Episode 9 - Glitter Bomb!

This week (recorded December 3, 2017), Cate and Liz start with a travesty. Scientists have called for a ban on glitter, saying its a global hazard! Are we headed for a Water Worldesque dystopian future where glitter is our currency? They don't know about that, but they do know that the Mariah Carey movie Glitter should definitely be banned. Moving on to more science news in this week's top stories, specimen from a "Yeti" has been analyzed and it turns out they are just big bears...but cryptozoologists are doing their best to keep the legend alive. Pop Culture is a big one because you know they had to talk about the upcoming ROYAL WEDDING! Cate and Liz gush and gossip about all things Harry, Meghan Markle, the ring, the venue, and nerd out with a healthy dose of British Royal History. In crime corner, Cate kicks off the holidaze with a recap of some of the wildest Christmas crimes ever committed, while Liz reports on how evidence from an Amazon Echo was used to charge a man with murder. Crime corner carries over into the Animal Kingdom when the girls discuss some bad ass donkeys that we're thrown in jail in India. And there is more crime in #MomSquad when Cate reports on one mom's covert tactic's to catch her daughter's school bully and how she's now facing felony charges over the incident. All this and so much more! We now have MERCH! Get our logo and some of Cate and Liz's favorite catch phases on accessories and apparel at eveningboozehour.threadless.com. We're also on Patreon! Support the Evening Booze Hour for as little as $1/month at patreon.com/eveningboozehour. Below are links to the original sources of the stories featured in this episode: • Scientists Call For Ban On Glitter, Say It’s A Global Hazard CBS Philly http://cbsloc.al/2zOFrS3 • Bad News For Bigfoot? Biologist Says Yetis Are Really Just Bears HuffPost http://bit.ly/2jeHftc • Another Royal Wedding! Prince Harry is engaged to Meghan Markle CNN http://cnn.it/2ACgx87 NPR http://n.pr/2jeCyzB http://n.pr/2Aqlj7M People http://bit.ly/2k8MEoI The Sun http://bit.ly/2zORieT • 8 weird and wild Christmas crimes New York Daily News http://nydn.us/2jejbGE • Donkeys jailed for chowing down on prison landscaping New York Post http://nyp.st/2iRcs8F • Mother faces felony charge after using recorder to thwart school bullies CNN http://cnn.it/2hXWvcV