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Each week we gather a few hosts from the Element Opie network, and give them free rein to discuss whatever they want. From religion to politics to sports to pop-culture, and everywhere in between- nothing is off limits. We can't tell you what will happe

Element Opie Productions - Mark Cockrell & Shawn Kible


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    Periodic Table #47 - Step Away from the Manatee!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2013 41:10


    Birthday strippers, dog depositions, manatee molestation and more!

    Periodic Table #46 - If You Wanna Buy Some Goats, Hit Me Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2013 65:24


    The goat theme recurs, a Chinese man with a very bizarre hobby, the truth about rural Ireland, and the ultimate Florida story.

    Periodic Table #45 - That's What We Do Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2013 60:37


    A maniacal GPS, a cleaning woman who shouldn't quit her day job, a frank discussion on compassion versus hate and more!

    Periodic Table #44 - That's Smurfed Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2013 52:01


    We're back from an unexpectedly long break and we bring you tidings of hardened animal-criminals, pooping Floridians Oompa Loompas and more!

    Periodic Table #43 - It's Called Instant Regret

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2012 44:45


    The guys collaborate on a short, but fun episode featuring Chuck E. Cheese riots, naked runners and more, before they take the rest of the year off to enjoy the Christmas holiday with their families.

    Periodic Table #42 - The Inspiration for Wile E Coyote

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2012 62:21


    An overly-picky millionaire, wandering soccer hooligans, Jesus loves darts and more on this weeks Periodic Table.

    Periodic Table #41 - The Quacking Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2012 59:14


    Possessed teens, marital non-bliss, the healing power of whiskey, and of course dumb criminals make appearances on this week's episode of the Periodic Table.

    Periodic Table #40 - Brought to You By Botulism

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2012 61:43


    Eccentric millionaires on the run, Twinkies for Thanksgiving, stubborn apartment-dwellers, drunken farmers and more this week on the Periodic Table!

    Periodic Table #39 - Sounds Like a Benny Hill Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2012 64:45


    Jim Beason and Mrs. Opie step in this week to fill in for our regular co-hosts for an episode oddly heavy on bad drivers with some political stupidity, an honorable thief and a bit of nudity thrown in for good measure.

    Periodic Table #38 - Too Drunk to Spell Schmeckle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2012 79:03


    Over-zealous school administrators, cops with nothing better to do, the best performance bonus EVAR and more on this week's pan-global episode of The Periodic Table

    Periodic Table #37 - Mountains of Poop

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2012 80:47


    Yet another naked Floridian, more beer stories than ever, a haunted car chase, "Dude, where's my car?" and a lot more this weed on the Periodic Table!

    Periodic Table #36 - We Stew the Full Poo Brew

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2012 70:08


    Clean criminals, free-falling poultry, Telsa, and Honey Boo Boo picks the president!

    Periodic Table #35 - Don't Forget to Shake Your Funnel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2012 73:38


    Oddly shaped urinals, small-time bank robbers, the ultimate bad waitress, a TSA nightmare and more this week on the Periodic Table.

    Periodic Table #34 - Ethel Merman Does Scooby Doo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2012 67:51


    Our line-up of stories this week includes not one, but two odd animal stow-away stories, an underwhelming superhero, the return of the Sofa King and so much more!

    Periodic Table #33 - Obama Got Us Obamaphones!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2012 70:10


    As usual, Florida features nicely in our docket of stories this week, but it's truly a global show featuring a Japanese micro-potty, a New Zealand proctologists nightmare, and something from our Japanese friends that you just have to hear about.

    Periodic Table #32 - Floating Mists of Beef Fat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2012 102:17


    The guys cover the expected slate of weird news stories, but managed to have a couple of serious discussions as well. Don't worry, we promise not to make a habit of it.

    Periodic Table #31 - We Called it Flugelhorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2012 81:43


    This may be our most Florida-heavy episode yet, with a healthy dose of poop and genitals throughout. Seriously folks, we don't make this stuff up!

    Periodic Table #30 - Boy Fat is Not a Big Tipper

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2012 64:47


    This week the guys have a laugh over healthy candy bars, try to define art, try to understand the mind of a chicken murderer and more.

    Periodic Table #29 - 12-pack and 2 Monkeys

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2012 68:19


    This week, Mark Cockrell and Aaron Butler and Shawn Kibel discuss "zero tolerance" policies, crazy nymphos, and of course at least one crazy Floridian.

    Periodic Table #27 - The Romney Roll

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2012 65:33


    This week, Mark Cockrell and Aaron Butler and Jim Beason end the Periodic Table hiatus with a show full of weird stuff- some funny, some tragic, but all of it likely to have been missed by your nightly newscast.

    Periodic Table #26 - A Brisk Waddle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2012 69:36


    This week, Mark Cockrell and Aaron Butler cover the Miami Zombie, a Piggly Wiggly pig, abolishing the UN, handcuffing students and of course, a Mullet Update!

    Periodic Table #25 - She's a Microcougar

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2012 95:39


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Aaron Butler and Shawn Kibel have perhaps more fun than they should covering topics like gay superheroes, domestic violence, love bites and having way too many cats. We even managed to coin a couple of new terms.

    Periodic Table #24 - She Probably Makes a Good Breakfast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2012 68:54


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Steve Cherubino and Corey Knapp come together to find that dumb criminals exist all over the world, unicycle riding is better naked, churches will sue you if you tick them off and you shouldn't live with arsonist!

    Periodic Table #23 - It's Hard to Catch a Rooster!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2012 85:18


    This week, Mark Cockrell, and Aaron Butler enjoy a bevy of funny, thought-provoking, inspiring, enraging and just plain weird news stories from the last week.

    Periodic Table #22 - How Do You Spell Douche?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2012 92:18


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Chuck Jolley, Corey Knapp and Gordon Lee discuss a series of news stories from around the globe featuring a renegade dentist, drunken babysitters, a black market hero, and more! Plus an updage on the Mullets!

    Periodic Table #21 - It's Not Our Gay Porn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2012 68:54


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Chuck Jolley and Corey Knapp cover another Florida-heavy spate of news stories which should prove instructive to anyone planning a career in the fast food industry.

    Periodic Table #20 - Those Bags Are Pretty Small

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2012 71:20


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Aaron Butler and Corey Knapp weave through news stories about a courtroom marriage proposal, a drug-dealer's huge package, a very unwelcome Easter prize, and of course Kate Winslet's titanic breasts.

    Periodic Table #19 - Next Year He'll Do Ironman Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2012 82:26


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Jim Beason and Chuck Jolley come together to talk about NBC's bungling go the Trayvon Martin 911 tapes, a serial parking-lot-pooper, difficult Australian accents, sombrero-clad madmen and more!

    Periodic Table #18 - Fart-Free Beef

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2012 74:30


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Jim Beason and Chuck Jolley come together to talk about cancerous lizards, fartless cows, giant sausages, and of course, Amish terrorist. You won't want to miss this one!

    Periodic Table #17 - I'm So Mad I Could Choke a Goat!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2012 67:40


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Aaron Butler, Kristy Vincent and special guest Jim Beason cover a rage of topics from the sublime to the absurd- and have a really good time doing it. Listen in and join the fun!

    Periodic Table #16 - It's the Perfect Place to Start a Cult!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2012 88:25


    This week, Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel and Aaron Butler are joined by "Professor" James Messer for an oddly Florida-centric discussion covering Amish drinking parties, spontaneous taco sauce wrestling, anti-dying laws,and municipal toilet paper shortages.

    Periodic Table #15 - Can I Borrow Your Pitbull?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2012 69:48


    In a more docile than usual episode, Mark Cockrell and Aaron Butler have a dialog covering medical ethics, dancing robots, running from zombies, and of course, porn. It woun't be an episode of The Periodic Table without porn.

    Periodic Table #14 - It's Sofa King Low!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2012 79:16


    Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Aaron Butler and Chris Neves engage in another wide-ranging discussion about everything from Holocaust deniers, to zombie grandmas, to "butt pumping parties" and more!

    Periodic Table #14 - It's Sofa King Low!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2012 79:16


    Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Aaron Butler and Chris Neves engage in another wide-ranging discussion about everything from Holocaust deniers, to zombie grandmas, to "butt pumping parties" and more!

    Periodic Table #13 - What I Just Did Was Reward Stupidity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2012 89:08


    Mark Cockrell, Eric Fay, Aaron Butler and John Mukulski have a more serious than normal discussion this week, ranging from unions to the Mormon church to abortion and more.

    Periodic Table #12 - You Have Cancer, She Has Crow's Feet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2012 84:07


    Mark Cockrell, Eric Fay, Aaron Butler and Chris Neves discuss whether porn can be copyrighted, the corruption of the American pharmaceutical industry, stupid people running Homeland Security, women in the military, and much, much more!

    Periodic Table #11 - Madonna's Red Apple Sale

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2012 81:28


    Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Aaron Butler and Chris Neves discuss the Superbowl, Demi Moore, Facebook's impending IPO, attempted murder and more this week on the Periodic Table

    Periodic Table #10 - I Was Doing Research for the Show!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2012 63:04


    Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Eric Fay, and Seth Anderson take a look and some of this weeks weirdest and funniest news stories, and of course, get a quick update on the Amish 12.

    Periodic Table #9 - But I'm Certainly an Enthusiast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2012 74:01


    Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, John Mikulski, and Aaron Butler get together this week to talk about SERIOUS fast-food cravings, SOPA, knowing when to abandon ship, boob-loving NFL fans and more!

    I'm Ashamed to be On This Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2012 73:26


    Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Eric Fay, Aaron Butler and Seth Anderson cover all the bases in this week's show: Politics? Check. Racism? Check. Drug Use? Check. Male Genitalia? Check? Rogue Amish? Of course!

    Periodic Table #7 - I cAn HaZ eLeCtRoCuTiOn?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2012 71:57


    Mark Cockrell, John Mikulski and Brian Brugger cover racism, welfare reform, the U.S. patents system, and of course, electrocuting kittens.

    Periodic Table #6 - We Can't Get Off the Pot

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2011 100:27


    Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Aaron Butler, Eric Fay, and Zach Hill get together in the waning hours of 2011 to discuss politics, technology, sports, and of course, marijuana.

    Merry Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2011 1:12


    Merry Christmas from Element Opie Productions

    Merry Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2011 1:12


    Merry Christmas from Element Opie Productions

    Periodic Table #5 - Butt Mints, Crotch Nuts, & Crack Crack

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2011 65:13


    This week Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Seth Anderson, John Mikulski and Aaron Butler have a somewhat bizarre conversation covering everything from 80's movies, to tech-savvy nuns, to brain-eating amoeba.

    Periodic Table #4 - The Insane Asylum

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2011 85:02


    This week Mark Cockrell, Eric Fay, Seth Anderson, John Mikulski, and Aaron Butler discuss everything from upcoming comic book movies, to U.S. tax laws, to how the recession affects drug dealers.

    Periodic Table #3 - Lock Your Doors or the Amish Will Get You

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2011 70:52


    This week Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kible, Zach Hill and Seth Anderson discuss Thanksgiving, baseball, football, a not-so-Amish-Paradise and more!

    Periodic Table #2 - You Callin' Me Immature?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2011 92:50


    This week Mark Cockrell, Eric Fay, Aaron Butler and Chris Neves cover turkey cooking tips, comic books, gun control and more!

    Periodic Table #1 - It's All Downhill From Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2011 82:47


    In our first episode of The Periodic Table Mark Cockrell, Shawn Kibel, Zach Hill and Eric Fay take on the Penn State scandal, the Occupy Wallstreet movement, Boxing vs UFC, the McRib and more!

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