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  • Are we tipping too much?

    Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard talk about tipping which can be a thorny subject and varies a lot across each industry. Ethan tells a story where he was at a full service gas station and tipped the attendant for fueling up his car.

    But when, where and how much to tip?

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    12 min
  • Blue checkmarks were hacked

    Alex Kirry and Scott Mitchell go into the hacking scheme in which verified accounts were targeted with some bitcoin scheme that netted just over six figures. However, this is a big deal if a more sophisticated group was able to gain this access to twitter accounts. 

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    11 min
  • Utah County getting the national spotlight it doesn't want

    Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard are talking about how a meeting with Utah County commissioners got out of hand as a group of anti-mask people tightly crowded room. It eventually was dismissed but it out some bad light on Utah County. The protests were about wearing masks in schools and wanting some exceptions.

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    10 min
  • When do sports mascots go from honoring to offensive?

    Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard are joined once again by Adrienne Andrews from Weber State to discuss issues on race. This topic goes toward sports mascots and specifically the Washington Redskins name which is being changed, to something that has yet to be determined.

    The issue is when do mascots that are named after Native Americans go from honoring them to being an insulting name.

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    12 min
  • Changing the names of sports mascots

    Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard talk about sports franchises name changes with the latest from a national perspective being from the Washington Redskins and locally is the Bountiful high school which is named the Braves.

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    12 min
  • Companies, not government have been stepping up during COVID-19

    Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard talk about how the Salt Lake City schools are getting an adjustment to the Orange color system which previously would not allow in-person schooling. Now, Governor Gary Herbert is tweaking that allows schools to submit a plan.

    Also, businesses are leading the way with mask mandates across the country when some governmennts are not stepping up.

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    12 min
  • July 16, 2020 -- FULL SHOW

    Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard take you through the lighter side of news, usually.

    • Are you tipping too much?
    • When do mascots go from honoring a group of people to offensive?
    • Captain America does a great thing for a boy hero.
    • Salt Lake schools have the option to go forward with in-class learning.
    • Cruising keeps getting cold shoulder.
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      1 hr 21 min
    • College athletics are seen as greedy

      Ethan Millard and Alex Kirry talk about an editorial from Ralph Nader who is calling out college athletics. He thinks that since most colleges are not opening fully is worth it and safe for them to have sports to continue and go forward. It is not safe and he calls it greed for these universities to want to play sports while there is a pandemic going on.

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      11 min
    • Parents are cheating in online classess

      Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard get into online schooling and how there was a parent who was busted at cheating in their online classes and had to serve jail time over it.

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      11 min

    About KSL Brightside

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    KSL Brightside. A smart take on life, current events, and everything important to you and your family - With a dose of fun. Join Ethan Millard and Alex Kirry every weekday from 1-3 on KSL…

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