. But only if couples conceive a child there. It’s called the Nooner Baby-Maker special with rates starting at about $45. British Columbia’s Hotel Zed said couples can book a room from 10 AM to 2 PM and if they welcome a baby 9-months later, they get a free Valentine’s Day stay for 18 years.




Matt's Musing:
Whether a vacuum is on or off, it's always collecting dust... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“Jerusalem” by the Hoppers



Bible Trivia Answer:
B. Horses (Exodus 14:23-28)

Radio Recap (Wednesday 01/29/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
What exciting discovery did Hilkiah the priest tell King Josiah he made in the temple?
A. He found the the rod of Aaron
B. He found the ripped Temple curtain
C. He found the Holy Grail
D. He found the Book of the Law (11 Kings 22:8)





In The News:

- Puzzle Day

- Adulting class turns students away. Now in its second year, a UC Berkeley basic life skills class has become so popular that it’s had to turn 200 wannabe adults away. The eight-week pass/no pass course teaches young people how to be more responsible and grown-up, ie. how to “adult.” They learn how to budget for food, do taxes, manage relationships, and more. Other areas include fitness, nutrition and mental health.

- Dirty Kitchen appliance handles. Ask anyone what the grossest spots in their home are and they’ll likely answer with one of the following: the toilet, the dish sponge, or the grimy stovetop. But according to a new study, your appliance handles could be even more disgusting… Researchers studied the amount of bacteria on 14 common sites in your home and found that the kitchen was the most contaminated spot. And appliance handles — like that of your oven door — were some of the worst offenders.

- Hand sanitizers safe? Think hand sanitizers will keep you safe from the flu this winter? Think again. The FDA says they don't, and is warning the makers of Purell to stop making such claims. In a letter sent to the company this month, the FDA says it is "not aware of any adequate and well-controlled studies" that prove that hand sanitizers prevent infection from viruses like flu, ebola, MRSA, or norovirus. It also criticized the company for claiming on its website that Purell products reduce "student absenteeism" by 51%. Purell's parent company GOJO says it's taking "immediate action" and is already updating its website.

- We like Super Bowl ads better. In a study, a slight majority of respondents, 51 percent, said they like the commercials played during the Super Bowl more than the game itself.

- Cornchip Day

- Fined for sneezing. A man in England was fined for blowing his nose while his van was stopped. The guy wiped his nose with a handkerchief while stuck in traffic. But when the traffic cleared, he was pulled over by police who told him he had not been in control of his vehicle. He was fined $97.

- stolen backpack of jewelry. A backpack containing $500,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from a Philadelphia hotel (Sofitel Hotel) Monday morning. Police have not identified the backpack’s owner. Who carries $500,000 worth of jewelry around in a backpack?

- Seeing Eye Dog Day

- police Dolly Parton Challenge. A few police departments in the UK have used the viral Dolly Parton Challenge to ask for the public's help in finding some burglars. In case you didn't know, the challenge that was started by a Parton social media post asked people to reveal pictures they would list on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Tinder. Several police departments started posting suspect's photos so that people could get a good look at who is being accused of a crime. People who saw the posts congratulated the police departments for being creative.

- K9 rescues lost wedding ring. In Britain, an officer was on patrol with his sniffer dog, Odin, when he spotted two men with a flashlight acting suspiciously at the side of the road at 2AM Saturday. The officer approached the men, who told him one of them had thrown his wedding ring to the side of the road during an argument with his wife and they had been searching for it for some time... Because Odin was trained to sniff human scent, he was able to sniff out the ring in some tall grass in about two minutes.




Fun Fact:
Each year, more than 10,000 Americans suffer injuries from or because of... Books. (Some people fall while reaching for them on high shelves, others hurt themselves moving boxes of books.) #funfact



Matt's Musing:
I said I was good at making decisions. I didn't say the decisions I made were good... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“God Is Good” by the Hoppers



Bible Trivia Answer:
D. He found the Book of the Law (11 Kings 22:8)

Radio Recap (Tuesday 01/28/2020)

Bible Trivia Question:
What 300 animals did Samson catch and then use to set fire to the Philistines’ grain?
A. Horses
B. Foxes
C. Rabbits
D. Mice




In The News:

- Fun At Work Day

- Emoji License plates. Vermont is one of the smallest US states, but it could have the honor of being the first to allow emoji on license plates. A bill introduced in the Vermont House of Representatives would allow drivers to add their choice of six emoji to their license plates. Democrat Rebecca White introduced the bill, which doesn’t specify which six emoji will be allowed. Legislators will have plenty of options, though. According to Emojipedia, there are currently over 3,000 emoji.… The bill specifies that any emoji would be “in addition to the 10 distinctive number assigned by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or the numerals and letters selected by the registered owner of a vehicle as a vanity plate.”

- 1.4 billion chicken wings. The National Chicken Council’s annual Chicken Wing Report claims Americans will consume 1.4 billion wings on Super Bowl Sunday — 27 million more than last year.

- US wasting food. To the rest of the world, Americans are often thought of as excessive and wasteful in their eating habits. A recent study is lending some credence to that belief. According to research (Penn State University), the average American household wastes nearly a third of its food.… The value of that waste is estimated at $240 billion annually. When divided among the 128.6 million American households, that’s an average of $1,866 being wasted per household on a yearly basis.

- Kazoo Day

- Kids grow taller overnight.The perception that children seem to grow taller overnight is likely true. Scientists (University of Wisconsin) placed sensors on the leg bones of lambs to monitor bone growth in the animals. Ninety percent of bone growth occurred when the animals were sleeping or otherwise at rest. The study suggested that growth plates consisting of soft cartilage at the ends of bones become compressed when walking or standing, preventing growth. When lying down, the pressure on the growth plates is off and the bones elongate.

- Sausages instead of cash. Three bank robbers in Germany got a surprise when they opened the money bag they had just stolen and found it was filled with sausages instead of cash. Turns out the bank manager had used an empty money bag to hold the 10 pounds of sausages he had bought to take home for dinner.

- Blueberry Pancake Day

- Hacked NFL Twitter accounts. Nearly half of the teams in the National Football League appeared to have their Twitter accounts hacked Monday afternoon. The 15 accounts belonging to professional football teams tweeted out strange messages and had their profile photos and banners disappear. … A group called OurMine is taking responsibility on Twitter for the hacks, which the group says also included some of the Instagram and Facebook accounts of the affected NFL teams. In since-deleted tweets, many of these hacked Twitter accounts posted messages, reading: “We’re back (OurMine). We are here to show people that everything is hackable.”

- 911 won’t file a divorce. A Florida (Largo) woman was arrested for misusing 911 by calling and texting the number to make non-criminal complaints about her husband. Police said 69-year-old Sylvia Shumaker used 911 multiple times to ask for things like a counselor and how to file for divorce.

- Cookie Pop Oreo Popcorn. You know what makes popcorn better? Nothing. Salt, maybe a touch of butter — that’s all you need. Unless you’re the Oreo company. Currently available for sale (not sure where) is Cookie Pop Oreo Popcorn.




Fun Fact:

2% of American companies offer this perk to employees… Massages #funfact




Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):
Customs officers at a checkpoint in Sweden noted “something weird” about a woman’s chest: it was moving. Searching her, they found 65 baby grass snakes in her bra and six lizards loose in her blouse. The woman claimed she intended to start a reptile farm. She was held on smuggling charges.




Matt's Musing:
If your friends tell you not to give in to peer pressure and you don't... technically, you did. #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“Sing Me The Story” by the Taylors




Bible Trivia Answer:
B. Foxes (Judges 15:1-5)

Radio Recap (Monday 01/27/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
What did the Israelites have to cross with Joshua before they could get to the promised land?
A. Nile River
B. Red Sea
C. Jordan River (Joshua 3:1)
D. Mississippi River





In The News:
- Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

- Instagram survey shows every state’s least favorite state _ Florida’s least favorite state happens to be Florida, and New Jersey’s least favorite state is every other state. Those were the findings of Matt Shirley, who polled his 323,000 Instagram followers as part of a survey to find out which states hate which states the most.

- Is it OK to eat snow? Anne Nolin, a professor at University of Nevada, Reno says: “Everyone should eat snow because it’s really fun.” Nolin, who studies snow and ice in the climate system, says most snow is just as clean as any drinking water. To make their way from a cloud to the ground, cold water molecules have to cling to particles of dust or pollen to form the ice crystals that then grow into snowflakes in a process called deposition. These, Nolin points out, are the same tiny particles we normally breathe. Plus, as snowflakes fall, they have a harder time picking up soot and other air pollutants than raindrops, which are better at picking up these particulates… Once the snow is on the ground, it stays clean until other things land on top of it. So if you’re planning to eat snow, eat it fresh.

- We’ve been following Fiona, the Cincinnati Zoo’s adorable and widely beloved hippopotamus, for years now. Well, she just turned 3 a few days ago, and of course this was cause for celebration. There was cake, naturally. But since loads of chocolate are not good for most animals, Fiona’s cake featured an assortment of fruits and veggies. So, yeah, she got a big fruit cake on her birthday.

- Holocaust Memorial Day & Auschwitz Liberation Day (Ow-shvitz)

- Today (January 27) marks the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Army’s liberation of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration complex. First established in 1940 in German-occupied Poland, Auschwitz had a concentration camp, a labor camp, large gas chambers, and crematoria. More than 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz, including nearly one million Jews. On the day of liberation, only 7,000 were saved.

- A man in Alberta, Canada, rescued three kittens that were frozen into the ice. Kendall Diwisch says he was doing the rounds near one of his wells when he discovered the helpless kittens. He said, “Poor things were frozen into the ice so they had to have been there all night.” He threw some lukewarm coffee on their frozen tails, tugged a little bit, and “they came out pretty good.” Diwisch took the three shivering cats home and gave them food, water, and a dewormer. It didn’t take long to find them a forever home. A family who lost their cat last fall have taken in all three.

- Chocolate Cake Day

- The concept of a close-knit family is quickly becoming outdated. A recent survey of 1,000 parents found that the average parent spends a mere five hours per week communicating face-to-face with their children. More than half of surveyed moms and dads with children under the age of 18 said they feel “distant” from their kids. In all, 43% blamed their measly family time on their kids spending too much time in front of the television, with another 51% saying their kids spend too much time in their bedrooms. Another 44% said their disconnect is a result of their kids logging inordinate amounts of time on their phones during traditional “family time” in the evening.

- Baby boards a bus. Police in China reunited a one-year-old toddler with his parents after the little boy got onto a bus on his own. The bus driver and passengers could not believe their eyes when the bus doors opened and the baby climbed aboard. The bus driver pulled over the bus and called police for help. Officers asked around the neighborhood and managed to find the baby boy’s parents an hour later.

- Coffin surprise. A Polish funeral director said he opened the coffin of a 76-year-old man to retrieve items for the bereaved family only to discover the man was still alive. Just days earlier, when the man had collapsed near his barn, he was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor. After being found alive in the coffin the man was rushed to intensive care and recovered.




Fun Fact:
Each day, the average American needs 26 minutes to get to work #funfact




Matt's Musing:
"Do not touch" must be one of the scariest things to read in braille... #musing






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





Bible Trivia Answer:
C. Jordan River (Joshua 3:1)

Radio Recap (Friday 01/24/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
What did God show Elijah during the Syrian army attack?
A. Army of giants
B. Chariots of fire
C. Pillar of smoke
D. Cross in the sky



In The News:

- Peanut Butter Day

- 10 things you should or shouldn’t eat with peanut butter
Peanut Butter and Jelly Omelette:
Peanut Butter on Saltines, Dipped in Tomato Soup:

Peanut Butter Hummu

Peanut Butter on a Burger:

Peanut Butter and Fries:

Peanut Butter on an English Muffin (with Bacon, Egg, Cheese,)

Peanut Butter and Sweet Onion Sandwich:

Peanut Butter and Hot Sauce Sandwich:

Peanut Butter, Mayonnaise, Pickle, and Iceberg Lettuce:

Peanut Butter and Kimchi Sandwich:

Peanut butter is a dominating flavor. Some strange combinations—peanut butter and fries, for example—work because all you can taste is peanut butter. For other pairings—like the peanut butter, egg, cheese, and bacon—the peanut butter is sweet enough to be inoffensive. For these types of combinations, we'd rather just eat plain peanut butter or keep the original concept as is.

We found that the peanut butter did its best work when coupled with sharp, acidic, and bitter ingredients like kimchi, sour pickles, and raw onion. These work with the peanut butter to create something new and exciting.



- Bug your valentine! Valentine’s Day is around the corner and The Bronx Zoo is bringing back its Name a Roach promotion, where you can name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after a loved one (or hated one) in exchange for a $15 donation. You even get a snazzy digital certificate. The promotion has been popular over the years, so much so that the zoo has expanded it’s roach offerings this year. You can now also get a roach candle and roach socks to go along with the certificate.

- Sharing too much on the web. A study shows more than half of adults 45 and older who are on social networks could be in danger of becoming victims of identity theft or other crimes because they share too much private information. In one example, the study found that 14 percent of adults — and 20 percent of those age 60 and over — listed their full home addresses in their social media profiles.

- Compliment Day

- Predetermined Super Bowl.According to a poll, one in five women and one in six men believe that the winner of big games like the Super Bowl are picked in advance.

- Super Bowl & Pizza. If you’re hosting a Super Bowl party, make sure pizza is on the menu. More than six in ten people say pizza is a must at a Super Bowl watch event… Pizzas topped with pepperoni are the No. 1 favorite among football fans and pizza lovers alike, with 63 percent of survey respondents, while 36 percent of respondents vote for sausage as their topping of choice… On game day, the most popular pizza topping match-up is considered to be pepperoni and sausage: 59 percent of game-watchers agree it’s the best combination... The typical male at a Super Bowl party will eat five slices of pizza. Women are more likely to eat 3 slices.

- On this day in 1984: The first Apple Macintosh went on sale.

- Face-plant DNA. A would-be robber didn’t get anything when he tried to hit a Pizza Hut in New Mexico right around closing time. When the armed man ran, he chose a door that had already been locked for the night — and face-planted into it. He still escaped, but police were able to collect the robber’s DNA from the door. It matched an entry in a federal crime data base.

- A mummy speaks! Humanity is the most technologically advanced it’s ever been. We’re so advanced, we now know what a mummy sounds like. Researchers at the University of London scanned the mouth and throat of Nesyamun, an ancient mummified Egyptian priest, and 3D printed it. They then built an electronic larynx and reconstructed what would be the sound he’d make if he came to life again.

- Fake Tiger shock! In China, a woman in her 70s had to be taken to hospital after she mistook a painting of a tiger in a dark alley for the real thing. The painting was in the window of a shop and the owner had put a light behind it to make the tiger look more realistic.




Fun Fact:
The average person will spend approximately two weeks of their life… kissing #funfact



Matt's Musing:
One time, I exaggerated so hard.... that I died. #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“Jesus Is Coming, Get Ready” by the Anchormen



Bible Trivia Answer:
B. Chariots of fire (Genesis 32:13-15)

Radio Recap (Thursday 01/23/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
After Paul and Silas were thrown in jail, how were the prison doors opened?
A. By the prison guard
B. By an angel
C. Paul used a key
D. By an earthquake (Acts 16:25-26)



In The News:

- Handwriting Day

- Cheesy bookmark. The University of Liverpool Library tweeted photographic evidence of a new crime against books. “This is not a bookmark,” the account declared, and posted a cursed photo of a discolored, oily, old slice of cheese that’s still wrapped in plastic. The social media manager for the University of Liverpool’s library went on to joke that when talking to a pest control man about mice in the library they claimed to have no idea why the little critters were sniffing around the books. This was before a literal slice of cheese was found in a library book.

- RIP Mr. Peanut. On Wednesday, Planters announced that their 104-year-old “spokesnut” Mr. Peanut will no longer represent the brand following the mascot’s sudden passing. The @MrPeanut twitter account wrote: “It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that Mr. Peanut has died at 104. In the ultimate selfless act, he sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him most. Please pay your respects with #RIPeanut.” A spokesperson for Heinz, owner of the Planters brand, teased that the stunt has something to do with Super Bowl 54: “We encourage fans to tune in to Mr. Peanut’s funeral during the third quarter of the Super Bowl to celebrate his life.”

- Karate Kid the Musical. Broadway may have something with a little kick to it…. And become the next battleground between underdog Daniel LaRusso and local bully Johnny Lawrence. The beloved ’80s classic The Karate Kid is being developed into a stage musical. It’s guaranteed to become a Hit

- foot massager fail. In Hong Kong, a woman who tried out a foot massager in a store had to be rescued by firefighters when her foot got stuck in it and the staff couldn’t get her out. After being stuck for 30 minutes, the woman was checked out at a local hospital and released.

- Rhubarb Pie Day

- Frozen bird. It’s so cold in Canada, birds are freezing to the ground. When Sandy Doucette was driving near his home on a snowy winter road in Canada the other day, he noticed something odd. A group of birds were on the road and they flew away as he drove by them — except one. So Doucette stopped his car and took a closer look at the bird that was left. The bird didn’t budge as he walked closer, and then Doucette discovered why: its feet were completely encased in at least an inch of frozen ice and snow. Using his bare hands to brush away and melt the ice, Doucette helped the bird go free.

- Phones in cabs. In a survey of drivers of cabs, Ubers, Lyfts and related vehicles, phones are the No. 1 thing we leave behind. But in 2019, according to a survey of drivers, people also left behind lots of computers, quite a few pieces of luggage, artificial limbs, various articles of clothing (hats, gloves), and tons of umbrellas. People also left behind musical instruments and dentures.

- Dog reports it’s own dognapping. A five-month-old Australian shepherd named Vango had a paw in his own rescue when he alerted staff at a Quebec (Gatineau) pet store to his suspected dognapping. According to a staff member and dog trainer at the pet store, Vango entered the store with a couple that normally came in to buy cat food. Vango was barking and poking the staffer and really wanted his attention. The staffer became suspicious when the couple didn’t seem to know basic information about the dog. Then the staffer realized he’d seen Vango before — and had even trained him as a puppy. While the barking and poking was going on another employee went to check social media for reports of stolen pets, and quickly pulled up a picture of Vango. The dog had been reported missing from his home just two and a half hours earlier.… The couple claimed they’d found the dog in the woods. The woman told the employee she wanted to keep the dog as a support animal because she had poor health and couldn’t afford to buy and train a dog. Surrounded by witnesses in the store, the employee convinced the couple to surrender the animal. Then he called Vango’s rightful owner. She’s filed a police complaint because she wants the couple to understand the impact of their actions.

- Deputy injured after K-9 bites cow when tased! A deputy in Georgetown County was forced to use a taser on his own K-9 on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to the scene of a reported burglary around 4:00 p.m. A cow near the scene distracted the dog which led to the dog biting the cow. To deescalate the situation, the deputy tased the dog. The cow was spooked and “struck the deputy and the property owner,” resulting in minor injuries, according to GCSO. The sheriff’s office said that the burglary call “proved to be unfounded.”




Fun Fact:
The average human produces 6,250 gallons of spit in a lifetime. #funfact



Matt's Musing:
Impressing the McDonald’s drive-thru people with my music is always a top priority... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“Love Is Stronger” by Jason Crabb


Bible Trivia Answer:
D. By an earthquake (Acts 16:25-26)

Radio Recap (Wednesday 01/22/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
According to Jesus, who rejoices in heaven when a sinner repents?A. The SaintsB. The Holy SpiritC. The Angels (Luke 15:10)D. God the Father



In The News:


- Hot Sauce Day


- Wash the new clothes! A lot of people buy clothes and immediately wear them without washing them, but a study shows this can be an unintentionally filthy habit. In a study of 14 items of recently purchased clothing, many of the clothes had pretty nasty germs on them.


- How do you treat a book? Long reads can be daunting — an lugging around a hefty novel is no picnic. That’s the dilemma that was faced by a resourceful reader who decided to take matters into his own hands by cutting their long read in half. Alex Christofi took to Twitter on Tuesday to share how he makes books “more portable,” also divulging that his practice of splitting books in half has earned him the abject disgust of a colleague, who proclaimed him a “book murderer”.


- V-day vs, X-mas? According to a new poll, more than four in five Americans get genuinely excited about Valentine’s Day — even more so than Christmas. According to the survey 81 percent get excited about February 14, while just 68 percent say they get excited about the holiday season.


- Library Shelfie Day


- Downton Abbey fans you'll be happy to hear that a sequel for the Downton Abbey movie has been confirmed. After the success of the first film, creator Julian Fellowes confirmed he will be wrapping on the sequel after he wrapped up other projects. The first film was a huge success pulling in over 130 million at the box office. Did you get a chance to check out the first Downton Abbey film? Are you happy to know a sequel is on the way?



- Whopper of a theft! A woman in Austin, Texas, called police after her ex-boyfriend stole her bag of Burger King in a sneak attack. As the victim approached her apartment, the ex was hiding in the bushes, jumped out, grabbed her food and took off. Police arrested Ervin Johnson for theft, and he admitted he was upset another man was buying Burger King for his ex-girlfriend.



- Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day


- How to add a new habit! Developing a new habit — or changing a bad one — takes a lot of work and patience. So instead of starting a new habit out of the blue, stack it on top of another habit you already have. Stanford University Behavior Scientist BJ Fogg suggests, for example, doing push-ups every time you use the restroom. He started just by doing one push-up every time he went, but over time he now does eight push-ups every time. Once you’ve stacked one habit, why not stack another? After you do push-ups — or whatever your version is — stack on having a glass of water.

- “earth sandwich” An Auckland university student has created an “earth sandwich” with a stranger in Spain, after a long search for an accomplice. Etienne Naude placed a slice of white bread on the ground at Bucklands Beach in Auckland, New Zealand, using longitude and latitude to ensure he was precisely opposite a volunteer he had found in the south of Spain after posting for help on Reddit. The two men — total strangers — had 7,906 miles of earth between them, creating an “earth sandwich.” Naude said making an earth sandwich was a long-term goal of his, but he’d struggled to find someone on the other side of the world who was willing to lend a hand, and a slice of bread.


- Not so happy about that claim on cows! Ben & Jerry’s will no longer say that their famous ice cream comes from “happy cows.” The company was being sued by the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) and the environmental advocate James Ehlers. Both claim in their respective lawsuits that the Vermont-based ice cream company is mischaracterizing their environmental and animal welfare practices, as well as using deceptive labeling to mislead consumers into thinking their dairy products come solely from “happy cows.”




Fun Fact:

It’s a myth that the popular beverage Coca-Cola was originally green…Although the famous contour bottle is green, Coca-Cola has always been brown in color, since its start in 1886. #funfact




Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):
- After police stopped a car thief in Serbia, he tried to get away by telling them he was Bruce Willis and even showing them a fake passport with the actor’s name on it.


Matt's Musing:
I never thought I’d be the kind of person who’d wake up early in the morning to exercise... and I was right. #musing


Matt's Pick Song:

“Bottom Of The Barrel” by Collingsworth Family


Bible Trivia Answer:

C. The Angels (Luke 15:10)

Radio Recap (Tuesday 01/21/2020)

Bible Trivia Question:
While in the wilderness, what did the Israelites complain about not having?
A. Water (Exodus 17:2)
B. Bread
C. French Fries
D. Bacon




In The News:

- Hugging Day & Hug Your Puppy Day

- Glitter bomb your valentine? There’s nothing that says “I love you” more than a face full of heart-shaped glitter on Valentine’s Day. A company called Pranks Anonymous now offers a glitter bomb, which consists of heart-shaped glitter flying everywhere and creating a mess of sparkles. Arriving as an unmarked tube, your crush will be clueless as to what’s inside.

- Delete those apps? Just how much old information is sitting in your smartphone? A survey finds 52 percent of us have never deleted files, apps, or anything else from any of our devices. Another 33% said they have files on their phones or other devices that are ten or more years old.

- Will you be my neighbor… or not? A survey reveals that five out of ten homeowners have had problems with their neighbors.

- Too cold for Florida water parks! January is no time for splishing and splashing, even in the Sunshine State. Vacationers looking to escape winter weather by taking a trip to Florida are in for some bad news: cold weather is forcing some of the state’s water parks to shut down. Universal Studios tweeted that its Volcano Bay water park is closed through Wednesday due to the unusual wave of cold weather slated to hit… Disney World’s website states that Blizzard Beach Water Park is closed through Wednesday.

- Squirrel Appreciation Day

- Paw preference a problem for squirrels! Scientists have discovered that squirrels follow humans in being left and right-handed. But although some favor one side of the body over the other, it’s not to make their brains more efficient — as is believed to be the case in people. Squirrels who showed a paw preference in experiments were not as good at learning fresh tasks as their ambidextrous counterparts. The lead researcher (at University of Exeter) said: “We found that the squirrels who had stronger tendencies to use either their left or their right paws rather than being ambidextrous were the ones who didn’t perform as well on the tasks. So they didn’t learn as quickly.”

- Hard work? An annual survey (Edelman Trust Barometer) has found many people no longer believe working hard will give them a better life. Despite a strong economy and low unemployment, a majority of respondents in every developed market do not believe they will be better off in five years’ time… The results are universal around most of the world, though optimism for working hard/better life continues in Asia and the Middle East.

- More pain if you’re a cigarette smoker. New research (University College London) shows former and current cigarette smokers live in more pain compared to those who have never picked up the habit. While the exact reason is unknown, researchers pointed to the fact that chemicals in cigarettes can cause permanent damage to body tissue, resulting in pain.

- International Sweatpants Day

- An ad of apology. A guy in South Korea has taken out a newspaper ad to apologize to anyone and everyone he may have offended during a drunken stupor. The man says he can’t remember exactly what happened during his ten hour drinking binge, but his credit card bill was enough to pay for a car.

- Trapped in a shed… by a moose! An Alaska family’s home surveillance camera recorded video of a moose trapping a man inside the family shed. Curtis Phelps was just trying to take the garbage out, when he got trapped inside the shed by a moose who managed to push his way inside with one antler. The moose eventually moved on and Phelps escaped after calling his wife with his cellphone.




Fun Fact:
Three times a week. That's how many times the average office worker will have to reboot a computer because of problems. #funfact




Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):
The Cereal Mouth Bowl Challenge is back. The trend first became popular on YouTube in 2010 and reemerged on TikTok this month as the #CerealChallenge… People video themselves eating milk and cereal out of another person’s mouth.




Matt's Musing:
The scariest fireworks are the ones that don’t explode... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“Mighty Big God” by Karen Peck & New River




Bible Trivia Answer:
A. Water (Exodus 17:2)

Radio Recap (Monday 01/20/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
How did Jonathan let David know that he was in danger?
A. He blew a trumpet
B. He shot arrows into the air (1 Samuel 20)
C. He stomped his feet
D. He set off fireworks



In The News:

- Martin Luther King Jr. Day - 1986: The United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.


- MONDAY IS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S BIRTHDAY (OBSERVED) _ Since 1986, the third Monday in January has been a federal holiday in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and civil rights leader dedicated to nonviolence. Dr. King is the only American besides George Washington to have his birthday designated a national holiday.


- Drink Tea! Depression is common among older adults, with 7% of those over the age of 60 years reporting “major depressive disorder.” Research is underway to identify possible causes, but here’s some good news: there is a statistically significant link between regular tea drinking and lower levels of depression in seniors.


- Don’t Make your bed! Failing to make your bed in the morning may actually help keep you healthy, scientists believe. Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies. A (Kingston University) study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.


- You can again say “I love you” with a candy heart! Sweethearts, the conversation heart candy, is back on shelves for Valentine’s day after missing a year because of a change in its ownership. But consumers might notice a few changes, fewer pithy sayings and a slightly different taste… Sweethearts’ original producer, New England confectionery company, went out of business in 2018. Sweethearts was sold to Spangler Candy, which moved production and then ran into production problems, including the need for a new printer for those little sayings. That means more of the conversation hearts will be ‘silent’ this year. But Spangler is bringing the candy back to its roots by reviving the original recipe, including flavors like banana and wintergreen.


- A guy in Germany tried to rob a store using a chainsaw. But the chainsaw had no gas so employees were able to resist and take it away from the robber.


- Disc Jockey Day


- Today's 'Blue Monday' depression peak isn't real. The third Monday in January became a black day in 2005 when Cliff Arnall was paid by a public relations firm to identify the most miserable date on the calendar in order to promote a vacation company. The psychologist and self-styled ‘freelance happiness guru’ chose the date based on a pseudo-mathematical formula involving the weather, debt, motivational levels and time elapsed since Christmas… Arnall has since admitted the idea of a single most depressing day was “not particularly helpful” because it became “a self-fulfilling prophecy” and that achieving happiness and being less materialistic was a year-round aim. He said the third Monday in January should instead be used to “get a bit of perspective” about our own lives.


- Instagram may not be making your teen depressed! Social media use is at nearly 100% among today’s teens, which has led many experts to wonder if the resulting screen addiction is leading to a spike in depression and other mental health problems. Well, a new research study suggests that such fears may be overblown… A study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry combed through around 40 studies that have examined this link between social media use and depression and anxiety in teens. Its conclusion: that link has not been well-established in academic studies… This is in line with an August study that tracked young adolescents to test whether more time spent using digital tech was linked to worse mental health outcomes and found “found little evidence of longitudinal or daily linkages.”


- Cheese Lovers Day


- With just the wave of a hand, Amazon is reportedly aiming to speed up checkout at Whole Foods stores. Amazon is testing a new system that lets customers pay for items by waving their hands in front of a scanner. The concept is different from the fingerprint scanners found in smartphones and doesn’t require customers to actually touch anything… Amazon is currently testing the project in vending machines at its New York offices, where the company has installed hand scanners. The plan is to roll out the hand scanners at Whole Foods stores in 2021.


- Seeking a place to get away from his girlfriend’s demands to marry her, a thief in China (Shanghai) told police he wanted to get arrested — and that’s why he tried to steal a Bluetooth speaker worth $285.


- Penguin Awareness Day



Fun Fact:
92 percent of the dollar bills in circulation have one thing in common… They carry bacteria! #funfact



Matt's Musing:
I have removed all the unhealthy holiday food from my house. It was delicious... #musing



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



Bible Trivia Answer:
B. He shot arrows into the air (1 Samuel 20)

Radio Recap (Friday 01/17/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
What did Peter do for Dorcas?
A. Gave her fish and bread
B. Freed her from slavery
C. Raised her from the dead
D. Bought her spiced oil




In The News:
- Popeye Day

- 1929: Popeye debuted in a comic strip called Thimble Theatre.

- Protein vs. working out? Given the option, would you avoid the gym altogether and simply pop a pill or drink a supplement that brings about the same benefits as a workout? It sounds far-fetched, but the idea of lounging around all day yet still enjoying the health benefits of an intense workout may one day be possible. University of Michigan researchers say that the naturally occurring protein Sestrin appears to mimic the effects of exercise on both flies and mice… These findings could have far reaching implications across the fitness, medical, and scientific fields. For instance, Sestrin could conceivably help individuals unable to work out due to old age or health problems maintain their muscles.

- Movies equals exercise? A new study (University College London) claims that sitting in the theater watching a film can count as exercise. Specifically, it would count as a “light form of cardio.”… Watching an emotional scene from a film not only increases your heart rate but also improves your brain health and your ability to concentrate. However, the study points out that watching movies in theaters is a more effective form of exercise than at home on the couch because you’re less distracted and can invest more emotionally in the movie.

- Clean your coffee maker! Your coffee machine could be one of the dirtiest parts of your kitchen if not cleaned often. Bacteria, yeast, and mold could be growing in your machine because of irregular cleaning, and those little devils don’t discriminate — it doesn’t matter whether you have a coffee pot, a Keurig, or a fancy espresso machine… Researchers say the part of the machine that stores water is the biggest culprit of disgustingness: half of the coffee reservoirs tested contained mold and yeast. The intense heat from the machine will kill some of the bacteria, but it’s not saving you from all of it.

- Bootleggers Day

- Be happy… You’ve sent mail! Want a simple way to be happier? According to the book The Happiness Advantage, every morning send a friend, family member, or co-worker an email to say thanks for something. There’s tons of research showing that over time, this alone — one little email a day — can make you happier.

- Moms are stressed? The most stressful time of the day for moms is exactly 8:25 AM. Getting kids out of bed, dressed, eating their breakfast and packing school bags was found to leave moms frazzled before they even leave the house. But it is at exactly 8:25 AM — as they try to get to school on time — that stress levels reach their peak.

- Hang in there… we’re about a third of the way through winter.

- This year’s annual snowball fight on the campus of the University of British Columbia was postponed because of snow. Wednesday’s event was pushed to Thursday after heavy snow in Vancouver led to widespread commuter chaos and the cancellation of classes… Last year, an estimated 3,000 lined up on either side of battleground for the “serious snowy showdown.”

- Bacon Burglar. A burglar made himself at home in a German house. Police say the man was so comfortable in somebody else’s home that he fried himself up some bacon before taking a nap in an owner’s bed. The homeowner told police he realized something was wrong when he came home to find music playing and the smell of bacon.

- American’s spend $$ on home entertainment. Americans spent $25.2 billion on home entertainment in 2019, a record level that rose 8.4 percent compared to the previous year. Streaming subscriptions accounted for the largest slice of that pie, encompassing $15.9 billion of that spending for a total of 63 percent of the entire market… Digital movie sales were up 5 percent, and digital movie rentals were up 9 percent… Disc sales — Blu-rays, DVDs, etc. — are in a serious slide, down 18.2 percent. Video rental stores made just $250 million in 2019, down 21.1 percent from 2018.

- Be the slow air traveler. A new study found that planes boarded 28 percent more efficiently when slower passengers were boarded ahead of faster passengers. The current optimal way is passengers board in a series of waves along the entire fuselage of the plane — called the Steffen Method… The new study finds that letting slower passengers load first and then sending in faster passengers expedited the whole process, giving slower passengers time to load in.





Fun Fact:
Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. #funfact





Matt's Musing:
If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it a success...? #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“Good News From Jerusalem” by the Tribute Quartet




Bible Trivia Answer:
C. Raised her from the dead (Acts 9:32-43)

Radio Recap (Thursday 01/16/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
Whose staff turned into a serpent when thrown down in front of Pharaoh?

A. Moses
B. Aaron (Exodus 7:10)
C. Noah
D. David


In The News:

- Religious Freedom Day, proclaimed by the President, calling on all Americans to commemorate this day with events and activities that remind us of our shared heritage of religious liberty and that teach us how to secure this blessing both at home and around the world.

- Are you on a diet? Odds are, this time of year, you are. Maybe you’re not calling it a diet — you’re just eating, well, differently. Either way, a new study reveals the average adult will try 126 different diets during their lifetime. Assuming you begin adulthood at 18, that’s about two diets a year.

- An animal rescuer in Arizona ventured out into a pond in an inflatable boat to rescue a duck spotted struggling with some fishing wire and driftwood. After the Arizona Humane Society was called, an animal medical technician borrowed an inflatable raft from a colleague and was able to venture out onto the water. The duck is being treated for its injuries and will be returned to the wild.

- RETIRING AT 102: A World War II veteran who is the oldest person working for the state of Indiana has decided that it is finally time for him to retire. He has worked as a surveyor, gathering field data for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, for about 6 decades. Bob Vollmer is 102 years old. Vollmer said he plans to spend his retirement devoting himself to reading and farming. He also plans to take trips to some of the South Pacific islands he was on during his wartime service with the U.S. Navy. Vollmer enlisted in the Navy after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

- Appreciate A Dragon Day

- COCA-COLA WITH COFFEE: Coca-Cola is making it socially acceptable to crack open a can of soda first thing in the morning. The brand is launching a line of soda with coffee drinks. The soda-coffee hybrid canned beverage is expected to come in Dark Blend, Vanilla, and Caramel flavors. The 12-ounce cans pack in 70 calories. This isn’t the first time Coca-Cola has gone the coffee route. Coca-Cola BlāK, a coffee-flavored soda, debuted in 2006 and was pulled from shelves two years later… The Coca-Cola with Coffee news comes not long after Pepsi announcing the launch of Pepsi Café, which is also schedule to hit shelves this year, in April.

- If your dishwasher isn't doing the job, maybe it’s the fault of the instructions given by your dishwasher’s manufacturers. Researchers (University of Birmingham) have done the dirty work and say the trick is to load the dishwasher in a circular fashion — not in straight rows. And dishes should also be grouped together by stain. Carbohydrate-stained dishes should be placed in the middle of the dishwasher’s drawers while protein-stained items should be put in an inward facing ring around them.

- Quinoa Day

- CHIMPS SEEN ‘READING’ A NEWSPAPER _ A video of two chimpanzees in a Chinese wildlife park that suggests they have the ability to read a newspaper. The video (on Weibo) shows two chimpanzees living in a wildlife park in Northwest China holding a few pages of a newspaper and seemingly reading the text and looking at the images. One of the chimps seems to finish reading part of the paper and then gently place it on the floor. The two chimpanzees even occasionally turn the pages like humans. Park staffers regularly put a newspaper in the chimps’ enclosure after a paper was accidentally left there and the animals seemed interested in it.

- An 86-year-old bank robber was easily captured Monday in South Carolina, after he apparently drove too cautiously to make the necessary fast getaway.

- The third Monday in January became a black day in 2005 when Cliff Arnall was paid by a public relations firm to identify the most miserable date on the calendar in order to promote a vacation company. The psychologist and self-styled ‘freelance happiness guru’ chose the date based on a pseudo-mathematical formula involving the weather, debt, motivational levels and time elapsed since Christmas… Arnall has since admitted the idea of a single most depressing day was “not particularly helpful” because it became “a self-fulfilling prophecy” and that achieving happiness and being less materialistic was a year-round aim. He said the third Monday in January should instead be used to “get a bit of perspective” about our own lives.






Fun Fact:
The average snowflake travels at about 3 miles per hour. #funfact



Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):
An unnamed Oklahoma woman is being mocked on social media after one of her co-workers shared a poorly edited photo of a flat tire that she had allegedly used to justify being late for work. Twitter user Sydney Whitson posted the photo that her colleague allegedly sent her boss last week. A close look at the photo reveals there’s something not quite right about the nail. It looks very cartoonish, and the tire it seems to be stuck into appears heavily edited as well. Unfortunately for the anonymous woman, her boss was quick to notice too, and apparently shared the photo with the rest of the workplace… Whitson tweeted with the photo: “My co-worker called in (yet again) and said she had a nail on her tire that caused her to have a flat. I need everyone to stop what they’re doing and zoom into the nail in the picture she sent to my boss.


**** a tip for those saving real pics to use one day*****

If your boss is smart enough and if they have an iPhone (idk if it’s the same for Android)...if you save a pic to your photos that someone sent, it’ll show you the time and date when u find it in your photos****




Matt's Musing: 
Tomorrow’s weather forecast is calling for freezing rain, it’s promises to be an ice day. #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“Testimony” by The Mark Trammell Quartet



Bible Trivia Answer:
B. Aaron (Exodus 7:10)

Radio Recap (Wednesday 01/15/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
What was left behind in Jesus’ tomb to show that He had gone?
A. 3 rusty nails
B. a crown of thorns
C. sandals
D. linen cloths



In The News:

- Hat Day

- Retailers may be gearing up for Valentine’s Day, but before that they’re looking forward to the sales boost the Super Bowl gives them.

- On Tuesday, Microsoft dropped support of Windows 7, nearly 11 years after first launching the operating system. Windows 7 became so popular that it took Windows 10 nearly four years just to pass it in market share. Today, millions of PCs are still running Windows 7, and the operating system still runs on a massive 26 percent of all PCs. Microsoft spent years trying to get people to upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge, but tens of millions of PCs will now be left vulnerable to exploits and security vulnerabilities… Businesses and education Windows 7 users will be able to pay for extended security updates, but it could be costly for some.

- Want a new way to search the internet without being tracked? Verizon on Tuesday launched a new search engine, claiming that its “OneSearch” service will offer users more privacy than the standard options in a market dominated by Google. Verizon’s actual search results are provided by Microsoft’s Bing, but Verizon added several privacy-focused features.

- Pothole Day

- on this day in 1889: The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, was originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.

- Dan Hill learned the hard way that 24/7 is really just a figure of speech. The Sandy, Utah, fitness buff had just finished his regular laps in the swimming pool at his local 24 Hour Fitness gym after midnight on Saturday when he realized that he was locked in. The gym, he found out, recently adjusted its hours to close between midnight and 4 AM… Hill did what any gym rat worth his weight in sweat would do in this predicament: He shared the experience with his Facebook friends. He wrote early Sunday morning: “I am literally locked inside 24 hour fitness right now. … I called [the police]. They told me they’d call me back. I called my wife, she said find a comfortable place to sleep.” Hill waited two hours for police to rescue him. Hill, who plans to remain a member of the gym, now carries a sign to be placed next to the lap pool stating, “I’m here.”

- In the wake of Prince Harry’s historic departure from the royal family, Burger King offered the Duke of Sussex a part-time job as part of their royal family. Before its viral tweet, though, Burger King turned the whole royal dust-up into an opportunity to offer the less royal public gainful employment, tweeting everyone else is welcome to apply for a job in “[their] kingdom.”

- The fire department in Bozeman, Montana, was called to a home for a report of an explosion in an oven. The cause was a can of bear spray being stored in the oven.

- Bagel Day

- A survey of 1,182 American adults found that 76% gave Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, a 4 or 5 out of 5 in terms of satisfaction. That’s compared to 48% for Apple TV+ subscribers. Disney+ also topped Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu in the survey.

- A U.K. company has enacted a new company-wide policy that gives non-smoking staff four extra days of time off each year. KCJ Training & Employment Solutions stated in a Facebook post that they were “proud to incentivize” their staff to quit smoking and to “create a healthy workplace” within their offices… A senior manager for the company said he was inspired by an article he saw last year about a Japanese company that was considering giving non-smoking employees up to six extra days of vacation a year… He calculated that smokers who take several smoke breaks a day can potentially add up to over 16 work days of smoking a year.

- Bandana Bandit: In Florida a bank robber’s note read: “This is a robbery, give me all of your money.” The man was wearing a long-sleeved camouflage shirt, plaid pajama bottoms, and a bandanna. Except the bandana wasn’t covering his face — it was covering the back of his head. The teller summoned the manager, who asked the man, “What’s on the note?” Rather than answer, the would-be robber fled.

- The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a man who they say intentionally hit a motorcyclist — and they have dashcam footage to thank. Troopers says Jonathan Edward Blaine told them he saw a speeding motorcycle coming up behind him. Blaine said the motorcycle then hit his vehicle. But there was a dash cam in Blaine’s vehicle and Blaine voluntarily let troopers see it. The footage showed Blaine “driving straight … then one sudden swift jerk of the vehicle to the left and the impact with the” motorcycle. Blaine was taken to jail. Sadly, the motorcyclist was injured.




Fun Fact:
Four percent of adults say they have never cried while watching a movie. #funfact




Matt's Musing:
I'll admit it. My New Year's resolution is to help all my friends gain ten pounds... so I look skinnier. #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“Thinkin’ More Of Heaven” by Cross 4 Crowns




Bible Trivia Answer:
D. linen cloths (John 20:4-6)

Radio Recap (Tuesday 01/14/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
Who was the Roman governor who sentenced Jesus to death?
A. Pilate
B. Herod
C. Barnabas
D. Agrippa





In The News:
- Valentine’s Day is a month away.

- The mid-life crisis is real. An academic study led by an economist (Dartmouth College) has pinpointed the precise age we hit a midlife crisis: 47.2 years old. Professor David Blanchflower studied data across 132 countries to measure the relationship between wellbeing and age… He concluded that in every country there is a “happiness curve” which is U-shaped over lifetimes. It 48.2 years in developing nations and 47.2 years in advanced countries.

- A South African man seeking a Guinness World Record said he is nearly two months into his attempt to spend 67 days living in a barrel at the top of a pole. Today (Tuesday) is Vernon Kruger’s 61st day in the wine barrel mounted to the top of the pole (in Dullstroom) and said he expects to break the Guinness World Record at 11:32 AM Jan 20 — although that won’t mark the end of his attempt… Kruger said he is planning to beat the record by a full week, possibly longer. He said his biggest safety concern at the top of the pole is lightning. Kruger said a bolt of lightning narrowly missed his pole only a few days into his attempt.

- What do you call the orange residue you get on your fingers after eating Cheetos? You obviously call it “Cheeto dust.” Cheeto dust and maybe “Cheeto fingers,” but Cheeto dust is the preferred designation… Not so fast, says Cheetos. Frito-Lay has announced that the proper term for the orange powder on your fingers is called “Cheetle.” We’re not buying it, but Cheetos mascot Chester the Cheetah confirmed the Cheetle name on Twitter. -

- Have you ever lied about making it to the gym? If so, you’re not alone since one in five have lied about working out. According to a survey, 19 percent of adults have lied about working out — and 37 percent admit doing so in order to convince someone else they were busy… 35 percent lie about going to the gym to impress someone.

- It’s Dress Up Your Pet Day and 15 percent of pet owners say they dress up their pets at least weekly.

- Do you when the tax deadline is? According to new research, less than a third of Americans know when taxes are due this year. The survey found 27 percent of Americans were able to correctly identify April 15 as the official day taxes are due… When the refund comes, 44 percent plan to pay off their credit card bills while 36 percent want to make their money grow by investing it.

- Taking a ride on an electric scooter soon? Wear your helmet. According to a recent study, not wearing headgear or taking other precautions while riding is increasingly sending young people to the hospital — leading to more than 40,000 broken bones, head wounds and other injuries. Unfortunately, less than 5% of riders in the study were found to be wearing their helmet, leading to nearly one-third of patients having a head injury. That’s more than double the rate of head injuries experienced by bicyclists.

- Organize Your Home Day

- Queen Elizabeth said on Monday that she would allow Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, to make a transition to being part-time royals, splitting their time between Britain and Canada and supporting themselves. In a statement she said, “My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to create a new life as a young family … we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family.”

- Radio-controlled toy can help save lives! For all the talk of robots and drones taking over the delivery of packages, a man in northeast China is way ahead of the game. He has modified a remote-controlled toy truck so it can carry small packages across a frozen river, delivering products such as medicines to the many elderly residents of a village on the opposite bank. The courier said the local village is surrounded by mountains and hard to get to when the river is frozen, so he had to come up with a solution to deliver the urgently needed packages. Because of the open area of the frozen river, the little truck’s remote control has greater range.

- No really, you can’t make up sleep _ If you think staying in bed on the weekends will make up for a weeks’ worth of sleep deprivation, think again. A new study finds that going long periods without sleep can lead to a sort of “sleep debt” that cannot simply be undone with a little extra snoozing from time to time. Such chronic sleep loss may eventually interfere with a person’s performance on tasks that require focus, becoming particularly noticeable at nighttime when the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle isn’t giving you an extra boost… Anyone who’s ever pulled an all-nighter knows how debilitating sleep loss can be in the short term. Studies show that after 24 hours without sleep, a person’s performance can drop to the level of someone who is legally drunk.

- In Croatia, a quick-thinking bank teller ended a robbery by pretending she didn’t understand the robber. When the crook handed over a note the clerk kept saying she didn’t understand it until he finally yelled it so loud that the security guards heard it and stopped him.



Fun Fact:
11% of people say they’ve called in sick to work because of… Stress. #funfact



Bonus News (not mentioned on-air): 
- American health officials say childhood obesity is growing faster in the rural areas of the country.






Matt's Musing: 
We have ice cream trucks in the summer. Why aren't there hot chocolate trucks in the winter? #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“I Am” by the Hoppers



Bible Trivia Answer:
A. Pilate (Matthew 27:11-26)

Radio Recap (Monday 01/13/20)

Bible Trivia Question:Who was made lame by being dropped by his nurse when a baby?
A. Aeneas
B. Mephibosheth (Jonathan’s son, II Samuel 4:4)
C. Lystra
D. Peter


In The News:
- Clean Off Your Desk Day - Gluten-Free Day

- Rubber Ducky Day. According to a 1973 Calendar, this is Rubber Ducky’s Birthday. But, others say it’s February 25, the date Rubber Ducky first appeared on Sesame Street.

- On this day in 1957: The Frisbee as we know it was introduced today.
Joke: It’s been said that the frisbee industry will probably die one day... but boomerangs, those will always make a comeback.

- We always knew it… gaming saves lives! UK teenager Aidan Jackson was talking to an American gamer from his bedroom when he had a seizure. His friend, who lived in Texas, immediately alerted police in the UK. The first Aidan’s parents knew of the emergency was when police and an ambulance appeared at their front door. Aidan’s parents then rushed upstairs to find their son “extremely disorientated”.

- Planes and helicopters are being used to feed the thousands of hungry wildlife stranded amid the Australian wildfire crisis. The New South Wales government has started doing food-drops, delivery thousands of pounds of carrots and sweet potato from above to feed the state’s colonies of brush-trailed rock wallabies. The wallabies typically survive the fire itself, but are then left stranded with limited natural food as the fire takes out the vegetation around their rocky habitat.

- A comfy cow is a happy cow _ European research indicates that cows lying down have a 20 to 50 percent increase in blood flow through their udders vs. standing cows, which translates into more milk production. And, because you didn’t know, for every pound of milk produced by a cow, 400 to 500 pounds of blood have to flow through the udder for it to pull the nutrients out.

- People are influenced to a certain degree by the television shows and movies they watch, and children are generally more malleable than adults, and tend to take such programs to heart more frequently than the average adult. Now, a fascinating new study (Tilburg University) has identified a way for television’s influence over children to be used in a positive fashion. Kids who watched a child-oriented cooking show that featured healthy, nutritious food were more than 2½ times more likely to eat healthy food themselves compared to children who had watched a cooking program featuring unhealthy food.

- The Hummer is coming back, and this time, with WAY better gas mileage. According a report from the Wall Street Journal, GM plans to resurrect the model as an electric pickup truck under their GMC label. It will be out sometime in early 2022. The Hummer pickup is also expected to make its debut in a new Super Bowl commercial starring LeBron James.

- A guy in China was trying to smuggle iPhones into his country. To do this he created a plastic suit that held 94 iPhones. He then strapped them around his arms, legs, hips, and torso and put regular clothes over the plastic suit. But there’s a problem when you’re wearing 94 iPhones: you have to walk around, pretending that everything is fine even though you’re moving like a robot. And that is how the man was caught: officials noticed his weird walk and inability to move his major joints normally. That’s when they discovered his secret suit of iPhone armor.




Fun Fact:In your life you will go through 20 gallons of toothpaste. #funfact



Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):Here’s a simple way to have a happier marriage: touch while sleeping. In a study (University of Herfordshire), 94 percent of couples who touched while sleeping said they were happier. For couples who are hands-off (and arms and legs and toes), only 68 percent are happy… The strongest warm, fuzzy feelings came from couples who slept less than an inch apart. More than 30 inches spelled bad news!




Matt's Musing: I believe it's time to train for my favorite winter sport. Extreme Hibernation.... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:“Satisfied” by the Kingsmen



Bible Trivia Answer:B. Mephibosheth (Jonathan’s son, II Samuel 4:4)

Radio Recap (Friday 01/10/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
What did Moses and the Israelites do to celebrate crossing the Red Sea?

A. They built an altar to the Lord

B. They worshiped a golden calf

C. They shot off fireworks in celebration

D. They sang a song to the Lord (Exodus 15:1)




In The News:
- Houseplant Appreciation Day & Peculiar People Day

- On this day in 1949: The Radio Corporation of America, sometimes known as RCA, announced a new 7-inch, 45 rpm phonograph record. Soon, the 45 would change the music business.

- The maker of the disc-shaped Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner said it’s working on a household helper that will have arms that could load dishes, pick up clothes, or bring food from kitchen to table. They won’t start selling such a product for at least five years but prototypes of the arms exist inside its research and development labs.

- A Vermont lawmaker has introduced a new bill that would ban the use of cellphones by anyone under the age of 21. State Sen. John Rodgers’ proposal would punish anyone under the age threshold found with a cellphone with up to one year in prison, a $1,000 fine or both. Rodgers argued that young people are too immature to use cellphones, citing the role the devices play in fatal car crashes… But even Rodgers said he may not vote for the legislation, adding that he just wanted to make a point: “I have no delusions that it’s going to pass. I wouldn’t probably vote for it myself.”

- Now you have an excuse to leave your artificial Christmas tree up. According to Google Trends, searches for ‘valentine trees’ are up 88 percent over the last few years, and a quick scroll through Instagram confirms that people are actually putting up pink and red Valentine’s Day trees.

- Tea is often overshadowed by its perkier counterpart coffee, but it has been proven to hold a number of health benefits such as soothing digestion, boosting the immune system, and providing helpful antioxidants. Perhaps, then, it shouldn’t come as a shock that a new study (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences) finds that drinking tea at least three times per week is associated with a longer and healthier life… 100,092 people with no history of heart attack, stroke, or cancer were included in the study. All of these participants were separated into two groups: habitual tea drinkers (at least three times per week) and never or non-habitual tea drinkers (less than three times per week). Each participating adult was tracked for a median time period of 7.3 years.

- One man has just raised the bar on marriage proposals: he edited his girlfriend and himself into her favorite movie, Sleeping Beauty. In a video shared on YouTube, Lee Lochler, the man who proposed, is seen sitting in a theater watching the Disney classic. When Prince Phillip leans over to kiss Princess Aurora, she morphs into a beautiful, brown princess who strikingly resembles Lochler’s girlfriend. The prince is also edited to look like Lochler. The prince then presents a ring and proceeds to toss it over to the real-life Lochler. Lochler catches it and begins his proposal.

- Parents commit almost 4,000 “parenting mishaps” before their child moves out of the house, according to new research. A survey of parents found the average parent commits 221 little hiccups per year — adding up to 3,978 between their child’s birth and age 18… The top parenting faux pas was allowing children to have too much screen time (65 percent), followed by accidentally teaching children swear words (42 percent) and letting children watch something that wasn’t age-appropriate (39 percent).

- Need another reason to look forward to retirement? You may sleep better. That’s the conclusion of a study of French retirees. Though older people are often thought to have more difficulty sleeping, the study found “strong evidence for a substantial and sustained decrease in sleep disturbances following retirement.” The exception was retirees with health issues that interfered with their sleep.

- A grandmother in the UK got into a sticky situation when she confused her eye drops with superglue. The 78-year-old was rushed to a hospital after reaching for the medicated drops in her fridge and getting the super-strength glue instead. Nurses then used vegetable oil to try to remove the glue, which had fused the woman’s eyelashes together and seeped under the lids. They soaked her eyes for around five minutes and then tried to pry the lashes apart. Eventually she was able to open them.




Fun Fact:

Over 3 million trees are used to create IRS forms each year…. #funfact


Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):

- Police are searching for a man in Philadelphia who allegedly committed an extreme act of desperation late last week. The unidentified man walked into a Rite Aid store shortly before noon and handed the cashier a note. In it, he not only asked for the money in the register, but also apologized, claiming that he was only committing the robbery for the sake of his sick child. The note read: “Give me all the money. I’m sorry, I have a sick child. You have 15 seconds.” The cashier complied with his request, putting all the money in a plastic bag that he gave her. Then, the man simply left.

- A Florida woman was arrested on charges of retail theft. The woman was seen concealing merchandise in a bag and leaving a Walmart without paying. The woman had five cans of spray paint, a box of Playtex, a bra, and a jar of olives.



Matt's Musing:
It feels worse to lose one sock than two. #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“Sweeter As The Days Go By” by Canton Junction



Bible Trivia Answer:
D. They sang a song to the Lord (Exodus 15:1)

Radio Recap (Thursday 01/09/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
Where was Daniel sent when he refused to stop praying to God?
A. Pit of Snakes
B. Fiery Furnace
C. Lion’s Den
D. Prison



In The News:
- Law Enforcement Appreciation Day & Apricot Day

- On this day in 2007: Apple Steve Jobs announced the iPhone.

- Across the country on January 9th each year, citizens take the lead to show support on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. There are several ways to show your support. Send a note of thanks to your local, county or state police agency. Wear blue, turn your social media channels blue or shine a blue porch light to show your support.

- In Romania, a man complained to consumer protection officials after he tried to poison his neighbor’s dog and the poison didn’t work. The man now wants the government to sue the manufacturer of the poison.

- If you remember, the movie Back to the Future Part II predicted that by 2015 we would be up to Jaws 19. It was a joke pushed at Stephen Spielburg, with Marty remarking the shark still looks fake. We…. Sources say Universal Pictures is in early development on a remake of the original JAWS. Universal also wants original director Steven Spielberg to produce the film.

- If you are receiving texts, phone calls or direct messages about a military draft, An official tweet was sent out on Twitter… They are not official communications from the U.S. Army.

- In what might have been the most Wisconsin thing to pop up on Facebook last week, photos and video of someone driving through the state with a snowmobile strapped to the roof of a car created a bit of a stir. Tommy Mecher didn't have a trailer and wanted to save gas money so he put his 1990 Polaris snowmobile on top of his Chevy Malibu for the trip from Chicago to Bessemer, Michigan, last week. It took him about an hour with a tractor to put the snowmobile on top of his car and about 10 minutes to get it off with the help of a front end loader. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/01/07/illinois-man-loads-snowmobile-top-his-car-travel-through-wisconsin-and-save-gas-money/2835145001/

- While the Amish community does not reject all technology, its people are much more cautious and hesitant to embrace new and modern types of advancements.

There are approximately 40 Amish affiliations around the United States. A vidp we shared on facebook…. You can watch 250 amish men lift barn with their bare hands and carry it across ohio farm to its new spot! https://www.littlethings.com/amish-men-lift-barn/

- Do you care about how much sugar is in your soda? Do you also love Mountain Dew? Now you can get that citrus-esque flavor you love without giving yourself a cavity. Mountain Dew Zero Sugar is officially hitting shelves this month! You can expect it stores nationwide as of Jan. 13, 2020. https://www.bestproducts.com/lifestyle/a30456111/mountain-dew-zero-sugar-soda/




Fun Fact:
In the UK each year there are around 300 accidents involving bananas #funfact



Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):
You’ve heard the saying “Third time’s a charm?” Typically that means you got something right, or something went your way, on the third attempt. A New Jersey woman will hopefully learn a lesson being stuck in a clothing donation bin for a third time. The 38-year-old woman said she was trapped for days in the bin after someone pushed her in. Hopefully the third time will be a charm — and she’s learned to stay away from clothing donation bins.



Matt's Musing:
When I was younger, I wasn't as old as I am now. Good thing that I was born at an early age... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“Until You Find The Lord” by the Dixie Echoes



Bible Trivia Answer:
C. Lion’s Den (Daniel 6)