The Pre W. Smith Show

White Castle is imbracing AI and implementing them in their drive-through but will the technology increase sales?

06/15/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the early news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Jeff, Kristin and Mark sign off from the Pre W Smith morning show. You can continue to hear them Saturday's at 1pm on the Let's Go Michigan! show.

06/19/23 Jeff, Kristin and Mark review the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

06/16/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review news and healines from the past 24 hours.

Michael Spath talks about the future of the Detroit Lions and if they will be making a Season 2 of the HBO series HardKnocks.

Jeff and Kristin discuss how Amazon is taking on the serge of fake reviews, fight AI with AI.

Jeff, Kristin and Mark review the early news and headlines of the past 24 hours.

Jeff speaks with Chris Budnik, founder of Heiroom, to get an update on how is tech startup has progressed since our original interview with him in 2021.

Jeff, Kristin and Mark discuss the recent research that suggests that middle aged married women who work are happier later in life and depression in their spouses also was low.

06/13/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the early news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

Jeff meets with Jeff Shafritz a franchise consultant to discuss franchising and the possibilities for those that want to make a change and own a business but dont want to develop the concept

06/12/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the early news and headlines of the past 24 hours.

Jeff and Kristin discuss the possibility of asteriods hitting the earth in our lifetime and all the ways scientists are tracking them.

Eric Yaverbaum, PRNews, How do you navigate being a public figure when AI poses a risk to pretty much everyone in the public eye?

06/09/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the early news of the day.

Jeff, Kristin and Mark discuss how helicopter parents are now inserting themselves into their childs place of employment.

06/08/23 Jeff, Kristin and Mark review the news and headlines from the past 24 hours

26 million Americans have T2 diabetes. Every year 1.5 million more are newly diagnosed. The CDC estimates as many as 1 in 3 adults could have T2 diabetes by 2050. T2 diabetes has taken too much. From our families and from our communities.

Jeff, Kristin and Mark discuss the latest trend of a dopamine detox to recalibrate your brain’s reward pathways.

Jeff, Kristin and Mark discuss the desire of the part time job.

Aki Ito: Economists are starting to think that the labor shortage we're seeing now isn't because of temporary factors. It's driven by the demographics of our workforce: baby boomers are retiring and the younger generations are having a hard time filling their shoes.

06/07/23 Jeff, Kristin and Mark review the news and headlines of the past 24 hours.

Paula Gardner, Bridge MI, Michigan coming in near last in the nation, 49th amongst the 50 states in terms of population growth, this is a big concern. Can we turn this around?

06/07/23 Jeff, Kristin and Mark review the news and headlines of the last 24 hours.

Jeff, Kristin and Mark discuss product ratings and whether or not they matter.

06/05/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Jeff and Kristin discuss the recent announcement from the Surgeon General linking the mental health crisis to social media

Jeff speaks with Mike McFall, Biggby Coffee, regrading his newest book: Grow, launching June 6, 2023.

Joann Muller, Axios: While AM might seem like a relic of the past, nearly 50 million people still listen to it, according to Nielsen figures provided by the National Association of Broadcasters.

06/02/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss new and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss NASA's newest task force that will be reviewing the claims that UFO's are real.

Jeff and Kristin discuss the era of the side hustle. Who has one? What are they doing? Does it pay off?

06/01/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the early news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Rebecca Knight, Insider: Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk's newly announced pick to succeed him as the CEO of Twitter, inherits a tough gig goes without saying. But the question is: Is she being set up to fail?

05/31/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Jeff, Mark, and Kristin continue the conversation about the population crisis in Michigan.

Mark Sanchez, Crain's, Stagnant population threatens Michigan’s future as educated young workers look elsewhere.

05/30/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines of the last 24 hours.

05/29/23 Happy Memorial Day

Ben Orner, MLive, 4 things to know about Michigan expanded distracted driving law.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the best ways to haggle and for what products/services.

Alexa St. John, Insider, Drivers are holding onto their cars for longer and that will impact buyers in the service department and at the used car lot.

05/26/23 Jeff, Kristin and Mark reviews the early news from the past 24 hours and tips for the Memorial Day weekend.

James Rodriguez, Insider, If you're wondering why your rent is still high, look no further than all the people who ditched their roommates over the past few years.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss how U.S. snack sales rose to $181 billion last year, up 11% from the year prior.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the early news and headlines to start the day.

Jeff Young, EdSurge, Our grading system seems pretty fundamental to the way schools and colleges work, but letter grades haven’t always been in place.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the recent poll by YouGov revealing the least and most trusted news sources as of April 2023.

05/24/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

Jeff and Kristin breakdown how many hours each week people spend on emails and in meetings.

Julia Pugachevsky, Insider reported, A new vaccine designed to treat pancreatic cancer prevented the disease from returning in 50% of patients who received it.

05/23/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

05/22/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Kalyn Belsha, ChalkBeat, Student access to teletherapy skyrockets as schools combat youth mental health crisis

Jeff and Kristin discuss a new status symbol in corporate America: the ability to keep raising prices.

05/16/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

Hilary Brueck, Insider, Almost 100 Michigan paper mill workers are sick from a rare fungus spread by mold spores in the air — and climate change could make this more common.

Rose White, MLive, Over 40% of America’s 895 million acres of agricultural land is expected to change hands, but steep costs create a barrier for the next generation to take the baton.

05/15/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss research from MIT regarding multitasking when what we’re actually doing is task-switching, rapidly shifting from one thing to the next.

05/12/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

Julie Sloan talks with the Executive Director of the Birmingham Shopping District regarding things to do and places to shop this Mother's Day weekend.

Jeff and Kristin discuss how labor shortages and shifting expectations lead to improvement for millions, survey shows from Conference Board data.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the study by Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research that explains the age in which we stop feeling young.

Simon Schuster, MLive, A $10,000 sign-on bonus. Or $25,000 for a down payment on a home. That’s the lengths some Michigan school districts are going to try to bring new teachers on board.

05/11/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss why online shopping is so addicting.

05/10/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Emma Cosgrove, Insider, E-commerce is still growing, but that doesn't mean it's a slam dunk for investors.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the latest research and testing by AI to turn your thoughts into text.

Edgar Dworsky, Consumer World, big brands are continuing to downsize their products as shrinkflation continues.

05/09/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Wayne Friedman, Media Post, In the post pandemic era, it's time to go back to the theater, and now this streaming capability simply cannibalizing from getting the butts in the seats.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss how man's best friend has met shoppers' worst enemy with pet food inflation.

05/08/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

Matthew Fox, Insider, An estimate of 113,793 unemployment claims were filed by Americans earning over $200,000. This is the highest level since the pandemic.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark review the list of most common items left in an Uber.

05/05/23 Jeff and Mark review news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

05/04/23 Jeff, Kristin, Mark review news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss AI and robots being used in a local Madison Heights restaurant, Noodle Topia.

Alcynna Lloyd, Insider, Housing affordability remains at an all-time low as buyers grapple with home prices, high mortgage rates and a meager supply of homes for sale

The job market remains strong surprisingly so in the face of all the economic challenges and the small business sector is doing its part to keep that job market propped up.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the occupations where the most jobs will be created and lost in the next 5 years.

05/03/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

Mark Dent: The Hustle was curious to learn more about the economics of modern dating life, so they recently surveyed ~700 of our readers on the topic.

Jeff, Kristin and Mark discuss the morning routines of successful people. If you can win the morning, you can win the day.

Michael Spath talks with Jeff about how the the transfer portal is reshaping college sports creating a dynamic situation, a major change to the way college sports exists and operates these days.

05/02/23 Jeff Sloan, Kristin Kujawa, Mark Pastoria discuss the news and headlines from the past 24 hours.

05/01/23 Jeff Sloan, Kristin Kujawa, and Mark Pastoria highlight the news and headlines from the last 24 hours.

Stephanie Palazzolo, Insider, Driven by the recent AI boom, companies are raiding top college campuses for rare technical talent.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss new research that shows allergy season getting longer each year and how climate change is affecting pollen levels.

Jeff, Kristin, and Mark share the research of the importance of work friends and then finish the segment highlighting the Lions Round 1 draft picks.

Jordyn Hermani, MLive, Michigan’s many universities could soon be selling alcohol during their basketball, football or hockey games under two bills making their way through the state legislature.

04/28/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark highlight the best of Michigan and headlines from the last 24 hours.

Kali Hays, Insider, Elon Musk is said to be moving forward with an artificial-intelligence project within Twitter, despite recently signing an open letter calling for an industrywide halt to any AI training for several months.

08/27/23 Jeff, Kristin, and Mark discuss the news from over night and headlines for the day.

So you want to be an "influencer"? Turns out you've got plenty of company. About 86% of young Americans surveyed said they're willing to try out influencing on their social media platforms — and 12% of young people said they already considered themselves one, according to a report from Morning Consult.

Juliana Kaplan, Insider, A baby-boomer who quit his 6 figure job rather than return to the office says managers are threatened by remote work.