This week, we cover the story of a mom and seven of her children who went on a 2,300 paddle adventure on the Mississippi River; a reason why you might want to get six, maybe seven, Frosties, and fashion from queer sheep wool.

This week, we’re starting with an ancient discovery, then looking forward at a few things. Those things are: the possibility of bars in Kansas City opening from 6 a.m. to 5 a.m., the future of endangered animals and how to avoid being a jerk during upcoming holiday celebrations.

"Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers interviews dives into the origins of this massive collection of Crocs.

This week, we’re tackling three questions.

The first question: How much can humans actually be genetically engineered?

The second question: Are people kinder or meaner than they were 20 years ago?

And the third… do you want to jam with a 1,000-person rock band? You might have a chance to in January.

Featuring audio from KCBS' Bay Area All Local, WCCO's Chad Hartman and WWL's Scoot.

We’re starting off today’s show up in space, then making our way back down to Earth with moon water, where we’ll have to deal with rat infested cities and robots. A full schedule! Special thanks to WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, The Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis, the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and A New Morning out of WBEN in Buffalo.

Happy Halloween Offbesties, and welcome to a spooky edition of Something Offbeat’s weird news roundups. Today, we’re focused on, you guessed it, Halloween headlines, from adult-o-ween to the changing face of Satanic Panic to pumpkin mishaps and freaky magicians.

This week, our stories have a bit of a theme. They’re all about feeling a rush – from that stomach-dropping sensation you get while riding a roller coaster to the joy of perfectly shucking an oyster to… some more questionable ways to live on the edge. With audio from Scoot and Tommy Tucker from WWL in New Orleans, the Dana & Parks Show from KMBZ in Kansas City and the Dave Glover Show from KMOX in St. Louis.

This week, we’re taking a deep dive into the spooky side of artificial intelligence as we gear up for Halloween.

We’ll hear about the news that people will soon be able to use ChatGPT to order from Walmart from KCBS Radio’s Bloomberg Tech and Business report out of the Bay Area and about the dangers of getting in too deep with an AI companion from WBBM Newsradio’s the Noon Business Hour in Chicago.

We’ll also check out a discussion about legislation that would make it illegal to marry AI from the Dave Glover show out of KMOX in St. Louis and about an AI-themed haunted house from WWJ in Detroit. Finally, we’ll check in with the Dana and Parks Show from KMBZ in Kansas City on the results of a scary, smelly survey that might reveal why some of us are turning to the embrace of AI.

"Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers interviews a woman who has kept her fridge running for decades on this "Other Side of the News" dispatch.

We’re travelling to the bottom of the Great Lakes to explore a notorious shipwreck on this episode with an interview from WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, then heading south to Louisiana where WWL’s Tommy Tucker digs into the dangerous and sometimes deadly feral hog infestation and finally to the bear-filled forests of the Ozarks, where the Dana & Parks Show out of Kansas City said multiple attacks have recently been reported.