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"Fruity Pebbles, Pink Flamingos & A Coat Of Arms"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

Bizarre news stories keep on coming, so we keep on telling em. Ones this episode include a guy in Washington state who ran from cops but left a trail of clothes he was shedding that led right to him... also police in Las Vegas say two drunk guys from Canada stole a pink flamingo from the Flamingo Hotel/Casino's bird enclosure and took it to their room, of course all caught on surveillance inside a casino... and a politician failed in an attempt to change how a bear is shown in the coat of arms of Switzerland's capital city of Bern. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E120

13 mar 2026

17:10

"How To Lose Money While Robbing & A Burp Hating Cabbie"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

Wild, weird stories this episode include one on a guy who used the Google Translate app to announce he was robbing a restaurant in New Jersey, but left with nothing...also one on a man in Michigan busted for busting up several license plate reading cameras, and the camera footage of him breaking the cams helped cops catch him... also one on how badly a driver's test went for a man in northwest England, who got stopped by cops during the test...and it got worse lol. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E119

10 mar 2026

15:42

"An Alleged Crackhead Spider Hating Arsonist & A Snake"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

The weird stories continue here with probably the weirdest, randomest story ever that started in the Pennsylvania Poconos and ended in the New Jersey Meadowlands and across the Hudson River in Manhattan, and it all had to do with laughing gas, crack, spiders, fires and a UHaul truck...also the messed up way the top three runners in the women's national half marathon championships last Sunday ended up finishing 9th, 12th and 13th... and how some teens in Buenos Aires are meeting up in parks while wearing animal masks and physically behaving like the animal whose mask they wear. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E118

6 mar 2026

16:40

"Oh Deer He Did & A Canadian Strip Club's Bad Location"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

Weird stories in this episode include an update on the walrus penis bone stolen from a bar in Camden NJ... also on a woman in western Kentucky who's accused of committing a dumb crime while dealing with law enforcement...while a guy in western Kentucky is accused of committing a dumb crime while dealing with a dead deer...and a new strip club is opening on British Columbia's Vancouver island right next door to where future dancers are being taught... and a British police sergeant was fired for not being as slick as she thought she was. Plus... parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E117

3 mar 2026

14:04

Robot Vacuum Hacks & Underwear So Smart They Count Farts"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

Weird and funny stories in this episode 116 include a medic in Pittsburgh being investigated for allegedly trading boxes of gloves in their paramedic supplies for boxes of pizza from a local shop... and how a Pittsburgh area couple has been married so long they forgot how long it's been...also how an engineer managed to hack his way into thousands of robot vacuums in two dozen countries...and how somebody thought there should be a new study to count exactly how many times a day people pass gas. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E116

27 feb 2026

16:00

"A Lotta Drugs & Alcohol And A Lotta Cursing"-- Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

We all do dumb things sometimes, and ep115 gives a few great examples of the bizarre stories from dumb criminals...allegedly...like the naked man outside on a Wisconsin winter day, doing push ups until stealing an ambulance and taking it on an 18 mile police chase, until it ends in a field...then there's the guy in Montana who's accused of driving to the courthouse with an open container inside, to pay his fine for an open container, and allegedly told cops also smoked two bowls of weed before driving...and then there's the Australian sports reporter who apologized the next day for being drunk during a lit, live hit at the Winter Olympics. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E115

24 feb 2026

15:22

"Olympic Madness & Assaults With A Deadly Cupcake And Gator"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

Weird stories this episode do include alleged dumb criminals... like the Florida guy spotted on a home doorbell camera hopping out of his car and jumping into a landscaper's van to presumably steal stuff, but got locked in the van by landscapers who called police to come get him...also a man was arrested for throwing a cupcake at a city worker after a political argument...and a Slovakian guy got arrested and taken straight to prison while in Milan to cheer on his country's men's hockey team, because cops say he was wanted for a string of thefts over a decade ago...and there's also the Norwegian biathlete who confessed to the whole world that his girl left him for being a cheater. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E114

20 feb 2026

17:12

"A Love Stung Combat Vet & A Jackass Getaway Driver"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

Bizarre stories in this 15 minute news podcast includes one on the recall of a type of honey that contained the active ingredient of erectile dysfunction drug, Cialis... also one on a 62-year old retired combat vet who is headed to prison, because he fessed up to telling classified secrets to his girlfriend to impress her, only for her to report him to police after they broke up... and there's the story out of Turkey, where cops got a lot of surveillance video footage of a man breaking into a jewelry store using a forklift, and getting away on a donkey. Plus...parody ads/ songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E113

17 feb 2026

15:32

"A Friday The 13th Valentine's Kinda Weekend"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

A little weird for Valentine's Day to be preceded by Friday the 13th, but weird is where this show lives. As proof...this episode includes stories like the North Carolina guy who broke into the pizza shop where he used to work, and started making and selling pizzas, but got caught trying to do it again... there's also the story on a Canadian AirBnb nicknamed The Jailhouse because it used to be... and there is this story of a guy in Japan who birdnapped a young lady's four parakeets, and demanded she meet him in person if she wanted to see her birds again. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E112

13 feb 2026

17:00

"Preschool Juror #4, Sticky Bun Bros & A Drunk Russian"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

Wild and bizarre stories in this cast include a Connecticut preschooler who was sent an official jury summons... another on a Florida guy who's accused of not paying a bar tab one night, then going back to the bar the next night asking around for his phone charger, until cops came and arrested him for stiffing bar tab...also one on a couple German tourists who accidentally crashed a funeral dinner in Thailand...and another on who passengers say was a drunk Russian guy who took off his clothes on a flight, and forced his way out the front plane door after they landed and tumbled down the stairs to where he was arrested. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

T2 · E111

10 feb 2026

16:52

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