The Oddcast Podcast

Today's Oddcast - True Weird Stuff: Wax On, Head Off (Airdate 1/27/2023)   One of the world’s most famous tourist attractions has a very dark past. Every artist and entrepreneur has to start somewhere – why not with a basket of freshly guillotined heads?   The Bob & Sheri Oddcast: Everything We Don’t, Can’t, Won’t, and Definitely Shouldn’t Do on the Show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Today's Oddcast - Tony & Tootsie (Airdate 1/23/2023)   Mobsters are people. too. They have wives, families, obligations. They go out to dinner and to parties and if they have kids, they need babysitters. Just like the rest of us. Sheri's mom was one of those babysitters. And what happened to her, one very scary night while minding a mobster's kids, taught her a powerful lesson. It's always bet...

Today's Oddcast - True Weird Stuff: Not Easy Being Green (Airdate 1/20/2023)   Kids get lost, so when a couple of children turned up at the edge of an English village speaking a strange language, wearing odd clothes it was weird, but no big deal. Except – these kids were a very bright green…   The Bob & Sheri Oddcast: Everything We Don’t, Can’t, Won’t, and Definitely Shouldn’t Do on the Show!...

Today's Oddcast - Basement Spray Tan (Airdate 1/16/2023)   We never miss a chance to talk with comedian Leanne Morgan. Her Netfilx special drops this spring, and in this episode, we go behind the scenes with Leanne in Hollywood. Getting your big break is a whole lot harder and stranger than you'd guess - and if you're Leanne, it means getting a home spray tan with a grocery bag on your head.    Th...

Today's True Weird Stuff - A Killer Pool (Airdate 1/13/2023) Anyone can snap…even the nice man down the street. The one you babysit for, the one who has a smile for every kid in the neighborhood. Until that terrible bloody night that ended in murder and a manhunt. The Bob & Sheri Oddcast: Everything We Don’t, Can’t, Won’t, and Definitely Shouldn’t Do on the Show! See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Today's Oddcast - Calling All Weirdos (Airdate 1/9/2023)   Life is about change, and things are definitely changing here. We've got news about the show, about the Oddcast, and about a brand new project that Sheri and Max are kicking off in 2023. If you like life on the bizarre side, mysterious and strange, surprising and weird, then you're in the right place. This episode has all the details.   Th...

Today's Oddcast - Teasing True Weird - (Airdate 1/6/2023)   Something truly weird is coming. Sheri will have more details in the next Oddcast, but here's a little preview of what we've been working on in the shadows.   The Bob & Sheri Oddcast: Everything We Don’t, Can’t, Won’t, and Definitely Shouldn’t Do on the Show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Oddcast - Best of Oddcast: Yo Sexy Danger (Airdate 1/2/2023)   While Sheri shares a few thoughts from an aging clown from her childhood as well as her complications with adult male relationships, Bob must come to terms with the realization that he will never be a little sexy danger.   The Bob & Sheri Oddcast: Everything We Don’t, Can’t, Won’t, and Definitely Shouldn’t Do on the Show! S...

Today's Oddcast - One Last Chicken Plate (Airdate 12/30/2022) Did 2022 fly by for anyone else? It did for Doc...it flew by so fast that he's worried he won't have enough time to "Live, Laugh, Love" before he wakes up one day and sees he's suddenly 80 years old. The phrase "Stop and smell the roses" has a new meaning when you finally realize there'll come a day when you no longer get to enjoy the l...

Today's Oddcast - Best Of - That Feeling of Life Going On (Airdate 12/26/2022) Have you ever experienced that feeling of thinking about someone who's no longer in your life, and witnessing them live their life without you? You might be totally content with where your life is now, but it can also feel unsettling to know that regardless of how close you were to someone, life always goes on with or w...

Today's Oddcast - Our 2022 Christmas Tree Lighting (Airdate 12/23/2022)   We celebrate the holiday season with our annual Christmas tree lighting! Bob made it to Sheri's just in time to celebrate. In this special Happy Hour we also have appearances from Max, Jimmy Wayne, Doc, and Lamar!   The Bob & Sheri Oddcast: Everything We Don’t, Can’t, Won’t, and Definitely Shouldn’t Do on the Show! See o...

Today's Oddcast - The Dixie Mafia in the Bathroom with a Rope (Airdate 12/19/2022) IN THE RED CLAY creator Sean Kipe joins Sheri and Max to talk about the possible role the Dixie Mafia played in the horrific slaughter of a family 50 years ago in Boone, NC. This is a haunting cold case that appears to be solved thanks to a jailhouse confession. But is that a confession you can trust? After all, the...

Today's Oddcast - Company's Coming! (Airdate 12/16/2022) Bob's really focused on getting his house together for he and Mary's kids to visit at Christmas. Focused and stressed - because when he was a kid, his family NEVER had people over. Ever. Not once. Let's hope he doesn't have Sheri's experience...that one time she cleaned her house top to bottom. And missed, well, a little something. The Bob &...

Today's Oddcast - The Darkest House on the Block (Airdate 12/12/2022) People who decorate every inch of their house for the holidays? You are our heroes. We wish we could pull off that kind of festive fun. We're fascinated by you - but even more fascinated by your opposite. Maybe every neighborhood doesn't have that one house that's mostly dark, that one house that holds a mystery. Or seems myster...

Today's Oddcast - Let Sheri Put Your Baby to Sleep (Airdate 12/9/2022) After hearing from a whole bunch of our listeners that Sheri's voice makes their babies and toddlers fall asleep, we thought we'd offer up an episode designed to do just that. Dim the lights and grab your blankie - Sheri's about to read a bedtime story to your little ones. One of her all-time favorite stories: The Velveteen Rab...

Today's Oddcast - Is That Package Meowing? (Airdate 12/5/2022) Thinking of surprising the kids with a kitten or puppy this Christmas? Before you start wrapping Sir Mittens up in bows, listen to this episode with cat behavior specialist Molly DeVoss. She's got tips on how to gift a critter - and what not to do. Plus tips on keeping the cats out of the Christmas tree. She's the purrrrrfect resource...

Today's Oddcast - Blonde in a Red Saab (Airdate 12/2/2022) A long time ago Bob had a little, um, incident in traffic. Maybe you've heard the story? Bob driving a loaner that he wasn't familiar with, another car cutting him off, Bob frantically trying to get his car window down to signal his fury with the world's oldest gesture. Except, he kept hitting the wrong button. He finally got the rear driv...

Today's Oddcast - Not So Neighborly (Airdate 11/28/2022) There you are, minding your business, living your life, just bopping along and trying to get through the day, blissfully unaware that you've got a neighbor cheerfully trashing you to anyone who'll listen. It's shocking and kind of hilarious to discover that you've been dragged into a game of Hatfield vs McCoy. A game you didn't know was happ...

Today's Oddcast - The Best of the Oddcast - Jeff Dunham's Still Not Canceled (Airdate 11/25/2022) Jeff Dunham may be on tour, but he graciously took some time out to chat with us on the Oddcast! Check out his website for tour dates and info on his new Comedy Central stand-up special, Me The People:  https://www.jeffdunham.com/ The Bob & Sheri Oddcast: Everything We Don’t, Can’t, Won’t, and Def...

Today's Oddcast - It's the Holidays - Let's Eat! (Airdate 11/21/2022) The holidays are here, prices are insane, and you're tired. Maybe you don't like to cook, maybe you never learned. No worries. In this episode, chef and award-winning cookbook author Maria Liberati joins us to help make sure that your holiday table is filled with delicious, easy abundance. Because this is no time of the year to...

Today's Oddcast - The Legend of Fat Pete (Airdate 11/18/2022) Mobster Peter "Fat Pete" Chiodo survived a brutal mafia hit thanks to a few extra pounds. But why did The Family turn on him? It may sound like the plot of every other gangster movie - except this is all true. Fat Pete was the worst of the worst, but he outplayed the mafia AND the law to live out his days in the witness protection progr...

Today's Oddcast - Is It in the Stars? (Airdate 11/14/2022) Astrology is everywhere - but what is it, exactly? And is it real? Astrologer Charly King was skeptical. So she set out to debunk it all - and the opposite happened. She became a believer. Think about it this way: we are shaped by the environment, by the physical world we live in. The stars, the planets are all part of the natural world an...

Today's Oddcast - Best of Oddcast - What Does It Mean To Be An American? (Airdate 11/11/2022) A reporter traveled across America to find out from people from all walks of life what they believe it means to be an American. Everyone's answer is different, but we're all striving toward the same American dream. https://www.whatitmeanstobeamerican.org/ The Bob & Sheri Oddcast: Everything We Don’t,...

Today's Oddcast - Halloween in Black and White (Airdate 11/7/2022) Our producer Doc has never been trick or treating. Which really surprised us - and prompted a listener named Molly to ask, "but why not?" The answer had nothing to do with costumes or candy, and everything to do with race. Doc is Black. Raised in an all-white neighborhood, his parents and grandparents wanted only to protect the kid...

Today's Oddcast - Dying to Get In (Airdate 11/4/2022) You're gonna be shocked by America's first theme park - and more shocked by who and what it inspired. This is the story of one legendary visionary who changed the very landscape of death in this country. A dude determined to put the fun in funeral. And hey there hi there ho there he also left his mark on one of the greatest pop culture success...