What a Weird Week

Scotty Horsman
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What a Weird Week

What a Weird Week is a show featuring the week's weird news stories. Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast, a full shownotes blog, and a video episode. See https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week". #Weird #News #Interesting #Stories #Entertainment #Popular #Culture #Fun #TenWeirdThings #weirdnews #weird #news #podcast #comedy #spotify #funny #weirdnewsoftheday #comedypodcast #weirdhistory #journalism #media #whoa #wow #what #saywhat #noway #ohmydays #areyouserious #wtf #weirdnewsstories #weirdnewsheadlines #weirdnewsoftheweek

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    What a Weird Week Fri Feb 21 2025: snakes! bananas! asteroids!

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories in the news. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe, get in touch, and more see www.shownotes.page. Thanks for rating and reviewing it means the world, baby! These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 8 first published on Friday Feb 21, 2025. Man cannot stop setting world records, it's your move, juggling world https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/17/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-juggling-tricks/3391739808759/ Venomous Snake Found in New Hampshire Banana Shipment https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/17/venomous-snake-banana-shipment-New-Hampshire/7681739812069/ Kayaker Swallowed and Regurgitated by Humpback Whale in Chile https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/14/chile-humpback-whale-kayaker/1921739555842/ 14-Year-Old 'Human Calculator' Breaks Six Guinness World Records https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/12/india-Guinness-World-Records-human-calculator/1921739393971/ Opossum Eats Entire Costco Chocolate Cake in Nebraska https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/12/nebraska-wildlife-rehab-opossum-chocolate-cake-costco/4611739382611/ Lab-Grown Chocolate https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/good-food/lab-grown-chocolate-bird-flu-beans-egg-substitutes/lab-grown-chocolate 🎵 we are hard-wired to want to dance like no one is watching https://studyfinds.org/body-hardwired-to-dance-music/ Nap at 1:42p - Science https://studyfinds.org/best-time-nap/ Followup: asteroid math https://globalnews.ca/news/11023757/yr4-asteroid-hit-earth-possibility-percentage-record-high-2032/ Limited-Edition Pepperoni Pizza Soda https://drinkperfy.com/products/pepperoni-pizza

    13 min

  2. FEB 14

    What a Weird Week Fri Feb 14th: Happy Weirdentines Day 2025! #Weird #Valentine

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, get in touch, and more links, see www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 7 first published on Friday Feb 14, 2025. Fatberg Cancels Big Time Concert https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/entertainment/fatberg-bryan-adams-cancel-australia-show-intl-hnk/index.html Fastest Round of Frisbee Golf was very very fast https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/11/Guinness-World-Records-disc-golf-fastest/6491739299481/ Chopstick Spill on California Highway https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/10/California-Highway-Patrol-chopstick-spill/3251739221852/ Colombian Circus Performer Sets World Record for Juggling While doing Headstand https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/06/colombia-Guinness-World-Records-headstand-juggling/1521738875496/ New way to Dump Someone and Help Memphis Zoo this Valentine's Day (emphasis on "Dump") https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/06/Memphis-Zoo-Valentines-Day-elephant-poop/2221738861169/ Valentines and Bugs: a loving combination https://dailyvoice.com/ny/schenectady/via-aquarium-offering-cockroach-sponsorships-for-v-day/ Increased Chance of Asteroid Hitting us #dontpanichttps://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/nasa-says-chance-of-asteroid-hitting-earth-in-2032-is-2-3-231819333855 Financial Arguments in Couples: so many fights!? https://studyfinds.org/average-couple-argues-about-money-58-times-a-year/ peperoni perfume! because: of course. https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/lifestyle/dominos-launching-pepperoni-inspired-perfume-for-valentines-day/.https://chocolocket.com/product/the-ghirardelli-chocolocket Square on Mars! SQUARE ON MARS!! https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-nasa-mars-square-structure-what-is-elon-musks-plan-after-mysterious-square-structure-has-been-found-on-mars-by-nasa-all-details/articleshow/118063156.cms?from=mdr Show them you care with: Chocolocket? https://chocolocket.com/product/the-ghirardelli-chocolocket 🎵

    13 min

  3. FEB 7

    What a Weird Week Feb 7, 2025: Big Laser News and terrific thrift store finds!

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, get in touch, and more links, seewww.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 6 first published on Friday Feb 7, 2025.  The lovely nachos* plate that turned out to be antique. (*citation: my stomach is growling)https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/lifestyle/thrifter-bought-a-pristine-plate-for-just-5-he-found-out-it-was-worth-a-whole-lot-more/  Is China building a giant laser facility and is it to become a Nuclear Fusion Superpower?https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/climate/china-nuclear-fusion/index.html  Man Sets New World Record for Farthest Axe Throw. (about as far as Cinderella's Castle is tall.) https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/30/turkey-Guinness-World-Records-farthest-ax-throw/6151738271697/ Painting found at garage sale is a Van Gogh - experts.https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/style/garage-sale-van-gogh-elimar-scli-intl/index.html  Possible New Life Form found in the Human Gut.  https://www.vice.com/en/article/scientists-discovered-virus-viroid-like-obelisks-human-mouth-gut-bacteria/ 🎵 Men are Secretly the Biggest Romance Novel Fans - study.https://studyfinds.org/men-confess-were-secretly-obsessed-with-romance-novels/  Australian Bodybuilder Defends Risky Airplane Engine Push-up Stunthttps://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tiktok/preslie-ginoski-plane-engine-sydney-airport-response-646490-20250203 Toco, a Japanese man who spent over £11,000 on a realistic collie dog costume, has opened Tocotoco Zoo, a unique establishment where people can pay to wear animal costumes and interact as their chosen animal.https://www.ladbible.com/community/weird/man-spent-11000-become-dog-opens-zoo-japan-424784-20250202 Blind Box Toothpaste: A Novel Approach to Oral Carehttps://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blind-box-toothpaste  Scotland Denies Plans to Ban Cats https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/05/scotland-John-Swinney-cat-ban-denial/1591738778051/  Giant Snow Butt Constructed outside Museum https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2025-01-14/a-giant-butt-appeared-on-the-nelson-atkins-snowy-lawn-this-cheeky-artist-is-behind-it Boy arrested at hospital for 'impersonating a doctor'  https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/boy-13-arrested-hospital-impersonating-30935258

    16 min

  4. JAN 31

    What a Weird Week Fri 31 Jan 2025: Here are Ten Weird/ Odd/ Interesting things from this week

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 5 first published on Friday Jan 31, 2025... 100 meter dash on Lego bricks https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/barefoot-lego-record-1.7437554 Chinese Corgi police dog gets pee-shamed on Socials https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/chinese-police-dog-loses-year-end-bonus-for-sleeping-on-job-peeing-in-bowl-internet-reacts-7567371 High Dudes/ Hot Air Balloon/ Slack line world record https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/28/germany-Guinness-World-Records-highest-slackline-walk/7101738095308/ 42 Museums in 24 Hours record. *not quality visits* https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/28/Guinness-World-Records-museums-visited-24-hours/9221738089833/ Idaho Man covers head in shaving cream, world reacts. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/27/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-table-tennis-balls-shaving-foam/7911737998434/ Robots vs Humans Half Marathon this Spring will no doubt start robot apocalypse *citation needed* https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/robots-to-race-humans-at-china-half-marathon/ Wonderful Retraction Time! Sparkling Water and Weight Loss: A Critical Look at the Evidence https://studyfinds.org/no-sparkling-water-likely-wont-help-you-lose-weight-despite-new-finding/ Electronic Tongue makes headlines, takes licks. https://studyfinds.org/electronic-tongue-taste-spoiled-milk/ Parental Favoritism: A Complex Issue of Birth Order, Gender, and Personality https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/favourite-child-study-1.7443452 Ranking Groundhog Weather Prediction Accuracy. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/29/NOAA-groundhog-accuracy-study/7991738184509/

    15 min

  5. JAN 25

    What a Weird Week Fri Jan 24, 2025: Squished Watermelons ftw

    What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd and weird stories in the news this week. See https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get  podcasts. here are ten weird things from this week's news... Turkish Woman Sets World Record for Watermelon Crushing https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/17/turkish-woman-crushes-watermelons-using-thighs/6221737129404 Swedish Duo Sets New Record for Longest Table Tennis Rally https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/16/guinness-table-tennis/9561737044067/ Contagious Urination in Chimpanzees https://www.popsci.com/environment/chimpanzees-peeing-contagious/ The superpower you didn't know you had! National Archives Seeks Citizen Archivists to Transcribe Historical DocumentsThe superpower you didnt know you had! National Archives Seeks Citizen Archivists to Transcribe Historical Documents. https://www.popsci.com/technology/cursive-national-archives/ Staten Island Beautification Squad https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/staten-island-speed-cameras-flowers/ Rats Infest Houston Police Evidence Room, Consuming Large Quantities of Marijuana https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/16/houston-rats-drugs-police-evidence-room Dream Ads: The Commercialization of Dreams and its Ethical Implications https://studyfinds.org/your-dreams-are-for-sale-and-companies-are-already-buying/ Sparkling Water and Weight Loss: A Modest Effect https://www.sciencealert.com/a-modest-weight-loss-boost-might-be-hiding-in-your-glass-of-water Unsweetened Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk: A UK Study https://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-coffee-linked-to-lower-risk-of-dementia-but-theres-a-catch Scientists have discovered a new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus vaderi, off the coast of Vietnam, named for its resemblance to Darth Vader's helmet, measuring 12.8 inches long and weighing 2.2 pounds. https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/science/massive-new-bug-species-is-so-horrifying-its-been-named-after-darth-vader/ Taiwanese Surgeon Performs Self-Vasectomy https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/lifestyle/surgeon-father-of-three-performs-vasectomy-on-himself-for-his-wife/

    15 min

  6. JAN 17

    What a Weird Week Fri Jan 17: Large Underpants Study

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See link below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 3 first published on Friday Jan 17 2025... Swedish Stunt Man Fast Handlebar Wheelie Record https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/1/daring-motorbike-stunt-rider-first-to-break-200-kmh-barrier-during-handlebar-wheelie People as Dinosaurs Gathering World Record https://strathmorenow.com/articles/american-city-breaks-dino-world-record-despite-drumhellers-attempt-last-year World Record for the longest underwater walk with one breath https://www.facebook.com/GuinnessWorldRecords/videos/longest-underwater-walk-guinness-world-records/1131907685395510/ 1 in 5 Online Job Postings Are Either Fake or Never Filled?! https://gizmodo.com/1-in-5-online-job-postings-are-either-fake-or-never-filled-study-finds-2000549706 Nut Job (Nutmobile pilot needed) https://ekkh.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2002/job/26936/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share Marriage Annulled because bride thought it was a social media stunt https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/australia/court-annuls-marriage-instagram-stunt-australia-intl-scli/index.html Beware of the Pooch Smooch! https://studyfinds.org/dogs-drug-resistant-salmonella/ To Eat (your Christmas tree) or not? https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sweden-says-christmas-tree-needles-173426923.html First Time Ever?! Sound of PEI Meteorite captured! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-charlottetown-meteorite-strike-first-audio-1.7430018 Farmers use bear costume to battle cheeky monkeys https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/lifestyle/fed-up-farmers-in-india-have-started-wearing-bear-costumes-to-protect-crops-from-monkeys/ Large underpants study https://studyfinds.org/average-american-has-4-good-pairs-of-underwear-in-rotation/

    19 min

  7. JAN 10

    What a Weird Week Fri Jan 10 2025: Terrible Chocolate News and Alien Rocks!

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. For a full transcript of the podcast episode, to subscribe, or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 2 first published on Friday Jan 10 2025... Dave and Chris' Guinness World Record for most behind-the-back basketball passes in one minute (70 passes) https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/06/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-behind-the-back-passes/7991736193963/ Chinese Man Breaks Guinness World Records by throwing cards like a super villain. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/06/Guinness-World-Records-playing-cards-cucumbers-matches/7501736186000/ Hot Dog Banishment. https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/world-news/kim-jong-un-cracks-down-on-sale-of-hot-dogs-in-north-korea-with-a-penalty-of-time-in-labor-camp/ A bananas mystery. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/06/mystery-of-bananas-left-on-nottinghamshire-road Hockey Team sets Guinness Record for Teddy Bears. https://theahl.com/news/hershey-breaks-teddy-bear-toss-record-again Italian Mayor places ban on getting sick. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/07/italy-Belcastro-Calabria-mayor-proclamation-illness/6801736271304/ The best juice for weight loss #newstudy https://studyfinds.org/how-elderberry-might-transform-metabolism-in-just-7-days/ Great News! Coffee continues to be good for you. Mostly in the morning. https://studyfinds.org/drinking-coffee-only-in-the-morning-lowers-risk-of-death-from-any-cause/ Valentine's chocolate might get a price hike. https://www.fooddive.com/news/cocoa-price-hike-supply-2025-candy-chocolate-weather/736372/ Is this a weird alien sculpture? idk you guys, I don't see it. https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/archaeologists-stumped-strange-alien-like-figurine-dating-7000-years-raises-questions Study confirms your our secret: that we only stare at ourselves while in a Zoom call or Teams meeting. ... there's a boom in cosmetic procedures that might be linked to this phenomenon. https://studyfinds.org/video-calls-cosmetic-surgery-procedures/

    15 min

  8. JAN 3

    What a Weird Week Worst Stories of 2024: What a Weird Year part 2!

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd/ interesting/ weird stories in the news. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 1 first published on Friday Jan 3 2025. Our "Worst Stories of 2024" episode! January... From Study Finds: "Magic mushrooms traced back to asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs" ... - icymi, magic mushrooms are called that because they look like tiny magicians wearing top hats... just kidding. Magic mushrooms are psychoactive and please consult ten physicians, 40 spiritual advisers and 9 lawyers before going any further on this journey. Especially foraging for them, because that can be extremely dangerous if you get it wrong! The article is about how researchers have learned that the dinosaurs didn't have magic mushrooms but around the time the dinos went extinct, magic mushrooms showed up on planet earth... 65 million years ago, the same time that an asteroid hit earth and started the beginning of the end for dinosaurs... which was new information for researchers. https://studyfinds.org/magic-mushrooms-asteroid/ February... From NBC 9 News...  Two high school kids in Colorado have received scholarships to play Division One Cornhole for Winthrop University... The athletes are very jacked about it quoted as saying "It's groundbreaking... It's making history!" ... Congratulations to Jaxson and Gavin. At some point professional Cornhole became a thing? and now also opportunities for young athletes to get an education on that Cornhole scholarship... btw Winthrop University is in South Carolina, United States of America. They are the first Division 1 school to offer Cornhole scholarships... Here's another quote... This is from Jaxson talking to media about receiving that Cornhole scholarship... "It's super awesome to make history." I can't argue with that. How fantastic is this? There's a whole new college sport being thrown into the mix... Well, it's not new but new to Division 1 schools... btw, if they don't have Cornhole where you are, it's that lawn game where you throw a beanbag and try to get that bean bag in a hole... The most basic way to describe it. It's a game that at one time I bet people who played horseshoes would make fun of... that part is just speculation.   https://www.9news.com/article/sports/local-sports/colorado-cornhole-scholarship/73-ba279aed-6721-4a17-8610-1f6c3fd583df March... The moon was back in the news this week. Russia has announced that they hope to team up with China and build a nuclear power plant on the moon. There's been a lot of moon action from different countries and different agencies... Many of them haven't gone well. Just recently one famously flipped over on its side... It's a little unnerving when you think they're going to be rocketing radioactive stuff to the lunar surface ... You don't want that nuclear power plant to be a failed mission... I just want to float this out here that before we dabble in what has potential to be catastrophic nuclear disaster... wouldn't it be nice, as a proof of concept, If we could put a donut shop on the moon first? Prove to me that you can remotely build a doughnut shop that nothing has gone wrong with, and then I'll be convinced/ I'll trust you with the nuclear thing. I'll trust you with nuclear reactors if first you give me donuts I guess is what I'm saying.https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/03/05/russia-china-planning-for-joint-nuclear-power-plant-on-the-moon-by-2035/?sh=5ecdec160e1c and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_probes April... The Grammy who made the news after receiving a speeding ticket. (actually 2 tickets!) The only thing was she wasn't driving her van. *(character limit) full shownotes at ⁠www.shownotes.page⁠.

    14 min
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What a Weird Week is a show featuring the week's weird news stories. Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast, a full shownotes blog, and a video episode. See https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week". #Weird #News #Interesting #Stories #Entertainment #Popular #Culture #Fun #TenWeirdThings #weirdnews #weird #news #podcast #comedy #spotify #funny #weirdnewsoftheday #comedypodcast #weirdhistory #journalism #media #whoa #wow #what #saywhat #noway #ohmydays #areyouserious #wtf #weirdnewsstories #weirdnewsheadlines #weirdnewsoftheweek

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  • Creator
    Scotty Horsman
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    114
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Scotty Horsman
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