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Local Anaesthetic Podcast (otherwise known as LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world since 2012.Listeners can submit stories via Facebook (Fac... more
FAQs about LAPodcast - Weird, Funny News!:How many episodes does LAPodcast - Weird, Funny News! have?The podcast currently has 469 episodes available.
June 02, 2016LA Podcast 179: Making Aboriginal Wind Instruments Out of Loo Rolls and MatchsticksStories this week include: Band of Dickensian characters stage art heist hoax. Cuts to defence budget starts to bite. Controversial politician provokes outrage by failing to mention Hitler during interview. Skin flute 'not a real instrument' claims orchestra. Also revealed: Rob goes to a concert......more53minPlay
May 23, 2016LA Podcast 178: A Lovely Mixture of Toilet Paper, Raw Sewage and Sweetcorn, Always SweetcornStories this week include: Ricky Gervais refuses to speak out against (or in favour of) the Croydon Cat Killer. Family day out ruined by sh*tty trampoline. Jammie dodgers make off with £10,000 worth of biscuits. Couple has passports confiscated for their own safety. Also revealed: We launch an ill-conceived and idiotic competition......more48minPlay
May 10, 2016LA Podcast 177: High Voltage Observations in a Light ShopStories this week include: Epping Forest police constable finally begins to justify salary. South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (SNARL) continue push for global domination. McDonald's customer politely asked to leave after dining with axe. 'Celebrity' fabricates invasion of privacy story to raise funds for second pair of Bermuda shorts. Also revealed: We discuss the upper age bracket to have your picture taken with a Shetland pony......more46minPlay
April 29, 2016LA Podcast 176: Desperate and Illiterate Local News JournalistStories this week include: Militant group annexes Swanage and forms breakaway state. Isolated farmer continues to lose grip on reality amongst her chickens. Bristol residential claims to have had vision of infamous 'Hand of God' goal. Outgoing journalist decides to mock local dialect in final article. Also revealed: We make light of the impending collapse of capitalism....more46minPlay
April 15, 2016LA Podcast 175: The Man with the Makeshift Fleshy TubeStories this week include: Intelligent parrot outwits captor. Violence erupts at Easter fun day after the hot cross buns run out. Covert chip shop reviewer breaks cover. All the items to make your party go off with a bang found in local canal. Also revealed: We return to Derby, just around lunchtime......more56minPlay
March 31, 2016LA Podcast 174: Krusty the Crown on MethStories this week include: Man resorts to violence after listening to the Archers. The homeless to be given reconditioned laptops to aid property search. Gang of pensioners in the picture for suspicious swan murders. Incomprehensible man believed to have normal sized hands. Also revealed: We discuss the plays of Arthur Miller and something about Donald Trump......more54minPlay
March 24, 2016LA Episode 173: Emergency Stops for Pigeons and Eduardo the Overweight CatStories this week include: Supermarket forced to clarify that their 'Bag for Life' cannot resurrect the dead. Woman outraged at 'vile' mannequin that can clearly be seen not wearing a watch. RSPCA investigate picture of smoking magpie just for something to do. Anonymous review of public toilet makes strange reference to 'sticky' facilities. Also revealed: The derogatory comments about the suspected career choices of our listeners continue......more47minPlay
March 18, 2016LA Podcast 172: Scientific Analysis of Several Headless CatsStories this week include: Concerned shopper decides to 'water' frozen vegetables. Goose shot dead in drive-by sparks nationwide manhunt. Extensive RSPCA investigation into cat murders reveals nothing of interest. Ironically named charity shop discovered to be selling live hand grenade. Also revealed: The Woodland Murder Detectives make an unwelcome return......more49minPlay
March 09, 2016LA Podcast 171: An Innocent Conversation about VampiresStories this week include: Lonely bachelor living vicariously through cat manages to entice fox into grubby world. Monkey with drink problem purchased by Eynsford based wildlife centre. Man carrying child in fancy dress spotted walking along westbound carriageway of M60. Woman fails to identify brand of chicken and mushroom slice that led to vicious altercation. Also revealed: Alex learns of the mystical town of Uttoxeter......more53minPlay
March 02, 2016LA Episode 170: A Brainless Blunder by a Band Leader in a Bavarian-Style Oom-Pah BandStories this week include: Martin Clunes to star as the notorious Cat Ripper in six-part dramatisation. Bovidae cash and carry opens in North Wales. Wildlife centre admits more animals appear to have escaped following audit. Woman mistakes birdsong for multiple gun shots. Also revealed: We immerse ourselves in the world of Geoffspresso......more46minPlay
FAQs about LAPodcast - Weird, Funny News!:How many episodes does LAPodcast - Weird, Funny News! have?The podcast currently has 469 episodes available.