KSL Brightside

Ethan Millard and Alex Kirry discuss how COVID-19 is costing the state of Utah millions upon millions of dollars in revenue each day. This is due to travel  from in-state and out of state, restaurants, hotels and a whole lot more. 

It could be maybe three years before Utah gets back to normal in terms of revenue from outdoor entertainment.

Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard talk about burgers and how Utah has better burgers than they are getting credit for. There are plenty of really good local restaurants that serve great burgers in addition to some good chains.

Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard discuss a growing trend in which restaurants are charging a little bit of extra to each patron's bill. That extra line item is labeled as COVID-19 and the theory behind it is to make up for lost revenue during shutdown or the recent rise in meat products.

Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard discuss how science has a play in why humans like gossip. Gossip is something that is we do because our ancestors did, gossip actually led to better social success.

Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard go over a study performed by BYU which was over six years and the study showed that only a small number of people who are addicted to video games in a bad way.

This just shows that video games can be a fun outlet for kids who play video games.

Ethan Millard and Alex Kirry talk about the big news that the state of Utah is changing from Orange status to Yellow which means that there can be larger gatherings and more businesses can open up a bit more.

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

Would you spend nearly $400 for your family to see a movie on the big screen?

Should standardized testing be done?

Some wild hypotheticals

Join a Facebook group on ants?

Bikes and tramps are sold out.

College kids want to study on campus.

Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard end the show with some positive news and send you off for the day feeling good about the world.

Alex Kirry and Ethan Millard go back to school to discuss a poll that shows that nealry two-thirds of all college students want to go to in-person classes. This will be tough since the state of California and its public school systems is going to a mostly virtual situation.

Ethan Millard and Alex Kirry bring back their Hypothetical segment and it includes some interesting questions to answer about time travel and vacation travel.