Florida Person - Weird News Podcast

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a stupid internet challenge, an adorable gator with a missing jaw, a flamingo rescue, and more snake news! -Stupid Spicy Chip Challenge: https://apnews.com/article/paqui-spicy-chip-challenge-social-media-risks-369f295714ac7f856c815ffe5ad4e961 -Gator News: https://apnews.com/article/alligator-florida-reptile-park-orlando-0c54bd337b...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a White Claw loving bear, searching for the Loch Ness Monster with new tech, a hamster ball Florida Man, and some snake news! -White Claw Bandit Bear: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-3-legged-bear-invades-screened-in-patio-of-home-raids-refrigerator-drinks-white-claw-hard-seltzers/ar-AA1gig62 -- -Searching For Nessie: ht...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss the Barb-en-Heimer craze sweeping the nation, a body in a suitcase, some fake bears in China, and our hero: Hank the Tank. -Barb-en-Heimer: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/21/1189062921/barbie-oppenheimer-barbenheimer-movie-double-feature -Suitcase Murder: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/25/Florida-homicide-suitcases-human-rem...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss Mer-people and their hit docuseries on Netflix, a Mermaid lawsuit, A Florida Bro who can’t stop stealing, an Olympic diver posting on Only-Fans, and an NRA Karen who hates Florida’s rightful bird. -Mer-People: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/merpeople-release-date-trailer-news -Mermaid Crime: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/n...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss the origin of cat food, a really cheesy British tradition, and the rescue of some really adorable birdies! -CAT FOOD: https://www.thefarmersdog.com/digest/the-history-of-commercial-pet-food-a-great-american-marketing-story/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_food https://medium.com/illumination-curated/did-pope-gregory-ixs-hatred...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a famous saying you’ve probably been saying wrong, a really stupid Supreme Court case, the truth behind the Fountain of Youth, and a terrifying new mosquito. *Note: Yes, we know Meag is wrong about parakeets discussed in the beginning of this episode. -The Jig/Gig is up: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2021/04/jig.html -Its GIF...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss Morris the cat of 9 Lives fame, how French Bulldogs have risen in popularity, Lassie’s legacy, and a Key West conch blowing contest. *Note: Jacki goes on a long-winded rant about tasty conch. She mistakes Manhattan Clam chowder for New England clam chowder. She meant to say Manhattan clam chowder is like conch chowder. Okay? So ch...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss all those wonderful Oscar winning donkeys, Pablo Escobar’s hippo relocation, a famous Hollywood pup, and some wacky food you can eat at the Miami-Dade Youth Fair. -Oscar Winning Asses: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/11/awards-insider-eo-movie-donkeys -Hippo relocation: https://apnews.com/article/colombia-hippopotamus-re...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a the wonderful acts of one Elizabeth Taylor, a president with an eye for elves, and an update on our Brooklyn gator! -All Things Great And Elizabeth Taylor: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/elizabeth-taylor-25-things-you-170437/ https://www.10-facts-about.com/elizabeth-taylor/id/728 https://www.vulture.com/2016...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a Clinton kitty with a criminal inquiry, a poo poo perpetrator that should get life in prison, a very interesting presidential assignation we rarely hear about, and a natural Floridian who gets rescued from NYC. -Remember when house Republicans went after socks the cat?: https://mashable.com/article/socks-the-cat-gop-investigation...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss Kevyn Aucoin’s impact of the world of makeup, the controversy over boneless chicken wings, and why you should not approach Florida’s river otters. -Kevyn Aucoin: https://29secrets.com/beauty/the-story-of-celebrity-makeup-artist-kevyn-aucoin/ https://www.advocate.com/television/2017/9/14/remembering-flawed-beauty-makeup-god-kevyn-a...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss Buster Keaton’s wild comedy career, all the different rodents living in Punxsutawney Phil’s shadow, and a dope nude beach in the Florida Keys. -Buster Keaton Facts: https://www.ranker.com/list/buster-keaton-facts/erin-mccann -The Buster Keaton Doc Meag Watched: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8758548/ -Buster Keaton House falling stu...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss Salvador Dali and his erotic Hitler Painting, a stolen Hot Dog work of art, and a classic Florida man strip club debacle. -Chupa Chups Logo By Dali: https://www.logodesignlove.com/chupa-chups-logo -Salvador Dali Museum: https://tampahistorical.org/items/show/75 https://thedali.org/ -Dali Dream Sequence from Spellbound: https://www...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss some unbelievable facts about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, a tiny leopard threat, and some real dumbass burglars. -Facts about MLK: https://www.insider.com/martin-luther-king-jr-facts-2019-1 -MLK’s questionable dessert choices: https://fox8.com/morning-show/recipe-box/mlk-jr-s-favorite-dessert-quilly/ -Happy Birthday (By Stevie Wond...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss some wild facts about the King of Rock and Roll, everything that’s headed to the public domain in 2023, and a satellite due to fall from the sky that we definitely shouldn’t be concerned about! -Wacky Facts about the King: https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/bizarre-elvis-facts/ -Public Domain coming at ya: https://www.cnn.com/styl...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss another criminal deer, a bunch of bros braiding beards, the difference between kids and kids, and an alligator that parkours right over a fence. -Deer Ransack Remix: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/11/17/nursing-home-deer-Johnstown-New-York/7931668700531/ -Big Old Beard Chain: https://apnews.com/article/oddities-wyoming-casper-0...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a deer that straight up makes a ruckus, a bro who lived in an airport, Spooky Roman Death Banquets, and a chicken with a gun up its butt. -Deer Ransack: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/11/14/deer-crashes-through-West-Allis-Wisconsin-home/6581668461938/ -Living in the airport: https://apnews.com/article/mehran-karimi-nasseri-the-...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a some pumpkin-gobbling gators, a big old snake on the loose, Palm Beach’s snowbird spirits, and Robert the haunted doll (who we love. Very very much). -Gourd Gobbling Gators: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/10/27/Gatorland-Orlando-Florida-alligators-chomp-pumpkins/4501666894407/ -Snake News! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a kitty on a crime spree, Massachusetts’s new dino star, Keanu Reeves being to pure for this world, and a Florida woman who gets her tootsie stuck in a massage chair. -Another adorable kitty crime: https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/guy-catches-random-cat-in-the-middle-of-a-hilarious-crime-spree -State Dino is a Masshole: https://...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a biting capybara, a dog who was bitten by man, a hippo pair on the run, and some weird old Florida stories. -Capybara terrorizes children: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221007/p2a/00m/0na/008000c -Man bites dog: https://apnews.com/article/oddities-arrests-germany-dogs-577bd284b619dee7d5614403c898c7cf -Hippo Bonnie and Cl...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a wild pig problem plaguing the country, a super-duper mega squash, a catholic saint who’s not so doggy no more, and a man with a real live snake in his pants! -It’s a Piggy Problem: https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2022/09/25/gov-newsom-signs-bill-addressing-states-wild-pig-problem -SUPER SQUASH! https://apnews.com/article/odditi...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a dog getting caught shoplifting, a meat-alternative CEO going full flesh-eater, Donald Trump’s Phantom obsession, hurricane fake news and we drop a few lizard facts on ya! -Puppy get caught red-pawed: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/09/29/brazil-dog-tries-to-shoplift-toy-store/7641664480242/ -Beyond Meat CEO goes for flesh: htt...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a ghost that leaves presents, a bunch of asshole kangaroos, how disgusting doctors were in the 1800s, and a mystery ooze! -Red Lady Ghostie: https://travelnevada.com/weird-nevada/meet-the-lady-in-red-nevadas-most-famous-ghost/ -Karen Kangaroos: https://www.newsweek.com/kangaroos-take-over-town-australia-attack-1735136 -Sticking Yo...

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a ANOTHER criminal bear with a taste for cake (cupcakes that is), Splooting Squirrels, a vicious goat attack, and the rise of the puss caterpillar. -Another Criminal Bear: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/09/12/bear-crashes-birthday-party-eats-cupcakes-Wes-Hartford-Connecticut/7291663013722/ -Squirrels’ Be Splooting: https://www....

This Week's Weirdest News Stories! This week Jacki and Meag discuss a criminal bear with a taste for cake, pumpkin spice finally being recognized, killer whales being dicks, and some weird ass Florida laws! -Criminal Bear Takes the Cake: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/09/07/bear-steals-cake-California-kitchen/2631662573992/ -Pumpkin Spice is in the Books: https://apnews.com/article/oddities-lan...