Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Feb 4, 2021

u>See ya: As you probably heard, Amazon CEO JEFF BEZOS is leaving the top job at the company after more than 25 years. Bezos, who turned 57 last month, has a reported $190 billion dollars to his name, but as you know, he's not retiring --he told Amazon investors in an e-mail that he'll become the company's executive chairman at the end of September. “In the Exec Chair role, I intend to focus my energies and attention on new products and early initiatives,” he wrote.

Question for your listeners: if you had that kind of cash, how would you spend the rest of your life?

The folks at "Jeopardy!" have announced a number of new guest hosts to fill in while the search goes on for a permanent host. They've already got KATIE COURIC, AARON RODGERS, BILL WHITAKER and MAYIM BIALIK in the queue, and have added SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, ANDERSON COOPER, Dr. MEHMET OZ and Dr. SANJAY GUPTA.

Good news: There's gonna be Peeps just in time for your children's Easter basket... and more! Although they haven't been made for more than nine months, you'll be able to get the classic flavors along with two new flavors: Peeps Hot Tamales and the Peeps Froot Loops Flavored Pop.

More fast food: Wienerschnitzel is taste-testing new Field Roast plant-based hot dogs at select locations in California, Texas and New Mexico. The new hot dogs are made from pea protein, as opposed to soy. If the plant-based dogs do well enough in their test markets, Wienerschnitzel says they'll go chain-wide later this year.