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Morbid

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Itā€™s a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor.
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Pretty Sure I Can Fly is a humorous exploration of things that had never been done, until someone did them. Itā€™s a series of weekly conversations about what it takes to break through the barrier of ā€œimpossibleā€ and set new standards for human limitation. Pretty Sure I Can Fly is like going to history class, except your teachers are actor, stuntman, and outlaw radio DJ Johnny Knoxville and long-time This American Life contributor Elna Baker. And each week they bring a new guest to tell you al ...
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Is it just me or is time flying by? How do we make the most out of our short time here on Earth? Thatā€™s what weā€™re here to find out. Iā€™m Justin Long and Iā€™ve been an actor for most of my life, so Iā€™m used to getting inside the heads of the characters I play. But now that Iā€™m getting older (Iā€™m in my forties, yikes), I want to peek inside the heads of real people to learn how they find meaning in life. Iā€™m also very curious what their favorite snack food is, and what emoji they use most often ...
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This is a safe place for parents to get away from it all. Itā€™s a cliche that having kids is both the most rewarding and the hardest thing youā€™ll ever do. And it never ends: just when youā€™ve figured out how a newborn works, the kid becomes a toddler, then a tween, a teenager and beyond. And kids donā€™t come with an instruction manual or an off switch. Sure, you love your kids, best thing that ever happened to you blah blah blah, BUTā€¦ Welcome to I Love My Kid, Butā€¦ a weekly escape where comedia ...
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Justin and Christian ponder an ethical dilemma involving a fast food drive thru, Justin checks dog urine sample collection off his bucket list and they pay tribute to the late founder of Din Tai Fung. Then they answer a listener letter that used ChatGPT AI technology to craft the perfect Would You Rather question (and itā€™s so good it scares them a ā€¦
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Weirdos!! Itā€™s our second SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE brought to YOU by our friends at Audible! Today weā€™re joined by one of our besties, Sabrina from 2 Girls 1 Ghost to chat about Grady Hendrix's, ā€œMy Best Friends Exorcismā€! Join the ā€œWeirdosā€™ Audiobook Clubā€™ AND the conversation as we talk about our favorite characters, themes, and scenes! Havenā€™t listā€¦
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Weirdos! The Time has come for Listener Tales! We have a great batch of stories brought TO you, BY you, For you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you! On today's episode, we tell tales of babysitting for a murderer, a story from our best friend (we're so sorry we accidentally speak over you in the car!! a story about being a ghost writer for an abusive eā€¦
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Soccer Comic Rant #535 Why MUFC Fans Shouldnā€™t Panic! Chelsea Abuses Wolves, Arsenal Starts The Season On Full Points, And The rest of game week 2. Whose hatrick was better Madueke or Haaland? Cole Palmer gets the three easiest assists any premier league player will ever get. Was the ref pressured into giving a penalty in the City vs IPS game by VAā€¦
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Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) explains why she thinks having a baby means you canā€™t be a movie star anymore. Justin geeks out over Back to the Future, and gets to practice his Minnesota accent. Listen to Life is Short on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to all episodes ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ on the Wā€¦
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In the early morning hours of June 7, 1992, best friends and recent high school graduates Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall finished up their graduation festivities and headed back to Suzieā€™s house that she shared with her mother, Sherill Levitt. When the girls failed to meet their friends for a planned trip the following day, two of those friends weā€¦
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This week, we're joined by one of Knoxville's favorite boxers of all time, Irish Micky Ward, the pride of Lowell, Massachusetts. We chat about how Micky developed his iconic "pressure fighting" style, his legendary trilogy of fights with Arturo Gatti, and the merits of disinfecting your mouthpiece (and everyone else's) in a pickle jar. See Privacy ā€¦
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Justin and Christian debate whether they have bird, horse or muffin energy. Then, they answer a listener letter requesting they get Ryan Gosling and Elijah Wood on the show and they debate a Would You Rather about giving up air conditioning/heating or the Internet. Finally, a listener voicemail asks Justin about his strategies for dealing with a baā€¦
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In the winter of 1968, reporter Bill Gibbons got an anonymous call from a man who wanted to confess to three murders in the small town of Gaffney, South Carolina. Gibbons thought the call was a prank, but he took it to the sheriff and the two men travel out to the first of three locations where the caller claimed to have left the bodies. After searā€¦
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Oscar winning actor Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon on FX, Three Billboards) talks about what itā€™s like when your hotel room is next to Christopher Walken's. Listen to Life is Short on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to all episodes ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ on the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start ā€¦
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Soccer Comic Rant #534 Arsenal Will Win The League This Season Because You Canā€™t Hire Pickpockets And Lose. That Would Be too embarrassing. Arsenal look good beating Wolves in their first game. The definitely were alert. Ait Nouri is a baller but he and his team took an L. MUFC start the season off playing good and getting 3 points at home vs Fulhaā€¦
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This week, we're joined by legendary surfer, Kai Lenny. We talk about getting bonked in the head, what surfers can learn from snowboarding, and the many meanings behind the word "water sports"... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.ā€¦
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On the afternoon of March 25, 1934, Belle Bradley found one of her tenants, forty-five-year-old Eric Madison, dead on the floor of the apartment he rented with his wife, Nellie. Madison had been shot in the back four times with a .32 caliber revolver and there was no sign of Nellie Madison, nor was there any evidence of a break-in or a robbery. In ā€¦
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Justin and Christian discuss an embarrassing moment in which Christian was mesmerized by a beautiful man hogging the cheese section at Whole Foods. Then a listener asks for advice for an anxious new actor who closes her eyes while performing on stage. Then, we hear a voicemail from a rather jolly listener named Justin Lamb who wants to know whetherā€¦
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When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898, the chemical element was quickly adopted by manufacturers for its luminescent properties that would go on to be used in, among other things, the painting of clock faces, watches, and instrument panels, allowing them to be seen in the dark. At the time, the introduction of radioluminescent materā€¦
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Soccer Comic Rant #533 Chelsea Transfer Madness. How is their new manager going to do. Feel like he has to win right away. The Community Shield. Wan Bissaka Deserves Our Full respect. Oscar Bobbs time to shine now that Alvarez is gone? Who will get relegated. The State of MUFC. I think weā€™ll have a good season. No way will it be worse that last yeaā€¦
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Vince Vaughn (Freaky) and Justin talk about a crazy game they invented while in Vegas after wrapping Dodgeball, Vince tells a story about the time he gamed the system at Disneyland, and they pay homage to the great John Hughes. Listen to Life is Short on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to all episodes ad-free on Woā€¦
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On the morning of March 20, 1927, nine-year-old Lorraine Snyder was awakened by the sound of gentle knocking at her bedroom door and when she opened it, she found her mother bound and gagged on the floor. According to the girlā€™s mother, Ruth Snyder, someone had broken into the house in the middle of the night, knocked her unconscious and tied her uā€¦
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This week we're joined by the legendary funambulist Nik Wallenda of "The Flying Wallendas." He talks to us about walking a tightrope across the Niagara Falls, his family's generations-long history with the circus, and gives us some pointers on how to beat a sobriety test. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Noticeā€¦
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Weirdos! Spencer and Madison drop by to give us a SNEAK PEAK at their new show, Gossip's Bridle! Get ready to gossip about the gossips! So, pull up a chair, sit crooked, and talk straight with us! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.ā€¦
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Justin and Christian are blessed by a shirtless Jerry Oā€™Connell who joins the show while on a hike surrounded by his pack of dogs. Then, the guys answer a listener letter suggesting that Justin be cast in an Anthony Kiedis biopic. Finally, they listen to a voicemail from Kyle in Seattle asking for advice on how to raise his three kids to have a simā€¦
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On February 20, 1949, police in London arrested thirty-nine-year-old John George Haigh on suspicion of his connection to Olive Durand-Deacon, a wealthy widow whoā€™d gone missing a few days earlier. Haigh had a long criminal history of fraud and theft, so when police discovered that Haigh had recently pawned several items belonging to the missing womā€¦
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Dr. Jane Goodall (The Jane Goodall Hopecast podcast) talks to Justin about her first memories of gravitating towards animals, how her connection with chimps has changed the way she connects with humans, and she reflects on her life long work as an activist. Listen to Life is Short on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listenā€¦
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Soccer Comic Rant #532 Watching MUFC lose on Their preseason Tour then Watching them win! Chelseaā€™s preseason was worst than MUFCā€™s. Who will have the better season? Liverpool was terrible vs Arsenal and United but won both games. This is a good start for Arne Slot. Man City paste Chelsea, how do Chelsea fans feel about their new coach. We tell youā€¦
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On December 15, 1997, ten-day-old Delimar Vera died in a tragic housefire when the Philadelphia home of Luz Cuevas and Pedro Vera caught fire unexpectedly. After a brief investigation, the fire department identified a faulty heater as the cause of the fire and deemed the babyā€™s death an accident and claimed that the girlā€™s remains had been completeā€¦
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This week, Elna and Knoxville take a walk through history to share the story of Russia's Con Queen, a beautiful and charismatic criminal named Sonya Goldenhand. We also learn about Elna's patented "conference hall" scheme, and her experiences with pretty woman privilege. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice ā€¦
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Justin and Christian talk about eating strange vegetables in public, what feral and domestic animals would say to humans, and yet again they discuss just how out of touch they are with whatā€™s cool these days. Then they answer a letter about how to simplify your life as a young adult, and they tackle a Would You Rather. Finally, they offer advice toā€¦
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On July 6, 1944, an estimated 7,000 people, mostly women and children, gathered at the Barbour Street fairgrounds in Hartford, Connecticut to see the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Baily Circus. Inside the big top tent, the lion show had just ended, and the Flying Wallendas were getting ready to begin their performance when the tent caught fire, seā€¦
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Jake Johnson (New Girl, Stumptown) tells Justin about the wild experience he had filming an action movie with Tom Cruise and he reminisces about the hilarious performances that Justin delivered on New Girl. Listen to Life is Short on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to all episodes ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ā€¦
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Soccer Comic Rant #531 UTD vs Arsenal, Premier League Pre-season in American. Mr Stephon Howson. Going to see United at Sofi. How the game went down. Man City isnā€™t buying? Weā€™ll tell you why. Low Key Southampton has made tons of moves. United injuryā€™s? Guest Stephen Howson https://www.instagram.com/mrstephenhowson?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Ian Edwardsā€¦
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This week, we're joined by Mark Roberts, the most prolific streaker in history, with 577 public exposures to date. He's shown his stuff all over the world, at the Olympics, Running of the Bulls, Mr. Universe, the Crufts Dog Show, and so many more. We talk about how he planned the Great American Streak at the 2004 Super Bowl, the professionalism of ā€¦
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On the morning of October 31, 1933, a gunman burst through the door of Bessie Darlingā€™s home in Foxville, Maryland and shot the woman to death. Police quickly arrested George Schultz, Darlingā€™s boyfriend and business partner, whoā€™d unsuccessfully attempted suicide after shooting Bessie. George confessed to the murder, claiming his actions were motiā€¦
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The guys discuss the psychology behind why high-pitched buzzing noises are so excruciating, and Christian reveals that he watched Justinā€™s episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Then we read a letter from Alyssa who learned about the word queef from listening to the show, and she asks a Back To The Future-themed WYR. Finally, Chelsea from Minnā€¦
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Weirdos! It's Listener Tales, and you know what THAT means! it's brought to you BY you, For you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you! Today, it's Ash's pick and we've got a batch of tales about signs! We have deceased matchmakers, a traumatic birthday, a story about gut feelings, Ghosts that use MORBID to haunt their loved ones, and a grandmother who seā€¦
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Max Greenfield (New Girl, The Neighborhood) shares some hilarious parenting stories, and tells Justin all about his SNL themed Bar Mitzvah. Justin and Max talk about fun ā€œbehind the scenesā€ moments from their days on New Girl. Listen to Life is Short on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to all episodes ad-free on Wonā€¦
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