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April 29, 2025 11 mins

The real ID deadline is approaching and you need one or a passport to travel domestically. Conclave will chose the new Pope starting May 7th. Scientists have concluded that people with higher screen time have more neck pains. A pilot threatened to turn the airplane around after he saw passengers vaping. Gen Z is less likely to text and drive, but they have other distractions. A man climbing Mt. Fuji went back to retrieve his phone and needed to get airlifted back due to altitude sickness.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fred's show is on Bread's Biggest Stories of the Day.
It's what I'm saying, people texting about bad neighbors and
all this stuff talking about yard flamingos.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
I think there should be some kind of law.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
That I can give the previous owner of the house.
I'm about to buy a polygraph test before we close
to try and get a good idea. While you're moving,
make sure there's nothing going on that's going to affect
me negatively. Are you moving because the neighbors are bad?
Are you moving because there's something very wrong with the
house that we didn't know about. Now that's illegal, but

(00:33):
I mean I don't know what happens. Are you moving
because somebody was murdered in the house and there are ghosts?
I'm a mixed in our presence and you're not telling
me this And I'm gonna find out, And I guess
you can look all this stuff up, But I mean,
still you know the stuff happens. Am I gonna find
out this stuff buried in the backyard I didn't know about? Like,

(00:53):
I think I have a right to ask these questions,
so I don't I don't wind up with a house
that all this stuff's going on, we got the flamingo
person next door. You know, I know I don't want it,
So I think I should be able to ask questions
because when you move into a new neighborhood, who knows,
it could be all very very nice people, and the
people who are leaving you know that, you know, somebody
got transferred and they have to move and they're very

(01:13):
sad about it, and you're moving in the best neighborhood
ever and everyone's so cool. Or they could be leaving
because there've been fist fights in the cul de sac
about the yard nomes or the garden homes or whatever.
You know, I need to know this kind of stuff.
The real I D deadline is not going to be extended.
Do we all have real idea?

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Ky? Do you have less?

Speaker 1 (01:32):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Why do you ask me? Because I know you're the
one who wouldn't.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
No, I feel like, you know what, We'll let this thing,
the deadline go on.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Hold on a second, when do we have to go?
We have to go to Canada next week? We do
what days are that? May seventh is the deadline of
the passport? Right?

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah? It's valid? Yes, okay, so good.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
We're going to ride that out for a while let
this whole real I D thing die down and then
I'll go get it.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Let me help you. It's so easy. Yeah there were around. Yes,
I'll help you.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
The White House is signaling that it will not be
extending the real ID deadline.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
I guess.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Kentucky lawmakers sent a letter to Homeland Security asking for
a delay in enforcement, citing the potential for long lines
at the offices. The Trump administration says that all states
have to comply by the May seventh deadline. Real ID
is an enhanced security driver's license that will be needed
in order to board any domestic airline flight. Many states
are seeing long lines for people who want to get

(02:29):
their real.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
ID, right, So why would I go stand in the
line because you have to have it.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
I feel like, you know, I'll get it after.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
You know what all this.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
Ra raw is because you have to have it.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
That's what it is, raw raw, And I don't understand.
So excuse me. The idea that I have now is
not real. No, it's not real. It's not real. It
doesn't have the little gold stars. So silly, it is
so silly.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
This is this is like the Flamingos, you know, Like
why put us through all of this.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Man, we I just got my other.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
I knew you'd be the one you waited the line
for it, didn't you.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
Oh you don't have any kicks. I never mind, you'd
be the two. She has a different issue. No, I
don't want to tell you. I'm in trouble.

Speaker 4 (03:17):
Yeah, I did something bad.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
I need to know.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
So I was on had an appointment, and I was
on my way and I was like a rush, and
it was like crazy and life was just a littleina.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
Wow, everything was not crazy.

Speaker 4 (03:28):
So then I got in the car and then my
car started going slower and slower and slower. It's by
my house, thank god. But I was like, why is
my car not going? I ran out of gas?

Speaker 2 (03:36):
Why not going to get my friend Nick? I'm bring
Jonathan had to.

Speaker 4 (03:41):
Bring me gas and a gas tank. I was the
fun with Jason. He said, don't mean to come pick
you up. I'm like, well my house is right here,
so no, So I didn't half the time.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
You just forget forget this. I'm guessing try. You had
the appointment, so like, that's good. There was effort. We
just need to follow through.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
It was you know se that day, But now you
get when you don't get effort points.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
You don't get effort points. But when you miss the gas,
you don't get effort points. You missed one of these appointments,
you get put on a list.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
That's where it doesn't allow you to make more appointments
because the appointments are in such.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
Hiking the andry. Yeah, I think that. Yeah, so we're
working through that too. Ye, we are working through it.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
I still don't know how do you have gas in
twenty twenty five? I mean, honestly, good question, because you
have a relatively new car that I know is barking
at you over and over and over. I mean, if
I have, if I have like three quarters of a
tank left the cars like you better find a gas
age right now, Broy.

Speaker 2 (04:34):
You in trout flashing attention. It was so crazy. Imagine that. No,
like I wasn't like no.

Speaker 4 (04:41):
I know, no, I know, I mean I was, I
got an appointment?

Speaker 1 (04:45):
Was it?

Speaker 2 (04:45):
Where was it?

Speaker 1 (04:45):
Like?

Speaker 2 (04:46):
Where was it? Where? We don't even know where? Where
did you get your a couple of years ago? It
started in like twenty twenty.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
This was the whole thing, heart about the I'm trying
to remember why we did a whole thing on the
radio about it. But it was a whole thing and
I had to go there. I don't remember what the thing,
what the issue was, but there was an issue. But
I had trying to get an appointment. I think it
was like it was during COVID. Trying to get an
appointment was hard, and then I got an appointment, and
then if I worked out, you know, but conclave is

(05:20):
going to choose a new pope and it will begin
on May seventh. I watched the movie Conclave, by the way,
which is it's a great movie. I highly recommend it.
It was a really good movie. I didn't expect it
to be. I don't know how I missed it. Didn't
it win a bunch of.

Speaker 2 (05:33):
Awards, but it was up for a bunch of awards. Yeah,
and I missed it, but it was really well done.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
The papal conclave to elect Pope Francis's successor is scheduled
to begin on May seventh. I know, Jason, you're they're
talking to you about it. Yeah. I know you're not
a cardinal, but they're talking about making you one.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
They're contracting me in.

Speaker 1 (05:50):
Yeah, because I think I think it would make an
excellent pope. I mean, why not, I really do, I
have like eighteen years of Catholic school experiences. Yeah, that
sounds like funny. The conclave will be large, one hundred
and thirty five eligible cardinal electors under the age of eighty,
many appointed by Pope Francis himself. They'll remain isolated from
the outside world. There's no telling you if. I don't know

(06:11):
where they got the information for the movie Conclave, So
I don't know how realistic it is, but I will
say it. If it's anything like any other voting process
I've been a part of about you know, small, small
people inducting people into a group, or a hiring process
or anything, then this does look very realistic. They'll attend
a morning Mass and then they'll enter the Sistine Chapel,
where they'll take oh sub secrecy and begin voting. A

(06:34):
two thirds majority is required to elect a new pope.
Voting continues with up to four ballots per day until
they have it. After each round ballots are burned, black
smoke signals no decision. White smoke and the ringing of
the bells announced the election of a new pope, and
upon election, the new Pope will choose a papal name
and deliver a blessing on the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica. So,

(06:57):
I guess everyone stands outside this thing waiting for the
white smoke come out?

Speaker 2 (07:00):
How do they control that? Lee? Do they put something
to make it? I guess most swear they burned. I
don't know. It's a very good question.

Speaker 1 (07:07):
A cell phone will well, the cell phone's solely killing
all of us. But cell phone use is tied to
eighty two percent increase risk in neck pain.

Speaker 2 (07:16):
Do you have a neck pain kiking?

Speaker 3 (07:18):
No?

Speaker 2 (07:20):
You sure no?

Speaker 1 (07:21):
No, because using a mobile phone increase is the risk
of neck pain by I mean a lot. That's according
to a meta analysis covering twenty five studies involving more
than forty three thousand people. They come through data on
screen based behavior finding the odds of neck pain increase
with hours spent sitting and engaged in low energy activities.

(07:42):
People who were sedentary, which is I think a word
for lazy for four hours per day had a forty
five percent increased risk of neck pain compared to the
non sedentary individuals. Well, those who were sedentary for more
than six hours had an eighty eight percent higher risk.
Watching TV didn't appear to be a significant risk for
neck pain computer use, though twenty three percent research also

(08:04):
reveals women are at greater risk for neck pain than men,
and employees at greater risk than students. It's a Kobe
Bryant jersey that set a record for any memorabilia tied
to La Lakers. I guess it's anything, but it's tied
to the La Lakers legend who died in a helicopter
crash in twenty twenty with his thirteen year old daughter Gianna.

(08:25):
Seven million dollars for Kobe's debut jersey seven million bucks.
It's a record for sportsman. I think, is it any memorabilia?
I don't know if it's a sports or whatever. A
pilot pulled a mom and dad and threatened to turn
this plane around if.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
You don't act right. I'm gonna turn this thing around.

Speaker 1 (08:43):
After passenger year for vaping in the Live Linden lavatory.

Speaker 2 (08:47):
Rather, you're not supposed to do that.

Speaker 1 (08:49):
During an Alaska Airlines slighte from Ela to kankun, a
stressed out passenger reportedly snuck a few puffs in the lavatory,
which triggered the smoke alarm. Prompting a pilot to jump
on the intercom, warning everyone that vape we're smoking is
a federal offense, and threatening to turn the plane around
if it happened again.

Speaker 2 (09:04):
Passengers share the.

Speaker 1 (09:05):
Drama online, with many reminding folks that even though vaping
isn't smoking, it's still banned by the FAA. Some even
joke that patches or nicotine alternatives are the way to
go when you're in the air. The flight did make
it to Kanekun, but that power got on there and
he stood on business. You know what, You'll been in
the backseat, y'all want to keep doing that? We return
his car around and we'll go home and I'll make

(09:26):
you McDonald's. We have McDonald's at home. We don't. We
don't have McDonald's at home. Maybe this is for you, Paulina.
But Gen Z may not be texting and driving as
much as you think, but they're still distracted. A new
survey shows that Gen Z is more likely than any
other generation to snack behind the wheel, drive wells hired,
argue in the car, or even let their pets ride

(09:46):
shotgun on their laps. Only thirty percent of them even
think their generation drives safely, so mean yeah, all that
they're also the most tech savvy on the road. Nearly
sixty percent used drive mode car Android Auto regularly, and
they're leading the packet hands free calls and directions. They're
even embracing tech to lower the car insurance rach by

(10:08):
letting apps track their driving habits. But still everyone's worried
about your cell phone use. But then your dog is
running around the place everything else. And in one more
smartphone story for you, a university student had to be
rescued twice in four days from Mount Fuji in Japan,
all over his phone. So the twenty seven year old
Chinese student was first airlifted after losing I guess some

(10:33):
equipment that he needed and then got stuck in snowy conditions.
Days later, he returned to the mountain to get his
phone because he left it there, and then he suffered
from altitude sickness and they had to rescue him again.
Mount Fuji's trails are officially closed this time of year
because of dangerous weather, and authorities warned against off season climbs.

(10:53):
Critics online have slammed the student for ignoring safety advice
and called for him to cover the cost of the rescue,
So that would be what they pull you out the
side of the mountain. I don't know how you got
there to begin with, and then you're like my phone,
watch different?

Speaker 2 (11:08):
What am I gonna do? And then you climb back
up there and then you can't get down again. I
would is she.

Speaker 3 (11:13):
Like, have you ever lost your phone behind your bit?
Like it's falling behind your head? Or I wake, I
wake the whole house up. Hey, everybody gotta get up.
This mattress gotta be moved. My phone is under there.
I can't get it.

Speaker 2 (11:23):
I don't mess around. You're the problem at you? Yeah, man,
I gotta up all for one thousand dollars phone.

Speaker 1 (11:28):
I have no idea what airlifting somebody costs, but I
think that i'd probably just consider it a loss and
go buy a new phone. Or when they rescued me
the first time, I'd be like, hold on, wait a second,
let's find my phone first, you.

Speaker 2 (11:40):
Know, just for efficiency. I suppose why am I going back?
It's National shrimp Scampy Day today. We'll do.

Speaker 1 (11:47):
Yeah, I'm down for that. Let's go my lobster Scampy.
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