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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dave Weekley, Coop, and Ryan Nicholson mark opening day for the Charleston Dirty Birds with a trip down memory lane to the Watt Powell Park press box era, including stories from running the South Atlantic League's first-ever graphic scoreboard. The segment pivots to breaking news that the Billy Strings concert in Charleston has been postponed after the guitarist broke his leg in two places skatebo...

Entertainment reporter Kristyn Burtt joins Dave Weekley to unpack a busy week in Hollywood. The conversation opens with Madonna's muted reception at Coachella alongside Sabrina Carpenter, with Burtt framing the moment as a generational divide in how younger audiences experience live music — and predicting a chart comeback once their collaborative single drops. The two pay tribute to actor Patrick...

Chef Jeff Paul Smith joins Dave Weekley from outside his Charleston restaurant 1010 Bridge to cover a mix of culinary and industry topics. Smith breaks down the right way to buy, store, and cook with garlic — including when to add it to a hot pan, how to spot fresh versus aging bulbs, and the professional technique for mincing with a knife and salt. Listener questions lead to a discussion on creat...