S3E7 - Oddly True for April Fools' Day

On this April Fools’ Day eve Lamar and Tom have a bit of fun with some of the odd but true stories in the news. Hey, we all need a break when things have been pretty heavy in the world, right? Thankfully we have April Fools’ Day to help us out. 

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News stories that inspired today’s show: 

The price of eggs is coming down

https://www.newsweek.com/price-eggs-rising-falling-cost-2042992 

Royal Shrovetide

• https://apnews.com/article/royal-shrovetide-ashbourne-ancient-soccer-murder-880658c923b33288df42af109d25e458?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

  Trump administration purges examples of diversity efforts in Defense Department:

• US military firsts among the 26,000 images flagged for deletion in Trump DEI purge https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/military-images-trump-dei?CMP=share_btn_url 

• Rachel Maddow on, “Clumsy execution turns a bad idea into another humiliation for Trump” https://youtu.be/CQ90aLXmbVY?si=_pYpPc9rmkP1uPDm 

Deaths on Airplanes in Mid Flight - How would you like to sit next to a dead person on a flight?

• Couple Had to Sit Next to Body After Woman Died Mid Flight https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/europe/dead-body-flight-qatar-airways.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E4.dUvM.TUuofIh1nyig&smid=url-share 

• Mid flight deaths are precipitated by in-flight medical emergencies (IMEs). The data on IMEs is not very complete for three reasons: https://emottawablog.com/2022/05/is-there-a-doctor-on-board-in-flight-emergencies/: 

• One study claimed there were 24 mid flight deaths in the United States in 2024 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11671026/ 

Emergency Donuts

• A toddler in Oklahoma, playing with an old cell phone that was still connected to 911, called for “Emergency Donuts.” Listen to the call here: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/03/Moore-Police-Department-emergency-doughnuts/3521741028902/ 

Texas Deputy wrangles a kangaroo in a red jacket:

• https://www.facebook.com/FayetteCountySheriffsOfficeTexas/posts/649651740932201?ref=embed_post 

If you are happy but you can’t show it, you can’t come to this comedy club. 

• Top UK comedy club bans audience members with botox after “numerous complaints” https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/botox-ban-comedy-club-london-b2710893.html

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

• Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/ 

• FactCheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/ 

• Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

• RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ 

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upo