What's Trending with Victor Lewis (This Morning with Aaron Keck)

Trending today: a Wisconsin man who’s spent the last 18 years deliberately getting bit by snakes – to develop immunity, Princess Bride-style. (He’s very graciously allowing scientists to study him – which leads Aaron to suspect he might just be doing it for the free checkups. Wouldn’t be the weirdest thing people have done for cheap healthcare, right?)

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: a trend in high-level chess toward imposing a 10-minute time limit on moves. Will that make chess TV-friendly? Aaron and Victor start brainstorming ideas – which immediately pivots into circus sideshow territory. (Also, Aaron complains about board games.)

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: the French government gives teens a government allowance during the pandemic, leading to a spike in manga sales – which now means manga sales are down in France, because teens aren’t getting that stimulus money anymore. (See also: every American business that spent its one-time stimulus money on new hires and expanded operations, and is now weirdly surprised at the fact that they suddenly don’t have the funds to sustain all that spending. Like, what did you think was going to happen?)

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: a tax-evasion scheme involving rich folks skirting around state luxury taxes by registering their fancy vehicles in Montana. (This does create a situation wherein all the richest, most selfish people in America have stashed their most expensive possessions in the same Montana mega-garages. Anyone up for an Ocean’s Eleven-style heist?)

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: the declining fortunes of Subway, which is rapidly shedding locations nationwide after peaking in the mid-2010s. Victor and Aaron get nostalgic about their Subway memories – which, come to think of it, are all from way back in the day. Why is it that fewer people are going to Subway these days? Aaron’s got theories, but nothing’s entirely certain. (Also, Aaron fondly remembers Cracker Barrel – which sparks gratuitous commentary from 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.

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Trending today: a debate about whether table-top role-playing games are really ‘games,’ or whether they’re actually ‘books.’ This is relevant for trade-war purposes: games are subject to tariffs, but books are not – so how do you classify an RPG, which really just consists of a manual? Aaron comes up with an intuitive solution which turns out to be similar to what’s already been decided; that decision hasn’t fully satisfied anyone, but in the words of Calvin & Hobbes, “a good compromise leaves everybody mad.”

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: increasing hassles for bars and restaurants that play background music – because there’s an increasing number of music-licensing companies that all require separate contracts. Also, Victor rants against Chive TV, and Aaron talks about the appeal of a particular Chapel Hill establishment that shall remain nameless (but you might be able to figure it out if you’re clever).

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 is surprised to learn that steel is cheaper than bottled water in Japan, but Aaron thinks (correctly, as it turns out) that this may be the case in a lot of places. Also: Victor dives into Zyn, the latest trend in nicotine consumption – which turns off Aaron in a big way, in part because you can’t even pretend it’s cool.

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: the company Yeti takes a hit from heightened tariffs, which have an especially big impact on vacuum insulation. (This actually delights Victor, who hates Yeti with a borderline-irrational passion – almost enough to cheer Donald Trump for dinging the company with his economic policy. Almost.)

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 and Aaron discuss “The Wall,” the L.A. Clippers’ fan section designed to enable fans to throw off opposing free-throw shooters. That’s just one of many architectural designs at sports arenas designed to give the home team a very slight advantage – what’s your favorite?

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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