We Can Be Weirdos
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Prepare to plunge into the peculiar as Dan Schreiber, professional fact-hunter, uncovers the wild beliefs, ideas and theories of some of the most remarkable people on planet earth.
As well as delving into the lives of truly fascinating people, Dan asks his guests a maverick tour of questions known as The Batshit Survey. Do they believe in Ghosts? Déjà vu? Telepathy? Premonitions? Déjà vu?
Either way, everyone has theories they are transfixed by, or a mystery in their own life that they’re trying to solve. Dan leaves no rock unturned - and he’ll share plenty of his own mind-blowing facts and theories too.
Bonus episodes, ‘Lazy Code' are a deep dive into simulation theory.
Let’s create a global community of likeminded weirdos!
Expect new episodes every Friday. Bonus episodes monthly.
For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
As well as delving into the lives of truly fascinating people, Dan asks his guests a maverick tour of questions known as The Batshit Survey. Do they believe in Ghosts? Déjà vu? Telepathy? Premonitions? Déjà vu?
Either way, everyone has theories they are transfixed by, or a mystery in their own life that they’re trying to solve. Dan leaves no rock unturned - and he’ll share plenty of his own mind-blowing facts and theories too.
Bonus episodes, ‘Lazy Code' are a deep dive into simulation theory.
Let’s create a global community of likeminded weirdos!
Expect new episodes every Friday. Bonus episodes monthly.
For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
Episodes
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Jan 9, 2026 • 54min
Abnormal Activity: Alice Vernon and the Screaming Spirit Box
Alice Vernon’s new book 'Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting and Why We Keep Looking' is a social and historical journey through the world of paranormal investigation. From Victorian séances to modern haunted hotspots, it explores why we’re irresistibly drawn to ghosts and why the hunt for the unexplained is far from over.Host: Dan SchreiberGuests: Alice VernonProducer: Cassie MerrittHead of Podcasts: Al Riddell
Dec 29, 2025 • 39min
Lazy Code: Science of Simulation
Lazy Coders! For this month's bonus episode join Dan, Leon, and Halina as they take you on a tour through brains bigger than their own, diving into breakthrough thought experiments, full-on quantum particle weirdness, and the increasingly obvious proof that humanity is already speed-walking along the simulation track.
Dec 19, 2025 • 1h 4min
Crash Test Cadaver: Mary Roach and the Interstellar Garbage Collectors
Mary Roach is a bestselling science writer and explorer of the the odd corners of science that most people wouldn’t dare to investigate. Cadavers, sex labs, space junk, you name it.Her new book, Replaceable You, takes that curiosity inside the body itself, exploring the world of prosthetics, organ printing, regenerative medicine, and the scientists trying to rebuild (or upgrade) the human parts we lose. From stem-cell “hair nurseries” to xeno-pig organ farms, Roach uncovers the strange, brilliant future of becoming a “new” you.Host: Dan SchreiberGuests: Mary RoachProducer: Cassie MerrittHead of Podcasts: Al Riddell
Dec 12, 2025 • 54min
Café del Weirdo: The Mysteries of the Thames Garnets & Baba Yaga
Today’s episode is a two-for-one feast of mystery. First, the curious gems that keep washing up on the river Thames. What are they? Who put them there? And why? Historian Ellery Weil joins Café del Weirdo to dig into the leading theories and the world of Thames mudlarks.Next, we slip into the shadowy woods to visit Baba Yaga, the legendary Slavic witch-grandmother who may help you, may eat you, and definitely lives in a house with chicken legs. Author Kris Spisak tells us why this ancient figure still hooks us today.Host: Dan SchreiberGuests: Ellery Weil and Kris SpisakProducer: Cassie MerrittHead of Podcasts: Al Riddell
Dec 5, 2025 • 57min
Head In A Jar: Adam Riches and the Immortality Pick ’n’ Mix
Adam Riches is an award-winning comedian and actor known for his wild characters and brilliantly unhinged live shows. You’ll have seen him popping up in Detectorists, Horrible Histories, and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown doing his beloved Sean Bean character. His brand new tour 'The Twelve Beans of Christmas' is on now, get tickets here.Host: Dan SchreiberGuest: Adam RichesProducer: Cassie MerrittHead of Podcasts: Al Riddell
Nov 28, 2025 • 40min
Café del Weirdo: Chasing The Dark with Ben Machell
Ben Machell is a journalist-turned-literary explorer of the uncanny. After writing 'The Unusual Suspect' a true-crime story about a modern Robin Hood-style bank robber, he’s returned with 'Chasing the Dark: Encounters With The Supernatural.' The new book is a complete history of psychic and paranormal phenomena. Through forgotten case files, firsthand accounts, and long-buried investigations, Ben explores ghostly encounters, psychic mysteries, and the people who devoted their entire lives to chasing proof of the impossible.Host: Dan SchreiberGuest: Ben MachellProducer: Cassie MerrittSenior Producer: Ben TullohHead of Podcasts: Al Riddell
Nov 25, 2025 • 42min
Lazy Code: Too Many Faces, Not Enough Data
For this month's Lazy Code bonus episode, Dan teams up with Halina Brooke and Leon “Buttons” Kirkbeck to swap eerie doppelganger encounters, and wonder whether look-alike humans are just copy-pasted assets from a lazy cosmic developer. Leon does his best to keep the quantum-adjacent nonsense from imploding into metaphysical spaghetti, while Dan and Helena chase down the big question: are doppelgangers evidence of a glitch in the Matrix…or just proof that humans come in dangerously similar templates?
Nov 21, 2025 • 43min
Hendrix Headband: Alex Lowe and the Psychic Sniff Test
Today we are joined by actor, comedian, and impressionist extraordinaire Alex Lowe. Alex is best known as the man who summoned Clinton Baptiste into existence on Phoenix Nights and unleashed Barry from Watford onto the airwaves. He’s written for some of the UK’s funniest humans, and built a cult following through characters that feel like they’ve stepped in from another dimension.Clinton Baptiste’s UK Tour 'Spectral Intercourse' will kick off next year on the 13th of February in Basingstoke and head all over the country through Summer 2026.Host: Dan SchreiberGuest: Alex LoweProducer: Cassie MerrittSenior Producer: Ben TullohHead of Podcasts: Al Riddell
Nov 14, 2025 • 57min
Someone's Knocking At The Door: Edd Hedges and Satan's Airport Lizard Lounge
Edd Hedges is a British comedian and co-creator of Wisecrack - the viral horror-meets-comedy podcast that’s racked up millions of downloads just two months after launch. Blending true crime with stand-up, Wisecrack turns the most terrifying night of Edd's life into something darkly hilarious and utterly addictive.You can listen to Wisecrack on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Host: Dan SchreiberGuest: Edd HedgesProducer: Cassie MerrittSenior Producer: Ben TullohHead of Podcasts: Al Riddell
Nov 7, 2025 • 1h 2min
Lentil Nightmare: Nigel Planer and the Man Who Was Young Once
Nigel Planer has been a towering figure in British comedy since the late 1970s. From his anarchic exploits with The Comic Strip to his portrayal of the hapless student Neil in The Young Ones. Today Nigel takes us on a journey through comedy, literature, and the wonderfully weird corners of his life. He reveals the surprising real-life inspirations behind his most iconic characters, shares tales from the golden age of music and comedy, and gives us an insider’s look at his new book, Young Once.Host: Dan SchreiberGuest: Nigel PlanerProducer: Cassie MerrittSenior Producer: Ben TullohHead of Factual Podcasts: Al Riddell
