Strange News: Australia and the UK need Spies! South Korea Fights Itself, Oxford Loves Brain Roat, A Criminal Detective Dies in Kansas, You're 9 Billion Dollars Away From Execution in Vietnam.

Update: 2024-12-09

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In this week's strange news segment, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the Anglosphere's need for active trade and craft. The Oxford "Word of the Year" -- "brain rot," occurring as a Vietnamese billionaire dodges execution; a Kansas detective, confronted with crimes, dies in a widely-reported story. All this and more as the asteroids move through the void -- if you survive, did you sense some presence inspiring you?

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