Trending today: Toys “R” Us is back on the rise – now catering to adults rather than kids, because toy collecting is a big deal. (The article Michael Koh’s quoting refers to those shoppers as “so-called adults,” which is an unnecessary dig: as Aaron once again insists, there’s no such thing as a true adult – we’re all just big kids pretending to be grown-ups, and that’s never not been true in human history.)

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

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Trending today: Victor discovers that people in Japan don’t authorize official documents with their signatures like we do in the U.S. – but rather with a personal stamp. (Victor loves this, though Aaron doesn’t like the idea of having another bulky thing to carry around.) Also: Japanese culture struggles with inflation, which is affecting the universally agreed-upon amount of money appropriate for wedding gifts.

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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Trending today: the toy company Hasbro, which is still profitable despite the fact that it’s now actually losing money on toys. All its money now comes from card games like Magic and digital games like Monopoly Go – but they’re still making toys anyway, which is actually kinda sweet when you think about it. (Also, Victor ties this trend in to the world of literary self-publishing.)

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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Trending today: the rise of robo-umpires in baseball, which is enabling us to track the relative accuracy of different umpires. Turns out, younger umpires are slightly but measurably more accurate than older umpires – but is that a sign that your skills decline with age, or has the younger generation just honed its skills more finely in general? Aaron’s not sure. (Also, Aaron wows Victor with his knowledge of famous umpires.)

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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Trending today: “track-flation” is on the rise, as dozens of high schoolers break records at a single meet. That’s part of a larger trend: youth sports are getting increasingly intense and competitive, which lends itself to lots of new records but also may not be too great for the kid who’s being pushed to obsess about something they may not want to obsess about. (Also, Victor and Aaron talk about parenting – and their own personal childhood hobbies.)

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

What’s Trending is made possible by Dynamic Electric. Listen now:

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Trending today: how’s your Boston accent? Boston’s Logan Airport is looking for a new PA voice – and they want you to apply, with the best Boston voice (and attitude) you can muster. Michael Koh fills in for Victor.

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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Trending today: a rising market for luxury office chairs (and gaming chairs, which might be pretty much the same thing). But is $1500 really too much to pay for a chair, if you’re going to be sitting in it eight hours a day? (Aaron has similar advice about beds: buy the perfect bed and the perfect chair, and you’ll be living large most of your day. And avoiding long-term back issues besides.) Michael Koh fills in for Victor.

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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Trending today: sports fan and amateur geographer Michael Koh discovers a neighborhood in Utah where all the streets are named after Boston Red Sox players. Michael and Aaron speculate on why that might have come to pass – and how streets get their names in general.

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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Trending today: a fungus that’s threatening the Cavendish banana – which happens to be pretty much the only banana we eat. (Climate change is also threatening the land we grow it on, so double trouble.) Also, Aaron refuses to acknowledge gestures.

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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Trending today: a study finding that the most popular songs in China are of a different vibe than the most popular songs in the U.S. – partly because a major vehicle for pop music consumption in China is karaoke. (Also, Victor and Aaron discuss how songs are classified – and who does the classifying.)

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

What’s Trending is made possible by Dynamic Electric. Listen now:

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