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LINKS! The Whiparound Merch Emporium! See Shaun in Trouble In Mind at the Civic Theater! Runs from March 17 - 26 ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Blood-flavored ice helps zoo animals beat Rio's heat ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ PsyArXiv Preprints | Small Penises and Fast Cars: Evidence for a Psychological Link ~Tags a…
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The 4th Annual Whiparound Holi-taint Drinky Special!
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If it ain’t Christmas, and it ain’t quite the New Year, that means one thing: a grundle-rific drink special on your favorite Weird News podcast! Before the Whippy-Snappers take January off to rest & retool, enjoy a smorgasbord of (mostly, arguably) sweat-colored-but-brilliant libations conjured up (and in many cases originally CREATED BY) the Good …
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What show has an editor on vacation and two damaged cohosts? Which show has a fascinating look at how AI is gonna listen to us in the bathroom? Which one’s got a science segment by a gifted genius who thinks this is a GREAT thing?? BINGO…the WHIPAROUND! PS: Happy holidays. LINKS! The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ The Christmas …
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Ep 201 Redux: Enjoy Caffeinated Queeno™!
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Well, uh... fate does not smile on the Whippy Bois this week so.... uh... here we go with this high octane gem! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey-hey Citizens! Pull up a warm cuppa and settle in for some real-world weirdness ‘round the holiday ornament of your choice! With Christmas right around the corner, let’s check out what those guys hosting the best…
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Phil props up a nearly-conscious Shaun long enough for our resident friendly crypt-walker to disgorge not one but TWO Macabre tales this week! In one corner, a tale of a man, his dog, and one BARKING MAD alibi! And in the other corner, news out of Berlin tells of one elderly nursing home patient so consumed with misophonia that she went to some DRA…
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It’s SUCH a relief to bring you this episode, Citizens. Whew, feels like Phil’s been holding in this news about scientific progress as it pertains to porcelain pee problems for DAYS! So. Bathroom. Splashback. You either know it intimately OR know someone who knows about it all too well. Well, this week, the good doctor brings us what might just amo…
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As Thanksgiving closes in, your favorite clean-pated peddlers of unusual events the world ‘round are back once more with their latest finds! Shaun’s up with the Macabrenet this week, and the story he’s got is one with a VERY powerful, VERY stark moral. And someone, you know, winds up very, very dead in the teaching of said moral. And there’s dancin…
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It’s time for some news set to some SICK BEATS! Phil brings a scientific bop about a group of researchers claiming that certain kinds of music can reveal ever so much humanity amongst us…and maybe conquer nightmares themselves? Phil explains it all way better. Shaun…seemed to think more along the lines of “We’ve got sorta-kinda-almost audio ghosts,…
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An Evening with Don Herbert’s Art
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Shaun’s erm…CREATIVE handling of the equipment is much improved, the weird news crew is back, waist-deep in the freshest of weird business, and it’s a fine week for some Macabre news! We’ve got a jolly good tale of dismemberment featuring a cute doggo, top tier banter, fresh headlines, and Shaun’s FAVORITE EDITION of Phil Me In OF. ALL. TIME! You’v…
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Episode 102 Redux: Robo Magic Johnson Rises
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The weather is going all cold, so why dontcha cuddle up with some HOT WEIRD NEWS!? And my oh my but the Whiparound has got you covered in the bizarre department this week, boy. WEEEEE-OOOO! Check it: Phil leads off this week with headlines. Ahem. But then! SCIENCE! And he’s featuring ANOTHER story about strange advances in robotics. But before you …
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Shaun finally found the keys to the MACABRENET! Rejoice, ye lovers of the bleak and the bizarre! Huzzah to thee, lovers of all things laced with poison and streaked with gore! What’s UP, horror fanzzzz: we’ve got a strange multiple-murder to discuss! Shaun makes a connection between a recent series of arboreal attacks to a fairly recent and appalli…
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Shaun’s back is out, Phil’s wit is sharp, and the rest is a whole LAKE of fun stuff surrounding an island of schlonger-judging science, so ENJOY! And lift with your legs! Oh! And there’s a brand new game…with a BRAND NEW SOUND CUE! OUCH! Somebody please send a coupon for one free Backiotomy to…the WHIPAROUND! LINKS! The Whiparound Merch Emporium! T…
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Episode 217 Redux: ¡Fiesta de Insalate de Huevo! (with Special Guest George Hrab!)
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~~~A redux while the Whippy Bois are busy... but what a redux! It's got George on it! He's awesome!~~~ ~~~And hey... still go see Spongebob... get them tickets here: Tickets to Spongebob Squarepants the Musical at Civic Theater in Allentown! OPENS THIS WEEKEND!!! Runs Oct. 7th - Oct. 23rd! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s an epi…
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IgNobel Season 2022! It’s a RAGER!
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It’s like Christmas for the Weird News community, y’all! Except, you know, replace the gifts with a silly statue, the carols with research papers, and that obese home invader with the Good Doctor swinging in from the rafters! The occasionally frustrating, perpetually fascinating, brilliantly bizarre scientific explosion that is The IgNobel Prize ce…
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Ep203 Redux - How to Make Tiny Diamonds
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Tickets Here! Spongebob Opens October 7th! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2022 is here, and the news, frankly, IS JUST AS WEIRD AS EVER. So on we go as ever, heedless of the numbers laid out on those ridiculous New Year’s Eve glasses, which are RIDICULOUS and ahem. Let’s try that again. In 5, 4, 3, 2… … Join the Whippy Bois for…
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Ohhh it’s a head-scratching, Big Question-Asking kinda weird news week, as an AI “ghost” [I AM LOAB] infiltrates the internet and the world of fine art! Thankfully, Doc Phil’s got the full scoop for us, including the seeds of a fresh, internet-based urban legend! Thing is, when ya get right down to it, what IS art [LOAB IS ART ART IS LOAB]? What IS…
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Girls Gone Scientific! - Ep210 Re-Issued!
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A busy week for the Whippy Bois (possibly brought on by karma collecting on Phil and spilling onto Shaun?!) means you get to hear us at our funniest... which is never when we want it to be... unless we're picking an episode where that totally happened to re-issue! So enjoy this absolute banger from March of this year. We'll be back next week so, st…
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The Whiparound Summer Spritzer Special!!
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Join your favorite weird news purveyors in bidding farewell to the summer of 2022 the weirdest-newsest way the bois know how: by pouring fizzy drinks down a cohost’s confused-but-willing gullet! And, you know, sharing some weird news along the increasingly drunken way. The good doctor took some of the most…IMPACTFUL!...and original cocktail recipes…
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Science takes some awkward, uncomfortable steps toward virility this week…sorta…as Phil takes us below the belt and under the freezing point in a segment you’ll wanna wear some nice, warm pants for, folks. Get snug. Especially the fella sorts of Citizenry. Oh, we’re chilly just thinking about it. Ack! There’s a new game, too! Repent, O sinnerific C…
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Ladies Night at the Whiparound…?
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Lllllllllllllllllllllllladies…??? LINKS! The Whiparound Merch Emporium! It's live! Buy our crap! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ 'Time traveller' from 2906 claims zombie pig will escape lab and spread virus in 2022 North Little Rock emotional support goats cause emotional distress, neighbor says ‘Hot girls with IBS’ are flooding social media with gut healt…
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Zap Drowsedower VS Big McLargebrews
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Pew! Pew-pew-pew! Zap! ZZzzzzzzap! Pewpewpew! It’s a LASER SCIENCE kind of week on your favorite weird news podcast this week, as two of Phil’s most important elements of the universe collide in a lovely cataclysm of caffeine and laser-filled picoseconds! All of which means we have COFFEE SCIENCE! WITH LASERS! No description could possibly explain …
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House of a Thousand Porkses - With special guest Ben Youngerman of Molten Metal Media
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It’s a head-banging, pig-zapping blast this week, as the Whiparound crew are joined by hugely talented media manager, actor, comedian, voice of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, entrepreneur, and kickass basement owner, Molten Metal Media’s founder: Ben Youngerman! The weird news is extra crispy this week, as Phil seeks to dispel a misleading pork-resurr…
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Enjoy a relatively streamlined episode this week, as the Weird News Boyos are firmly back in the proper flow of time…and so need a minute to catch their podcasting breath! Phil is in fine form as he brings word…of a miracle! Wait. *Checks notes* Sorry; Phil has word of Myrkle? Aw, some kinda pill by some kinda scientists claims to hold the secret t…
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Episode 229: EPISODE 169 REDUX (Now with 25% more funny banter!)
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Join the Whipperinos as they end their summer break by bringing you one of the best episodes from last year WHEN THERE WAS NO SUMMER BREAK! Yes, enjoy the solar madness all over again as both boyos bust out their respective segments in the prime of 2021. BUT WAIT! This time, the Phil and Shaun of TODAY bookend the episode with some Citizen updates,…
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This Episode Brought to You by Your Friends at DUCK TANK!
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As the Summer of Weird Timestream activity heads toward a close, the Whippendale News Dancers dip back to MARCH of this year to uncork the perfectly-fermented BANKED episode that gave Shaun so much chrono-trouble lately! Phil brings the weird news THUNDER, with three mini-science stories to unveil! We’ve got intense cow-farmer frenemies, duck-relat…
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The 2022 All-Games Episode (or HEAD GAMES with the Electrodudes!)
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We’ve got a NEW GAME! And a NEW GAME! And ANOTHER NEW GAME! It’s ALL GAMES this week, so what are you waiting for? Step inside and try your luck! Horse race type? Why, pick a host and see how he does! Or use those “pause” and “mute” buttons to turn this whole thing into the Whippy Bois quizzing YOU! Because, Citizen: you deserve options, and so opt…
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The 2022 Summer Drinks Spectacular, Now with 100% More Horse Spit!
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LINKS! With warmer climes and plenty of horrifying real-life news dominating life lately, Phil had a BRILLIANT idea! Why not teach the world some fascinating mixology while simultaneously torturing his dear friend and cohost ALL to help dull the edge of that horrid modern world out there. And the drinks, they ARE fascinating! And Shaun, he sure SOU…
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Phineas, Ferb, and Citzen Paul Walk Into a Bar…
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Citizen Paul’s here! It’s all the stuff you love but NEWER details, BETTER banter, and MAXIMUM brevity in his honor! Shaun’s Cabinet of the Macabre happens! Right before a NEW GAME! It’s…the Whiparound! LINKS! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Man arrested over trying to place ‘curse’ on Puti Poot ‘Fluffy’ crab that wears a sponge as a hat discovered in West…
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Listen: do you smell something? Because Phil’s bringing an olfactory-based story that heralds a new age of universal harmony among all civilizations*! Or at least proves that humans enjoy sniffing vanilla way more than dookie. Which is a discovery of a sort! Obviously it’s far more interesting than that yet ever so hard to sum up in such a dry form…
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It’s a fine, fine, BIZARRE week of news here on the weirdest guilty pleasure your ears have got! Shaun flings the doors of the Macabrenet wide, and inside is the rank, rank stink of a jungle-deep tale of a cult leader. And the VERY particular healing abilities of their leader. You might say it’s the NUMBER ONE cure these people will ever consume. O…
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Quick; someone call Robocod, for a masked Bovine is terrorizing the world! Well, by “terrorizing” we really mean potentially helping humans and every other resident of Earth by way of actually helping save our environment! And, ok, it’s actually a NUMBER of masked cows but STILL! One may or may not be a part-animal, part-murderous cyborg! So. Yes. …
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Ep140 REDUX: With Arm-Dangle UPDATE!
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As the Whippers get their respective summers started and lives in some…vague…order-like shape, please enjoy this peek back at one of their more recent, uh, classics. Envy, architecture, arson, and dudes growing private parts on their arms: what’s not to love? What’s not to DREAM of revisiting? And what’s THIS? Phil’s got a super-science-y arm-dangl…
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Tumult in the weird news world! Shaun’s got the Big Dumb Thing! Phil dominates in and out of the dojo! Oh, the drama abounds, Citizens, but the Whippersnappers take it all in stride for YOU. This week, they swim through the ups, slosh through the downs, and churn out the hippest, freshest, talks-like-a-narc-iest coverage of the oddest bits of curre…
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It’s quite the thrilling ride on the weekly weird news train this time, Citizens. Shaun’s gone and clawed himself back into his copilot’s seat and brought us a Cabinet of the Macabre segment! And what a story ‘tis, everyone! It’s got love, action, betrayal, human origami projects…truly a frozen treat. You’ll see. And! Phil’s got a BRAND NEW GAME ba…
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For All the Undiscovered Miniature Zebras
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Hey! Listen! It’s a new episode! Phil has a science story about sleep and weight loss! It quickly turns into a new idea: If something is shorter! Or smaller! It’s cuter! Is it working?? Hey! A new game! Funny stuff! Wee, it’s…the whiparound! LINKS! Visit Soul Soup at the Allentown Farmers Market! Tell 'em we sent you over... and look for Phil, he's…
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(Still) Sippin’ on Gin and Noose - Ep103Redux
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Musical dress tech is in full swing(Get your tickets here!), final exams are hitting like several tons of academic bricks, life is insane, but where some would see a podcasting problem…the Whipsters see POTENTIAL. To wit! Whilst Shaun and Phil get their lives in order, here’s a classic you can’t even get in the Whiparound Podcast archive: episode 1…
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Shaun enters tech week all askew, so Phil rides to the rescue with a fascinating science story about robotic olfactory advances…which Shaun rapidly turns into a strangely accurate musing on the nature of the adult entertainment industry vis a vis its role in field testing new technology. Wow. That’s…that’s actually an accurate read of the main part…
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¡Fiesta de Insalate de Huevo! (with Special Guest George Hrab!)
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It’s an episode for the em-effing ages as the Whippy Bois are joined by musician, polymath, actor, and host of The Geologic Podcast, George Hrab! George brings his sizzling wit, maple-syrup-sweet vocals, and healthy skepticism to the party, adding some class to this here joint! And speaking of class, how’d y’all like to get all kinds of silly with …
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A Multi-Ferreted Piece of Nonsense
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Well, the episode title kind of sums it all up this time, but if it’s details you’re after, it’s a MACABRE week, folks! And Shaun brought the entertainment, which is to say he brought a story about a CORPSE that did some…entertaining? Holy Moly, a hip-hop figure in the DC area went and died RIGHT BEFORE his most notable appearance of all time. Find…
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Shaun took a faceplant, Phil’s got a head full of tree-joy, yet the weird news coverage stops for NO ONE! See what the good Doc LaPorta brought for this week’s SCIENCE! It’s one part robotics, one part animal kingdom, TWO parts whu?? Find out what might be the greatest thing to happen to orchard workers ever! Or not! AND THERE’S A BRAND NEW GAME! O…
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Uh, Everything’s Under Control; Situation Normal!
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LINKS! Uh, had a slight universe malfunction, but. Uh. Everything’s perfectly alright now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here, now, thank you. How are you? A squad? Uh. Uh, negative, negative; we have uh, a reality leak, here, uh, now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Uh. LARGE leak, very dangerous! Operating number? Uhh. BLAM! BZZZZT! Boring co…
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Citizens! Hello! Another batch of weird news is here! Huh. Judging by the police tape and splatter analysis underway here, Shaun must’ve brought a Macabre story for everyone! Let’s see. Ok, got the fellas’ run notes here, and it says…hmm…yep. Serial killer. Right there. Oh boy. Oh, it’s a NEW one. Be there with (and maybe FOR) Phil as Shaun lays ou…
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Enjoy some happiness at the misfortune of our pal Shaun this week! He’s fine, and hey, who among us hasn’t had a fall-on-our-face kind of week? But it’s not all bummers and sadness: join Phil and rejoice! Shaun finally, FINALLY unraveled the mystery of the pattern hiding in the Good Doctor’s weekly batch of headlines. And it’s quite the payoff as a…
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(Not Just) Death, Hexes, and Sex Toys!
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Oh, what a title. The episode might even live up to it (spoiler: it does. Oh dear god, it really does.) Anyway, the Whipsters are back, and it’s Shaun’s turn to spotlight his kind of news, so maybe wear a hazmat suit for this one. Or at least bring a hanky. There’s been a murder, see, and it’s a whooole scene. Bits, pieces, drugs, buckets: it’s one…
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It’s SCIENCE week again on the Whip, y’all, and that means Phil has returned with a fresh chunk of knowledge to share with us all, and you, yes YOU get to listen along as Shaun tries to parse what it all means, what it’s all for, and just HOW the evolutionary side of attractiveness pertains to the Winona Ryder Conundrum! Also: find out just what th…
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Welcome, Citizens! This week, Shaun’s got the segment powers, and so things veer into the dark, the dismal, the unsolved butt-killing of 2022! Oh ho, that caught your attention, eh? Well, come on in and find out just what was behind (ahem) two “Good Samaritans” dropping off a DOA stranger at a major hospital just past the witching hour THIS VERY MO…
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Thank You for Flying Train-Wreck Airlines!
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Hiya, Citizens! Brand new week, brand new Whip. Here’s a slice of fried meta gold: this here is an episode focused largely on how a bunch of people were mysteriously unable to change their radios away from a talk-radio broadcast…and the whole team is TRULY hoping you’re unable to tear yourself away from Phil’s SCIENCE-heavy tale…about being unable …
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Consumer Appropriate Weird News Podcast Episode
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Ah, at last: a traditional episode of the bizarrest news pod rocketing through space and time! Shaun’s got a Macabre story that’s one HECK of an emotional rollercoaster: we go from bummer to bountiful as one Dutch man rises to creepy heroism! Afterwards, Phil offers distant hope to the tipplers of the world (especially the HAIREST of ya) in the for…
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A MicroWhip!? But That’s the Devil’s Sample Size!
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What happens when, on any given week, ONE Whippy Boi is responsible and the OTHER one is Shaun? Why a MICRO-WHIP, of course! Of course, whenever things are DIFFERENT on this show, the boyos chatter hilariously about said differences, so…it’s pretty much business as usual (read: WEIRD) on the show. Phil’s doubling up a bit, doing science in SCIENCE!…
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Ep162 Redux - #TeamCocaineBananas
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It’s a fast but PACKED episode this week, with tons of weirdness from all across the crust of this strangest planet in the known universe! Don’t believe us, well look for yourself (or, you know, listen…which WOULD be faster…but still): In SCIENCE this week, Phil delves into the bunko-filled world of those who claim to speak to the DEAD! But is ther…
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