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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Mar 18, 2025 • 53min
Beaver and the Goodie Bags with Rebecca Delgado Smith
Rebecca Delgado Smith joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about how Mozzarella the cat becomes obsessed with roast chicken after brain surgery, a woman is given a goodie bag after one night stand, the secret of blue zones is fake data and a plump beaver is Chicago’s newest sensation! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 11, 2025 • 55min
Rockin’ Butt Jumping with Lisa Magid
Part time Bananas employee/full time human Lisa Magid joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about the Japanese astronaut who hated space, jump rope pro saves neighbor and dog from drowning with jump rope and scientists are trying to figure out why all hockey players sound Canadian! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 4, 2025 • 57min
PorkBizness.com
Kurt and Scotty talk about the crazy life of the man who invented the saxophone, Wisconsin kayaker charged for faking his own death and fleeing to eastern Europe, a child tired of waiting for mom crashes into daycare and an Iowa man eats pork tenderloin in all 99 Iowa counties! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 25, 2025 • 56min
The Cattiest Scan with Karen Kilgariff
Karen Kilgariff is back on Bananas! She talks to Kurt and Scotty about a doctor who faces inquiry after giving his cat a cat scan at the hospital, a mom gives birth in a Krispy Kreme parking lot and names kid Glaze, what happened to Elvis’ teddy bear and cars that keep hitting the same 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.
Feb 20, 2025 • 42min
Bonusode: More Would You Rathers and Advice #23
Kurt and Scotty answer listener advice and play some Would You Rathers! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 18, 2025 • 52min
Fifty Shades of Cray with Sasheer Zamata
Sasheer Zamata is back on Bananas! She joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about whether Dakota Johnson locked people in a Blue Bottle coffee shop, a man who is allergic to his own orgasms and a passenger clings to outside of train while going 175mph! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 11, 2025 • 54min
The Ladies Lounge with Kelsey Cook
Kelsey Cook joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about crocodiles that impersonate drowning humans to lure people into water, a woman’s fake social media wedding turned out to be real and the viral women only artwork returns to view after supreme court win! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 4, 2025 • 49min
It's a Welsh Thing
Kurt and Scotty talk about how China’s first corgi police dog loses bonus over misconduct, a woman taken to court for aggressively farting at boyfriend’s ex, and a man in Ohio accidentally buys an entire street! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 28, 2025 • 54min
Rats on Cocaine with Scarlet Estelle
Scarlet Estelle joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about how sober rats like silence but rats on cocaine prefer jazz, two inmates conceive baby despite never having met and an extinct bird re-evolved itself back into existence! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 23, 2025 • 42min
Bonusode: More Would You Rathers and Advice #22
Kurt and Scotty answer listener advice and play some Would You Rathers! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
