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The Current powered by Kim Komando
WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc
4.6 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for listening to Kim Commando today. |
| 0:06.4 | While we enjoy this holiday time with our friends and family, here's a replay from September |
| 0:10.9 | 2023. |
| 0:12.5 | All right, I always like to start each hour with something interesting, and you can't make this up. |
| 0:16.7 | Your phone can save you in just a number of ways. |
| 0:19.6 | But what if you're in a battle between you |
| 0:22.6 | and a jaguar? Yeah, I know. A 40-year-old farm worker in Brazil was attacked by a jaguar, |
| 0:28.8 | and his phone saved his life. Here's what happened. The big cat chomped down on his phone, |
| 0:34.4 | and the lithium-ion battery exploded in its face. The cat got spooked and ran away. |
| 0:41.1 | I mean, but just imagine for just a second, what if that phone wasn't in his pocket? I mean, |
| 0:45.9 | what if this didn't happen? It would have been a real catastrophe. Oh, yeah, that was a good one. We're on a roll. And on that happy note, welcome, ladies and |
| 0:56.9 | jents, because after all, I'm Kim Commando, and you just tapped into the biggest show, the most |
| 1:01.5 | trusted show, because I am your beloved digital goddess here with you once again. And you're |
| 1:06.1 | about to get more tech smart because every single thing is now a tech thing. And for those |
| 1:10.2 | tuning in for the first time, a warm welcome. And we're delighted to have you joining us. And to our regulars, it's great to have you back. And you can find my show across 420 fantastic radio stations in the United States. And if you want to listen on your own time, no problem. Just pop open your favorite radio app and you can search Commando to find me. |
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| 2:21.2 | And in case you want to, you can always drop me your questions over through the website. There's a big old button at commando.com that says email Kim. All right, it's my labor of love. I check out 35 different websites, maybe more, every single day, to bring you up to date with the top five things that you need to know about tech. and we're going to start with, oh, do you remember Blockbuster and Plan? |
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