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  • Is this the end of fast food as we know it (and do we feel fine)?

    Is this the end of fast food as we know it (and do we feel fine)?
    2025/12/05
    Host Mike Rogers interviews Annalisa Nash Fernandez to discuss how the future of fast food might play out and what companies should keep their eye on to keep appealing to customers.
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    12 分
  • 6-7 is here, mom takes seven kids on 2,300-mile river trip and gay sheep fashion

    6-7 is here, mom takes seven kids on 2,300-mile river trip and gay sheep fashion
    2025/11/28
    This week, we cover the story of a mom and seven of her children who went on a 2,300 paddle adventure on the Mississippi River; a reason why you might want to get six, maybe seven, Frosties, and fashion from queer sheep wool.
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    16 分
  • How to avoid being a holiday jerk, finding ancient canoes, drinking at 23-hour bars and more

    How to avoid being a holiday jerk, finding ancient canoes, drinking at 23-hour bars and more
    2025/11/21
    This week, we’re starting with an ancient discovery, then looking forward at a few things. Those things are: the possibility of bars in Kansas City opening from 6 a.m. to 5 a.m., the future of endangered animals and how to avoid being a jerk during upcoming holiday celebrations.
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    22 分
  • Other Side of the News: A visit to the Croc Cave, a collection of 3,800 Crocs

    Other Side of the News: A visit to the Croc Cave, a collection of 3,800 Crocs
    2025/11/20
    "Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers interviews dives into the origins of this massive collection of Crocs.
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    4 分
  • Comets, moon water, rats and robots

    Comets, moon water, rats and robots
    2025/11/07
    We’re starting off today’s show up in space, then making our way back down to Earth with moon water, where we’ll have to deal with rat infested cities and robots. A full schedule! Special thanks to WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, The Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis, the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and A New Morning out of WBEN in Buffalo.
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    27 分
  • The truth about genetic engineering, society getting meaner (?) and a 1,000-member rock band

    The truth about genetic engineering, society getting meaner (?) and a 1,000-member rock band
    2025/11/14
    This week, we’re tackling three questions. The first question: How much can humans actually be genetically engineered? The second question: Are people kinder or meaner than they were 20 years ago? And the third… do you want to jam with a 1,000-person rock band? You might have a chance to in January. Featuring audio from KCBS' Bay Area All Local, WCCO's Chad Hartman and WWL's Scoot.
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    33 分
  • Halloween crimes, ugly pumpkins, mind reading and adult-o-ween

    Halloween crimes, ugly pumpkins, mind reading and adult-o-ween
    2025/10/31
    Happy Halloween Offbesties, and welcome to a spooky edition of Something Offbeat’s weird news roundups. Today, we’re focused on, you guessed it, Halloween headlines, from adult-o-ween to the changing face of Satanic Panic to pumpkin mishaps and freaky magicians.
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    20 分
  • Licking toads, shucking oysters, saving roller coasters and more

    Licking toads, shucking oysters, saving roller coasters and more
    2025/10/24
    This week, our stories have a bit of a theme. They’re all about feeling a rush – from that stomach-dropping sensation you get while riding a roller coaster to the joy of perfectly shucking an oyster to… some more questionable ways to live on the edge. With audio from Scoot and Tommy Tucker from WWL in New Orleans, the Dana & Parks Show from KMBZ in Kansas City and the Dave Glover Show from KMOX in St. Louis.
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    31 分