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In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I riff on the wild story of the Centennial Bulb that has been glowing in a California fire station since 1901, then hang out with you for some brutally cold weather in Allentown, Pennsylvania and back home in Cincinnati, a run through rock legends and pop icons like Jim Morrison, Gregg Allman, Sam Kinison, Kim Basinger, Marty Friedman, Sinéad O’Connor, and Nicki Minaj, plus a few fun celebrations like National Brownie Day, National Christmas Tree Day, National Lard Day, and National Blue Collar Day. I also share five intriguing headlines and ask you to help me choose which one we should dig into for Thursday’s show, all while reminding you to make memories with the people you love because memories are better than stuff.

Interesting Headlines from this episode:

• 88-year-old veteran who went viral on TikTok surprised with over 1.7 million dollars

• Dick Van Dyke once thought he swallowed his dentures only to find his dog Bootsy Poppins chewing on them

• Trucker with 5 million accident-free miles wins custom semi and $50,000 as the 2025 Road Warrior Champion

• Couple of 25 years prove perfect match as wife donates kidney to husband

• New underwater tool lets ecologists ID fish from their sounds, 46 species so far

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