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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Oct 20, 2020 • 56min
Angry Birds with Phoebe Bridgers
Musician Phoebe Bridgers joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a woman who fell off a cliff trying to save a puppy, parrots at a zoo who won’t stop swearing at people, a boy who eats nothing but sausages, Florida’s “nub city”, a man who took a garbage truck on a drunk driving adventure and a drunk pigeon in New Zealand! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 13, 2020 • 53min
Black Coffee, Black Eyes, Can't Lose
Kurt and Scotty talk about a man who tattooed his face and turned his eyeballs black, a pregnant wife who saved her husband from a shark, a man who found an escaped prisoner, a man who went berserk after having five coffees, a woman who was arrested and had a lot of drugs inside her body and an 89 year old pizza delivery man who got a very nice tip! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 6, 2020 • 1h 3min
Big Holes with Beth Stelling
Comedian Beth Stelling joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a man who dug a big hole in his garden and refused to get out, the Mountain Dew cocktail, the Ig Nobel Prize winners, a secret man-cave under Grand Central, a 15 year old who stole a tram and parents getting naked and high and accidentally bombing their kids' Zoom classes! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 29, 2020 • 1h 4min
Butthole Lane with Andy Iwancio
Comedian Andy Iwancio joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about the residents of Butthole Lane, a Juicy Fruit themed casket, the search for a highly aggressive beefalo, a man who crashed a battle tank twice, a candy factory giveaway and a woman who beat up her father for farting too much! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 22, 2020 • 58min
Vaseline Alley with Chloe Bridges
Actress Chloe Bridges joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about robot wolves used to scare wild boars, Dr. Marijuana Pepsi, a shoplifter who was caught due to his distinct graphic tee, a man who blew up part of his house while chasing a fly, Calgary’s Vaseline alley and a women’s message in a bottle that traveled from US to Spain! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 15, 2020 • 49min
Cocaine Hippos
On this week's Bananas Kurt and Scotty discuss Pablo Escobar’s hippos restoring an ecosystem, Burning Man moving to an online platform, the mafia giving food to struggling families, an interesting date involving meth, lots of digging and a baby Yoda, a man who accidentally ejected himself from a jet and a body builder postponing his wedding to sex doll due to the pandemic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.
