Radio Recap (Tuesday 02/25/2020)

Bible Trivia Question:On what road did Saul (also known as Paul) meet the risen Christ?
A. Calvary’s Road
B. Roman Road
C. Gospel Road
D. Damascus Road




In The News:

- Ten months until Christmas

- We lie over health. While a full two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, a new survey of adults shows we’re not being honest as 71 percent of us claim our health and wellness is either good or excellent.

- “F” in taxes. The average U.S. adult scores about 50% on personal finance questions related to U.S. federal income tax returns. Most American adults get an “F” in understanding income tax basics, according to a survey (by NerdWallet). Respondents scored on average 51% in a 10-question quiz on tax basics related to such personal finance issues as retirement, college savings and health care.

- Don’t trust the GPS. The Minneapolis Fire Department rescued a man who broke through the ice on the Mississippi River while crossing on foot. The man explained he was following a route provided by Google Maps, and it “told him” to cross the river there, so he set out across the ice. A fire department spokesman noted that the navigation app was probably routing him across the river via a nearby bridge.

- Trail runner/crawler. A trail runner in Washington state who broke his leg knew he was doomed if he tried to wait for help. So Joe Oldendorf crawled for eleven hours. This was after he’d already run twelve miles. Eventually, the Coast Guard found him and airlifted him to a hospital.

- National Clam Chowder Day
A clam chowder in its simplest form is a soup or stew containing clams or fish. The most common type of chowder includes milk or cream as well as potatoes, though the Manhattan clam chowder has tomatoes. The origin of the word “chowder” is up for a little bit of debate. The French word for cauldron is “chaudiere.” The English word “jowter” means fish peddler. Both are on the hook for possible origins.

In chowder, along with the clams, it is common to find diced potatoes, onions (often sautéed with pork or bacon drippings) and celery.

- #1 in pistachios. America is No. 1 in a lot of things: world champion sports teams; blockbuster movies; large numbers of presidential tweets; and now pistachios. Iran has dominated global pistachio production for centuries, while the U.S. only began production in 1976. But due to recent awful seasons in Iran the U.S is now the top producer… From 2004 to 2009, Iran accounted for 40 percent of global pistachio production to the States’ 33 percent. By 2014 to 2019, 47 percent came from the U.S. while 27 percent came from Iran.

- National Chocolate Covered Nut Day

Both chocolate and nuts can be good for you. Dark chocolate seems to possess a substantial amount of antioxidants, while the nuts contain the essential fatty acids and linolenic acids. The possibilities are endless with so many different types of nuts and chocolate combinations. The first chocolate-covered peanut candy was Goobers, originally sold in 1925. The word “Goober” was a common slang word for peanut.

One of the more recognized chocolate-covered nuts is the M & M. The peanut M & M was introduced in 1954. They were tan until 1960 when the colors red, yellow and green were added to production.

- XFL Player & thin mints. We have proof that there’s really nothing we wouldn’t do for a Girl Scout cookie, especially those tasty Thin Mints. In an XFL game over the weekend, a St. Louis BattleHawks player traded a football to a girl who was holding a sign saying, “Will trade a box of Thin Mints for a BattleHawks football.”

- Sleeping car thief. In Germany a man broke into a car late one night. He was hard at work trying to pry out the car’s in-dash screen but it turned out to be an exhausting job and before long he was sound asleep. And that’s how the cops found him, still clutching his screwdriver. They woke him up and arrested him.

- Coffee break theft. A robber made off with $2,000 from a bank in Germany, only to get caught after stopping to buy coffee down the street.





Fun Fact:
Americans spend a half-billion dollars a year on what type of footwear? ...Slippers. #funfact




Matt's Musing:
Caterpillars have it made. They eat a lot, go to sleep, then wake up beautiful... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“Wonderful Love” by Chosen Few




Bible Trivia Answer:
D. Damascus Road (Acts 9:1-9)