Episode #285 begins with Matt grilling Louie about his protein swings from vegetarian food to eating a meat pie while on the road, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the school that had a fundraiser where students licked people’s toes and El Chapo’s granddaughter searching for the Loch Ness Monster! Odd News Stories OKCfox.com – Deer Creek School District faces criticism after students licked toes during a fundraiser HearldScotland.com- Granddaughter of ‘El Chapo’ joins hunt for Loch Ness Monster The post Episode #285 – Toe Licking and Loch Ness Drug Heiress first ..read more

Episode 285 has Matt and Louie discussing Good Will Hunting, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the kid who got arrested for taping fish to ATM’s and the gun thrown away by a time traveler! Odd News Stories ABC4.com – Teen facing charges for allegedly taping fish to ATMs in Provo PennLive.com – Gun From Civil War Found in Trash Can at Gettysburg Walmart The post Episode 284 – ATM Fish and Time Traveler’s Gun! first appeared on Odd and Offbeat Podcast ..read more

Episode 284 has Louie on land and Matt in the Ocean and they announce the release of their new book: C is for Conspiracy, the ABC’s of Conspiracy Theories! For this week’s strange news, they talk about the cellphone that survived a 16,000 feet fall and the guy who was woken up by the hotel manager sucking on his toes! Odd News Stories CBSnews.com – See the iPhone that survived getting sucked out of an Alaska Airlines plane and fell 16,000 feet WPXI.com – Hilton Hotel manager arrested for allegedly waking up guest by sucking on his toes The post Episode 284 – iPhone Skydiving and Toe Alarm Clo ..read more

Episode #283 has Matt and Louie writing a Hallmark Christmas movie and then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the mayor of a town in New Zealand that’s giving the residents the OK to poop and the alien invasion that was really just Christmas lights! Odd News Stories TheGuardian.com – New Zealand mayor clarifies there’s no need to ‘stop pooing’ amid town’s sewerage stench crisis KXAN.com – Texas family’s home light show mistaken for aliens, draws out crowd The post Episode #283 Green Lighting the Deuce and Alien Invasion For the Holidays first appeared on Odd and Offbea ..read more

Episode #282 has Matt checking in on Louie’s COVID status and they talk about Salt Lake City and visiting Chubby Checker, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the guy who lost an election because he didn’t vote for himself and the salad that’s served with the restaurant manager’s finger! Odd News Stories King5.com – Thurston County candidate who didn’t vote for himself loses by 1 vote APnews.com – Customer sues Chopt eatery chain over salad that she says contained a piece of manager’s finger The post Episode #282 Voting For Yourself and Finger Salad first appeared on ..read more

Episode #281 begins with Louie updating Matt about the auction item he stole from Matt and then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the man smuggling whale teeth and the high school teacher’s only fans! Odd News Stories SiouxCountyRadio.com – Vermont fines man $50K after whale tooth, walrus tusk carvings seized at Canadian border APnews.com – Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site The post Episode #281 – Whale teeth and only fans of school first appeared on Odd and Offbeat Podcast ..read more

Episode #280 has Matt and Louie in the same room! They get caught up on their adventures and then get into the strange news! This week the chat about sumo wrestling no longer having size restriction and the guy who fakes heart attacks to get free meals! Odd News Stories FoxNews.com – Skinny sumo wrestlers? Height and weight requirements are dropped by sport’s governing body KOAA.com – Man arrested for faking heart attacks to get out of paying restaurants The post Episode #280 Skinny Sumo and Heart Attack Freebies first appeared on Odd and Offbeat Podcast ..read more

Episode #279 Begins with Matt and Louie as competing bidders at an auction, then they get into the strange news! This week they talk about the carpool buddy that’s a longhorn bull and the basset hound that got a facelift! Odd News Stories NYpost.com – My basset hound was having trouble seeing — I took him to get a facelift Omaha.com – A ‘beefed up’ car with giant bull named Howdy Doody crammed into passenger seat pulled over by Nebraska police The post Episode #279 Carpool Bull and The Basset Face Lift first appeared on Odd and Offbeat Podcast ..read more

Episode #278 Begins with Matt and Louie chatting about vintage toys, then they get into the strange news. This week they revisit the first story that has creeped out both Matt and Louie, which is about a guy that has an ear growing out of his forearm! They also chat about the Unicorn Sheep that was saved by a case of beer! We also have a tip from our favorite life coach Randy! Here’s the unicorn sheep: Image from News.com.au Odd News Stories ABC.net.au – Perth artist Stelarc grows ear on his arm, plans to connect it to internet News.com.au – Strange ‘unicorn’ sheep saved from death by tw ..read more

Episode #277 begins with and important annoucement about the Odd and Offbeat Podcast. The podcast is switching to coming out twice a month, on the second and fourth Tuesday’s of the month. After that bit of news they get into the strange news. This week Matt and Louie chat about the odor at the US Open and Pittsburgh looking for urban archers to hunt deer! Odd News Stories ABCnews.go.com – ‘Like Snoop Dogg’s living room’: Smell of pot wafts over notorious U.S. Open court CBSnews.com – Pittsburgh seeking archers for deer management pilot program The post Episode #277 Weed Tennis and Urban Deer ..read more