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So today, we're talking about this TikTok trend that just came up on my For You page. Really? Yeah. So supposedly men are weirdly obsessed with the Roman Empire. So if you ask a male, they'll be like, oh yeah, I think about the Roman Empire often. How often? Some people say once a week, some people say once a day. Once a day? The Roman Empire? Why? That's the question. Why do we think that men are weirdly obsessed with the Roman Empire? I think it's just like a persona sort of thing. It's like a set of characteristics. The Roman Empire is very much like an aesthetic sort of. There's a conquering mentality there, kind of a, I don't know, like brute force, I don't know. I asked my boyfriend and he said he thinks more about Western expansion than the Roman Empire. He was like, yeah, I get why though. Like why you would think about the Roman Empire. But for me, it's just like cowboys and horses. I feel like the Roman Empire is like a different version of cowboys and horses. Like cowboys and chariots. Yeah. Cowboys and chariots. Yeah, they're a horse. Yeah. Horses is the common denominator probably. Yeah, it's a little less lawless. But there's definitely a fun men fighting men thing going on. Most of the videos I've seen, oh girls asking guys about it, they're like, well it was like a big part of history. Which I guess is true. There are a lot of big parts of history though. Yeah, exactly. So was that like Toga? I'm going to sound really ignorant here. Is that where they have the Togas? What's the outfit situation? Yeah, that's like the lore leaves. And the sandals, right? Yeah. Maybe the men yearn for sandals maybe. Maybe that's a hot take. Because I see dogs out on campus. Yeah. And that's the real issue here. Yeah. And we need to get down. What is this issue? Oh, maybe we cracked it. Yeah. Yeah? Okay. Cut. Okay, give me a picture of it. The conclusion is that UVM men should stop wearing flip flops on campus because it's really bothering me. Yeah? Yeah. No one wants to see your toes. Yeah. Thanks for watching. Good evening, Burlington. My name is Rob Hospital. And I'm Bob Medicine. And we're going to be launching right into this week's top stories. So the first story, a three-day manhunt for a murder suspect came to an end on Sunday. We're receiving live information that the victim's name was Reese. But all the police found on the scene was Reese's pieces. And we also have news that the North Creek witches dance was this past Sunday. And it appears again that the great Adirondack Moose Festival, which begs the question, if the witches are on tour, then who have I been seeing downtown? And now for a very special guest that knows a lot about a lot, Dr. Johns Hopkins University. How are you doing today? I'm excellent. Thank you. How are you, Rob? We're doing great. And we brought you on because we know that you know a lot about the weather and its various cycles. So what do you think of the weather we've been having? It's beautiful, huh? Yeah, it's been great, actually. It's been very sunny, nice for the rats. Nice for the what? The rats. Oh, the rats. Yeah, I love them. Oh, cool. So we're seeing some rain this upcoming week. Yeah, definitely will not be good for rats at all. They kind of hate the rain because when they have to go into the sewers it gets all flooded and stuff. Terrible. What are they doing in the winter then? So moving away from rats. This fall we're looking for peak tourist season in Vermont. Lots of, I believe they're called leaf peepers. What do you think that does for Burlington's economy? Probably does a lot. I mean, like, yeah, fall foliage is great. I just wish people would come for what's really, like, what really matters in Vermont. And that is? The rats. Oh. Yeah. So also this fall, Vermont's a big maple state, as everyone knows. And how do you feel about the great maple industry? Maple's good. Cool. Anything else that is on your mind? Um, yeah, to Ricky. I know you're out there. My little rat friend. This has been Vermont Action News. I am Rob Hospital. And I'm Bob Medicine. And here we have Dr. Johns Hopkins University. And we wish you a good night. Hi. We're just going to have a conversation between three people. I'm Catherine. This is lovely Fiona, Belle. We're all students at UVM. Where are you guys from? I am from Bloomfield, Connecticut. It's very old, probably haunted, and really boring. Haunted, how? Well, Connecticut is, like, old, let me tell you. Old Mary lives in my attic. She's dead, though. Have you talked to Old Mary before? Really? Are you kidding? Where are you from? Oh, I'm from Boston. Cool. Straight Boston. Like, actually, from Boston? Wow. What street? Street? Yeah, what street are you from? It's called Alaric Street. What number? I'm going to go ahead and scratch that. And my mother's maiden name and my first pet. Where are you from? I'm from Cape Elizabeth, Maine. 20 Old Fort Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. My parents still live there. Oh, cool. Yeah. It's a really lovely town. It's right next to the ocean. Wow. Yeah. There's a lot of woods in my backyard, which is awesome. That's pretty much it. Do you guys get bears a lot? We don't get bears, but our neighborhood cause coyotes, actually. My neighbor has coyotes. Yeah. That's really bad. It's really bad. My dog is, like, kind of part coyote. Like, we did a DNA test, and her grandparents are coyotes. And so there's, like, contention with her and the natural coyotes in our neighborhood. That's crazy. Yeah. I once came almost face-to-face with a bear. Really? There's a lot of bears in my neighborhood. Yeah, it was summer, like, two years ago, and it was really, really hot. So we got, like, an inflatable kiddie pool. And I was in the kiddie pool, and my brother comes out and is like, I need you to come inside right now. Because there was a bear, like, two feet behind me about to get in the pool. Wow. You were in the pool? I was in the pool. Wow. Did you see it? I had my back to the bear. That's crazy. Yeah, yeah. Well, I go in the house, and then we're all, my whole family is gathered around the window looking at the pool, and the bear just goes right in the pool. It broke it. We had just gotten it, like, the day before. Inflatable. Inflatable. It chewed on it. Yeah. And it exploded the pool. Wow. But it sat in there for, like, two hours. That's so lovely. My closest encounter with a wild animal is, like, a little bit of a flex. I was attacked by a rabid fox when I was younger. At my daycare. At your daycare? Yeah. Yeah. The daycare was called Funny Farm, so it was, like, kind of inevitable. There were, like, chickens and goats, and it's mane, and there was a fox. Did you sue? No, we didn't sue. We really liked them. And I just went to a different preschool. That was, a lot of people left that preschool, which makes sense. But also, it was just nature. Nature happens. Animals get rabid and attack young children. Yeah. Yeah. So, do you have a close encounter with a wild animal? There was a coyote on my front steps. It was actually infamous, like, the neighborhood Facebook group would, like, follow it and track it. And then, yeah, once it was on my steps and I couldn't get out of the car, I had to, like, keep slamming the door so it would leave, maybe. But unfortunately, people noticed, people would start posting that he was starting and then, ultimately, the trail dropped. So, we actually lost contact with the West Roxbury coyote. My neighborhood also has a Facebook group, and we also send videos and sightings of coyotes, like, wherever they are in the neighborhood. We're getting signals that we have actually 30 seconds left. Not time to remember. False alarm. It's okay. Yeah. Maybe we can just do 30 seconds of silence. Mindfulness? Yeah, mindfulness. We didn't do it today. Okay, ready? We can use this time. 30 seconds of mindfulness on camera lights and make me start crying. Okay, that's okay. It'll be awesome. We welcome it. Ready? Thank you, everybody. That's our show. Louder. Wow. Thank you.