Something Offbeat

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Great white shark sightings, understanding our brains, year of the Fire Horse and the Old Farmer's Almanac Feb 20, 2026

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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.

Danger lurks on escalators and in our bodies as sex and malls disappear Feb 13, 2026

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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.

The dark side of being an Olympian, the world’s highest marathon, de-mystifying curling and more Feb 06, 2026

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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.

Down the rabbit hole with Mad Hatters, the Doomsday clock, rogue mountain lions and sasquatch Jan 30, 2026

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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.

Alien signals, solar storms, a gravity conspiracy and danger on the chairlift Jan 23, 2026

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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.

Monkeys on the loose, a real-life Dr. Frankenstein and how to evict your bear roommate Jan 16, 2026

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This week, we’re diving into not one but two weird animal stories, as well as chemtrails, a scientist dubbed doctor Frankenstein, a man wreaking havoc with a sword and how to become a real-life storm-chaser. Featuring segments from the Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis, WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, the Scoot Show and the Tommy Tucker shows out of WWL in New Orleans, the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and KNX News out of Los Angeles.

Can we make it to the moon by 2028? Plus, the couple whose engagement ring fell 118 feet and sandwich stories Jan 09, 2026

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This week, we’ve got some expert insight on whether we can make it back to moon by 2028, a marriage proposal attempt that turned into something straight out of a sitcom, and some stories about sandwiches. With dispatches from the Dana & Parks show out of KMBZ in Kansas City, Tommy Tucker out of WWL in New Orleans, WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, The Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis and the Adam & Jordana Show out of WCCO in the Twin Cities.

WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: All about animals Jan 02, 2026

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These are the weirdest animal stories we covered in 2025.

WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: Viral internet stories Jan 01, 2026

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There were the weirdest viral stories we covered in 2025.

WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: Strange stuff is going on in space Dec 25, 2025

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Here are the weirdest space stories we covered in 2025.