This episode of The Morning Experience takes you on a ride through the wildest headlines and the realest conversations happening right now. We kick things off in Iowa City, where free public buses didn’t just boost ridership—they cleared traffic and cleaned the air.

Then we head to Oklahoma City, where a 7-Eleven clerk who defended herself from a violent attacker is now out of a job, raising major questions about worker safety and corporate responsibility. We also dive into the Coast Guard’s new policy reclassifying extremist imagery as hate symbols, and then shift into Topic Tuesday, asking the viral question: Should adults be allowed to whoop kids’ asses if threatened?

We unpack the Chicago stories of kids attacking adults—and the parents now facing consequences. In the second hour, we revisit the 7-Eleven case to talk about people who take their jobs a little too seriously, before the producer team jumps in for a hilarious round of Dating Disaster Stories. Trust us… you’ve had bad dates, but not like these.

A can’t-miss episode full of news, nuance, and necessary laughter.