Show overview
Bananas - Funny news from around the world with Scotty Landes and Kurt Braunohler has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 408 episodes, alongside 74 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 340 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 48 min and 58 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 86 episodes published. Published by iHeartPodcasts.
From the publisher
Each week on Bananas, Kurt Braunohler and Scotty Landes discuss the strange, fascinating and just plain bananas news from around the world. The headlines and weird news are lighthearted, unexpected and always fun. Like the time the delivery robot ran through a crime scene or the lady who took in a stray cat only to find out it was a mountain lion. Or the time Kurt and Scotty drove a butt across the country. Check your local listings because this feel-good comedy podcast often goes on the road for live shows and may be in a city near you. Fun fact: We also hear the banana boys are a favorite amongst listeners while at the dentist, getting surgery and even giving birth! Bananas is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, I Said No Gifts! and more.
Latest Episodes
View all 408 episodesFanny Packin' Heart Balls
Benched in the Biz with Katie Rich and Holly Laurent
Fireman Willy and The Book Brigade
Underage Mustaches, Birds and High Speed Births
Milkin' Off with the Banana Boys
Pasta Imposter
A Bird Walks into A Submarine with a Butthole Fungus with Xyla Foxlin
Day of Good with Pooja Mehta
Detective Dog and the Two Planets
EKurt and Scotty talk about a dog that helped solve a murder, man wanted to eat his passport so plane had to make emergency landing and a student discovers second new planet in one year! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Give Me a Peak, Dyngus with Megan Gailey
EMegan Gailey joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about how an artist stole the top of a England’s highest peak, what is Dyngus Day and New York and the radium craze! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sleepy Morrisey Strikes Again
EKurt and Scotty talk about how Morrissey canceled a show because he was sleepy, a Texas cruise ship sets margarita world record, pioneering method uses plastic water bottles into a drug to treat Parkinson’s and runners discover they can churn butter while running! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sorry, I Been Drunk
EKurt and Scotty talk about a man who was rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in phone booth trying to order a kabob, mayor urges public not to eat toilet seats, travelers trapped on runway for hours, drunk mandolin thief has second thoughts and returns mandolin and the wildest collab of the year includes bear poop!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bob Dylan Pizza Vacuum
EKurt and Scotty talk about a man who accidentally gained control of 7,000 robot vacuums, Little Caesar's ex-employee arrested after breaking into restaurant and selling pizzas, the time Bob Dylan was accidentally arrested in New Jersey, a man sets his house on fire while trying to kill spider and a dog that refuses to go near a 100 year old painting! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lollipop Persons Unite
EKurt and Scotty talk about fully grown sea lions that won’t stop nursing, a Massachusetts man using blow torch on roof to melt ice burns house down, an LA man who gave alcohol to a hawk is charged and a lollipop man is told to stop giving kids high fives! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Live from Austin with Blair Socci
EIt’s Bananas live from Austin! Blair Socci joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a dating website just for people who work with dead bodies, woman sentenced for accusing her ex of illegally accessing her bank accounts from outer space, restaurant promises to rescue female diners on bad dates and a person who swallowed a six inch spoon! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Breaking & Lamentering with Debra DiGiovanni
EDebra DiGiovanni joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a woman who breaks into a house, cleans it and leaves an invoice, cannibalistic jellyfish with vanishing anuses are invading Venice and the museum of personal failure! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Explosive Dinsosaur Feelings with Kenice Mobley
EKenice Mobley joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about a man who went into a hospital with live a WWII bomb up his butt, an iconic Hells Kitchen watering hole re-opens, what did dinosaurs feel like and mormon women are going crazy over new sacred underwear! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cat Moms and Crotch Scandals
EKurt and Scotty talk about how cats think you’re a big baby and they’re your mom, crotch enlarging scandal already hit winter Olympics and Ohio true crime restaurant serves criminals’ last meals! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
¡La Cirugía con Albertina Rizzo!
Albertina Rizzo joins Kurt and Scotty to talk about an American dad who wakes up speaking Spanish after every surgery, a man swam around Manhattan wearing handcuffs and the first Costco apartment complex is coming to Los Angeles! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If at First You Don't Succeed, Try 949 More Times
EKurt and Scotty talk about a woman who passed her drivers test after 950 tries, a British endurance swimmer becomes the first to swim all the way around Iceland, Seattle health officials tell people to flush rats back down the toilet if one comes up and a grandfather accidentally takes home the wrong child from daycare! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4a61tMkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.