Trending today: the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a new museum in Los Angeles that’s taken George Lucas 15-plus years to bring to fruition – and counting, with cost overruns and personnel switches even with the opening date finally getting closer. (Also, Aaron reveals that he has a copy of the Holy Grail: the original theatrical version of the Star Wars trilogy, on a high-quality DVD.)

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Trending today: the rapid decline of Starbucks’ popularity in Seattle – which confuses Aaron, who figured that would have already happened years ago. Starbucks’ popularity is also on the wane in other big U.S. cities, but not all: it’s actually becoming more popular in Austin, of all places.

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Trending today: the rise of BEOS, or “brain electrical oscillation signature” – which is increasingly being used by courts in India as a high-tech lie-detector test, even though there’s virtually no evidence that it’s anything more than phony pseudo-science. (Also, Victor tests out a Howard Dean impression, but Aaron’s not yet impressed.)

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Trending today: Victor, Aaron, and special guest Michael Koh consider which individual athletes outpace their teams in Instagram followers. (Though in the end, it’s all just an excuse to rag on the Tampa Bay Rays. As well it should be.)

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Trending today: a massive national study finds that even now, school principals default to mothers over fathers when choosing which parents to contact about their kids. (This is even the case when the parents explicitly say ‘call Dad first.’) It’s a fascinating study about persistent and pervasive gender norms – but Aaron’s more interested in the logistics of the research, which involved sending 80,000 fictitious emails to principals nationwide.

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Trending today: a once-popular restaurant in a South Korea gas station that lost its mojo when it started employing robots to make their food. (Look, y’all, automation makes sense for basic stuff, but when the whole appeal is based on the atmosphere and the special little tweaks, the robot sous-chef probably isn’t going to be your best bet.) Also, Aaron objects to the one job the restaurant set aside for humans.

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Trending today: a study that takes a deep dive into the posture of Barbie dolls – and finds that Barbies with ‘jobs’ are more likely to be made with flat feet. (Victor’s fascinated by the social implication, but Aaron’s more interested in how much that must complicate the manufacturing process.)

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Trending today: Aaron follows up on our recent discussion about unfunny comedies with a theory about why they’re so prevalent, courtesy of comedy writer Jesse David Fox – who argues that social media is forcing (or freeing) comedians to explore other goals besides mere laughter, just as photography forced (freed) artists to explore new approaches to art in the 19th century. (Also, Aaron comes real close to making Victor swear on the air.)

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Trending today: a recap of the MLB All-Star Game, including great defense in the Home Run Derby and a final ‘swing-off’ to determine the winner – and speculation about how other sports may or may not be able to replicate this week’s baseball success. (Michael Koh fills in for Victor.)

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Trending today: a not-very-popular New Jersey diner turns out to be a shell company for fraudulent stock trading. Also, Victor puts a strange amount of faith in the ethics of billionaires, and Aaron comes up with the best pun he’s going to come up with all year.

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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