Jul 2020
Episode 83: Borders Closed To US Residents, Summer Growing Too Hot For Humans, Opening Of Infectious Disease Museum Delayed By... Infectious Disease
Countries across the world are reopening, but borders remain closed to US residents. Science indicates coming summers may, one day soon, literally be too hot for human beings. A European infectious disease museum found its opening delayed by... oddly enough, an infectious disease ... Show More
27m 54s
Jul 2020
Episode 82: More Russians Die Falling Out Of Windows, Pennsylvania Home Bleeds Honey, Science Reveals Just How Many Hots Dogs You Can Eat
A police major in Russia dies falling out of a window, adding another tragic event in the strange pattern of Russians mysteriously dying in the same manner. A 100-year old home in Pennsylvania begins leaking honey. Scientists have finally determined just how many hot dogs a perso ... Show More
12m 30s
Jul 2020
Episode 81: Fertility Rates Crashing, AirB&B Wants Customers To Donate To Hosts, Online Protest Sweeps Iran
Fertility rates across the planet are dropping at an unprecedented rate, causing experts to raise serious concerns about the state of humanity in 2100. AirBnB has infuriated customers by asking them to donate to hosts of the short-term rental platform. Online protests have swept ... Show More
13m 30s
Nov 2022
Monday, November 28, 2022
The rare show of defiance in China spilling out onto the streets, former President Trump blasted after inviting a notorious white nationalist and rapper Kanye West to his estate, an officer accused of murder, arson, and kidnapping after using a fake identity to talk to a teenage ... Show More
51m 7s
Mar 2025
Strange News: Love on the Train, Space Updates, AI as G-d, Pre-crime Targeting of Protestors, and More
Updates on space exploration. A seemingly-symbolic quarrel between an eagle and a goose. Large language models try out religion and pre-crime, all as a recent graduate gets deported for his political views. In other news, light becomes solid, prompting Ben and the gang to call fo ... Show More
1h 9m
Feb 2023
Thursday, February 2, 2023
A suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S., ice storm leaves more than 370,000 without power, Republicans vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, police killing of double amputee sparks outcry, a man shot at a protest over privatizing Puer ... Show More
49m 43s
Feb 2025
Strange News: Chinese Corgi Cops, Massive Tuberculosis Outbreak, ICE Cream Trucks, The Doomsday Clock, DeepSeek, and More
A Chinese Corgi Cop loses his bonus. The largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history is occurring, right now, in Kansas. A Las Vegas ice cream truck is mistaken for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- or ICE -- truck. The AI company DeepSeek sparks a massive stock selloff. ... Show More
1h 7m
Oct 2021
This Week's Top Stories - China's Hypersonic Missile, Striketober & Vaccine-Resistant Cops
China launches a hypersonic space missile, over 100,000 American workers go on strike, U.S. police officers push back against COVID-19 vaccination mandates, and more.
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34m 59s
Mar 2021
Strange News: Cheer Mom Makes Deep Fakes, North Korea Ghosts the US, Texas Rangers Promise to Stop Hypnotizing People
<p>A Cheer Mom creates deep fake photos in a revenge scheme targeting her daughter's rivals. The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) ghosts the US, refusing the new President's attempts to contact them. Over in the US, the Texas Rangers promise t ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2022
Strange News: China Censorship, Robots on the Border, One Guy Hacks North Korea
<p>In a rare decision, China reverses an earlier act of censorship. Those dogbots Ben and Matt are so concerned about are deployed on the US-Mexico border. One anonymous hacker claims he, in a fit of resentment, single-handedly took down the DPRK's internet. Plus Build-A-Bear goe ... Show More
57m 10s
Mar 2022
Strange News: Stolen Heads, a Mysterious Z, and a Broken Stone in Japan May Have Just Released a Demon
<p>Someone has stolen a box of human heads from Denver's Central Park. Speculation grows regarding the 'Z' worn by supporters of the Russian invasion. Over in Japan, some locals worry that damage to an ancient 'Killing Stone' may be an ill omen for dangerous supernatural events o ... Show More
45m 5s
A Hong Kong ice cream shop owner has come up with a strange way to commemorate last year's protests against mainland China. The magnetic north pole is on the move to Siberia. And, in Detroit, one Catholic Priest turns guns slinger as he blesses parishoners via water gun. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strange ... Show More
