Episode 271: A True Crime Coven, Pop Up Music Festivals, & Probing Big Data Centers

INTRO (00:00): Kathleen opens the show drinking a Pond Hockey Pilsner from Concord Craft Brewing Company. She reviews her weekend in Boston, attending the Sabres vs Bruins game and eating as much clam chowder as she could.   TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Day Drinking Tour.”   TASTING MENU (2:56): Kathleen samples Sticky Situations Hot Fudge Honey Mashup, Holy Cow Beef Chips, Rhed’s Original Pepper Sauce, and a French Toast Butterfinger.   QUEEN NEWS (9:56): Kathleen shares that Post Malone became the first artist to ever headline both Coachella and Stagecoach, Stevie Nicks headlined JazzFest in New Orleans, and Taylor Swift filed a series of trademark applications designed to protect the star from AI impersonations.   HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS (15:46): HollyBobbyprovides the latest news in Hollywood.   SPANISH PHRASE OF THE WEEK (1:28:42): The Spanish phrase to learn this week is “hasta qué hora se sirve eldesayuno?”or “how late is breakfast served” in English.   WHAT ARE WE WATCHING (45:08): Kathleen recommends watching the final update episode of “Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer” on Netflix, and “Anatomy of a Scandal” onNetflix.   UPDATES (33:26): Kathleen shares updates on Sarah Ferguson’s run from the Epstein scandal, the sheriff handling the Nancy Guthrie case has a sketchy past, and Red Lobster brings back endless shrimp.   HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (48:45): Kathleen reads about the discovery of Acrocanthosaurus footprints in Texas’s Dinosaur Valley State Park, and an elusive cloud jaguar has been caught on film in Honduras for the first time in a decade.   SPORTS NEWS (48:18): Kathleen reviews the current situation with tailgating at World Cup events, and Pittsburgh’s NFL Draft attendance numbers.   FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (51:08): Kathleen shares articles on Stagecoach evacuates due to extreme weather, there are over 50 LOVE sculptures around the world, Starbucks is relocating their corporate HQ to Nashville, China is sending two giant pandas to the Atlanta Zoo, Kansas City announces plans for a new baseball stadium, Ontario bans ticket resales above face value, Meta cuts 20,000 jobs, 11 scientists who are tied to sensitive US research have disappeared over the past few months, a legendary Spanish matador is gored by a bull, Amazon is investing billions in big data centers in Mississippi, Zoox is expanding to Phoenix, and QVC is filing for bankruptcy.     SAINT OF THE WEEK (1:24:38): Kathleen reads about Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the patron saint of cooks, librarians, and the poor.   FEEL GOOD STORY (1:20:32): Kathleen shares a story about the special stone that otters carry with them for life, and Betty White left the majority of her estate to benefit animal welfarecharities.