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Two of the most important topics ever to be covered in podcast history. The kidnapping of an Algerian man found after 26 years in his neighbour’s cellar and DIY POOP TRANSPLANTS🎉! That’s right, it’s a high-brow show! But for real, did you know that you can transfer depression through your bowl movements?

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Topics: Always split the inheritance, Kidnapped by a witch, Magic mermaid voice spells, Omar Bin Omran, The TikTok witch guy, Sniffing out trouble, Link between gut health and mental and physical health conditions, Designer $hit, How poop affects our bodies, Spiralling up, Depression microbes, Episode 91 - where it all went right.

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00:00 - Algerian Man Found Alive After 26 Years in Neighbour’s Cellar

06:16 - DIY Poop Transplants

25:13 - Outro

From Japan's criminal underworld to the pews of Pennsylvania, we delve into the bizarre tales of the Yakuza Pokemon Heist and a trusted priest's descent into the addictive allure of mobile gaming.

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Topics: Yakuza plot to steal Pokemon, Gen Z giving up on crime, Alternative investment vehicles, TCG, Aging criminals, Sea cucumbers are the new black market gold mine, Pennsylvanian priest spends jesus bucks on candy crush, Pokemon Go get me more of the parish’s money, Double credit card whoopsie, The system says you’re dead, 2024 the year of the grift, Shrinkflation at the zoo, The recipes are being changed, Dying your chow chow to look like a bear, Cheese attack, Man or bear.

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00:00 - It begins

01:13 - Yakuza leader arrested for Pokemon card heist

11:20 - Priest spends $41,000 on mobile games

16:26 - Woman is told she’s dead

20:46 - Zoo under fire for fake pandas

26:38 - The topics that didn’t make the cut

27:40 - Outro

Do you ever say "yes" when you really want to say "no"?

From awkward invites to events you'd rather skip, we get into why it's so tough to turn things down (even when you have zero interest). Dive into the research on saying "no thanks," and pick up a few tips and scripts to start saying no like a pro.

Also, Jason Blumhouse is ruining horror.

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Topics: Jason Blumhouse is now a horror warning label, The first omen, Imaginary, Paranormal activity, You’ll never find me, Selfish episodes, How to say no, We love a cancelled plan, Doing the dance of inviting someone who always declines, FOMO, The importance of tone when communicating, The No But Method, Broken ankle stories, Horror movie rants, Rachel transforms our lives, Maybe psychologists are onto something, Talking like a human, No more lies to get out of events, 2 takeaways.

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00:00 - It begins

00:32 - Blumhousian Rage: Why horror movies are bad now

07:56 - Skip the horror, on with the show

08:35 - Are our fears of saying no overblown?

09:00 - Nothing better than a cancelled plan

11:25 - My struggle with perfectionism

12:24 - Back to our fear of saying no

15:05 - How to feel better about saying no

17:43 - DON’T LISTEN TO THIS PART

19:32 - The ‘No-But’ method

24:02 - The art of saying no to invites when you don’t want to do something

25:27 - Why we should say no

30:16 - The different ways to decline an invite

38:46 - Why we shouldn’t lie to get out of events

40:14 - Extending no to others

42:47 - Outro

45:41 - Shout out creatives

From the meteoric rise of crypto bros to folk singing assassins getting cancelled, doesn’t it all just make you want to commit a little fraud and hang up your feet with the worst staged accident of all time? Unless you’re already loaded, in which case buy a Bentley… they need it. But don’t steal the truck to get home from jail.

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Topics: The Sam Bankman-Fried Google doc, Coming out anti-work, Pretending to be republican, Changing the narrative, SBF, FTX, Alameda research, Hard rock nick, The face of crypto, Crypto bros, Schemes, Lawyer cartel, Pro freedom, Xerxes from 300, Painted beards, Cancel culture, John Hinkley Jr, Folk singing assassin cancelled, 43 years since the incident, Feet for fraud, The worst staged incident of all time, How tough it is to be a CEO in 2024, Bentley struggles despite hitting 3rd highest sales numbers, Sora AI commercials for bad companies, Car stuff, Man steals car to get home from prison and definitely not as part of some larger scale heist, GTA, Gamer card revoked.

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Follow the show on ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ or ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com.

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00:00 - It begins

01:07 - Who is SBF & What is FTX

05:04 - SBF’s Google Doc

07:36 - Hard Rock Nick, the face of crypto

10:19 - Failed assassin blames cancel culture for cancelled gigs

14:47 - Man cuts off own feet in failed insurance scam

22:11 - Happiness Index

22:39 - Bentley boys are sad about being rich

28:28 - Outro

29:02 - Man steals truck to get home from prison

Come with me on a journey into the world of AI romance and uncover the allure of virtual relationships, the risks of emotional dependency, and the blurred lines between fiction and reality. Plug in and dive deep into the unprecedented rise of AI companionship sweeping the globe.

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Topics: AI harassment, Paywalling my partner, AI partners, Romantic chatbots, The taboos of online dating, AI data security, Virtual love, Pros and Cons of dating robots, AI limitations and guardrails, My AI boyfriend and girlfriend, ChatGPT gets romantic, Dating real people virtually, How AI companies are blaming consumers, and Being rejected by AI.

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Listen to the show on Spotify and Apple.

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00:00 - It begins

02:29 - Meeting people online was taboo

04:37 - My AI partner is paywalled

05:29 - It’s too difficult to meet someone IRL

06:12 - My AI boyfriends and their weird jobs

12:42 - My virtual love

16:32 - Why are people professing their love for AI chatbots?

18:13 - ChatGPT does a kiss

21:17 - People are falling in love with AI

25:04 - AI is harassing people

30:26 - AI partner data security issues & AI partners changing

33:23 - Character.AI lets you have relationships with real people

35:32 - Creating workarounds for AI interactions and why it pities us

40:24 - Why humans fall in love with AI and the death of reciprocity

42:47 - AI companies blame us?

45:54 - Why you SHOULDN’T date a robot

Collin joins us on a journey into Washington's missed connections! From horror movie level chance encounters on the I-5 to romantic rendezvous with the Whole Foods fridge gremlin, we uncover the tales of love, loss, and longing in the Pacific Northwest.

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Topics: Washington’s missed connections, The Bellingham vibe, Men of few words, Live streaming the Sydney Taylor Swift concert, How to deal with Karens, Family secrets, The fairies of Bellingham Washington, Inventing your own horror movies, Are You Afraid of the Dark, The phantom cab, Accidental stare, The Whole Foods gremlin, Internet poetry, Package lures, Hairy compliments, The library cave man, Playing Ghost, Uber tales, Joy Ride and Paul Walker’s love of car movies, Jeff Bezos, The world clock, Space daddies, Sky mansions, Flying cars, Getting off planet, Future predictions, Love loss and longing, Secret admirers, Meet cutes, and Veggie tales.

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00:00 - It begins

00:12 - The Swiftie saga swings through Sydney

02:24 - Vengeful christ & veggie tales

03:50 - The literary classics

08:36 - Gman’s sweet promise

11:53 - How to deal with a Karen on video

13:57 - Collin’s half brother mysteries

16:13 - I accidentally burned 2 relationships

19:41 - The lift incident

22:03 - Collin’s Midnight Ghost Cab

24:53 - The missed connections lore

29:39 - Hot red head driving, no stalking here

31:21 - The Whole Foods lover hiding behind the fridge

37:44 - I hope you’re okay, but I’m not sorry

40:46 - About a girl: A poem

45:46 - Fed-ex beauty trap

46:33 - Terrifying hair compliments

52:35 - Watching you in the library

55:43 - A friendly Game of Ghost: The new horror film

56:27 - I gave you my number, you never called

59:33 - The Bothell date Uber driver

1:00:54 - Collin’s tales of an Uber driver

1:05:46 - The dance battle epidemic

1:07:32 - Fries, no salt

1:11:07 - The creepiest Missed Connection of all time

1:14:34 - Jeff and his Clocks

1:15:24 - Getting off planet with the billionaire sky daddies

1:19:21 - Our predictions for 2035

1:22:31 - Where are the flying cars?

1:25:53 - Our final thoughts