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

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Trending today: the rise of theatrical re-releases – including “Coraline,” a 15-year-old movie that was one of the top 50 box office hits of 2024. (The second-biggest re-release of the year? The 25th anniversary re-release of The Phantom Menace.) Also, Victor and Aaron sing the praises of Fathom Events.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Trending today: a reported spike in sales of food coloring – thanks, apparently, to colorful recipes going viral on TikTok. (Also, Aaron and Victor disagree on the origins of pink lemonade. Turns out they’re both right, in case you’re wondering.)

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Trending today: a nationwide rise in neighborhood corner stores, which leads Victor to wonder why we don’t have more in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. (But where exactly would they go, in a town that’s already so full of supermarkets and grocery stores? Victor’s got a couple ideas…)

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Trending today: a new report on the rise of the interim college president, now that the average tenure of a college president is way down. (Blame it on politics, or at least transparency: the job of a college president is now more public – and subject to more scrutiny – than it used to be.) Victor and Aaron debate the reasons why we’re seeing more and more “interim” presidents sticking around for longer times: is it to shield the job from criticism (Victor), or (Aaron) is it because of the rise of the lucrative Search Committee industry?

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Trending today: a major deal in the music world, as Pink Floyd sells its catalog to Sony for $400 million. (What exactly does Sony get to do with the music now? Victor has your full explanation.) Also, Victor and Aaron search for Pink Floyd-related money puns…besides the obvious one, that is.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Trending today: a rising movement in favor of switching to a four-day work week, which can prevent burnout and generally make us all a little happier. (Can local news outlets move the dial by just unilaterally deciding to treat Friday as part of the weekend and only airing “weekday” programming from Monday to Thursday? Aaron and Victor volunteer as tribute.)

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Trending today: Tokyo residents are refusing to apply for jobs at offices that are too far from a subway station. (How far is “too far”? About eight minutes.) Also, Aaron discusses the difference between commuting in the Triangle at 5 a.m. and – you know, like, a normal time.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Aaron takes over today’s Trends with a follow-up: he just visited the Neon Museum in Las Vegas, the subject of a previous Trends segment. (Also, Victor laments not having more neon in his life. It’s all LEDs these days.)

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Trending today: Victor explores all the different uses for coconuts – and it turns out there are quite a few, and more coming all the time. (Also, Victor may or may not break the all-time record for saying the word “coconut” more times in three minutes than any human ever has.)

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Today, Victor tries to share interesting information about the geological history of the Mediterranean, but Aaron keeps distracting him with questions about the definition of a “sea.” (Victor does end up thanking him in the end, though.)

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