My Minute of News with Jeff Caplan

KSL Newsradio's Jeff Caplan offers his own unique spin on the fun, quirky things that happen alongside the news.

Episodes

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    April 23, 2025

    Unlikely heroes of the tariff war

    Typically these four people are not considered to be the hero type.

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    April 22, 2025

    How would YOU handle a recession?

    20-simethings have some unique answers.

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    April 22, 2025

    Would you buy $800 bottled water?

    How bout if I told you it was from a Norwegian Iceberg. Anyone?

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    April 21, 2025

    Warning for Uber riders

    Don’t leave your stuff in the Uber!

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    April 15, 2025

    Where did YOUR tax dollars go?

    Toilet paper at a national park?  Maybe a Harvard Research Grant?

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    April 15, 2025

    Those Macho Macho Democrats

    BOOYAH!  They’re gonna win back men with sports!

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    April 11, 2025

    You can’t say that!!

    Why you won’t hear some common golf terms when you watch The Masters

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    April 11, 2025

    Minecraft Movie Mayhem

    If you want to take the kids, choose your showing carefully.

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    April 11, 2025

    The Jazz can’t win

    Let’s hope they know how to jump through hoops.  Because that’s what they’ll have to do to get Cooper Flagg.

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    April 9, 2025

    The man who cried "PAUSE"

    You won’t believe what’s creating all these market gyrations

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    April 8, 2025

    Risking Death for Clicks

    On a remote island… an American roils the natives

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    April 4, 2025

    Turns out little kids can be useful

    Scientists have discovered the one task they’re good for

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    April 3, 2025

    Spring Break on the Beach!

    On the warm Florida sand, the stupid is REAL.

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    April 1, 2025

    What is “pornography”

    Jeff has found a NEW definition

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    March 31, 2025

    Is “Healthy Sodapop” really good for you?

    You’ve seen the ads for Pre-biotic soda.  So what’s the deal?

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    March 31, 2025

    A Third Term for Trump?

    It’s been done before. You’ll hear the story….

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    March 26, 2025

    Dead Leaves? AGAIN?!?

     Jeff thought he was done with them last fall.

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    March 26, 2025

    Malapropism!

    Sounds like a disease. But it's more like putting your foot in your armpit.

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    March 25, 2025

    Borders go both ways

    Canada is discovering that you can sneak across in either direction

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    March 25, 2025

    Give me Liberty or Give me Jokes

    A Revolutionary War Hero battles a stand-up comic.

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    March 21, 2025

    When an astronaut pulls a double

    But will NASA make it worth it?

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    March 19, 2025

    Cougs fans, GO AHEAD!

    Storming the court is perfectly acceptable

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    March 19, 2025

    One Legged Jeans

    Paying more for less.

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    March 17, 2025

    Forget Stocks. Ignore Bitcoin. BUY CHEETOS

    There’s a Flamin’ Hot Auction Market

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    March 3, 2025

    Utahns living on the edge!

    Listen to the ways everyday Utahns court danger

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    February 27, 2025

    Sitting next to a corpse

    It could happen on your next flight. 

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    February 27, 2025

    Exploding Snow!

    A  volcano erupts in the back country

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    February 25, 2025

    The Urchins in IT

    They’re playing tricks on office workers. You’ve been warned

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    February 24, 2025

    Justify your job!

    Jeff writes an email to Elon Musk.

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    February 20, 2025

    NOT a Miracle on Ice

    USA v Canada Hockey action is more like a kerfluffle on ice.

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    February 20, 2025

    Ryan Smith’s Windfall

    The value of the Utah Jazz has gone through the roof.

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    February 20, 2025

    Adults … buying kids meals for THEMSELVES.

    The new adult life-hack

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    February 20, 2025

    What do you do when tragedy strikes?

    If you answered “hit record” … you’re just like everybody else

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    February 17, 2025

    Draining the Swamp one restaurant at a time.

    It’s a tense month for restaurants near the White House.

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    February 13, 2025

    Egg prices hit a life-changing milestone

    Eggs are now more expensive than beef, and this could change everything.

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    February 12, 2025

    How Conspiracy Theories start

    Did KSL send the attack signal to the aliens?

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    February 7, 2025

    Elon’s Little Minions

    Elon Musk is trying to starve the government of its addiction to employees.

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    February 7, 2025

    A Sheriff goes nails-tough against  School Threats

    A Florida Sherriff is so fed up he’s perp-walking 11 year olds.

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    February 3, 2025

    Happy February. You done with that New Years Resolution Yet?

    Some people are happy that you gave up.

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    February 3, 2025

    The underdog at this year’s Super Bowl?  Avocados.

    Tarriffs are just ONE of the problems for guacamole farmers.

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    January 31, 2025

    How’s a pudgy guy so good?

    Patrick Mahomes doesn’t look like a superstar athlete.

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    January 30, 2025

    Is there a commercial following you everywhere?

    Jeff is being followed and he’s terrified

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    January 30, 2025

    Utah Hockey Club:  A Mammoth Mistake

    Jeff thinks “Utah Wasatch” is a terrible choice

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    January 28, 2025

    Who best to to talk about Chinese AI?

    Nobody’s interviewed ChatGPT. So I did.

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    January 23, 2025

    The Least Sexy Championship Ever

    Geeks grokked their way through the Excel World Championship

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    January 23, 2025

    The Late Night Trump Hater who invented “Gulf of America”

    The  map change that was sparked by a late night host 15 years ago

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    January 23, 2025

    12 hours without TikTok

    So had did we do during the Saturday night ban?

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    January 23, 2025

    The Utah Legislature plots World Domination

    They’re going to regulate the dang sun!

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    January 17, 2025

    Kids don’t want to be astronauts anymore

    Guess what they DO want to be when they grow up

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    January 14, 2025

    The one house still standing in LA

    You might think the owner lucky, but not so much. 

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    January 14, 2025

    The new top-selling self-help book

    NFL players can bite each other’s fingers, but you better not get caught reading.

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    January 13, 2025

    Utah’s favorite Tradwife … is leaving

    Hannah Neeleman is off to greener pastures

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    January 10, 2025

    Rich, Famous, and Homeless

    Feeling compassion for LA celebrities

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    January 9, 2025

    A last lesson from Jimmy Carter

    An unlikely bromance between Presidents

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    January 8, 2025

    Celebrity homes ablaze

    Are we supposed to care more because they’re famous?

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    January 8, 2025

    The safest place to sit on a plane

    If the latest crash has you wondering, answers from the experts

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    January 6, 2025

    How old is your face?

    Take a simple test on the web and thanks to AI… you’ll find out

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    January 3, 2025

    What happens if Tik Tok gets banned?

    Some influencers are going to lose their (expensive) shirts

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    January 3, 2025

    Would you live in a “shouse?”

    With home prices so high… builders are creating cheaper alternatives

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    December 13, 2024

    Are you willing to wait in a long line for food?

    Gen Z says “absolutely!”

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    December 10, 2024

    Are you in the Top 1-percent?  How bout the top 10?!

    We now know what a Utahn has to earn to become a 1 percenter

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    December 10, 2024

    The oldest bird ever to lay an egg

    The ultimate May-December romance!

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    December 5, 2024

    When was the last time you CALLED someone.

    We’re replacing human interaction with our fingertips.

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    December 4, 2024

    So how’d it taste?

    The new owner ATE the $6-million banana.

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    December 2, 2024

    Thou Shalt Not Sing at “Wicked”

    Movie Theatres are warning fans: It is NOT Karaoke night

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    November 29, 2024

    Word of the Year 2024

    I don’t get it. Do You?

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    November 22, 2024

    A Freakin’ Banana

    This banana teaches us how the rich are different.

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    November 22, 2024

    Communal Bathrooms in the Granite Schools

    Should boys and girls wash their hands together?

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    November 20, 2024

    Quick:  What’s a slang term for “phone”

    Betcha can’t come up with a single one.

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    November 19, 2024

    AWK-ward!

    Paul Skenes is baseball’s Rookie of the Year.  But the announcement was painfully awkward, and magnificent teaching moment for young men.

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    November 19, 2024

    Matt Gaetz, Poster Child

    Aside from the character issues, there’s something about his face.

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    November 18, 2024

    Change your password

    The most popular passwords in America seem to come from a ridiculous source!

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    November 14, 2024

    The Onion Buys InfoWars

    A satire website its biggest joke ever.

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    November 14, 2024

    Why I hate QR codes

    The survey says I’m not alone on this one.  You too?

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    November 7, 2024

    Is a Mancold worse than a Momcold?

    Is a Mancold worse than a Momcold?

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    November 7, 2024

    No Return Necessary

    How does Amazon decide whether you can keep the thing you’re returning?

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    November 5, 2024

    The War of the Worlds

    The night the Martians.. and my mom …both arrived.

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    November 5, 2024

    P’Nut the Squirrel, killed by the state

    An Instagram star, euthanized at the peak of fame.

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    October 30, 2024

    Halloween in the Upside Down

    Australia is t-r-y-i-n-g to celebrate Halloween.  They’re working on it.

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    October 30, 2024

    The Pandas are back.

    But not without some strings attached...

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    October 28, 2024

    The most EXTREME Haunted House in the world

    After countless investigations, McKamey Manor is still open for business.

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    October 24, 2024

    The Secret Stop the Steal Meeting

    I didn’t mean to be there.  But they weren’t good at keeping secrets.

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    October 24, 2024

    How to predict an election

    Movies, Football, and even Snacks can tell you all you need to know

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    October 21, 2024

    The Best state in the nation for Halloween

    Jeff looks at the metrics, the monsters, and what really SCARES people.

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    October 16, 2024

    The REAL Presidential Campaign

    Utahns are blissfully unaware of what it’s like in the Swing States.

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    October 16, 2024

    Dog Crocs

    How far would you go to match your best friend?

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    October 15, 2024

    You can’t escape this presidential campaign

    Even McDonalds is stuck in the middle of Harris v Trump

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    October 14, 2024

    Look! Up in the sky!

    Fresh off the Northern Lights, we get a blazing comet.

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    October 10, 2024

    The most stolen car in America

    And the LEAST stolen car.  The list for 2024 is out

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    October 10, 2024

    When a kid steals a car

    Jeff plays a game called “you be the parent”

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    October 9, 2024

    After the Hurricane

    What happens after the TV reporters and politicians leave.

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    October 8, 2024

    It’s Hockey Season!

    Get ready Utah. Hockey is like  like figure-skating … with punching.

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    October 8, 2024

    Murder in the Wilderness…

    … but Fat Bear Week will go on!

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    October 4, 2024

    How to become invisible

    Disappear into a bag of chips. Literally!

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    October 1, 2024

    The new gang in SF takes aim at dogs

    You have the bloods, the crips, and now… the coyotes?

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    October 1, 2024

    Do you see the world through rose-colored glasses?

    Optimism is good. But rose colored might not be the best idea.

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    September 27, 2024

    Whatever happened to the Metaverse?

    Meta is still trying to make us wear goggles.

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    September 25, 2024

    No more ankle socks!

    Boomer style is making a Gen Z comeback

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    September 25, 2024

    They found the Loch Ness Monster!

    Maybe. But like usual… maybe not.

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    September 25, 2024

    What is Roommate Parenting?

    Hint: It’s not good