Dec. 27, 2023
The world's smelliest cheese
Johnny Mac shares five interesting stories from different domains. The first story highlights the world's smelliest cheese, Minger, from Highland Fine Cheeses in Scotland. Despite an initially lukewarm reception, the cheese has gained popularity,...
Johnny Mac shares five interesting stories from different domains. The first story highlights the world's smelliest cheese, Minger, from Highland Fine Cheeses in Scotland. Despite an initially lukewarm reception, the cheese has gained popularity, selling well and winning awards.
The next news discusses the arrival of Elrond, an African black-footed penguin at the Tennessee Zoo; this species is endangered due to factors such as overfishing and oil spills.
The Mars rover of China has made an intriguing discovery of underground polygon structures on Mars, which scientists theorize have been generated by freeze-thaw cycles.
A lost wedding ring was found with the help of community members in Charlotte, Michigan when locals rallied with metal detectors to help a couple who'd lost the ring designed by themselves.
Lastly an eccentric man who attempted to cross the Atlantic using a hydropod was arrested by the coast guard for conducting an unsafe voyage.
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Calaroga Shark Media. Hello Johnny Mack
with five good news stories. Good news
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you feel like smelly cheese. We've
discovered the world's smelliest cheese. Rory Stone
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00:00:19.199 --> 00:00:24.079
is a cheesemaker at the Highland Fine
Cheeses in Scotland. He's been overrun with
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00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:28.960
orders for a washed rine cheese called
the Minger he's billing in as the most
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putrid smelling cheese in the world.
Stone said, everybody's still asking for samples
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00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:34.880
and it hasn't stopped. And I
fought it really bizarre. I mean,
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it's a smelli cheese, but it's
quite a lovely flavor. So the only
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00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:43.840
problem now is I've run out of
cheese. Supermarkets initially rejected it, dismissing
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it as a gimmick, but it's
sold well enough in independent shops and it's
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won several awards, including Best Specialty
Cheese at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh
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in twenty nineteen. Is it actually
the world's stickiest cheese? Stone says?
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Who cares? I think it was
a throwaway line because you can't prove something
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00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.039
like that, you can't qualify it. We know it's we know it's not
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very nice, but to say it's
the smelliest cheese of the world is a
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00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:06.719
bit of a struggle, but you
can't disprove it. I like how he
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00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.840
thinks. Apparently there are lots of
smelly cheeses from around the world. Mark
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Bates is a cheese expert. He
judges several cheese contests a year and said,
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00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.680
I think we've become more adventuresome.
In two thousand and four, researchers
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00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:23.280
at Cranfield University in Britain had apparently
way too much time. They created an
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00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:29.000
electronic nose to determine that a French
cheese was the smelliest. Doctor Tanya show
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00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:32.959
and Fuss is a professor of food
science at the University of Minnesota and a
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00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:37.239
long time Deary contest judge. Doctor
showIn Fuss tells us when your agent cheese,
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you have the breakdown of the fats
and the proteins initially, and the
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00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.799
bacteria and the yeast and the molds
and all the microorganisms are creating flavor compounds,
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00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:46.920
and some of them are really volatile. That's where you get the smell
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from. Stone says the minger has
a minty flavor. The cabbage aroma,
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00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.159
he says, is not there in
the Taste at Tennessee Zoo has a new
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resident. It's an African blackfooted penguin
named el Rond. El Rond was part
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of the zoo use species' survival plan
for African blackfooted penguins, which are listed
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00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.800
as endangered because of overfishing of sardines
and anchovies, as well as oil spills.
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00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:13.120
African blackfooted penguins are considered to be
excellent swimmers and divers. According to
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00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.879
the Denver Zoo, they're able to
reach speeds of more than thirteen miles an
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00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:21.840
hour with their torpedo shaped bodies.
Ice Ice Baby, China's Mars rover has
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00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:28.199
uncovered underground polygon structures buried beneath the
red planet's surface. The scientists theorized that
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00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.039
the shapes have been possibly generated by
freeze thaw cycles, such as those that
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00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.479
happen in the winter and spring here
on Earth. Good news for Joe,
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00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:40.680
we found your ring. Joe was
raking leaves he realized his gold wedding band
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00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.520
had fallen off. He'd been married
for forty two years. He and his
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00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:47.800
wife Marianne designed the band together with
meaningful symbols, including across in grape vines,
40
00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.520
They looked everywhere and they couldn't find
it. Luckily. Mary Anne is
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00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.479
a member of the What's Happening in
Charlotte, Michigan Now Facebook group. She
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00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:59.800
posted about the ring and asked does
anybody have a metal detector? Dozens of
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00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:02.479
people responded. A few hours later, eight people had joined the family in
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00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:07.800
the yard. Some had metal detectors
and they all worked together. Four hours
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00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:12.319
later, Joseph spotted the ring reflected
in a band of sunlight. So we
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00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.199
didn't even need all these other people
with the metal detectors. But they were
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00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:16.159
moved by the help. They said
they didn't know us, but they were
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00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:20.520
here willing to help. It was
exciting to see so many people care about
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00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:25.400
this. The Coast Guard arrested a
man why he was trying to run a
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giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic.
Demand was in a hydropod made of booys.
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00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:35.759
The coast Gutter Valiant came across the
man and his homemade vessel about seventy
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00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:40.039
nine ainco miles east of Tybee Island, Georgia. He toiled officers his destination
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00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.560
was London, more than four thousand
miles away. He was asked for the
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00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:46.759
vehicles registration He said it was registered
in Florida, but he couldn't find it
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00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.280
right now. You know, I
don't know where it is. He left
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00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:52.520
my while at home, something like
that. The coast Guard assessed the vessel
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00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:58.719
and determined he was conducting a manifestly
unsafe voyage. The same man attempted similar
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00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:01.479
voyages in twenty fourteen, twenty sixteen, and twenty twenty one, all of
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00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:06.159
which also resulted in US Coast Guard
intervention. The same man was once profiled
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00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:11.039
in The New York Times beginning a
quest to run across the country Forrest Gump
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style. He reportedly finished the coast
coast journey not once, but twice.
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00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.480
He was also profiled by Vice in
twenty fourteen and twenty sixteen. He was
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00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:23.319
attempting to travel from Bocoverton, Florida, to Bermuda, that's over one thousand
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00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:28.399
miles by running inside his homemade floating
bubble. He explained, if you drive
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a boat, nobody cares bubble.
Nobody did that before. That's your five
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00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:35.000
good news stories for today. If
you enjoy the show, tell somebody about
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00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.240
it. They might like it too. You have a great day.
1
00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:13.439
Calaroga Shark Media. Hello Johnny Mack
with five good news stories. Good news
2
00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:19.120
you feel like smelly cheese. We've
discovered the world's smelliest cheese. Rory Stone
3
00:00:19.199 --> 00:00:24.079
is a cheesemaker at the Highland Fine
Cheeses in Scotland. He's been overrun with
4
00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:28.960
orders for a washed rine cheese called
the Minger he's billing in as the most
5
00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.799
putrid smelling cheese in the world.
Stone said, everybody's still asking for samples
6
00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:34.880
and it hasn't stopped. And I
fought it really bizarre. I mean,
7
00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.200
it's a smelli cheese, but it's
quite a lovely flavor. So the only
8
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:43.840
problem now is I've run out of
cheese. Supermarkets initially rejected it, dismissing
9
00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:46.719
it as a gimmick, but it's
sold well enough in independent shops and it's
10
00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:51.600
won several awards, including Best Specialty
Cheese at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh
11
00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:55.320
in twenty nineteen. Is it actually
the world's stickiest cheese? Stone says?
12
00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:58.520
Who cares? I think it was
a throwaway line because you can't prove something
13
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.039
like that, you can't qualify it. We know it's we know it's not
14
00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.399
very nice, but to say it's
the smelliest cheese of the world is a
15
00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:06.719
bit of a struggle, but you
can't disprove it. I like how he
16
00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.840
thinks. Apparently there are lots of
smelly cheeses from around the world. Mark
17
00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:14.920
Bates is a cheese expert. He
judges several cheese contests a year and said,
18
00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.680
I think we've become more adventuresome.
In two thousand and four, researchers
19
00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:23.280
at Cranfield University in Britain had apparently
way too much time. They created an
20
00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:29.000
electronic nose to determine that a French
cheese was the smelliest. Doctor Tanya show
21
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:32.959
and Fuss is a professor of food
science at the University of Minnesota and a
22
00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:37.239
long time Deary contest judge. Doctor
showIn Fuss tells us when your agent cheese,
23
00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:38.640
you have the breakdown of the fats
and the proteins initially, and the
24
00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.799
bacteria and the yeast and the molds
and all the microorganisms are creating flavor compounds,
25
00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:46.920
and some of them are really volatile. That's where you get the smell
26
00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:51.359
from. Stone says the minger has
a minty flavor. The cabbage aroma,
27
00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.159
he says, is not there in
the Taste at Tennessee Zoo has a new
28
00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:59.599
resident. It's an African blackfooted penguin
named el Rond. El Rond was part
29
00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:04.439
of the zoo use species' survival plan
for African blackfooted penguins, which are listed
30
00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.800
as endangered because of overfishing of sardines
and anchovies, as well as oil spills.
31
00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:13.120
African blackfooted penguins are considered to be
excellent swimmers and divers. According to
32
00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.879
the Denver Zoo, they're able to
reach speeds of more than thirteen miles an
33
00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:21.840
hour with their torpedo shaped bodies.
Ice Ice Baby, China's Mars rover has
34
00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:28.199
uncovered underground polygon structures buried beneath the
red planet's surface. The scientists theorized that
35
00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.039
the shapes have been possibly generated by
freeze thaw cycles, such as those that
36
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.479
happen in the winter and spring here
on Earth. Good news for Joe,
37
00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:40.680
we found your ring. Joe was
raking leaves he realized his gold wedding band
38
00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.520
had fallen off. He'd been married
for forty two years. He and his
39
00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:47.800
wife Marianne designed the band together with
meaningful symbols, including across in grape vines,
40
00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.520
They looked everywhere and they couldn't find
it. Luckily. Mary Anne is
41
00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.479
a member of the What's Happening in
Charlotte, Michigan Now Facebook group. She
42
00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:59.800
posted about the ring and asked does
anybody have a metal detector? Dozens of
43
00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:02.479
people responded. A few hours later, eight people had joined the family in
44
00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:07.800
the yard. Some had metal detectors
and they all worked together. Four hours
45
00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:12.319
later, Joseph spotted the ring reflected
in a band of sunlight. So we
46
00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.199
didn't even need all these other people
with the metal detectors. But they were
47
00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:16.159
moved by the help. They said
they didn't know us, but they were
48
00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:20.520
here willing to help. It was
exciting to see so many people care about
49
00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:25.400
this. The Coast Guard arrested a
man why he was trying to run a
50
00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:30.319
giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic.
Demand was in a hydropod made of booys.
51
00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:35.759
The coast Gutter Valiant came across the
man and his homemade vessel about seventy
52
00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:40.039
nine ainco miles east of Tybee Island, Georgia. He toiled officers his destination
53
00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.560
was London, more than four thousand
miles away. He was asked for the
54
00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:46.759
vehicles registration He said it was registered
in Florida, but he couldn't find it
55
00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.280
right now. You know, I
don't know where it is. He left
56
00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:52.520
my while at home, something like
that. The coast Guard assessed the vessel
57
00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:58.719
and determined he was conducting a manifestly
unsafe voyage. The same man attempted similar
58
00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:01.479
voyages in twenty fourteen, twenty sixteen, and twenty twenty one, all of
59
00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:06.159
which also resulted in US Coast Guard
intervention. The same man was once profiled
60
00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:11.039
in The New York Times beginning a
quest to run across the country Forrest Gump
61
00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:15.319
style. He reportedly finished the coast
coast journey not once, but twice.
62
00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.480
He was also profiled by Vice in
twenty fourteen and twenty sixteen. He was
63
00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:23.319
attempting to travel from Bocoverton, Florida, to Bermuda, that's over one thousand
64
00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:28.399
miles by running inside his homemade floating
bubble. He explained, if you drive
65
00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:32.199
a boat, nobody cares bubble.
Nobody did that before. That's your five
66
00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:35.000
good news stories for today. If
you enjoy the show, tell somebody about
67
00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.240
it. They might like it too. You have a great day.