Episode 225: Fatal Selfies, The REAL ID Debacle, & 40 Years of Dollywood

INTRO (00:23): Kathleen opens the show drinking a Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewery. She shares the location of her new favorite Cajun restaurant in Nashville, and lays plans to head to the Ozarks for Mother’s Day weekend. 

 

TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Day Drinking Tour.”

 

COURT NEWS (18:43): Kathleen shares news that Dolly Parton is celebrating 40 years of Dollywood, Jelly Roll continues to lose weight and set health goals, and Chappell Roan turns heads at the Met Gala.

 

TASTING MENU (2:48): Kathleen samples Cheetos Flamin’ Hot Dill Pickle Crunch, Popeye’s Blackened Ranch Dipping Sauce, and SKINNYPOP Harry Potter Butterbeer Kettle Corn. 

 

UPDATES (27:24): Kathleen shares updates on Prince Harry’s security appeal, Bill Belichick’s girlfriend Jordon Hudson continues to fuel a PR nightmare, Pope Francis gifts the Popemobile to the children of Gaza, and Starbucks is adding new staff (again).

 

HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (43:01) : Kathleen reveals the discovery of nearly 600 gold coins dating back to 1808 by hikers in the Czech Republic. 

 

FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (45:13) : Kathleen shares articles on REAL ID being implemented May 7th, TEMU halts shipping direct from China, Oracle pays $60M for the River North area in Nashville, St. Louis’s Gateway Arch turns off the lights for the entire month of May, a Canadian man goes missing from a Nashville bar, a 7-year-old drives his sister to McDonalds, an American tourist dies taking a selfie in Rome, the Savannah Bananas set a ticket sales record in Clemson, American Airlines is investing in DFW Airport, and “knocker-uppers” were commonly hired to wake people up before alarm clocks were common. 

 

WHAT ARE WE WATCHING (20:39): Kathleen recommends watching the The Godfather of Harlem on MGM+.

 

FEEL GOOD STORY (1:25:13): Kathleen reads about the legend of Jenny, the “Titanic Cat.”