1 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: It's the radio segment that just launched a brand new 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: matchmaking app. But it doesn't help you find local people 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: to date. It helps you find nearby people that you 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: can hate. 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: Oh me, David. 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: He enjoys cutting people in line and reading your text 7 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: messages over your shoulder. 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: David. He's on Loather. 9 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: You can sign up with Laser Stories, the segment where 10 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: we read weird news stories around the globe, just like 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: everyone else does, except we have a laser and those 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: other mouth monsters just don't. This first Laser Story is 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: out of Sweet Home, Alabama. Rat there's a forty eight 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: year old man named Johnny Wayne Griffiths who makes illegal 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: moonshine for a living. 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: Oh my god, and he's named john Away. Yeah, he's 17 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 2: got the perfect name for it. 18 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: A couple of years ago, he took second place on 19 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: a Discovery Channel competition called Moonshiners Master Distillers. 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: If you're making illegal moonshine, it's your best idea to 21 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: go on a national syndicated show that was part of it, 22 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: Brooklyn to be Like And now we're in the woods 23 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 2: of western Kentucky. 24 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: And now Johnny's on a new show called Alabama Shine. 25 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: But he may have flown a little too close to 26 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: the sun this time because he just got arrested for 27 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: making moonshine. 28 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 2: And then you're on Cops. 29 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: Right ironically, in one of the first episodes that aired, 30 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: he talks about how good he is at evading law enforcement, 31 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: so also. 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 2: Is getting in contact with Hollywood producers. 33 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: And cops in Alabama decided to go to his house 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: and see what he was up to, and when they arrived, 35 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: you'll never guess what they found. Down they found Johnny 36 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: right in the middle of making his next big batch 37 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: of illegal booze. They found an active still in his backyard, 38 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: along with five gallons of moonshine and another nineteen quarts 39 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: of flavored moonshine. 40 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 2: He sounds kind of. 41 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 1: Good, right, And one question Johnny said, I didn't think 42 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: when they watched the TV show they trace it back 43 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: to me. So he's now facing charges for making and 44 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: distributing prohibited beverages. 45 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: Is he the only one that's gotten caught? The other 46 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: ones are really good. That's why he came in second place, 47 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: not first. 48 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: Maybe they at. 49 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 2: Least use fake names. I don't know. 50 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: This next Lazer story is out of New York Manhattan, 51 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: attorney and his dentist friend recently took a summer vacation 52 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: together with their families by renting out a home in 53 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: the Hampton, But after a two week stay, they're now 54 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: both suing the owner. Who why Well, even though the 55 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: two story house was gorgeous with a pool and hot 56 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: tub and looked exactly like the photos did online, they 57 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: say they couldn't enjoy any of it because the thermostat 58 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: was set to seventy degrees instead of sixty eight. 59 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: They couldn't any of it because of a two degree difference. 60 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 2: Exactly you know what they're talking about, Brooke. 61 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: They claim not only was their safety threatened, but they 62 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: were treated like squatters in the quote uninhabitable luxury home with. 63 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 2: Less than ideal airflow was more of a warm time. 64 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: And then when they complained to the owners get this, 65 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: they were told to quote suck it up and dealonaires. 66 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: We don't suck it up. 67 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: For two whole weeks, these poor families had to figure 68 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: out how to survive in a multi million dollars seventy 69 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: degree home. 70 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 2: They say that they stayed for the full two weeks. 71 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: That's what the attorney asked. Why since they all live 72 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: in nearby New York City. They chose to remain at 73 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: the rental home at such a great peril to themselves, 74 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: and they argued they did leave on that last. 75 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: Day quote a little bit early. 76 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: So they're now asking the owners to reimburse them the 77 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars for the rental and pay off all 78 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: of their lawyer fees. Plus they want the mansion removed 79 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: permanently from the online rental site so no other families 80 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: will have to endure the cold suffering that they did. 81 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: Hot suffer. Yeah, you know, I'm thankful cause I hope 82 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: that they get justice. Yeah. 83 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: This next laser story is out of the genius land 84 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: of smartthood. A Washington woman named Jamie Biskelia was participating 85 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: in a local fishing derby and wanted to help her 86 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: friend get a good picture for the photo contest, and 87 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: so she came up with a great idea. She took 88 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: an octopus that she'd fished out of the ocean and 89 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: put it on her face. 90 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: Go down, that's like a funny. 91 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: It sounds funny, And Jamie says, the suckers weren't like strong. 92 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: They just kind of crept all over my face and 93 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: my nose. 94 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 2: And my ears. 95 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: But then things took a turn when the octopus bit 96 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: her in the face. 97 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: She has a little beak, and she. 98 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: Says when the beak entered her chin, it was the 99 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: most intense pain ever and felt like a barbed hook. 100 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: She knew if she tried to pull it off, it 101 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: was gonna tear skin or flesh away tasty. 102 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: Nice, like a scene from Alien or something right now. 103 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: So she waited for the creature to loosen its jaws 104 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: and then quickly got it off before it could bite again. 105 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: Jamie says, I'm a strong willed woman. I'm by myself 106 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: out on a boat. I've got five guys watching me, 107 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: so I try not to act like anything major's going on. Cool, 108 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: So she couldn't continued the rest of the fishing derby 109 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: holding a towel to her face trying to stop the bleeding. 110 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 2: So went home and next. 111 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: Morning, when Jamie woke up, her entire face was completely swollen, 112 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: to the point she couldn't see out of her left eye. 113 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: Because it turns out the octopus was venomous. Ah, how 114 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: does think he's getting worse for her? Oh? 115 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 2: My god. 116 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: So she headed to the hospital and is recovering now. 117 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: But she does have a giant wound on her face 118 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,119 Speaker 1: that she suspects will become a lifelong scar. 119 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 2: Did she win the photo car? Did she get it? 120 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: Doesn't sound like she did. 121 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: But ultimately Jamie got the last laugh because she took 122 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: the octopus home, cooked it, and ate it. 123 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 2: That is savage. At least go to olive Garden. 124 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, just next laser stories out of the world. 125 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 2: Of inner Peace, where Jamie lives. 126 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: Some people say money is the secret to happiness, and 127 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: science backs that up. 128 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 2: But now there's a new theory. 129 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: A recent study found the true secret to happiness might 130 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: be expressing gratitude. 131 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 2: Duh, that's nice right now? 132 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: Only thirty three percent of people say they regularly make 133 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: it a point to show appreciation to others in their 134 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: daily lives. And this is stuff like saying thank you 135 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: in person, writing letters or notes of appreciation, buying or 136 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: making people a gift or a meal. 137 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 2: It doesn't count if you just send someone a cute 138 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 2: emoji alexis why not? 139 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: Also does it count if the meal your coworker bought 140 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: you was not the correct order that you asked for. 141 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 2: My god, I'm just curious. Not anything instead of burrito 142 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: Those are different things. 143 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: They also say random acts of kindness like paying it 144 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: forward at Starbucks are good. Or just generally being mindful 145 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: of the things that you're grateful for, whether it's at 146 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: home or at work or when you're out and about, 147 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: that can improve your overall mental well being. 148 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: So much more of that. That's a great idea of brook. 149 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: Would any of you like to make yourselves happy by 150 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: expressing gratitude to me right now? 151 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: I am willing to. 152 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: Give you that opportunity, which is pretty gracious of me 153 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: if I do say so myself. 154 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 2: Are you expressing gratitude for yourself right now? 155 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: The thing is we all express our appreciation in different ways, 156 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: Like some of us buy each other's love and others, 157 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: you know, we use a more hands on approach to 158 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: showing gratitude and just you know. 159 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 2: Listen to how happy this guy is in his life. 160 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: That's a well balanced turtle mentally and literally. 161 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 2: Great fee appreciate it. 162 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: We do, thank you turtle for all you do. That's 163 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: laser stories. We'll do it again, same time on Wednesday.