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  • We Need a Swear Jar

    Apologies to our listeners who will not understand he first minute and thirty seconds of today's show. Viewers, we are also sorry.

    The time comes for everyone to grow up, rub a little peanut butter on your chest and quit the cussing. We're holding ourselves accountable and implementing a swear jar as we try and cut out that devil talk. Before getting into todays episode, we want to thank you for being a part of what has been a strong start to 2023. Every episode so far has been mega dope, but means nothing if you're not on the other end enjoying the mega dopeness.

    First things first, we lead with this weeks Front Page News (12:33), Bing is attempting a comeback with their integration of Open AI bot 'Sydney'. However the AI has gone belligerent, as a NY Times reporter triggered the AI to expose its 'dark-self' that seeks world domination.

    In Back Page News, we review offbeat headlines such as 'Heinz wants to find the man who survived nearly a month at sea with nothing but ketchup and seasonings to help him buy a new boat' (24:34), and 'XFL Fans Pelt Field With Lemons After Massive Beer Snake is Confiscated' (33:22).

    In our Soapbox (45:28) we tease some out of the studio content we're doing next week, from live podcasts on Carleton's campus, mic'd up sessions and more.

    Today's episode is fuelled by Red Bull Canada, we thank you for your support.

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    51 min
  • Man Accused as 'Serial Sausager' Speaks Out
    We have such a special episode for you all today, but before we get into detail, thank you for making last weeks episode our most listened to episode of 2023 so far! We really enjoy interviewing people from the news stories we source, and we're happy you guys do too. So let's keep that going into this week, as we welcome on one of the accused from a Serial Sausager conspiracy that's taken over New Zealand media, Peter Leitch A.KA. The Mad Butcher (20:53).
    Before getting into our conversation with The Mad Butcher in our Back Page News, we open up with this weeks Front Page News topic, being the Chinese Spy Balloons that have been identified and shot down (6:39).
    In Back Page News, we find the oddest headlines circulating the world, kicking it off with 'Sausages Mysteriously Stuffed in Mailboxes are Tearing a Community Apart' (18:12), where we interview Peter to defend himself and give some insight on the situation thats developed down under. After our chat about the 'Sausage Conspiracy', we get into some other news stories such as; 'Child grabbing ball finds ‘body’ in creek. It was really a sex doll, PA police say' (42:07) and 'There's a proven link between small penis size and sports cars, scientists claim' (51:07). 
    Lastly, we wrap the show up with The Soapbox (59:05), where we give insight to some personal and company news. Also, be sure to enter in the Red Bull Doodle competition to win a trip to Amsterdam!
    Today's episode is fuelled by Red Bull Canada, we thank you for your support.
    Click here to check out the Red Bull Doodle Art Competition!
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    1 hr 8 min
  • ‘World’s Worst McDonald’s’ EXPOSED by Employees (99 Rideau)
    This week's episode of the Down to the Wire Podcast is a special one where we put our journalism skills to work. After a spicy intro we invite a couple special guests, Chelsea (13:07) and Dan (34:44); two former employees of the infamous 99 Rideau St. McDonald's to share horror stories from their time there. Their stories range from police visits to brawls, management corruption and even a serial Jerker.
    After that we get into our Backpage News segment where we bring you stories from the depths of the internet with headlines such as: 'Japanese zoo solves mystery of isolated gibbon's pregnancy' (1:08:27) and 'Arizona bill would make it illegal to let your kid watch Mulan' (1:16:11).
    And finally we run our segment 'Soapbox' where we fill you in on all things DTTW such as our Capital Hoops Vlog, Racco's big audition for the part of a 'sketchy gun dealer' as well as your chance to win a chance to Amsterdam paid for by Redbull. 
    Today's episode is fuelled by Red Bull Canada, we thank you for your support. 
    Click here to check out the Red Bull Doodle Art Competition! 
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    1 hr 36 min
  • Chat GPT Produced This Podcast

    We're on Thursdays now! We're dropping later in the week to give more time for weird news stories to develop from this current week, rather than talking about the previous weeks news on Mondays. 

    We open things up with Front Page News (6:38), where we came across a headline about Chat GPT taking peoples jobs. So we put it to the test to see if it's capable of taking OUR jobs and ran a news story through the AI to see if it could react to weird headlines better than us humans can. You be the judge. 

    Then we get into our Back Page News where we break down some odd headlines we discovered. Such as; '29-year-old woman arrested after enrolling at New Jersey high school, posing as freshman' (16:24), 'Bowhunter Takes State's No. 2 Buck, While Going No. 2 ' (26:01), 'Boy picks shipping container for hide-and-seek, ends up 2,500 km from home' (35:45). 

    We wrap the show up with our Soapbox segment (45:07) and give you guys some insight on some Down to the Wire news. Some highlights are our 49ers fan reaction vlog on YouTube you should check out, and we'll be at Capital Hoops on behalf of Red Bull this weekend at Lansdowne to shoot some content, so come find us if you're heading to the game!  

    Today's episode is fuelled by Red Bull Canada, we thank you for your support. 

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    49 min
  • Mud Wizard Takes on Police (feat. Greta Thunberg)
    Racco discovers something new about his mom, John helps him come to terms with it before kicking off todays episode. We start things off this week with Front Page News, followed with a trio of Back Page news headlines, then concluding the episode with our Soapbox segment. 
    In Front Page News (8:17), we discuss the current epidemic of grocery store theft happening in Canada. 
    Then in Back Page News we have some interesting headlines such as; 'Greta Thunberg and a 'mud wizard' faced off against German cops to protest a coal deal with the country's largest energy company' (21:45), 'Dancers flashmob funeral with Another One Bites the Dust' (29:25), 'Swedish government moves to get rid of permits needed for dancing' (40:51).  Then we discuss some personal and company news in our Soapbox to close things out (47:46). 
    Huge thanks to todays Sponsor, Red Bull Canada for their support. 
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    54 min
  • Make M&M’s Sexy Again
    We kick things off with some banter about Racco's drug dealing maid, also we introduce our latest partnership as we are proud to be the newest ambassadors of Red Bull Canada.  
    We switch it up this week and lead with Front Page News (7:42), our new segment about trending news stories, with this weeks topic being about George Santos who's been in the news a lot recently. With his most recent controversy stemming from this headline , 'Republican Congressman Who Lied About His Race Posted Racist Memes of Obama's'. 
    Then we get into our bread and butter, the Back Page News, where we talk about unheard of odd headlines that fly under the radar. This week we talk about headlines such as, 'M&M’s new packaging is causing a stir' (18:24), and 'A Woman Stole $1K In Raw Beef At Texas Grocery Stores & Was A Serial Fajita Meat Thief' (31:01). Last things last, we wrap things up with our new segment Bit by Bit (42:31), where we run new joke ideas by each other and try and build on them. 
    Huge thanks to todays Sponsors, Red Bull Canada & Dumbgeons & Dragons for their support. 
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    1 hr 4 min
  • World Juniors: Why Do You Care?
    DTTW is back with a fresh episode to kick off the New Year! We shake things up a little with our first episode with a format change and from this point on, everything you know about The Down to the Wire Podcast has been flipped on its head... Well at least the format of the show has. 
    We kick it off much the same with a welcome back intro that takes us into our 'Back Page News' with headlines such as; 'Family of alligators in Detroit greet police serving eviction notice' (14:21), 'Man stuck in snow breaks into school, spends 2 days cooking, shooting hoops' (22:15) & 'What did we get stuck in our rectums last year?' (31:57)  And then we move into some new segments to cap off the show. That's right, segments are back and better than ever. 
    This week we have three including 'OTTible', an Ottawa based news segment (44:06). 'Front Page News', the opposite of Back Page News (50:42). And 'Soap Box', a segment where we talk about ourselves (57:44). 
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    1 hr 7 min
  • The Nog Shots Episode: A Holiday Tradition

    It's the moment you've been waiting all year for... Nog Shots are back and better than ever! Join us for the fourth instalment of our holiday tradition where John and Jacob square off in an egg nog drinking competition, with loser receiving an unobstructed nut shot from the winner. 

    This is our best Nog Shots to date, guaranteed or your money back! 

    We try to mix in some news with headlines such as 'For the first time ever, no British fans were arrested at the World Cup' (36:08), 'Thousands of viewers watch World Cup 2022 in Qatar on illegal streams, but in reality it is pixelated Fifa 23 games' (42:55) & 'New Hampshire man charged after fake ad draws calls to candidate' (50:43) but they mostly get thrown to the side while we complain about drinking too much egg nog. Other must catch moments this episode are Racco running us through his first time back on stage performing stand up to a group of window washers (11:39) and a phone call from longtime friend of the show Gabe Bower (53:09)

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Massive Bull Semen Heist in Germany

    This week we have an amazing show for you guys, and we did it with no guests, just pure Down to the Wire banter. We tease our upcoming annual Nog Shots episode that will conclude the year and have a $1,500 value giveaway for you to win this holiday season.

    We rip for an hour straight on some Backpage News stories, with all our headlines coming out of Germany. Such as; 'Massive Bull Semen Heist Has German Police Asking Public For Help', 'Patient allegedly turned off roommates ventilator because sound annoyed her', and 'Far-right Prince at centre of German coup plot.

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    56 min
  • The Eva Alexo Episode

    In this week's episode of the DTTW Podcast, your favourite hosts are joined by Montreal comic and entrepreneur Eva Alexo (38:49) for a killer sit down where we discuss the Kickback (43:27), a comedy show she co-created, the Montreal comedy scene (59:34), comedy show curation (1:07:09) and her grandmother's new found love for blowjobs (1:22:42)! 

    But before that, there's the matter of our Backpage News to get through first with headlines such as; 'A dud: European Union's $500,000 metaverse party attracts 6 guests' (9:28), 'Delaware man sentenced for joining US Capitol riots while on Tinder date' (20:20) & 'Thai monks fail drug tests leaving temple empty' (29:51)

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    1 hr 35 min

About Down to the Wire

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Jacob Racco makes his guests react to weird stories he finds on the internet. (Comedy & Satire News Show)