Weekly Weird News #251 (smuggler caught with 2000 live ants/ex-Fukusima worker saved 1000s of pets)

About this episode

The episode discusses bizarre news stories including a smuggler caught with live ants and a former Fukushima worker saving pets.

A group of friends attempt to navigate the irradiated wastelands and dung-hills of ignorance that is the Post-Truth Apocalypse. A smorgasbord of colourful language, drunken ramblings and the occasional "fact". Fact. Hosted by Ben, Gaz, Clair, Pete, and Mike. Warning #explicit content! www.facebook.com/cuttingthroughthebull cuttingthroughthebull@yahoo.com @cuttingthroughthebullpta Also on Spotify. Intro music: freemusicarchive.org/music/Michett/~/Lift-off Outro music: freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/…ime_Scene/T800

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben, Gaz, Clair, Pete, Mike

Topics covered

• weird news
• post-truth
• comedy
• pets
• smuggling
• Fukushima

Keywords

• weird news
• smuggler
• live ants
• Fukushima
• pets
• post-truth
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: freemusicarchive.org, Facebook

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