MetroNews Hotline

Hotline Feature – Beer Friday: Barrel Aging, Picklefest, and West Virginia Craft Beer Roundup 24.04.2026 11:13 ↓

Dave Weekley and craft beer correspondent Pat Strater cover the latest from West Virginia's brewing scene on Beer Friday. The segment opens with a barrel talk on Short Story Brewing's Fell Asleep Like This, currently aging in Smooth Ambler bourbon barrels, with a breakdown of how white oak barrel aging imparts flavor and why spent bourbon barrels have spawned an entire secondary broker market. Pat...

Hotline Feature – Buy/Sell: Roman Graffiti, the Prego Dinner Recorder, NFL Draft Costs, and Robot Athletes 24.04.2026 13:07 ↓

Dave Weekley, Coop, Ryan Nicholson, and Matt work through four Buy/Sell topics. Ryan opens with a curated selection of actual graffiti from ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum, asking whether graffiti is a fundamental part of the human condition worth celebrating. Coop brings the Prego Connection Keeper, a $20 offline dinner table recording device made in partnership with StoryCorps that captures fami...

Hotline Feature – Germain Lussier: Project Hail Mary Sequel Debate, Battlestar Galactica Returns, and Clayface Trailer 23.04.2026 6:54 ↓

Germain Lussier of Gizmodo joins Dave Weekley from New York ahead of the NFL Draft to cover a full slate of entertainment stories. Lussier makes the case against a Project Hail Mary sequel, arguing the film's specific emotional and narrative elements are too singular to replicate — though he puts the odds of one happening at around 30 percent. He also covers Battlestar Galactica's return to stream...

Hotline Feature – Video Game Report: West Virginia's Roblox Settlement and the Corporate Moderation Problem 23.04.2026 4:17 ↓

Ryan Nicholson returns with the Video Game Report to break down West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey's $11 million settlement with the Roblox Corporation over child safety and moderation failures. Nicholson applauds the settlement as a meaningful win for the state but raises broader concerns about whether the deal addresses the root problem — arguing that Roblox and similar platforms have...

Hotline Feature – Pick One: Ketchup Wars, Steak Fat, and a Two-Hour Car Ride with the King of Pop 22.04.2026 13:48 ↓

Dave Weekley and Coop run through ten rounds of Pick One, covering Heinz versus Hunt's ketchup (timed to the NFL Draft's Mr. 57 promotion), Bob Seger versus Bruce Springsteen in concert, Super Bowl versus World Cup final, butter versus olive oil for the perfect steak, and a two-hour car ride with Michael Jackson or Prince. Coop fires back with questions on whether you could make contact with a maj...