New branding: The Works Live! New name, same fun people! What are some of the well known nostalgic toys you remember? How did the US popular toys compare to other countries? Jim predicts what he thinks THE toys will be this year...and sad to admit, one uses the dreaded AI! Plus, we discuss our conspiracy theory that garden hose makers and hose storage systems are in cahoots. Non-kink hoses my rear! Join us for this "The New Works & Toys Toys Toys" episode of The Works Live.

You know how much we love AI <>...and using AI for customer service is just our favorite! With real people customer service representatives, you at least had a chance at a favorable outcome. With AI, you just get responses based upon the flowchart of answers that have been programmed. Sure, companies save money with AI customer service because 1) They don't have to pay a person and 2) The customer is never right so they save money by not resolving issues. However, do they look to see if customers are still customers afterwards? How do YOU feel about customer service today? Join us for "Press 1 To Speak to a Customer Service Rep" episode on The Works.

We got the food pyramid wrong and had to update the entire calorie conversation to include gut biome. Did we get our documentation of genes and what they can predict correctly? So many folks are making life altering decisions based upon genetic testing results. They believe it is inevitable that they will get certain conditions and ailments. What is it that we know about genome sequencing? Just because you have a marker doesn't mean you will get it. Did you know that only 5-10% of all breast cancer patients carry the BRCA gene mutation? How and when do these genes get "mutated"? Join us for this "DNA Testing: Let's Get into Your Jeans (genes)" episode of The Works.

Soccer is NOT football! With all of the hype of the FIFA World Cup, we just do not get it. Is it truly a sport that America loves and supports? Considering that they say that it had a record viewership, we wanted to check that out. It was only 6 million. Considering The Simpsons, which has been on air over 30 years still pulls 2 million every week, that is not very impressive. Do you watch soccer? Or do you occasionally go to a game for something to do and drink beer? Please enlighten us! Join us for this "Football...No Soccer" episode of The Works.

These projects would definitely fit the definition of "pork" in a legislative bill! Who doesn't love pork? Did you know that $57 million was spent to get to drill in the layer between the Earth's crust and mantle? How about$74 million for a canal bisecting Florida which was never completed? Join us for a pork discussion on this "Uncovering Government Waste" episode of The Works.

Talk about a bunch of baloney! There was a govt paid study on the correlation between hot dog consumption and childhood leukemia in 1994. Why hot dogs and leukemia? And, in 2004 it was debunked and there was no correlation or causation. What other frivolous studies have we done? Cocaine's effect on the sex life of quails. How about the 20 year study of steroid use on hamsters and their aggression? How about money to make a holographic museum of deceased comedians? Join us for a spirited discussion on this "Hot Dogs" episode of The Works.

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Follow up to the calorie and nutritional panel episode. We wondered if the nutrition/calorie computations were wrong or incomplete. The Atwater study results defined the number of calories for fat, protein, and carbs and was amended in the 1970's to account for fiber. The new research suggest it is our gut bacteria that determines absorption. But, what if the proteins today are different than in the 1890s? Cows used to eat grass that has the amino acids we need and had protein. Cows today eat genetically modified corn that is low in amino acids and are all carbs/sugar...zero protein. Are we truly getting the protein that we think we are? A dive into the FDA/USDA site shows the breakdown of items. 80/20 ground beef at Wegmans has more grams of protein than Kroger and waaaay more than the ground beef at fast food. Joins us for an interesting discussion of nutrition computations on this "The Spice Melange Part 2" episode of The Works.