Talk To Them
More responses are via text or social media. Don’t let that change your performance. If you’re in audio, phone calls > reading texts.
Reading texts on the air is lazy and boring. Talking to actual humans is engaging and dynamic. I know it’s easier to read a text. Do the harder thing. Pick up the phone. Have a conversation. That’s where the magic happens.
Besides the coaching tip of the day my daily prep also includes headlines making the news that day, essential pop culture updates, a topic of the day and a situation to use as phone topics, an impossible question, ten trivia questions, three hot takes, celebrity birthdays, horoscopes, today in history and today in music history. All curated with care and powered by Radio Content Pro.
Here are a few examples from today, September 29, 2026.
Topic of the Day
Topic 1
Tell us about the incident where you or your partner made a grand romantic gesture that went horribly wrong.
Impossible Question
More than 40% of americans say they are currently doing this: working their dream job
The Situation
My sister-in-law is in the hospital for major surgery. My brother has to work and didn’t want to leave her alone, so he asked me to stay with her for 4-6 hours a day. I don’t want to. We have a decent relationship, and I could make the time, but why should I go sit in a hospital with his wife? Am I a jerk?
Trivia
Question 1
What is the name of the largest primate? Answer: Gorilla
Would You Rather
Would you rather be in history books for something terrible or be forgotten completely after you pass away?
Today’s Birthdays – September 29
Jaden McDaniels (2000, age 26) – Standing 6-foot-9 with a wingspan that seems to defy physics, this Minnesota Timberwolves forward has become one of the most versatile defenders in the league — the kind of player opposing guards see in their nightmares.
Daily Horoscopes – September 29
Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
Your boss, your bank account, your love life, and your gym routine all want a word today. I’d say give each one fifteen minutes of real attention and call it a win.
Today In History – September 29
1907
Washington National Cathedral Gets Its Cornerstone
Here’s a project with some serious patience behind it. The cornerstone for the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in D.C. went in on this day, and it took more than eighty years to actually finish the place. It’s now the sixth-largest cathedral on the planet, and yes, that’s where presidential funerals and big national services tend to happen.
Today In Music History – September 29
1959
Motown’s Third Release Hits the Pop Chart
The Miracles
Berry Gordy was still figuring out this whole record label thing when he dropped his third-ever Motown release — ‘Bad Girl’ by The Miracles — and watched it crack the Billboard pop chart. That’s right, folks, before the Supremes and the Temptations turned Hitsville into a hit factory, it was Smokey Robinson’s crew laying the foundation. Not bad for a label that was basically operating out of a house at the time.
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