Episode #238 begins with Louie getting bumped from a flight and then they revisit some strange news. This week they replay the tale of Maki the Lemur that goes missing from the zoo!

Odd News Stories

FoxNews.com – San Francisco Zoo offers $2,100 reward for missing lemur

NBCnews.com – Maki, lemur stolen from San Francisco Zoo, found safe in nearby city

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Episode #237 has a baby announcement from Matt, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about New York needing a Rat Czar and some good ol’ fashioned german murder!

Odd News Stories

WashingtonPost.com – Rat Attack: NYC seeks hands-on leader in anti-rodent fight

KTLA.com – Hospital patient arrested for shutting off roommate’s ventilator — twice

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Episode #236 has the Matt and Louie revisiting a episode from the past! They get into the strange news, this week they talk about the dead man who tried to collect a paycheck and attaching a sausage to a drone to catch a dog!

Odd News Stories

Washington Examiner – Irish police investigate claim dead man taken to post office

Independent.co.uk – Dog rescued from mudflats using sausages dangled from drones

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Episode #235 begins with Matt learning about Louie’s trip to New Zealand and Australia, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the foot found in a pool at Yellowstone and the guy that ran a marathon while chain smoking!
Here’s the guy smoking and running a marathon!

Odd News Stories

KTVQ.com – Yellowstone National Park identifies person whose foot was found in hot spring

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Episode #234 begins with Matt and Louie’s reviews of all of the IHOP restaurants in the world and then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the Vegan who wouldn’t exterminate mice and the lady who kidnapped herself!

Odd News Stories

News.Sky.com – Vegan who failed to deal with mouse infestation and fed them instead is fined by court

NBCnews.com – Sherri Papini, who faked her own kidnapping, should get 8 months in prison, prosecutors say

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Episode #233 begins with Louie telling Matt that Nolan Ryan used to punch a barrel full of rice and Matt disagreeing that he did that. Then they revisit some strange news, this week they replay the stories

Odd News Stories

UPI.com – Man uses Bud Lite to keep wildfire flames away from California home

Huffington Post – Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Mourns Brief Life Of Urban Cornstalk

ArgusLeader – The kernel of hope: Sioux Falls mourns loss of 57th Street corn

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Episode #232 begins with Matt learning that a baby’s first poo can get you high, and then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about they guy who gets paid to “do nothing” and the lady who unleashed a swarm of bees at her eviction!

Odd News Stories

Reuters.com – Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

DrGnews.com – Woman charged with sending bee swarm on deputies at eviction

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Episode #231 begins with Matt being in disbelief with Louie pushing his dog around in a baby carriage, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the lady that had 23 contact lenses stuck in her eye and real life Donkey Kong!

Odd News Stories

Sky.News.Com – Doctor removes 23 contact lenses from eye of patient who ‘forgot to take them out for almost a month’

Sports.Yahoo.com – New Hampshire Artists Transform Building Into Real-Life ‘Donkey Kong’ Level

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Episode #230 has Matt asking why Louie travels soo much and they chat about the 5 cats at Louie’s house, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the Han Solo made of bread and art inspired by Nicholas Cage’s cat!

Odd News Stories

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Episode #229 is a sip of vintage strange news. this week they get into the strange news. This week they talk about Spy Pigeons and the bull semen explosion!

Odd News Stories

The Mirror – Declassified CIA documents show secret use of photographer spy-pigeons in Cold War

Gizmodo.com – ‘Mass Explosion’ of Bull Semen After Fire at Genetics Lab

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