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 8, 2020 • 58min
Bananas Family Values with Corina Newsome
Corina Newsome (ornithologist and birder) join Kurt and Scotty to talk about a man who fought a wasp nest with fire, Busta Rhymes’ island, a naked man arrested for repeatedly going through the Taco Bell drive-thru, the mole man of Hackney, threatened Sage Grouse and a woman who married her adopted son, committed murder and WAY more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 1, 2020 • 58min
Butt Druggin’, Ball Poppin’ Beats with Erinn Hayes
Erinn Hayes (Medical Police, Children's Hospital, Bill and Ted Face the Music) join Kurt and Scotty to talk about a man hiding drugs in his butt who shot himself in the testicles, a psychiatrist who keeps falling asleep during sessions, an ad for an angry koala, interesting kid names, the Yakuza not being able to celebrate Halloween and people’s fantasies about Siri and Alexa! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 25, 2020 • 57min
Traffic Mimes with Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich (new book Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It) chat with Kurt and Scotty about a hostage situation and a Joaquin Phoenix documentary, a man who pretends to be his own prosecutor, a jeweler burying a million dollars worth of goods, a garage cut in half over a dispute and a mayor's interesting ways to solve some problems! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2020 • 1h 1min
Jimmy the Arm Weiner with Mandee Johnson
Mandee Johnson (new book Super Serious!) joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a man who is growing a new penis on his arm, a goat who stole Skittles from a 7/11, a woman who hired a fake hitman, a spider that caused a crash, a man dressed as a cow who steals milk from a Walmart and the obituary of a woman who hated Tom Brady! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 11, 2020 • 59min
Chainsaw Baboons with Atsuko Okatsuka
Atsuko Okatsuka (Let's Go, Atsuko!) joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about chainsaw wielding baboons, man who forced a first date to help him rob a bank, a plaque commemorating a sherbet explosion, Venice gondola tours dealing with overweight tourists, McDonalds vs. cheating on your partner and a man grabbing a bull by it’s horns! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 6, 2020 • 24min
No Pants Necessary Minisode
Kurt and Scotty talk about questionable tattoos, a man missing his pants and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 4, 2020 • 55min
Assquatchin’ with Franchesca Ramsey
Franchesca Ramsey (MTV's Decoded, The Nightly Show, author) joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about taxidermists turning deer butts into assquatches, a woman in a relationship with a ghost who wants to have a baby, a fox that stole over a hundred shoes, putting potatoes up your butt to cure hemorrhoids, emus getting banned from a pub and the oldest person to ever go skydiving! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 28, 2020 • 60min
Grannies Gone Wild with Alison Rosen
Alison Rosen (Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend) joins Kurt and Scotty to discuss William Shatner getting horse semen in his divorce settlement, a women who accidentally stole a car, teenagers dressing up as old people with face masks to buy alcohol, a bar fight that broke out over a fart and a crow who stole a knife from a crime scene! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 23, 2020 • 22min
Macaroni River Minisode
Kurt and Scotty talk about a grandma spy, accidentally swimming in macaroni and more on this Minisode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 21, 2020 • 55min
Toilet Garden with Hend Baghdady
Producer Hend Baghdady joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a naked man rescued from the sewers, a Texas town who changed their name, a man's personal toilet garden, steak sauce being hidden around a public library, parents who lost custody of their kid over a name and a man who’s bladder exploded after holding it in for too long! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
