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.
Episodes
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Dec 19, 2023 • 58min
Birds, Breads, and Break-ups with Danny and Kate Tamberelli
Danny and Kate Tamberelli join Kurt and Scotty to talk about a couple that sued after their love insurance policy failed, a scientist who wore a bird mask to gain trust of birds and failed miserably and a garlic bread factory that burned down! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 12, 2023 • 1h 19min
Live from Baltimore with Jessica Henkin
It's Bananas live from Baltimore! Jessica Henkin joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about was modern art a CIA psyop, doctors using breast implants after vaping destroyed lungs, a Japanese parody religion invented to give people excuse to say no to things and a sloshed man accused of faking bear attack! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 5, 2023 • 59min
Furry Hackers And Potato Snackers with Lisa Gilroy
Lisa Gilroy joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a US Nuke reactor lab hit by furry hackers, an ultra runner banned after using a car during a race, a satanic abortion clinic named after Justice Alito and a man who ate 5 pounds of potato salad! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 28, 2023 • 1h 15min
Live from Brooklyn with V Spehar
It's Bananas live from Brooklyn! V Spehar joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a fake lawyer who won all 26 cases he tried, a New Zealand town plagued by drivers blasting Celine Dion late at night and how 10% of the internet is encrypted via lava lamps! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 21, 2023 • 55min
Deck the Yard with Bullseye Folly with Leah Rudick
Leah Rudick joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a porch pirate who was arrested for stealing neighbor's entire front porch, a man who bit a crocodile during attack, a naked opera singer with a bow and arrow who went on a rampage and 10 and 11 year old siblings who stole their moms car and drove 200 miles! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 16, 2023 • 42min
Bonusode: Bananas Advice #8
Kurt and Scotty give listeners advice about dealing with a hard year, being comfortable in a social setting while trying to make new friends, a roommate who puts the toilet paper on the wrong way, an assistant principal dealing with bathroom problems at school and ideas for a weekly radio show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 14, 2023 • 53min
Hogs, Cocks, Horses and Cars
Kurt and Scotty talk about a horse that joined a cycling race and won, an Uber driver who leaves a stolen car running for three weeks to avoid payments, a Russian woman who has 22 children at age of of 26, how scientists have discovered a new Antarctica accent, the new owner of the Cock on a Stick stall and wild pig like animals that are tearing up golf courses! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 7, 2023 • 56min
Coin Flippin' Homewreckers with McKenzie Goodwin and Rachel Scanlon
McKenzie Goodwin and Rachel Scanlon join Kurt and Scotty to talk about how female frogs fake their own death to avoid male attention, a Kiwi filmmaker who sold used sex toys to raise money for their film, a woman who returned from vacation to find her home demolished by mistake and how coin tosses are not 50/50! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 31, 2023 • 55min
Winnie The Pooh and The Very Terrible Alligator Orgy with Jameela Jamil
Jameela Jamil joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about how a low flying helicopter sparked a massive alligator orgy, a Nebraska man recovering after being hit by a deer while bicycling with his pet parrot, a fourth grade class that accidentally saw the Winnie the Pooh slasher movie and a man who planted 1.2 million sunflowers to surprise his wife! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 24, 2023 • 55min
Be Like Bryce
Kurt and Scotty talk about how Amazon let urine be sold as energy drink, a man who was arrested after faking a heart attack to avoid paying a restaurant bill 20 times and the time the Titanic movie crew and cast was drugged with PCP spiked chowder! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
