Send us a text On August 8, 2004, a tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated 800 pounds of human waste from the bus's blackwater tank through the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago onto a passenger sightseeing boat sailing in the Chicago River below. STORYTELLER Gina Palm BAND Fiddle - Sam Hyson Piano - Matt Griffo Drums - Mike…

Send us a text Chance the Snapper is a four to five foot long alligator that was found swimming in the Humboldt Park lagoon, in Chicago, Illinois, on the evening of July 9, 2019. The animal was named after Chance the Rapper in an online poll conducted by the Block Club Chicago news website,beating other suggested nicknames such as Ruth Gator Ginsbe…

Send us a text CHARNA HALPERN Charna Halpern (born June 1, 1952) is founded the ImprovOlympic, now known as iO. Upon iO's founding, in 1983, with partner Del Close, she began teaching Harold to many students in the Chicago theater community. Many prominent comedians performed at iO, from Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mike Myers, She and Close co-authored …

Send us a text In 1910, Halley’s Comet was due to pass close by Earth — and everyone from religious fanatics to news reporters stoked the fires of a global panic, believing it was the end of the world. Samba/Bossa Nova Band (Chambered Electric/Acoustic Guitar) Mercedes Sara Landazuri (Ukulele Bass) Adam Haus (Percussion) Leo Peña 18" bass drum 14" …

Send us a text The Curse of the Colonel refers to a 1985 Japanese urban legend regarding a reputed curse placed on the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team by the ghost of deceased KFC founder and mascot Colonel Sanders. The curse was said to be placed on the team because of the Colonel's anger over treatment of one of his store-front…

Send us a text When complex computer programs were first written in the 1960s, engineers used a two-digit code for the year, leaving out the "19." As the year 2000 approached, many believed that the systems would not interpret the "00" correctly, therefore causing a major glitch in the system STORYTELLER Jonald Reyes BAND Piano, Organ - Matt Griffo…

Send us a text The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. The painting was done by women at three different factories, and the term now applies to the women working at the facilities: one in Orange, New Jersey, beginning around 1917; one in Ottawa, Illinois, be…

Send us a text The Montreal Screwjob was an infamous unscripted professional wrestling incident that occurred on November 9, 1997, at the Survivor Series pay-per-view at the Molson Centre. Vince McMahon and his employees covertly manipulated the outcome of the match between Bret Hart, the reigning WWF Champion, and Shawn Michaels. Storyteller Chris…

Send us a text Most Brazilians believe their national identity is closely tied to the country’s music, as it unites those of all social backgrounds and creates a place of refuge from real life. However, as the dictatorship gained more control and became increasingly strict during the mid-1960s, innovation and creativity in art greatly diminished. O…

Send us a text Aileen Wuornos is an American serial killer who murdered at least seven people in 1989–90. Her case drew national attention to issues such as the relationship between gender and violence and the legal treatment of acts of self-defense by women. Storyteller Sharron Palm BAND: Charlie Malave (vocal, guitar, electronic drums, synth) Mat…

Send us a text About 27 tonnes of caramelised brown goat cheese - a delicacy known as Brunost - caught light as it was being driven through the Brattli Tunnel at Tysfjord, northern Norway in 2013. The fire raged for five days. Told by Asgeir Døhl Dybvig from Oslo, Norway. BAND: Charlie Malave (vocal, guitar, electronic drums, synth) Matt Griffo (pi…

Send us a text A coyote bit a little boy, Chicagoans wanted the coyote dead, but Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation in suburban Barrington, IL stepped in to show everyone Mercy. Listen to the unedited podcast and help support the episodes at --> https://www.patreon.com/mattgriffo

Send us a text Cosmic science. Black holes and how we know about them thanks to multiple scientists and LIGO (The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory). Listen to the unedited podcast and help support the episodes at --> https://www.patreon.com/mattgriffo

Send us a text This is a Story about Cap Streeter, a drifter who schemed his way into creating what is now one of the most expensive parts of Chicago. Steph Charaska (Storyteller) BAND: Drake Shrader (vocals) Holly Souchack (vocals) Mary Hynes (vocals) Lexi Alioto (vocals) Arne Parrott (guitar) Matt Griffo (vocal/piano/bass) Dan Krackhardt (cajon) …

Send us a text The woman who threw a dildo at Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce on New Zealand's national day. Listen to the unedited podcast and help support the episodes at --> https://www.patreon.com/mattgriffo

Send us a text In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was nicknamed Operation Varsity Blues. Listen to the unedited podcast and help support the episodes at --> https://www.patreon.com/mattgriffo

Send us a text Jane Fonda has had a life full of activism and has now begun “Fire Drill Fridays.” The protests, which Fonda refers to as "Fire Drill Friday," are to show support for a Green New Deal and bring awareness to the ways in which climate change affects other parts of human life, such as women's rights, access to drinking water and global …

Send us a text An art feud over color between Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor. They have been feuding since 2016 when Kapoor received exclusive rights to the Vantablack pigment, said to be the blackest shade of black ever created. In retaliation, Semple created the "pinkest pink" paint pigment and banned Kapoor from purchasing it, shortly followed b…

Send us a text In this episode comedian Ron Ervin tells the story of Paul McCartney getting arrested in Tokyo in 1980. Listen to the unedited podcast at and help support the episodes at --> https://www.patreon.com/posts/32302553

Send us a text Balloonfest '86 was a 1986 event in which the United Way of Cleveland in Ohio set a world record by releasing almost one-and-a-half million balloons. The event was intended to be a harmless fundraising publicity stunt, but the balloons drifted back over the city, Lake Erie, and landed in the surrounding area, and caused problems for …

Do you feel the chill in the air? Can you hear the whispers in the winds? The days grow shorter… The time for celebration approaches! According to faded records of a long-lost traveller, this is the season of feared and revered spirits. As the Kahi Ceremony draws nearer, you can look forward to 12 days of gifting, sharing, celebrating and reflectin…

We are back with EPISODE 13 the Worlds Adrift Dev podcast, with Messy Moster, Malford the Magnificent, and Jolly Julia! Topics we discuss: Feature Lock for 29 Player Damage Less Physics Damage Shortbread stories Roadmap ‘Read More’ Community Questions Want us to answer your questions? Comment below and we will pick a few awesome ones to ask our nex…

We are back with EPISODE 12 the Worlds Adrift Dev podcast, with Malford the Magnificent, LegendAry Luke and Jolly Julia! Topics we discuss: Community Cloud Council - restructure, clarifying selection process.Hotfixes this week: A duping exploit relying on latency has been fixed. / Performed an optimisation on ships to improve server performance.Isl…

We are back with EPISODE 11 the Worlds Adrift Dev podcast, with Malford, Low Energy Moster and Julia! Topics we discuss: Update 29 feature lock pendingStack splitting, and the work going on right now!Halloween stuff - Orange dye, Pumpkins, Jack-o-Lantern's, Pumpkin Spice Curry, Witch's Brew and Horns of Olk Community Cloud Council - restructure and…

It's been update 28 week and it hit LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. We are back with EPISODE 10 the Worlds Adrift Dev podcast, with Malford, Moster and Julia! Topics we discuss: Laggy McLagfaceHalloweeniesUpdate 28 And sorta Update 29User questions Want us to answer your questions? Comment below and we will pick a few awesome ones to ask our next guest(s)! W…

It's been mega-update week, and we realised how WRONG we were to hold back PVE and PVP for so long! We are back with EPISODE 9 the Worlds Adrift podcast, hosted by Malford and Julia featuring the Legendary Luke! Topics we discuss: Update FiascoStreamOur wrongness about PVE/PVP populationsTrailersPerformance Want us to answer your questions? Comment…

Welcome back to the belated EPISODE 8 the Worlds Adrift podcast, hosted by Julia, Malford and Moster! DISCLAIMER: Totally only fixed the spectator camera internally. Topics we discuss: Who's been working?New Foundations update announcement and datePTS PVE/PVP feedbackTrailers And as always, we answer all the Community Questions some of which are ab…

Welcome back to the belated EPISODE 7 the Worlds Adrift podcast, hosted Julia, Malford and Moster! DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded last Tuesday, and unfortunately remained unpublished so some of the news is a little bit stale. But we will be releasing episode 8 on Friday as usual :) Topics we discuss: PTS and its patch notes. Please check the…

Welcome back to EPISODE 6 the Worlds Adrift podcast, hosted Malford, Moster and Julia! Topics we discuss: New Map in the makingReviver ChargesTailoringWearing down your gear?! And as always, we answer all the Community Questions some of which are absolutely BRILLIANT and we love your brains! Want us to answer your questions? Comment below and we wi…

*KRRRRRSSSHHHHHHHH* Hello? Travellers, can you hear us? *RRRSSHHHHH* Welcome back to EPISODE 5 the Worlds Adrift podcast, hosted... by Moster! Featuring Julia and Malford... and GUY FIERI (in spirit, sorta)! Topics we cover: Who is Moster?We released 26! Wooo! (Julia’s fault for announcing it early)Features of Update 27 in addition the undisclosed …

Welcome back to the Worlds Adrift podcast, hosted by Malford & Julia, joined by Jaspar (leading up QA on Worlds)! This week we find out what on earth "RC" means, updates/fixes from the PTS, Bossa Priorities and Communication... and necroposting! Want us to answer your questions? Comment below and we will pick a few awesome ones to ask our next gues…

We are on EPISODE 3 the Worlds Adrift podcast! Malford and Luke talk about upcoming features, wipes(!?!), and answer some of the fantastic questions from the community members. There were plenty more topics to cover but the bois ran out of time, so more juicy juice next week! BUY THE GAME NOW: http://bit.ly/WASpotify13…

*KRRRRRSSSHHHHHHHH* Hello? Travellers, can you hear us? *RRRSSHHHHH* Welcome back to the Worlds Adrift podcast, hosted by Malford & Julia! We are here to bring you news and discussions from the development ROLLERCOASTER of this incredible MMO! Our guest on this episode is Herb - Producer of World Adrift. We talk about the Public Test Server, open g…

*KRRRRRSSSHHHHHHHH* Hello? Travellers, can you hear us? *RRRSSHHHHH* Welcome to the Worlds Adrift podcast, hosted by Malford & Julia! We are here to bring you news and discussions from the development journey of this incredible MMO! Our guests on this episode are Luke - Lead Designer & Gracie - Community QA BUY THE GAME NOW: http://bit.ly/WASpotify…

Episode 73 this week features SERGE GAINSBOURG as our FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK! Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg, was the son on Jewish Ukrainian immigrants who fled to France during Nazi occupation during WW2. He learned the piano growing up, which set him off on a career steeped in music. He had tenacity, he had determination, he had pas…

On episode 72 of the show Geoff and I are traveling to the Middle of the East to jam out to our FEATURED ARTIST - KOUROSH YAGHMAEI!! Kourosh grew up in Tehran, learning to play the Rock songs of the Ventures, Monkees, Rolling Stones and the Beatles, and performing at his school, at social events and even on Iranian television! It wasn't until he st…

On episode 71 of our show this week Geoff and I dive into Cambodia to check out our featured artist this week... PAN RON! Putting out hundreds of songs in such a short amount of time, Pan Ron was prolific and powerful, solidifying herself as one of the leading singers in the East. Not only did she write and sing the majority of her songs, she was e…

This is Episode 70 of Scarlo's International House of Music, and Geoff and I are tipping the hat to Jackie Mittoo this week! Jackie Mittoo was one of the musical directors for Studio One records - one of the most important Reggae music labels in Jamaica! And don't let me forget to tell you he's also one of the funkiest keyboardists you'll ever hear…

This week Geoff and I recognize with special specialness LOS DANDY'S! Episode 69 is full of that great WORLD FUNK FLAVA, ready to get you swingin' your head and tappin' your toes... and dare I say... MOVING YOUR HIPS? Aside from these extraordinary Mexican loverboys we're featuring, we've got great songs from Brazil, Japan, Singapore, Benin, Italy.…

On this week's show Geoff and I dive DEEP into ELECTRONIC AFRICAN MUSIC! Here we explore songs that dip the toes and DIVE right into all facets of Electronic. Some of it is dance-y, some of it is poetic, some of it is straight FUNKY while some other songs merely flirt with synths and drum machines. Easily one of my favorite episodes so far, not onl…

This week on our show ADNAN OTHMAN gets the Featured Artist Special Treatment (tradmark pending*)! Adnan Othman connected with his audience by playing in Major chords, which was how a lot of popular Western music was played at the time, but was able to also fulfill the desire of those who wanted to hear music sung in their own language! Wildly popu…

On our show this week Geoff and I explore Super-Political Psych-Folk warrior SELDA! An extremely outspoken liberal activist in Turkey, Selda was the student of engineering physics until she decided to pursue musical service to the Turkish people. With her powerful and passionate voice, she highly criticized the government and even after the coup d'…

This week Geoff and I put on our Mambo Shoes (is that a thing?) and feature BENY MORÉ!!! Beny Boy was a cuban-born singer/guitarist who moved to Mexico City where he found fame and fortune, but not without a long hard road of street hustling and performing in small, tiny clubs. He touched the lives of many with his beautiful voice, uplifting person…

This week on Episode 64... our featured artist is none other than FRANCOISE HARDY! The French yé-yé princess who inspired the likes of Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsbourg, and Mick Jagger! But it didn't stop there... Peter Sellers and Jean-Luc Godard also featured her in their films... but then there was television! And fashion! This woman has done it all,…

Episode 63 this week features the Brazilian Funk + Soul maestro TIM MAIA! We talk about his involvement in the cult Rational Culture, his affect on world music, and how cool it is that people are still talking about how cool he is! We also hear great jams from Amanaz, Tito Puente, Anibal Velazquez, The Green Arrows... and SO MUCH MORE! You won't wa…

Episode 62? Forget it! Try EPISODE AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY!!! This week we're ringing in the next birth year of our country with some good 'ol fashioned Country Western Funk! Hear the musical stylings of David Allan Coe, Link Wray, Lee Hazelwood, Earl Scruggs and MANY MORE! Not to mention our ARTIST OF THE WEEK: CHARLIE BROWN! Not the goofy bald kid wit…

Geoff and I get down with the FUNKINESS of Afro Funk and High Life this week for EPISODE 61! Our featured artist is Ghanian Highlife and Afro Funk legend EBO TAYLOR! Incredible voice, smooth guitar stylings, and master collaborator, Ebo Taylor has worked with everyone from Fela Kuti to CK Mann to Pat Thomas... and more! At the age of 81 he is still…

On Episode 60 of the show Geoff and I only BARELY scratch the surface of the mega-prolific sounds of M. ASHRAF! M. (Manzoor) Ashraf is the most famous "Lollywood" composer to date, having composed over 2,800 songs for over 400 films! Talk about a busy dude! This week you'll also hear great jams from Kourosh Yaghmaei, Ebo Taylor, The Apostles, Magma…

This week Geoff and I explore the mystical Psychedelic Pop sounds of Iranian goddess GOOGOOSH! Born to perform, Googoosh (born Faegheh Atashin) started on the stage at the young age of 3. From there, she grew to be a massive singing success and movie star! She toured all through Iran and even through Europe until the Iranian Revolution, which silen…

Geoff and I bow down this week on Episode 58 of the show to the great Erkin Koray! Erkin Koray was famously known for bringing Rock N Roll to Turkey, starting his career by playing Elvis Presley and Chubby Checker songs in local clubs. He then developed what is more commonly known as Anatolian Rock, or Turkish Rock. This is the sweet, sweet melding…