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Bananas - Funny news from around the world with Scotty Landes and Kurt Braunohler

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Each week on Bananas, Kurt Braunohler and Scotty Landes discuss the strange, fascinating and just plain bananas news from around the world. The headlines and weird news are lighthearted, unexpected and always fun. Like the time the delivery robot ran through a crime scene or the lady who took in a stray cat only to find out it was a mountain lion. Or the time Kurt and Scotty drove a butt across the country. Check your local listings because this feel-good comedy podcast often goes on the road for live shows and may be in a city near you. Fun fact: We also hear the banana boys are a favorite amongst listeners while at the dentist, getting surgery and even giving birth!  Bananas is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, I Said No Gifts! and more.

Episodes

Rockin’ Butt Jumping with Lisa Magid

Part time Bananas employee/full time human Lisa Magid joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about the Japanese astronaut who hated space, jump rope pro saves neighbor and dog from drowning with jump rope and scientists are trying to figure out why all hockey players sound Canadian! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Mar 11, 202555 min

PorkBizness.com

Kurt and Scotty talk about the crazy life of the man who invented the saxophone, Wisconsin kayaker charged for faking his own death and fleeing to eastern Europe, a child tired of waiting for mom crashes into daycare and an Iowa man eats pork tenderloin in all 99 Iowa counties! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Mar 04, 202557 min

The Cattiest Scan with Karen Kilgariff

Karen Kilgariff is back on Bananas! She talks to Kurt and Scotty about a doctor who faces inquiry after giving his cat a cat scan at the hospital, a mom gives birth in a Krispy Kreme parking lot and names kid Glaze, what happened to Elvis’ teddy bear and cars that keep hitting the same house! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 25, 202556 min

Bonusode: More Would You Rathers and Advice #23

Kurt and Scotty answer listener advice and play some Would You Rathers! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 20, 202542 min

Fifty Shades of Cray with Sasheer Zamata

Sasheer Zamata is back on Bananas! She joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about whether Dakota Johnson locked people in a Blue Bottle coffee shop, a man who is allergic to his own orgasms and a passenger clings to outside of train while going 175mph! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 18, 202552 min

The Ladies Lounge with Kelsey Cook

Kelsey Cook joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about crocodiles that impersonate drowning humans to lure people into water, a woman’s fake social media wedding turned out to be real and the viral women only artwork returns to view after supreme court win! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 11, 202554 min

It's a Welsh Thing

Kurt and Scotty talk about how China’s first corgi police dog loses bonus over misconduct, a woman taken to court for aggressively farting at boyfriend’s ex, and a man in Ohio accidentally buys an entire street! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 04, 202549 min

Rats on Cocaine with Scarlet Estelle

Scarlet Estelle joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about how sober rats like silence but rats on cocaine prefer jazz, two inmates conceive baby despite never having met and an extinct bird re-evolved itself back into existence! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jan 28, 202554 min

Bonusode: More Would You Rathers and Advice #22

Kurt and Scotty answer listener advice and play some Would You Rathers! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 23, 202542 min

All Creatures Great and Small and Weird

Kurt and Scotty talk about how people got snowed in at The Tan Hill Inn again, what happened to the coyote from the Chicago Aldi and the South American fox wolf with stilt legs and urine that smells like marijuana! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 21, 202553 min

Peeled Bananas

Kurt and Scotty talk about Tokyo’s Crush Christmas March getting cancelled, plates of peeled bananas left on a residential street, missing dog rings doorbell to let owner know it’s home and thieves return stolen rug to Madonna Inn! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jan 14, 202552 min

Pub Buds

Kurt and Scotty talk about a retired couple trying to visit every pub in Australia, the world’s strongest coffee and Miller High Life’s new perfume! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 07, 202554 min

Vodka Powered Goblin Pizza

Kurt and Scotty talk about vodka powered robots, how Will Smith let out a fart so bad on Men in Black the set had to be evacuated for 3 hours, and Pizza Hut in China releases pizza topped with whole frog! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 31, 202451 min

1000 Ways to Invade a Home

Kurt and Scotty talk about a man arrested for over 1000 home intrusions says it’s his hobby, man proposes to girlfriend with a piece of cheese next to a dumpster, the most mysterious song on the internet identified after 17 years and doctors warn to not sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 24, 202453 min

Bonusode: More Would You Rathers and Advice #21

Kurt and Scotty answer listener advice and play some Would You Rathers! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 19, 202445 min

Fish Hats and Punching Pastors

Kurt and Scotty talk about orcas wearing dead salmon hats again, Navy officer demoted after sneaking satellite on warship to get internet, Swedish man survives in snowed in car for two months and US pastor uses his MMA skills to save church from break in! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 17, 202453 min

The Juice from Pork Shoes Tastes the Sweetest

Kurt and Scotty talk about an inventor who creates tear gun to shoot tears back at person who hurt her, pub sued after patron taped pork chops to their feet, robot tells AI coworkers to quit their jobs and come home and farmers rally to save world’s loneliest sheep! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 10, 202453 min

Extreme Chores Switcheroo! with Ophira Eisenberg

Ophira Eisenberg is back on Bananas! She talks with Kurt and Scotty about the sport of extreme ironing, a man wonders if he’s the asshole for spraying a teenage boy with hose after he keeps walking on his lawn and a bridesmaid surprised to find out the bride had last minute change of groom on her wedding day! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 03, 202458 min

Extreme Middling

Kurt and Scotty talk about why ghosts float and shimmer, a bag of Cheetos that created a huge impact on a National Park and hackers demand France electric pay ransom in baguettes! Get tickets for Bananas Live at Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Los Angeles! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Nov 26, 202454 min

Kurt and Helen’s Heaviest Pets with Chloe Radcliffe

Chloe Radcliffe is back on Bananas! She talks to Kurt and Scotty about discontinued Guinness world records, how Helen Mirren thinks it's sad Kurt Cobain died before GPS was invented, how one man sold an airport that didn’t exist, and a man discovers he's been paying someone else’s power bill for over two decades! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Nov 19, 202456 min

Chugging Hooters Chokes on Rocks

Kurt and Scotty talk about how two men hooted at each other thinking each other was an owl, a man chugs 24 ounces of ranch dressing in 10 seconds, a Japanese woman subdues thief with headlock and credits anime for technique and a rock used as doorstop for decades worth over one million dollars! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Nov 12, 202454 min

Dog Trust Funds for Dummies with Alexis Nikole Nelson

Alexis Nikole Nelson (@blackforager) joins Kurt and Scotty talk about how potatoes are better than human blood for making space bricks, woman won the lottery then dumped her boyfriend who insisted his dog needed a trust fund and   scientists achieve first ever communication by two people in their sleep! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Nov 05, 202456 min

Whoopie in Choo Choo Town with Mamrie Hart

Mamrie Hart is back on Bananas! She talks to Kurt and Scotty about a fire that burned down a brand new fire station in Germany, an amorous couple blamed for flooding train station and a paraglider spots a dog on top of a pyramid!  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4a61tMk   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Oct 29, 202455 min

Tres Conkers

Kurt and Scotty talk about a woman who sued company for not getting her a farewell card finds out they did get her one but no one signed it, a man may have died without knowing he had three penises, steel nut scandal rocks World Conker Championship and hackers take over robot vacuums to chase pets around! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Oct 22, 202454 min

Bonusode: More Would You Rathers and Advice #19

Kurt and Scotty play some Would You Rathers and answer advice about how to make a backyard party more bananas and mindless hobbies to take your mind off work! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 17, 202444 min

Rigorous Raccoons

Kurt and Scott talk about Googles AI podcast hosts that have an existential crisis, a woman’s home overrun by 100 raccoons after 3 decades of feeding them, scientific rigor proponents retract paper on benefits of scientific rigor and a robber breaks into home and cooks meal for his victim! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Oct 15, 202455 minEp. 235

Long Boi’s Long Hike

Kurt and Scotty talk about a bulldog puppy who chewed owner’s toe to the bone may have saved his life, a woman beats the Appalachian Trail record, Britain’s tallest duck has gone missing and world’s oldest cheese found on 3600 year old mummies! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Oct 08, 202457 min

Sneezing for Pesto with Blair Socci

Blair Socci returns to Bananas! She talks to Kurt and Scotty about how someone bought a Temu croissant lamp that ended up being a real croissant, a soccer player injured after a hefty sneeze, Pesto the massive penguin chick and a man receives a $1.4 million speeding ticket! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Oct 01, 202457 min

Underwater Butt Breathin’ Undies

Kurt and Scotty talk about how the scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their butts receive Ig Nobel prize, a man buys $395k dream home knowing it will get swallowed by ocean, a Florida man arrested after throwing pasta with sauce during road rage incident and Delta is reminding flight prospective attendants that they must wear underwear to interviews! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com...

Sep 24, 202455 min