The Whiparound

Episode 142: Welcome to Cadaver Decomposition Island!

Welcome to another edition of…SHOW NOTES! Ok, ok, calm down, you weird news maniacs! Let’s get right to it!

Shaun’s Cabinet of the Macabre is up first and this time…it’s PERSONAL! No, really. Shaun hates fireworks, see, and there’s a macabreaversay involving an enormous fireworks-related disaster! So brace yourself for some petty, petty, bitter, and PETTY joy from our resident ghoul!

Act two ushers in some incredible Venn-Diagram-as-a-circle SCIENCE! Phil went and found a scientific story that blends cutting-edge tech with mystery, with murder, and some of the best cadaverous terminology ever heard on this or ANY podcast! Send in the drones; it’s body-sniffin’ time! And THAT leads to…a brand new GAME! Anybody remember the good doctor’s brush with “Skin Hunger”?? Well, too bad if you don’t, because here comes our LONELIEST little round of Real or BS in quite some time!

Hope you saved some brain-space, because here comes a parade of STILL! MORE! ODD! It’s Trainwreck Headlines, a new Covidiot of the Week AND the speedy joynewsgasm that is Three for the Road comin’ atcha!

Hey there, your Momma didn’t raise no dummies, you dig our rap! So cut us some slack, Jack, we’re…THE WHIPAROUND!

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TAGS: Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, Covid, idiot, fireworks, India, boom, drones, murder, forensics

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***Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music. Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at http://www.danosongs.com**

Episode 138: “Wade Boggs Sent Me”

            The Whiparound is back once again, and this time, well…just read that (patently false) episode title! Let’s get right to it, shall we? 

            Hey, Shaun’s Cabinet of the Macabre teaches the value of a good bargain this week: why settle for ONE bloody, brutal demise when one can track FIVE of them?? Come along back to a year when it was decidedly NOT “good to be the king” in ancient Rome and find out the real price of wearing the emperor’s clothes!

            Over in the SCIENCE! department, Doctor La Porta goes a bit fluffy with a piece about the bizarre (and bizarrely effective, apparently) lengths major sports stadiums are going to in order to inject some realism into their somewhat…LESS attended games of late!

            And wouldn’t it be a bummer if we didn’t have A NEW GAME! Well we DO! So it’s NOT!

            We’re also delighted once again to offer you the very latest, cutting-edge advances in Trainwreck Headlines, Covidiot of the Week AND Three for the Road technologies! Oh, it’s just every weird news junkie’s dream come TRUE and you’ll only find that wonderous fix HERE…at the WHIPAROUND!

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The Year of the 6 Emperors

A man using a prosthetic mask stole more than $100,000 at casinos, prosecutors say

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The Satanic Temple is offering 'Devil's Advocate Scholarship'

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TAGS: Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, Covid, idiot, Rome, emperors, assassination, politics, sports, baseball, fans, illusions

**Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com**

***Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music. Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at http://www.danosongs.com**

Episode 137: WTF!?

            We done did it AGAIN! More weird! More news! More EVERYTHING! Ok, ok, that last part was a bridge too far. Sorry. But STILL! We done did SO MUCH! AGAIN!

            Take SCIENCE! (please! Ha!) Phil breaks down a whole thing about a new wave of scientific possibilities centered around diagnosing the Big Dumb Thing (and possibly other illnesses, too) via SOUND! Sounds interesting, hey? (See what we did there? Huh? SOUND?? HAHA) But YES! Science-y goodness, ya’ll!

            In Shaun’s Cabinet of the Macabre this week (yeah, we done did THAT again, too!), Shaun literally has ANOTHER murder and dismemberment story for your fear/entertainment! (Feartainment? TRADEMARK!) This one is a recent tale of debt, mysteriously vanishing culprits and one INTENSE near-miss!

            Oh, and, uh, we’ve got A NEW GAME! See?? DONE! DID! IT! AGAIN!

            And don’t you DARE forget Three for the Road, the Covidiot of the Week, and Trainwreck Headlines, because YEP! We done did those again, too! Didn’t believe us at first, didja?? Well now you know. AND! We dare say we done did it all again BUT this time it’s ALL! EVEN!! BETTER!!! WOW!!!!

            Sorry, we ran out of exclamation points for the week. So, enjoy, with all the excitement alternative punctuation allows…the WHIPAROUND?.,~

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TAGS: Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, Covid, idiot, voice, biomarkers, pathology, murder, dismemberment, Manhattan, mystery

**Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com**

***Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music. Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at http://www.danosongs.com**

Episode 136: A STINKING Suspicion

Hey! Ho! Let’s GO! Whiparound time, baby, let’s DO THIS!

Act 1: You are to report to Shaun’s Cabinet of the Macabre, stat! There you will be debriefed regarding the matter of some reeking luggage ruining a teen TikTok experience in the goriest of ways. FALL OUT!

ACT 2: Your orders are as follows: march, double-time, to Dr. Phil La Porta’s SCIENCE! outpost, where you will be stationed under his command. Your primary task is to reconnoiter the situation he is overseeing regarding enemy troops (read: IDIOTS) and the science behind their peculiar tactics, i.e. idiots be idioting. Move, move, move!

IN ADDITION, you will all report in your dress greens to participate in A NEW GAME! Attendance and enjoyment are each MANDATORY.

Per previous orders you WILL also report to the mess hall at chow time for Three for the Road, the Covidiot of the Week, Trainwreck Headlines, and MORE! Alright, you’ve got your orders and you know the drill: rear-holes and elbows, people, let’s GO!

SOUND OFF!

I don’t know but I’ve been told…the WHIPAROUND POD WILL NEVER GET OLD!

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TAGS: Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, Seattle, murder, luggage, TikTok, mystery, Covid, idiot, masks, stupidity

**Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com**

***Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music. Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at http://www.danosongs.com**