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  • Something Offbeat’s Spooky Tales: Ghosts, vampires and zombies

    Something Offbeat’s Spooky Tales: Ghosts, vampires and zombies
    2024/11/01
    Here’s a collection of our spookiest tales for Halloween! Full episodes available here: Ghosted: Man says ancient corpse is his 'spiritual girlfriend' https://www.audacy.com/podcast/something-offbeat-456dc/episodes/ghosted-man-says-ancient-corpse-is-his-spiritual-girlfriend-1a28c A vampire unearthed: Our interview with an heir to 'Dracula' https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/national/something-offbeat-a-vampire-unearthed Could 'The Last of Us' really happen?: Beyond the zombie https://www.audacy.com/podcast/something-offbeat-456dc/episodes/could-the-last-of-us-really-happen-beyond-the-zombie-fungus-232bd Here are the best and worst US cities to be in when the https://www.audacy.com/podcast/something-offbeat-456dc/episodes/here-are-the-best-and-worst-us-cities-to-be-in-when-the-zombie-apocalypse-happens-9a0b6
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    16 分
  • Offbites: Baseball snakes and pyramid dogs

    Offbites: Baseball snakes and pyramid dogs
    2024/10/25
    Chris and Lauren discuss Spooky season, coffee, animals where they shouldn't be and more.
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    19 分
  • Pumpkin spice everything: Is it too much?

    Pumpkin spice everything: Is it too much?
    2024/10/16
    Starbucks started Pumpkin Spice season in August this year, and some people thought it was a little too early. The “Something Offbeat” team reached out to an expert who could tell us all about people’s reactions to pumpkin spice. Dr. Jin-A Choi is part of a team from Montclair State University that have been releasing the annual Pumpkin Spice Report. The latest just came out this month.
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    14 分
  • Vintage Offbeat: An expensive office party

    Vintage Offbeat: An expensive office party
    2024/10/11
    "Vintage Offbeat" continues with our very first episode, from June 13, 2022. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: We all know office parties can be a drag, but for some, they can be more than uncomfortable. Recently, a court awarded a man who suffers from an anxiety disorder $450,000 for being subjected to an unwanted office party. Why do some people dismiss mental health issues such as anxiety, and why are some boundaries not respected? To find out, host Mike Rogers spoke with Dr. Kevin Chapman, founder and director of the Kentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders.
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    14 分
  • Dangerous selfies: When the quest for social media clout goes too far

    Dangerous selfies: When the quest for social media clout goes too far
    2024/10/04
    The search for the perfect selfie consumes many social media users. But when does it go too far? Content creators have been seriously injured, or even killed, while trying to get that once-in-a-lifetime photo. Sam Cornell a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales and a co-author of the study titled: “Dangerous Selfies Aren't Just Foolish. We Need To Treat Them Like The Public Health Hazard They Really Are," joined Mike Rogers to explain the risks and why we do it.
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    13 分
  • Vintage Offbeat: A public autopsy

    Vintage Offbeat: A public autopsy
    2024/09/27
    For our second anniversary, we’re looking back at one of our first episodes! ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: It’s not hard to find gruesome, macabre images or videos – they’re on TV, in horror movies and online. But what if you wanted to see them in person? Through a series of donations and transactions, the body of a 98-year-old World War II veteran from Louisiana ended up on a table in an Oregon hotel ballroom where attendees paid as much as $500 to view a public dissection. Dr. Gail Saltz, associate professor of psychiatry at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of Medicine and host of the “How Can I Help?" podcast, explains what drives people to seek out such spectacles and what that fascination with death can tell us about ourselves and our society.
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    11 分
  • Offbites: When otters attack, too many people in space, and athletic pets

    Offbites: When otters attack, too many people in space, and athletic pets
    2024/09/19

    On this episode of Offbites, Lauren and Chris discuss the otters who attacked a woman out for a jog, ask how many people is too many people in space, and the dog capturing people's hearts on a beach in Brazil.
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    17 分
  • 'Vampire bacteria' with a thirst for human blood might be lurking in your body

    'Vampire bacteria' with a thirst for human blood might be lurking in your body
    2024/09/11

    Vampires are spooky, bacteria can be scary… and when you put them together? Things get a bit spooky-scary. New research published earlier this year reveal that some bacteria actually act like vampires. That is, they thirst for human blood and will feed on it when the chance arrives. Dr. Arden Baylink of Washington State University, the lead author of the study, joined Mike Rogers on the “Something Offbeat” podcast to explain.
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    17 分