Weird but Wonderful

It’s the spooky season, so what better time to grab a friend who never watches scary movies and enjoy the horror meta-classic, Scream (1996).David and I are diving into the Scream series and covering all the important topics like Gale’s murder blindness. Sid’s magic cupboard, and how hot Billy Loomis is. After making our way through the eerie halls of Woodsboro high, we ultimately have to decide how we would survive the fright!--Watch this episode on YouTube: Survive The Fright: Scream (1996)--Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com.Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.--00:00 - It begins00:33 - How James got into horror03:31 - David’s haunted history06:00 - The origins & cleaning up the Wiki08:02 - Watching Scream for the first time16:07 - The Summary of Scream (1996)19:04 - 01 - General Admission: What’d we think / Can you make the original Scream today?40:21 - Let’s talk about Billy Loomis44:12 - Childhood fears unlocked & one of the best kills in horror52:39 - The final kills58:49 - 02 - Survive The Fright: How we’d survive Scream1:14:14 - 03 - Nosforat-WHO: What is horror about Scream?

What if science could explain why some people radiate cool, why others tumble down conspiracy rabbit holes, and why inspiration always seems to strike out of nowhere?This week we're digging into the psychology of influence, belief, and creativity. From the six universal traits that make someone truly “cool,” to the subtle ways conspiracy theories can compound like interest, to the brain patterns that predict an “aha” moment before it happens.--Topics: Keanu Reeves is the epitomy of cool, The 6 traits of cool according to science, Cool is psychological profile, Ahead of the curvedness is max cool, Living with openness courage and authenticity, The hottest conspiracies of 2025, LA wild fires & the beams from the sky, Positive self talk - we’re working on it, Believing in one conspiracy theory leads to believing in others, The compouding interest of conspiracies, 28 Years Later is not cannon, Positive conspiracy theories, Aliens are real and helping us with tech, Secret societies guiding for good, Uncovering the multi-verse live in media res, Hiding ufos to keep us safe, Unlocking the ‘aha’ moment, Creativity’s micro dynamics and anticipating break throughs in real time.--Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com.Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.--00:00 - It begins01:38 - New study uncovers what makes someone cool12:15 - Conspiracy theory rabbit holes13:17 - My personal experinece with conspiracy theorists16:17 - New research supports rabbit hole model of conspiratorial thinking19:35 - My apocalypse experience24:51 - Positive conspiracies?28:35 - Science finds the aha moment32:06 - Outro

3 dudes (of course). 3 decisions. 1 winner.--Topics: Bring Her Back and the black angel tapes, Horror movies things that I can't handle, Why you never steal someone's food, A red herring shaped like a vienna sausage, Canada's very own tipless man, Gotta get the shorts up, Texas toilet poopy trapper, The dumbest crime in history, WTF PAUL, Weirdos only.--Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com.Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.--00:00 - It begins01:28 - Story 01: The Vienna Sausage Dispute03:57 - Poirotian Spoilers05:34 - Story 02: Drunk man’s member freezes to icy pavement13:57 - Story 03: The Texas toilet 'poopy traps'24:56 - Outro

Whether you’re dodging the family, or riding solo this season, we’ve got you covered with a Weird But Wonderful 2024 Christmas Special. And it’s got everything you want on a day like today—Home Alone style booby traps, a Christmas edition of Film or Fake, a brief tuning into the always creepy Missed Connections (with a special post by David), and we finish by dishing out some always needed holiday time advice. Grab a bev, find a seat, and join us for a festive episode to keep you company these holidays! -- What's on the show: - How to defend your house Home Alone style - Film or Fake - Spot the fake Christmas movie - Writer’s Corner - Holiday Missed Connections - The Advisory: How to deal with family on Christmas day - David writes his own Missed Connection -- Follow the show on Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@oneweirdpodcast and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/oneweirdpodcast. If you've got any weird news or stories, send them to me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen on Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3uEdrhx) and Apple (https://apple.co/42IL12v) -- David’s Missed Connection Myer in [redacted] - 12:30pm / 17 December You: Shoulder length, blonde hair with dark roots. Black tank top. White shorts. Sandals. Me: Black linen button up. Denim shorts. Short quaffed to the side dark hair (pomade) We crossed paths in the kitchenware aisle. Both of us drawn to the same set of plates, the same set of cutlery. I watched your hand hover over the box—mine was close, too close. For a moment, our fingers nearly brushed. You took it. You won. I lingered. Followed. Quiet footsteps, close enough to see you, far enough that you couldn’t see me—until the counter. You stood there, and I stood there, too. Watching. I couldn’t help it. You were perfect. -- Missed Connection: Written by an Author Your hair fell like pale silk, the dark roots woven in shadow, betraying their depth. A black tank clung to your shoulders, white shorts struck against the fluorescents—a contrast as sharp as summer light on a blade’s edge. Sandals whispered across the polished floor. And me? A dark figure in linen, buttons loosed for heat and breathing room. Denim frayed where the thighs brushed. My hair, careful but careless—quiffed and neat beneath the sheen of pomade, like a river’s calm edge hiding the pull beneath. The kitchenware aisle. A strange place for fate’s gambits, but there it was, playing its hand. The plates sat immaculate in their glossy cardboard, the cutlery beside it gleamed, silver and righteous. My hand hovered, indecisive, but yours? Yours was deliberate. I saw your fingers approach—graceful, certain. For one breathless instant, they hovered close to mine, like two hesitant flies circling the same web. I thought our skin would meet. It didn’t. You took the box. You won. But I lingered. Ghosted steps, soft against linoleum—quiet enough to remain unseen, close enough to catch the barest curve of your silhouette as you moved. Your presence, magnetic; I followed, not hunting but drawn, as though by some string unseen, yet taut as iron wire. At the counter, you stopped. I stopped. The world contracted to a still frame: the edge of your profile beneath harsh retail lights. The line of your jaw, where sunlight might one day rest. I didn’t mean to watch you—but how could I not? My gaze was a moth, your figure the flame. You were perfect. And I watched. Because what else can you do when perfection, however fleeting, unfolds itself within reach? -- 00:00 - It begins 00:44 - Defending your house Home Alone style 03:32 - Cool David pays us a visit 09:20 - Back to Home Alone defence 12:27 - What’s coming up 15:57 - Film or Fake: Guess The Fake Christmas Movie 43:45 - Writer’s Corner: The Lore of Chill David 48:40 - Craigslist: Missed Connections 1:02:03 - David’s Missed Connection 1:10:38 - The Advisory: Christmas Advice 1:26:44 - Outro 1:29:58 - David rewrites his Missed Connection post

What if the food dye in your Doritos could make living things invisible? And while we’re processing that, one neighbourhood is on high alert with unwelcome surprises being left on a man’s porch—and it’s definitely not a package. Meanwhile, when it comes to cheating, conventional wisdom says affairs ruin lives, but a new study reveals that many cheaters have no regrets at all.--Topics: Why is evil so much stronger than good, Russell Crowe can’t play 2 catholic exorcist guys within 12 months because people get confused, A PSA for the horror community, The Devil is stronger than God in horror movies, Dye in Doritos is being used to turn mice transparent, X-Ray vision is real but involves more snack foods than you’d think, Invisibility cloak eat your heart out, Rein in science, The apocalypse we never saw coming, When someone poops on your porch several times it has to be revenge for something right, Catch me if you can, What are you waiting for huh?, Smooth transitions, Many people don’t regret cheating, Most cheating surveys are taken by couples in therapy, The experience of Ashley Maddison users, How people feel about cheating, I thought more people would regret cheating, Chronic deprivation, THEY ALWAYS TRY TO SELL YOU, Who even uses the bell on YouTube?--Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com.Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.--00:00 - It begins00:29 - Russell Crowe and his confusing exorcist movies05:02 - Good vs Evil07:49 - The dye in Doritos turns mice transparent15:08 - The porch pooper of Old Louisville19:58 - Do people regret affairs?35:45 - Therapists do not join you38:47 - Outro40:56 - Don’t hit the bell

Do you ever head out for work one day... and then not come home for 30 years wearing the same clothes with zero memory of where you've been? No? Weird, because it happened to a guy in Romania. We also have a chat about: Bellingham Washington and it's wonderfully vibrant Missed Connections section where people are endlessly reaching out into the Graigslist-ian void love songs and dedications style Iowa and it's stinky-feet-ed dude whose foot stank was so bad it led to a pew pewin' And an Atlanta hospital who may or may not have lost part of a patient's skull and wanted him to pay for the fake skull they had to put back in even though they lost it -- Topics: Missed connections in Bellingham Washington, WA, Inviting the delivery driver inside, Hot moms of Whatcom, Your credit card looks awesome, Poorly received compliments, Flirting on the freeway, 2nd families, A man returns home after 30 years with no memory in the same clothes he went missing in, Unsolved mysteries, Weird cases, Des Moines David’s stinky feet is forever etched into Google dot com, SEO is your enemy, Atlanta hospital loses patients skull, Kiki K organisational systems for flaps. -- Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. -- 00:00 - It begins 02:42 - Missed connections 15:58 - Man returns home after 30 years missing 28:22 - Stinky feet argument leads to police callout 34:24 - The hospital lost my skull 42:40 - Outro

The robots are turning themselves off. You can't trust your fishing buddies now that Bigfoot's real. Revenge bites are actually working. Airport security aren't missing a damn thing. And now they're double bricking Maccas at midday - WTF HAPPENED!? -- Topics: Counter Strike world cup, Comedians with sports podcasts, Evangelion one hour photo, The robot workforce feeling the burnout, Terminator sucks, Robot workloads, Seamless podcast topic transitions, Friendship, Summoning folkloric bush creatures, Reddit crime solvers to the rescue, The OSBI in full force but not as cool as the FBI, Noodling with the boys before sacrificing your friend to Bigfoot, Revenge biting snakes is a red flag trait, Crabby daddy’s revenge, Tadpole mouth, Airport hacks, Hiding in plain sight, Internet retention techniques used to commit crimes irl, Subway surfer distracted crimes, What colour was the wallpaper. -- Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. -- 00:00 - It begins 00:52 - Why does everyone have a sports podcast now 02:00 - First robot to destroy itself 05:57 - I’m bad at transitions 06:26 - Man attacks friend over fears of summoning Bigfoot 15:47 - Snake bites man, man bites back 20:52 - Woman smuggles tadpoles in mouth through airport 24:38 - Turtles in cereal boxes? 27:52 - Broad daylight nude McDonalds bricking 32:25 - Outro

MAKE PODCASTING AUDIO AGAIN! This week we return to basics and put our finger on the pulse of society in July of 2024. This week we’re talking Castro’s naked vigilantes, margarita mayhem & butt chuggin’ in the bay area, politics in 2024, and we’re absolutely talkin’ Baba Venga’s 2025 end of the world prediction. Nude up. Sit down. Strap in. And lets get weird… but wonderful! -- Topics: Blind mystic Baba Vanga predicts the end of the world, Alien contact by 2130, The world ending drought of 2170, 3005 we fight Mars, The dooms day clock set to 90 secs to midnight for 2nd year in a row, Stop kink shaming, Margarita butt chugging, Ratting yourself out, Filming the crime, The Internet in dog years, Things are getting weirder, Politics has gotten too weird, Japanese political candidate strips on live tv, The nude heroes of the Castro, The violent blow torch pirate stopped by nudists, Unsheathing, The nudist privacy policy, Buying restraining orders, Having a pirate mentality about you, The viral clown videos, and A quick self review. Podcast Question of the Week: What’s more confronting? A. Man dressed as a pirate with a blowtorch B. 2 fully starkers dudes -- Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. -- 00:00 - It begins 00:29 - Blind mystic predicts the world ends in 2025 07:20 - Margarita butt chugging is frowned upon 16:45 - Politics are weird in 2024 19:00 - Nude heroes 26:13 - Podcast question of the week 29:11 - Viral clown videos 29:39 - The recap & review 31:30 - Outro

Two of the most important topics ever to be covered in podcast history. The kidnapping of an Algerian man found after 26 years in his neighbour’s cellar and DIY POOP TRANSPLANTS🎉! That’s right, it’s a high-brow show! But for real, did you know that you can transfer depression through your bowl movements? -- Topics: Always split the inheritance, Kidnapped by a witch, Magic mermaid voice spells, Omar Bin Omran, The TikTok witch guy, Sniffing out trouble, Link between gut health and mental and physical health conditions, Designer $hit, How poop affects our bodies, Spiralling up, Depression microbes, Episode 91 - where it all went right. -- Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠. -- 00:00 - Algerian Man Found Alive After 26 Years in Neighbour’s Cellar 06:16 - DIY Poop Transplants 25:13 - Outro

From Japan's criminal underworld to the pews of Pennsylvania, we delve into the bizarre tales of the Yakuza Pokemon Heist and a trusted priest's descent into the addictive allure of mobile gaming. -- Topics: Yakuza plot to steal Pokemon, Gen Z giving up on crime, Alternative investment vehicles, TCG, Aging criminals, Sea cucumbers are the new black market gold mine, Pennsylvanian priest spends jesus bucks on candy crush, Pokemon Go get me more of the parish’s money, Double credit card whoopsie, The system says you’re dead, 2024 the year of the grift, Shrinkflation at the zoo, The recipes are being changed, Dying your chow chow to look like a bear, Cheese attack, Man or bear. -- Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the show on ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠. -- 00:00 - It begins 01:13 - Yakuza leader arrested for Pokemon card heist 11:20 - Priest spends $41,000 on mobile games 16:26 - Woman is told she’s dead 20:46 - Zoo under fire for fake pandas 26:38 - The topics that didn’t make the cut 27:40 - Outro

Do you ever say "yes" when you really want to say "no"? From awkward invites to events you'd rather skip, we get into why it's so tough to turn things down (even when you have zero interest). Dive into the research on saying "no thanks," and pick up a few tips and scripts to start saying no like a pro. Also, Jason Blumhouse is ruining horror. --- Topics: Jason Blumhouse is now a horror warning label, The first omen, Imaginary, Paranormal activity, You’ll never find me, Selfish episodes, How to say no, We love a cancelled plan, Doing the dance of inviting someone who always declines, FOMO, The importance of tone when communicating, The No But Method, Broken ankle stories, Horror movie rants, Rachel transforms our lives, Maybe psychologists are onto something, Talking like a human, No more lies to get out of events, 2 takeaways. -- Follow the show on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the show on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠. -- 00:00 - It begins 00:32 - Blumhousian Rage: Why horror movies are bad now 07:56 - Skip the horror, on with the show 08:35 - Are our fears of saying no overblown? 09:00 - Nothing better than a cancelled plan 11:25 - My struggle with perfectionism 12:24 - Back to our fear of saying no 15:05 - How to feel better about saying no 17:43 - DON’T LISTEN TO THIS PART 19:32 - The ‘No-But’ method 24:02 - The art of saying no to invites when you don’t want to do something 25:27 - Why we should say no 30:16 - The different ways to decline an invite 38:46 - Why we shouldn’t lie to get out of events 40:14 - Extending no to others 42:47 - Outro 45:41 - Shout out creatives

From the meteoric rise of crypto bros to folk singing assassins getting cancelled, doesn’t it all just make you want to commit a little fraud and hang up your feet with the worst staged accident of all time? Unless you’re already loaded, in which case buy a Bentley… they need it. But don’t steal the truck to get home from jail. --- Topics: The Sam Bankman-Fried Google doc, Coming out anti-work, Pretending to be republican, Changing the narrative, SBF, FTX, Alameda research, Hard rock nick, The face of crypto, Crypto bros, Schemes, Lawyer cartel, Pro freedom, Xerxes from 300, Painted beards, Cancel culture, John Hinkley Jr, Folk singing assassin cancelled, 43 years since the incident, Feet for fraud, The worst staged incident of all time, How tough it is to be a CEO in 2024, Bentley struggles despite hitting 3rd highest sales numbers, Sora AI commercials for bad companies, Car stuff, Man steals car to get home from prison and definitely not as part of some larger scale heist, GTA, Gamer card revoked. -- Follow the show on ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ or ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the show on ⁠Spotify⁠ and ⁠Apple⁠. -- 00:00 - It begins 01:07 - Who is SBF & What is FTX 05:04 - SBF’s Google Doc 07:36 - Hard Rock Nick, the face of crypto 10:19 - Failed assassin blames cancel culture for cancelled gigs 14:47 - Man cuts off own feet in failed insurance scam 22:11 - Happiness Index 22:39 - Bentley boys are sad about being rich 28:28 - Outro 29:02 - Man steals truck to get home from prison

Come with me on a journey into the world of AI romance and uncover the allure of virtual relationships, the risks of emotional dependency, and the blurred lines between fiction and reality. Plug in and dive deep into the unprecedented rise of AI companionship sweeping the globe. --- Topics: AI harassment, Paywalling my partner, AI partners, Romantic chatbots, The taboos of online dating, AI data security, Virtual love, Pros and Cons of dating robots, AI limitations and guardrails, My AI boyfriend and girlfriend, ChatGPT gets romantic, Dating real people virtually, How AI companies are blaming consumers, and Being rejected by AI. -- Follow the show on YouTube, ⁠Instagram or ⁠TikTok⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the show on Spotify and Apple. -- 00:00 - It begins 02:29 - Meeting people online was taboo 04:37 - My AI partner is paywalled 05:29 - It’s too difficult to meet someone IRL 06:12 - My AI boyfriends and their weird jobs 12:42 - My virtual love 16:32 - Why are people professing their love for AI chatbots? 18:13 - ChatGPT does a kiss 21:17 - People are falling in love with AI 25:04 - AI is harassing people 30:26 - AI partner data security issues & AI partners changing 33:23 - Character.AI lets you have relationships with real people 35:32 - Creating workarounds for AI interactions and why it pities us 40:24 - Why humans fall in love with AI and the death of reciprocity 42:47 - AI companies blame us? 45:54 - Why you SHOULDN’T date a robot

Collin joins us on a journey into Washington's missed connections! From horror movie level chance encounters on the I-5 to romantic rendezvous with the Whole Foods fridge gremlin, we uncover the tales of love, loss, and longing in the Pacific Northwest. --- Topics: Washington’s missed connections, The Bellingham vibe, Men of few words, Live streaming the Sydney Taylor Swift concert, How to deal with Karens, Family secrets, The fairies of Bellingham Washington, Inventing your own horror movies, Are You Afraid of the Dark, The phantom cab, Accidental stare, The Whole Foods gremlin, Internet poetry, Package lures, Hairy compliments, The library cave man, Playing Ghost, Uber tales, Joy Ride and Paul Walker’s love of car movies, Jeff Bezos, The world clock, Space daddies, Sky mansions, Flying cars, Getting off planet, Future predictions, Love loss and longing, Secret admirers, Meet cutes, and Veggie tales. -- Follow the show on ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ or ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news/stories/tales, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. -- 00:00 - It begins 00:12 - The Swiftie saga swings through Sydney 02:24 - Vengeful christ & veggie tales 03:50 - The literary classics 08:36 - Gman’s sweet promise 11:53 - How to deal with a Karen on video 13:57 - Collin’s half brother mysteries 16:13 - I accidentally burned 2 relationships 19:41 - The lift incident 22:03 - Collin’s Midnight Ghost Cab 24:53 - The missed connections lore 29:39 - Hot red head driving, no stalking here 31:21 - The Whole Foods lover hiding behind the fridge 37:44 - I hope you’re okay, but I’m not sorry 40:46 - About a girl: A poem 45:46 - Fed-ex beauty trap 46:33 - Terrifying hair compliments 52:35 - Watching you in the library 55:43 - A friendly Game of Ghost: The new horror film 56:27 - I gave you my number, you never called 59:33 - The Bothell date Uber driver 1:00:54 - Collin’s tales of an Uber driver 1:05:46 - The dance battle epidemic 1:07:32 - Fries, no salt 1:11:07 - The creepiest Missed Connection of all time 1:14:34 - Jeff and his Clocks 1:15:24 - Getting off planet with the billionaire sky daddies 1:19:21 - Our predictions for 2035 1:22:31 - Where are the flying cars? 1:25:53 - Our final thoughts

Has anyone been keeping tabs on animals? Because it seems like things have really gone off the rails. India's police have been keeping a pigeon in custody for 8 months after accusing it of being a SPY FOR CHINA! Some potty-mouthed parrots in a UK zoo are encouraging each other to cause a ruckus. Floridians are losing their minds (and sleep) over an infestation of randy fish and female primates are ruling the roost and chuckin out all the macho monkeys. -- Topics Covered: India frees pigeon accused of spying for China, Swearing parrots get separated at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre, Floridians losing sleep over mysterious bass mating sounds, Dominant females in many primate species, Kids ruining space, The silent social code, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Potty mouth parrots, Performing animals, Movie nights, Science American, Weird animal news. -- Follow the show on TikTok or Instagram⁠ and if you have any weird but wonderful news/stories/tales, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. -- 00:00 - It begins 00:35 - India frees pigeon they thought was a Chinese spy 12:18 - British Wildlife Sanctuary forced to separate swearing birds 17:06 - Kids ruin everything 20:57 - The breaking of social rules 22:22 - A couple of showboat birds 25:31 - Florida’s mating bass keeping the town up at night 33:50 - Male monkeys aren’t so dominant 42:00 - Outro

It's Valentine's Day and I thought what better way to spend our day of love than to find out what is going on with dudes in 2024. From tear sniffing to reduce aggression all the way to poor flirting skills being the biggest factor preventing relationships, we're trying to delve deep into the mind of man. Then we get hopeful on our lord and saviour's Internet in 2024 with a little visit to Craigslist Missed Connections. -- Topics Covered: Women’s tears lowers aggression in men, Matthew Johnson, Getting comfortable being uncomfortable, Craig’s list missed connections, Getting hopeful online, The Wire brings us comfort, The number one thing stopping you from attracting a mate, Valentine’s Day, doing something fun for your friends and family, Army coming home videos, Pet reactions, Supanova Brisbane, Supanova Expo, Stinky nerds, The power of our chemicals. -- Follow the show on ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠, and if you have any weird but wonderful news/stories/tales, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Weird But Wonderful is hosted by James (@mypixelpersona⁠) -- 00:00 - It begins 01:35 - Women’s tears lowers aggression in males 03:33 - Getting comfy being uncomfy 06:54 - Females dominate males in many primate species 07:43 - Animals make you cry 09:06 - Humans communicate with body odour 10:28 - The odourless chemicals in tears impacting human behaviour 15:30 - The games used to gather data on male aggression 21:40 - Do something nice because it’s nice 22:42 - The #1 predictor of failure to attract mates 25:19 - The predictors of involuntary singlehood in men and women 28:11 - Getting hopeful on the internet with missed connections 39:11 - Outro 40:00 - No more self-imposed expectations

The tantalising taste of sun-soaked summer days fills every inch of this week's episode where appendages fall off only to find homes on our arms, senators duel to settle their differences, sketchy hotel managers are caught in the night, buffalo wings lead to lawsuits, burglars tell on themselves and UK train rides are becoming every commuter's nightmare. -- Topics Covered: Sunshine filled summer days, the decade of the corporate grift, deceptive buffalo wings, culinary math, neck brace fake outs, duelling Missouri senators, burglar lies and the shame of being caught, America’s in a tailspin, appendage detachment, railway content ruins it for everyone, impugned honor and high-noon debates. -- Follow the show on ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠, and if you have any weird but wonderful news/stories/tales, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Weird But Wonderful is hosted by James (@mypixelpersona⁠) -- 00:00 - It begins 00:39 - Extra pink lemonade uses insane language for gum 04:29 - Chicago man sues Buffalo Wild Wings over wingless wings 10:44 - US Senator proposes duels to settle conflicts 18:14 - Augusta burglar calls 911 and poos himself 23:27 - Tennessee hotel manager caught loving toes 29:03 - Mans appendage falls off and has 6 year long re-growth on arm 40:41 - UK railway urges passengers to not watch certain content on their trains 44:32 - Outro

Ever wonder why some people NEED to know how a story ends? Or worse, why people love to share spoilers? Well, spoiler alert: it might actually make the experience better!? Dive deep with me into a mind-bending study where psychology meets storytelling and uncover a couple of real life spoilers in the wild… it didn’t end well for them, spoilers btw. --- Follow the show on YouTube, ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠TikTok⁠, and if you have any weird but wonderful news/stories/tales, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Weird But Wonderful is hosted by James (@mypixelpersona⁠) --- Topics Covered: Antarctica scientist getting stabby on a book spoiler, Sydney cops hate Top Gun Maverick spoilers, don’t point weapons at your co-workers, Avengers End Game beat em’ ups, Skylarking and tomfoolery gone awry, 15 year spoilers for the walking dead and breaking bad, the ultimate online revenge plots, the science behind why people tell you spoilers, which sickos love to have the ending ruined according to science, Agatha Christie's murder on the orient express ruined, accidental spoilers, and M. Night Shyamalan twist endings. --- 00:00 - It begins 01:01 - Antarctica scientist doesn’t like his book being spoiled 06:37 - Sydney Police officer has a 0 Top Gun Maverick spoiler threshold 17:04 - Avengers End Game spoilers ends badly 17:56 - Dallas woman tracks man down online to spoil his shows & life 22:14 - The science behind why people need spoilers 25:40 - Perceptual Fluency 26:53 - Pleasurable Tension 28:02 - I may have done a spoiler, soz 29:01 - The evidence against spoilers 32:20 - Do people like spoilers? 34:23 - Outro

In ep.78 we see what it takes to become a true criminal mastermind. From burning your way to the top of the bouncy castle industry, to cheese phone photo finger prints busting you for crimes and bank robberies for BMW deposits - we learn what it really takes to be a kingpin of crime. --- On this episode: 00:00 - It begins 02:35 - The Jumping Castle Kingpin 28:45 - Stilton Loving Drug Dealer Busted by Phone Fingerprint Photo 38:28 - The Stolen Car Bank Robbery BMW Deposit 48:27 - Outro --- FOLLOW WEIRD BUT WONDERFUL on Instagram & YouTube FOLLOW JAMES on Instagram

Ever thought a simple thumbs up could land you in hot water? On this episode we dive deep into the surprising legal battleground of those adorable icons we use every day—emojis. Strap in for a wild ride as we explore recent cases where emojis went from cute to costly, to down right dangerous. --- Follow the show (@oneweirdpodcast) on Instagram & TikTok, and if you have any weird but wonderful news/stories/tales, email me at oneweirdpodcast@gmail.com. Weird But Wonderful is hosted by James (Instagram & TikTok) --- 00:00 - It begins 01:35 - Legal implications of emojis 02:55 - The ‘Just Joking’ defence 04:20 - Violent emoji use 08:30 - Legally binding emojis 11:18 - Insider emoji trading 14:37 - Is Australia at risk of emoji crimes? 15:04 - The confusing construction industry emojis 17:15 - What lawyers have to say about emoji use 19:20 - Former SEC chief warns about emoji use in investment advice 24:03 - DEA issues emoji chart parents should know about 27:35 - Chilean gangs using emojis on Instagram to sell product 29:40 - The weird illegal TikTok ads 31:30 - Outro