Curio

#123: May the Fastest Jizz Win

Another episode of weird news with Tom, George and Rob. This week we have sperm racing, Chinese urine buns and pooing in a bucket. Top quality content. __ 00:00 George's boring clairvoyant dream 10:10 The first ever sperm race! 28:47 George's poo bucket 35:47 Steamed wee buns 45:00 Cannibalism, is it so wrong?

#122: Exploring Extreme Horror with Jonathan Butcher

This week on Curio, Tom and George are joined by extreme horror and splatterpunk author, Jonathan Butcher. Jonathan is best known for his books What Good Girls Do, Chocolateman, and Motel Styx. Jonathan also recently won the Gross Out contest at Killercon for his short story Last Night's Gig. __Follow Jonathan and check out his website Website: https://jonathanbutcherhorror.bigcartel.comTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drbutchermdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbutchermd_author__00:00:00 Introduction to Jonathan and extreme horror 00:05:55 What is Splatterpunk? 00:10:37 What Good Girls Do 00:14:27 Why on earth have you written this? 00:20:09 The power of morbid curiosity 00:23:11 Does shock value trump good writing? 00:25:03 Extreme horror writer recommendations 00:29:34 The backstory of Chocolateman 00:38:40 What makes a Jonathan Butcher book? 00:42:22 What inspires extreme horror writers? 00:47:00 Research required for extreme horror 00:50:02 The difficulties of writing as a collaboration 00:58:58 The morality of pushing horror to its extreme 01:03:46 Jonathan's Killercon Gross Out winning short story

#121: Three Grown Men Talk About Minecraft and Poo

The boys are back as a trio and they're back with some weird news stories and even weirder questions. Who is the Rizzler and why are the Cosco Guys booming so much? Should we invest in bum hoses? Chicken jockey? 00:00 Aligning our chakras 03:30 Indian poo holes 07:48 Rob's bidet dreams 12:50 Scenic pisses and nature poos 24:54 Minecraft Movie chicken jockey trend 36:09 The Rizzler joins Nintendo 45:50 Cheeto Charizard

#120: Double check your Shrek

This week we have a quickfire selection of bitesize weird news stories about Shrek, theft, religion and Shrek. 00:00 Shrek 5 controversy 03:28 Shrek the buddha 06:47 Indian Jesus holy poo water 14:38 Peruvian capybara Valentine's drug bust 22:46 Shrek sculpture goes missing

#119: When Looksmaxxing Goes Too Far

When you max your looks too much. 00:00 Intro to looksmaxxing 06:34 Heightmaxxing and leg lengthening surgery 21:33 Jawmaxxing and mewing 32:08 Skinmaxxing and extreme tanning 41:33 Eyecolourmaxxing 46:35 Hairmaxxing and beard transplants