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UPI Odd News Minute

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The Odd News Minute podcast from United Press International is a weekday roundup of hilarious and awe-inspiring stories. New world records, critter misadventures, freaky discoveries, serendipitous lottery wins -- it's the best news you'll hear all day.
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Resilient Earth Radio & Podcast

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Welcome to RESILIENT EARTH RADIO where we host speakers from the United States and around the world to talk about critical issues facing our planet and the positive actions people are taking. We also let our listeners learn how they can get involved and make a difference. Hosts are Leigh Anne Lindsey, Producer @ Sea Storm Studios and Founder of Planet Centric Media, along with Scott & Tree Mercer, Founders of Mendonoma Whale & Seal Study which gathers scientific data that is distributed to o ...
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Odds and Ends: Bobcat in the house, wax sausage roll 4:52

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a bobcat inside a Colorado resident's living room, Madame Tussauds immortalizing the Greggs Sausage Roll, a protein powder spill on a New York highway and the reco…
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Elephant seal comes to town, man swims with sharks 3:03

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An elephant seal wanders out of the ocean into a residential neighborhood in South Africa, an endurance swimmer swims 59 miles around Martha's Vineyard for shark conservation and a Washington zoo's escaped East African crowned crane returns home on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd N…
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Odds and Ends: Ship in the yard, crusty turtle 4:10

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a Norwegian man waking up to find a cargo ship in his yard, a sea turtle found covered in 1.5 pounds of barnacles and other organisms, an East African crowned cran…
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Facing Again Threats to California's Protected Coast, this time by the Trump Administration-Our Talk with the Ocean Foundation's Sr. Fellow, Richard Charter 59:15

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Send us a text The battle for California's coast has erupted once more as offshore drilling returns to Santa Barbara and threatens to spread northward along the entire Pacific coastline. This alarming development follows Trump's late April executive order, which targets even our most protected ocean areas—National Marine Sanctuaries—for oil and gas…
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New York Pigeon Fest, news anchor in labor 2:48

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New York's elevated park The High Line announces it will celebrate controversial birds with Pigeon Fest on June 14 and CBS6 Albany's Olivia Jaquith anchors the morning news show while in labor on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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When cows fly, mystery light was 'not STEVE' 3:16

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Stranded cows get airlifted out of a Swiss village under threat of rockslide, an astronomer identifies a mysterious light in the sky over Arizona and an Iranian man balances 96 spoons on his body on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Wildlife rescuers don bear suits, world record gets Smurfed 2:34

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A baby bear at San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center is being raised by caretakers wearing bear suits and a town in France breaks a world record with 3,076 people in Smurf costumes on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Odds and Ends: Moose maternity, naked 5k 5:48

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a cat that escaped from a vet and walked nearly 3 miles home, a moose that gave birth on the lawn at an Alaska hospital, a "clothing-optional" 5k race in South Car…
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Living Nature - More Valuable Than Dead Nature: How Seacology is Helping Island Nations & Indigenous People Economically & Ecologically 59:02

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Send us a text Seacology is a charitable organization headquartered in Berkeley, CA that works to preserve island ecosystems and cultures around the world, as well as conducting annual educational ecotourism trips. Founded in 1991 with the work of ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox, the high risk of extinction for island fauna and the decline in coral ree…
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3-inch dog, bear steals trail camera 3:09

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An Ontario woman's 3-inch-tall dog might be the smallest in the world, a trail camera "theft" in New Hampshire is found to be the work of a bear and a fawn is rescued from a Texas storm drain on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Duck triggers speed camera, robot solves Rubik's cube 2:36

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A fast-flying duck triggers a speed camera in a Swiss town seven years to the day after an identical incident and a Purdue team's robot breaks the world record for solving a Rubik's cube puzzle on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Cat quinceañera, Cedar Point alpaca escape 3:09

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A quinceañera for a Texas woman's 15-year-old cat goes viral and saves a rescue group from closing down and three alpacas escape from the petting zoo at the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Odds and Ends: Soccer throw, Florida kangaroo update 4:34

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a dog rescued from Lake Michigan on a Chicago beach, a record-breaking soccer throw-in, a lost cat found after 3 years and an update to an earlier story about a ka…
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SEE Turtles Organization President, Brad Nahill on Ecotourism & protecting Sea Turtles - Leading up to World Sea Turtle Week June 2025 59:25

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Send us a text This conversation is a lead up to the annual Sea Turtle Week each June, which kicks off with World Ocean Day June 8th and ends on the 16, Sea Turtle Week. 7 sea turtle species are highlighted each day along with one of the threats they face. Join Brad Nahill’s See Turtle organization and more than 150 global partners in raising aware…
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Boy orders 70,000 lollipops from Amazon, mystery kangaroo 3:20

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A Kentucky woman's young son orders $4,200 worth of Dum-Dum suckers from Amazon, a mystery kangaroo is caught on camera hopping down the middle of a Florida road and a Tennessee zoo's escaped peacock is found in a neighbor's back yard on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute …
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Odds and Ends: Dropped dimes, David Rush returns 4:27

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a truck that spilled $800,000 worth of dimes, a man who can pop his eyes out of their sockets, a turtle's Lego mobility aid and the return of David "Record Breaker…
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Reconnecting Markets with Nature Part 2: An Earth Day Talk with Financial Economist Ralph Chami & More About Blue Green Future 59:21

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Send us a text Today’s episode is brought to you by Flukes International and is the 2nd half of an Earth Day 2025 conversation we had with Ralph Chami who is Co-Founder/CEO of Blue Green Future, a large team of innovators and thought leaders for natural capital finance and a nature-based economy. Ralph has over 32 years of experience as a financial…
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Alabama kangaroo crash, seagull screeching championship 3:08

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An escaped kangaroo hops onto an Alabama highway and causes a two-vehicle crash and Britain's "Seagull Boy" scores his second consecutive victory in the European Championship Gull Screeching event on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Lost cash was not a scam, baby bird fed by puppet 2:25

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A Michigan State Police trooper tries to return $5,000 in lost cash to a resident who confuses the calls for a scam and a New York zoo uses a hand-puppet to feed a newly hatched king vulture on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Dachshund found after 529 days in the wild, margarita snake 2:44

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A miniature dachshund is rescued after 529 days in the wild on Australia's Kangaroo Island and a snake falls out of a Virginia restaurant's ceiling and into a diner's drink on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Odds and Ends: Surfing dogs, woodpecker vandal 4:33

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include the 2025 East Dog Dog Surfing Festival in Florida, a woodpecker terrorizing a Massachusetts town, an alligator in a trash can and a Cyprus man with incredible bala…
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Reconnecting Markets with Nature: An Earth Day Talk with Renowned Financial Economist Ralph Chami (part 1 of 2) 59:02

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Send us a text What if we could see the invisible? The magnificent blue whale, stretching 110 feet long through ocean depths, remains completely invisible to our economic systems—until it's killed. In this profound Earth Day conversation with Ralph Chami, we discover how reconnecting our market systems with living nature might be our most powerful …
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Odds and Ends: Alpaca's adventure, Dolly Parton airport 5:12

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include an escaped alpaca in New York, a herd of cows parading through Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a zoo's search for a fugitive beaver and a campaign to rename Nashville…
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From Nigeria, Africa - Ahmed Tiamiyu Sr. Policy Advisor to Nigeria & The United Nations & Exec. Dir. CAPws--Community Action Against Plastic Waste in the Global South 59:01

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Send us a text Our guest today is from Nigeria, Africa - a dynamic scientist who is dedicating his life to helping communities in the Global South do something about the enormous amounts of waste, specifically plastic waste, that is being exported by higher income countries to lower income countries. The name of the non-profit organization is CAPws…
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Manhattan turkey, 49-year-old message in a bottle 3:17

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The only wild turkey to ever visit Manhattan makes her return to the New York island and a pair of brothers combing a beach in the Bahamas find a Massachusetts student's message in a bottle from 1976 on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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'Book brigade' moves store, raccoon in tight spot 3:05

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A Michigan bookstore convenes a "book brigade" to relocate its inventory to a new location one book at a time, a raccoon gets stuck in a Massachusetts storm drain grate and the San Antonio Zoo welcomes a newly-hatched pygmy falcon on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on Y…
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Crosswalk prank targets Elon Musk, earthquake elephants 3:08

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Crosswalk buttons in three California cities are hacked to play hoax audio recordings of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and the elephants at the San Diego Zoo form an "alert circle" during an earthquake on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Odds and Ends: Lost luggage, poop on the moon 4:49

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include the strangest and most expensive items found in unclaimed luggage, a deer that wandered into a Kentucky YMCA, an Alaska woman with the world's largest mouth gape a…
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Ecotoxicologist Susanne Brander from the Scientists Coalition for the United Nations Global Treaty on Plastics Talks About the Next Session This Fall in Geneva Switzerland 58:56

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Send us a text In today’s episode we talk with Susanne Brander, an Ecotoxicologist who is 1 of 12 core steering committee members overseeing 300 international scientific experts within the International Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty who are assisting with Navigating the Complexities of Plastics. An Ecotoxicologist as Susanne…
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Colorado cryptid, New Jersey's strangest beach finds 2:54

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Colorado wildlife officials say a mysterious creature caught on camera in Pueblo "might be a raccoon" and a New Jersey environmental group revealed the weirdest items found during its beach clean-ups in 2024 on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Uber Lost & Found Index, restaurant fights flood with flood 2:47

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Uber's 2025 Lost & Found Index includes a mannequin with human hair, a live turtle and a 5-gallon bucket of beans, and a Kentucky restaurant owner floods the building with clean water to keep the filthy Ohio River waters out on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube…
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Emu captured after nearly a year on the loose, sheep wander into traffic 2:59

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An emu gets a new home at a New York zoo after wandering loose for nearly a year, a flock of 5 sheep wander into Washington traffic and a cruise company breaks a world record with Lego boats on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Odds & Ends: Hawk terrorizes English village, turkeys chase mailman 4:37

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a hawk's reign of terror over an English village coming to an end, a flock of turkeys chasing a Massachusetts mail carrier, a museum's gathering of people in banan…
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Personhood for Nature & Living Things and Nature-Based Economies - a Look Back & Forward in 2025 "A Bellwether Year for the Ocean" with Resilient Earth Hosts Leigh Anne Lindsey (Producer/Editor), Scott ... 59:01

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Send us a text This episode includes a radio show we recorded a year ago, April 2024, when we talked about the March 28, 2024 Declaration for the Ocean signed by Indigenous leaders of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Hawaii, and Easter Island. This treaty declared whales to be legal persons with inherent rights, including the right to …
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'Emotional support' tigers, highway horse adopted 3:13

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A Nevada man says the seven tigers seized from his property were his emotional support animals and a Pennsylvania police officer adopts an escaped miniature horse that ran onto a highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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