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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Sep 26, 2023 • 1h 2min
Cotton Eyed Joe and The Drifter
Kurt and Scotty talk about a group of friends who took over Nashville hotel after no employees show up, a driving instructor that drove through a window at a learn to drive facility, a fifth grade school teacher who handed out inappropriate work, and tennis players left confused after Cotton Eye Joe blasts during middle of tennis match! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 19, 2023 • 59min
Death by 1000 Poses
Kurt and Scotty talk about a yoga class being mistaken for a mass murder, 24 extremely local cryptids, how MichaelSoft Bimbos was an actual computer store in Japan and a woman with two wombs who gave birth twice a month apart! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 14, 2023 • 45min
Bonusode: Bananas Advice #5
Kurt and Scotty give listeners advice about lying about your job, what to call your mom’s boyfriend, how to transition to college life, a client that is late and drunk to their hair appointment, how to be honest with a friend that their jokes aren’t funny and getting songs stuck in your head! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 12, 2023 • 56min
Rihanna’s Kitty Capsule
Kurt and Scotty talk about how scientists opened a 195 year old time capsule and found nothing inside, a 19 year old who biked from Alaska to Argentina, magic ink tattoos and a feline themed Civil War museum! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 5, 2023 • 59min
Bonnie, Beth, and Buddies with Beth Stelling
Beth Stelling joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a cow who escaped slaughter and lived with a deer family, a man who found $5k and was charged with theft, scientists recreating dreams using brain scans and a dad that drove 17 hours to get his family to Disneyworld and didn’t even step foot into the park! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 29, 2023 • 56min
Wounds Over My Hammy with Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a man who learned to live with the fact that a pigeon is living on his head, why more people call in sick on August 24 than any other day, midwesterners learning that butter cows aren’t made from all butter and a couple suing Eataly after slipping on ham ruined their relationship! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 22, 2023 • 54min
Birds, Bathtubs, and Burgers
Kurt and Scotty talk about a woman who was outside when a snake fell on her and then both were attacked by hawk, a man on an inflatable swan rescued three times in one week, the story of a Michigan man accepting a $5 bet to cross Lake Michigan in a bathtub and a couple who got married at White Castle to thank the chain for feeding the bride when she was an unhoused teen! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 17, 2023 • 50min
Bonusode: What's In a Name?
In this podcast, Kurt and Scotty answer listener advice on various topics including dealing with a mean teenage daughter, surviving a long car ride, and planning a visit to America from Australia. They also discuss how to handle a co-worker who asks too many questions and share ideas for a last name reveal party.
Aug 15, 2023 • 59min
Hamburger in Paradise
Kurt and Scotty talk about how cocaine dumped off coast could have crazy consequences if sharks eat it, firefighter rescue worker swept away in storm drain, a family’s Great Wolf Lodge trip soiled after finding dirty diaper in game night box, the Times Square Margaritaville already at risk of closing and scientists calling for further research into sex in space! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 8, 2023 • 1h 19min
Splitty in the City #2 with Lauren Cook
It's Bananas live at the Elysian Theater for the second annual Splitty in the City! Kurt and Scotty are joined by Lauren Cook to talk about an embarrassing list of goals found on lost phone in an Australian ski resort, a couple on a hunger strike over pickleball noise, an Oregon mom who broke the record for largest breast milk donation and the story of Preserved Fish! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
