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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Feb 28, 2023 • 56min
The Great Sea Cat Egg Heist of Twin City Laundry
Kurt and Scotty talk about whether sea cats had passports, a man who stole 200k Cadbury eggs, baseball twins who aren’t related and a man who lives in old laundry mat! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 21, 2023 • 59min
Laugh and a Tail Wag with Ophira Eisenberg
Ophira Eisenberg (comedian, author, podcaster) joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about the first nude ever sent, Montreal’s number one restaurant on Trip Advisor and how female dogs judge their owners when they make mistakes! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 14, 2023 • 1h 2min
Drugs, Death and Condom Bananas
Kurt and Scotty talk about a pigeon caught in a prison yard wearing a tiny backpack of meth, a 14 year old who has been sleeping outside for over 1000 days, a woman who wanted a giant penis on her grave, surgeons extracting condom wrapped banana from inside a man and dancers flash mobbing a funeral with Another One Bites The Dust! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 7, 2023 • 54min
Polaroid Bear
Kurt and Scotty talk about a bear that took hundreds of selfies on trail cam, a woman who avoided paying for groceries for 2 years, when Cleveland released 1.5 million balloons and 2 men died and two 100 year old pen pals who still writing to each other! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 31, 2023 • 58min
Man-Dog Walks into a Strip Club with a Suitcase Full of Meat with Nina Tarr
Nina Tarr joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a man who spent $15k to become a dog, a man arrested after stealing a suitcase full of meat, the Indiana DMV rejecting license plates and a man who used his company credit card to spend $300k at a strip club. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 24, 2023 • 58min
Carrot Boy 4eva with Monica Barbaro
Monica Barbaro (Top Gun) joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a husband who forgot his wife after a toilet break on a road trip, a Dutch supermarket with a slow lane for lonely seniors and a Reddit post about holding a grudge over being called carrot boy in grade school! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 17, 2023 • 57min
Phineas Taylor Cruiser
Kurt and Scotty talk about a Space X engineer quitting to make a pizza robot, a drunk man who pooped on his own car during a sobriety test, a robotic mouth that chants A.I. prayers, aman who has eaten mac and cheese for lunch and dinner for 17 years! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 10, 2023 • 57min
Thor’s Touching Himself
Kurt and Scotty talk about a British town that canceled fireworks for a walrus, German police that chased a Tesla on autopilot, the Chilean protest dog, a couple that has been camping only 11 minutes from their home for years and the Anchorage parking fairies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 5, 2023 • 20min
Bad Friend Confessions Minisode
Kurt and Scotty read your confessions about how John Mulaney made someone realize they are bi, hooking up with a friend’s ex-boyfriends, scratching a boss’s car, reporting a friend for copyright infringement and putting hot sauce in a roommates lotion! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 3, 2023 • 1h 20min
Live from Minneapolis
It's Bananas live from Minneapolis! Kurt and Scotty talk about a goat that loves punk rock, a woman charged $8k after rental car company claimed she drove 3x the circumference of the earth, an ice age bison and a man surviving at sea by holding on to soccer ball! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
