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April 24, 2025 13 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
In the morning's top drinding stories, stop training stories of
the day. All right, what's up with this? You know
we did it one time. We don't need to be
doing this stuff again. What is up with this ice
bucket challenge thingy? Coming back?

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Shannon is everywhere? And I tagged you guys yesterday.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
Yeah. By the way, my.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Daughter her got me.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
Yes, I saw, I saw that. Hold on a second
hair hold on? Uh welch.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
For the Ice Bucket Challenge, I nominate Riley Read, Charlie, Shannon,
Sam and West.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
You have twenty four hours a second, she calls you,
Shannon right, oh there she is kidding dumb.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
John, Oh hi, my nay missus. Shannon boy was nominated
by my today.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
For the Ice Bucket Challenge, I nominate Lydia, Zach, Mojo, keV,
Meghan and beyond.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Y'all have twenty four twenty four hours. I'll tell you what.
Oh my god or not?

Speaker 2 (01:08):
You know, don't get me over the head. She's like,
I'm not telling enough. Can we do it again?

Speaker 1 (01:11):
I said no, no, So what is this for now?
It's not als?

Speaker 2 (01:15):
Huh it's it is not for for als.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
So it is for the it's to raise awareness for
mental health. And it started over at USC, the University
of Southern California. So yes, because it's called the US,
it's called it's called the USC Mind Challenge, and they're
encouraging donations to an organization called Active Mind.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Can we just make donations if you're going to I.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Mean you can, you can just make make a donation.

Speaker 4 (01:45):
But I love that this time around, especially because I
see it going around like elementary, middle and high school
kids like for the past two weeks or so, and
to destigmatize, you know, mental health issues and to kind
of I more awarenes I love that that is the
cause for especially.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
That age group. I think that's really important.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
I agree.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
But do you think ALS is a little bit pissed?

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Oh that their idea? I guess I'll want to get
because I never saw it before. I think, right then
they came up with it, right, they came up with
that idea. All right. A couple of trending stories that
are out I want to get to. This story is
a big story. It was a big story yesterday that
Trump wants to pay you to have babies. The uh,

(02:31):
the Trump administration is looking to offer five thousand dollars
baby bonuses as incentives to try to get the population
to grow since the birth rate has gone down.

Speaker 5 (02:45):
The Trump administration is considering ways to encourage more women
to get married and have children, including a five thousand
dollars baby bonus.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Sounds like a good idea to me.

Speaker 5 (02:57):
The money would be offered to every American mother after
after she gives birth, an incentive aimed at increasing the
country's historically low birth rate, which has declined since two
thousand and seven. That year, approximately four point three million
babies were born, compared to three point six million last year.
Since taking office, the administration has made an effort to

(03:18):
promote families.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
So let me say very simply, I want more babies
in the United States of America.

Speaker 5 (03:25):
Simone Collins is a pro natalist, pushing for ways to
make it easier for people to have kids.

Speaker 6 (03:31):
As much as I personally love the idea of getting
five thousand dollars for another kid, it's not going to
move the needle, and it's certainly not going to be
enough for parents to decide that they can have that
next kid or their first kid instead.

Speaker 5 (03:44):
She says, there are simpler and cheaper ways the government
can ease the burden on parents, such as loosening regulations
on daycare programs and car seats. Collins and her husband
have submitted several draft executive orders to the White House,
including one that would give a national Medal of Motherhood
to women with six or more children.

Speaker 6 (04:05):
We don't want to shame or careerse anyone into having children.
It's really a movement about making it easier for people
who really like having kids to have the number of
kids they want.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
Interesting a lot of people opposed to it. Obviously, the
ladies of the view were upset about this five thousand
dollars baby.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
And I want to know who's making them.

Speaker 7 (04:28):
And so when I looked into that, they're saying that
the US birth rate is declining. However, in twenty twenty four,
there was a one percent increase in US births, but
that increase was with Hispanic mothers and Asian mothers AHA,
So they don't seem to be concerned about that increase.

(04:50):
They seem to be more concerned about a decrease in
other populations.

Speaker 8 (04:54):
Say it no, I based on that, and so well,
it's it's just it's just based on a study. And
so the other thing, I will said that anywhere.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
I mean, I just feel like, yeah.

Speaker 9 (05:06):
It's it's just it's just fair enough.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
It's just they said that this is to target only
white family.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Oh I didn't say that. So interestingly enough, I think
that the woman that was in that news clip had
it right. I think that if you try to come
up with a more of an incentive that it doesn't
cost you so much. I have kids, yeah, like where
you help out with the child care.

Speaker 4 (05:31):
I mean, the lack of affordable quality childcare is such
a huge barrier for women thinking about becoming parents. Also
the number one barrier for women in the workforce. I mean,
you know that's that's such a huge thing in this country.

Speaker 3 (05:47):
And the other problem with it is the problematic history
of awarding medals to women for having children.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
Well they do, then they have given tax breaks for
you if you have children that you get more money
off your taxis. So this is not like it's uncommon
that there is a financial more of a financial benefit
for those that have kids that don't have kids. This
one is out right just coming out and you.

Speaker 2 (06:10):
Realize that the birthrate had going on so much.

Speaker 4 (06:12):
And when I hear that anybody else who watches Handmaid's
tale just like puts me in a little bit of
an alert.

Speaker 1 (06:18):
But that one is what was the story wasn't in
the story and the Handmaid's Tale without giving away too
much information, that they weren't the ones having the babies
though they were making these people.

Speaker 4 (06:28):
Women were increasingly becoming infertile.

Speaker 1 (06:32):
Interesting, Uh, well, we're giving way babies. We're actually men.
We're actually giving you basically babies for free with IVF
Michigan in the Ohio Fertility Center. If you would like
to have babies, have a baby, have our babies, did
you guys hear this? Nearly four hundred of these were

(06:53):
left behind on a plane in the past year. Do
you know what these is?

Speaker 3 (06:58):
I'm going to use phones, no guess, and their toys
adult toys.

Speaker 1 (07:02):
Phones, toys, would you say, air pods? That's a good guess.
Wedding rings. Nearly four hundred wedding rings are left behind
on a plane, which is wild because I'm thinking to myself,
you know, why is your wedding ring that I can guess.

Speaker 3 (07:19):
Why it's become a huge trend is like taking care
of yourself during the flight, like putting your hair into curlers,
doing a skincare routine. I bet it's girls taking off
the rings to put on lotion and forgetting to put
them back on.

Speaker 1 (07:33):
It's interesting that that is one of I bet you
the other things that you guys said, Well, I think
air pods probably even probably maybe more than four hundred.
But I'd love to know. I don't know if any
of our listeners have ever lost their wedding ring. Where's
the craziest place you lost your wedding ring? Because there's
nothing worse than when you lose your wedding ring or
don't remember where you put it, trying to figure out
if you can't find it, how to explain that to you? Right?

(07:56):
Speaking of speaking of planes, could you would you accept
thousands of dollars to get off a plane? One Delta
passenger turned a holiday travel hassle into three thousand dollars. Yeah, dude.
It happened over Easter. There was a lot of chaos,
and the person on Reddit said that there was a

(08:17):
packed Delta flight from Chicago to Seattle when the gate
agent quietly offered three thousand dollars to anyone who is
willing to give up their seat due to a fuelinge
rebalance issue. So yeah, take them mine. As soon as
you say issue, thirty thousand travelers didn't hesitate. They all

(08:38):
shot up to the front and said I want to
do it. Delta handed out two vouchers, one for two
thousand dollars, the other for one thousand dollars because they
were over sold. I've been one time on a plane
where they offered one thousand dollars and it was a fight.

Speaker 2 (08:53):
The miriad that was the most I've ever heard.

Speaker 1 (08:56):
This is interesting. Can you relate to this? Married couples
don't like to sit on flights together. Couples, as we
will say, they prefer to sit separate. Travel advisor Nadia
Henry from something called Sparkle said that this is now
the new big thing. While couples sometimes want to sit

(09:17):
side by side, a lot of couples don't want to
do that. They want to sit separate. So one will
choose the aisle seat, one will choose the window seat,
and they'll leave something in between them. They don't want
to be married or.

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Are they doing this so that they hope the middle
seat doesn't sell?

Speaker 1 (09:30):
But every flight seems like it's got something sold, and
now you have the risk of having somebody that might
be I don't know a bigger dude or bigger lady
like sitting next to you.

Speaker 2 (09:40):
But then you swap one of you who swaps?

Speaker 1 (09:42):
Then you got to figure out who's the one that swaps,
who draws the short straw in that one. I have
to tell you, Like I think, as far as planes go,
the best option is sitting across the aisle from each other.
I know, sitting next to each other is kind of nice,
but if you sit on both get aisle seats, you
get more leg room. On that case, I like.

Speaker 4 (10:00):
To sit right next to West because I use his shoulder.
I fall sleep as soon as I sit down. I
don't want to stranger.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
Today is the day that should be a quiet day
for couples. Couples fighting happens less on a Thursday than
any other day of the week, according to researchers at
the University of Iowa. They theorrorized because Wednesday is the
farthest day from the weekend, that that's actually one of

(10:26):
the biggest fighting days, while Thursdays getting closer to the
weekend means that you're more in a lighthearted mode that
you actually don't necessarily feel like you need to get
into too much heavy stuff. That's interesting because I feel
like Thursday nights to me seem like it's more relaxing
for me. That's because you know it, tomherew Frost.

Speaker 2 (10:46):
Yeah, Friday shows are fun.

Speaker 1 (10:48):
Yeah, And I kind of always like feel like that's
the thing for me, Like I feel like I'm gonna
like I'm not gonna get myself caught up in something
that's that's too crazy. And as far as the textar,
we just got some text here about where you lost
your ring. It's amazing how many people say that their
spouse lost their ring in a strip club. Now, like

(11:09):
that to me is like three text messages. We have
to do this as a topic tomorrow. I need to
hear some of the see where they lost Brent, what's
going on? It's moje in the morning.

Speaker 9 (11:18):
Hi, Hey, good morning, first time, long time.

Speaker 1 (11:25):
You're a happy one, Brent. What's going on?

Speaker 9 (11:28):
Well, I'm I'm at work cutting vegetables and fish. I
run a little sushi place, and I want to say
about losing my wedding ring.

Speaker 1 (11:35):
So where'd you lose it?

Speaker 9 (11:38):
So I got married down in the Virgin Islands and
we went to this like all inclusive place to get married.
And then we stayed somewhere else, but we got drunk
the second day after we get married, and we swam
back to the all inclusive resorts and while sarkling my
ring so off. You know, I had it for almost
a day.

Speaker 1 (11:58):
I heard that happen a lot of time, people losing
on their honeymoon. A lot of times it doesn't fit right,
That's one of the biggest reasons. But also you're more
active and you're doing stuff outside with water sports and
things like that.

Speaker 9 (12:09):
Yeah, water sports and a lot of alcohol.

Speaker 1 (12:12):
Thank god you were with your lovely bride. Otherwise you
would have been screwed. If you've lost that thing, like
on your post honeymoon like bachelor party, that would have
not been a good situation.

Speaker 9 (12:22):
Right, That would not have been good. No, but yeah
it was. It was a good time. It was just
had to get a new ring when I got back.

Speaker 1 (12:28):
So yeah, men's rings by are such a waste of money,
Like I know, because they're expressly they're expensive as hell.
I'm telling you, if you think about this, don't get
a get an aurror ring or one of those things
that actually gives you something else to do with it.
I'm telling you That's what I decided to do. And
at least I'm wearing it for a purpose, because I

(12:48):
think guys that wear multiple rings anyway kind of seem
a little weird. The new thing is a wedding watches.
Really really, I kind of like that. I do like
that too. Or necklaces. What do you think about a
necklace or something like that. I'm not a big necklace guy.
Bracelet right now I wear what would Jesus? That's all
I do? How about a nose ring?

Speaker 10 (13:07):
Not my speaker, I'm gonna say that for Tupac. How
about a ring and a Dana champion if this is
winning championship. There are reports that I will be getting
a version.

Speaker 1 (13:21):
That would be amazing, so cool that buddy, that'd be great.
Go get that crowd going tonight. You may you see.

Speaker 2 (13:30):
Cab if you're going to the game, make sure you
say hi.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
Go instance have a great day. We'll see tomorrow. Twenty
plus years of idiocy and still going in Detroit, Toledo,
in West Michigan, it's Clow in the morning.
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