Another episode of weird news with Tom, George and Rob. This week we have sperm racing, Chinese urine buns and pooing in a bucket. Top quality content.
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00:00 George's boring clairvoyant dream
10:10 The first ever sperm race!
28:47 George's poo bucket
35:47 Steamed wee buns
45:00 Cannibalism, is it so wrong?
This week on Curio, Tom and George are joined by extreme horror and splatterpunk author, Jonathan Butcher. Jonathan is best known for his books What Good Girls Do, Chocolateman, and Motel Styx. Jonathan also recently won the Gross Out contest at Killercon for his short story Last Night's Gig.
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Follow Jonathan and check out his website
Website: https://jonathanbutcherhorror.bigcartel.com
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drbutchermd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbutchermd_author
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00:00:00 Introduction to Jonathan and extreme horror
00:05:55 What is Splatterpunk?
00:10:37 What Good Girls Do
00:14:27 Why on earth have you written this?
00:20:09 The power of morbid curiosity
00:23:11 Does shock value trump good writing?
00:25:03 Extreme horror writer recommendations
00:29:34 The backstory of Chocolateman
00:38:40 What makes a Jonathan Butcher book?
00:42:22 What inspires extreme horror writers?
00:47:00 Research required for extreme horror
00:50:02 The difficulties of writing as a collaboration
00:58:58 The morality of pushing horror to its extreme
01:03:46 Jonathan's Killercon Gross Out winning short story
The boys are back as a trio and they're back with some weird news stories and even weirder questions. Who is the Rizzler and why are the Cosco Guys booming so much? Should we invest in bum hoses? Chicken jockey?
00:00 Aligning our chakras 03:30 Indian poo holes 07:48 Rob's bidet dreams 12:50 Scenic pisses and nature poos 24:54 Minecraft Movie chicken jockey trend 36:09 The Rizzler joins Nintendo 45:50 Cheeto Charizard
This week we have a quickfire selection of bitesize weird news stories about Shrek, theft, religion and Shrek. 00:00 Shrek 5 controversy 03:28 Shrek the buddha 06:47 Indian Jesus holy poo water 14:38 Peruvian capybara Valentine's drug bust 22:46 Shrek sculpture goes missing
When you max your looks too much.
00:00 Intro to looksmaxxing
06:34 Heightmaxxing and leg lengthening surgery
21:33 Jawmaxxing and mewing
32:08 Skinmaxxing and extreme tanning
41:33 Eyecolourmaxxing
46:35 Hairmaxxing and beard transplants
This week Tom and Rob discuss the lucid dreaming community, how to lucid dream, the meaning of dreams and the concept of switching between multiple dimensions.
00:00 Introduction to lucid dreaming
07:14 What happens if you die in your dream?
14:09 Is lucid dreaming even real?
21:51 Paranormal dreams and dreams predicting the future
30:00 The evolutionary benefit of dreams
39:00 Psychedelics and time dilation
This week on Curio we take a peek into the unique world of Gloving, a strange hobby constituting of wiggling your fingers around in a dark room.
00:00 Cheese or service station game
07:41 What is 'gloving'?
33:12 How to get into Berghain
38:42 Stick review recap
This week Tom and George bring us a selection of weird news stories from New Zealand and the ocean. This is also George's final episode on Curio for quite a while 🫡 00:00 George is going on an adventure 04:00 Hugging restrictions at New Zealand airport 11:36 Orca's are wearing salmon for hats 26:25 The Siren Kings of New Zealand love Celine Dion 38:20 The Mystery of the New Jersey drones
In this episode of Curio the boys look back on the past year and recap some of the weirdest news stories and events of 2024 00:00 The Weirdest Political Events of 2024 07:23 The Bigfoot Drought of 2024 08:55 Apple's Failed AI Update 14:21 AI Girlfriends Are Too Popular 17:49 The Best of the 2024 Paris Olympics 24:43 The Words of the Year 2024 33:49 The Weirdest News Stories of 2024 39:35 Top Google Searches of the Year
Merry Christmas to all Curio listeners 🎅🏻 get in the festive mood by listening to us talk about some crazy, stupid and weird news stories that are ~kinda~ Christmas related. 00:00 Merry Christmas
00:56 Birmingham Man Lives With 4 Elves
15:22 The Worst Christmas Dinners
30:22 St Nick's Tomb Has Been Discovered
34:26 Will Wham's Last Christmas Be Taken Off the Radio?
Hawk Tuah girl, Hailey Welch has been in some hot water recently for her alleged crypto scam. This week Tom and Rob dive into her rise to fame, her new venture of podcasting and try to understand why anyone would but a Hawk Tuah crypto token. 00:00 Tom has never been to Waitrose 05:15 The genesis of Hawk Tuah 13:24 The Talk Tuah Podcast 18:05 The Talking Talk Tuah Podcast 25:42 The launch of $HAWK crypto currency 43:02 The morality of scamming your fans
This week Tom and George bang on about supermarkets, marathons and fighting, as well as digging into some weird news stories.
This week Tom and Rob delve into the eight-year long social experiment conducted by YouTuber Nikocado Avocado and gives their reactions. They also discuss some potential evidence for a forgotten, ancient civilisation. 00:00 Making Yourself Scared 05:05 Nikocado Avocado's Insane Body Transformation 29:49 Evidence Found of an Ancient Civilisation
The Curios Cast is dead and from the ashes rises something completely new and different... CURIO. 00:00 Intro: What Happened to the Curios Cast? 05:28 The Balloon Man: The Man That Couldn't Poo 14:49 The Tragic End of Balloon Man 16:26 The Guys Talk About Poo for a While 27:39 Religious Cult Abducted by Aliens? 40:02 Amazon Tribe Fact Check 42:50 Bridgerton Ball Gone Wrong 56:13 What is 'Curio'? #podcast #curio #weirdnews
It wouldn't be a Curios Cast sendoff if we didn't have some technical difficulties. Poor audio and glitchy video are the highlights for Curios Cast EP109 - thanks for listening 🫡
Tom, Rob and George discuss more weird news stories ranging from mystic sunglass portals, goblins in Zimbabwe and how the internet connects people for the better and the worse. 00:00:00 Rob's magic sunglasses portal 00:05:30 Disappearing objects 00:15:15 Ugly guy gets married to a YouTube commenter 00:19:42 Amazon tribe gets Starlink and is now addicted to the internet 00:23:25 Comprehending the modern world 00:29:52 Viral isn't viral anymore 00:39:36 Explain that to a Roman 00:45:07 Zimbabwe's has a problem with goblins
The Curios Cast are back again with an episode of weird news, starting with the weirdest instagram accounts (not really news lol),
00:00:00 The Weirdest Instagram Accounts 00:28:30 Japanese AI Bakery 00:53:00 Woman Marries Doll and Has Doll Children
In episode 106 of the Curios Cast we discuss a man that turned blue, a fitness instructor ranting about Christopher Nolan's film Tenet, and the Miami Alien story. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Christopher Nolan and the Peloton Instructor 09:50 The Miami Alien 21:45: Rob talks for 10 minutes about benches and stuff 30:10 The Man that Turned Blue/Purple 41:00 The Woman with the Grinch Bedtime Fantasy
In episode 105 of the Curios Cast we answer some of your text messages and George digs up some history in his very own garden.
00:00 Intro 00:20 Recapping our Interview with Deborah 08:40 Reading Your Text Messages 27:35 George Found Historical Artefacts in his Garden 35:30 Digging and Metal Detecting 57:22 Tunneling and Digging 52:00 Send us your stuff!
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This episode Rob and Tom are joined by Deborah Hatswell, the UK's leading cryptid and paranormal investigator.
Find Deborah's links here: https://linktr.ee/bbrinvestigations