Round Table Squared

This week we chat about an old TV that killed a village's broadband. We'll join in the fight against forced monkey labor. Also, hear about a guy who fell into a pit of rats. Plus more!

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54239180

https://www.pcgamesn.com/borderlands-3/borderlands-science-covid-research

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/26/texas-tap-water-tainted-brain-eating-microbe

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/business/costco-coconut-milk-monkey-labor-trnd/index.html

https://www.news18.com/news/world/new-york-nightmare-man-falls-through-sidewalk-into-rat-filled-chasm-3024956.html

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/09/25/Scientists-observe-conscious-processes-in-crow-brains/3741601042088/

This week we chat about a festival honor social distancing champion Bigfoot. It's business as usual for cocaine use. Also we'll find out if some foul mouth parrots are ready to go back to gen pop. Plus more!

Sources:

https://wjactv.com/news/offbeat/mountain-communitycelebrates-

bigfoot-as-social-distancing-champ

https://katv.com/archive/butt-dial-leads-to-murder-cons

piracy-charge

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/business-as-usu

al-sydney-cocaine-use-bounces-back-after-covid-19-dip-2

0201028-p569d0.html

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/beachgoer-finds-78

-lbs-of-cocaine-washed-up-on-florida-beach/

https://keysweekly.com/42/square-grouper-locals-makea-

special-catch/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/world/europe/s

wearing-parrots-lincolnshire.html

This week we chat about the guy who's been showing up near LAX Airport in a jetpack; A secret wad of cash is hidden between a senators butt cheeks; Florida deputies run over a guy hit by a car; Plus more!

Sources:

https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/woman-calls-off-weddin

g-with-ghost-after-he-kept-disappearing/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/15/brazil

-police-cash-jair-bolsonaro-ally-buttocks-chico-rodrigues

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54552380

https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/florida-deputies-r

un-over-victims-body-way-accident-scene/ZYEZQUZX5ZA

6RDWS3AJBG2LSNU/?outputType=amp

https://thehill.com/changing-america/resilience/520368-

one-third-of-americans-believes-the-coronavirus-was-se

nt-by-god

This week we talk about an Op-Ed an AI wrote trying to convince us it's not evil. Coca Cola and several other companies were accused of funding death squads in Columbia. Also, we'll find out why a silent disco was so noisy. Plus more!

Sources:

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/dad-in-trouble-not-buying-mcdonalds-daughter

http://www.wdrb.com/tncms/asset/editorial/4f1d5152-eee7-11ea-a5c4-3fde7e514fdf

https://greatgameindia.com/coca-cola-accused-of-funding-colombian-death-squad/

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/27223/20200909/ai-op-ed-convincing-humans-robots-replace.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/05/slowly-does-it-chord-changes-in-639-year-long-organ-piece

This week we talk about a guy using a car wash wrong. The dangers of getting to close when elks are mating. Also, a mummified Twinkie. Plus more!

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/15/923411578/a-disturbing-twinkie-that-has-so-far-defied-science

https://krvn.com/regional-news/lincoln-man-pleads-to-city-council-stop-the-use-of-the-term-boneless-chicken-wings/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/us/elk-rut-yellowstone-park-fighting-trnd/index.html

https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/08/23/news/regional/jamaica/car-accident-leaves-jamaican-woman-left-handed-with-british-accent/

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/naked-man-caught-on-cctv-video-showering-in-sunshine-coast-car-wash/news-story/bcd721a18c4132ae7164888f21687dc1

This week we have several fun headlines to chat about. Plus our main topic later in the show is the generational discrepancy in control of US wealth.

Sources:

https://www.newsbreak.com/florida/lakeland/news/1509571842760/city-of-lake

land-closes-portion-of-park-because-of-snake-orgy

https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/mysterious-giant-safe-appe

ars-in-farmers-field-in-upstate-ny/

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/8/25/women-in-swimsuits-vide

o-sparks-anger-in-saudi-arabia

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/25/french-minister-defends-prec

ious-right-to-sunbathe-topless

https://www.wjhg.com/2020/08/21/california-man-uses-cans-of-bud-light-to-exti

nguish-flames-from-wildfire/

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/florida-flatulence-battery-47

3291

https://www.newsweek.com/millennials-control-just-42-percent-us-wealth-4-times-poorer-baby-boomers-were-age-34-1537638

This week we chat about the FBI foiling a plot by right-wing extremist to kidnap a US governor. We'll learn about a lady who's "following the law" and gets arrested. Also, an Amazon driver makes a very special delivery in England.

Sources:

https://www.whio.com/news/local/female-driving-stolen-car-follows-deputy-11-miles-butler-county-see-where-he-was-going/3AB2PU6I7ZBZLFTXSPDDPR4MK4/

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/amazon-worker-allegedly-has-poo-4399257

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-whitmer/fbi-thwarts-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor-affidavit-idUSKBN26T2ZF?il=0

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1242811

This week we discuss just how different we've become. Also some good ol' fun with Headlines We Deserve.

Headlines We Deserve

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/09/17/detroit-car-jump-rouge-river/3480362001/

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PmFPTNtb3Ew/maxresdefault.jpg 

https://youtu.be/PmFPTNtb3Ew?t=79 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adult-craze-for-human-breast-milk-poses-risks/

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/09/10/tech/liu-xiaoming-china-uk-twitter-porn-intl-hnk/index.html

American Realities:

https://time.com/5435825/divided-america-values-language-meaning/?amp=true

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-02-21/poll-most-americans-think-country-is-divided-have-unfavorable-view-of-trump?context=amp

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/pres_general/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

https://www.wsj.com/graphics/red-economy-blue-economy/

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/29/barack-obama-media-climate-nyt-fox-sot-ctn-vpx.cnn

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/judge-rules-fox-news-tucker-carlson-not-source-of-news-defamation-suit-mcdougal-trump.html

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3297493001

We talk random topics today!

Sources:

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/japanese-theme-park-haunted-toilet-halloween-2020

https://www.wsav.com/news/hog-wild-u-s-has-out-of-control-population-of-super-pigs-expert-says/

https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/article_bd94da24-f9c3-11ea-bfaa-475d17119b79.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54221635

https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/former-rolling-stones-bassist-auction/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/us/ig-nobel-awards-alligator-helium-scli-scn-intl/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_XX0FnVsXY

In this episode we talk about the mysterious gas signature coming from Venus and what implications it might have; Zambia mourning the death of a good luck fish, a naked golf cart thief, and a hardware-software necromancer hacks a pregnancy test.

Sources:

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2015/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/life-on-venus-breakthrough-initiatives-funds-study-of-possible-biosignature/

https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-venus-life-hunting-mission.html

https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-long-was-venus-habitable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54065313

https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/naked-prichard-man-steals-golf-cart-goes-on-joy-ride-through-town/

https://www.cbr.com/gamer-hacks-pregnancy-test-run-doom/