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Mick Molloy and Titus O’Reily are always on the lookout for a bizarre story. The harder to believe, the better. Yet all these stories are true, even if many of them shouldn’t be. Every Monday they delve into the world of sport with Sports Bizarre, and every Wednesday they turn their eye to the Animal Kingdom in Animal Bizarre. From teammates who swapped wives to a crypto-investing hamster, one thing we guarantee if they are all bizarre. You can also become a member of Bizarre Plus and receiv ...
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Titus O’Reily is joined by stand-up comedian Adam Rozenbachs to chat about elephants unexpected fear of bees, smoking gorillas and bilingual parrots. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes acc…
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In our final episode on the World Hockey Association, the league unearths a superstar, and a beer boycott changes the direction of everything. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Acc…
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In an alarming development, Mick has been bitten by a wasp, and Titus doesn't take it as seriously as Mick believes he should. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the membe…
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As the World Hockey Association approached its first season, things were getting tense with the NHL. Chicago Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz described the battle thus: “The war with the WHA was the third-bloodiest war in history, behind the Civil War and the Peloponnesian War.” The WHA was more worried about having arenas where the ice didn't have hill…
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Titus is joined by friend of the show Adam Rozenbachs to discuss operating on cats, and the source of the best animal stories. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the membe…
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In the 1970s, with the National Hockey League reigning supreme, two Californians who knew nothing about ice hockey decided to start a rival league. It would be called the World Hockey Association and would kick off a wild ride that would change the face of ice hockey. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to…
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Some say Philadelphia's sports fans are the worst in the United States, while others say they are the worst in the world. But is the reputation justified, or are they just misunderstood? If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past epi…
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Mick and Titus learn a surprising fact about octopuses and discuss what is the sexiest animal. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote…
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Russell Stephen King managed to own a bank, buy English soccer side Notts County and launch a takeover of Formula One team BMW Sauber. There was one small problem, he was a complete fraud, but that didn't stop some powerful people from falling for his scams. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join toda…
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In the final of our series on Rube Waddell, the great man keeps up the antics, and Connie Mack goes to greater lengths to keep him on track. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Acces…
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Titus is joined again by Adam Rozenbachs and they discuss anxiety turtles at Pilates and an increase in penguin divorce rates. Grab tickets to Adam’s Melbourne International Comedy show Warm Regards below! https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1316921 If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today A…
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There's a strong argument that Rube's season in 1903, is the craziest season an athlete has ever had. There are animals, theatre, ice cream eating competitions, a marriage, time in jail and so much more. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Acces…
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Titus is joined by comedian Adam Rozenbachs, and they roam across the animal landscape like a short-armed T-Rexes They discuss thinning the herd, human evolution and Americans stealing our wombats. Grab tickets to Adam’s Melbourne International Comedy show Warm Regards below! https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1316921 If you’d like more Anim…
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After a brief adventure in California, Rube returns to the Major Leagues. Rube however hadn't changed, he wrestled opponents before games, refereed boxing matches, stopped a stadium from burning down and was involved in a train derailment. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’…
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Mick and Titus discuss why elephants are wearing cardigans and wonder if dogs should have bachelor parties. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ab…
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Rube began 1900 in Pittsburgh, where he continued to clash with his manager, Fred Clarke, over things like missing a game because he had purchased a new puppy. Soon he would be off to a new team, but it would be the same old Rube. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A…
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Mick and Titus discuss the music rats like while on cocaine and Mick gets annoyed with Australian sharks for letting the country down. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to t…
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No athlete was like Rube Wadell. One of the greatest pitchers of all time, Rube's exploits on the field paled to his off-the-field antics. From chasing fire tracks, training geese to jump rope or leaving games to go fishing, Rube became the most popular baseballer of his age. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click…
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Mick and Titus go deep on whale antics, from spying to swallowing kayakers. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes…
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Mick and Titus discuss the new practice of massaging camels before discovering the greatest cover for an affair they've ever heard. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the …
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Mick and Titus are back for the year, and they kick off with Mick offering to date Titus, then move on to the frigid pandas in Adelaide. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to…
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Mick and Titus dive underwater to look at some of their favourite animal stories. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future ep…
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In an All-Star career, Dock Ellis managed to win a World Series, pitch a no-hitter on LSD, hit every batter that came to the plate in a game and set a clubhouse on fire. But for every bit of craziness, Ellis was also ahead of his time as a spokesperson on a range of issues from free agency to racism while devoting his life to combating alcohol and …
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Mick and Titus look back at some of their favourite crocodile stories, an animal that has almost killed Mick multiple times. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members…
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In the 1930s, several English football clubs experimented with a new treatment sweeping the globe, ingesting, injecting or transplanting testicular tissue from monkeys into people. So widespread was the practice that the 1939 FA Cup final between Wolverhampton and Portsmouth became known as the ‘Monkey Gland Final’. Titus O'Reily and Mick Molloy, l…
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Mick and Titus delve into the weird and wonderful world of cows. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access A fortnightly newsletter Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on f…
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Titus and Mick look back at some of their favourite bird stories. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: • A weekly bonus podcast • Access to all past episodes • Exclusive behind-the-scenes access • A fortnightly newsletter • Access to the members-only chatroom • Ability…
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Titus and Mick bring together some of their favourite bear stories, an animal they both relate to. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: • A weekly bonus podcast • Access to all past episodes • Exclusive behind-the-scenes access • A fortnightly newsletter • Access to th…
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In this best of, Mick and Titus dive deep into the world of man's best friend. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: • A weekly bonus podcast • Access to all past episodes • Exclusive behind-the-scenes access • A fortnightly newsletter • Access to the members-only chatr…
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Titus discusses black widow spiders while Mick defames someone before reflecting on the Jackass' involvement with animals. Titus has a new book out, The Seven Deadly Sins of Sport, you can purchase it here. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: • A weekly bonus podcast …
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Mick and Titus go way off-topic early on before getting things back on track and covering the Asian Giant Hornet and a butcher who had a very bad day at work. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: • A weekly bonus podcast • Access to all past episodes • Exclusive behind…
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In the final episode of our Phar Lap series, the great horse finds himself challenged at home. Australian racing authorities are determined to stop him, so he heads to the United States. There, tragedy will befall the champion and the mystery of what killed Phar Lap will become a question that has echoed down the ages. Titus has a new book out, The…
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With Phar Lap now the favourite for the Melbourne Cup, Harry Telford started to turn his eye to his expiring contract with David Davis, resulting in the men engaging in more political manoeuvring than you see in Parliament. None of this mattered to Phar Lap, who was about to deliver the greatest Melbourne Cup Carnival ever, despite an assassination…
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As the Great Depression began to bite in Australia, Phar Lap would bounce from his third-place finish in the 1929 Melbourne Cup and begin to establish his legend. With a display of front running that would shock the racing industry, Phar Lap would conquer the AJC Plate, before Harry Telford took him to South Australia on a cash grab, a move that di…
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After announcing himself as a horse worth watching, Phar Lap would unleash on the Sydney and Melbourne Spring Carnivals, only for the intrigue to build around him. Some of the biggest punters in Australia started to make plans around the horse, resulting in a match-up against his half-brother in the 1929 Melbourne Cup. Titus is touring the country.…
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Mick schools Titus on the difference between venomous and poisonous, and Titus does a deep dive into Robert F. Kennedy Jr's strange relationship with animals. Sat 16 Nov: The Leadbeater, Melbourne https://theleadbeaterhotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/d7d3259b-2256-48b0-be2e-174d62dd917e Wed 20 Nov: Rosemount, Perth FIRST SHOW SOLD OUT SECOND SHOW AD…
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After four starts, Phar Lap had come last and his best finish was seventh. He needed a win badly, as did his trainer Harry Telford who was deeply in debt to everyone. As Phar Lap's three-year-old season started, no one could have predicted what the unfancied horse was about to unleash on the Sydney spring carnival. Titus is touring the country. Tic…
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Mick is certain a snake will bite him, while Titus tells the story of a robot whale shark passed off as a real one at a Chinese zoo. Titus is touring the country. Tickets are on sale now. Sat 16 Nov: The Leadbeater, Melbourne https://theleadbeaterhotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/d7d3259b-2256-48b0-be2e-174d62dd917e Wed 20 Nov: Rosemount, Perth FIRST…
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On the 4 of October 1926, late in the season, a horse was born in Timaru, New Zealand. The horse's arrival couldn't have been less interesting to almost everyone, except for an Australian trainer Harry Telford. Broke and perpetually down on his luck, Telford saw something in the horse's bloodline. Yet even he, upon seeing the awkward, gangly horse …
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Former Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman offered to go to Russia to talk to President Vladimir Putin about the imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner. While Rodman claims somewhat falsely that "I know Putin too well," there’s one dictator he does know well, North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Between 2013 and 2018, Rodman made numerous trips to North …
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On 8 August 1907, a secret meeting at Bateman’s Hotel in Sydney established a professional version of rugby in Australia and League was born. The very next day, details of the secret meeting were in the paper and League had gone less than 24 hours before their first crisis. Mick and Titus look at the early years of League in Australia as the NRL Gr…
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Mick and Titus discuss the ethics of a chimpanzee who likes to smoke and a group of otters that attacked a jogger. Titus is touring the country. Tickets are on sale now. Sat 16 Nov: The Leadbeater, Melbourne https://theleadbeaterhotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/d7d3259b-2256-48b0-be2e-174d62dd917e Wed 20 Nov: Rosemount, Perth FIRST SHOW SOLD OUT SEC…
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In July 1985, it was announced that Geoffrey Edelsten had purchased the Sydney Swans, the first private owner of a VFL side. What followed were cheerleaders, Warrick Capper, a liaison with Hitman Mr Rent-a-Kill, Christopher Dale Flannery and possibly a pink helicopter. In AFL Grand Final week, Mick and Titus remember one of the early episodes as th…
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Titus and Mick discuss the saga of the swearing parrots, and learn something about sloths that they can't unlearn. Titus is touring the country. Tickets are on sale now. Sat 16 Nov: The Leadbeater, Melbourne https://theleadbeaterhotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/d7d3259b-2256-48b0-be2e-174d62dd917e Wed 20 Nov: Rosemount, Perth 2nd Show https://rosemo…
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When multi-millionaire Bernard Tapie purchased French football club Olympique de Marseille the fans were thrilled, here was a man who would do anything to win. 'Anything' turned out to be doping and the bribing of almost anyone thought to be able to help them out. The result was the tainting of the first ever Champions League. Titus is touring the …
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Titus and Mick discuss the Tiger attack a Dreamworld, before Titus reveals the dangerous threat twerking wombats present to us all. Titus is touring the country. Tickets are on sale now. Sat 16 Nov: The Leadbeater, Melbourne https://theleadbeaterhotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/d7d3259b-2256-48b0-be2e-174d62dd917e Wed 20 Nov: Rosemount, Perth https:…
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When Louis Zborowski's parents died he became the fourth richest teenager in the world. So he did what any incredibly rich teenager would, put jet engines in cars. The result was Chitty Bang Bang, one of the fastest cars of its time, creating a legend that lives to this day. Titus is touring the country. Tickets are on sale now. Sat 16 Nov: The Lea…
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Mick and Titus discuss a bald eagle that is too fat to fly, sharks' long history, and animals' reactions to an eclipse. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access A fortnightly newsletter A…
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the 1968 family musical about a flying car, hardly leaps to mind when you think of sport. But the film and the book were inspired by one of the most amazing families of early motorsport, the Zborowskis. It's a tale spanning the richest families in the world, James Bond, divorce and some of the most absurd cars ever built. I…
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Titus returns from a trip to Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo leading to Mick revealing his multiple run-ins with crocodiles, and a debate breaks out over whether crocodiles are dinosaurs. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episod…
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