Something Offbeat

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What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

Episodes

OFFBITES: Termites take over Anne Rice's old estate and an all-women air race takes flight

OFFBITES: Texas full of Brits for the World Cup and how to save a baby eagle

Brits in cowboy hats, saving an eaglet, termites take over vampire estate and a cross-country air race

OFFBITES: NYC's mystery sewer people and the woman who posed as an orphan to get adopted

OFFBITES: Funeral director makes urns 'fun' and a team goes to the bottom of Lake Superior looking for zombie fish

Wacky urns, the bottom of the Great Lakes, NYC’s sewer people and a freaky adoption scam

BONUS: Gen Z don't wanna date no more?

OFFBITES: Exploring the backrooms and the psychology of fear

OFFBITES: Disc Golf World Championships and disappearing theaters

Exploring the backrooms, empty theaters, the psychology of fear and… professional disc golf

BONUS: One Florida cop refuses to give a female driver...a hand!

OFFBITES: Killer umbrellas and the dying Dead Sea

OFFBITES: Fanny pack with $30K in Pokémon money saved and tall ships arrive for America's 250th anniversary

Bizarre beach tales, from fanny pack cash and tall ships to killer umbrellas and the dying Dead Sea

OFFBITES: A cemetery city and Americans real showering habits

OFFBITES: Mysterious piggy banks and the magic of wind phones

Piggy banks wash up on beaches, wind phones connect to the other side, a cemetery city and shower habits revealed

BONUS: Does anyone really know anything about the FIFA World Cup???

BONUS: The cars are taking over and won't go! A gang of Waymos!

OFFBITES: Can excessive work lead to obesity? Plus, a diet from the Bible