Something Offbeat

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What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

Episodes

Breaking down the Empire State stunt, Rocket City, why AI is ruining video games and exploding fidget toys

OFFBITES: As American as Edgar Allan Poe, The Three Stooges, Ranch dressing and potato chips

OFFBITES: America 250 adventures, from Maine lobster to the overlooked history of Fort Wayne

Offbeat Americana for the 250th, featuring Ranch dressing, Maine lobster, potato chips and more

OFFBITES: A snake in the ceiling, the world's largest truck stop and more

OFFBITES: Fireman poops in a box and priceless US documents on display

Fireman poops in a box, secret US history on display, the nation’s biggest truck stop and tales from animal control

BONUS: Upside down pineapple...what does that mean??

OFFBITES: Termites take over Anne Rice's old estate and an all-women air race takes flight

OFFBITES: Texas full of Brits for the World Cup and how to save a baby eagle

Brits in cowboy hats, saving an eaglet, termites take over vampire estate and a cross-country air race

OFFBITES: NYC's mystery sewer people and the woman who posed as an orphan to get adopted

OFFBITES: Funeral director makes urns 'fun' and a team goes to the bottom of Lake Superior looking for zombie fish

Wacky urns, the bottom of the Great Lakes, NYC’s sewer people and a freaky adoption scam

BONUS: Gen Z don't wanna date no more?

OFFBITES: Exploring the backrooms and the psychology of fear

OFFBITES: Disc Golf World Championships and disappearing theaters

Exploring the backrooms, empty theaters, the psychology of fear and… professional disc golf

BONUS: One Florida cop refuses to give a female driver...a hand!

OFFBITES: Killer umbrellas and the dying Dead Sea