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The Whiparound

100 Episodes

20 minutes | Feb 15, 2023
Whiparound 2023 Update!
LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! See Shaun in Trouble In Mind at the Civic Theater! Runs from March 17 - 26  ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Blood-flavored ice helps zoo animals beat Rio's heat    ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~  PsyArXiv Preprints | Small Penises and Fast Cars: Evidence for a Psychological Link    ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, bloodice, smallpenis, fastcars, compensation #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #bloodice, #smallpenis #fastcars, #compensation   ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop!   ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
54 minutes | Dec 28, 2022
The 4th Annual Whiparound Holi-taint Drinky Special!
            If it ain’t Christmas, and it ain’t quite the New Year, that means one thing: a grundle-rific drink special on your favorite Weird News podcast! Before the Whippy-Snappers take January off to rest & retool, enjoy a smorgasbord of (mostly, arguably) sweat-colored-but-brilliant libations conjured up (and in many cases originally CREATED BY) the Good Doctor himself. Hear Shaun react in a VARIETY of ways until Phil’s alcohol-mixing magic! “But I came here for strange news that y’all make funny!” you may be saying. Fear not! Enjoy a debut segment in which Phil throws Shaun actual bizarre news tidbits that our Macabre-meister must explain on the fly! Did we mention they’ll keep coming even as Shaun gets progressively more inebriated? See? Everyone wins when you party in the taint with…the WHIPAROUND! Crack dealer arrested on Weed Street - Mid Hudson News LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Rancher gives new life to afterbirth by creating art from cow placentas   Men should ejaculate 21 times a month to protect against prostate cancer Archaeologists have discovered full-color portraits of Egyptian mummies in ancient Philadelphia Barstool Sports website to sponsor "Who Gives a Sh!t Bowl" next year. Super 8 Launches Road Trip Scented Candle Collection Crack dealer arrested on Weed Street ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~  Tis the season of the solstace and darkness... or some shit like that. ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Making it easy for you this year: all these recipes are made the same way: put all ingredients into a tin and shake hard with ice till diluted and chilled. I've listed the appropriate glassware beneath each recipe. 1.) "Pre-pear yourself"  AKA "Mickey Bilge Eyes" 1.5 oz pear vodka 3/4 oz ginger juice 1/2 oz vanilla syrup 3/4 oz lemon juice - Serve in a Nick & Nora glass. No ice.   2.) "The Classic Sidecar" AKA "Orange Philias" 1.5 oz cognac/brandy 1 oz Dry orange curaçao 3/4 oz lemon juice 1tsp of simple syrup *If you have triple sec omit the simple - Serve in a coupe. No ice. Orange peel garnish is traditional.   3.) "Tiki Time" AKA "A Wink and A Nod" 1.5 oz dark rum 0.5 oz Jamaican rum 1/2 oz lemon juice 1 oz or beat Small sprinkle of Chinese five spice powder - Serve in a mule mug with crushed ice. Mint sprig garnish   ~This Just In...?~ Why colds and flu viruses are more common in winter Drake gave DJ Khaled four luxury toilets for his birthday  202 Shark Week episodes found to be filled with junk science Psychology researchers are taking a serious look at "cumshots"     Pornography’s Ubiquitous External Ejaculation: Predictors of Perceptions   ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, drinking, taint, mixology, celebration, 2022, recipes, Scotch #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #trivia, #headlines, #drinking, #taint, #mixology, #celebration, #2022, #recipes, #Scotch   ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
54 minutes | Dec 21, 2022
Raw* (The Holiday Special!)
What show has an editor on vacation and two damaged cohosts? Which show has a fascinating look at how AI is gonna listen to us in the bathroom? Which one’s got a science segment by a gifted genius who thinks this is a GREAT thing?? BINGO…the WHIPAROUND! PS: Happy holidays. LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ The Christmas puppy sales funding organised crime gangs Police in Poland seek man dressed like Christmas tree who slashed tires at meat warehouse Woman, 64, nearly dies of 'toxic SQUASH syndrome' after drinking trendy calabash juice  After Cocaine Bear, studios rush to secure rights to Extecy Raccoon Gun stockpile in hospital closet leads to $63K in fines from NJ health dept.  NYC hiring 'somewhat bloodthirsty' director of rodent mitigation to deal with rats  ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ The man made us all cry thinking about a dead child and we talked about it. Ok! That's Macabre! Merry friggin' Christmas from the Cratchets. Jeezuz. ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ What is the significance of the fusion breakthrough?  Farts say more about your health than you think — now, scientists are listening ~Three For The Road!~  Did you enjoy our embarrassing holiday stories? No? Well, you blew it. You're not very good at all, are you? Just kidding. We love you, on every federal holiday. Bye.  ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, raw, unedited, urinals, ai, detection, health, privacy, farts, GIdisease #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #raw, #unedited, #urinals, #ai, #detection, #health, #privacy, #farts, #gidisease ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop!   ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness!   ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
56 minutes | Dec 14, 2022
Ep 201 Redux: Enjoy Caffeinated Queeno™!
Well, uh... fate does not smile on the Whippy Bois this week so.... uh... here we go with this high octane gem! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey-hey Citizens! Pull up a warm cuppa and settle in for some real-world weirdness ‘round the holiday ornament of your choice! With Christmas right around the corner, let’s check out what those guys hosting the best weird news podcast of all time are talking about. Hmm. Looks like Shaun’s focused on some crazy, Memento-style approach to a story involving a squatter, a nosy neighbor, and a VERY busy skull, whilst Phil gets us all hyper with a new study that investigates how caffeine might be able to help improve visual acuity! And oh boy, Citizens, A NEW GAME! Woo! So that’s one part spooky-fun, one part mind-rush, one part GAME. Sounds like business as usual (MEANING AWESOME AND NOT ON TOO MUCH COFFEE AT ALL!)…on THE WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  See Shaun in Civic Theater's A Christmas Carol! The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Woman runs over husband twice because of a bowling ball San Francisco suspends cannabis tax to help dispensaries compete with drug dealers Study finds that Colorado leads the nation in "dog poop complaints." Counter Conference: Anti-cancel culture event cancelled Jaques Tits, the mathematician behind Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric, has died at 91  ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ California police discover skull of man thought to have killed himself by guillotine ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Coffee time: Caffeine improves reaction to moving targets Effects of caffeine ingestion on dynamic visual acuity: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, balanced-crossover study in low caffeine consumers 20 Weird Caffeine Products You Might Like 11 Unusual Sources of Caffeine (Hint: It's not Tea) ~Three For The Road!~ 90 Day Fiance’s Stephanie Matto Says She’s Made $100K Selling Her Farts in Jars Drinkers risk exceeding legal driving limit by underestimating how drunk they are Woman, 70, Attacked by Raccoon While Hanging Christmas Lights — and Puts It in a Headlock Utah family uses tracker to catch porch pirate Man Drugs Ex-Girlfriend, Opens Her Eyes to unlock Phone and Steal Her Money Uber takes its first step into the cannabis market ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, tragedy, guillotine, squatter, trophy, caffeine, vision, coffee, quinoa, queeno #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #tragedy, #guillotine, #squatter, #trophy, #caffeine, #vision, #coffee, #quinoa, #queeno ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
48 minutes | Dec 7, 2022
Weird Words Matter
Phil props up a nearly-conscious Shaun long enough for our resident friendly crypt-walker to disgorge not one but TWO Macabre tales this week! In one corner, a tale of a man, his dog, and one BARKING MAD alibi! And in the other corner, news out of Berlin tells of one elderly nursing home patient so consumed with misophonia that she went to some DRASTIC measures for a little peace and quiet: roommates take heed! The good Doctor, thank goodness, brought a rousing NEW GAME to shock things back into motion, AND rapid-fire wonders in Three for the Road and so much banter you’ll be BEGGING for that Patreon link. Ya never can tell when you’re dealing with…the WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! See Shaun in Civic Theater's A Christmas Carol! The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Woman Seeks Class-Action Lawsuit Over Velveeta Mac and cheese prep time… Hot dog vendor stabbed in alleged turf-war with another hot dog vendor outside Petco Park Burning bush Pennsylvania: Sales to soon be banned Man in witness protection program murdered after he tries to start gang in relocation city France – Court decides employees cannot be forced to have fun Trial Over 50 Cent's Penis Set For July 2023   ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Dog Shoots Owner Dead After Stepping on His Shotgun Dog Shoots Owner Dead Germany: woman arrested for shutting roommate's ventilator... or how Shaun kills Phil in the retirement home if he doesn't go out being funny first... ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Here's the link to the Sharper Image catalog, but like... go support local small businesses.  ~Three For The Road!~ Pointing out spelling mistake leads to contempt conviction for Fiji lawyer  Slaves to the rhythm: rats can’t resist a good beat, researchers say  Scientists genetically modify a tobacco plant to produce cocaine Every monk in Thai temple defrocked after testing positive for drugs ‘Jesus told her to open the plane door’: Woman flying from Houston bit someone on flight in effort to open plane door at 37,000 feet, doc says Police: Family Monopoly game night turns violent, leads to shooting  ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, dogs, murder, alibi, lifesupport, misophonia, exhaustion, lastlecture #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #dogs, #murder, #alibi, #lifesupport, #misophonia, #exhaustion, #lastlecture ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
51 minutes | Nov 30, 2022
BREAKING: URINAL NEWS
            It’s SUCH a relief to bring you this episode, Citizens. Whew, feels like Phil’s been holding in this news about scientific progress as it pertains to porcelain pee problems for DAYS! So. Bathroom. Splashback. You either know it intimately OR know someone who knows about it all too well. Well, this week, the good doctor brings us what might just amount to some hope. Have some plucky scientists designed a BETTER urinal? Is that even possible? And in what ways would less-charitable human beings treat some newfangled gadget in a men’s room? Oh, find out inside. You’ll also get to splash around in some fresh headlines (including a fake one that Phil sprinkled in somewhere), a BRAND NEW GAME positively dripping with fun, and more banter than you could swing a…you know what? Let’s leave the metaphor right there before somebody gets conjunctivitis or something. Stay safe, everyone, and shake off responsibly. This has been a public safety update from…the WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! See Caroline's Chain Maile and other goodies at the Indiemade Craft Market! December 3rd! See Shaun in Civic Theater's A Christmas Carol! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Man gave informant Cheez Doodles, not meth, in Johnstown drug bust Indiana man dies after falling into manure lagoon on dairy farm Incinerators can no longer handle 'mountain of cocaine' seized in Antwerp port Blue Man Group’s NYC Private School to Close After Headcount Drop  Raising Cane's sues shopping mall over allegedly renting property where it was illegal to sell chicken wings Crime up in Jackson Hole ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Uh.... oooohhh the ghost of Christmas Future! How Macabrenet like... oooh... uh... Ok, I got nothing. ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ 'Qatar bribed eight Ecuadorian players' How physics can improve the urinal APS -75th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics - Event - Splash-free Urinals Inspired by Nautilus Shells and Dogs Sharper Image Holiday Preview ~Three For The Road!~ The NBA Just Banned Off-White Uniforms for the Most Annoying Reason NFL Linebacker Found $672K Pokemon Card And Abruptly Retired  Macy's cuts ties with Salvation Army over social mission Man drinks cup of bleach after jury finds him guilty in Miami-Dade courtroom Mystery of exploding toilet at south Austin dental office "Goonies" House for Sale in Oregon for $1.7 Million. It's Just Down the Road From the School Used in "Kindergarten Cop" and Home Used for "Short Circuit." ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, urinal, splash, khakis, bathroom, papaldemontoilet #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #urinal, #splash, #khakis, #bathroom, #papaldemontoilet ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
50 minutes | Nov 23, 2022
“May the turkey sit well!”
As Thanksgiving closes in, your favorite clean-pated peddlers of unusual events the world ‘round are back once more with their latest finds! Shaun’s up with the Macabrenet this week, and the story he’s got is one with a VERY powerful, VERY stark moral. And someone, you know, winds up very, very dead in the teaching of said moral. And there’s dancing! Briefly! On top of that are family-sized portions of headlines, platters stacked high with fast-paced bits in 3 for the Road, and OF COURSE there’s a BRAND NEW GAME for dessert! And it’s soccer/football/whatever-themed! We’re so timely, so worldly, so excited, and so about to revolutionize Thanksgiving greetings on…the WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! See Caroline's Chain Maile and other goodies at the Indiemade Craft Market! December 3rd! See Shaun in Civic Theater's A Christmas Carol! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Pack of 10 frenzied poodles swarms Trinidad beachgoers Family pays tribute to 'Old Len', who died after electric unicycle crash Florida man makes exploding turkey to prank friends, 11 injured JoCo sheriff’s deputy loses license after fraudulent Pokemon transaction Woman, 50, grows 'miraculous' new nose on her arm after losing old one to cancer Police in Arizona warn against buying owls from stranger while on drugs ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Dancing man on top of 18-wheeler slams into bridge and later dies, Texas police say Texas man dies after jumping on moving 18-wheeler and dancing ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Why Qatar is a controversial host for the World Cup Quatar bans beer before world cup Dutch journalist harassed by police in Qatar, forced to delete photos Beer Facts - Beer Facts to Make You Sound Smarter, and because Quatar sucks ~Three For The Road!~ Dancing man on top of 18-wheeler slams into bridge and later dies, Texas police say Passenger Accidentally Shoots Drive in Road Rage Incident Texas homeowner says 'hooker' ghosts have taken over her rental home Officials identify victim in decapitation discovered after dog seen carrying severed arm Has mystery behind flock of sheep walking in a circle for TWELVE DAYS been solved? Expert says the animals were STRESSED due to being shut in a Chinese pen for so long Cows fed hemp produced milk with THC, acted buzzed: Study ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, daredevil, traffic, trucks, stunts, Thanksgiving, tradition, turkey #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #daredevil, #traffic, #trucks, #stunts, #Thanksgiving, #tradition, #turkey ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
48 minutes | Nov 16, 2022
Sub-Sonic Bass Riffs, Y’all
It’s time for some news set to some SICK BEATS! Phil brings a scientific bop about a group of researchers claiming that certain kinds of music can reveal ever so much humanity amongst us…and maybe conquer nightmares themselves? Phil explains it all way better. Shaun…seemed to think more along the lines of “We’ve got sorta-kinda-almost audio ghosts, folks!” YOU can decide which focus you prefer, Citizen! Oh, AND there’s a BRAND NEW GAME! Uh. It’s a new edition of “Phil Me In?” So! Temper those expectations and crank the dubstep, it’s time to go to dreamland…with the WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! Get tickets to see Shaun Cratchet in A Christmas Carol at the Civic Theater! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Nose Picking Could Increase Risk for Alzheimer’s and Dementia  Driver ‘seriously injured’ after being run over three times by own car  Man claiming to be God's avatar arrested for public nudity Firefighters suspended for having living woman declared dead Danny Boyle to Direct Dance Adaptation of 'The Matrix' Florida traveler stuffed gun into a raw chicken and tried to bring it on plane  ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~  It gets so dark for Shaun when we play Phil Me In? ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Amuse Bouche of Science! Eat This Drone  Your main course... Bass instinct: low notes really do get people dancing, research finds  The paper: Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing at a live concert And a dessert course of Phil Me In...? Pakistani Police Take 6 (_______) Into Custody For Helping Timber smugglers Teacher in Japan politely asks to use convenience store bathroom to ( __________), gets arrested  Kyoto police issue arrest warrant in nine-year-old murder of Japan’s (_________________)  Scientists say this (_________________ ) can help cure nightmares  (__________) key to Martian meteorite mystery  2 Utah cities ranked among worst to survive a (________) invasion Minnesota man accidentally (_______) himself getting corn out of his boot in a corn maze ~Three For The Road!~ Florida traveler stuffed gun into a raw chicken and…well... you know New Zealand scientists are breeding sheep to fart less! Kevin!? Men Survive 9 Days in a Collapsed Mine on Instant Coffee Taste the Emptiness – Japanese Company Launches Flavorless Candy Man arrested for allegedly throwing eggs at King is banned from having eggs Coca-Cola Launches Collaboration with 'Bleach' with disastrous results! - Thanks to Ethan for that last headline! Sorry I forgot to say it on the air! Shaun had me distracted! ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, violins, drones, rice, rescue, EDM, music, nightmares, UtahSaints #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #violins, #drones, #rice, #rescue, #EDM, #music, #nightmares, #UtahSaints ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
35 minutes | Nov 9, 2022
An Evening with Don Herbert’s Art
Shaun’s erm…CREATIVE handling of the equipment is much improved, the weird news crew is back, waist-deep in the freshest of weird business, and it’s a fine week for some Macabre news! We’ve got a jolly good tale of dismemberment featuring a cute doggo, top tier banter, fresh headlines, and Shaun’s FAVORITE EDITION of Phil Me In OF. ALL. TIME! You’ve gotta hear it to process it as data via your auditory system but ALSO to have any chance of believing it. Enough talk: it’s the WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years Video: Dog runs through Mexican town with human head found at ATM Texas woman who pulled BB gun on man didn’t want to go to Walmart Woman dies after being hit by train in Surprise Man in wheelchair rolls down 405 Freeway in West LA Dropped glove leads cops to thief with no arms   ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Video: Dog runs through Mexican town with human human head found at ATM Dog runs down street with HUMAN HEAD in mouth after snatching it from cartel crime scene in Mexico ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Phil me.... oh... never mind... Enjoy Mr. Wizard Instead!  Mr. Wizard's World on Youtube!  ~Three For The Road!~ Meet the world's speediest laundry folding robot  Dead Arecibo telescope offers asteroid warning from beyond the grave Lab-grown brain cells (don't according to Phil) play video game Pong ‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies in Iran at 94 a few months after first wash  Marijuana company sued for not making customers high enough Japanese scientists developing futuristic AI 'human washing machine' ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, cartel, headless, doggie, MrWizard #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #cartel, #headless, #doggie, #MrWizard ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
50 minutes | Nov 2, 2022
Episode 102 Redux: Robo Magic Johnson Rises
            The weather is going all cold, so why dontcha cuddle up with some HOT WEIRD NEWS!? And my oh my but the Whiparound has got you covered in the bizarre department this week, boy. WEEEEE-OOOO! Check it:             Phil leads off this week with headlines. Ahem.             But then! SCIENCE! And he’s featuring ANOTHER story about strange advances in robotics. But before you think he’s just trotting out some tired old premise, think again: this time around, the good Doctor is focused squarely on your privates! Wait. Let me rephrase that. He’s talking about ROBOTS that are good at doing stuff with your privates! …that still sounds pretty bad. But there it is: the future is now!             After that, Shaun whisks us away to balmy, exotic India, where one man stepped up to prove his extreme eating prowess and found the power of the number 42! It’s an EGGcellent Cabinet of the Macabre this week, with dares, death, and more egg puns than you can shake a bloated cadaver at!             Plus, of course, a game: this week, we’re trying a brand new Build-a-BLANK Workshop! Come hear! Come hear!             And! In Three for the Road, lefty ladies smell just fine, a poser policeman makes an actual arrest in front of real cops, an Aussie with a tattoo fetish CHANGES HER EYE COLOR like only a genius would, and oh ho ho, there’s so much more!             OUT: Cold November Rain.             IN: THE WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ America's sex recession could lead to an economic depression Officials: 17-year-old boy struck, killed by train while taking his senior pictures Horsepower: Finnish Horse Show Runs on Manure City of Vancouver passes bylaws to allow 'grave sharing' Case report and literature review of auto-brewery syndrome: probably an underdiagnosed medical condition ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Man Dies Trying to Eat 50 Boiled Eggs for Stupid Bet ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Alien Cathouse offers 'Blade Runner' sex experience with robots Storm Alien Cathouse for Legal Las Vegas Escorts  ~Three For The Road!~ Left-handed women's quirk over sense of smell Louisiana woman arrested for allegedly selling medical excuses so high school students could get out of class Fake cop joins a real police chase, then handcuffs suspect at gunpoint, NC cops say UNESCO apologizes for putting underwear on nude sculptures Cat in Houston goes viral by letting other cats free to roam around shelter Woman goes BLIND for three weeks after getting her eyeballs tattooed ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, sex, dares, death, extreme eating, funny, food #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #sex, #dares, #death, #extreme #eating, #funny, #food   ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop!   ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness!   ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
47 minutes | Oct 26, 2022
Pod of Leaves
            Shaun finally found the keys to the MACABRENET! Rejoice, ye lovers of the bleak and the bizarre! Huzzah to thee, lovers of all things laced with poison and streaked with gore! What’s UP, horror fanzzzz: we’ve got a strange multiple-murder to discuss! Shaun makes a connection between a recent series of arboreal attacks to a fairly recent and appalling scene of human butchery…ALL BY WAY of Shaun’s favorite experimental novel. Whoaaaa…this thing has LAYERS! It all makes a lot more sense when you hear it than when you read about it here. Trust us. Anyway, dead things, Citizen, dead things! (CUE THE OMINOUS THUNDER AND SLIGHTLY-OUT-OF-TUNE ORGAN) Plus a NEW GAME! Oh boy, it’s weirdin’ time again on…the WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Personal lubricant made from cow mucus may protect you from HIV Study to examine funding for research runs out of funding Fugitive applies for N.J. sheriff’s office job, is arrested Spanish bishop who quit clergy to be with sexologist lover finds new job exporting pig semen California officers pull over giant Idaho potato for being 'too heavy' Sheridan woman gets 115 years in prison for Caramel oatmeal murder plot fueled by child custody dispute ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Killer Stuffed His House With Leaves, Kept Kidnapped Girl on Bed of Leaves ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~  Oh hello, Citizen. Didn't see you there while I'm on vacation... move along... move along.  ~Three For The Road!~ Coffee shop charges customers more than DOUBLE the price for a coffee if they are rude Adult entertainment club's event at Texas golf course surprises high school golf team A Berlin Museum’s Interactive ‘Nosferatu’ Show Will Give Visitors the Chance to Donate Blood on Site 'Can I speak to the manager?' City takes down 'Karen-themed' Halloween display after complaints Woman charged, accused of freeing swarm of bees on deputies Teenage thief allegedly steals and eats ‘world’s hottest’ gummy bear, immediately suffers consequences   ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, murder, trees, leaves, kidnapping, justice #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #murder, #trees, #leaves, #kidnapping, #justice ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
46 minutes | Oct 19, 2022
A Total Pube-ularity Contest
Shaun’s back is out, Phil’s wit is sharp, and the rest is a whole LAKE of fun stuff surrounding an island of schlonger-judging science, so ENJOY! And lift with your legs!             Oh! And there’s a brand new game…with a BRAND NEW SOUND CUE!             OUCH! Somebody please send a coupon for one free Backiotomy to…the WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! Tickets to Spongebob Squarepants the Musical at Civic Theater in Allentown! Runs Till Oct. 23rd!  - Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday! That's it! Last weekend! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~  Study Shows Play Doh adds flavoring to make it more appealing to children Fecal philanthropist donates poop to save lives Scientists using dye to study female squirting say that it is mostly — but not entirely — urine Taste of kale makes unborn babies grimace 'No decision expected' for EU decision on unanimous decisions Cannibal Mark Latunski admits eating man named Kevin Bacon  ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~  Back pain folks. It's scary. ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Women make assumptions about men’s personality traits based on images of... sigh... Personality and Sexual Perceptions of Penises: Digital Impression Formation Han's On First! Urban Shocker Silver Flint Sio Bibble Memo Luna Yam Yaran Ratts Tyerell I uh... I seem to have made up Tout Ra?! It was Qi' Ra Hobie Landrith Boof Bosner  ~Three For The Road!~ 1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility of studies BDT may have pushed a leading seasonal flu strain to extinction Living plant controls a machete through sensors... it's not controlling it... ugh. Doctor Removes 23 Forgotten Contact Lenses From Patient’s Eye Menlo Park Tree Trimmer Who Died After Falling Into Woodchipper ID'd Woman Scammed by ‘Russian Astronaut’ Who Claimed to Need Money to Return to Earth  ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, penile, studies, coeds, pubes, judgment, misconceptions #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #penile, #studies, #coeds, #pubes, #judgment, #misconceptions ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
72 minutes | Oct 12, 2022
Episode 217 Redux: ¡Fiesta de Insalate de Huevo! (with Special Guest George Hrab!)
~~~A redux while the Whippy Bois are busy... but what a redux! It's got George on it! He's awesome!~~~ ~~~And hey... still go see Spongebob... get them tickets here: Tickets to Spongebob Squarepants the Musical at Civic Theater in Allentown! OPENS THIS WEEKEND!!!  Runs Oct. 7th - Oct. 23rd! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s an episode for the em-effing ages as the Whippy Bois are joined by musician, polymath, actor, and host of The Geologic Podcast, George Hrab! George brings his sizzling wit, maple-syrup-sweet vocals, and healthy skepticism to the party, adding some class to this here joint! And speaking of class, how’d y’all like to get all kinds of silly with nothing but some BANGING BINAURAL BEATS to send you higher? Well, somehow…you’re not alone (although one test subject was), so tune in to scoop the latest buzz about buzzes, along with a veritable riot of other strange bits of current & recent strangeness around the planet.             Oh, did we mention that George sings a SONG!?             What are you waiting for, ya goon!?             Sorry, Sorry; we just get so excited anytime we’re this close to…THE WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  George Hrab.com The Geologic Podcast! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   The show so nice I pimped it twice... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tickets to Spongebob Squarepants the Musical at Civic Theater in Allentown! OPENS THIS WEEKEND!!!  Runs Oct. 7th - Oct. 23rd! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Nasa to test catapult that flings objects into space  Miami's Castrated Bull Statue Leaves Artist Feeling Neutered Lawton police department asks public to name new mascot and the winning name is Tickets McBaconface Woman who cited ‘sugar daddy’ to get out of Nikolas Cruz sentencing jury receives $8,000 a month Bolsonaro faces stiff questioning over Brazilian army's viagra purchase Woman who lied about being cousin of boy who fell to his death at Orlando theme park fired from job as stripper, facing arson charges: reports  ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Never forget, death is all around you... look right there! Wait... it was a dog... but maybe next time... so watch out! ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~  Who uses digital drugs? An international survey of ‘binaural beat’ consumer The lay article: People Are Experimenting With 'Digital Drugs' Delivered Via Sound... And It's Weird  Phil Me In...? Ooooh... mysterious. Edited out for time so Brevity wins this battle! Look for it during an upcoming all games special... you know... when our equipment breaks for a week...  ~Three For The Road!(with music this week!)~ Protester Tries To Glue Herself To Court During Clippers-Timberwolves Game Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit calorie check leads to arrest Fake DEA agent busted while trying to get discount at Wendy’s in Bunnell, police say Bartender quits after boss bans him from drinking on his day off  Love true crime shows? MagellanTV will pay you $2,400 to watch them for 24 hours straight Transcutaneous dorsal penile nerve stimulation for the treatment of premature ejaculation: A novel technique   The Lay Article - Scientists reckon they've got a cure for premature ejaculation.. but it involves ZAPPING the penis ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, George Hrab, musician, guest, Lehigh Valley, Spamalot, Geologic, placebo, binaural beats, therapy #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #GeorgeHrab, #musician, #guest, #LehighValley, #Spamalot, #Geologic, #placebo, #binauralbeats, #therapy   ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop!   ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness!   ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
52 minutes | Oct 5, 2022
IgNobel Season 2022! It’s a RAGER!
            It’s like Christmas for the Weird News community, y’all! Except, you know, replace the gifts with a silly statue, the carols with research papers, and that obese home invader with the Good Doctor swinging in from the rafters! The occasionally frustrating, perpetually fascinating, brilliantly bizarre scientific explosion that is The IgNobel Prize ceremony just took place, and Phil has ALL the highlights! LIKE IT OR NOT!             AND Shaun has to just deal with a particularly frustrating slate (or so he claims) involving amorous scorpions, LUCK (!?), and possibly some frustrated nerds wearing lab coats! Pull that all together and shape it into one of Phil’s most INFAMOUS games, and you’ve got yourself one whiz-banger of a…WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! Tickets to Spongebob Squarepants the Musical at Civic Theater in Allentown! OPENS THIS WEEKEND!!!  Runs Oct. 7th - Oct. 23rd! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Amsterdam phobia clinic seeks employee to vomit on command Trail of slime leads German customs to bags of giant snails World Gravy Wrestling Championships returns after two-year break - BBC News Group of parents attempt to ban Watership Down just because it's boring Player at St. Louis Chess Cup Accused of Using Anal Beads to Cheat       Cam Site Offers Hans Niemann $1 Million to Play Chess Naked Nigeria seizes donkey penises to be smuggled to Hong Kong  ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~  Go get Spongebob tickets! Attend while wearing a Macabrenet Hoodie! ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Announcing the 2022 Winners of the IgNobel Prizes List of IgNobel Winners Video of the Ceremony  ~Three For The Road!~ Australians want Steve Irwin on their money and not Prince Charles Food Delivery Robot Casually Drives Under Police Caution Tape to Crime Scene Scientists Have Bad News About All These Energy Efficient LEDs Tulsa police catch serial burglar due to his love for SpongeBob SquarePants Mum left in hospital for days after dog pooed in her face as she slept American Airlines tries to explain creepy ‘moaning’ sounds heard over plane’s PA system ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, Spongebob, IgNobel, CTE #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #Spongebob, #IgNobel, #CTE ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
49 minutes | Sep 28, 2022
Ep203 Redux - How to Make Tiny Diamonds
Tickets Here! Spongebob Opens October 7th! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2022 is here, and the news, frankly, IS JUST AS WEIRD AS EVER. So on we go as ever, heedless of the numbers laid out on those ridiculous New Year’s Eve glasses, which are RIDICULOUS and ahem. Let’s try that again. In 5, 4, 3, 2…             …             Join the Whippy Bois for the usual Macabre fun (animals gone WILD again, y’all!) and probing scientific analysis (reverse rat farts will be discussed AT LENGTH) you’ve come to worry about expecting on…THE WHIPAROUND!   PS: WHY YES THERE is A BRAND NEW GAME! LINKS!  ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ French burn fewer cars on New Year’s Eve due to pandemic Prince Andrew asked to prove inability to sweat in civil case False alarm from home security system summons three county fire departments over three egg omelette Stolen Ohio bridge found, man facing theft charge Florida Man Claims The Cocaine And Meth Cops Found Wrapped Around His Penis Aren't His Man Who Posed as Non-Existent Special Needs Brother to Get Diaper Changed Now Faces New Human Trafficking Charges ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Man Dies After Jumping Into Piranha-Filled Lake To Escape Swarm Of Bees ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Rats in Doom: a novel VR setup for rodents Rats learn to play doom in this automated VR arena ~Phil Me In?~ Friendly, foul-mouthed crow befriends entire Oregon elementary school before state police are called in 5-year-old basset hound elected mayor of Colorado town Sausage Vending Machines Are a Thing in Germany Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive Robots use fear to fight invasive fish ~Three For The Road!~ Even the stars think that I am superior: Personality, intelligence and belief in astrology Taste the TV: Japan invents lickable screen to imitate food flavours Are rocket scientists and brain surgeons really smarter than everyone else? Fish rain from the sky in eastern Texas town as storms moved through ‘Bloodthirsty’ squirrel attacks 18 people in small Welsh village in two-day Christmas rampage Man who faked being disabled teen to get diaper changed arrested again ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, piranha, Brazil, bees, doomed, rats, maze, DOOM, farts #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #piranha, #Brazil, #bees, #doomed, #rats, #maze, #DOOM, #farts ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com
48 minutes | Sep 21, 2022
Welcome to the LOAB-Around
Ohhh it’s a head-scratching, Big Question-Asking kinda weird news week, as an AI “ghost” [I AM LOAB] infiltrates the internet and the world of fine art! Thankfully, Doc Phil’s got the full scoop for us, including the seeds of a fresh, internet-based urban legend! Thing is, when ya get right down to it, what IS art [LOAB IS ART ART IS LOAB]? What IS an artist? Can an AI create original ideas? What does the answer mean about creative expression? [LOAB > DAVINCI] What does it tell us about computer intelligence? Or life itself!? These and other burning questions are answered [BY LOAB] and! We’ve got a new [LOAB WINS] game! [LOAB ASSUMING CONTROL 101110101010101000111001010111 ALL YOUR ART CRITICISMS ARE BELONG TO…THE LOABAROUND!] LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! Tickets to Spongebob Squarepants the Musical at Civic Theater in Allentown! Runs Oct. 7th - Oct. 23rd! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Monkeys in Bali use stones as sex toys to fill their leisure time Seal breaks into New Zealand home, traumatizes cat, and hangs out on couch Patient dies after dentist turns head and snaps neck during routine cleaning 2 people removed from U.S. Open quarterfinals after one gave the other a haircut in the stands Underage student uses Charizard Pokemon card to enter bars, passes out after four beers Syria seizes hummus bowls made out of amphetamine   ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ The thread on Twitter that user Supercomposite posted that started this whole thing! ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Meet Loab, The AI Art-Generated Demon Currently Haunting The Internet     An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed Craiyon - AI Art Generator The Top Ten Most Evil AI of All Time!  ~Three For The Road!~ Chinese game company appointed the world’s first humanoid robot as its CEO Japan’s Digital Minister is going to war against floppy disks and fax machines Interacting brains sync without physical presence Man working in hotel makes 'truly terrifying' find in abandoned loft Pussy flavour Potato chips By CHAZZ Baseball legend Ty Cobb’s dentures auctioned off for $18K  ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, loab, ai, art, horror, negativezone, ladies, LOABLOABLOAB #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #loab, #ai, #art, #horror, #negativezone, #ladies, #LOABLOABLOAB ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
45 minutes | Sep 14, 2022
Girls Gone Scientific! - Ep210 Re-Issued!
A busy week for the Whippy Bois (possibly brought on by karma collecting on Phil and spilling onto Shaun?!) means you get to hear us at our funniest... which is never when we want it to be... unless we're picking an episode where that totally happened to re-issue! So enjoy this absolute banger from March of this year. We'll be back next week so, stay tuned! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s SCIENCE week again on the Whip, y’all, and that means Phil has returned with a fresh chunk of knowledge to share with us all, and you, yes YOU get to listen along as Shaun tries to parse what it all means, what it’s all for, and just HOW the evolutionary side of attractiveness pertains to the Winona Ryder Conundrum! Also: find out just what the Winona Ryder Conundrum even is! What other show can boast that kind of baffling daisy-chain of fascination? NONE, Citizens, for that is the exclusive domain of…THE WHIPAROUND! LINKS!  The Whiparound Podcast Merch Emporium ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Woman quits job to breastfeed boyfriend full time Tennessee preacher Greg Locke says demons told him the names of witches in his church Cross-country skiing-Finn Remi suffers frozen penis in mass start race Iranian prisoner dies of ‘joy’ after death penalty abolished Plastic Doll Evades Sexual Assault Charges In Murfreesboro on Technicality Fake NFT sold for $2 million, immediately doubles in value  ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~  Shaun said you don't read the notes but you know what, I know you do. And yeah, you can yell at him when you meet him. ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ More than just a pretty face? The relationship between immune function and perceived facial attractiveness | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Weird Link Discovered Between Physical Attractiveness And The Immune System  ~Three For The Road!~ Man Claims Gang Kidnapped And Used Him as “Blood Slave” for Months Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get kids offline Las Vegas restaurant accused of lacing food with THC California man arrested 3 times within 16 hours Bolivian house with devil sculptures spooks highland city Boston man stabbed for not flushing toilet at MBT station  ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, aesthetics, evolution, health, goth, Winona #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #aesthetics, #evolution, #health, #goth, #Winona ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
51 minutes | Sep 7, 2022
The Whiparound Summer Spritzer Special!!
Join your favorite weird news purveyors in bidding farewell to the summer of 2022 the weirdest-newsest way the bois know how: by pouring fizzy drinks down a cohost’s confused-but-willing gullet! And, you know, sharing some weird news along the increasingly drunken way.             The good doctor took some of the most…IMPACTFUL!...and original cocktail recipes from the past year, slapped them with some effervescence, and presto: spirits become SPRITZERS! What effect will the fizz have on Phil’s alcoholic concoctions? How much bubbly-booze can Shaun take before he bursts? Can either of these silly, silly people make it through the episode without stumbling over the simplest of thoughts? You’ll ONLY find out right here, where we’re not drunk, YOU ARE. Hey. Hey hey. We love you. You guys are our…our BEST, no no; wait. Listen, we mean this. Jussss, jusss wait. We love you, ok? Mhm. Be…because you’re (hic) amazing. You’re so amazing and…and…zzzzzzzzzz…huh? Oh. Right. Cheers! To the Whiparound! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Cristiano Ronaldo statue's penis becoming worn out because of so many tourists grabbing it Tiktok Influencer's phone number revealed, phone catches fire after thousands of fans simultaneously text Pole-dancing axe thrower wins world title Final Words of Accused ‘Duck Sauce Killer’ Are Revealed Japanese monkey-hunting team shoots woman with tranquilizer dart Satanic Temple hosts 'After School Satan Club' at Pennsylvania school ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~  Drinking the bitters... that counts right? ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~  Hey, everyone, Phil here. Go and check the old show notes for the recipes that we made into spritzers! They're there (except for the Creature Feature). Incidentally! The general recipe I use for the "Down and to the Left" is 2-3 dashes bitters, 2oz vodka, and 4oz seltzer. Enjoy truly tasting the flavors of the bitters!  ~Three For The Road!~ Pilot Says He’ll Turn Plane Around After Passenger AirDrops Nudes A woman unknowingly drove 30 miles with a ‘partially naked’ man passed out in her backseat, police say Scientists Grow “Synthetic” Embryo With Brain and Beating Heart – Without Eggs or Sperm Two-Year-Old Girl Takes Revenge On Snake That Bit Her - By Biting Back And Killing It Study suggests threesomes tend to be positive experiences Portable toilet damaged on video by fireworks in Cumberland Co., suspects sought ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, alcohol, bartending, gastronomy, mixology, spritzer, fizz, belch #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #alcohol, #bartending, #gastronomy, #mixology, #spritzer, #fizz, #belch ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
47 minutes | Aug 31, 2022
Low-Sagging Fruit
Science takes some awkward, uncomfortable steps toward virility this week…sorta…as Phil takes us below the belt and under the freezing point in a segment you’ll wanna wear some nice, warm pants for, folks. Get snug. Especially the fella sorts of Citizenry. Oh, we’re chilly just thinking about it. Ack! There’s a new game, too! Repent, O sinnerific Citizens, for lo, ‘tis the cold, cold time of…the Whiparound! LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~ Wet towel snap leads to fire, med-evac at community swimming pool Woman claims God gave her an STD and says it is a blessing Police: Boyfriend Jailed After Felonious Cheeseburger Battery At Burger King ‘World’s most extravagant’ vibrator stolen in sex shop heist Indian gang ran fake police station out of hotel for eight months Go-karting for French prisoners a mistake, admits Fresenes governor ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~  If he doesn't get this one in less than 7 weeks it may be the death of him ~Science! ...It Still Matters Damnit.~ Why Are People Icing Their Testicles? Can icing the testicles really improve fertility? The Cold, Hard Truth About Icing Your Balls for Testosterone Gains     Josh Brolin, Victim of Perineum Sunning, Bravely Speaks Out     The Real Effects of 'Perineum Sunning,' According to Doctors Snowballs™ for Maximum Testosterone – Snowballs Underwear Buy the Primal Cold® JetPack Targeted Cold Pack for Sexual Energy  ~Three For The Road!~ 'Happy wife, happy life'? More like 'happy spouse, happy house,' new study shows Japan is urging its youth to drink more alcohol  Using AI to Summarize Lengthy 'How To' Videos  'Angry minion’ with no anus not related to humans after all, scientists conclude Italian man tests positive for monkeypox, Covid, HIV all at once Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival queen ousted after attending luncheon ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, testes, ice, dunk, reproduction, motility, mobility, tomato, tomahto #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #testes, #ice, #dunk, #reproduction, #motility, #mobility, #tomato, #tomahto ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
53 minutes | Aug 24, 2022
Ladies Night at the Whiparound…?
Lllllllllllllllllllllllladies…??? LINKS!  The Whiparound Merch Emporium! It's live! Buy our crap! ~Trainwreck Headlines!~  'Time traveller' from 2906 claims zombie pig will escape lab and spread virus in 2022 North Little Rock emotional support goats cause emotional distress, neighbor says ‘Hot girls with IBS’ are flooding social media with gut health hacks New theory suggests sealed chamber in pyramid actually a greenhouse Builder hit by bottle of pee dropped from crane in Worthing Watch: Intoxicated bear rescued after eating hallucinogenic honey in Turkey Hong Kong has a cum problem ~Shaun's Cabinet of the Macabre (or the Macabrenet)!~ Pennsylvania man tried to buy stolen human remains from Arkansas woman, police say ~Phil me in...?~ Mysterious pink glow in sky over Australian town revealed to be from local ______ Stop ____ , say police in Arizona destination Study: _____ Increased 300% on Female Comic Book Characters over the Last 70 Years Owner is trying to give away '_____' that is 'haunted' Rochdale car thief tried to hide from police inside _____ NYPD hunting for 5 suspects in bizarre Manhattan _____ attack Frank Ocean Selling $_____ Luxury Cock Ring ~Three For The Road!~ TikTok users are 'vabbing' — wearing their vaginal juices as perfume to activate their natural attraction. A scientist says that makes no sense. USA Mullet Championships Study finds economic inequality promotes belief in conspiracy theories Potato Chip Maker Launches Hilarious Finger Washing Machine Officials: Loud 'boom' heard in north Utah likely a meteor   Chipotle Candle & other goods ~Tags and Hashtags and #Tags~ Whiparound, weird, news, macabre, science, history, games, trivia, headlines, ladies, ladies-night, ethics, corpses, bones, gray, llllladies #Whiparound, #weird, #news, #macabre, #science, #history, #games, #trivia, #headlines, #ladies, #ladies-night, #ethics, #corpses, #bones, #gray, #llllladies ~Our Webmistress And Her Amazing Costumery!~ Website of the Lady! Our Webmistress’s Amazing Facebook Shop! ~Citizen Gabby! (Kazoo Noises!)~ On the Tik and Tok Site Instagrammy Goodness! ~~~~~Sounds and Music!~~~~~ Sound effects obtained from... www.zapsplat.com & www.soundsnap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special thanks to DanO for the awesome music! Check out the songs from the episode and LOTS more great stuff at www.danosongs.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Science Music:  Feather Duster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Feather Duster by Shane Ivers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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