There's No Place Like Home: Live from Centralia!
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
Release Date: 10/31/2025
The Grunion Flop
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
Hello you POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS we’re diving deep this week! Sorry about the audio on this one— we had AC and fans on GOD BLESS ME IT’S FUCKIN SUMMAH— we’ll have it fixed for next time. TW: This episode contains foul language, off color jokes about suicide and murder (you’ll be fine) mentions of dolphin rape and spoilers for My Octopus Teacher This week we are joined by a very special return guest, our resident oceanic expert, baker of the sweetest treats and budding amateur paranormal investigator MEL VARTABEDIAN!! Mel is BACK to talk all things DEEP SEA - we discuss some...
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WEIRD REPORT: AMERICAN BEES (PATREON)
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
If you want to hear the FULL EPISODE head over to our Patreon at and donate $5 to access an extra bonus episode every month and $10 to access TWO bonus episodes every month - both tiers also get you FREE TAROT CARD READINGS anytime you want one as well as entries into any/all giveaways! HELLO BEARDOS, Weirdos, Teardos and Feardos alike and welcome to your June 2026 WEIRD REPORT: AMERICAN BEES This month I'm joined by dangerous animal expert AMY HANSELMANN as we discuss the past 30ish days' worth of strange news headlines, spooky internet stories, and upcoming horror entertainment...
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The Midwest Dad Effect
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
Hello Weirdos!! Welcome to another episode of KEEP IT WEIRD-- Episode 2 of Season 10 to be exact! TW: foul language, discussions regarding death, sex & demonic activity This week I am joined by my good friend and one of the podcast's earliest supporters - former host of Predetermined: A Pro Wrestling Hangout and current producer/host of The Erotic Thriller Club - GARRETT CALLENDER!! We discuss sexy films, paranormal experiences, UFOs & abductions, wrestling, ouija boards and difficult relationships with difficult men (our dads lol) Check out a VERY fun story about a seance...
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GAB SESH: FEAR (PATREON)
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
To listen to the full episode & get access to HUNDREDS of hours of content join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast Hello my sweet weirdos and welcome to your June 2026 GAB SESH!! These are turning into my all time favorite episodes and not JUST because they are named after my Gabby Goob (RIP) but sometimes it's fun to just GAB. I thought it would be a good idea to steer the direction of the conversations so I'm going to start giving ourselves a topic for each monthly GAB SESH so PLEASE send in some random topics you'd love to hear me chat with our guests about. This month's...
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Conspiracy Query
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
WELCOME TO SEASON 10! Hi Weirdos! Welcome back for another season of STRANGE & UNUSUAL conversations! WARNING: This episode contains foul language and mentions of murder, suicide and child sexual abuse. This week we are putting a new twist on an old classic and discussing some new CONSPIRACY THEORIES. I scoured the internet to see what conspiracies people were discussing and I picked a handful of my favorites to share with a man who has no filter and no patience-- my husband HANDSOME JOE! Today we discuss aspects of Missing Malaysian Flight MH370, the Miami Mall Incident,...
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WEIRD REPORT: WAYMO THAN WE BARGAINED FO (PATREON)
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
Please enjoy the first 20ish minutes of this month's WEIRD REPORT! You can listen to the full episode by joining our patreon at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast Hello Beardos, Weirdos, Teardos AND Feardos and welcome to your May 2026 WEIRD REPORT!! Every month we break down the previous 30 or so days worth of STRANGE NEWS headlines, TRUE CRIME updates and HORROR ENTERTAINMENT announcements as we chit chat and share some spooky stories! Amy Hanselmann is back on the mic this week and we're talking everything from competitive eating to self driving cars. And this will be the LAST episode of...
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No, Woman, No Cap Fam: A Patreon Clip
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
This is the first 15 minutes of our latest Patreon episode which you can join at www.patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast! As Bob Marley always said... No, Woman, No Cap FAM. Welcome to another edition of ASK ME EVERYTHING where Handsome Joe and I sit down to answer questions sent in by YOU, our lovely listeners - we tell stories, we shoot the shit, and we genuinely have a good time doing it. This week we answered: What is the fastest way you’ve seen a coworker get fired? Assuming athletes would be nude in the modern Olympics like they were in ancient greece, which event would be the worst...
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WEIRD REPORT: TOO MUCH DRAMA FOR ONE HOT DOG STAND (PATREON)
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
Please enjoy the first 20 or so minutes of this month's WEIRD REPORT!! The Weird Report is where we break down the last 30 or so days worth of strange news headlines, true crime updates, horror entertainment announcements and more! Our beloved Amy Hanselmann had to sit this one out this month but as a special treat our good friend KIT RYAN stepped up to the plate! You've heard her name several times over the years and now you finally get to hear her voice! (OR if you're a true blue fan of mine you've already heard her voice when you hopped over to the EROTIC THRILLER CLUB podcast to...
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April 2026 Gab Sesh (PATREON PREVIEW)
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
Hi Weirdos! Check out this preview for our April 2026 Gab Sesh Patreon episode. We're going to be living on Patreon while we finish this life transition so if you want to hear the FULL episodes along with hundreds of hours of bonus content we've uploaded over the years head over to patreon.com/keepitweirdpodcast and join us!! We'll be back on the main feed as SOON as we can but until then it's Patreon central babyyyy!! This week we just needed time for a catch up. We talk about life stuff - Joe and I's move, our new jobs and most importantly Wilder's new imaginary friend/demon! We chat...
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Santa's Squishy Bones (& Other Yuletide Tales)
Keep It Weird: A Strange & Unusual Podcast
Ho ho ho and a ha ha ha, Weirdos! We hope you had a VERY Merry Christmas yesterday- but fear not! The Yuletide season isn’t over until you are visited by three ghosts! TW: foul language, death, aliens, wet bones etc Welcome to KEEP IT WEIRD, the podcast for all things strange and unusual, merry and bright, tender and mild and everything in between. Everytime we get together we chat about something WEIRD and CHRISTMAS is no exception! This week the ghosts of Christmast past (Lauren Ogle) present (Laura Lareau) and future (Ashley Casseday) gather to tell each other spooky...
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Welcome to a very special Halloween episode-- It's our WEIRD CENTRALIA LIVE SHOW!!
This month Lauren and Ashley had the pleasure of traveling to Centralia, IL to perform to a sold out audience at the Centralia Area Historical Society Museum!
We got to chat about ALL THINGS C-TOWN including, but not limited to: The Orphans, May Fete, the Thunderbird, Violin Anne, the 1947 Mine Disaster, Copple's Mansion, the Perrine House & Perrine's Orchard!
We laugh, we cry, we SCREAM - this episode is a lot of things. I HIGHLY recommend watching this ep on YOUTUBE (www.youtube.com/keepitweirdpodcast) as we also did have a slideshow presentation and you'll be able to see all the things the audience is reacting to: Old photos, newspaper clippings, even a couple videos!
This was one of the most special weekends of our lives and that's all because of the people of Centralia. Everyone who shared their stories with us, taught us about the town's history, invited us to the town museum (Thank you Rick Dodson, Mike Middleton and Jessycka Nix Coleman!) FED us (thank you Simply Soul LLC!) rented us a place to stay (thank you Mallory Fisk!) lent us some audio visual equipment and bought tickets and came out to see our show. We were floored!
This show was meant to be a CELEBRATION of Centralia and I do believe we accomplished our goal. I feel closer to my hometown than ever before... and maybe a little more creeped out by it.
GO ORPHANS!!!!
TRIGGER WARNING: Actually NO cursing-- unless you count "heck" so good for us! But we do talk about death, murder, suicide, slavery AND man-eating birds; so be aware.
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