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. 48 MIN. AGO

    What a Weird Week Halloween Special: Oct 25, 2024 Weird-O-Ween!

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See shownotes link below for a transcript of the podcast episode. 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 5, Ep 43 first published on Friday Oct 25th 2024. Here are this week's stories...  From study finds, Consensus Picks for the Top 5 Best Halloween Candies https://studyfinds.org/best-halloween-candy/ 5 Best Cat Halloween Costumes for a Spooktacular Feline Transformation https://studyfinds.org/best-cat-halloween-costumes/ 5 Best U.S. Cities for an Unforgettable Halloween Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=NF9oZ5HHb1k&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY and also https://studyfinds.org/best-u-s-cities-for-halloween America's Fascination with Horror Movies: Childhood Scares to Adult Thrills https://studyfinds.org/your-halloween-personality/ 5 Best Halloween Couple Costumes for 2024: From Barbie and Ken to Mario and Princess Peach https://studyfinds.org/best-halloween-couple-costumes/ 5 Easy and Creative Halloween Costume Ideas for Last-Minute Partygoers https://studyfinds.org/best-easy-halloween-costumes/ 5 Best Dog Halloween Costumes That Pet Parents Love https://studyfinds.org/best-dog-halloween-costumes/ 11-Year-Old Boy's Viral Taylor Swift Halloween Costume Earns Him Eras Tour Tickets https://abcnews.go.com/amp/GMA/Family/boy-surprised-tickets-taylor-swift-viral-eras-tour/story?id=115001922&cid=alerts_halloween How to do everything episode about Peanut Butter Cups - the Halloween ones taste better according to 14 year old math-e-magician https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/1256914737/pumpkins-spiders-and-henry-winkler Halloween: not as scary as climate change https://www.timminspress.com/opinion/halloween-is-very-scary-this-year-2 Death Clock App: nope from me https://www.deathclock.co/ What booze pairs with the Halloween treats you stole from your kids? *please enjoy responsibly https://www.thestar.com/life/food-and-drink/here-s-what-to-drink-with-all-the-halloween-treats-you-ll-swipe-from-your/article_23d49c3e-8f3e-11ef-b06c-a37f847f7834.html The Halloween Mystery of the 5 Bucks https://www.ladbible.com/community/mum-finds-money-letterbox-scary-reason-966832-20241018

    19 min

  2. 6 DAYS AGO

    What a Weird Week Road Show: Oct 18th episode has dolphins and large food

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. 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 5, Ep 42 first published on Friday Oct 18th 2024. Here are this week's stories... BIG pumpkin is named Rudy. Is that a good name?  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.com/amp/Odd_News/2024/10/16/Safeway-World-Championship-Pumpkin-Weigh-Off/8211729109668/Very Large Jeans may not be wearable https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/16/Guinness-World-Records-largest-jeans/5731729100424/ Conktroversy! ... Don't  know Conkers? Well trust me, conktroversy is a great pun.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/15/World-Conker-Championships-steel-chestnut-cheating/2541729011522/ Man climbs Everest for charity.  Except it's his stairs at home... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/10/Guinness-World-Records-stairs-everest/6281728591635/ Giant kebab! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/17/cyprus-Guinness-World-Records-sheftalia-kebab/8871729181601/Weird lights under plane...https://www.unilad.com/news/travel/atlantic-ocean-strange-lights-clouds-theory-913590-20241017 Royalty in a UFO?https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/11/king-charles-flew-a-prototype-ufo-canada-1975-21777839/ Professor UFO newshttps://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/huge-alien-announcement-imminent-professor-741499 Dolphin Breath has microplastics... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241017113845.htm

    16 min

  3. OCT 11

    What a Weird Week Fri Oct 11 2024: Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend Weirdness!

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. 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 5, Ep 41 which is an encore performance from a year ago. Happy Thanksgiving! Here are the stories...  If that chair could talk! someone started a Facebook group based around chair appreciation... https://www.facebook.com/groups/1434160430714378/ and see https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/09/Chair-Watch-Dennis-Township-New-Jersey/2661696871859/ Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... https://youtu.be/zg4OkrefKDs?feature=shared  and https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/teen-stacks-143-000-playing-cards-to-create-worlds-largest-card-structure-759373 Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... https://vigourtimes.com/controversy-erupts-at-world-conkers-championships-due-to-waterlogged-chestnuts/ and https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-67046823 and also https://www.worldconkerchampionships.com/ I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down... it made news because the town in charge of Harry Dick Road (Bonnechere Valley near Eganville, Ontario) is tired of replacing the street sign... it's gotten annoying and expensive... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/harry-dick-road-name-sign-change-bonnechere-1.6981502 a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord ... https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/boarderie-shatters-guinness-world-records-title-for-the-largest-charcuterie-board-weighing-769-lbs-301948299.html Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling. *viewer discretion advised https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/winnie-the-pooh-horror-movie-shown-to-children-in-florida-school-18006345 *Warning: PG 13. Earmuffs for the kids! OK, here's the story ... Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines... - This is such a wild story... they think that helicopters flying low to try to get photos of crocodiles may have accidentally set-off a crocodile lovefest...https://www.iflscience.com/crocodile-sex-bonanza-triggered-by-low-flying-chinook-in-australia-70971 Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce...  https://edition.cnn.com/style/german-munich-museum-stolen-paintings-sold/index.html  Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery?- If you go by those terrifying movies, Chucky is evil and can't be trusted. https://bnn.network/breaking-news/crime/chucky-doll-handcuffed-and-arrested-in-mexico-after-series-of-robberies-a-bizarre-tale-of-crime/  HONORABLE MENTION... Congratulations to Steve from Missouri who broke the Guinness World Record for longest journey by pumpkin boat! It took almost 11 hours to paddle his 1200 pound pumpkin 38 miles on the shark-infested* Missouri River. (*citation needed. River may not be shark-infested. Sounded good though.) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/09/man-with-pumpkin-vessel-breaks-guinness-world-record/71125133007/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world? - 2749 pounds! see https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/anoka-mans-world-record-pumpkin/89-b829f565-3933-4942-b7ae-04016a456822 and also https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/10/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pumpkin-Half-Moon-Bay/8671696948687/

    17 min

  4. OCT 4

    What a Weird Week Fri Oct 4th 2024: Spiders, Love, Happiness

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. 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 5, Ep 40 first published on Friday Oct 4th 2024. Here are this week's stories... Egg-Drop Smashes World Record, Egg is not smashed thoughhttps://patch.com/pennsylvania/te/tredyffrin-easttown-students-break-egg-drop-guinness-world-record Man Drinks Pouch of Juice, World Reacts! #MikeJackRecord #CapriSunhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/02/canada-Guinness-World-Records-Capri-Sun/4611727885489/ Italian lady breaks World Record for tongue circumference (tonguecumference)https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/10/italian-womans-unique-tongue-has-bigger-circumference-than-a-ping-pong-ball David "Record-Breaker" Rush may not know how to stop breaking world records. #LawnmowerChinbreaks world record by walking over 1,100 feet with a running lawn mower on his chinhttps://youtu.be/_6wZ6HIJPoU?feature=shared Tarantula Mating Season Draws Hundreds to Colorado Town https://apnews.com/article/tarantula-mating-colorado-spider-festival-da14f6d08bd4b325ce34970ec7864c73 Changing how we use defibrillators makes them more lifesaving - study https://studyfinds.org/new-way-of-using-defibrillators/ Swallowing is key to eating disorders... but wait, there's more! #HappinessResearch https://studyfinds.org/swallowing-makes-people-happy/ Get started on one of these hilarious Halloween costumes! #Shrimp-on-the-Barbie https://studyfinds.org/best-funny-halloween-costumes/ Mindfulness meditation is more effective than placebo in reducing pain, study finds https://studyfinds.org/meditation-placebo-effect-pain/ NASA is developing a new time zone specifically for the Moon #CoordinatedLunarTime https://studyfinds.org/nasa-moon-time-zone/ Wait, can AI REALLY pass a law exam? #nope https://studyfinds.org/can-ai-pass-a-college-law-exam/ I Don't Like Mondays Sundays - Survey https://studyfinds.org/spend-sundays-terrified/ Man discovers $6.6 million Picasso painting hidden in his home for decades https://nypost.com/2024/10/01/lifestyle/painting-hated-by-owners-wife-turns-out-to-be-6m-picasso/

    21 min

  5. SEP 27

    What a Weird Week Sep 27 2024: Toad Salad and Cocaine Bananas

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. 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 5, Ep 39 first published on Friday Sept 27, 2024. Here are this week's stories...  Toad Found in Bagged Salad Purchased from Grocery Storehttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/25/bagged-salad-waitrose-bracknell-england/5281727275603/The Kraft-Heinz plant in Lowville, New York, successfully reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the world's largest cheesecake at the annual Cream Cheese Festival, with a massive dessert weighing in at 15,008 poundshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/24/Guinness-World-Records-largest-cheesecake/2271727195952/David Rush reclaims chopstick throwing world record with 28 hits in one minutehttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/23/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-chopsticks/3931727105593/Chinese zoo sparks controversy with dogs disguised as pandashttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/20/Shanwei-Zoo-pandas-dogs/7791726861083/National Toy Hall of Fame Announces 2024 Finalistshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/19/National-Toy-Hall-of-Fame-finalists/8891726764795/German supermarket finds €7 million worth of cocaine in banana crateshttps://www.dw.com/en/german-supermarket-finds-7m-of-cocaine-in-crates-of-bananas/a-70303810Ancient Cheese Discovery Rewrites History of Kefir Originshttps://studyfinds.org/oldest-cheese-smeared-mummies/AI's Impact on Jobs: Study Reveals Vulnerable Occupations and Highlights Potential for Labor Shortage Solutionshttps://studyfinds.org/which-jobs-will-ai-replace/Moderate Coffee Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Multiple Cardiometabolic Diseaseshttps://studyfinds.org/3-cups-of-coffee-diseases/Close Encounter with the World's Most Dangerous Bird: A Cassowary's Visit to an Australian Beachhttps://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/police/woman-encounters-worlds-most-dangerous-bird-457604-20240923Man claims to have encountered the Loch Ness monster while swimming in the Scottish lakehttps://metro.co.uk/2024/09/17/loch-ness-monster-brushes-man-swims-21622610/Trending this Halloween: Sexy Ozempic Halloween Costume https://nypost.com/2024/09/24/lifestyle/now-you-can-dress-up-as-a-sexy-ozempic-shot-for-halloween-is-anyone-surprised/

    18 min

  6. SEP 20

    what a weird week Fri Sept 20 2024: best bug to eat for personal nutrition

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. 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 5, Ep 38 first published on Friday Sept 20, 2024. Here are this week's stories... Scientists discover Doritos dye can make mice translucent... • Researchers at Stanford University found that a common food dye, Yellow No. 5, can make mice translucent. • Tartrazine (Yellow No. 5) is approved for use in the United States and Canada and is found in various foods and beauty products. • When applied to mice, Tartrazine makes the skin transparent, revealing organs, muscles, and blood vessels. • The researchers are working to improve the technique for human applications https://globalnews.ca/news/10739992/doritos-dye-mice-translucent-study-humans/ Mysterious radio signal travels 8 billion years to reach Earth... • The origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) remains a mystery, challenging our understanding of the universe. • Might be something resulting after a star explodes. https://www.earth.com/news/deep-space-radio-signal-reaches-earth-after-8-billion-years-frb-20220610a/ Tuesday the world didn't get smacked by a giant space rock... hurray! NASA issued alert for stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth... Potentially hazardous... passed within 1 million KM of Earth... it posed no risk to Earth on its current trajectory... this asteroid’s 99 per cent larger than any other near-Earth objects. Ohio Police and the missing 8-year-old... she's OK you guys... they found her shopping at Target... after she took a car and drove there by herself... they don't know the exact route she took to get to Target, but it was at least a 10 mile drive... she told the cops that she “struck a mailbox” en route. No injuries. No charges. MO/GO Hiking Pants make headlines as the world's first powered pants. • These pants feature built-in exoskeletons with AI-controlled motors that increase leg strength by 40% and reduce pressure on the knees... • The rechargeable battery pack lasts about three hours... • They cost around $5,000 https://www.odditycentral.com/technology/company-launches-motor-powered-pants-that-increase-leg-strength-by-40-percent.html Americans' Coffee Preferences include having it before having... other things... • Over half of Americans believe a good cup of coffee can improve their day... one outta five prefer coffee to sweet, sweet, loving, lovetimes... https://studyfinds.org/fresh-coffee-better-than-sex/ Grasshoppers: Some day we'll all be HOPPED UP on Grasshoppers... • Research into the health benefits of eating grasshoppers... right now is in the rat stage but it's doing good things to those rats... improved sleep, healthier hair, and increased libido. https://studyfinds.org/eating-grasshoppers-libido/ New "grumpy" fish species found in the Red Sea... • A new fish species called the grumpy dwarfgoby has been discovered in the Red Sea. • It has a resting fish face. (I'll show myself out.) https://news.sky.com/story/new-grumpy-fish-species-discovered-in-the-red-sea-13217205 Ken in California has been paying his neighbor's power bill for 18 Years... he wondered why his bill never decreased, despite trying to cut energy consumption... then the power company investigated and they all found out why... some sort of mix up had Ken paying the neighbor's bill... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/18/PGE-power-bill-wrong-apartment-18-years/3531726677942/ Nickelodeon breaks pinata world record to celebrate Dora show... •1800 pinatas at the 78th Annual East Los Angeles Mexican Independence Day Parade set a new Guinness World Record... and hopefully got lots of attention for the Dora show. (character limit) for full shownotes see www.shownotes.page

    16 min

  7. SEP 13

    What a Weird Week Fri Sept 13th: Sending Good Luck Vibes your way... and giant plums

    Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. 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 5, Ep 37  first published on Friday Sept 13, 2024. Here are this week's stories... ❿ a couple of plum farmers in South Africa are making headlines with their world record plum... it weighs 16.3 ounces... that's 464.15g! More than a pound!!! It's described as mango-sized.Accident!? The big plum came off an ordinary commercial plum tree... this was basically a happy accident - no special farming secrets to mention.Congratulations Dean and Deon.https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/Agriculture/the-barnards-colossal-plum-smashes-world-record-202408300920❾ Blindfolded man makes long basketball shot, world reacts!Jeremy Ware of Arizona made a blindfolded, underhand, 60 foot basket which is a Guinness World Record. 60 feet is about as long as a Bowling Lane... or about two-fifths as long as Ha'Penny Bridge` in Ireland... or around a third as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa.https://youtu.be/cF0kEAeryNg?feature=shared ❼ Texas market breaks record with 1,032-pound charcuterie board...https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/12/Guinness-World-Records-charcuterie-board/5111726172755/ ❻ "Grapes spill on California highway, causing traffic JAM"https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/12/Merced-County-California-Highway-165grapes/9241726159835/ ❺ YouTubers Construct World's Largest Functional iPhone... 6.74 feet tall... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/06/Guinness-World-Records-largest-smartphone-replica/5031725653486/ ❹ Coffee Grounds Can Be Used to Make Stronger Concrete?! ... https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-our-leftover-coffee-grounds ❸ The Cheeszies and the Cave... https://canoe.com/news/weird/is-it-worth-crying-over-spilled-cheetos-absolutely-say-rangers-at-carlsbad-caverns-national-park/wcm/dc0079a9-a9aa-453f-9628-ee7b4fb0b544 ❷ Watercress: The Healthiest Vegetable... https://www.foodandwine.com/watercress-health-benefits-8710408?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter🍅 Mega-tsunami in Greenland was as mega as the name denotes... https://studyfinds.org1c/landslide-earth-vibrate-9-days/❶ Horseback Wrestling is a thing... https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/09/12/horseback-wrestling-to-sheep-bone-tossing-highlights-from-the-world-nomad-games

    15 min

  8. SEP 6

    what a weird week fri sept 6 2024: 10 more weird things from this week's news

    friends, I am on a 1990s car phone today so can't upload full shownotes to podcast app. you can get everything on my blog at www.shownotes.page stay weird, scott

    17 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 - 2024
  • Episodes
    97
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