What’s Trending: Tetrapods, Olives and Gulls
Trending today: a not-so-fun story about missing tetrapod species, and a fun story about seagulls and olives in Europe.
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What’s Trending: Peak Sand
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 9, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
What’s trending today is sand, a surprisingly hot commodity that’s used in construction – so hot that there’s now a thriving black market.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: I’m Ok, You’re Not Ok
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 8, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a YouGov survey finds Americans say they’re doing well personally, though they think Americans in general are struggling.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: New Orleans Wings
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 7, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Victor’s discovery that KFC in China made $100 million by selling “New Orleans-style wings.” Does such a thing even exist?
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Downloads Down!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 6, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a tweak in the way Apple tracks podcast listenership has a big negative impact on some shows. (Monthly ones, to be exact.)
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Salt in Minnesota
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 5, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a study raises concerns about the environmental impact of salting the roads in Minnesota – but is this a new problem?
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: The Pew Pew Pew Research Center
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 2, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Victor starts with fun facts about turtles and segues into fun facts about Mexican restaurants, while Aaron gets geographic.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Tree Haves and Tree Have-Nots
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 1, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a new study finds thousands of tree species, but only a few that account for the vast majority of trees in the world.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: IMAX, James Cameron, and Earplug Snobs
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 31, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the success of IMAX (2023 was its second-biggest year) sparks a conversation about Aaron and Victor’s moviegoing habits.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: The Tim Horton’s of Your Nose
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 29, 2024 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the disappearance of Kleenex from Canada, thanks to a weird quirk in the way paper products are manufactured.
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