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The Rough Corner: Horror Holes, Leg Lumps, and Why Doctors Should Prescribe Fear

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Can fear be good for us? Scientists at the Recreational Fear Lab think so! Marc Malmdorf Andersen, co-director of the lab, joins Dan on the line. Plus, Dan's children's toys from hell and deeply concerning leg lumps. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Nov 7, 202341 min

The Rough Corner: Funeral Food, Meeting Madame Lash and the Pencil Case Reopens

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Dan is back from Down Under! And Al has had a three course dinner in the Underworld. A quick debrief after the last episode's Ouija strangeness sees another Theory Challenge winner crowned, evaluation of the flight prices on Friday 13th, and Dan's brush with his local, very human, cryptid.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Nov 2, 202324 min

Ep 26#26 The Halloween Special: Ouija Weirdness with Jamie Morton, Hannah Maguire and Leanne Burnam-Richards

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"It's probably a ghost with a foot fetish"Happy Halloween! To celebrate, you're invited to the weirdest listening event of the year. Join My Dad Wrote a Porno's Jamie Morton, Redhanded's Hannah Maguire and 'The Ghostess with the Mostess' Leanne Burnham-Richards for a Ouija experience in the "haunted" studio!Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Oct 31, 20231h 25m

The Rough Corner: Hunting the Elephant Humanoid, Uncle Dean's Lego Ghost and Soft Rocks in Wiggle Town

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Dan beams in from Australia with a couple of weird interviews up his sleeve. We're talking ghostly nuns, elephant-esque cryptids, mind-melting 'gravity hills' and one of the most chilling haunted house stories you'll hear.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Oct 26, 202346 min

Ep 25#25 The Jar Sauce Destroyer: Nat’s What I Reckon and the Storming of Area 51

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"A jar of sauce... it's taking the p*** out of everyone"Content creator, comedian, rock musician, isolation cooking champion and mental health advocate Nat has been making videos as Nat’s What I Reckon for almost a decade. His hilarious social commentary has collected a dedicated audience and his videos have clocked up over 100 million views. Oh, and he went to school with Dan Schreiber... and it was weird. Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Oct 23, 20231h 36m

The Rough Corner: Eternal Graffiti, Vomiting Royals and the World's Oldest Kiss ft. Edward Brooke-Hitching

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Dan is in Australia without key recording equipment so here's a treat from the We Can Be Weirdos vault! It's the original pilot for the show, and a totally brilliant, batsh*t chat with Edward Brooke-Hitching. Edward is a screenwriter and author of titles including The Madman's Library, Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports and The Madman's Gallery: The Strangest Paintings, Sculptures and Other Curiosities From the History of Art. His latest book, Love - A Curious History in 50 Objects, is out on October 26th 2023. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Oct 17, 20231h 15m

Ep 24#24 The Normal, Innocent Woman: Lauren Layfield and the Quest to Avoid Alien Abduction

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"I'm only five foot one, an alien could beam me up anytime"Lauren Layfield is a British Guyanese presenter, DJ & journalist. Lauren has been a regular reporter for The One Show and waking up the nation’s early risers on Capital’s Early Breakfast Show. But it was her presenting work for CBBC and the subsequent 'Innocent Men' meme, that cemented her in the hearts of internet users all over the globe. Lauren's debut teen novel ‘Indi Raye is Totally Faking It’, is available now!Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Oct 12, 20231h 4m

The Rough Corner: The B*tshit Life of Leon “Buttons” Kirkbeck (Part One)

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A talking rock, why scorpios suck, and conversations with horses. Leon Kirkbeck a.k.a. Buttons will be familiar to listeners of The Cryptid Factor, he's also had 30+ year career spanning radio, film, and TV. Buttons shares his wild theories on life, the universe and everything else. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Oct 10, 20231h 3m

Ep 23#23 Inside a Secret Society: John Hodgman and the Curse of Heidi

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"I walked up to the front door... and I woke up in the hospital"John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of the acclaimed collections of funny true stories called Vacationland and Medallion Status. He also wrote three books of fake facts and invented trivia, all of them New York Times Bestsellers, and his writing has also appeared in The Paris Review, This American Life, The New Yorker, and Mad Magazine. He is also the host of the popular Judge John Hodgman podcast, where he settles serious disputes between real people, such as “Is a hot dog a sandwich?”Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Oct 4, 20231h 23m

The Rough Corner: Virgin Mary Visits, Europe's Oldest Sandal and the H-Bomb Hypothesis

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Night time visits from Madonna (not that one), Mike Tyson's favourite cartoon and £3-a-pop Yeti pubic hair. Plus, the Big Stretch conspiracy is busted wide open!The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Oct 3, 202327 min

Ep 22#22 The Podfather: Richard Herring and the Journey to the Edge of Sanity

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"Stone clearing? I have to stop. Because I get too into it"Richard Herring is a comedian, writer, blogger and one of the OG podcasting GOATs. He's also the world's premier semi-professional self-playing snooker player, a spontaneous puppeteer, and a dedicated stone clearer. Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Sep 27, 20231h 25m

The Rough Corner: Shabbat Cheat Codes, Massaging the Truth and the Big Stretching Conspiracy ft. Kyle Gordon

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Comedian, actor and pop sensation Kyle Gordon talks for the first time on record about one of the most sinister conspiracies of our time: Big Stretching. Plus, your mystery box theories, impossible photos and Super Furry Animals. Don't forget you can see Kyle Gordon live in the UK this October! Or, watch him anytime @kylegordonisgreat on Instagram and TikTok. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Sep 25, 202342 min

Ep 21#21 Think Yourself Lucky: Richard Wiseman and the Number Plate of Limited Cosmic Significance

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"We need to take our dreams more seriously"Richard Wiseman holds Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, and has published over 100 academic papers examining the psychology of magic and illusion, deception, luck and self-development. He has written several psychology books, including The Luck Factor and 59 Seconds. His podcast, Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind, is available wherever you get your podcasts.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Sep 20, 20231h 17m

The Rough Corner: How to Run a Paranormal Society with 'The Ghostess with the Mostess'

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Leanne Burnam-Richards a.k.a. 'the ghostess with the mostess' joins Dan to talk about running the UK Paranormal Society. Plus, Dan's magic manhole saga!The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Sep 19, 202333 min

Ep 20#20 The Ghostwriter: Into the Uncanny with Danny Robins

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"The closest I've got to believing in ghosts is meeting people and feeding off their certainty"Danny Robins is the go-to ghost hunter. An award-winning writer, broadcaster and journalist, he created The Battersea Poltergeist, a global phenomenon which became the #1 Drama Podcast across the whole world. Danny’s latest BBC podcast series Uncanny, tells stories of paranormal encounters, from ghosts to UFOs. Danny's play 2.22 – A Ghost Story, opened in the West End in August 2021, and is still going strong. His new book, Into the Uncanny, is the story of ordinary people who have experienced extraordinary things and want to make sense of them.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Sep 13, 20231h 40m

The Rough Corner: Interstellar Balls, Joanna Southcott’s Mystery Box, and Albert Camus’s Stranger Thing

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Astrophysicist Dr Phil Sutton from the University of Lincoln weighs in on Avi Loeb's mystifying metallic spheres - are they remnants of an alien beacon? Plus, a 200 year old box that must only be opened by 24 bishops, and a challenge set to all Rough Corner listeners.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Sep 11, 202339 min

Ep 19#19 Dream Comedian: Sara Pascoe and the Paddington Bear Manifestation Challenge

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"I'm a vegetarian, but not a great vegetarian. I sometimes eat pirates"Sara Pascoe is an actress, writer and one of the UK’s most-loved comedians. You might know her as the host of The Great British Sewing Bee and Guessable, or from an appearance on countless comedy shows across TV and radio. Sara's debut novel, Weirdo, follows Sophie; feverishly anxious and working hard to be happy in her own skin – if only life wouldn’t make that so hard.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Sep 6, 20231h 22m

The Rough Corner: A Worldwide Nessie Exclusive, Doppel-Dän-er, and a Haunted Buffet

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Lifelong Loch Ness Monster hunter Steve Feltham beams in from the banks, with some mystifying new potential evidence! Plus, Dan's doppelgänger, unexplained names in the membrane, and a miracle at Yeovil's haunted buffet. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Sep 4, 202335 min

Ep 18#18 Never Fact Check an Orgasm: Kate Lister and Sex Lessons from History

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"I fact check my own sexual fantasies!"Kate Lister is a lecturer at Leeds Trinity University, author of A Curious History of Sex and host of the "intellectually slutty" podcast Betwixt the Sheets. Kate primarily researches the literary history of sex work and curates the online research project, Whores of Yore, an interdisciplinary digital archive for the study of historical sexuality. Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Aug 30, 20231h 37m

The Rough Corner: Angry Doppelgängers, Lighthouse Mysteries, and an Impossible Dinner with Orson Welles

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Wanted: three lighthouse keepers and a rude look-alike. Plus, Dan's hoarding reaches new heights with a special delivery from the Editor-in-Chief of the Guinness Book of World Records, and an eerie story of nocturnal ESP.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Aug 29, 202345 min

Ep 17#17 The Man Who Became Peter Cook: Shaun Micallef and the Combs of Comedy

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"It was a moment of madness... I became him"Shaun Micallef is an Australian comedy legend. He's an award winning writer, comedian and actor, having starred in and written for television, film, radio and books. Shaun’s style of humour is satirical, surrealist, and a blend of his comedic heroes: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers, Monty Python, The Marx Brothers, and Morecambe and Wise. His new book, Tripping Over Myself: A Memoir of a Life in Comedy, is available now. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Aug 23, 20231h 11m

The Rough Corner: Green Children, Interstellar Ley Lines and Betty's Vanishing Visitor

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Ley Lines from space finally explain why Liverpool is such a hub of word class music, the enduring mystery of the Green Children of Woolpit, and the jaw-dropping story of a death bed visitor who was never seen again. Many thanks to Emily for sharing her story. And to Dr Francis Young, historian and folklorist specialising in the history of religion and belief, whose book Twilight of the Godlings is out now. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Aug 21, 202349 min

Ep 16#16 Diary of an Editor-in-Chief: Craig Glenday and the World of Guinness World Records

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"We had to say no... a 15 year old boy was given a cesarean to do as his birthday present"Craig Glenday is a writer and editor, he studied Publishing at Napier in Edinburgh and spent the first half of his career developing magazine titles, covering topics as diverse as cookery, gambling and the paranormal. He's been Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records since 2005. Craig has travelled all over the world, adjudicating some of the most iconic records, including the tallest man, shortest woman and longest fingernails. Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Aug 16, 20231h 53m

The Rough Corner: Camping Calamity, Afterlife Orbs and The Impossible Pendant Returns!

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A holiday with Neuroscientist Harith Akram ends in disaster, a pendent reappears after 15 years of mystery, and why Eric Lampaert's face ends up in the strangest places.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Aug 14, 202322 min

Ep 15#15 Cemetery School Dropout: Hayley Campbell and the Lives of the Dead

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"I was really frightened of being near a dead body... until I held his hands"Hayley Campbell writes for WIRED, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, GQ, Esquire, Empire, VICE, FIGHTLAND, New Statesman, McSweeney’s, The Comics Journal, hosts the Unpopped podcast for the BBC and Must Watch on BBC Radio 5 Live. She wrote a book about Neil Gaiman and her latest book, All the Living and the Dead: A Personal Investigation into the Death Trade, was published in 2022.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Aug 9, 20231h 30m

The Rough Corner: The Universal Chord, Merciless Magpies and the Psychology of Superstition

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Are you a goat or a sheep? Dr Neil Dagnall, cognitive and parapsychological researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University, gives us the benefit of decades researching the cognitive processes behind paranormal experiences. Also, two grovelling apologies, Dan gets stuck in a highchair and the mystery of John Lennon's acorns. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Aug 7, 202347 min

Ep 14#14 The VHS Pirate: Paul Chowdhry and the Queue for Reincarnation

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"There's a backlog! Admin in the afterlife to get into a new life"Paul Chowdhry is an award-winning stand-up comedian and host of The Paul Chowdhry Pudcast. He's the star of countless TV shows including Taskmaster, Stand Up for the Week, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle and Stand Up Central. His record-breaking live stand-up tour, Live Innit, was released in 200 countries worldwide on Amazon Prime. As an actor, he is known for Devils (2019), Swinging with the Finkels (2011), The Blue Tower (2008) and Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (2005). Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Aug 2, 20231h 14m

The Rough Corner: Cursed Auctions, New KLF Synchronicities & Meet a Meteorite Hunter

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How much would you pay for a haunted rocking horse? When is a meteorite a meteor-wrong? Dan's spooky auction luck is out, the number 23 rears its head AGAIN, and prepare to meet Roberto Vargas: Meteorite Hunter. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jul 31, 202338 min

Ep 13#13 The Dinosaur Detective: Melanie During and the Prehistoric Springtime Extinction

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"Smash a pudding... that's the type of violence you can see in the rocks!"Melanie During is a vertebrate palaeontologist, currently pursuing a PHD at Uppsala University in Sweden. Melanie has a BS in Earth Sciences from the University of Amsterdam and a MS in palaeoclimatology from the VU (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam. A life-long fascination with extinct fauna and evolution drove her to discover something, literally, earth-shattering: she's pinpointed, to the exact season, when the dinosaurs were wiped out.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Jul 26, 20231h 15m

The Rough Corner: Neolithic Time Portals, Phantom Fires and the Haunted Capital Studios ft. Siân Welby

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Two fisherman accidentally cross between two worlds, a fire blazes but no damage is done, and Siân Welby joins Dan to provide more evidence concerning Global's most haunted studio.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jul 24, 202341 min

Ep 12#12 Adventures in Counterculture: John Higgs and The Band Who Burned a Million Pounds

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"Things that you understand, you can move on from quite easily. Things that you can't... stick in your craw"John Higgs is a writer who specialises in finding previously unsuspected narratives, hidden in obscure corners of our history and culture, which can change the way we see the world. In the words of MOJO magazine, “Reading John Higgs is like being shot with a diamond. Suddenly everything becomes terrifyingly clear”. Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Jul 18, 20231h 30m

The Rough Corner: Shiny Space Balls, a Medieval Mystery & the Batsh*t Life of Baywatch Nights

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The dark side of Baywatch, an 800 year old phenomena still baffling scientists and perhaps the first evidence of extraterrestrial life is just a load of balls? The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jul 17, 202333 min

Ep 11#11 The History Mystery Guy: Dan Snow and the World’s Weirdest Coincidences

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"If you love great stories, the greatest ones always involve strange synchronicities"Dan Snow MBE is a BAFTA award winning historian, podcaster and television presenter. Dan makes programmes around the world on a range of historical topics, from the abandoned Viking churches of Greenland to war damaged sites of Timbuktu. His podcast, History Hit, tells the stories of the most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Jul 11, 20231h 24m

The Rough Corner: Mysterious Barges, Bouncy Shakespeare and the King of the Cats

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Dan is joined by comedian, storyteller and future explorer Will Seaward to discuss haunted hotels, witch defence systems, and other spooky bits of correspondence from the We Can Be Weirdos listeners.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jul 10, 202338 min

Ep 10#10 The Evolution of a Creationist: Ella Al-Shamahi and the Ball of Lightning

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"I didn't believe it... I was going to evolution class to destroy it from the inside"Ella Al-Shamahi is a National Geographic Explorer, palaeoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist, author and stand-up comic. An expert in her field, Ella specialises in Neanderthals and caves, working almost exclusively in places it is hard to get insurance, such as Iraq, Yemen and Nagorno-Karabakh.How did a resolute creationist become a renowned evolutionary biologist?Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Jul 4, 20231h 20m

The Rough Corner: Baffled Doctors, Inconvenient Ley Lines, and the Ghost’s Chauffeur

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Dan is joined once again by Bexy Cameron to discuss (more) bedroom portals, tales of terrifying sleep paralysis, and the synchronicities that listeners of the Weirdo pod are starting to experience. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jul 3, 202341 min

Ep 9#9 Luck, Levitation and Lasso: Nick Mohammed and the Great Richmond Coincidence

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"If I'm driving and I see a magpie... I have to cross my eyes and touch my forehead"Nick Mohammed is a double Emmy-nominated actor, perhaps best known as Nathan Shelley in Ted Lasso, and as his character Mr. Swallow, which he has portrayed across both stage and television for over a decade.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Jun 28, 20231h 6m

The Rough Corner: Film Guy Ali Plumb and the Wonderful Weirdos of Hollywood

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Film critic Ali Plumb swings by to talk Danny DeVito's feet, Nicholas Cage's pyramid tomb and how to make Indiana Jones cry. Plus, how experiencing Déjà Vu can make you a better interviewer.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jun 26, 202353 min

The Rough Corner: Dog Telepathy, Wormholes & Bigfoot's Nest

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Dan catches up with actor & comedian Eric Lampaert who is biking across all 50 US states, why the South Coast of England has a serious vortex issue and can we communicate telepathically with dogs, horses and snakes? The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jun 21, 202335 min

Ep 8#8 Turning Heads on the 176 Bus: Irving Finkel & the World’s Oldest Ghost

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"The belief that ghosts exist is a default position for humanity"Dr Irving Finkel is Assistant Keeper of the Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures department at the British Museum. He has written numerous books, including The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood and The First Ghosts.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Jun 21, 20231h 14m

Ep 7#7 The Animal Detective: Lucy Cooke & the Case of the Missing Vaginas

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"I thought science was built on rational thinking... if science isn't, what the f*** is?!" Lucy Cooke is a best-selling author, award-winning documentary filmmaker and broadcaster, National Geographic explorer and TED talker with a Masters in zoology from Oxford university. Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Jun 14, 20231h 9m

The Rough Corner: A Million Billion Rockets, St Elmo's Fire & Frank Skinner's Mystery Mug

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A mysterious purple plasma gives Dan a flight fright, how quiche could help you in a combat situation and the silliest way to avoid a nuclear missile.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jun 13, 202323 min

Ep 6#6 The Ghostbuster: Dan Aykroyd and His Close Encounters

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Dan Aykroyd is a legendary actor, comedian, screenwriter and musician. He is known for Saturday Night Live, as Elwood Blues of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi), and as Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters. He also founded the music venue chain House of Blues and the vodka brand Crystal Head Vodka. What you may not know, is that he’s from a dynasty of paranormal investigators – ghost busting runs in his family. Dan and Dan talk ectoplasm, UFOs, crystal skulls and the time he slept butt-to-butt with a ghost.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com and search ‘We Can Be Weirdos’.You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Jun 6, 20231h 9m

The Rough Corner: Midnight Ghost Slap, Emergency Exorcist and Sauna Conversations ft. Ash Gardner

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Dan explores his induction into the world of the weird with Ash Gardner: a friend since childhood and the lead singer of Emperor Yes. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Jun 5, 202330 min

Ep 5#5 Magick, Murder & Metal: Andrew O'Neill and Occult Comedy

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"I use magickal ritual to tell me what my show is going to be about". Andrew O'Neill is an award-winning comedian, musician and best-selling writer. A non-binary, occult, vegan, psychedelic whirlwind.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com or follow this link to watch the full interview with Andrew O'Neill:https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/2JsSZJWkhfp/You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

May 31, 20231h 32m

The Rough Corner: Conning Mastermind, Collective Crossword Consciousness & Deflecting Tornados

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The podcast expands its reach to the rings of Jupiter, why a suspiciously tidy room may mean you’ve had an alien visitor and how to get rid of headaches using a pencil. The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

May 29, 202331 min

Ep 4#4 How to Escape a Cult: Bexy Cameron and The Children of God

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“We were told we were going to get superpowers”. Bexy Cameron was born into the strict ‘Children of God’ sect, notorious for sexual exploitation and child abuse. Now, Bexy is a director, academic, activist and best-selling author.This episode contains discussion of distressing subjects, including paedophilia and sexual abuse.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com or follow this link to watch the full interview with Bexy Cameron:https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/2JsSZJ8eTr6/You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

May 23, 20231h 25m

The Rough Corner: Meet Al and the Fake Séance Gone Wrong!

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A phantom fan heater, a fake Séance gets weird and a bad vibes babushka doll. Meet producer Al as these weekly bonus episodes get underway.The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your take on the topics covered in the main episodes.

May 22, 202317 min

Ep 3#3 True Crime Soulmates: Redhanded and the Purple Folder of Residual Energy

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Premonitions? "Like, I know when I’m about to get dumped”. Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire are the soulmates behind hit true-crime podcasts Redhanded and Filthy Ritual. Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com or follow this link to watch the full interview with Hannah & Suruthi:https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/2JsSZFCfrpg/You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

May 17, 20231h 5m

Ep 2#2 Live, Laugh, Loch: Steve Feltham and the Lifelong Hunt for Nessie

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“People try to portray me as a wifeless freak”. Steve Feltham is the Guinness World Record Holder for the longest continuous vigil for the Loch Ness Monster. He has lived on the banks of Loch Ness for over three decades now, in a converted mobile library, with his wife.Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com or follow this link to watch the full interview with Steve Feltham:https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/2JsSZFAndWt/ You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

May 17, 20231h 1m