Radio Recap (Friday 02/07/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
Who took over leading the Israelites after Moses died?
A. Abraham
B. David
C. Joshua
D. Aaron




In The News:

- Laura Ingalls Wilder Day - Born February 7, 1867. The well known Mansfield, Missouri writer known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.

- On the hunt for a new job? You may want to cut back on time spent posting to social media. A new study from Penn State finds that people who come across as conceited and self-absorbed, or tend to post frequently with strong opinions on controversial topics, are less likely to be hired… Posting about alcohol or drug use is also a red flag among hiring managers or recruiters. All in all, the study makes a strong case for just logging off in general until you secure that dream job.

- Take a vacation! Ready for this earth-shattering news? Making time for regular trips or vacations with family and friends is linked to higher overall well-being. Yep, taking time away from the daily grind is good for you. In a study, Americans who say they take regular trips have significantly higher well-being than those who say they do not.

- Valentine's day is a week from today, have you made your dinner reservations?

- Taco Bouquet. Forget the flowers, get spicy this Valentine’s Day with tacos. Pig Floyd’s in Orlando is offering a ValenTaco bouquet box for your special someone. Select three specialty tacos that will accompany an assorted floral arrangement. You can choose between eight types of tacos including pork belly, butter chicken, pork al pastor, shrimp and sausage and Korean Kimcheeze.

- Wear Red Day - National Wear Red Day is a day in February when many people wear red to show their support for the awareness of heart disease.

- Brush after every meal. If you want to keep trim, forget the diet books and gym membership — you may be better off just brushing your teeth more often. In a survey of the everyday habits of nearly 14,000 people, researchers in Japan found that those who managed to stay slim tended to brush their teeth after every meal. Overweight men sometimes went more than a day without brushing their teeth, according to the study.

- Homework keeps the fire going! In Canada, two 16-year-old boys went snowboarding in the back country and were reported missing when they didn’t return as scheduled. Search efforts were hampered by bad weather, so they spent the night in the wild, but the next day a helicopter found the boys, and brought them out. They survived by building a fire: one of the boys said he had homework in his backpack “and that definitely helped keep the fire going.”

- Bubble Gum Day

- Those Netflix audio previews. Your long global streaming nightmare is finally over. At long last, Netflix is letting users turn off those annoying previews that automatically play whenever you fire up the app. Netflix said that although some people find the previews useful, it gets that many, many others can’t stand them. From the Manage Profiles settings on a browser, you can enable or get rid of “Autoplay previews while browsing on all devices.”

- Whopper in place of an EX? Burger King restaurants will celebrate Valentine’s Day by turning ex-flames into flame-grilled Whopper sandwiches. In honor of the release of the new film Birds of Prey, in which Margot Robbie plays the lead who embarks on her post-breakup emancipation from The Joker, four of the fast-food chain’s major locations across the country will give “scorned” lovers the chance to exchange one printed photo of their ex for a flame-grilled Whopper.

- Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of a World War 2 veteran who had no surviving relatives. Jim Auton, who died aged 95 in January, had been awarded 20 medals by six different countries. Veteran groups put out an appeal for attendees at the service. Hundreds answered the call to pay their respects on Thursday, including fellow veterans.

- Cereal is the easiest meal to make: pour it into a bowl or glass, add milk, use spoon. But if you’re the active type, people are going nuts over the CrunchCup, a travel mug where your cereal and milk don’t meet until they hit your mouth. You can eat everything from sweet Fruit Loops to crunchy granola on the go without ever slurping soggy cereal.



Fun Fact:
80% of snake bite victims get bitten after harassing the snake. #funfact




Matt's Musing:
Convincing my dog I really threw the ball is the closest I’ll ever get to being a magician.... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“When The Trumpet Sounds” by Triumphant




Bible Trivia Answer:
C. Joshua (Deuteronomy 31:1-8)