Something Offbeat

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What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

  1. 5D AGO

    Vintage toilets, biking babies, escaped cows and hidden salamander tunnels

    This week, we’ll explore the sometimes-treacherous travel habits of baby cows in the Pittsburgh area and of salamanders in the Detroit area. In human transportation news, we’ll hear a lawmaker in Minnesota explain why she took a bike to the hospital to have her baby. Then, to send us out, Georg Papp of Outhouse Americana in Colchester, Conn., is going to explain why he’s dedicated to preserving the history of a vintage way to use the loo. He says that outhouses reveal more about culture than we might realize… Featuring audio from Drivetime with DeRusha out of WCCO News Talk in the Twin Cities, The Big K Morning Show out of KDKA in Pittsburgh, WWJ Newsradio out of Detroit and Own the Road with Kelli and Bob out of KRLD in Dallas.

    21 min

  2. MAR 6

    We're going on a nostalgia journey filled with photos, toys and the rebirth of Pizza Hut Classic

    This week, we’re getting nostalgic. We’re headed to a photography museum, a toy museum, retro pizza joints and more. We’ll also sit in on an interview with Jon Taffer of the long-running series "Bar Rescue", now entering its 10th season. Featuring audio from Own the Road with Kelly and Bob out of KRLD 1080 in Dallas, the Dana & Parks show out of KMBZ in Kansas City, Drivetime with DeRusha out of WCCO News Talk in Minneapolis and KNX News in Los Angeles.

    22 min

  3. FEB 27

    Presidents join the UFO discourse and new ways to look at death

    This week, we’re diving into one of our favorite topics, aliens. While extraterrestrial life is often thought of as a sort of fringe topic, two U.S. presidents have recently been talking about them, so we had to get in on the fun. We’re also going to get a bit darker than usual this week with some talk about death. Featuring audio from WWJ Newsradio, Tommy Tucker out of WWL and the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ.

    21 min

  4. FEB 20

    Great white shark sightings, understanding our brains, year of the Fire Horse and the Old Farmer's Almanac

    On this week’s agenda, we’ve got a surprise Great White shark sighting from WWL Radio in Louisiana and exploration about what’s going on in our brain when we hesitate from KCBS Radio in San Francisco. Then, we’ll listen in on a discussion of the dawn of the Fire Horse year with the Lunar New Year this week from the Dana and Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and take a trip to the Old Farmer’s Almanac headquarters with Own the Road with Kelli and Bob out of KRLD 1080 in Dallas.

    22 min

  5. FEB 13

    Danger lurks on escalators and in our bodies as sex and malls disappear

    Have you ever wondered what would happen if you face-planted on an escalator while trying to catch a flight? This week, we’ll look into the data on escalator mishaps with the Dana & Parks podcast out of KMBZ in Kansas City. We’re also going to hear from an expert who spoke to KCBS Radio on the Bay Area about why another location for possible escalator wipeouts – malls – are disappearing all over the country. Another thing that’s disappearing? Sex, according to multiple studies. We’ll hear more about that from Chad Hartman out of WCCO in Minneapolis, as well as a concerning uptick in heart attacks from an expert who spoke to WWJ Newsradio in Detroit.

    21 min

  6. FEB 6

    The dark side of being an Olympian, the world’s highest marathon, de-mystifying curling and more

    This is a roundup of weird news from Audacy’s Something Offbeat podcast, Olympics 2026 edition. We’re checking in with reporter Sloane Martin, who is covering the sport in Milan who has been brushing up on her research to de-mystify curling. We’ll also peek into the dark side of what awaits some Olympic champions once they win their medals, debunk a myth about catching colds and hear about the highest marathon on Earth. Featuring audio from WCCO News Talk, Dana & Parks from KMBZ, Scoor at WWL and WWJ Newsrdio.

    22 min

  7. JAN 30

    Down the rabbit hole with Mad Hatters, the Doomsday clock, rogue mountain lions and sasquatch

    This week, we’re going to go down the rabbit hole in New Orleans with the Magical Krewe of MadHatters. While that krewe is focused more on beautiful costumes and rocking parade floats for Mardi Gras than rabbits running around checking their pocket watch like in the Alice in Wonderland tales they take their name from, another time of watch is looming over us. A clock, to be more precise. The Doomsday Clock. We’ll also head to the West Coast, where a mountain lion trapped in a San Francisco alley was freaking out residents this week. To round out the show, hear a more… esoteric sighting of an alleged sasquatch. Featuring audio from: The Dave Glover Show out of KMOX, KCBS Radio, WWL Radio and WWJ Newsradio.

    22 min

  8. JAN 23

    Alien signals, solar storms, a gravity conspiracy and danger on the chairlift

    This week we’re going up, past chairlifts, past aurora borealis and into space to get the latest on a long-running search for extraterrestrial life. On the way there, we’ll also check in on the rare solar storm that impacted Earth this week, people getting stuck on those chairlifts and a conspiracy theory about gravity. Featuring reports from KCBS Radio in the Bay Area, the Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis and the Adam & Jordana Show out of WCCO News Talk in the Twin Cities.

    28 min
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What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

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  • Creator
    Audacy
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc
  • Show Website
    Something Offbeat

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