Bearer of weird News

By: Matt Harvey
  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • NDIS Funding For Sex Workers, Nintendo Wants Users To Be Less Horny, CloudStrike Most Effective Security Company In History.
    Aug 19 2024
    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://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/labours-rooftop-revolution-to-deliver-solar-power-to-millions-of-uk-homes
    https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/nx-s1-5027839/greece-six-day-workweek-law
    https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/08/travel/milan-malpensa-airport-berlusconi-intl-scli/index.html
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-18/australian-super-socially-aware-option-lent-to-coal-oil-and-gas/104108152
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-20/how-a-piece-of-software-caused-global-meltdown/104120864
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/07/20/blue-screen-of-death-microsoft-says-turn-it-off-and-on-again-and-again-and-again/
    https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/07/22/microsoft-says-eu-to-blame-for-the-worlds-worst-it-outage
    https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/southwest-cloudstrike-windows-3-1/
    https://au.news.yahoo.com/blue-screen-death-company-accepts-031325288.html
    https://www.gamesradar.com/games/nintendo-president-says-action-must-be-taken-against-the-inappropriate-use-of-its-characters-so-that-its-fans-are-not-made-to-feel-uncomfortable/
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-07/sex-worker-ndis-funding-ban/104068652
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw40ZdoxcCI
    https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/ndis-bill-delay-to-cost-1-billion-over-eight-weeks/video/2d16f33fa1d12f620e895c2a1a2751a6
    https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/when-the-ndis-works-it-changes-lives-bill-shorten/video/91fcccf6ac1802ec087e2e52c170649a

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    42 mins
  • 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
    Jul 30 2024
    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-israel-israeli-media-report-2024-06-10/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/16/chinas-panda-promise-to-adelaide-put-in-black-and-white-as-human-rights-protesters-bear-witness https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-11/castle-law-petition-home-intruders-tabled-in-qld-parliament/103958648 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/government-launches-national-vaping-campaign/103956650 https://fortune.com/2024/06/21/walmart-replacing-price-labels-with-digital-shelf-screens-no-surge-pricing/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/17/benjamin-netanyahu-dissolves-israel-war-cabinet https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/westjet-ultrabasic-fare-1.7227809 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/15/agenda-chinese-premier-li-qiang-visit-australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/05/labor-fights-for-the-right-to-shred-documents-if-it-loses-office https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/12/details-of-25m-in-australian-taxpayer-funded-vip-flights-to-stay-secret https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-drive/nacc-decides-not-to-investigate-robo-debt-referrals/103947700 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/first-to-go-key-robodebt-figure-quits-900-000-job-after-damning-findings/0lfymk953 https://theklaxon.com.au/breretons-nacc-cloaked-in-military-grade-secrecy/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-13/inquiry-into-nacc-decision-not-to-probe-robodebt/103974678 https://floridapolitics.com/archives/681835-gov-desantis-blames-fringe-festivals-for-prompting-him-to-veto-all-arts-funding-in-florida/ https://newrepublic.com/article/175810/ron-desantis-culture-war-laws-cost-taxpayers https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/nx-s1-5030161/joey-chestnut-hot-dog-contest-fort-bliss-coney-island
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    59 mins
  • Wikipedia Now The Most Reliable Information Online, The Cost Of A Speech, No More Coal, Gas, And Oil Needed
    Jul 1 2024
    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-weapon-gun-toting-dog
    https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/07/business/swiss-army-knife-blade-scli-intl/index.html
    https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/sydney-man-first-aussie-to-be-cryogenically-frozen-after-death/news-story/9a9e17ba71e3ae938cde97439044a15b
    https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/10m-prize-launched-for-team-that-deciphers-animal-conversation
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/video/2024/may/31/gina-rinehart-gave-portrait-of-herself-to-national-portrait-gallery-senate-estimates-hears-video
    https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/irate-male-assaulted-newfoundland-officers-with-block-of-cheese-police-say-1.6881630
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/04/labour-shortages-behind-300000-a-year-speechwriter-contract-but-mp-claims-shorten-writes-own-zingers
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gg32nn9p4o
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/03/china-and-hong-kong-reportedly-detain-dissidents-ahead-of-tiananmen-square-anniversary
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/30/no-need-for-countries-to-issue-new-oil-gas-or-coal-licences-study-finds
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/12/australias-power-and-gas-companies-want-coalition-to-retain-labors-2030-climate-target
    https://futurism.com/catholics-defrock-ai-priest-hallucinations
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/20/aec-australian-electoral-commission-ai-deepfakes-election
    https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizza
    https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-google-ai-hallucinations
    https://apnews.com/article/openai-news-corp-a49144d381796df5729c746f52fbef19


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    1 hr and 4 mins

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