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News stories that inspired today’s show:

The price of eggs is coming down

• https://www.newsweek.com/price-eggs-rising-falling-cost-2042992

Royal Shrovetide

• https://apnews.com/article/royal-shrovetide-ashbourne-ancient-soccer-murder-880658c923b33288df42af109d25e458?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

Trump administration purges examples of diversity efforts in Defense Department

• US military firsts among the 26,000 images flagged for deletion in Trump DEI purge https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/military-images-trump-dei?CMP=share_btn_url

• Rachel Maddow on, “Clumsy execution turns a bad idea into another humiliation for Trump”

Deaths on Airplanes in Mid Flight - How would you feel about sitting next to a dead passenger on a flight?

• Couple Had to Sit Next to Body After Woman Died Mid Flight https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/europe/dead-body-flight-qatar-airways.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E4.dUvM.TUuofIh1nyig&smid=url-share

• Mid flight deaths are precipitated by in-flight medical emergencies (IMEs). The data on IMEs is not very complete for three reasons: https://emottawablog.com/2022/05/is-there-a-doctor-on-board-in-flight-emergencies/:

  1. There is no consensus definition of what an IME is.

  2. There is no international or national mandatory reporting systems or databases

  3. A lot of the data on IMEs is kept private in corporate airlines records.

• One study claimed there were 24 mid flight deaths in the United States in 2024 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11671026/

Emergency Donuts

• A toddler in Oklahoma, playing with an old cell phone that was still connected to 911, called for “Emergency Donuts.” Listen to the call here: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/03/Moore-Police-Department-emergency-doughnuts/3521741028902/

Texas Deputy wrangles a kangaroo in a red jacket.

• In Fayette County Texas deputies were called out to wrangle a kangaroo in a red jacket. The kangaroo, named Jack, was caught and returned to his owner. The deputies kept the public informed through this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FayetteCountySheriffsOfficeTexas/posts/649651740932201?ref=embed_post

If you are happy but you can’t show it, you can’t come to this comedy club.

• Top UK comedy club bans audience members with botox after “numerous complaints” https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/botox-ban-comedy-club-london-b2710893.html

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

• Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/

• FactCheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/

• Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

• RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

Media Bias: Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

• Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

• All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

• Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive

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Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

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Credits

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI.

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Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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No living creature was harmed in the production of this film, but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded on March 11, 2025; Original Publishing Date: March 31, 2025