Talk Topics

These were stories from the celebrated Talk Topics radio show prep column at 1999-2023. RIP. Go follow Perry @pmsimon.

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Why Some Consumer Brands Have Left Social Media https://t.co/y5k6xoDHWS

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Town Overrun By Rabbits... Rescue Or Kill? https://t.co/KDBFjc4E4i

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Marilyn Manson Pleading No Contest To Charges He Blew His Nose On Videographer At Concert https://t.co/ioAtIOYsIT

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Florida Family Fishes Old Newspaper Coin Box Out Of Canal By Home https://t.co/QeMRI1R03s

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Using Electric Vehicles As Backup Home Generator https://t.co/RgisOP15bV

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Two More Tourists Caught Vandalizing Rome's Colosseum https://t.co/iFBvdUgkhW

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What? People's Work Slows Down In Late Afternoon? Shocking! (How Is This A Story?) https://t.co/mnICOocnlF

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How Old Is Your Cat In Human Years? https://t.co/GKSqfHVfL0

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Blake Martinez Went From Playing In The NFL To Trading Pokemon Cards. He's Doing Insanely Well At It https://t.co/5fDoXyBs4h

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Hotels Are Cheaping Out And Underperforming https://t.co/eIGlfe48cR

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Office-To-Apartment Conversion Gets Attention On Zillow (But Not The Good Kind) https://t.co/ZzRNq876Qp

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Men's Speedos Are Back https://t.co/s6pvOhTOde

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Two Arrested For Looting California Homes That Collapsed Into Canyon https://t.co/ghBY8McB8X

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Florida Man Goes For Early Morning Walk, Gets Attacked By Alligator https://t.co/GPqu1L0Rjh

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Jeep Drivers Are Putting Rubber Ducks On Each Other's Vehicles, For Some Reason https://t.co/VLP2CVikoG

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Private Equity Quietly Takes Over Medical Business, Buying Up Doctors' Practices https://t.co/VWiz5XRY54

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Experts Tell You What To Eat When It's Hot (Not Ice Cream!) https://t.co/GGpjQLN21z

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'Reading Rainbow' Turns 40 https://t.co/JO19N7yRvc

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Remote Workers Who Moved To Another City Mull Suing Over Being Required To Return To The Office https://t.co/ruqlAJ6Ky1