Episode 003: The Lifestyle Disease Issue

"**('Radio station days' archive)** This issue we talk Wasp Infused liquor , a naked man braves flooded river and crocs to win bourbon, a Zombie hooker, $1m for bigfoot, Buttons has a UFO theory & Rhys is diagnosed with LifeStyle Disease. We also talk to AI expert Dr Mark Sagar." - Official episode description

This is the first episode after moving to a new radio station, Radio Ponsonby 107.7FM from 95kbfm.

This episode marks two other major changes. The first is that the podcast is widening its scope to include alien life and UFOs, but they clarify that it will not include ghosts because, as David says, "this is a serious show." The second change is that Leon "Buttons" Kirkbeck has moved from just producing and occasionally adding in a comment or two, to contributing articles and becoming an unofficial host.

## Weekly World Weird News

### Wasp infused liquor - David

A new liquor is being made in Japan by infusing "giant wasps" in vodka. The benefits of drinking are listed as "beautiful skin, recovery from fatigue, and prevention of 'lifestyle disease'"

### Naked man braves flooded river and crocodiles to win some bourbon - Rhys

"A man won two cases of bourbon for jumping onto a log, racing down a flooded, crocodile infested river, and this is of course [in Australia]" - Rhys

Of the event, the man said "I'd enjoyed a few beers and it seemed a good idea at the time."

### Zombie Hooker - Buttons

"A prostitute who died having sex woke up screaming as she was being carried from the hotel in a coffin!" - Buttons

The official police comment was "It just goes to show you, miracles do happen."

David and Rhys argue that this is a poor headline, this person was not a zombie, and the person in charge of determining if someone is alive or dead should be fired.

### Students create man sized, autonomous robot jellyfish - Rhys

"Students and researchers at Virginia Tech... have created a human sized, autonomous, robotic jellyfish to better study the locomotion of the unusual real life animal." - Rhys

Rhys is worried that this is where it starts, but "it only takes evil person to then take technology down an evil path, put laser guns on it, and we've got underwater robotic jellyfish with laser guns destroying deep sea divers that are trying to [sic] oceanogrograph the sea bed."

## Cryptid Buzz

Rhys' news: An alleged sea monster skeleton has been found in the Chinese province of Shandong. It measures 3.5m and has an estimated 153 joints. Early reports believe it to be an elaborate carving or practical joke.

David's news: Olympia Beer offers one million dollars reward if you catch a live Bigfoot or provide a DNA sample.

Buttons' news: Monster double eggs laid by miracle chicken in China.

Bonus news from Rhys: Two headed bull shark discovered

## Eye Witness Accounts

Terri Cox, a student in Dorchester witnessed a monkey like creature "hunched over and bounding around on all fours" before it climbed up a tree. Terri's boyfriend went to look for the animal but could not find it.

## We're All a Bunch of Theories

Buttons theory: Buttons theorizes that UFOs are time traveling humans from many thousands of years in the future. Rhys wonders why these time traveling aliens don't change events in history, but Buttons responds that there are time traveling rules, citing movies such as Looper.

Both Rhys and David supportive of this theory, David calling it "next level" and Rhys saying it's "a great theory."

## Robot News

Rhys reports on a new humanoid robot called PETMAN, created by Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics claims that the robot is made for lab work, but Rhys is skeptical due to the robots camouflage clothing, and fears a Star Wars Battle Droids situation if someone were to make three hundred of the robots and arm them with guns.

Buttons and Rhys do an Expert Interview Dr. Mark Sagar from Aukland University about AI and robots. Buttons describes Mark as working on bringing "emotion and imagination to a computer."

1. ↑ https://soranews24.com/2013/04/06/alcohol-made-with-fermented-wasps-gives-new-meaning-to-the-phrase-get-your-buzz-on/
2. ↑ https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/naked-man-braves-flooded-river-and-crocodiles-to-win-some-bourbon-ng-dcbe6852eca167834d1b633db8fa935b
3. ↑ https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2013/04/040313-engineering-robotjellyfishcyro.html
4. ↑ http://internationalfishingnews.blogspot.com/2013/04/china-strange-unknow-sea-creature-found.html
5. ↑ https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/brewer-offers-1m-reward-bigfoot-article-1.1318447
6. ↑ https://heavy.com/news/2013/03/miracle-chinese-chicken-egg/
7. ↑ https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/scientists-confirm-first-two-headed-bull-shark
8. ↑ https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10313239.is-this-a-monkey-on-the-loose-in-dorset/
9. ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/manlike-robot-struts-its-stuff-camo-gear-flna1b9236450