Matt Harvey
Bearer of weird News
The bearer of weird news is an exploration of the news, both the weirdest news and the weirdest parts of the news you are familiar with. The world's a weird place, Matt wants to talk about it. Just for funny is a news quiz. Some of the best, newest, and most interesting comedians and performers are invited to play a quiz about the latest, weirdest news items.
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Matt Harvey
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Jun 21, 2026
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Episodes
Australia The Steven Bradbury of Eurovision, Teal Not So Independents, A Semantic Scam, The Cheating Olympics 21.06.2026 46:48
NEWS: https://esperanto.org.au/112th-uk-in-2027-in-melbourne/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-01/extended-powers-for-anti-corruption-ibac-victorian-government/106746190 https://tvtonight.com.au/2026/06/agros-new-home-at-national-film-and-sound-archive.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/28/trump-concert-series-musicians-drop-out https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/one-nation-...
Royal Commission A Catch 9-11 Situation, Trump Wants Australian Bio Data, Apocalypse Library In New Zealand 12.05.2026 49:44
NEWS: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/australia-japan-sign-agreements-energy-defence-critical-minerals/106638864 https://www.livescience.com/health/anatomy/scientists-mapped-all-the-nerves-of-the-clitoris-for-the-first-time https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/22/2apply-rental-platform-excessive-tenant-data https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/30/asx-fast-food-shares-dow...
ASIO Power Expansion, Coalition On ICE, Succulent Sound Archive 30.04.2026 1:01:45
NEWS: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/public-transport-free-for-another-month-and-half-price-until-2027-20260418-p5zp0e.html https://news.stv.tv/west-central/aulds-manager-stole-68000-from-bakery-to-pay-back-drug-debt https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87wn5e1q1vo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz78zj74548o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn08jy6w0l5o https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
Opps, Mostly Headlines, New Zelanders Moving To Australia, Liberal Party Defames Dutton. 03.04.2026 39:13
NEWS: https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2026/le-sang-des-centenaires-eclaire-les-mecanismes-de-la-longevite https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/free-public-transport-april-victoria-fuel-prices-cost-of-living/106506974 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2026/feb/23/meet-the-australian-farmer-planning-to-get-the-us-hooked-on-camel-milk-video https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/v...
The Death Of Art, Herzog Comes To Visit, Fantastic. Great Move. Well Done Angus. 04.03.2026 1:06:04
NEWS: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/revolver-bookkeeper-accused-of-fleecing-nightclub-out-of-almost-4-5m-20260218-p5o39t.html https://www.realcommercial.com.au/news/sizzler-is-back-australian-comeback-announced-for-icon https://futurism.com/health-medicine/scientists-gooning https://www.skynews.com.au/business/media/sky-news-australia-rebrand-details-released-on-upcoming-rebrand-as-n...
VIC Pol ends police state early, Hate speech And Guns Laws, Venezuela 26.01.2026 56:16
NEWS: https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-organisation-family-investment/5ec586fc-195a-4fa5-8520-790abd60806b https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-hackers-stole-millions-of-pornhub-users-data-for-extortion/ https://www.newsweek.com/hegseth-announces-grok-access-to-classified-pentagon-networks-11349020 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-09/airport-lost-luggage-auctions/10...
US wants your tweets, War In Venezuela, Social Media Ban Fails Immediately 03.01.2026 1:05:57
NEWS: https://declassifiedaus.org/2025/12/22/australia-trials-weapon-battle-tested-in-gaza/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/24/hamilton-island-great-barrier-reef-sold-blackstone https://www.wsj.com/business/media/netflix-lines-up-25-billion-in-bank-financing-for-warner-bros-deal-ad4f4590 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-23/anthony-albanese-recommends-changes-parliamentary-tr...
Police Pat-Downs For Everyone* (Conditions Apply), DataCentre Island, Aus Gov Builds AI 17.12.2025 47:01
NEWS: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-29/anthony-albanese-jodie-haydon-wedding-prime-minister-married/106080434 https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgkr13lnp1o.amp https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/25/pauline-hanson-suspended-from-senate-over-burqa-stunt-as-mehreen-faruqi-says-parliament-drips-in-racism https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/...
Peace Prizes For All!, The Undeserving Poor, Googly Eye Bandits 20.11.2025 57:52
NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/10/gough-whitlams-dismissal-a-calculated-plot-to-remove-elected-government-via-partisan-ambush-pm-says https://www.businessinsider.com/open-ai-chatgpt-microsoft-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-authors-rr-martin-2025-10 https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-votes-are-counted-and-the-quiet-shattered-as-treaty-arrives-in-victoria-2025...
Children: Victims Or Monsters?, The Blood Money Comedy Festival, Climate Trigger 07.11.2025 57:41
NEWS: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nhs-supports-first-cousin-marriages-143023199.html?guccounter=1 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-10/queensland-government-to-establish-400m-energy-fund/105874318 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/government-will-not-negotiate-with-hackers-after-qantas-breach/105882936 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-10-16/australian-rainforest-trees-carbon...
SPF - Sincerely, Probably, False, Deloitte Automates Report About How Automating Work Is Bad, Investing In Death a Boom Industry 21.10.2025 59:40
NEWS: https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/seven-west-media-announces-merger-deal-with-southern-cross-media/news-story/cf57bb479028afdad2be4a1558563aad https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/01/sussan-ley-sets-kpis-for-frontbenchers-and-calls-for-discipline-amid-outbreaks-of-internal-division https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz69238p5p8o https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-...
Dodo Back In Time For Climate Change, Koala = Anti-Panda, Discord Coup 06.10.2025 49:48
NEWS: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-05/victoria-machete-ban-definitition-of-knife-size/105736666 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25439596.edinburgh-trams-passengers-failed-tap-off-45-000-times/ https://www.theverge.com/policy/781158/benjamin-netanyahu-charlie-kirk-conspiracy https://www.wantedinmilan.com/news/venice-pickpockets-sue-citizen-watchdogs.html https://www.theguardian.com/busin...
Forcing Israelis to do an acknowledgement of country before they commit a genocide, Racist Rallies, Centrelink Settlement 21.09.2025 53:08
NEWS: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-2028-olympics-los-angeles-transgender-testing/85531661007/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/grand-jury-declines-indict-sandwich-guy-threw-sub-dc-federal-officer-rcna227464 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/nestle-dismisses-ceo-over-undisclosed-romantic-relationship/105725484 https://www.bbc.com/news/artic...
Australian Swearing Lower Than The UK & US, Trump Bombs Iran 13.07.2025 44:47
NEWS: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/elon-musks-starlink-put-on-notice-by-australian-communications-watchdog/3fhomr0gi https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-18/uk-parliament-votes-to-decriminalise-abortion/105434012 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/trump-has-unveiled-his-golden-dome-plans-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-work/5bl3441uw https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrn4x1xr2do https://www.abc...
Australian 2025 Election Round Up! 13.05.2025 39:52
NEWS: https://futurism.com/neoscope/musician-resurrected-brain-new-music https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-ftc-antitrust-case/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/conclave-begins-to-elect-new-pope/105240966 https://www.yahoo.com/news/katy-perry-reportedly-regretting-blue-233048147.html https://scitechdaily.com/century-old-problem-finally-solved-scientist...
War Memorial: Presented By Lockheed Martin, Trade War With Penguins 16.04.2025 34:09
NEWS: https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/17/supermarkets-start-selling-pop-up-armoured-panic-rooms-bullet-proof-vests-22741230/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/babysitter-man-under-child-bed-kansas https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ydkvxdvno https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australian-electoral-commission-to-probe-abbie-chatfield-posts-20250402-p5lojm.html https://www.theguardia...
Elephants Not People, Election Tasters, Trump first Woman President 24.02.2025 57:44
NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/14/donald-trump-2020-election-conviction-special-counsel-report-jack-smith https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-dances-ymca-village-people-pre-inaugural-victory/story?id=11787057 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/28/doomsday-clock-reset-nuclear-disaster/77972359007/ https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/01/20/lights-out-meta-rems...
72 - Cabana Drama, America Mourns Porn, Tech vs Facts and Wikipedia 26.01.2025 54:14
NEWS: https://www.404media.co/email/49070e27-ace8-4a7c-a1fe-40957e3115a4/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gxnv6ng7yo https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-court-today-contempt-hearing-b2673281.html https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/160010/airbnb-flamed-poor-response-to https://watchinamerica.com/news/madame-web-not-eligible-for-best-picture-at-oscar...
Law & Order: Vigilante Unit, No Puberty Blockers Until You Finish Your Puberty 31.12.2024 51:01
NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/29/nsw-farmer-fined-land-clearning-koala-habitat https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5222574/kids-character-ai-lawsuit https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-14/housing-minister-says-house-prices-shouldnt-fall/104724144 https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/peter-dutton-pledges-to-remove-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-flag-from-press-con...
Adult Time for Adult Crime, No Time For NACC Crime, Israel VS UNRWA, Art Thieves VS Explosives 11.12.2024 57:13
NEWS: https://futurism.com/the-byte/aliens-hiding-multiverse https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9xyqgrlz9o https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/outnumbered-puppets-depopulated-village-japan-crafts-dolls-sense-life-rcna177216 https://futurism.com/the-byte/farmers-deportation-cheap-labor-trump https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/social-media-users-probably-wont-read-beyond-headline-researchers-sa...
Illegal Abortions, Where else But Queensland?, AI Thief Upset People Stealing His Art, Cloning Sheep and Tasmanian Tigers 04.11.2024 1:04:08
NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/australian-government-backs-uk-decision-to-curb-arms-sales-to-israel https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyegl8q80do.amp https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/17/glasgow-to-host-2026-commonwealth-games-after-rescue-deal-agreed https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/17/green-day-presale-tickets-for-australia-tour-as-high-as-500-und...
NDIS Says Periods A "Lifestyle Choice", Cat Ladies Might Save Us From Dementia, The Right To Disconnect 22.09.2024 1:06:59
NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/25/brazilian-rancher-ordered-pay-50m-damage-amazon https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/12/saudi-arabia-olympics-esports https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/print-newspapers-have-15-years-left-at-best-says-rupert-murdoch-20240715-p5jtx1.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0XlMd...
NDIS Funding For Sex Workers, Nintendo Wants Users To Be Less Horny, CloudStrike Most Effective Security Company In History. 19.08.2024 42:25
NEWS: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-05/asio-lifts-terror-threat-level-to-probable/104141650 https://www.eurasiantimes.com/chinese-vessel-caught-stealing-british-shipwrec/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnl02jl5pzno https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g9vwvy430o https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2024/05/16/mcdonalds-uk-rebrands-happy-meal-the-meal-mental-health/73720327007/ https://ww...
Bearer of weird news,weird news,news,comedy,satire,humour,Weekly weird news,FriendlyJordies,Honest gevoernment ads,Thejuicemedia,The Bugle,The Chaser,The Gargle,Mad As Hell,Shaun Micallef,Andy Zaltzman,Alice Fraser,The Weekly,Charlie Pickering,A rational 30.07.2024 59:20
NEWS: https://apnews.com/article/joey-chestnut-nathans-hotdog-eating-contest-2024-c1d4ac988ca44ffc1bd5ea691dc161ac https://apnews.com/article/mcdonalds-big-mac-eu-trademark-ireland-14922a383563c60592bd3ee152a73d87 https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/scientists-have-made-cocaine-from-a-tobacco-plant https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/intel-halting-25-billion-factory-expansion-israe...
Wikipedia Now The Most Reliable Information Online, The Cost Of A Speech, No More Coal, Gas, And Oil Needed 01.07.2024 1:04:17
NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/02/minister-sorry-as-veterans-find-id-card-not-valid-for-english-elections https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/world/europe/carlo-acutis-saint-catholic.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/chinese-armys-latest...
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