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Brooke and Jeffrey

Laser Stories (8/8/25)

Brooke and Jeffrey

iHeartPodcasts

Relationships, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Weird news stories from around the world… with a healthy dose of lasers added in. Does it make sense? No not really, but it doesn’t HAVE TO… it’s Laser Stories!

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0:00.0

I always had to be so good, no one could ignore me. Carve my path with data and drive.

0:06.7

But some people only see who I am on paper. The paper ceiling. The limitations from degree

0:12.3

screens to stereotypes that are holding back over 70 million stars. Workers skilled through

0:17.4

alternative routes rather than a bachelor's degree. It's time for skills to speak for themselves.

0:23.5

Find resources for breaking through barriers at tailorpapersealing.org.

0:27.4

Brought to you by opportunity at work and the ad council.

0:30.2

Adventure should never come with a pause button.

0:32.8

Remember a movie pass?

0:34.2

All the movies you wanted for just nine bucks?

0:36.8

I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told. Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of Movie Pass, who got pushed out of the company he built. Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going to like it. And then boom, it's everywhere.

0:55.0

And that was that moment.

0:56.4

Listen to there.

0:56.9

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1:04.3

Hello, it's ladies and noise.

1:06.0

It's the radio segment that's helping you eat on the go with new soup shoes.

1:11.7

The sweat from your own body helps keep it warm as you move.

1:17.9

The best part of going on walks is tomato soup in your crocs.

1:23.3

Oh, my tomato!

1:24.3

You look atrocks instead of socks.

1:26.2

Laser stories. The segment where we read weird news stories from the globe, just like everyone else does, except we've got a laser. Those other Matsabal Magellans just don't. This first laser story is out of Missouri. A 51-year-old woman named Jackie Taylor went to Starbucks with a co-worker back in 2019.

1:40.3

Oh, that's a long time ago. She still remembers it? Rememberable day. Well, it's because when it came time to pay, the coworker told Jackie he had left his wallet back at his desk. So she covered him. Back and download the app. Well, back in 2019, we've been doing that, though? I don't know. though.

1:42.1

That's just being a good friend too, is your co-worker.

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