Weird Things

Podcast: Elon Musk’s Secret Plan to Save the World

20 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The rock that changed Mars. A mysterious pebble is causing NASA to rack their brains but could it be a civilization all it’s own? Also, does Elon Mu...

Podcast: Free Beer Until The Day You Die

13 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

There is a creeping influence in the woods keeping progress from the doors of citizens. What are locals protecting? Meanwhile, there is an offer for y...

Podcast: Bigfoot Shot Me

24 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Injuries on the hunt for Bigfoot. True scars in pursuit of the greatest game to ever stalk the woods or face saving maneuver from a couple of trigger ...

Podcast: Please Trust Andrew Mayne

29 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A secret revealed! Why was Andrew Mayne missing for six months this summer? He was shooting his own series on A&E entitled Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne ...

Podcast: Sometimes You Get The Bear

17 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A man is attacked in the woods by a bear, he reaches out and grabs quite possibly the last thing he’ll ever touch and it saves his life. Andrew tell...

Podcast: Third Reich Monkey Shines

07 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The boys review a puzzling order made by Adolf Hitler. If you could get ten years of the your life back but lose 20 years of technology, would you? Br...

Podcast: The Death That Waited

30 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Justin is put on the defensive as Brian wonders what he has hiding in his house that could endanger the whole neighborhood. Andrew reveals SpaceX’s ...

Podcast: Pizza for Death?

06 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Brian, Justin and Bonnie discuss the brand new Kickstarter by Planetary Resources which seeks to put a publicly available telescope in space. And take...

Podcast: Sweet, Suffocating Wave of Death

21 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

After a hiatus, Brian and Justin return with Bonnie The Invisible Wife for a new episode of Weird Things. Brian is dead and Bonnie is charged with bui...

Podcast: My Own Private Vigilante Botnet

08 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Brian and Justin are brought to the gates of a mysterious cavern. Is it the literal gate to hell? How far would Andrew go for science? We discover the...

Podcast: The Mystery of Monkey Island

30 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Two southerners are getting checks each year from the government for $865 a year. The explanation might break your brain. Andrew explains his current ...

Podcast: Blow and Hoe

23 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Bonnie “The Invisible Wife” joins Brian and Justin to discuss the Week of Weird. A school in Maryland begin instituting a series of outlandish new...

Podcast: Salacious Skype Schemes

16 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

SpaceX launches does a new rocket test that reminds Justin of a CGI future where humans roam the stars. A new digital scam is fleecing business men ou...

Podcast: Brown Menace

07 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Original three reunited again for this very special episode of the podcast! Andrew introduces a birthday question in honor of Justin’s 30th Name Day...

Podcast: Smoking Crater

22 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Justin and Andrew are again two against the world. We discuss the Russian meteor and why it explains how terrible Russia’s music taste is. SpaceX is...

Podcast: Double O Heaven

13 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Justin and Andrew are riding as a power duo in this episode of the Weird Things podcast. Who is going to be the next Pope? We thumb through many surpr...

Podcast: Thunderwell

09 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

OG Lineup Reunited! A mystery that could rewrite cultural, space and political history is revealed. What is the future of television? How about a tech...

Podcast: Help! A Goblin Slept With My Wife!

22 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew is back. Brian is gone. And the one and only Veronica Belmont joins us. Goblins overrrun a Zimbabwe clinic, we take Veronica on quite a tour of...

Podcast: Unlimited Snake Murder

09 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Merritt is our substitute Mayne this week. A Brazilian prison is part of an elaborate escape plan with an unlikely partner in crime. A police depa...

Podcast: Fuzzy Wonder Goat

02 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

ANDREW returns! We finally get our update on The Snuggery! Will our intrepid reporter unleash a b-dog on this poor woman? Mayne tells us of a hilariou...

Podcast: Cheating Doesn’t Count on Mars

30 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Jason Murphy of Loading Bar and Spill.com. The boys revisit the mysterious explosion in an Indiana suburb and finally get a deadly up...

Podcast: Deadliest Flash Mob

24 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Merritt joins us as we discuss a massive natural event that happens to alert us to the opening of a new movie. Tom has to make a terrible decision...

Podcast: Do You Really Believe?

15 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

What would you do if you could live forever. Also, do we now know if the initials to SpaceX’s MCT project? What exploded a peaceful neighborhood in ...

Podcast: Cuddle Bear Happy Hour

10 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A woman has a strange job. It sparks a statistical argument between Brian and Justin to rival the Presidential Election. A new way to tell if Mars is ...

Podcast: Gary and The Weasel

31 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Gary and The Weasel make their podcast debut to solve a Polish crime. Who would win in a fight: a Neanderthal or a human? Andrew quizzes us on a myste...

Podcast: No Stop Space Drop

18 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Felix Baumgartner is amazing, but seriously, what comes next? The boys make their guesses. Killjoy scientists try and kill our dinosaur dreams. Becaus...

Podcast: SpaceX Launch Live!

13 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew is live in Cape Canaveral to watch SpaceX launch their first supply mission to the International Space Station and he is joined by CBS’ Molly...

Podcast: Mind Control the Old Fashioned Way

05 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Has mysterious device that has a major city in a panic fallen into the wrong hands? The infection that affects millions of people every day and replic...

Podcast: The 10-Hour Girlfriend

27 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

SpaceX tests revolutionary new tech but is NASA ready to send up another manned mission? Are we at the cusp of a new era of exploration? How many hour...

Podcast: Oh Brother

21 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine you are an amazing actor, revered by your peers, honored for your dedication to your craft. Then… your idiot brother changes everything. And...

Podcast: You Got Questions, We Got Weird

15 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Instead of indulging Justin in his incessant need to make insipid comments, Brian and Andrew are free to take things in bold new directions as they ta...

Podcast: Running Over Bigfoot Live From DragonCon

14 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are united in front of a live audience at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA! This total surprise panel is enhanced by the ever elusive Amtrekker hims...

Podcast: Resssscue Rangers

30 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A man attempts to smuggle a mysterious creature on an airplane, before the the cops uncover his terrifying secret. A Playboy playmate is busted for mo...

Podcast: The Man Who Never Stopped Growing

23 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew tells us about a man who realizes he is the lone survivor of a violent legacy, or is he? The boys line up to defend poor Thomas Edison from a b...

Podcast: Welcome to Terror World

16 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Brian returns from Indonesia with exotic tales of live television performances and flash fame. Also, a very special fan repays Brian’s kindness in a...

Podcast: Mars Curiosity Minisode

09 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Travel conspires to keep the boys apart for one more week. HOWEVER, we did scramble together this minisode featuring Brian, Justin and “OMG” Chad ...

Podcast: Goat Man Rises

26 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A new hero scrambles through craggy hills of Utah, but what are his true intentions? Can we trust him? A motivational speaker convinces thousands to w...

Podcast: Snap Into A Placenta Slim Jim

18 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A mouse is spliced with the genetic essence of one America’s greatest entertainers, will he be scientifically validated a hybrid legacy for the sing...

Podcast: The Amazing Poisoned Possum

11 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The anniversary of that mysterious night in New Mexico when a phenomenon crashed to Earth sparks a debate over how the crash would be different today....

Podcast: Unicorn vs. Pegasus

04 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We turn it over to listener questions for this July 4th edition of the podcast. Who would win in a fight: a Unicorn or a Pegasus? If you could live fo...

Podcast: Ferret Cooties

29 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Brian stumbles into his new infant child’s room only to find a bloody mystery involving a deadly animal and a hidden menace. Andrew reassures the li...

Podcast: Big Things Have Weird Beginnings

20 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The three amigos are reunited yet again in this thrilling episode of the podcast. Justin is rightly ridiculed for refusing to lower his expectations f...

Podcast: The Moral Molecule

14 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Brian and Andrew are joined by special guest Dr. Paul Zak, author of the new book The Moral Molecule. They discuss how much of the body needs to be re...

Podcast: Nothing Is Certain Except Death And Tanning

07 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Spiro and The Fudge are back on the case! This time they have to solve a mystery involving a dead murderer who might have been killed by a vigilante. ...

Podcast: Dawn of the Face Eater

31 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In a week when the boundaries of humanity’s role in space may have been redefined forever we al...

Podcast: Night of the Dragon

23 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In a very special episode of Weird Things, Andrew and Justin race to Cape Canaveral, Florida to see history in making as SpaceX attempts to launch the...

Podcast: Payload – Andrew Mayne Stories podcast episode 006

18 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Thriller writer Andrew Mayne presents free audiobooks and short stories of mystery and adventure. This episode features Payload, read by special guest...

Podcast: Dead Martian Walking

16 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Fight! An epic battle ensues when Brian wonders aloud if everyone would be okay with sending a willing volunteer on a one way trip to Mars. Is it a bo...

Podcast: Meat Blobs Keep Falling On My Head

09 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

GUEST: Tom Merritt Brian and special guest Tom find themselves covered in meat after it rains from sky. Justin wonders aloud if the characters in Aven...

Podcast: Reality Television Death Races Of Atlantis

02 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

GUEST: Scott Sigler Brian and Scott are approached by a wizened trucker who offers them a deadly new opportunity on reality television. A frantic scie...

Podcast: Jet-Lagged Were-Hookers

25 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew is fresh off a plane from Italy and still loopy, what better time to discuss the future of mining asteroids?! The boys chat about the team of m...

Podcast: Raising Arizona Demon Killers

18 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Three lovely young ladies are patrolling Arizona with murder on their minds. Who are they trying to kill and how do they plan on doing it? Andrew blow...

Podcast: Why Hogwarts isn’t in Zimbabwe

10 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Something strange is going on in the schools and nurses of a small village, can Justin and Brian deduce the romping menace? Bonnie joins the show to d...

Podcast: Lifestyle’s of the Reich and Famous

04 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

James Cameron heads down to the bottom of the ocean and the boys squee with delight. Justin hits rock bottom while living with Brian only to purchase ...

Podcast: Wine Pairings For Cannibal Rituals

16 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

GUESTS: Bonnie Brushwood, Kimmy Kim, Frutron ( Hollywood is Hard ) Recorded on Valentine’s Day… Love is in the air as we are joined by not one, no...

Podcast: Tokyo Vampire Hunting With Trey

13 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

GUESTS: Ethan & Trey Ratcliff We are joined by the Stuck in Customs photo superstar Trey Ratcliff as well as his son Ethan. Andrew reveals that the Un...

Podcast: Serial Killer Christmas Card

29 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew catalogues some of the forgotten heroes of Christmas including trolls, elves, Oden and a midnight menace so scary the Pope had to take action a...

Podcast: Sasquatch Rebuked

17 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew sheds light on a brilliant, real life team-up between some of the most brilliant minds of our age. Brian comes ever closer to his life goal of ...

Podcast: Ferret Plague

30 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

GUEST: Bonnie “The Invisible Wife” Brushwood Brian and wife Bonnie open up a respectable genetics laboratory only to find out that their mischievo...

Opinion: The Walking Dead Must Kill Rick Grimes

11 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Would you rather an adaptation of a source material be a literal copy or a totally new story with the same characters and themes? It’s a fundamental...

Podcast: Thrustin Justice

01 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Brian takes to the streets to administer his own glittery, banana-hammock brand of vigilante justice. Justin demands the world continue to breed at a ...

Podcast: The Great Shark Versus Octopus War

18 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew geeks out about the new Space X launches and proposes the first ever Weird Things meet-up. Brian descends into the jungle to find a furry, bipe...

Podcast: SpaceX Is The New Singularity

29 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew has a mystery present for the boys which leads to Brian whispering to fish and Justin leering at strangers from a tree branch, waiting to strik...

Podcast: Badassic Park Featuring Hitler & The Chocolate Factory

21 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

A feral child in the woods of Germany lead the Gang into a rousing conversation that eventually ends with Hitler running a magical chocolate factory. ...

Podcast: All Drug Olympics

04 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Brian wonders if a bizarre method to get high is real or fake when the boys get word of a new FBI directive. Andrew reveals just how cheaply we can ge...

Podcast: Sweaty Asteroid Of Revenge

22 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are joined by old friend Brett “The Amtrekker” Rounsaville as Justin schemes up the perfect murder plot which comes dangerously close to ...

Podcast: The Conspiracy

22 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Justin foolishly rushes into surgery that could make his creepy stare deadly. Brian gets sold a house on the cheap for his family to move into but whe...

Podcast: Nazi Petting Zoo

04 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Brian demanding child wants a petting zoo to remember for a birthday party, with dangerous results. Andrew and Justin act the parts of Nazi researcher...

Podcast: Kevlar Bigfoot Necropants

17 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

The boys each have to spend $500,000 in the most bizarre way possible leading to robotic carnage, bullets, Bigfoot, mint juleps and a very special vis...

Podcast: O Positive & Blade Face Blow Their Unicorn Whistles

07 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew would like to clone a Unicorn and comes up with a new way to fund a Space Elevator. Brian and Justin discuss their new lives as undead Special ...

Podcast: Death Thy Name Is Chupy

30 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew describes a harrowing trip into the woods where he comes face to face with a real Chupacabra. The Boys get into an extremely nerdy screaming ma...

Podcast: Zombie Nazis In Space

06 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Before the big SpaceX announcement, the boys debate their relative excitement levels while Brian levies accusations of bigotry against NASA. Andrew qu...

Podcast: 15,000 Year Death Wish Will Rule The Day

29 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew is very excited that his first science fiction book The Grendel’s Shadow is released. Brian favorably compares the human race to ants and won...

Podcast: Quarks Vs. Space Bums

24 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

What’s more surprising, that we’ve radically reshaped our understanding of physics or that it happened by way of a violent message board flame war...

Podcast: Weird Things All Together

18 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to a bizarre clerical error by the government, the boys all find themselves in the same place at the same time during South By Southwest 2011 i...

Podcast: Dr. Vellasic’s Pickle Jar Of Doom

26 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

The gang debuts the brand new Podcastr webapp for listening to the show. Brian debates the thought process of Ronald Reagan as he confesses his alien ...

Podcast: Dead Shwood, Live Hitler

31 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Brian is bent on forcing your digital remains to dance for eternity as the gang descend into a very curious cave. Justin travels back in time and atte...

Podcast: Dead, Angry Birds

13 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

President Justin frantically tries to cover up an impending alien visit while science staffer Andrew blabs to the Russian press. Spiro and The Fudge a...

Podcast: Public Parks, Private Parts

24 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew heroically plots how he can rid the world of all life to spite a master race of alien invaders. The team learns a new ghost hunting technique i...

Podcast: Baby Panda Terror

18 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

We complete the epic adventure of Spiro & The Fudge when our law enforcement tandem attempts to utilize their keen detective skills and uncomfortably ...

Podcast: Officer Fudge’s Mystery Package of Death

10 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of a two part episode we’re introduced to the macho cop alter egos of Brian and Justin. Brian eats up NASA’s arsenic announcement des...

Podcast: Alien Gun Fetish

03 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Brian and Justin gleefully seek to tear down a forest in favor of a superhighway despite the locals pleas to protect a dangerous secret. Andrew makes ...

Podcast: Terror in the Jungle

25 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

With Justin and Andrew dying an agonizing death in a southeast Asian jungle from unknown causes, Brian has mere seconds to solve the mystery and save ...

Podcast: What If The Andromedans Are Jerks?

19 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew invents a new form of binding legal document that could save your life should you be infected with a rage virus. Brian is faced with his darkes...

Podcast: You Will Die In Space

09 Nov 2010

Contributed by Lukas

A newly minted Billionaire Justin makes Brian decide if he’ll send his family on a one-way trip to space. Andrew reveals his brilliant escape plan f...

Podcast: Room 717

31 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The team conducts an investigation in a haunted hotel room. Seriously spooky stuff happens to the so-called skeptics. Will they survive the night? Spo...

Podcast: The Unicorn Deception

26 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew uses the unicorn deception to trick Brian and Justin into accompanying him on the adventure of a lifetime where Yeti’s and Bears engage in mo...

Podcast: Rogue Robot Division

14 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The trio announce their plans to start their own rogue robot SWAT team. Brian describes how to break earth-shattering news to the world and totally no...

Podcast: Father of the Year

04 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Brian gives sensible, rational parenting advice totally forgetting what podcast he’s on. Something is in the walls Travis Lake photograph Underwater...

Podcast: Cocaine Fueled Zombie Hysteria

23 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew tells the story of his father’s encounter with a mermaid. No really. Well, kind of sort of. President Bri and team plan to rob a third world ...

Podcast: Exotic meats

22 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The trio discuss how polite you should be at a dinner part that goes horrifically awry. They then offer some practical advice in dealing with an impen...

Podcast: Gay for science

30 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Kidnapped by scientists who dress like Nazis, but aren’t actually Nazis, the trio is pushed to try a radical new procedure that would make them temp...

Podcast: Dawkins sees a Double Rainbow

23 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Special guest Dr. Karen Stollznow helps the gang plan a heist for a sacred Yeti paw. Brian and Justin get enormous glee from watching Andrew get corre...

Podcast: Alien Prison Riot

15 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew, Brian and Justin lay out their brilliant plan for escaping the evil clutches of alien overlords. They then realize how easily a famous psychol...

Podcast: Zos Braining Zos

07 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Robert Young recounts his harrowing ordeal in the Forest with a Million Eyes. Brian, Andrew and Justin then step into the treacherous mental pl...

Podcast: Destroyer of Worlds

29 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Find out which of the three used to wear a Spider-Man costume under his clothes and which ones just wore ladies underwear. Listen to them describe the...

Podcast: Super-Awesome Juice

17 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The crew invents a new form of inter-species prejudice, declares their willingness to do stupid things in the name of science and then goes metaphysic...

Podcast: Genocidal omnivores

26 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The brain trust make their case for ambivalence towards eating whales, primates and genocide in general.

Podcast: The Apocalypse Will Be Clothing Optional

25 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew, Brian and Justin answer some listener scenarios. After revealing Brian’s deep-seated desire that the world go pantless post apocalypse, we f...

Podcast: Monkey Man Begins

12 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The trio determines what would force them to become vigilantes. Andrew describes his frightening superhero creation that involves deranged circus anim...