Podcasts · The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Death by Trebuchet, Big Bird's Close Call, Dry Scooping Coffee

23 Sep 2026 · 53 min

Shane Madej and Matt Real join the show from The Quizard's Pit! There's discussion of sending Big Bird to space (thank GOODNESS we didn't), a suspicious skeleton, and one writer who loved coffee a little too much.

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