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A worker at a Russian anti-plague laboratory reportedly died after developing a mysterious case of pneumonia. Now reports about a possible broken plague sample are raising some unsettling questions. What actually happened inside that lab?

This week on The Casting Faith Podcast, Charlie Griffin, David Hymes, and Craig Bulgrin dive into one of the strangest news stories we've covered — and things only get weirder.

We also get into:

🦠 The mysterious Russian laboratory death and plague rumors

🤖 A man stepping into a cage to fight a humanoid robot

💰 People searching New York City sewers for hidden gold

🧠 AI, Jesus, and whether technology is changing how we understand faith

🎬 Classic movies, childhood memories, and plenty of unexpected detours

🎣 Steelhead fishing, fall weather, and getting ready for the Great Lakes Fishing Expo

It's weird news, real conversations, plenty of laughs, and a little faith along the way.

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Did researchers just find Noah’s Ark right where the Bible says it came to rest?

This week Charlie, David and Craig go deep into the rabbit hole surrounding the boat-shaped formation in eastern Turkey, the drilling happening at the site, the Biblical connection to the mountains of Ararat, and the reported break-in involving research equipment connected to the investigation.

Then things get even weirder.

We’re talking ancient giants, Bigfoot, dinosaur bones, worldwide flood stories, Biblical archaeology, AI, Antarctica, Atlantis, painted squirrels, Toys R Us coming back, and Snacks From the Past.

And underneath all of it is one real question:

If Noah’s Ark was actually found, would it change your faith?

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100 EPISODES. 🎉For Episode 100 of The Casting Faith Podcast, Charlie and David bring back OG co-host Sean Delaney for a milestone episode packed with fishing stories, weird news, ridiculous questions, and a look back at how far the show has come.This week, we’re talking about armadillos naturally showing up in Ohio, a tiger getting loose at a circus, Sean getting caught in 6-foot waves on Lake Erie, steelhead season, a Denmark zoo asking for certain unwanted animals to feed its predators, and the impossible question: would you rather survive seven days alone in the Amazon rainforest or in a rowboat in the middle of the ocean?And because it’s Episode 100, we go back to 2024 for a special Florida Man or Ohio Man, reminisce about the early days of the podcast, and reflect on what God has done through the first 100 episodes.“Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.” — 1 Samuel 7:12What started as friends sitting around having real conversations has grown into something bigger than we imagined. Through the fishing stories, dumb questions, laughter, testimonies, and everyday conversations, the goal has stayed the same: faith in the middle of real life.Thank you to everyone who has watched, listened, subscribed, shared an episode, or supported Casting Faith along the way.100 down. Let’s see where the next 100 take us.🎣 New full episodes every Friday 🎬 Daily Shorts for encouragement, curiosity, and perspectiveWATCH & LISTENWatch Full Episodes https://youtube.com/@CastingFaithPodcast/videosListen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5YoIPXpXmZ5ljfyReXeeZMSUPPORT OUR PARTNERSBackbone Coffee https://backbonecoffee.com/?ref=castingfaith&utm_campaign=affiliate_promotions&utm_medium=social&utm_source=affiliateHeritage Roofing https://roofsbyheritage.comGreat Lakes Fishing Expo https://www.greatlakesfishingexpo.com/1st Phorm https://1stphorm.com/castingfaithMORE CASTING FAITHShop Merch https://castingfaithpodcast-shop.fourthwall.comInstagram https://www.instagram.com/thecastingfaithpodcast/Linktree https://linktr.ee/TheCastingFaithPod#CastingFaithPodcast #Episode100 #Armadillos #Ohio #ChristianPodcast

🎙️ The Casting Faith Podcast | Episode 99Special guest Andrew Frisby joins Charlie and Craig for Episode 99. A man survives being compacted inside a garbage truck, bison take over a Yellowstone campsite at 2 AM, we debate whether anyone could beat a chimpanzee, and ask whether $1 million is enough to wake up somewhere random in America every month with no phone or wallet.We also get into National Parks, physical therapy, ministry, fatherhood, and one of the most meaningful conversations we’ve had about understanding the love of a father.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☕ SUPPORT THE SHOWBackbone Coffee15% OFF with code CASTINGFAITHhttps://backbonecoffee.com/?ref=castingfaith&utm_campaign=affiliate_promotions&utm_medium=social&utm_source=affiliate💪 1st Phormhttps://1stphorm.com/castingfaith🎣 Great Lakes Fishing Expohttps://www.greatlakesfishingexpo.com/🏠 Heritage Roofinghttps://roofsbyheritage.com/🧢 Casting Faith Merchhttps://castingfaithpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📱 FOLLOW CASTING FAITHInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thecastingfaithpodcast/TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@castingfaithpodcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/castingfaithpodcast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⏱️ CHAPTERS----━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#CastingFaithPodcast #Podcast #ChristianPodcast #Outdoors #CrazyStories

🎙️ The Casting Faith Podcast | Episode 98A 300-pound LIONESS wearing a blue harness was spotted roaming through an Indiana neighborhood… and she wasn’t alone. 🦁Police searched for hours with officers on the ground and thermal drones in the air, but found nothing. No lioness. No cub. And no nearby zoo or sanctuary reported one missing.And somehow, that’s only the beginning. 😂This week, Charlie and David are talking about the mysterious Indiana lion sighting, invasive animals showing up where they absolutely don’t belong, and a wiener dog named Valerie who survived an unbelievable 529 DAYS in the Australian outback.Plus, China held the Robot Olympics, one robot ran 100 meters faster than Usain Bolt’s world-record time, we get into AI, surveillance cameras, Burger Dogs, and why the people and things we surround ourselves with matter more than we realize.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☕ SUPPORT THE SHOWBackbone Coffee15% OFF with code CASTINGFAITHhttps://backbonecoffee.com/?ref=castingfaith&utm_campaign=affiliate_promotions&utm_medium=social&utm_source=affiliate💪 1st Phormhttps://1stphorm.com/castingfaith🎣 Great Lakes Fishing Expohttps://www.greatlakesfishingexpo.com/🏠 Heritage Roofinghttps://roofsbyheritage.com/🧢 Casting Faith Merchhttps://castingfaithpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📱 FOLLOW CASTING FAITHInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thecastingfaithpodcast/TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@castingfaithpodcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/castingfaithpodcast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⏱️ CHAPTERS----━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#CastingFaith #CastingFaithPodcast #ChristianPodcast #Lion #Podcast```One correction I made intentionally: **this is Episode 98**, not Episode 97. And I think this description sells the actual episode considerably better because the first three paragraphs reinforce the exact **lion/title/thumbnail promise**, while the rest shows viewers there’s a lot more in the episode.

🎙️ The Casting Faith Podcast | Waders and Wives Episode 97A mom broke the glass on a school bus and climbed inside… and that’s only the beginning. 😂The wives are back for Waders & Wives! This week we’re talking back-to-school chaos, a semi breaking loose at an Ohio fair, Florida Man or Ohio Man, ridiculous school memories, husbands vs. wives, and what our kids are really learning by watching us live out our faith.Plus, we ask the important question: if you had to go back to school tomorrow, which person at this table would you trust to be your teacher?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☕ SUPPORT THE SHOWBackbone Coffee15% OFF with code CASTINGFAITHhttps://backbonecoffee.com/?ref=castingfaith&utm_campaign=affiliate_promotions&utm_medium=social&utm_source=affiliate💪 1st Phormhttps://1stphorm.com/castingfaith🎣 Great Lakes Fishing Expohttps://www.greatlakesfishingexpo.com/🏠 Heritage Roofinghttps://roofsbyheritage.com/🧢 Casting Faith Merchhttps://castingfaithpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📱 FOLLOW CASTING FAITHInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thecastingfaithpodcast/TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@castingfaithpodcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/castingfaithpodcast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⏱️ CHAPTERS----━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#CastingFaith #WadersAndWives #Podcast #ChristianPodcast #SchoolBus

Three people were attacked by beavers in Maryland in less than a month... and the beavers had RABIES. 🦫Welcome to CFP Ep. 96 of The Casting Faith Podcast!This week, Charlie and David break down the bizarre string of rabid beaver attacks in Maryland, a fisherman who disappeared inside an underwater cave and survived for 15 DAYS, and a kid with some of the most unbelievable bird calls we've ever heard.Plus, Florida Man or Ohio Man returns, we talk Browns football, Crocs, weird childhood memories, and somehow end up discussing how much of our lives we spend worrying about things that haven't even happened yet.In this week's faith conversation, we look at Matthew 6:34 and the difference between preparing for tomorrow and living in fear of tomorrow. Planning is wisdom. Worry is different. Sometimes we get so focused on what might happen next that we miss what God has put in front of us today

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An 8-foot python is being blamed for starting a fire inside a middle school. 🐍🔥This week on the Casting Faith Podcast, we're diving into one of the wildest back-to-school stories we've ever heard. A classroom python named Nanner escaped after a fire broke out, and officials think he may have knocked over the heat lamp that started it.His teacher says the snake was framed.And somehow, that's not even the only animal causing chaos at school.A black bear broke into a teacher's classroom while she was getting ready for students to return, which leads us into a conversation about what happens when life completely wrecks the plans you thought you had figured out.Along the way, we catch up on the start of another school year, try some questionable candy from our childhood in Bring It Back or Leave It in the Past, play another round of Florida Man or Ohio Man, and look at Acts 16 and what it means when God redirects our steps.If you enjoy faith, fishing, clean comedy, crazy true stories, and authentic conversations that point people toward Christ, welcome to the Casting Faith Podcast.👇 QUESTION OF THE WEEKWhat are you blaming the python for? 😂Wrong order at the drive-thru? Late for work? Missing sock? Let us know in the comments.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☕ SUPPORT THE SHOWBackbone Coffee15% OFF with code CASTINGFAITHhttps://backbonecoffee.com/?ref=castingfaith&utm_campaign=affiliate_promotions&utm_medium=social&utm_source=affiliate💪 1st Phormhttps://1stphorm.com/castingfaith🎣 Great Lakes Fishing Expohttps://www.greatlakesfishingexpo.com/🏠 Heritage Roofinghttps://roofsbyheritage.com/🧢 Casting Faith Merchhttps://castingfaithpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📱 FOLLOW CASTING FAITHInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thecastingfaithpodcast/TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@castingfaithpodcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/castingfaithpodcast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⏱️ CHAPTERS----━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#CastingFaithPodcast #ChristianPodcast #Python #CrazyNews #BackToSchool #Bear #FloridaMan #Faith #CleanComedy #Podcast

Episode 94 | The Casting Faith PodcastAn 8-year-old went fishing in Pennsylvania expecting to catch the usual bluegill, catfish, or bass.Instead, he reeled in a 2-pound red-bellied PIRANHA. 😳And somehow, that isn't even the weirdest animal story in this episode.David is finally back from vacation, and apparently Charlie cannot be left unsupervised. In just one week, Charlie built a flamethrower, injured his back sleeping, smashed his toe with frozen butternut squash soup, and destroyed the podcast MacBook.Then things get even stranger:🐟 An 8-year-old catches a piranha in Pennsylvania🐍 A football player practices with a venomous snake INSIDE his helmet🦎 The bizarre reason Cincinnati has wild lizards🪖 Australia sends soldiers with machine guns to fight 20,000 emus🐻 A black bear gets stranded on top of a utility pole🎢 A Cedar Point rider becomes a human windshield🚔 Another round of Florida Man or Ohio ManBut somewhere between piranhas, emus, snakes, and broken MacBooks, the episode takes a deeper turn.Charlie shares the story of Tamika, a woman he met at Chipotle, and how an ordinary interaction became a reminder that God knows exactly where He has placed you.You may feel out of place. You may not understand why you're in the season you're in. But if God has positioned you somewhere, there may be someone there you're meant to reach.Thanks for watching Episode 94 of The Casting Faith Podcast!🎣 SUPPORT THE SHOW☕ BACKBONE COFFEEGreat coffee and a great way to support Casting Faith:https://backbonecoffee.com/?ref=castingfaith&utm_campaign=affiliate_promotions&utm_medium=social&utm_source=affiliate👕 CASTING FAITH MERCHShop Baja Bless, Fishers of Men gear, hats and more:https://castingfaithpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/💪 1ST PHORMShop 1st Phorm and support Casting Faith:https://1stphorm.com/castingfaith🎣 GREAT LAKES FISHING EXPOCome see Casting Faith at the Great Lakes Fishing Expo:https://www.greatlakesfishingexpo.com/🏠 HERITAGE ROOFINGRoofing and general contracting in Northeast Ohio. Tell them Casting Faith sent you:https://roofsbyheritage.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23811315497&gbraid=0AAAABDG8EfduZNrtJ71iU8DBMjYyun1DC&gclid=CjwKCAjw1vXTBhB-EiwAEKr_k1pKMbqJDfodEjQGLsLBSUp30rSgQ90vMqyQom_B5TbJ6CC6ekKLwhoCUuQQAvD_BwE⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 Charlie Cannot Be Left AloneDavid Returns From VacationCharlie Built a FlamethrowerCharlie Destroys the Podcast MacBookDavid's South Carolina VacationFishing With the KidsWhy Are People Making These Dogs?!Why Humans Keep Moving AnimalsCincinnati Has Wild Lizards?!The Great Emu WarA Venomous Snake Inside His Football HelmetAn 8-Year-Old Catches a Piranha in PennsylvaniaGod Knows Exactly Where He Put YouThe Story of TamikaClip of the Week: Cedar Point Human WindshieldFlorida Man or Ohio ManClosing & Sponsors🎣 FOLLOW CASTING FAITHYouTube: @castingfaithpodcastInstagram: @thecastingfaithpodcast👍 LIKE the episode💬 COMMENT your favorite story🔔 SUBSCRIBE for new episodes📲 SHARE the show with someone who needs a laugh and some encouragementCast faith in everyday life. 🎣#CastingFaith #Piranha #Fishing #ChristianPodcast #WeirdNews #Pennsylvania #FloridaMan #OhioMan

Have you ever heard the theory that pandas aren't real? 🐼This week on the Casting Faith Podcast, we're diving into one of the internet's strangest conspiracy theories and asking one simple question... could there be anything to it?Along the way, we talk about Jimothy, the viral raccoon that captured the internet, the unbelievable survival story of Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance expedition, creator burnout, faith, fishing, and why choosing hope in difficult seasons can change everything.Joining us is our friend Chase from Southwest Indiana Outdoors as we share stories, laugh way too much, and talk about living out your faith in everyday life.If you enjoy faith, fishing, clean comedy, fascinating stories, and authentic conversations that point people toward Christ, welcome to the Casting Faith Podcast.👇 QUESTION OF THE WEEKDo you think pandas are just misunderstood... or is there something strange about them? Let us know in the comments!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☕ SUPPORT THE SHOWBackbone Coffee15% OFF with code CASTINGFAITHhttps://backbonecoffee.com/?ref=castingfaith&utm_campaign=affiliate_promotions&utm_medium=social&utm_source=affiliate💪 1st Phormhttps://1stphorm.com/castingfaith🎣 Great Lakes Fishing Expohttps://www.greatlakesfishingexpo.com/🏠 Heritage Roofinghttps://roofsbyheritage.com/🧢 Casting Faith Merchhttps://castingfaithpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📱 FOLLOW CASTING FAITHInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thecastingfaithpodcast/TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@castingfaithpodcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/castingfaithpodcast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 David Takes the Fifth03:40 Creator Burnout12:55 Meet Jimothy24:30 Are Pandas Actually Real?38:10 Shackleton's Incredible Survival Story49:40 Why Positivity Matters1:07:30 Church Camp Testimony1:18:20 Florida Man vs. Ohio Man1:36:00 Final Thoughts#CastingFaithPodcast #ChristianPodcast #Faith #Fishing #Pandas #Conspiracy #Jimothy #Shackleton #SurvivalStory #Podcast