Radio Recap (Tuesday 06/30/2020)

Bible Trivia Question:

Who was Jacob’s uncle and father-in-law?
A. Lot
B. Isaac
C. Laban
D. Moses



In The News:


- Social Media Day is observed annually on June 30th. In its short life, social media has redefined how people interact, communicate, and share with family, friends, and the world.

- Smart Mask. A Japanese technology company (Donut Robotics) has developed a new Bluetooth-powered smart mask that uses a speaker to amplify a person’s voice. Called ‘c-mask,’ the device can also covert a person’s speech into text and then translate it into eight different languages through a smartphone app. The masks will be produced and distributed in Japan this September, where they’ll retail for around $37. The company will also charge an additional monthly subscription fee to access translation services… The mask was designed as a shell that’s meant to slide over any standard commercial mask used to protect against COVID-19 transmission, with the straps running through two small slits on either side.

- Snake on shelf. A team of wild animal specialists responded to a home in Ohio (Belmont County) where a woman found a large snake perched on a shelf above the washer in her laundry room. The snake was identified as a non-venomous rat snake. It was released into the wild a few miles from the woman’s home.

- Grilling Weekend:

• About 50 million grills will be fired up on the Fourth of July.

• In the grill will go 1.5 billion charcoal briquettes.

• In the charcoal will be squirted 3 million gallons of lighter fluid.

• 200 million steaks and 154 million hamburgers will be placed on the grill.

- Fun Fact: About 40% of us can’t seem to finish what? (A book. Yep, just 6 in 10 finishes a book that we’ve started reading.) #funfact

- National Meteor Watch Day is observed every year on June 30th. Also known as National Meteor Day, on a cloudless night, people turn their eyes to the heavens in hopes of spotting the glow of a falling star. Daily there are millions of meteors that occur in the Earth’s atmosphere.

- Memorable words. Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and strung into sentences. In a recent study of epilepsy patients and healthy volunteers, National Institutes of Health researchers found that our brains may withdraw some common words, like “pig,” “tank,” and “door,” much more often than others, including “cat,” “street,” and “stair.” By combining memory tests, brain wave recordings, and surveys of billions of words published in books, news articles and internet encyclopedia pages, the researchers not only showed how our brains may recall words but also memories of our past experiences.

- Thief describes himself. In Norway, a man robbed a gas station a knife-point in a ninja outfit. He only got a few dollars before escaping on a bicycle. Upset that he hadn’t gotten more, he decided to volunteer as a witness and ask for a reward for identifying the thief. He went to the police station and reported, “I saw a man run into the station. He had a ninja-like hood, was carrying a knife and had a sword sticking up from the back of his trousers.” As he was giving an officer his name and phone number, another customer from the gas station recognized the thief and pointed him out to the police.

- No Spitting in MLB. When Major League Baseball returns there will be no spitting allowed. Major League Baseball announced its new rules driven by COVID-19 health and safety requirements. Notably, spitting is banned… Here’s the rule: Spitting is prohibited (including but not limited to, saliva, sunflower seeds or peanut shells, or tobacco) at all times in Club facilities (including on the field). Chewing gum is permitted. It’s also a good thing the spitball was outlawed in 1920.

- ⅓ Choose pet over spouse. Do you ever feel your significant other loves their dog more than you? A survey of dog owners shows that you might not be imagining it. A poll of adults who have dogs discovered that one in three would choose to keep their pet over their partner if they were forced to choose. Four in 10 admitted to showing Fido more affection than they show their loved one.

- Junk Food reveals personality.

THE JUNK FOOD YOU EAT REVEALS YOUR PERSONALITY

If you eat pretzels, does that really mean you’re a flirt? The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation says yes.

• Pretzels mean you’re a flirt and you’re very lively and energetic.

• Cheese curls mean you have great integrity and maintain a high moral ground.

• Potato chips mean you are aggressive, a real go-getter who will not take no for an answer.

• Tortilla chips mean you’re a perfectionist. An “A” is not good enough for you. It has to be an “A+.”

• Beef jerky means you’re the life of the party. You’re outgoing and gregarious.




Matt's Musing:

I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally... #musing


Matt's Pick Song:

“Enter In” by the Anchormen


Bible Trivia Answer:

C. Laban (Genesis 27:43)