Radio Recap (Tuesday 04/21/2020)

Bible Trivia Question:
What king witnessed the handwriting on the wall?
A. Nebuchadnezzar
B. Belshazzar
C. Darius
D. Pharaoh



In The News:

- National Library Workers Day recognizes the valuable contributions library staff make every day to their communities through their hard work and dedication. The observance takes place annually on the Tuesday of National Library Week.

- Librarian Reading to kids with SM. For years, Ms. Betty has been reading to kids every weekend on social media. Ms Betty is Betty Lawson. She runs the Children’s Room at the Wayne County Public Library in Pennsylvania and she and loves getting kids interested in reading. During the stay-at-home order, Betty found a new way to connect to them at home through a virtual storytime. What started out as a Sunday nighttime book reading has turned into Betty reading to kids multiple times a week… The majority of her audience is in Pennsylvania, but she has viewers in Europe, Egypt and Australia.

- Kodak released a 51,300-piece jigsaw puzzle. If social distancing has your bored like crazy, Kodak has something for that. Kodak has just released a 51,300-piece jigsaw puzzle that will take about 500 hours or between 16 to 21 days to complete. To date, this is the largest jigsaw puzzle divided into 27 sections, representing a wonder from around the world. The puzzle will set you back $600 but you can find it as low as $400 online.

- Flat Soda. If you hate flat soda, you're not going to be happy with what you're about to hear. The current coronavirus pandemic is causing a shortage of carbonated beverages that could shake things up worse than the rush to get toilet paper. CO2 suppliers are having a hard time getting ethanol that is essential in making soda. According to reports, CO2 production has fallen by 20 percent and could drop to 50 percent by the end of the month.

- National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day is observed each year on April 21st. Not unlike other nuts, cashews and chocolate get along well together. Of course, chocolate lovers savor the combination of nutty crunch and creamy, rich chocolate.

- Spendemic. While millions of people file for unemployment or struggle to make ends meet during the pandemic, others are splurging on high-priced luxury goods. Calling it the "spendemic", the New York Post talked to people who have spent the quarantine shopping for furniture, clothing, and high-priced artisanal foods. Some experts say shopping helps give people a "sense of control" in panicked times. Overall online purchases were up 13 percent in the first week of April.

- Easiest way to make 9 friends. The easiest way to make 9 new friends? Have a baby. A study found a woman’s circle of friends shoots from 13 to 22 after having children. Why? It’s easier to bond with other women once you have a baby.

- Android vs. iPhone. Police in Oklahoma responded to an apartment complex to investigate the report of a person roaming around the parking lot. Police found two roommates, each in a state of distress. One of the roommates told police that his wounds resulted from an argument between the two that started over which of them had the better smartphone, Apple or Android.

- Men Lie about Car Dents. A lot of husbands like to think they’re better drivers than their wives. A lot of wives like to think that they’re better drivers than their husbands. So what do they tell each other when they do something wrong in a car? Apparently not much. About 1,000 husbands and wives were surveyed about what they do and don’t tell their spouse when it comes to damaging the family cars or other little illegal driving mishaps and shenanigans.

• 35 percent blame dings on someone else

• 25 percent don’t tell their partner about a ticket

• 24 percent keep car accidents a secret.

• 19 percent admit to driving without insurance and then not saying anything to their spouse.

• About 42 percent of men ding a car and then blame it on someone else, compared to 27 percent of women.

- Finding Lost Apples. North America once had 17,000 named varieties of domesticated apples. Today, only 4,500 are known to exist. However, all is not lost: the Lost Apple Project, working from evidence that settlers planted several hundred varieties in the Pacific Northwest, has scoured their trails to try to find heirs of those trees. A team of Lost Apple investigators rediscovered 10 apple varieties that had been thought extinct, found in 140-year-old orchards in canyons and forests in Idaho and Washington.

- Diet of Processed Meats. Obvious: A diet containing lots of processed meats, like hot dogs and sausages, raises the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a large study. Researchers found that heavy consumers of processed meats (40 grams a day or more) were 67 percent more likely to develop cancer of the pancreas than study participants with the lowest intake.

- Need rain, Marry your Frogs. Need rain on your yard or garden? The residents of Bangladesh say you should perform mock marriages with frogs. One farmer says after two frogs were “married,” it rained within hours.

- Princess Bride is coming. It's just been announced, the classic film The Princess Bride is coming to Disney Plus on May 1. Disney even went the extra mile and had Robin Wright and Cary Elwes come together for a video chat to announce the film coming to the streaming service.

- On this day in 1998: While Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates presented his new Windows 98 computer operating system to a Chicago convention group, it crashed.




Fun Fact:
Each year in the U.S. roughly 6,000 people check into emergency rooms after being injured by what? (Pillows) #funfact




Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):
Oh NO! Giving new meaning to the phrase, "Silent but deadly," researchers in Australia have determined the coronavirus could be spread by passing gas.


A California TV reporter got into a hairy situation while filing a report from her bathroom — when her naked hubby was caught in the shower. Melinda Meza of Sacramento’s KCRA3 recorded herself cutting her bangs for a story about hairstylists during the coronavirus quarantine when her camera captured more than she bargained for. Her husband, Mike de Lambert, apparently is seen in a reflection in the background, unaware that his privates were beamed over the airwaves.





Matt's Musing:
I had hoped that after purchasing a dictionary and thesaurus, my life would become more meaningful.... #musing



Matt's Pick Song:
“On A Journey” by Greater Vision



Bible Trivia Answer:
B. Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1-6)