Emily’s friends want to go on a day trip from Houston to our next door neighbor Louisiana to visit the Golden Nugget for some drinkin’ and gamblin’. Unfortunately, Emily doesn’t exactly consider that an ideal day trip. Listen to her, CJ, and Spenny attempt to define the perfect daytrip formula for the average wannabe traveler.

Is “stranger danger” on the rise? According to statistics it isn’t. But why do an alarming amount of American parents fear that their kids are in extreme danger in public? Surely the rise in public mass shootings might affect this, but around 20% of parents are far more concerned that strangers have approached their children. Our resident childcare expert Matt Bearden is here to help dispel any myths surrounding strangers and danger on today’s Parent Pickup. 

And Did You Know that chocolate company Hershey’s helped out during World War 2? Learn how they helped the country on today’s fun, fact-finding segment. 

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