Radio Recap (Thursday 08/27/20)

Bible Trivia Question:

Who was the wife of Moses?
A. Sarah
B. Esther
C. Zipporah 
D. Ruth


In The News:

 - National Just Because Day offers up an opportunity to do stuff…just because. Feel free to celebrate this day any way you choose. Just because!

 - Filter on Selfies. A new survey finds a quarter of women use a filter on photos of themselves before posting on social media. The study of 2,000 females found this figure more than doubles for women 24 and under.

 - Mount Everest Rates. Good news: A new study finds that the success rate of summiting Mount Everest has doubled in the last three decades, even though the number of climbers has greatly increased. Bad News: However, the death rate for climbers has hovered unchanged at around 1% since 1990… As the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest draws more than 500 climbers each spring to attempt the summit during a small window of favorable conditions on the rugged Himalayan mountain that tops out at just over 29,000 feet.

 - Missing wallet. Police in Ireland (Tallaght) said they reunited a resident with the wallet they lost nearly 20 years ago. Police said a member of the public came into the station Tuesday to hand in a mystery wallet they found. It appeared to have been buried a long time. The wallet’s contents included a credit card and a student ID dated June 2001. Police said they searched the name on the cards in their database and were able to contact the wallet’s owner, who said the item had been missing for two decades.

 - Coffee Antioxidants. Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet (University of Scranton). Researchers aren’t saying coffee has the most antioxidants — only that the average adult consumes 1,299 milligrams of antioxidants daily from coffee, while the closest competitor was tea at 294 milligrams. Rounding out the top five sources were bananas, 76 milligrams; dry beans, 72 milligrams; and corn, 48 milligrams.

 - Fish catching is harder. Fish are catching on to the tricks of anglers and getting harder to catch. A New Zealand experiment found trout that are constantly exposed to fishermen develop strategies for staying out of sight and avoiding the bait. The same study found that fish caught once remember to avoid the same ruse and usually stay away from being caught again for at least a month… Researchers say fish in remote areas that get swamped by anglers on a yearly basis are the most likely to develop learning skills. They also say catch and release policies add to the fish’s ability to avoid capture.

 - We still worry. Ten year ago a huge study about what worries us revealed money and health insurance at the top. Today, money and health insurance are still at the top, followed closely by job loss.

 - Cockroaches in ear. Doctors in China came to the rescue of a young man who woke up one night to a real nightmare. A pregnant cockroach had crawled deep into his ear while he slept and hatched 25 babies.

 - Obesity increases the risk of dying of COVID-19 by nearly 50% and may make vaccines against the disease less effective. The study (by University of North Carolina, Saudi Health Council and World Bank) places even more emphasis on countries which have high obesity rates — such as the US and UK. US government data shows that more than 40 percent of Americans are obese. The figure in England is more than 27 percent of adults.

 - New “Tool Time”. Fans of the hit ’90s comedy series Home Improvement can look forward to a brand new series from two of the show’s stars. Tim Allen and Richard Karn are reuniting for a new competition series called Assembly Required. The series will air on the History channel for 10 episodes and spotlight talented builders from across the country who will repair everyday household items. Allen will serve as executive producer of the series. He’ll team with Karn to explore the history of each item being repaired.



Matt's Musing:

The older I get, the earlier it gets late… #musing


Matt's Pick Song:

“Calvary Came Through” by Gold City


Bible Trivia Answer:

C. Zipporah (Exodus 2:210)