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May 20, 2026 12 mins
There was an epic AI fail at a graduation recently and we have audio. Also, Spam has come out with a hot dog version! Good idea or bad idea?

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, this story is so cool. I am a huge
Michael Jordan fan, my husband as well. I think a
lot of people are NBA legend, but you don't hear
of him doing a lot of interviews, being involved in
a lot of stuff. He kind of keeps super private.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
The last one I saw was, it was like a
CBS Sunday morning thing.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
And he's doing racing now.

Speaker 4 (00:22):
Oh.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
He's like co-owner of a Formula One car. Wow. Okay.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
I also hear he is developing these like private restaurant
and bars. And one might be coming near us. Anyway,
back to Michael Jordan. He recently surprised his former high
school teacher, Ms. Etta, with a video call while she
was receiving hospice care in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Speaker 5 (00:47):
Oh.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Hospice staff said, say she spoke about him often while
reflecting on memories from when she was at Laney High
School and hoped to speak with him one more time.
After several attempts to contact him, a social worker named
Wendy received a call from Jordan and quickly drove to Ms.
Etta's home so they could connect. According to the staff,
the basketball star and his old teacher spent time laughing

(01:12):
and sharing memories and teasing each other during the conversation.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
How great is that?

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Staff members say the moment brought tears to so many
people in the room, and Ms. Etta's family is calling
the conversation a memory they will have forever.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Forever man we all have those special teachers but for
him to reconnect at this stage in her life the
final chapter.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Well done michael jordan he really is the goat and
ms etta thanks for all your years of teaching the
the youth in north carolina and that is your good
news baby.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
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Speaker 6 (01:51):
Every day with Meredith Michaels on 107.9 WSRZ.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Not the biggest fans of A.I. when it comes to
music and art in general. However, there is a Arizona
community college that proved A.I., Isn't even good at organization
and announcing. Did you hear about the graduation ceremony that

(02:17):
came to a standstill on Friday when they had AI
read the names and it glitched?

Speaker 3 (02:25):
Oh, no. And there were.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
Dozens of students who didn't really get in the mix
with a picture, some maybe not even walking across the stage.
Here was the announcement and it didn't go well. For
the HR person who had to get up and speak.
So here we go.

Speaker 4 (02:45):
Going on. Graduates, everyone who is standing, here's what's happening.
We're using a new AI system as our reader.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
She's nodding her head. I know.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yep.

Speaker 4 (03:06):
So that is a lesson learned for us.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
At least she's not defending it. She's like, okay, we
learned a lesson here, guys. And I feel bad for
her because she's the spokesperson for whoever.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
Said, we should have AI do this. Here we go.

Speaker 7 (03:26):
What we were able to do, though, is each of
you were able to walk the stage and get a picture,
which is what I would hope would be the most
meaningful thing.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
Memory? Moment?

Speaker 8 (03:42):
Yeah, okay.

Speaker 3 (03:43):
She's actually pausing for the crowd because they're not happy.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
It is so tough, too, when you're at a microphone
and all of these people looking back at you are, like,
yelling things. My brain would have shut down, too.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
I feel bad for her, but shame on the university, man.
You run that through a couple of times.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
And they're cracking down on AI for people plagiarizing and
turning in AI-written papers. But then they turn around and
use AI in graduation. What is that about?

Speaker 3 (04:09):
You're right.

Speaker 4 (04:12):
So I'm going to have to disappoint many of you.

Speaker 7 (04:14):
We will not be able to walk the stage a
second time in order to have the name on the screen.
You've handed over your cards, so we won't be able
to do that.

Speaker 1 (04:27):
Whoops.

Speaker 4 (04:29):
I am so sorry.

Speaker 7 (04:32):
There's plenty of opportunities, I hope, to take some really
good pictures and to celebrate you with your loved ones
as well.

Speaker 2 (04:38):
So there you go. It's just, I mean, again, I
feel horrible for her. The crowd was not happy.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
You know who they should have had be a pinch
hitter for the announcer?

Speaker 3 (04:49):
Who's that?

Speaker 1 (04:49):
This AI technology has been going on since the 90s
at Universal Studios where E.T., You turn in your ticket
when you walk in. And as you exit the ride,
he's like, thank you, Meredith.

Speaker 8 (05:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (05:03):
And we, in my class, it was like eighth grade,
my friend Felicia, he's like, goodbye, Felicia.

Speaker 3 (05:10):
Felicia.

Speaker 1 (05:11):
At least that would at least say the name out
loud for graduation.

Speaker 3 (05:14):
You're right.

Speaker 2 (05:15):
They should have had E.T. do it as they're walking
across the stage.

Speaker 1 (05:18):
Congratulations, David Owens.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
A master's degree in biotechnology.

Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (05:26):
Thanks, E.T.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
Real quick, before the break, when my son went through,
it was Justin and DJ.

Speaker 3 (05:32):
You know how E.T. says DJ? No, he doesn't. It's like, bye-bye,
Justin and DJ.

Speaker 5 (05:42):
You should have it needed to be d-e-e yes j-a-y
for it to be dj exactly interesting lesson learned with
et and guys that's why we are guaranteed human.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
Get ready for the spam dog.

Speaker 1 (05:59):
Oh boy okay i need to hear more before i
have my gavel.

Speaker 2 (06:02):
Spam is now coming in hot dog form they're officially
leaving the can behind with the launch of the spam
dog It is a hot dog style version of the
iconic salty meat. And they're designing it for roller grills, stadiums, restaurants.

Speaker 3 (06:23):
And convenience stores.

Speaker 1 (06:25):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
So instead of hot dogs rolling down the street, you're
going to see spam dogs.

Speaker 1 (06:31):
I think this is absolutely fine. This is a good idea.
I don't even know. I love hot dogs. I could
not tell you what's in it. Don't want to know.
So to me, if it's spam, I'm fine with that, too.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
Keep it going. Keep the mystery going. Yes.

Speaker 2 (06:45):
Going to be available at select ballparks and stores this summer,
topped with everything from classic mustard and chili cheese to
Hawaiian-inspired flavors like pineapple.

Speaker 3 (06:58):
Jalapeno salsa. Nice.

Speaker 2 (07:00):
And I guess the social media reaction is mixed. Cautious curiosity.
A few loyal traditional hot dog fans are very skeptical.

Speaker 3 (07:11):
But I will say this.

Speaker 2 (07:13):
We were in a really nice, cool, modern restaurant when
we were in New York.

Speaker 3 (07:20):
And we ordered this.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
Little poo-poo platter that came out with a variety of
weird things from from wings to like these potato wedges.
And one of them were these skewers that you could
grill on this little thing they gave you with spam
and pineapple.

Speaker 6 (07:37):
Oh, okay.

Speaker 3 (07:38):
And you grilled them yourself. And I got to tell you,
It was delicious.

Speaker 1 (07:42):
Well, remember when we tried fried Spam and we made
all different things? Like Mrs. Jones had like three different
things for it. That's right. And they were all good.

Speaker 3 (07:50):
All delicious.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
We liked every one of them.

Speaker 3 (07:52):
So I'm saying bring on the Spam dog.

Speaker 1 (07:55):
Absolutely. I'll try a Spam dog for sure.

Speaker 3 (07:58):
And plus it's fun to say. How do you guys
feel about this?

Speaker 2 (08:01):
Hop on our Talkback line if you're streaming us now
on iHeartRadio. Hit the mic and give us your verdict
on the Spam dog.

Speaker 1 (08:08):
David and Meredith.

Speaker 3 (08:10):
Fa la la la. Spam dog.

Speaker 1 (08:13):
Booyah, baby. I'm on that team too. I will try
any food once. And I think that one, I'll be
surprised and I'll like it.

Speaker 2 (08:21):
I think spam could end up a lot like sushi,
where once you get to that point where you've had
a little too much.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
You're not going to like it for a while.

Speaker 8 (08:31):
Oh, yeah?

Speaker 2 (08:32):
So our text number, by the way, if you want
to chime in, is 96893. It's 96893. Start it with DM.
It comes right to us. For those of you who
missed it moments ago, spam dogs are going to be
showing up in stores. It sounds like convenience stores and
definitely at select ballparks.

Speaker 1 (08:53):
Have you seen the photo of this?

Speaker 3 (08:55):
I have not.

Speaker 1 (08:56):
This helps. I think seeing it will help everybody.

Speaker 3 (08:59):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (08:59):
It looks smooth. It's the right color. It's not bumpy
or crumbly in texture, which spam can kind of crumble
when it's fried. Sure.

Speaker 3 (09:07):
It looks- Let me see that.

Speaker 1 (09:08):
Like a delicious, normal hot dog.

Speaker 3 (09:10):
Okay, I'm in.

Speaker 1 (09:11):
It's not even a darker- meat color or anything, you know?

Speaker 2 (09:14):
Yeah, and Spam is notoriously salty, and if you've ever
been to a ballpark and ordered a hot dog for $ 79,
you've noticed those are salty too, and it's what makes
them so good.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Yeah, then the beer goes down really well. It's kind
of like if Mary Poppins... was a drinker, it would
be like the spam dog. So salty helps the beer
go down. See, there you go.

Speaker 2 (09:42):
I think you're the only one who compared Mary Poppins
to a spam dog. But yeah, we're not the healthiest
of morning shows. A couple of thumbs up for a
spam dog washed down by a beer. Hurry up headlines.
But we just had a surge.

Speaker 1 (10:00):
Of spam that's right On the text line, we got spammed.
Alexander said, do you guys remember that study that came out?
If you eat a hot dog, you lose 20 minutes
of your life. Oh, well, down the hatch she goes.
Let's try a spam dog.

Speaker 3 (10:14):
Why not?

Speaker 1 (10:14):
Especially with a beer to chase it down. Alexander, I
like your style.

Speaker 3 (10:18):
Spam dogs are going to be a thing soon.

Speaker 1 (10:22):
I did look up the study. It's 36 minutes, and
that's what they calculate because of all the processed meat.
You're basically... ruining your life.

Speaker 2 (10:31):
Let me file that under things i don't want to
know yes thank you and.

Speaker 1 (10:36):
Analina and sophia said if they make it in the
korean spam flavor i am in we tried all the
flavors at the spam museum last year and they have
delicious flavors first of all spam museum she wrote back
It's in Austin, Minnesota, and it's super cute.

Speaker 3 (10:52):
I had no idea.

Speaker 1 (10:54):
Yeah, we gotta go to the spam museum.

Speaker 2 (10:55):
And I guess you can get samples while you're there.

Speaker 3 (10:58):
I'm sorry, spamples.

Speaker 2 (10:59):
Spamples.

Speaker 1 (11:01):
My God.

Speaker 2 (11:02):
This is when, unlike technology, you wanna get spammed this morning.
Here are two talkbacks. They were streaming us. They hit
that red microphone.

Speaker 6 (11:12):
Hey, David and Meredith, this is Cory from Bradenton.

Speaker 3 (11:15):
I absolutely love spam.

Speaker 6 (11:16):
I got about 12 cans of spam in my counter
right now. And I have original, I have maple, I
have bacon, and I have Korean barbecue flavored. I actually
just had Spam two nights ago in tuna helper. I
don't like tuna, so I put Spam in it. My
daughter even grew up making it and absolutely loves it too.

Speaker 3 (11:39):
Y'all have a great day. Corey, thanks for inviting us
into your pantry.

Speaker 1 (11:43):
That is incredible. First of all, that's two people back
to back about the Korean barbecue flavored spam.

Speaker 3 (11:48):
We got to try it.

Speaker 1 (11:49):
Got to try it. I might have to update my
Walmart grocery delivery to have some.

Speaker 3 (11:54):
Getting spam from Walmart.

Speaker 2 (11:56):
We spare no expense here with DM in the AM.

Speaker 8 (12:00):
Good morning, David and Meredith. In regards to the spam dog,
I have to say that if someone were to try
to serve me spam out of a can, I probably
wouldn't eat it. Had it before, didn't really do anything
for me. But I'm not really a fan of hot
dogs either, and I'm with Meredith. I don't know what's

(12:22):
in it, and I'm not eating it. So if it's
a spam dog, I might try it. Looking forward to it.

Speaker 1 (12:27):
Bye-bye. Okay.

Speaker 2 (12:29):
Favorable response so far for the spam dog.

Speaker 1 (12:32):
I'm in. I love a hot dog. I'll try it.

David & Meredith in the Morning News

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