Friday is Let’s Laugh Day – so avoid laughing until then, people. Also: the escalator is patented, Typhoid Mary is found, and NC regains the Bill of Rights.
Trending today (in two parts!): California bans screaming, chimps get bored on Zoom, a newsroom pays for clicks, and two guys impersonate the Wu-Tang Clan.
Neither Susan, Aaron, nor Victor are wearing green today – no green in the studio either! – but that won’t stop them from recommending great Irish books.
Organized in response to the Covid shutdown, the food hub Carrboro United is now celebrating a year in operation. Aaron chats with co-founder Zoe Dehmer.
Trending today: Elton John calls out the Catholic Church; a fraud case roils a high school homecoming election; a West Virginia restaurateur is arrested.