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Something Offbeat

Something Offbeat

Written by: Audacy
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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.2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc Politics & Government
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  • Alien signals, solar storms, a gravity conspiracy and danger on the chairlift

    Alien signals, solar storms, a gravity conspiracy and danger on the chairlift
    Jan 23 2026
    This week we’re going up, past chairlifts, past aurora borealis and into space to get the latest on a long-running search for extraterrestrial life. On the way there, we’ll also check in on the rare solar storm that impacted Earth this week, people getting stuck on those chairlifts and a conspiracy theory about gravity. Featuring reports from KCBS Radio in the Bay Area, the Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis and the Adam & Jordana Show out of WCCO News Talk in the Twin Cities.
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    28 mins
  • Monkeys on the loose, a real-life Dr. Frankenstein and how to evict your bear roommate

    Monkeys on the loose, a real-life Dr. Frankenstein and how to evict your bear roommate
    Jan 16 2026
    This week, we’re diving into not one but two weird animal stories, as well as chemtrails, a scientist dubbed doctor Frankenstein, a man wreaking havoc with a sword and how to become a real-life storm-chaser. Featuring segments from the Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis, WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, the Scoot Show and the Tommy Tucker shows out of WWL in New Orleans, the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and KNX News out of Los Angeles.
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    22 mins
  • Can we make it to the moon by 2028? Plus, the couple whose engagement ring fell 118 feet and sandwich stories

    Can we make it to the moon by 2028? Plus, the couple whose engagement ring fell 118 feet and sandwich stories
    Jan 9 2026
    This week, we’ve got some expert insight on whether we can make it back to moon by 2028, a marriage proposal attempt that turned into something straight out of a sitcom, and some stories about sandwiches. With dispatches from the Dana & Parks show out of KMBZ in Kansas City, Tommy Tucker out of WWL in New Orleans, WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, The Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis and the Adam & Jordana Show out of WCCO in the Twin Cities.
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    25 mins
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