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What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

Audacy


    • Oct 4, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    BONUS: A kitten fed to a snake, a man pretends to be a high schooler and we've all got road rage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 18:54


    On this "Something Offbeat" weird news roundup, you'll hear about cat fed to a snake from WWL's Scoot, a man pretending to be a higher schooler from the Dana and Parks Show out of KMBZ and new road rage data from WCCO's Adam and Jordana.

    Other Side of the News: Texas chainsaw... orchestra?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 2:56


    On this "Other Side of the News" report, Mike Rogers interviews an orchestra of chainsaws.

    BONUS: Poop spray mayhem, the rapture that never came and a history of failed predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 14:09


    This week's "Something Offbeat" news roundup covers a teaching assistant arrested for fart spray from the Dana & Parks Show, The Dave Glover Show's take on this week's non-rapture, and a history of prediction failures from Scoot.

    Other Side of the News: What it takes to be the ultimate Donkey Kong champ

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 2:55


    In this "Other Side of the News" dispatch, host Mike Rogers interviews a man who beat the top Donkey Kong score -- twice.

    Deep sea aliens, babies switched at birth and a peek behind Alice Cooper's curtain

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 17:10


    Here's another "Something Offbeat" roundup of weird news. This week, we've got more alien headlines from The Dave Glover Show, a nurse who was fired for reporting babies switched at birth from the Dana & Parks Show and and the offbeat origins of shock rock with Alice Cooper and WWL's Scoot.

    Other Side of the News: Bringing 'dead zones' to life with vintage pay phones

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 3:12


    Mike Rogers speaks to a man who is helping to connect telecommunication "dead zones" with pay phones on this "Other Side of the News" clip.

    A mysterious comet in our solar system: Could a blind date with extraterrestrial life crash the stock market?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 18:08


    What would really happen if we made contact with alien life? How would our lives change? Would we even still BE alive? And most importantly… what would happen to the stock market? Dr. Avi Loeb joined host Mike Rogers on "Something Offbeat" to discuss what's different about the 3I ATLAS comet currently making its way through our solar system, and the implications it could have for us here on Earth.

    ALIEN WEEK DISPATCH: Ancient life on Mars? Here's what NASA says its rover uncovered

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 12:18


    In a potential landmark discovery, NASA says its Mars rover has found potential signs of ancient microscopic life on the Red Planet. For details, WWJ's Tracey McCaskill was joined live by Mike Narlock, Head of Astronomy at Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills. (Photo: Getty Images)

    Other Side of the News Special: Is it a comet or something more?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 2:57


    Here's a preview of Mike Rogers' longer interview with Harvard Dr. Avi Loeb, out this Friday from the "Something Offbeat" podcast. Loeb thinks there are some things about a comet moving through our solar system that indicate it could be intelligently directed (an alien spacecraft?).

    BONUS: Naked volleyball, robotic lions and living funerals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 11:58


    Catch up on weird news from this week with a roundup from the "Something Offbeat" podcast, featuring stories from KMOX's The Dave Glover Show, KMBZ's the Dana & Parks Show and KDKA's the Big K Morning Show.

    Other Side of the News: Piano playing rhino

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 2:35


    Mike Rogers learns about a rhinoceros who learned how to play piano on this "Other Side of the News" segment.

    BONUS: A butt sniffer arrested, explosions and the cow of Stonehenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 15:49


    "Something Offbeat" is back with a roundup of weird news. This week, we've got stories from Los Angeles to Stonehenge from The Dave Glover show on KMOX, the Dana and Parks show on KMBZ and KNX News' LA Local.

    Other Side of the News: Crash a wedding, for a fee

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 2:45


    Host Mike Rogers speaks with a woman about attending strangers' weddings for a fee.

    Cracker Barrel, missing Texas woman joins African tribe in Scotland and radioactive shrimp

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 14:38


    This week, we go on another tour of weird news from Audacy stations across the country.

    Other Side of the News: Can you delete yourself from the internet?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 3:38


    "Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers interviews a man working on deleting much of his digital footprint.

    Back-to-school special: The Gen Z stare and beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 14:31


    As back-to-school season gets into gear, "Something Offbeat" rounds up news about Gen Z from KMOX's The Dave Glover Show, WCCO's Adam & Jordana and KMBX's Dana & Parks.

    Other Side of the News: Hopelessly devoted to Chick-fil-A

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 2:37


    "Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers talks to a man who loves Chick-fil-A more than you do. Probably.

    Zoo asks for pet donations to feed its animals, gambler wins 400 jackpots and weirdos throw adult toys at WNBA

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2025 15:31


    This week "Something Offbeat" checks out news from Audacy's WCCO, KMBZ and WWL.

    Other Side of the News: A donkey sings the blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 3:09


    In this "Other Side of the News" dispatch, Mike Rogers learns about Monty, the blues-singing donkey.

    Unpacking the Coldplay couple scandal

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2025 18:28


    "Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers unpacks the Coldplay kiss cam scandal with Paul Keable, Chief Strategy Officer at Ashely Madison.

    Other Side of the News: Taking on the UK in a teeny tiny car

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 2:46


    In this "Other Side of the News" dispatch, Mike Rogers talks to a man taking a tiny car across the U.K.

    Remembering the Prince of Darkness, MRI horror and a firefly resurgence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2025 22:37


    "Something Offbeat" goes on a tour of strange news out of Audacy stations in New Orleans, La., Kansas City, Mo., and Detroit, Mich.

    Other Side of the News: Record-breaking bananas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 2:46


    On this dispatch from Mike Rogers' "Other Side of the News", he covers Mt. Everest of bananas in Westmont, IL.

    Unhealthiest fast food, dangerous e-scooters and drugs in space

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 18:58


    This week, "Something Offbeat" checked in on weird news from Audacy stations around the country.

    Other Side of the News: A cheesesteak odyssey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 3:14


    Mike Rogers speaks with Jim Pappas, a man who has been on a cheesesteak adventure.

    Bald guys, rich guys and stinging ants

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 19:55


    This week, "Something Offbeat" brings you weird stories from New Orleans, Kansas City and the Twin Cities about stinging ants, a surprising potential treatment for male pattern baldness and our attitudes about wealth in the U.S.

    Stepping into the halls of psychedelic academia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 13:22


    Earlier this year, Audacy reported on the California Institute of Integral Studies' new accredited bachelor's degree in psychedelic research, the first of its kind in the United States. For this episode, host Mike Rogers spoke to Jim Grigsby executive director of the CU Denver Center for Psychedelic Research about the growing field of psychedelic research.

    Pro-doping sports, a rejection disorder and water-gunning tourists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 17:41


    This week on "Something Offbeat", we round up weird news covered by KMOX's The Dave Glover Show, KMBZ's Dana and Parks Show and WCCO's Adam and Jordana.

    Hiking with burgers n' beers, surprise danger linked to golf and keeping up with robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 15:47


    Today, we're starting off with a story our host Mike Rogers covered this week on his daily “Other Side of the News” feature. Then, we'll get some dispatches from Detroit and Chicago.

    Orphaned time, the selfie museum and psychedelic college degrees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 9:50


    On this episode, we check in with "Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers' "Other Side of the News" reports and get a preview of our next Something Offbeat on degrees in psychedelics.

    Other Side of the News: Tasting the Six Flags diet, digging Dig World and finding the darkest night sky

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 8:46


    "Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers has been bringing the "Other Side of the News" to listeners for decades. Now, you can catch up on his dispatches here! This week, we check out a man who is on a Six Flags diet, a new construction-themed theme park and the darkest night sky we could find.

    Other Side of the News: Extreme dogs, a daylong pub crawl and magic asparagus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 6:47


    "Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers has been bringing the "Other Side of the News" to listeners for decades. Now, you can catch up on his dispatches here! First up, we check out a U.S. playdate between the largest and smallest dogs and then head to the U.K. for tips on how to handle a 24-hour pub crawl and and to learn about using asparagus to peek into the future.

    She's giving mother: How 97-year-old tortoise Mommy finally became a mom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 13:42


    One new mom in Philadelphia took her trip to first time motherhood slow and steady. She – a Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise – waited until she was 97 years old. Host Mike Rogers talked with Lauren Augustine, curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Philadelphia Zoo, all about Mommy and her new tortoise babies, named after the “Golden Girls”.

    Why do GenZers spend so freaking much on breakups?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 12:36


    In this episode, we dive into research into how the costs add up to $4,000 for Gen Z. We talked to Aleksandra Medina - one of the founders of Frich, a financial app for Gen Z - about break ups and other spending trends they've noticed.

    We can't stop talking about Gen Z or unusual zoo births

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 11:14


    In this episode, we preview the upcoming offerings from "Something Offbeat" with a look back on some similar subjects -- Gen Z habits and unusual zoo births. Featuring Charmaine Wynter; Mike Masellis, the lead animal care specialist at the Brookfield Zoo and host Mike Rogers. Produced by Lauren Barry and Chris Blake.

    That poisonous tree from 'The White Lotus' is real: What you need to know

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 19:17


    Ben Naman, Director of Medicinal Plants Research at the San Diego Botanic Garden, joined "Something Offbeat" to tell us about the creepy, poisonous real-world tree at the center of one of the season's hottest shows, season 3 of "The White Lotus".

    Why the Yankees amended a decades-old ban on beards

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 14:50


    Have you ever taken a good look at the player's facial hair when you watched a game of baseball? You might not realize it, but the topic of grooming in the major leagues is actually full of interesting tales. Just this year, managing partner Hal Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees (son of the legendary George Steinbrenner) released a statement that the team would amend its longstanding facial hair policy, adding another chapter to the saga. Marty Appel, former PR director for the Yankees, joined “Something Offbeat” to help us understand how it fits in to the history of the team and how it has approached grooming through different eras of fashion.

    Vintage Offbeat: The real life fungus featured in 'The Last of Us'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 16:07


    What is the likelihood of an apocalypse like the one in “The Last of Us” actually happening? Dr. Cameron Carlson of the Zombie Research Society told Audacy's “Something Offbeat” podcast that one of the greatest zombie risks may be hiding in litter boxes.

    Offbites: Talkin' about animals and outer space

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 20:18


    Chris and Lauren catch up on the astronauts lost in space and a bunch of interesting animal news.

    Offbites: Soothing robot fears with emergency ice cream

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 17:33


    And more weird story rundowns with Chris and Lauren.

    As schools try to ban Crocs, we're pulling back the layers on dress codes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 19:26


    Did you know that some school districts have been trying to ban Crocs? We're diving into the history and current application of dress codes in this episode of “Something Offbeat” with Grace Goble, an actor, singer, playwright, and more who changed her school's dress code and Richard Thompson Ford, the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and author of Dress Codes: how the laws of fashion made history.

    The case of Saturn's disappearing rings

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 13:30


    This week on Something Offbeat, Mike Rogers talked to the Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, about something you might not know takes place every 13 to 15 years: Saturn's rings appearing to disappear.

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