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Topic Idea: Massage Parlor Drama

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With the third accuser coming forward against John Travolta’s misbehavior during massages, massage therapy etiquette is a hot topic.

Have a massage therapist on-air to explain the proper etiquette. Ask her (or him) how common it is for men to display signs of arousal during massage. Ask for stories on the “craziest thing that’s ever happened to you while giving a massage.”

Parenting Topic: Humiliating Punishment Dubbed "Diaper Duty"

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A Minnesota woman was arrested this week after shaving her daughter's head and forcing her to pick up garbage and do windsprints wearing nothing but a tank top and a diaper. The mother allegedly imposed this punishment—which she dubbed "diaper duty"—because she wasn't happy with the 12-year-old's grades. Neighbors called police after seeing the girl outside crying and begging to be let back inside.

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Game Idea: Celeb Twitter Follower Hi/Lo

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From Dave Ryan, KDWB/Minneapolis and RLC Talent Coach

Find a celebrity and the number of Twitter followers they have. Choose a number and have listeners guess whether that celeb’s follower count is higher or lower than your number. Example: Cher. 4 million followers. Is her actual number higher or lower? (It's lower. She has 601,000 followers.) A few minutes of research on Twitter makes for a fun bit. [You can promote your own Twitter, too, while you’re at it.]

New Lifetime Reality Show: 7 Days of Sex

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Lifetime TV launched a new show last week that challenges couples to have sex every day for one week straight with the hope of saving their marriage. Learn more about it here.

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Segment Idea: Lyrics or 50 Shades of Grey

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Apparently this book is steamy. But so are the lyrics of many R&B, Hip Hop, Pop & Rock songs. Pick an artist in your format and play this game with listeners. Choose quotes from the book and an artist and have listeners guess which the quote is from.

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Topic Idea: Self-Checkout Cheating

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Ever cheated on the self checkouts?  Apparently people are doing it, so Forbes and Friends, CJAY92/Calgary took calls and texts from listeners. The ones who confessed shared their secrets: hold that bag of apples up so it only weighs one when you have six in there, hide stuff under paper towel or toilet paper on the bottom of the cart or just eat all the food you want while walking around the grocery store.

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Parenting Topic: When Tantrums Lead to Arrest

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When a six-year-old boy kicked his school principal last week, the school called in police, not parents.

The student had already been suspended for kicking and biting another official, when he allegedly threatened a teacher and kicked Principal Pat Lumbley. This time, the child was placed in police custody and charged with battery and intimidation. Read more here.

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Rock Topic Idea: Sharing Fantasies with Your Spouse

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YourTango sexpert and licensed Psychotherapist answers questions about sharing fantasies with your spouse in this video.

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Topic Idea: Dating on a Groupon

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Groupon. Living Social. Amazon Deals. The list goes on and on, and so do the offers for restaurant discount deals. But should you use one on a date?

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Movie Topic Idea: Long Engagements

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The movie Five-Year Engagement premiered this weekend, starring Jason Segal and Emily Blunt. The plot follows the ups-and-downs of the couple's long engagement.

Have a show player see the movie, and use it as a topical launch for your show's relationship content.

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The Avengers

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The movie is breaking records everywhere overseas and is poised for an explosive North American debut. Some are saying it might even be the biggest box office opening weekend ever.

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Topic Idea: Post-Divorce Madness

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This article showcases 24 crazy things people did post-split, after HuffPost blogger Nancy Wurtzel shared her own story and asked readers to share theirs.

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Parenting Topic: Lying to Your Babysitter

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From Eric Rowe, Executive Producer, Roula & Ryan, KRBE/Houston

This article from The Stir, Little White Lies Moms Tell Their Babysitters, lists lies Moms and Dads tell the babysitter in order to get some freedom from the kids, and a good sitter.

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Parenting Topic: Vegan Children's Boo

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The new children’s book Vegan Is Love features illustrations of animals hugging and dead bodies hung up and bleeding. The book was featured on The Today Show and sparked a debate on raising kids to believe that kids who eat hamburgers are “violent and sad.”

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Topic Idea: Sexting the Wrong Person

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Nearly half of all adults - or 47% - send ‘sexts’ to their other half, this survey found, but one in 10 have mistakenly texted an inappropriate message to a friend or family member.

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Topic Idea: Judging Designer Labels

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This article claims that women who feel ignored are likely to splurge on designer labels (you know the ones people in radio can’t afford). Here’s another article that outlines the way we judge men based on the brands they typically wear.

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Topic Idea: Wedding Etiquette on Plus Ones

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From Eric Rowe, Executive Producer, Roula & Ryan Show, KRBE/Houston

One of the trickiest elements of wedding etiquette is the plus-one problem: who gets a date, who doesn't, and how do you know one way or the other? This article details the etiquette.

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Sports Topic Idea: Fudging About Your Past

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Skip Bayless was busted for committing “high school fraud”. He boasted some credits about his high school basketball status that weren’t true. Read more here.

What story do you fudge the details on when reminiscing about the past?

Mother and Mother-In-Law Poker

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Transform the feature “Bad Boyfriend Poker” to a special Mother’s Day edition. Pit a Mother against a Mother-in-Law to create drama. For an audio example of the game, click here.

Interview Idea: Seven Minutes in Heaven

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7 Minutes In Heaven with Mike O'Brien is an interview show with weekly episodes on YouTube. Similar to the middle school party game, host Mike O'Brien (Saturday Night Live) invites celebrities into his closet for an intimate conversation. Check out the celeb interviews here.

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Sports Topic: What I Would Do for Tickets

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A man posted on Craigslist, offering a sensual session with his wife for tickets to New Orleans for the Final Four. Nerlens Noel, the nation’s top-ranked recruit, wrote about how a Kentucky fan asked if he wanted to go home with his wife.

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Parenting Topic: Advertisements in Schools

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As a way to bring in some much-needed cash, a growing number of public schools in northern Texas are covering their buses and buildings with advertisements, according to a recent report in The Dallas Morning News. At least a dozen other schools display ads on their school buses.

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Topic Idea: Office Dress Code

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This Grindstone article describes some amusing, yet true, office dress codes, from the sexual harassment kind, to the controlling examples of not “wearing skirts with pockets on the back”.

The writer says that employers have a problem personally addressing the one employee who dresses inappropriately -- for example, telling Sally her skirt is too short or telling Bob he needs to iron his shirt.

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Topical Game Idea: Fifty Shades of Grey

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Fifty Shades of Grey, the controversial and suddenly popular women’s book dubbed “erotic fiction” comes out April 3. Get a copy, and play the “guess a page” game with listeners. They call in, give you a page number. If the page has references to sex, they win a prize.

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Topic Idea: Eating the Placenta

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January Jones brought this controversial topic into the news this week when she admitted she ate her own placenta after giving birth as part of a healthy, post-natal regimen.

According to Jockline Daily, Free Beer of Free Beer & Hot Wings had his wife’s placenta ground into a pill, bringing it to work for other show players to ingest. (Congrats on baby Henry, Free Beer!) Watch the video here.

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