Topic: Violin

The 2017 Miss America pageant on ABC featured a field of contestants that critics found more pleasant than in previous years. Miss Arkansas, Savvy Shields, won the title following a modern dance performance. The competition was noted for its high number of singers and dancers, while more unique talents like Miss Kentucky's electric violin were eliminated before they could be performed on the main stage.

A listener reports that under Common Core standards, mathematical terms like "range" are being renamed to "variance" and "measures of central tendency" to "measures of center." Another donation comes from a "broke performing artist" who is a classical violinist. The hosts discuss their love for classical music and the high-fidelity signals of classical radio stations.

An attempt is made to identify a faint classical violin concerto playing in the background during the President's speech. Despite using audio identification tools like Soundhound and Shazam, the specific piece remains unidentified.