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The Current powered by Kim Komando

Meteorite hunters' big profits, Amazon recall helper & new emojis

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Plus, Benjamin and Holly's entire tech life is under attack — I give them my trusted advice. iOS 17 is here; it's time to sell your older iPhones before they're worth squat. Samsung's new products and the "bougie broke" trend takes over TikTok. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to Kim Commander today.

0:14.2

This is a replay for July 29th, 2020.

0:18.7

All right, let's kick things out for something super interesting.

0:21.4

It's a great story from the Wall Street Journal.

0:23.4

If you can find a meteorite over the size of one kilogram, the main mineral and gem

0:28.7

museum will hand over $25,000 for one.

0:32.7

Yes, I know.

0:33.8

There are people who are willing to do just that full time.

0:36.3

They're called meteorite hunters.

0:38.5

Okay, it's not easy.

0:40.1

Take Roberto Vargas from Connecticut.

0:42.3

He got an alert that a meteorite exploded over Junction City, Georgia.

0:46.5

He just booked a flight, went straight there within hours.

0:49.1

He made it.

0:49.9

He got a rental car.

0:51.1

Went to the parking lot with a meteorite crashed.

0:53.5

He found a piece. Some of it sold for $100 a gram. Oh, my gosh, $100 a gram. So much so that he quit his job as a full-time therapist. So if you're looking for something unusual to do, you can become a meteorite hunter. Who knew?

1:09.2

All right. Speaking of, if you know a scientist, here's a good

1:12.3

question to stump them. Speaking of meteorites, how come meteorites always land in the middle of a

1:18.8

crater? How come? They're looking like going, what planet did you come from? And on that happy note,

1:25.8

welcome, ladies and gentlemen. I'm America's digital goddess Kim Commando here with you once again and sit back and enjoy the ride because you're about to get more tech smarts because every single thing is now a tech thing. And if you're a new listener, welcome. Glad to have you with us. And if you're already a listener, welcome back. Happy to see your smiling face. And you can find my award-winning show in over 420 top radio stations throughout the United States.

1:47.6

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