Joey and Nancy on WIVK

Joey decided to troll listeners by ringing the Dollywood contest bells before the contest officially started.   Nancy admitted she's jealous of her retired neighbor, who spends his mornings drinking coffee and waving at passing cars. We debated whether she could actually enjoy retirement.  Nancy's grandson Greyson got his first haircut at a kid-focused salon where children sit in fire trucks and race cars while getting trimmed. Greyson walked out with a baby mullet, and his mom Emma walked out in tears because her baby looks like a toddler now.  Hot Tea: Sammy Kershaw will officially walk the CMA Awards red carpet after speaking out about not being invited. Garth Brooks is launching a Nashville radio station that will spotlight female country artists and severe weather coverage. ABC is also debuting a new reality competition where contestants try to hide Shaquille O'Neal in public for a chance to win $100,000.  The show highlighted several celebrities who served in the military, including Morgan Freeman, Pat Sajak, Montel Williams, Bob Ross, Fred Durst, Clint Eastwood, and even Golden Girls star Bea Arthur.  Listeners flooded the phones with Veterans Day shoutouts for family members and friends who served.   Lucky 7 for $50 to Farmacy Restaurant  Joey brought up actors who refuse to watch their own work That sparked a conversation about jobs that have ruined fun things for people, from nurses who can't watch medical dramas to hotel employees who can't enjoy hotel stays.  What Makes You Special featured Knoxville's own Brian Henninger, a three-day Jeopardy! champion and Tournament of Champions semifinalist.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey admitted he got a little too excited about a fresh rotisserie chicken at lunch and nearly paid the price. What started as a quick bite turned into food-stuck-in-the-throat situation that had Nancy recommending he keep water nearby and maybe start chewing his food a little longer.  We gave away Dollywood tickets during our “Slay the Bells” contest.  A new commemorative USPS stamp honoring Pat Summitt is on the way, and Karly accidentally confused baseball legend Willie Mays with OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays.  Karly checked out the new Spirit Christmas store and discovered it is not exactly all candy canes and holiday cheer. She found some pretty questionable Christmas sweaters sitting right next to the kids' section and left slightly shocked by the whole experience.  Hot Tea: The CMA Awards responded to Sammy Kershaw’s red carpet controversy with a lengthy statement, and Jake Owen wasn't impressed. Bill Belichick's girlfriend is taking legal action after Airbnb hosts allegedly shared footage involving the coach. Meanwhile, a San Francisco coffee shop is charging $105 for a cup of coffee, and even a blind taste test got awkward.  In Nerd News, Butterball unveiled a turkey-shaped gadget designed to force family members to help with Thanksgiving chores. NASA is accepting astronaut applications. Scientists say they can now send smells over the internet, bringing us one step closer to smelling cookies through a screen.  We talked about tomorrow’s Veterans Day Parade in downtown Knoxville and invited kids to call in and record special shoutouts to veterans in their lives. Nancy shared how much she loves seeing families and children lining the parade route each year.  Lucky 7 for $50 to Farmacy Restaurant  Facebook Marketplace Price Is Right featured some true gems, including a Heinz ketchup telephone, a Barack Obama Chia Pet, a rhinestoned Chewbacca mask, and a signed dirt-track racing shirt from Karly’s dad.   Joey vented about a frustrating trip to Home Depot while searching for the perfect paint roller for his bathroom project. His biggest complaint wasn't that the employee didn't know the answer, it was that nobody tried to find someone who did.  Group Therapy focused on a listener who accidentally learned his work buddy is about to be laid off. The debate centered on whether friendship outweighs company confidentiality and whether giving a quiet heads-up would be the right thing to do. Nobody felt great about the situation, and the advice was all over the place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey and Nancy started the morning talking about the first cold snap in East Tennessee and the annual panic that the heater is going to explode the first time you turn it on.  Nancy admitted she brought grandson Greyson to a meeting hoping it would end early. Instead, the meeting lasted two hours and Gray ate every snack she packed.  We gave away our first pair of Dollywood Smoky Mountain Christmas tickets to Jonathan, who revealed he's never been to Dollywood before.  Tennessee crushed Kentucky 34-6, and Joey and Nancy talked about the spooky Rocky Top light show at Neyland Stadium and the local student who created the now-famous version of the song.  Karly shared a wild cabin story after a bear broke into her cousin's car and stole an Aubrey's steak. The bear even came back the next day while her aunt tried following it for photos.  Hot Tea: More country stars are defending Sammy Kershaw after his reported CMA red carpet snub. Martha Stewart keeps making her Halloween costume controversy worse. A South Carolina dad was arrested after leaving his six-year-old daughter outside Target overnight to save his spot for Pokémon cards.  Nancy challenged the Guinness World Record for loudest female town crier, so Joey sent her outside the station with a bell to scream “Hear ye, hear ye!” while confused neighbors and a trash truck watched.  Lucky 7 for $50 to Pharmacy Restaurant.  Karly met boyfriend Luke’s family for the first time over brunch and admitted she was nervous beforehand, but everyone hit it off and the visit went smoothly.  Joey realized he might be Clark Griswold after spending the weekend getting overly excited about a new toilet and family passports, only for reality to completely deflate both plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nancy admitted she's officially down to her backup socks because her house renovation has completely taken over her life. The bedroom, laundry room, pantry, office, and closet are all torn apart, there are little pathways through the house, and her friend was actually excited to see Nancy's normally perfect house looking like a construction-zone version of Hoarders.  Joey went to a GI doctor and got stressed out trying to update his family medical history. He realized the information he was using came from emails he sent his parents back in 2013, and a lot has changed since then. His mom even replied that nothing was different, despite several family members passing away or developing major health issues.  Hot Tea: Dolly Parton's estate dropped its lawsuit against nephew Brian Seaver, although it could be refiled later. Sammy Kershaw said his feelings were hurt after the CMA Awards wouldn't let him walk the red carpet despite the show's 90s country focus. And an Italian chef in Australia got fired after refusing to put pineapple on a pizza because he considered it an insult to Italian culture.  A conversation about retirement took a wild turn when Nancy shared the story of a "never-ending cruise" where retirees live full-time on a ship instead of in a retirement community. After more than two years at sea, the company ran out of money and fuel, forcing residents in Cambodia to pack up their entire lives and get off the ship with just 24 hours' notice.  Mike Keith stopped by ahead of Tennessee's big game against Kentucky and talked about Dark Mode at Neyland Stadium, playoff implications, and why this could be one of the biggest Tennessee-Kentucky games in decades. He also revealed that one thing people always get wrong about him is assuming he never played sports, which he says couldn't be further from the truth.  Lucky 7 for $50 to the Copper Cellar family of restaurant  Karly gave everyone an update on life with Luke. The two have been together about seven weeks, they're watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy together every night, and this weekend she'll meet Luke's parents and sister for the first time when they come to town for the Kentucky game.   Nancy was horrified when Joey told her about a cosmetic procedure that uses processed fat from deceased donors. The conversation immediately went off the rails as everyone debated where the fat comes from, how it's collected, and whether anyone would actually want a dead person's fat injected into their body.  Brian Rice from 99.1 The Sports Animal joined the Big Orange Breakdown and predicted Tennessee would beat Kentucky. He gave the Vols four out of five Smokey Dogs and said the biggest key is avoiding mistakes against a Kentucky team that's built its season on doing exactly that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Joey and Nancy started the morning swapping storm stories after last night's rough weather. Nancy said driving through West Knoxville was nerve-racking because the rain and reflections made it almost impossible to see, while Joey couldn't get over how intense the lightning was.  A New York City Marathon runner's death led to a conversation about rhabdomyolysis. Karly explained how muscles can break down during extreme exertion and release toxins into the bloodstream. The whole thing had Joey joking that he doesn't want to exercise anymore.  A tiny election in Parrottsville turned into one of Nancy's favorite stories of the day. A brother-in-law and sister-in-law tied for a commission seat with 38 votes each, and with only 230 people living in town, everyone was trying to figure out how the tie would get broken.  Hot Tea: Martha Stewart says Craig Melvin is to blame for her controversial Halloween costume after he spilled chocolate on the sweater she planned to wear. Someone is selling a Jim Beam barstool that was supposedly used by Ella Langley, Luke Combs, Riley Green, and Chris Stapleton. Meanwhile, Coke's CEO says the company isn't exactly embracing TikTok's nickname for Diet Coke: "fridge cigarettes."  A movie theater in the Netherlands plans to hypnotize people before they rewatch movies they've already seen to find out if they can experience them like it's the first time again. That led to everyone sharing things they'd love to relive, from favorite movies and books to first trips to Disney and rides at Dollywood.  Nancy admitted she has a consultation scheduled with a plastic surgeon after seeing an AI version of herself with fewer wrinkles. She was surprised by how many friends and family members are trying to talk her out of it.  Lucky 7 for $50 to the Copper Cellar family of restaurants  The planned lighting upgrade for Knoxville's Sunsphere sparked an unexpectedly passionate debate. Joey and Nancy called Sports Animal host Brian Rice, who declared the whole thing a terrible idea and said nobody should be messing with one of Knoxville's most iconic landmarks.  Nerd News included a Romanian woman who unknowingly used a million-dollar piece of amber as a doorstop, a Florida police department's new flying patrol vehicle that can only stay in the air for about 20 minutes, and scientists in Australia who created a robot dog controlled by human brain cells.  Group Therapy focused on Megan, whose boyfriend wants her to delete every picture of her ex-husband from her phone. Since the photos include seven years' worth of vacations, holidays, and wedding memories, listeners were split on whether she should keep them or let them go. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Joey and Nancy celebrated the end of election season and joked about finally getting a break from the nonstop political commercials. They also wondered what happens to all those election signs once they're no longer needed.  The show got into a discussion about gym class after Joey's son claimed kids no longer change clothes for P.E. the way previous generations did. Nancy couldn't believe students might be playing sports in whatever they wore to school that day.  Joey shared his latest parenting hack: smart light bulbs. He programmed his kids' lamps to dim automatically at bedtime and gradually brighten like a sunrise in the morning to help them wake up without a battle.  Hot Tea: Dolly Parton's nephew Brian Seaver is fighting the restraining order filed against him by Dolly's estate, claiming his comments are protected by free speech. Megan Moroney is reportedly dating soccer star Christian Pulisic. Five people suffered chemical burns after a bartender accidentally used industrial degreaser instead of sugar on margarita rims at a North Carolina Chili's.  Emilie from New2Knox stopped by to talk about what's new around East Tennessee. She highlighted The Chicken Sack in the Old City, Ripple Coffee Company in Fountain City, and upcoming holiday favorites like Brother Wolf's Miracle pop-up and Christmas light displays around Knoxville.  Who Let the Bots Out?! Joey shared that some AI companies are discouraging users from being abusive toward chatbots because models learn from human interactions. He also talked about a humanoid robot being trained as a future caregiver and a laser-powered AI system that can reportedly shoot down mosquitoes in flight.  Lucky 7 for $50 to the Copper Cellar family of restaurants  Joey went to a church event where his introverted side was on full display. While his wife happily mingled with friends, Joey found himself dodging dance-floor invitations, hiding near a support pillar, and wishing he and his wife had a secret code for when he's socially tapped out.  The show talked about how GLP-1 weight-loss medications like Ozempic are reportedly impacting beer sales. Nancy explained that the medications make people feel full much faster, meaning fewer drinks and smaller tabs at bars and restaurants.  What Makes You Special? I'm a 911 Dispatcher See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey and Nancy kicked off Election Day trying to figure out the best time to vote and joked that this midterm election feels more like a presidential election because of all the attention and nonstop political ads.  Joey and Nancy talked about the tragic Florida private jet crash that killed nine people. Nancy shared her perspective as a former pilot, explained the mayday call, and discussed how icing conditions may have contributed to the crash.  DIY Joe returned after discovering that buying a toilet is way more complicated than he ever imagined. Joey went down a research rabbit hole involving bowl shapes, flush systems, comfort height, map scores, and even became convinced there might be some kind of toilet-handle Mandela Effect.  Nancy gave an update on her son Ben after he was caught on a Ring camera taking a Halloween candy bucket. Ben chose to apologize in person, and seeing a little girl at the house made him realize how wrong his actions were. Another kid involved in the incident ended up apologizing, too.  Hot Tea: Bill Belichick and Jordan Hudson have reportedly ended their relationship after keeping the split quiet. Tim McGraw shut down rumors that he performed at Taylor Swift’s wedding, saying he simply attended as a guest. A Florida woman was arrested for DUI after trying to pay for a Taco Bell order with tampons and blowing nearly three times the legal limit.  The show debated whether political attack ads should be allowed to say almost anything and discussed how political speech receives broad First Amendment protections. Then they invited listeners to create their own 10-second “attack ads” about coworkers, spouses, bad drivers, and even Joey himself. Nancy took a few playful shots at Joey, callers piled on, and the segment eventually turned into everyone making attack ads about themselves.  Lucky 7 for $50 Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants  Karly’s dad joined the show to give his review of Karly’s boyfriend Luke after meeting him at the family Halloween party. Patrick approved of Luke so far, praised his manners, and jokingly hinted that the traditional dad speech may still be coming.  Joey shared the story of an Arizona man who was literally picked up by a tornado while riding his bicycle home from the grocery store. The guy survived with only minor injuries. Joey contemplated whether riding a tornado would actually be kind of fun if it were guaranteed to be safe.  Group Therapy focused on a bride-to-be who wants to invite her cousin to the wedding but not the cousin’s destructive eight-year-old twin daughters. Listeners suggested everything from hiring a babysitter and creating a kids’ zone to simply accepting that family drama might last longer than any wedding-day chaos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey, Nancy, and Karly kicked off the morning talking about the time change, how early everyone woke up, and whether schools should get the Monday before Election Day off.   A woman at Nancy's church kept moaning during the service and it distracted Nancy from listening to the sermon.   The show recapped Halloween weekend and agreed the weather was nearly perfect for trick-or-treating. Nancy took grandson Greyson out for his first Halloween, but the one-year-old made it only one street before deciding he was done. Joey’s family skipped handing out candy and spent the night bowling and playing games at Main Event instead.  Nancy got an unexpected call from another parent after a Ring camera video surfaced showing her son Ben taking an entire candy bucket from a front porch. After confronting him, Ben admitted what happened, lost his phone privileges, and will be personally apologizing to the homeowners to make things right.  Hot Tea: Ella Langley stopped a Halloween concert to tell fans to quit throwing candy on stage. Thomas Rhett and his family dressed as characters from Aladdin. Lizzo paid tribute to Dolly Parton with her costume. Dan + Shay dressed up as a shark and a penguin. Former Band Perry member Neil Perry took a public shot at his sister on social media. A South Korean army officer was suspended after repeatedly leaving his post to feed his pet lizard.  Joey may have broken his toe while stepping out of his bathtub. His foot turned multiple shades of purple and red, so he went to an orthopedic clinic. The doctor suspected a possible hairline fracture and recommended buddy-taping the toes.  The crew debated daylight saving time and discussed the Sunshine Protection Act. Tennessee has already approved a move to permanent daylight saving time, but federal action would still be required before any changes could take effect.  Lucky 7 for $50 to the Copper Cellar family of restaurants.  The show talked Halloween costumes, including Heidi Klum showing up as a giant hand and Martha Stewart apologizing after criticism over a homeless-themed costume.  Joey attended Nancy's grandson Greyson’s fishing-themed first birthday party and joked that Nancy could start a business planning themed events. From bobber drink cups and fish-bait snacks to cattail decorations and fishing waders, Nancy fully committed to the theme and happily accepted compliments afterward.  Boston’s airport is holding a contest to find its next official voice for the PA system. Joey wants to do a similar competition for McGhee Tyson Airport to have East Tennessee accents welcoming travelers to Knoxville. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.