Episode 96: Arc It Like Gagarin

 It’s one small step for news and one GIANT LEAP for the weird this week, as Jill joins Shaun for more of that strange, weekly goodness you’ve come to crave! This time, Shaun jets us over to Mother Russia: it seems a breakthrough in state-of-the-art spacesuits is putting a real cramp in a Soviet launch-day ritual dating back to Gagarin’s first trip among the stars! It, uh…it has to do with a relocated zipper. And yeah. It’s almost certainly what you’re thinking.

 BUT FIRST! Jill doubles down on the segments in Act 1, bringing us a Here’s the Thing all about men behaving badly while inebriated (and she’s got advice, dudes!) AND a first for the Whiparound: a LIVE, IMPROVISED Movie in a Minute! Find out which film Shaun challenges Jill to rapidly sum up and judge for yourself how the reigning Queen of Bizarre News fared!

 PLUS, in Three for the Road, learn a bit about South Korean daytime discos for the elderly set, an ENORMOUS brain worm in China, cruel, cruel public restroom defense systems, and MORE!

 Off we go, into the weird and bizarre yonder…with THE WHIPAROUND!

 

LINKS:

 Seoul's over-65s disco 'like medicine' for seniors

Anti-sex toilets will soak users with water jets and sound alarm

I’m 20. I Have 32 Half Siblings. This Is My Family Portrait.

 

South Carolina Coroner Swears Local Dairy Queen Burgers Are Not Made of Human Flesh

 

Man’s 30-Year Headache Allegedly Caused by Worm Stuck in His Brain

Sex robots with 'coding errors' prone to 'violence including strangling humans'

No-fly boys: new Russian space suit clashes with pee ritual

TAGS: Comedy, podcast, news, weird, science, macabre, drinking, dating, movies, Russia, space, tradition, superstition

**Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com**

***Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music. Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at http://www.danosongs.com**