Dec. 23, 2024

Hamsters On A Plane!

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Transcript

Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories: a plane grounded for four days due to 132 escaped hamsters, a Chicago Jeremy Allen White lookalike contest winner, British research on a cancer-combatting compound from orange caterpillar fungus, a father and son's discovery of valuable historical coins in Poland, and the revival of a 1956 Kurt Vonnegut board game called GHQ. Johnny also provides information on how to listen to the show without commercials through Apple Podcasts.

00:18 Hamsters on a Plane
00:57 Jeremy Allen White Lookalike Contest
01:31 Cancer-Fighting Caterpillar Fungus
02:14 Discovery of Historic Coins
03:16 Kurt Vonnegut's Board Game Revival

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Kalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm shoinning Mack with five

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good news stories. Now, when I started this program, decided

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it was clean and every now and then I wish

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I could be a little naughty. I'm not gonna be

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naughty relaxed, but I kind of want to go full

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Samuel L. Jackson with the first story because I've had

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it with these hamsters on this plane. Nudge, nudge, if

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you know what I mean. A plane was grounded for

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four days with one hundred and thirty two hamsters escaped

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on board. The hamsters escaped from boxes in the cargo hold.

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Official say the plane was kept at the airport for

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safety reasons, as the hamsters could pose a risk to

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the plane's electrical wires. Workers spent four days scouring the

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plane for loose hamsters. They caught them all. I hope.

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So any plane has returned to Portugal as planned. Who

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I've had it? And can we make that movie with

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Samuel L. Jackson? Please? Congratulations to Ben winner of Chicago.

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How does a Jeremy Allen White lookalike contest? What did

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he win? Fifty bucks in a pack of Marlboro Reds.

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Two roommates Kelsey and Tailor advertised the event with flyers.

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It was supposed to be a joke, and then it

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gained traction on social media, so they actually had it.

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Ben said. People started saying, hey, you look like the

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guy from the Bear. They just happen to have the

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same hairstyle. Ben says, I just kind of like the

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way it looks. I haven't had a cut. That's the

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story there. Enjoy that fifty bucks in the marlboros. If

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you wind up getting cancer from the cigarettes, well good news.

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British researchers have discovered one of the secrets behind a

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traditional Chinese medicine made from orange caterpillar fungus, and it

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has the potential to combat cancer. Apparently, the orange caterpillar

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fungus triggers anti inflammatory and other health benefits with a

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compound called cordscipine or something like that. I'm not the

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best at pronouncing scientific words. Doctor Cornelia de Moore is

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one of these scientists working on this and says we've

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been researching the effects the cordsiciplant on a range of

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diseases for a number of years, and with each step

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we got closer understanding how it could be used as

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an effective treatment. One of the exciting things that have

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been happening. This has become easier and less expensive to

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do these very large experiments, so we're able to examine

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thousands of genes at the same time. Meanwhile, in Poland,

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a father and son were out looking to find a

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historic Roman road. They didn't find the remains of the

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Roman road, but they did find seventeen coins, which may

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be worth around one hundred and twenty grand. These coins

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are all over the place. The oldest coin dates from

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fifteen eighty seven, the newest from sixteen forty one. These

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are thollars, from which the word dollar is derived. Several

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of the thollars were minted by Rudolph the Second in

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Austrian sixteen oh four, Frederick the First twenty or so

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years later, and Leopold the Fifth in sixteen twenty. Two

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of the coins were minted by Saxony ruler Johann George

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the First in sixteen twelve and sixteen twenty four. Another

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was from a German proto state, and one was minted

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in southern Austria. So what's the deal. One theory is

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the burial was made by a merchant who wanted to

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hide his property from potential robbers. There was an inn

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about a kilometer away. During the sixteenth century. A local

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historian said it was a common practice to hide valuables

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before visiting an inn. Hey, good news if you were like,

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you know, there's not enough Kurt Vonnegut board games. Well

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one has been brought back. They tried to do this

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at nineteen fifty five and it didn't work. Kurt Vonngut's

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son Mark was eight years old when they came up

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on the board game. He said he calls his father

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working on the game and hoping to test it, and

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said he was discouraged about his writing at the time,

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but he had unshakeable faith the game would succeed. The

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game is called GHQ as in General Headquarters. Kurt designed

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it in nineteen fifty six and attempted to sell to

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game companies and didn't work. Game historian Jeff said, I

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first learned about GHQ in twenty thirteen, and as a

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Vonnagut fan, was driven to learn more. It took several

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years working with the family in Indiana Universe, but ultimately

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we were able to locate his original notes on the

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game and sample pieces. Bournes and Noble Senior merchandise manager

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of Toys and Games, Sabrina fel Koon, helped bring the

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game to life. Sabrina says, when Jeff approached me about

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the Kurt Vonnegut board game, I knew we had to

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be part of the story. All right, what's the game, John,

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That's what we want to know, all right. Apparently it's

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fast and strategic. Two people play on an eight by

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eight inch checkerboard. Players can command infantry, armored vehicles, artillery,

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any powerful airborne regiment, maneuvering to capture the opposing headquarters.

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Recommended for ages fourteen and up. Usually takes about twenty

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to forty minutes to complete. And wait till they find

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out about stratigo. Those are good news stories for today.

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