The News Chew

Benjamin Orr & Lou Olsen•www.thenewschew.com

Comedy

We're home to the world's weirdest podcast. Our job is covering news the local media is too afraid to share with you.

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Episodes

Episode 145: How Japan Made The World More Lazy

This week, the guys discuss why Paramount is probably going to go out of business, a box of cookies that apparently warranted the bomb squad, a Russian teen who tried to impress for love, and Japan's most lazy invention yet.

Oct 03, 2016•42 min

Episode 144: The Most Technology Savvy Dog In The World

This week, the guys discuss a follow-up involving a woman and her mother in a fridge, a Wisconsin ad that was "selling children", a Chinese man who bought iPhones for his dog, and one man who claimed his hamster looked like a "fat little pig."

Sep 26, 2016•45 min

Episode 143: The One Where America Goes Full America

This week, the guys discuss how America has upped the food ante on itself, how police officers rescued a kitten, a woman who spent $500 to save her goldfish, and the great penny spill in Delaware.

Sep 19, 2016•46 min

Episode 142: How To Drive With a Frying Pan

This week, the guys why a man punched a baby in the UK, how badly one Florida man regretted getting a tattoo, an Australian man who substituted car parts for kitchenware, and a man who ate a pepper so hot, he lost his hearing temporarily.

Sep 12, 2016•43 min

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