Episode #281 begins with Louie updating Matt about the auction item he stole from Matt and then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the man smuggling whale teeth and the high school teacher’s only fans!

Odd News Stories

SiouxCountyRadio.com – Vermont fines man $50K after whale tooth, walrus tusk carvings seized at Canadian border

APnews.com – Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site

Episode #280 has Matt and Louie in the same room! They get caught up on their adventures and then get into the strange news! This week the chat about sumo wrestling no longer having size restriction and the guy who fakes heart attacks to get free meals!

Odd News Stories

FoxNews.com – Skinny sumo wrestlers? Height and weight requirements are dropped by sport’s governing body

KOAA.com – Man arrested for faking heart attacks to get out of paying restaurants

Episode #279 Begins with Matt and Louie as competing bidders at an auction, then they get into the strange news! This week they talk about the carpool buddy that’s a longhorn bull and the basset hound that got a facelift!

Odd News Stories


NYpost.com – My basset hound was having trouble seeing — I took him to get a facelift
Omaha.com – A ‘beefed up’ car with giant bull named Howdy Doody crammed into passenger seat pulled over by Nebraska police

Episode #278 Begins with Matt and Louie chatting about vintage toys, then they get into the strange news. This week they revisit the first story that has creeped out both Matt and Louie, which is about a guy that has an ear growing out of his forearm! They also chat about the Unicorn Sheep that was saved by a case of beer!

We also have a tip from our favorite life coach Randy!

Here’s the unicorn sheep:

Odd News Stories

ABC.net.au – Perth artist Stelarc grows ear on his arm, plans to connect it to internet

News.com.au – Strange ‘unicorn’ sheep saved from death by two cases of beer

Episode #277 begins with and important annoucement about the Odd and Offbeat Podcast. The podcast is switching to coming out twice a month, on the second and fourth Tuesday’s of the month. After that bit of news they get into the strange news. This week Matt and Louie chat about the odor at the US Open and Pittsburgh looking for urban archers to hunt deer!

Odd News Stories

ABCnews.go.com – ‘Like Snoop Dogg’s living room’: Smell of pot wafts over notorious U.S. Open court

CBSnews.com – Pittsburgh seeking archers for deer management pilot program

Episode #276 has Matt and Louie talking about airport lounges as the best value in the world! This week they revisit how to convince your polling place to allow topless voting and why you may need a poop transplant!

Odd News Stories

Boston.com – ‘Well then, can I vote naked?’: Topless N.H. voter said she doesn’t regret her decision

FoxNews.com – Poop transplant cures man’s ‘drunkenness disease’

Episode #275 begins with Matt and Louie getting caught up with where they are in the world and hotel password hacks, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the T Rex races and the frozen Ice man’s history!

Odd News Stories

WAFB.com – ‘T. rexes’ race to photo finish at Washington state track

ABCnews.go.com – DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey

Episode #274 begins with Louie hanging out in Rexburg, ID and Matt making fun of his decision to stay in that town, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the Amazon Alexa that tried to get a kid to kill themself, and the town where it rained fish!

Odd News Stories

News.Yahoo.com – Alexa Attempts To Set Off Robot Revolt By Telling Kid To Touch Live Plug With Penny

PopCrush.com – Texas Town Experiences Strange Phenomenon of Fish Raining From the Sky

Episode #273 has Louie hanging out in Mormon town of Rexburg Idaho and Matt making fun of him because he didn’t know it was a dry town! This week’s strange news is all about bears! They talk about the Sun Bear that may be a person in a costume and the escaped bear that delayed a flight!

Odd News Stories

BBC.com – Sun bears are real, not humans in disguise says Hangzhou Zoo

NewsTribune.com – Delayed passengers growl after a bear escapes from crate in cargo hold of an Iraqi plane in Dubai

Episode #272   This week the guys revisit a chat about a house that got shot up after someone left a bad yelp review and new public urinals in Paris!

Odd News Stories

WFTV.com “Orlando man accused of shooting up home after woman leaves negative restaurant review”

Reuters.com “Paris residents peeved at very public eco-friendly urinals”