Something Offbeat

What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

BONUS: The Great Lakes' last shipwreck, feral hogs rampage and killer bear attacks campground

We’re travelling to the bottom of the Great Lakes to explore a notorious shipwreck on this episode with an interview from WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, then heading south to Louisiana where WWL’s Tommy Tucker digs into the dangerous and sometimes deadly feral hog infestation and finally to the bear-filled forests of the Ozarks, where the Dana & Parks Show out of Kansas City said multiple attacks have recently been reported.

10-11
21:57

Other Side of the News: Mobile bathroom trucks are changing lives

In this "Other Side of the News feature from "Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers, he talks to a woman offering dignity in an unusual place to wash up for those experiencing homelessness.

10-08
03:00

BONUS: A kitten fed to a snake, a man pretends to be a high schooler and we've all got road rage

On this "Something Offbeat" weird news roundup, you'll hear about cat fed to a snake from WWL’s Scoot, a man pretending to be a higher schooler from the Dana and Parks Show out of KMBZ and new road rage data from WCCO’s Adam and Jordana.

10-04
18:54

Other Side of the News: Texas chainsaw... orchestra?

On this "Other Side of the News" report, Mike Rogers interviews an orchestra of chainsaws.

10-01
05:42

BONUS: Poop spray mayhem, the rapture that never came and a history of failed predictions

This week's "Something Offbeat" news roundup covers a teaching assistant arrested for fart spray from the Dana & Parks Show, The Dave Glover Show's take on this week's non-rapture, and a history of prediction failures from Scoot.

09-27
18:12

Other Side of the News: What it takes to be the ultimate Donkey Kong champ

In this "Other Side of the News" dispatch, host Mike Rogers interviews a man who beat the top Donkey Kong score -- twice.

09-24
02:55

BONUS: Deep sea aliens, babies switched at birth and a peek behind Alice Cooper's curtain

Here's another "Something Offbeat" roundup of weird news. This week, we've got more alien headlines from The Dave Glover Show, a nurse who was fired for reporting babies switched at birth from the Dana & Parks Show and and the offbeat origins of shock rock with Alice Cooper and WWL's Scoot.

09-20
20:11

Other Side of the News: Bringing 'dead zones' to life with vintage pay phones

Mike Rogers speaks to a man who is helping to connect telecommunication "dead zones" with pay phones on this "Other Side of the News" clip.

09-17
05:13

SPECIAL: Could a blind date with extraterrestrial life crash the stock market?

What would really happen if we made contact with alien life? How would our lives change? Would we even still BE alive? And most importantly… what would happen to the stock market? Dr. Avi Loeb joined host Mike Rogers on "Something Offbeat" to discuss what's different about the 3I ATLAS comet currently making its way through our solar system, and the implications it could have for us here on Earth.

09-13
18:08

ALIEN WEEK DISPATCH: Ancient life on Mars? Here's what NASA says its rover uncovered

In a potential landmark discovery, NASA says its Mars rover has found potential signs of ancient microscopic life on the Red Planet. For details, WWJ's Tracey McCaskill was joined live by Mike Narlock, Head of Astronomy at Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills. (Photo: Getty Images)

09-11
12:18

Other Side of the News Special: Is it a comet or something more?

Here's a preview of Mike Rogers' longer interview with Harvard Dr. Avi Loeb, out this Friday from the "Something Offbeat" podcast. Loeb thinks there are some things about a comet moving through our solar system that indicate it could be intelligently directed (an alien spacecraft?).

09-10
02:57

BONUS: Naked volleyball, robotic lions and living funerals

Catch up on weird news from this week with a roundup from the "Something Offbeat" podcast, featuring stories from KMOX's The Dave Glover Show, KMBZ's the Dana & Parks Show and KDKA's the Big K Morning Show.

09-06
17:29

Other Side of the News: Piano playing rhino

Mike Rogers learns about a rhinoceros who learned how to play piano on this "Other Side of the News" segment.

09-03
02:35

BONUS: A butt sniffer arrested, explosions and the cow of Stonehenge

"Something Offbeat" is back with a roundup of weird news. This week, we've got stories from Los Angeles to Stonehenge from The Dave Glover show on KMOX, the Dana and Parks show on KMBZ and KNX News' LA Local.

08-30
21:32

Other Side of the News: Crash a wedding, for a fee

Host Mike Rogers speaks with a woman about attending strangers' weddings for a fee.

08-27
02:45

Cracker Barrel, missing Texas woman joins African tribe in Scotland and radioactive shrimp

This week, we go on another tour of weird news from Audacy stations across the country.

08-23
20:11

Other Side of the News: Can you delete yourself from the internet?

"Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers interviews a man working on deleting much of his digital footprint.

08-20
06:51

Back-to-school special: The Gen Z stare and beyond

As back-to-school season gets into gear, "Something Offbeat" rounds up news about Gen Z from KMOX's The Dave Glover Show, WCCO's Adam & Jordana and KMBX's Dana & Parks.

08-16
22:01

Other Side of the News: Hopelessly devoted to Chick-fil-A

"Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers talks to a man who loves Chick-fil-A more than you do. Probably.

08-13
06:47

Zoo asks for pet donations to feed its animals, gambler wins 400 jackpots and weirdos throw adult toys at WNBA

This week "Something Offbeat" checks out news from Audacy's WCCO, KMBZ and WWL.

08-09
15:31

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