We Can Be Weirdos

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The Rough Corner: Horror Holes, Leg Lumps, and Why Doctors Should Prescribe Fear Nov 07, 2023

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Can fear be good for us? Scientists at the Recreational Fear Lab think so! Marc Malmdorf Andersen, co-director of the lab, joins Dan on the line. Plus, Dan's children's toys from hell and deeply concerning leg lumps.

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The Rough Corner: Funeral Food, Meeting Madame Lash and the Pencil Case Reopens Nov 02, 2023

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Dan is back from Down Under! And Al has had a three course dinner in the Underworld. A quick debrief after the last episode's Ouija strangeness sees another Theory Challenge winner crowned, evaluation of the flight prices on Friday 13th, and Dan's brush with his local, very human, cryptid.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

#26 The Halloween Special: Ouija Weirdness with Jamie Morton, Hannah Maguire and Leanne Burnam-Richards Oct 31, 2023

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"It's probably a ghost with a foot fetish"

Happy Halloween! To celebrate, you're invited to the weirdest listening event of the year. Join My Dad Wrote a Porno's Jamie Morton, Redhanded's Hannah Maguire and 'The Ghostess with the Mostess' Leanne Burnham-Richards for a Ouija experience in the "haunted" studio!

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

The Rough Corner: Hunting the Elephant Humanoid, Uncle Dean's Lego Ghost and Soft Rocks in Wiggle Town Oct 26, 2023

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Dan beams in from Australia with a couple of weird interviews up his sleeve. We're talking ghostly nuns, elephant-esque cryptids, mind-melting 'gravity hills' and one of the most chilling haunted house stories you'll hear.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

#25 The Jar Sauce Destroyer: Nat’s What I Reckon and the Storming of Area 51 Oct 23, 2023

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"A jar of sauce... it's taking the p*** out of everyone"

Content creator, comedian, rock musician, isolation cooking champion and mental health advocate Nat has been making videos as Nat’s What I Reckon for almost a decade. His hilarious social commentary has collected a dedicated audience and his videos have clocked up over 100 million views. Oh, and he went to school with Dan Schreiber... and it was weird.

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

The Rough Corner: Eternal Graffiti, Vomiting Royals and the World's Oldest Kiss ft. Edward Brooke-Hitching Oct 17, 2023

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Dan is in Australia without key recording equipment so here's a treat from the We Can Be Weirdos vault! It's the original pilot for the show, and a totally brilliant, batsh*t chat with Edward Brooke-Hitching.

Edward is a screenwriter and author of titles including The Madman's Library, Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports and The Madman's Gallery: The Strangest Paintings, Sculptures and Other Curiosities From the History of Art. His latest book, Love - A Curious History in 50 Objects, is out on October 26th 2023.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

#24 The Normal, Innocent Woman: Lauren Layfield and the Quest to Avoid Alien Abduction Oct 12, 2023

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"I'm only five foot one, an alien could beam me up anytime"

Lauren Layfield is a British Guyanese presenter, DJ & journalist. Lauren has been a regular reporter for The One Show and waking up the nation’s early risers on Capital’s Early Breakfast Show. But it was her presenting work for CBBC and the subsequent 'Innocent Men' meme, that cemented her in the hearts of internet users all over the globe. Lauren's debut teen novel ‘Indi Raye is Totally Faking It’, is available now!

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

The Rough Corner: The B*tshit Life of Leon “Buttons” Kirkbeck (Part One) Oct 10, 2023

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A talking rock, why scorpios suck, and conversations with horses. Leon Kirkbeck a.k.a. Buttons will be familiar to listeners of The Cryptid Factor, he's also had 30+ year career spanning radio, film, and TV. Buttons shares his wild theories on life, the universe and everything else.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

#23 Inside a Secret Society: John Hodgman and the Curse of Heidi Oct 04, 2023

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"I walked up to the front door... and I woke up in the hospital"

John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of the acclaimed collections of funny true stories called Vacationland and Medallion Status. He also wrote three books of fake facts and invented trivia, all of them New York Times Bestsellers, and his writing has also appeared in The Paris Review, This American Life, The New Yorker, and Mad Magazine. He is also the host of the popular Judge John Hodgman podcast, where he settles serious disputes between real people, such as “Is a hot dog a sandwich?”

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

The Rough Corner: Virgin Mary Visits, Europe's Oldest Sandal and the H-Bomb Hypothesis Oct 03, 2023

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Night time visits from Madonna (not that one), Mike Tyson's favourite cartoon and £3-a-pop Yeti pubic hair. Plus, the Big Stretch conspiracy is busted wide open!

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

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