Science is spiraling, and so are we. New research suggests deja vu might actually mean we’re stuck in a time loop, 90s doctors claim sleeping with a nightlight could be worse for your heart than cigarettes and booze, and Allison Mack — yes, the NXIVM sex cult lieutenant — is launching a podcast about her time in human trafficking.

The Buds are back with an episode that swings from high drama to pure chaos. The Virginia ring-camera “killer threat” mystery turns out to be a family prank gone viral, the French jewel bandits behind a multimillion-euro heist may have finally been caught in Paris, and an ape carrying herpes, COVID, and hepatitis C is on the loose in Mississippi.

This episode gets chaotic fast. A woman is shot by a man who thought her horse was “too fat,” a Walmart shopper discovers two syringes taped to a bathroom toilet while he used it, and we talk about how Hollywood AI is coming for both human and animal roles alike!

The Buds return with moral debates, Florida delusions, and new vocabulary. A Maine man gets arrested after keeping $7,400 in found cash, Kyle changes his tune and sides against the grandma who scolded him, Jerii learns the true meaning of a “hamwallet,” and a Florida woman insists her husband is Eminem and that Slim Shady will personally cover her $30 breakfast bill.

This week, the Buds dive into the disturbing and the downright absurd. The results are in from the investigation into who killed disgraced Lostprophets singer and convicted pedophile Ian Watkins in prison, a Washington D.C. woman sues her neighbor for smoking so much weed it seeped through her walls, and a TikTok influencer is exposed for faking her entire pregnancy—complete with a reborn doll she tried to pass off as her real baby.

This week, the Buds dive into global madness — starting with a child cannibal in Egypt who says he was just acting out video games and movies, then racing through the Louvre heist that stripped priceless jewels in under four minutes, and finally unpacking Ashton Kutcher’s public coping over Hollywood ghosting him. To top it off, Ben and Kyle introduce Jerii to the world-changing delicacy known as the marshmallow fluffanutter.

The Buds hit 150 with a wild mix of mystery, mischief, and moral gray areas. A private investigator claims he has video of the man who parked the car where Celeste Rivas’ body was found, a dog named Don Lewis tricked his owners into thinking he was blind, and Ben crowns and immediately revokes his Bud of the Week.

This week, the Buds break down the wild world of Slut Con, where men and women are taught how to “unlock their inner seducer.” Then it’s off to the UK, where Elijah the Bengal cat has terrorized a neighborhood so badly the police had to intervene, and finally, we say goodbye to the world’s foremost Bigfoot expert, who passed away from brain cancer.

Today, the Buds cover the death of rock legend Ace Frehley, Kevin Federline’s baffling decision to write a memoir, and the unlikely heroism of a Dairy Queen Blizzard that helped de-escalate a tense police standoff.

Jerii’s back just in time for Murder Monday on a Wednesday, and things get dark fast. We cover the woman who died by suicide on the Disney monorail, another who was crushed to death at a Post Malone concert, and a Brooklyn woman fatally struck by a falling solar panel. To top it off, we close with a drive-by cheeseburger attack outside a strip club.