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Speaker 1: It's the radio segment that's revolutionizing flu season with the

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Speaker 1: first ever rectal cough trups.

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Speaker 2: Do they work? Why do you think I'm able to

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Speaker 2: read this story without disruption? You know all ran.

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Speaker 1: It just took three of them a few minutes ago,

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Speaker 1: and the menthol is working, no cough thanks to Laser Story,

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Speaker 1: the segment where we read weird news stories around the globe,

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Speaker 1: just like everyone else does, except we've got a laser.

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Speaker 1: Those other Reverse Ricaas just don't. This first laser story

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Speaker 1: is out of Maine. Now, America probably doesn't have the

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Speaker 1: worst healthcare system in the world, but sometimes it seems

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Speaker 1: pretty comical. And I say that because recently a large

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Speaker 1: healthcare system in Maine is apologizing after sending letters to

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Speaker 1: five hundred and thirty one patients in hospitals and healthcare

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Speaker 1: clinics telling them that they're dead.

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Speaker 2: These two people that held their own funeral.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the letters expressed condolences and included information on how

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Speaker 1: their next of kin could resolve their estates so you

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Speaker 1: could break the news to your own family. Wow, Barbara Hate,

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Speaker 1: I have to tell you this, but I'm dead.

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Speaker 2: I'm dead. No tears, Please hold that celebration in my

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Speaker 2: honor now.

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Speaker 1: The company said they sincerely regret the goof, but believe

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Speaker 1: it or not. In January of twenty twenty one, Saint Alphonsis,

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Speaker 1: an Idaho health system, mistakenly sent patients letters stating they

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Speaker 1: were deceased and that their personal information may have been stolen,

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Speaker 1: which I guess would be less of concern if you're

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Speaker 1: already dead, more.

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Speaker 2: Of concern if you're not actually dead when you receive

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Speaker 2: that email. True story. Let's go to your next laser story.

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Speaker 1: Out of Australia, nineteen year old Amelia Vanderhorst is in trouble.

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Speaker 1: She was visiting a local park and saw a sculpture

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Speaker 1: are called cast in Blue, but locals refer to it

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Speaker 1: as the Blue Blob. Photo of what the blue Blob

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Speaker 1: looks like? Brook, How did you describe it to our listeners?

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Speaker 1: Take a look at that looks kind of like a

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Speaker 1: big blue monster that would be almost in a Pixar movie.

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Speaker 2: It's really shiny, it's got a big belly.

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Speaker 1: Who's that white Pixar monster guy?

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Speaker 2: Yes, but there's no face on it.

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Speaker 1: To me, it looks like if they made like a

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Speaker 1: gummy bear penguin.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, it's huge though.

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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you it wasn't a cheap sculpture. The

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Speaker 1: city spent eighty nine thousand dollars to have it installed.

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Speaker 2: Live blue goop you got to put together, man. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So back to nineteen year old Amelia. She saw it

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Speaker 1: and thought it could use some improvement. Good, thank you,

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Speaker 1: and she decided to add to blue blob by putting

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Speaker 1: giant googly eyes on it.

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Speaker 2: I imagine Ago charge people google eyes on thing. So

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Speaker 2: with googly eyes, oh, now it really does look like

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Speaker 2: a blue blob pengue is cute. The police didn't like

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Speaker 1: When the city tried to remove them, the adhesive on

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Speaker 1: the back caused damage to the sculpture. It costs twenty

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Speaker 1: five hundred dollars to repair it. So now they're charging

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Speaker 1: her with defacing public arts.

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Speaker 2: I would think the artists would be like, actually better,

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Speaker 2: it needed that. It's person fifteen.

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Speaker 1: Amelia did appear in court for the first time, but

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Speaker 1: was unable to make a plea. She did not have

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Speaker 1: a lawyer, and the nineteen year old informed the judge

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Speaker 1: that she was sick and quote really high on pain meds.

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Speaker 1: So she's been advised to find counsel and her next

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Speaker 1: court date will be sometime.

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Speaker 2: Next Month's a good way to start your court case. Defu,

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Speaker 2: She shows up with Google eyes.

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Speaker 1: This next laser story is out of Food News. A

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Speaker 1: lot of people are picky about their mac and cheese,

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Speaker 1: especially those who are under the age of ten, and

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Speaker 1: usually the more basic it is, the better. But this

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Speaker 1: might be more divisive among adults.

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Speaker 2: Did you just put pepper into macaroni and cheese? And

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Speaker 2: some kids freaking out? Not even close.

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Speaker 1: Kraft is selling apple pie flavored mac and cheese this

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Speaker 1: holiday season. This is really happening, and the big question

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Speaker 1: is why, Yeah, mac and cheese.

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Speaker 2: Why do they want to do this? Is it sweet

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Speaker 2: or is it still savory?

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Speaker 1: Craft says it's the comforting taste you love now with

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Speaker 1: a shockingly delicious, savory and sweet paring.

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Speaker 2: Oh I do like that, They admit it is shocked.

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Speaker 1: They go on to say it's packed with cheesy, apple,

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Speaker 1: cinnamon e goodness. Each box includes sauce mix with seasoning,

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Speaker 1: so you just need to add milk and butter crank.

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Speaker 1: You won't see it in stores, though it's an online exclusive.

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Speaker 1: If that's only available for a limited time, your options

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Speaker 1: to get it is you can buy a single package

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Speaker 1: at Walmart dot com for a dollar forty eight.

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Speaker 2: Okay, now we're talking, let's go or a sixteen pack

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Speaker 2: forty four? Good sixteen?

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Speaker 1: Why don't I feel like Alexis is making this and

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Speaker 1: bringing it as apple Pie to her family?

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Speaker 2: Says I am nice, clumpy version classic.

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Speaker 1: To celebrate the launch of apple Pie, Kraft Mac and

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Speaker 1: Cheese Craft, of course, teamed up with Jason Biggs the

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Speaker 1: classic movie American Pie.

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Speaker 2: Glad he's getting work. Yeah, let's listen. Who else could

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Speaker 2: be the face of new Kraft Mac and Cheese apple

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Speaker 2: pie flavor other than me America's pie guy. Look, I

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Speaker 2: made apple Pie famous once. I'm ready to do it again.

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Speaker 2: And by doing it, I mean no, I'm just kidding.

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Speaker 2: Why Okay, we ever set it?

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Speaker 1: We're still living on that twenty five year old Jill

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Speaker 1: alex How long ago.

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Speaker 2: Have you seen the movie Alexis?

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Speaker 1: You know what happens?

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Speaker 2: Reference?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, anyway, let's keep going onto your final laser

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Speaker 1: story out of gen Z Central.

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Speaker 2: Well then, Bunny poll by cash app.

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Speaker 1: Found nearly a third of twenty somethings think paying with

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Speaker 1: cash is cringe. Now almost thirty percent that people who

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Speaker 1: still use paper money are either super cringe or definitely

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Speaker 1: not dank.

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Speaker 2: Technical director is shaking his head because he's embarrassed of

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Speaker 2: your own generation. I think Jesus.

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Speaker 1: Cash come on over. Half said that they only use

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Speaker 1: it as a last resort, like when their account's overdrawn

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Speaker 1: and they still have that five bucks.

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Speaker 2: Left over in their wallet from twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but for all those parents and aunts and uncles

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Speaker 1: out there who want to look somewhat cool in front

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Speaker 1: away and out of sight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, give it to me Grandma's venmo. That was a

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Speaker 2: big day. Wow. So now that's all they give you

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Speaker 2: for your birthday? Yeah, instead of actually cash. That's even sadder.

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Speaker 2: Why they put emojis too, They're well trained. Yeah, this

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Speaker 2: has been the saddest story of the day.

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Speaker 1: Nobody likes cash anymore, except for maybe this guy. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he refuses to use large bills, but he always has

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Speaker 1: a stack of ones. Yeah, just in case duty calls.

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm talking about. Pan apple Pie is

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Speaker 1: around anyway. That's how it means laser stories come to

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Speaker 1: an end for the day. We'll do it again the

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Speaker 1: same time on Monday

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Speaker 2: Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning,