Coffee, Competitions, and Contaminated Coastlines: Today's Bizarre Headlines

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Ready for a beach vacation this summer? You might want to check the water quality reports first! We're diving into a truly stomach-turning study that found over 60% of US beaches tested in 2024 had unsafe levels of fecal bacteria contamination on at least one day. The Gulf Coast topped the contamination charts with a whopping 84% of beaches flagged for pollution, while Alaska and Hawaii remained relatively pristine with just 10% testing unsafe. Beyond the gross factor, this raises serious health concerns for beachgoers across the country.

Coffee lovers, we've got news that might have you reconsidering your morning brew choices. A fascinating new study published in the journal Food Science and Nutrition found that instant coffee drinkers with certain genetic predispositions face a shocking 700% increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness. The research analyzed data from over 500,000 participants in the UK Biobank, suggesting shared biological pathways between instant coffee consumption and this incurable eye condition.

We also weigh in on a viral fitness competition controversy that's dividing the internet. During Sydney's High Rocks event, a competitor continued his workout while paramedics treated his unconscious girlfriend nearby. Some witnesses condemned his actions as callous, while others claimed he periodically checked on her between exercises. The incident raises interesting questions about relationship priorities, competitive drive, and what we owe our partners in moments of crisis. We wrap up with a thought-provoking Bible question about the most important woman in scripture. Is it Mary, mother of Jesus, or perhaps Esther? Share your thoughts with us!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and good morning my little love bunnies.
Let's get right to it.
We have some interestingstories today.
We have one, two, three, yes,my three stories here.
The first one up it'ssummertime, which a lot of
people go on vacation and a lotof people go to the beach.
Well, and I think I've heardthis story prior summers, you

(00:25):
know, it seems like every summerthis story comes out.
I don't know why they'verecycled this.
Okay, more than half of EastCoast beaches tested positive
for fecal contamination.
Shocking new study reveals.
Shocking new study reveals.

(00:51):
Well, and I don't know, uh, ifthis is, I mean, did they?
What about the west coastbeaches?
What about the gulf of america?
What about those beaches?
Maybe they just tested this one, I don't know.
Hold your nose and maybe holdoff.
On that beach day, more than 60percent of us beaches tested in
2024 had a had at least one daywhere the water was so full of

(01:11):
fecal bacteria that it failedfederal safety standards,
according to a new report byenvironment, america's research
and policy center.
Who knew there was a federalsafety standard for fecal matter
in the oceans?
Who knew?
Now you do, thank you andyou're welcome.
That's 1930 beaches out of 3187that were dirtier than your dog

(01:38):
after a mud run.
Oh ha ha.
The top offenders, gulf Coast,now hold on a minute, where a
whopping 84% of beaches had atleast one pollution problem,
followed by the West Coast andthe Great Lakes.
So the East Coast didn'texactly sparkle, with 54% or

(02:00):
flagged for contamination.
Only Alaska and Hawaii offereda relatively clean sweep, with
just 10 percent of beachestesting unsafe.
What in the world?
Why do you?
What in the what?
Okay, why, why do you thinkthis is?
Why do you think this is so foralaska and hawaii being the

(02:21):
cleanest?
Oh my gosh, how bad is it?
Nearly one in seven beachesshowed potentially dangerous
levels of fecal contamination ona quarter of all testing days.
We are planning to go to orangebeach next, uh, soon.
I say soon, not during thesummertime.
We'd like to go off season, soit's later in the year, but we

(02:42):
normally don't get in the water.
We just sit in the beach.
We might walk along the waterline, but I don't get in the
water.
We just sit in the beach.
We might walk along the waterline, but I don't get in it
anymore, like I used to when Iwas a kid.
Oh, okay, well, you can go.
Finish reading that we need tomove on because uh yeah, all
right, your risk of developingan incurable blinding condition
goes up 700% if you prefer thiskind of coffee.

(03:04):
I call bullshit on this, andit's instant coffee.
I'm just going to give you theanswer right up front, because I
don't drink instant coffee, butI will if I have to in an
emergency.
Oh yes, in fact, I used tocarry instant coffee in my
handbag.
Yes, I did, because I lovecoffee, blinded by the brew.
Whether you're a latte lover, amocha monster or an espresso

(03:27):
elitist, people have strongpreferences when it comes to
coffee.
But what if we told you yourchoice of Java wasn't simply a
matter of taste?
An eye-opening study publishedrecently in the journal Food
Science and Nutrition found thatdrinking instant coffee may
dramatically increase your riskof age-related macular
degeneration or AMD, a leadingcause of blindness.

(03:52):
What, how, mr Shives?
I need to answer this.
Researchers analyzed data fromover 500,000 participants in the
UK biobank and discovered thatinstant coffee.
What are they doing putting itin their eyes that instant
coffee drinkers with a certaingenetic predisposition were 700

(04:14):
more likely to develop dry AMDand the more common and current
and curable form of the disease?
So you have to have a certaingenetic predisposition.
They don't tell what is that.
Oh, here we go.
No, I don't know if it tells usor not.
This genetic overlap suggeststhat there may be shared
biological pathways or metabolicmechanisms connecting the?

(04:34):
Okay, you know what metabolicmechanisms connecting the?
Okay, you know what?
I can't read.
Finish reading this.
This is I can't.
They don't give me any answers.
They don't give me any answers.
They just say it's bad for you.
If you can go, finish readingthat if you like.
The net.
The last story here.
I don't know how I feel aboutthis.
There are.
There are differing stories inthis particular article.

(04:57):
Boyfriend continues competingat fitness event as paramedics
treat his passed out girlfriend.
What a piece of shit.
A viral video from the sydneyhigh rocks event over the
weekend has sparked debateonline after footage service
service of a man continuing tocompete while his girlfriend and
teammate was left on the floorbeing treated by paramedics.

(05:20):
And this is where we losegiblets.
He says he stopped readingafter he got to the tick-tock
part.
The incident which quickly wentviral on tick-tock was captured
on video by a bystander whowatched in horror.
So this is a a big, hugefitness event.
You got to.
I guess this was a team event,this particular one, and there

(05:41):
has a girlfriend and boyfriendcompeting together.
She passes out and he continueson competing, doesn't?
I don't know if he is in thestory.
It says he he did walk over tosee if she was all right, but
then he went and finished hisworkout.
I don't know, there's differentstories, different.
I can't talk this morning, calmdown.

(06:02):
There are witnesses in herethat say he was a piece of crap
because he went ahead and keptcompeting and finished it
without her.
And then some say, no, hestopped every so often, went
over there to check on her, buthe did keep competing.
And you know, some people saythat that's what the wife wanted
him to do, who knows.

(06:23):
And she was okay.
She walked off on her own afterthe competition was done.
So High Rocks is a globalfitness racing event that
focuses on endurance runningwith functional strength
challenges.
So it's like CrossFitCompetitors compete, um, okay,

(06:45):
they do such things as sledpushes, burpee jumps, rowing and
wall balls.
Participants can compete assingles, doubles or in relay
teams, and each person wears atiming clip to record their pace
.
A woman allegedly passed out atsydney high rocks on the
weekend before her partner wenton to continue the race.

(07:07):
So if they're doing doubles andhe competes and he finishes,
but she doesn't, are theydisqualified?
So he competed and finished fornothing.
The woman was allegedlytwitching on the floor as
paramedics attended to her.
See what you're missing,giblets.
I'm telling you, I'm giving youall the information.

(07:28):
In the comments on the video,many condemned the man's
decision to continue the raceafter his partner fainted,
showed the public how he feelsabout her, wrote.
Commenter.
I hope that's her ex.
Now said another.
Oh my gosh, okay, so you, youcan go finish reading that if
you'd like.
What do you think?
I mean, if I had a partner andwe were, I mean I do have a

(07:49):
partner, but if we werecompeting, I have a partner, my
husband.
I hate that word.
My partner, no, he's my husband.
If we were competing in acompetition and he fell out on
me, I would stop immediately andgo to his side.
I mean, I had nothing I coulddo, of course, but I mean, if

(08:10):
the paramedics were there, Iwould still stop and pay
attention to him.
Oh my gosh, yeah, I think he'sa piece of crap.
I think he's a piece of crap.
I think he's a piece of crap.
All right, we need to move on tothe question of the day.
Mr Sean's has submitted thisquestion of the day.
I do not have an answer, but Iwill stumble through, okay.
So the answer, I mean thequestion is who do you consider

(08:32):
to be the most important womanof the Bible?
Now, my first gut response isMary, the mother of Jesus.
Not Magdalene Mary, but Mary,virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus
.
But I'm also reading, or notreading.
I'm listening to the Bible in ayear and right now we're on
Esther and, from what I cangather, she's pretty important

(08:53):
too.
So I don't know.
I don't know the answer to that.
I haven't gone througheverything.
I'm I'm.
Although I'm listening to theBible in the year, there are
some things that I just tune outwhile I'm driving and I know
I'm going to have to read thisover and listen to it over and
over and over again, read itover and over again, study it
more and more, over again.

(09:13):
But what are?
What is your answer?
I would like to know youranswers to that.
I don't know a lot of the womenin the Bible.
So there you go.
All right, gotta go.
Thanks for listening.
Love y'all.
Bye.