What's Trending: If you could set a Guinness World Record, what would it be?

On What's Trending, Hongbin Jeong and Nadiah Koh put listeners' vocal cords to the test after an Australian man smashed the Guinness World Record for the loudest shout ever recorded with a thunderous 122.4-decibel yell of the word "NOW!". The duo breaks down what it actually takes to turn shouting into a world record, from acoustic engineers and official witnesses to seven exhausting attempts that left the record-holder without a voice for days. They also explore why "NOW!" turned out to be the loudest word, whether anyone could beat the record, and why the champion's day job as a town crier may have prepared him for the moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.