Show Notes for Tuesday, December 16, 2026

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

What We're Talking About

The news we couldn't ignore if we tried

Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $1.25 Billion

WKRN— The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.25 billion after Monday night's drawing failed to produce a winner matching all six numbers. The numbers drawn were 23, 35, 59, 63, 68, and the red Powerball 2, with a Power Play multiplier of 4X. Two players, one in Arizona and one in California, won $1 million by matching five numbers. The next drawing will take place on Wednesday night, and since 2016, the U.S. has had over a dozen lottery jackpots surpass $1 billion, with the largest prize being $2.04 billion in November 2022. This current jackpot is second to the $1.326 billion won in Oregon last year by a man battling cancer.

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Merriam-Webster Finally Calls the Internet “Slop”

NYPost— Merriam-Webster crowned “slop” the word of 2025, officially labeling our feeds as AI junk—fake news, work reports nobody reads, and endless talking cats. The internet finally got its food bowl scraped.

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The American Dream Comes With a Monthly Payment

StudyFinds— Chasing the American Dream now means signing up for $1.8 million in lifetime debt—house, cars, college, and plastic. It’s not a dream, it’s a subscription plan that auto-renews until you die.

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Even Santa Can’t Afford Santa Anymore

StudyFinds— Santa’s cookie plate jumped to $8.44 thanks to egg prices doing backflips, and now even carrots for the reindeer feel bougie. When basic Christmas nostalgia is up 31% since 2020, it’s not just Santa getting squeezed.

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Pensacola Man Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl

WEAR TV3— A 32-year-old Pensacola man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, along with methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, as well as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court records, Jermaine Z. Lewis distributed fentanyl in Pensacola during January and February, and investigators later intercepted a mailed package addressed to him containing about four pounds of fentanyl pills. This discovery led to a search of his residence in March 2025, where authorities found two loaded firearms, multiple illegal drugs, and receipts documenting wire transfers of money sent to Mexico. Lewis had prior felony convictions in state court.

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Ask Uncle Bobby

Bad advice for good people.

As heard on the B-Team Morning Show

Each weekday, some poor soul writes in for help. Uncle Bobby gives them the worst advice we can legally put on the air.

January 24 · Today's Letter

Dear Uncle Bobby,

My office has turned into a nonstop fight over temperature. Some people keep the AC so cold you can see your breath, others run space heaters like campfires. It’s distracting and causing tension. How do I handle this without making enemies?

Sweltering Arctic Tension
Thermostat Vigilante

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Today's Holidays

Celebrate the weird stuff. We do.

Holiday #1 of 4

Stupid Toy Day

Stupid Toy Day, for the uninitiated and the recently concussed, is that sacred annual ritual where adults with credit card debt buy overpriced plastic nonsense for children who will abandon it faster than a politician abandons campaign promises. It’s a celebration of consumer regret disguised as holiday cheer, where batteries are never included and assembly requires a minor in engineering. The whole thing’s less about joy and more about watching your nephew cry because his robot dog doesn’t bark in Mandarin like the commercial promised. But hey—nothing says love like stepping on a $90 Lego at 3 a.m. while questioning your place in the universe.

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