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.
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.
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Jul 29, 2025 • 51min
Undercroft Inspector
Kurt and Scotty talk about a Florida man who celebrated his birthday by doing meth, stealing a tour train and picking up riders, a minor league baseball team becomes the Humpback Chubs, bear sized giant beavers used to roam North America and a Melbourne man has unbelievable find after buying house! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 22, 2025 • 50min
Raccoon Retaliation with Whitney Cummings
Whitney Cummings join Kurt and Scotty to talk about a mule riding Kentucky man accused of unleashing a raccoon in bar after being turned away, robot babies at school increased teenage pregnancies and a photographer found toad with eyes inside it’s mouth! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 15, 2025 • 53min
Kurt and Scotty’s Favorite Soups
Kurt and Scotty talk about how scientists genetically altered fruit flies to make them crave cocaine, a mother wins 100k ultramarathon while stopping to breastfeed and a NJ man wins $315m jackpot because wife made him go to the store to return orange juice! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 8, 2025 • 54min
World Wide Walk Wars
Kurt and Scotty talk about how the CIA secretly ran a Star Wars fan site and a man walked 15,504 miles to find out if world is terrible place! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 1, 2025 • 52min
Stolen Sausage Submarine
Kurt and Scotty talk about how the Chinese police corgi stole sausage from a child, a man flees police using submarine and noisy hungry frogs ruin farmer's life! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 24, 2025 • 1h 7min
Mummy Sniffin Monkey F*ckin Beats with Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal joins Kurt and Scotty talk about how scientists taught monkeys to use money and first they stole and then sold sex, why mummies still smell nice and Steve Harvey gifted TV every year to teacher who said he would never get on TV! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 17, 2025 • 54min
Gone in 16 Seconds with Lili Trifilio
Lili Trifilio is back on Bananas! She talks to Kurt and Scotty about the time Andre the Giant let out a 16 second fart on The Princess Bride set, a toddler thinks John Wilkes Booth is hiding under her bed, China hosts first race of humans vs robots and a man steals 8 dump trucks! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 10, 2025 • 54min
From Mouth to Butt in Japan
Kurt and Scotty talk about a museum in Japan where you can sniff animals butts, a Boston homeowner discovers his house is cut in half, food delivery driver tricks people into thinking he delivered a pizza to Mt. Fuji and snake falls in woman’s margarita! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 3, 2025 • 48min
Blowing it Up and Blowing it Out with Charlotte Dobre
Charlotte Dobre joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a school forced to evacuate after kid brings grenade for show and tell, a TV anchor goes into labor on air and finishes entire morning broadcast, a postal carrier refuses to deliver mail to nudist colony and a postal worker arrested for DUI while on route! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 27, 2025 • 53min
Men are Psychopaths, Women Fall in Crevices
Kurt and Scotty talk about how psychopaths are more attractive, a woman falls into crevice trying to retrieve her cell phone, and a woman files for divorce after Chat GPT reads husbands affair in coffee grounds! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
