Mediocre News: Recent Episodes
Mediocre News
Mediocre News brings you the interesting social currency facts from the headlines, the sidelines, and pop culture! New episodes every week so you can have fun staying current while not taking things too seriously.
Mediocre News Episode #4
Ivanka Trump gets a office in the white house? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/daughter-ivanka-trumps-role-white-house-grown/story?id=46274494
Sports NCAA brackets - 9 Quintilian to 1 change to win https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2015/03/17/bracketology-101-picking-a-perfect-bracket-is-actually-easier-than-you-think/#32c87b5b2abd And interesting statistics
Finance Radio Shack Bankruptcy (Again) http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/09/519440212/radioshack-files-for-bankruptcy-again
Other News New Red iPhones? Chicago gang members stealing guns (762 murders last year) http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/09/chicagos-violent-gangs-looting-freight-cars-filled-with-guns.html
How bands make money? Minimum per gig $ amount Merch sales % of alcohol purchases
Picks of the week: Kodi Paper towel
Mediocre News, Episode 003: Oscars Screw Up - How could this have ever happened? http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/entertainment/academy-awards-mistake-what-happened/ http://marcfriedlandinc.com/oscar.html
Uber in the news - What a total HR sexiest nightmare Men harassing women, only had a couple of women engineers even working for them in the end. https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/02/27/uber-exec-fired-for-allegedly-hiding-sexual-harassment-claim.html Funny Uber ride share, GF cheating
SnapChat IPO - is it worth it? National Day Calendar - Did you know that National Kick Butts Day is coming up? National I want you to be happy day - 3/3 National Get Over it Day - 3/9 National Open an Umbrella indoors Day - 3/13 National Everything you do is Right Day - 3/16 National Kick Butts Day - 3/15
Pick of the Week Pliney the Elder Pasta
Mediocre News - Episode 2 Recorded on 2/21/217 Links from show notes:
Oroville Damn Bursts: http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/02/21/oroville-lake-52-feet-9-upstream-reservoirs-flood/ http://www.snopes.com/history/american/tylergrandsons.asp
Jim Buss Fired from Los Angeles Lakers: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18734012/los-angeles-lakers-put-magic-johnson-charge-agree-sports-agent-rob-pelinka-new-gm
Pick of the Weak: Gormia Sous Vide https://www.amazon.com/Gourmia-Digital-Immersion-Circulator-Precision/dp/B017HX176I?th=1
