Bananas - Funny news from around the world with Scotty Landes and Kurt Braunohler
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.
Our Editor's Take
When the news gets too serious, there's Bananas - Funny news from around the world with Scotty Landes and Kurt Braunohler. It's a comedy podcast whose hosts are prone to weird hijinks. Kurt works as a comedian, and Scotty is a Hollywood screenwriter.
For the podcast, Scotty and Kurt report on the news that didn't make the front page but should have. For example, two men made an Earth sandwich by placing two slices of bread on opposite sides of the planet. One was in Spain, and the other was in New Zealand.
In other news, an Irish woman lost her insurance claim after she was photographed by a newspaper throwing a Christmas tree. The problem was that she had claimed she was unable to work due to injuries from a car accident. The podcast features many accounts of folly and irony.
At times, the stories on Bananas are the suggestions of listeners. "Bananimals," as the cohosts call them, submit weird news from their corner of the world. Kurt and Scotty also have plenty of funny stories of their own. The two talk about the time their hiking buddy brought a ten-pound book on birds on a two-mile climb. They also reminisce about their adventure jet-skiing under the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
In some episodes, the hosts invite a guest for a chat. One of their guests is author and journalist Jess McHugh. Kurt and Scotty seem thrilled to discover that she is overflowing with fun facts about bats. She informs them that the French word for bats is "chauve-souris," or "bald mouse."
Australian actress Claudia Doumit is also a guest. She thinks that three p.m. is a strange time to record a podcast. The hosts invite comedian and podcaster Laci Mosley. She explains that she thinks everything is a scam, including marijuana laws and asset forfeiture.
Bananas - Funny news from around the world with Scotty Landes and Kurt Braunohler could be an excellent podcast for people who love comedy. Many might also find it a great mood lifter.
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