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Grave Robbing Hobby
Creepy fan-run Facebook pages, a grave robber’s bizarre hobby, and the perils of AI-generated monkey sightings—all the strange, random, and unsettling things you never knew you needed.
Back From Holidays
Back from their holidays, Chris and Sam share travel mishaps, odd encounters with YouTubers, bizarre scams, and the infamous Coronation Gate TV fiasco. Plus, fake cops, AI landings, and Sam’s latest lucky win.
Yelling TV
Virtual Christmas parties, mystery TV tech support, Latvian hire-a-hubby, heroic acts in Australia, and shoes filled with maple syrup—plus a Norwegian thriller recommendation.
Pooping Elon Dog
A Fabergé egg gets pooped out, Elon Musk’s face appears on a robot dog, and Guinness World Records are broken in the weirdest ways—plus, why the rare plant market crashed.
Stealing a Bus
A perfectly driven stolen bus, record-breaking jail sentences in Turkey, and unexpected meteorite discoveries—plus rising RAM prices and a festive reindeer mix-up.
Lost Password
Forgotten passwords, LEGO Game Boys, artificial blood breakthroughs, and a record-breaking spider colony—plus a birthday shout-out and Christmas party chaos.
Things Breaking
Trains break down, concert tickets cost a fortune, and modems mysteriously die—plus, the joys and frustrations of fixing things and dealing with customer service. AI hacks companies and people Google for answers they probably shouldn’t trust.
Doctor Update Time
Doctor visits reveal new aches and pills, while a blue blob statue gets googly eyes and Australian Box Wars goes mad. Bus etiquette, bagpipes, and a robotic mishap round out the chaos.
Close the Door
Why you should always double-check your front door, tales from the Misty Flicks Film Festival, and what happens when hotels try to get clever with pin codes. Robots do the dishes, Settlers of Catan gets the Netflix treatment, and we’re still catching up on sleep.
Broken Internet
Wild weather sweeps New Zealand, Chris faces a broken internet during James Bond, plus hacked smart beds, a fake pregnancy with a doll, and SpaceX tangling with Cards Against Humanity.
Floating Wind Turbine
China tests a floating wind turbine that harnesses air power, Brazil opens the world’s largest mosquito factory, and a lost train is discovered buried on a beach—plus Halloween mischief and a marathon podcast farewell.
Work From Home Jail
A French entrepreneur scams JP Morgan, prisoners land remote tech jobs, weird coffee truck names spark debate, AI videos upset celebs, and India targets Trump in a festival.
Blue Garden Bags For All
Chris gets picked for improv games, mysterious blue garden sacks appear all over Hamilton, and a pensioner’s plan to escape home life hilariously backfires. Plus: remarkable bridges, Kickstarter drop kicks, and larpers in the wild.
No Power
A motorhome and caravan show full of boomers, an unexpected six-hour power cut, the world’s largest time capsule, and why your smart fridge will soon be showing ads.
Cryptic Sudoku
Improv mishaps, cryptic Sudoku obsessions, and oddly circular skipping stones—plus Sam gets a new TV remote and Chris drops acid in the world’s biggest toy store.
Astronaut Oxygen Scam
From radioactive shrimp recalls and a scammer selling oxygen to stranded astronauts, to quiz nights in hazmat suits and Chris’s improv comedy, we dive into the weirdest stories and local updates you didn’t know you needed.
Too Many Dead Bodies
Chris gears up for a whirlwind TEDx event, Sam discovers a clever last-minute booking site, and a funeral home with too many secrets sparks debate—plus, subscription cars and pigeon-delivered threats.
Cyborg Cockroaches
A wedding with Irish dancing, giant bees in Indonesia, world record sniper shots, and the wild world of cyborg cockroaches—plus a seriously random Russian motorbike giveaway.
Tooth Eyeball
A 42-year-old cockatoo, Putin’s poo suitcase, light gun nostalgia, and a woman who can see through her tooth—plus Kickstarter finds and AI fakes gone wild.
Fish Fire
Chris survives a bus trip full of odd delays, Sam spins through a haircut, LEGO shows and e-waste, plus a fish starts a wildfire and radioactive wasps cause a buzz.