Joey and Nancy started the morning swapping storm stories after last night's rough weather. Nancy said driving through West Knoxville was nerve-racking because the rain and reflections made it almost impossible to see, while Joey couldn't get over how intense the lightning was.
A New York City Marathon runner's death led to a conversation about rhabdomyolysis. Karly explained how muscles can break down during extreme exertion and release toxins into the bloodstream. The whole thing had Joey joking that he doesn't want to exercise anymore.
A tiny election in Parrottsville turned into one of Nancy's favorite stories of the day. A brother-in-law and sister-in-law tied for a commission seat with 38 votes each, and with only 230 people living in town, everyone was trying to figure out how the tie would get broken.
Hot Tea: Martha Stewart says Craig Melvin is to blame for her controversial Halloween costume after he spilled chocolate on the sweater she planned to wear. Someone is selling a Jim Beam barstool that was supposedly used by Ella Langley, Luke Combs, Riley Green, and Chris Stapleton. Meanwhile, Coke's CEO says the company isn't exactly embracing TikTok's nickname for Diet Coke: "fridge cigarettes."
A movie theater in the Netherlands plans to hypnotize people before they rewatch movies they've already seen to find out if they can experience them like it's the first time again. That led to everyone sharing things they'd love to relive, from favorite movies and books to first trips to Disney and rides at Dollywood.
Nancy admitted she has a consultation scheduled with a plastic surgeon after seeing an AI version of herself with fewer wrinkles. She was surprised by how many friends and family members are trying to talk her out of it.
Lucky 7 for $50 to the Copper Cellar family of restaurants
The planned lighting upgrade for Knoxville's Sunsphere sparked an unexpectedly passionate debate. Joey and Nancy called Sports Animal host Brian Rice, who declared the whole thing a terrible idea and said nobody should be messing with one of Knoxville's most iconic landmarks.
Nerd News included a Romanian woman who unknowingly used a million-dollar piece of amber as a doorstop, a Florida police department's new flying patrol vehicle that can only stay in the air for about 20 minutes, and scientists in Australia who created a robot dog controlled by human brain cells.
Group Therapy focused on Megan, whose boyfriend wants her to delete every picture of her ex-husband from her phone. Since the photos include seven years' worth of vacations, holidays, and wedding memories, listeners were split on whether she should keep them or let them go.




