Rock And Roll Jeopardy Inspires A Challenge For Next Week

The closing stretch hits Miss Universe Canada’s appropriation dispute, the University of Michigan’s plan to hide first-semester freshman letter grades from external transcripts, and Mike Rowe’s case for trades and owning less stuff. A millennial mother’s grocery and diaper complaints launch a generational affordability fight over wages, mortgage rates and bulk buying. Phil Almquist finishes with Today in Music History before Foo Fighters talk carries us into 10 AM We open the hour with Tony Bruno challenging Phil Almquist to a future music-trivia showdown, complete with Rock and Roll Jeopardy talk and a possible listener spot. Then Dawn’s Big Three arrives in its regular slot; Dawn is off, so we take over the segment. Luigi Mangione’s expected guilty plea leads the run before Matt Rooney joins the room and immediately gets praise, abuse and a fresh donation challenge. Rooney weighs in on New Jersey landing at No. 2 in WalletHub’s state rankings before Dawn’s Big Three moves to Florida’s flying-car testing push. Ron DeSantis, SunTrax and air taxis trigger Jetsons and Flintstones jokes, then a Philadelphia woman’s stolen Honda leads to the stunning claim that she finds pieces of her own van for sale on Facebook Marketplace. We also hit charges against Gina LaPlaca and Jason Carty in a ballot-petition case and revisit the Sea Isle City dogfish mystery. Dan Borowski previews his next show with the McKenna West surrogate dispute in Texas and Bob Auth’s questions about New Jersey voter registrations. Breaking news that a woman faces charges over vandalism at the World War II Memorial gets one last reaction from the crew.