What’s Trending: NASCAR Was So Far Ahead
Trending today: a sponsorship deal between the Big 12 and Monster Energy, giving Monster Energy naming rights to Big 12 schedules.
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What’s Trending: Camping Can Be Such A Drag
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 16, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Victor and Aaron revisit an earlier segment about the definition of “camp”: Aaron likes Victor’s idea, but John Waters still gets in the way.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: It’s Gonna Be The Hated British
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 15, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a survey showing Europeans are more positive about the European Union now that the United Kingdom has left.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Endgame! (For Cigarettes, That Is)
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 14, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: health experts and some countries are pursuing an “endgame” on tobacco use, trying to eliminate it altogether.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Burning Man’s MOOP Map
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 13, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Victor explores the high cost of attending Burning Man – and discovers that it’s partly about federally-mandated cleanup.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Donuts and Girl Scout Cookies, Together and Alive At Last
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 10, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Krispy Kreme teams up with the Girl Scouts to make cookie-themed donuts, and Aaron disses Henry David Thoreau.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Turns Out, Canadians Really Hold A Grudge
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 9, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: new data suggesting an even bigger drop in Canadian tourism to the U.S. than we initially thought – about 42 percent overall.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Self-Imposed Cultural Synesthesia
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 8, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: A massive cross-cultural study finds that colors don’t actually affect our moods, feelings or emotions.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Shibumi Goes The Dynamite
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 7, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Myrtle Beach bans the Shibumi Shade, an increasingly popular beach accessory that was first created by a trio of UNC grads.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Old Music is the New New Music
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 6, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a new report finding that older songs (more than 10 years old) are making up a high percentage of Spotify’s top 100.
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