Rare Encounter

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By: AbleKirby and coldacid

Two polymaths making increasingly complicated fart jokes.

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My Sort of Mad
#182
04/18/2024

Translating music, praising the rock, and saving the elusive hathog.

Executive producer: phifer

Show Notes

Toronto airport gold heist: Police identify nine suspects | CP24.com

Pearson airport gold heist: Video shows suspect taking off with more than $22M in gold, cash | CP24.com

German art museum fires worker for hanging his own painting in gallery | Germany | The Guardian

Smash Mouth's 'All Star' translated to Aramaic and back becomes 'beautiful poetry' | Newshub

There was one who said unto me that the universe was going to...


The Family Grenade
#181
03/21/2024

Car moats, rat grease, and aged mayonaise.

Executive producer: KR

Show Notes

OPP Highway Safety Division on X

Rollover: EB #Hwy401/Harmony. Single vehicle rollover, no injuries. 2 left lanes blocked, clean up ongoing, expect to have all lanes reopened shortly. ^ks

RIP Akira Toriyama

Journalists SLANDER "Gushing Over Magical Girls" Creator - YouTube

Episode 5 - Gushing Over Magical Girls - Anime News Network

Archive link just in case they try to scrub the article. <...


Audiotubering
#180
03/07/2024

Leaking contracts, walking without rhythm, and terrorizing developers.

Executive producer: KR

Show Notes

Scientists name Tiny fungus after Dune's fearsome sandworms | National Post

Walk without rhythm and you won't attract the shroom.

Kusosanji

Leaked Nijisanji Contract Reveals The Truth… | EX-Nijisanji Talent Speaks Out - YouTube

Notes on the Niji contract stream : Nijisanji

Archived in case it gets removed (as /r/Nijisanji has corpo mods)

Nijisanji does not guarantee that livers make any money at all. Niji doesn't guarantee anything at all, really. No...


Shark Ray Jay Johnsons
#179
03/07/2024

Romancing the stingray, swimming with deer, and drowning in maple syrup.

With special guest host Carolyn Blaney!

Executive producers: lavish & Anonymouse

Show Notes

The Nexus Browser | Digital Archaeology

Tim Berners-Lee: WorldWideWeb, the first Web client

Inside the Code — WorldWideWeb NeXT Application

SpiritOfRadio.ca | The CFNY Spirit Of Radio Fan Page

Woman Sues Tomato Company, Saying Those Weren’t San Marzanos in the Can - The New York Times

Archive link

Florida Man Games poke fun at state’s repu...


Nostr Nipples
#178
02/22/2024

Belting the O ring, playing strip mahjong, and sliding deeper into deviancy.

Executive producer: boo-bury

Show Notes

Mahjong - Wikipedia

Homemade graphics card

A story in four parts.

The world's worst video card? - YouTube

World's worst video card? The exciting conclusion - YouTube

Installing the world’s worst video card - YouTube

World's worst video card gets better? - YouTube

Canadian Lawyer Discusses Nijisanji Vs. Dokibird (And Others) - YouTube

Ian Runkle (Runkle of th...


Exiting the Subway
#177
02/08/2024

Firing Robocop, day trading VTuber stocks, and learning about shaders.

Executive producer: boo-bury

Show Notes

NYPD ditches its $12,500 Times Square subway police robot after only four months - and some commuters say good riddance | The US Sun

Selen Tatsuki's Termination Sparks Controversy; Nijisanji Claims It Will Have "Negligible Financial Effects" - Anime Corner

VTuber agency Nijisanji is in hot water with vtuber fandom right now for firing a popular talent and then lying about it.

Infinite Craft

A fun little addictive...


Candy Math
#176
02/01/2024

Canadian crimes, vomit drawers, and Zangief's swinging dick.

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney

Show Notes

Addressing the RE: Revelations Chun-Li scandal - Enigma/CapcomGate | Patreon

Apparently Enigma might not be an attempt to prevent content modding after all.

Video: beaver roaming Toronto waterfront | CP24.com

$38,000 in hockey sticks, gloves taken from Kingston Canadian Tire | The Kingston Whig Standard

It doesn't get any more Canadian crime than this.

A ghostly shipwreck has emerged in Newfoundland, and residents want to know its...


Nice Tight Code
#175
01/25/2024

Charging my ions, fighting naked, and reacting to ActivityPub.

Executive producer: Crunch Wrap Supreme

Show Notes

Episode 133 - Weebs of Gor: coldacid Joins Us To Talk About Pervert Cartoons, Especially The Ones In Winter 2024 by Dad's Anime Podcast

SHONEN KNIFE ‘OUR BEST PLACE’ 2024 AUSTRALIAN TOUR - Australian Musician Magazine

Capcom Is Apparently Adding New DRM To Prevent Mods - Gameranx

They're so cheesed about Nude Chun-Li that they're fucking everything they own.

Is Capcom really adding anti-mods DRM to older games? | VG247

St...


All You Have Left is the Dunk
#174
01/11/2024

Beeping autistically, reinventing the Blackberry, and laying off everybody.

Executive producer: boo-bury

Show Notes

mg42 elf on kyaruc fedi

you literally cannot make this shit up WHAT

Clicks is a $139 iPhone case for people who hate touchscreen typing | Ars Technica

Exploding toilet at Dunkin’ in Florida left customer filthy and injured, lawsuit says

Exploding toilet tank complaints leads to massive Flushmate recall

FlushmateÂŽ | Power Flush, Pressure Assist Toilet Systems

‘You make customers feel like criminals’, shoppers fume as Morr...


Skankwave
#172
01/04/2024

Austrian painting songs, Excel girlfriends, and potato surveillance.

Show Notes

Excel esports on ESPN show world the pain of format errors | Ars Technica

Microsoft Excel World Championship – FMWC

Ghana singing world record

A woman from Ghana’s capital city took a monumental shot at the world record for the longest continuous singing during the Christmas Holidays. The goal of surpassing Irish chef Alan Fisher’s existing world record of 119 hours and 57 minutes. Afua Asantewaa Owusu Aduonum from Accra commenced her ‘sing-a-thon’ on Christmas Eve, on Sunday, December 2...


Christmas Message
12/27/2023

Christmas Message


Dueling Razzies
#172
12/21/2023

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Luring with gold, moaning in binary, and buying hentai credits.

Executive producer: NetNed

Show Notes

US man charged in four murders ‘lured victims with promise of buried gold’ | Washington state | The Guardian

World of Commodore 2023 – TPUG

The annual World of Commodore event happened this past weekend.

TorontoPETUsersGroup - YouTube

Some 2023 presentations are already up on YouTube.

December 10 - DOOM's 30th Anniversary Stream with John Romero, John Carmack, and David L. Craddock - YouTube

John and John, together again to remini...


Flavour Country
#171
11/30/2023

Massaging the gluteus maximus, TCLing with Fortran, and going to Jingletown.

Show Notes

Video shows large explosion at Ohio auto shop which killed 3 people

Bad CGI Gator - Official Trailer (2023) - YouTube

Six college grads on Spring Break get a cabin in the swamplands of Georgia. Once there, they decide to throw their school laptops in a backyard lake in an act of youthful defiance, which unknowingly turns a lurking alligator into the dreaded and insatiable… Bad CGI Gator!

The Mind Behind Windows: Da...


A Slice of Everyone
#170
11/25/2023

The orcs of the sea, the ants of SimCity, and the sophisticated Homo sapiens.

Executive producer: Nobody

Show Notes

Badlands Devours A HUGE 30-Inch Pizza! (w/Big Twig) - YouTube

Exclusive tour: The last Chuck E. Cheese with an original animatronic band - YouTube

It's the end of an era.

Watch: Bear swipes family’s $45 Taco Bell order from their porch - YouTube

We Asked The Creator Of 'Rotating Sandwiches': Why? | Digg

Unauthorized “David Attenborough” AI clo...


Brown Finger
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#169
11/22/2023

Stinky fruit, Thanksgiving carols, and chairs for every purpose.

With special guest host Sir Spencer of Bowl After Bowl!

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney

Show Notes

What's The Difference Between Yams And Sweet Potatoes?

Durian - Wikipedia

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Wikipedia

Sydney Forest - Wikipedia

Archaeologists discover previously unknown ancient language | The Independent

Thank the Hittites.

Hittites - Wikipedia

Anime and Manga

JIN-ROH (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade) ¡ AniList

W...


Decompiling Dark
#168
11/09/2023

Camping for Swift, walking backwards, and fighting rats.

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney of the Hog Story Blaneys

Show Notes

Man says otters attacked him while he was swimming in a California lake - YouTube

Taylor Swift Fans in Argentina Detail Camping Out for The Eras Tour

Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies | Nature

Large low-velocity provinces are back, in Theia form.

ASU researchers discover Earth's blobs are remnants of an ancient planetary collision | ASU News


Mouse in the House
#167
11/02/2023

Sucking boxes, boning up on Luther, and decreasing your sperm count.

Show Notes

Richard Moll, ‘Night Court’ sitcom actor, dies at age 80 | AP News

Rest in peace, Bull.

Richard Moll - IMDb

Dada - Wikipedia

SNACKEX 2019 - Interview with Dr Rolf Nilges, Elected President of ESA - YouTube

Why Exhibit? - SNACKEX

Swedish Fish - Wikipedia

Mars has a surprise layer of molten rock inside

Get your ass to liquid Mars.

Explore JWST's deep...


Nightmare Hands
Nightmare Hands episode artwork
#166
10/26/2023

Hating terrorism, fucking snow globes, and catching the big tuna.

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney

Show Notes

Why AI-generated hands are the stuff of nightmares, explained by a scientist - BBC Science Focus Magazine

Higurashi hands

Better drawn and less disturbing than most AI generated hands.

Guy who married Hatsune Miku now has a dilemma after 4 years of marriage

Remember the guy who married Miku? I think he's a widower now.

Her (2013) - IMDb

Boogie Bass (Fixed...


Pumpkin Styles
Pumpkin Styles episode artwork
#165
10/19/2023

Plumbing for polyps, happy fun stuff, and remembering Shep.

Executive producer: SirVo

Show Notes

Colon polyps - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

DF2014:Fun - Dwarf Fortress Wiki

There's a special meaning for "fun" with this game.

Image Creator from Microsoft Bing

coldacid's creations

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Podcast Law
Podcast Law episode artwork
#164
10/19/2023

Diversity firings, Conan's podcast, and racist AI.

Executive producer: SirVo

Show Notes

Marvel To Restructure Their TV Division Lending Credence To Claim That New WGA Deal Would Eliminate Woke, Diversity Hires - Bounding Into Comics

Hollywood Screenwriter Explains How Woke, Diversity Hires Will Be Out Of Jobs Under New WGA Deal - Bounding Into Comics

More actual writers, fewer activists, in the writing rooms going forward? When you look at the economics of the new deal, that's the most likely outcome.

Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend | Team...


No-No Pan
#163
09/29/2023

Missing knives, fever dreams, and space age puppet shows.

Executive producer: Dirty Jersey Whore

Show Notes

Game of the Week: WTF is this?

This week's game is for the audience... What did AbleKirby find in his toolbox?

Winner Winner Boostagram Dinner

From Carolyn Blaney:

RE: What the fuck is this? Allan Key Hex Key set. It looks like those slots of for to hold a set of Allan keys. Able might be missing other pieces? https://a.co/d/bS8pp0u

WATCH...


Cheese Mouse
#162
09/21/2023

Adventuring after the end, flying the shitty skies, and walking the emu.

Executive producer: serpent

Show Notes

Columbus Blue Jackets admit 'major misstep' with Mike Babcock hire

Fake news

Pants shitting is definitely (not) happening.

Rare Encounter - Encounter #97: Trippin' on Nuggs

For more pants-shitting.

The Sphere: Inside the Futuristic Home of U2’s New Residency – Rolling Stone

Is This $2 Billion Orb the Future of Live Music?

Ponder it.

I went to C...


The Ocean Blew Him
#161
09/14/2023

Australian roadsport, Billy Zane's rifle, and the true meaning of Circle K.

Executive producer: boo-bury

Show Notes

Lidl Recalls PAW Patrol-Branded Snack Over Explicit Content on Website

Pawed.com?

Which? on X

🚨 URGENT RECALL: Four types of Paw Patrol snacks are being recalled by Lidl after a website URL listed on the back of the packaging was compromised with explicit content unsuitable for children.

Customers should return the products to their nearest Lidl store for a full refund.

appykidsco.com...


Bacon Semen Snow
#160
08/31/2023

Heavy metal drops, highway hives, and the Wolfman of Harz.

Executive producer: Obscene Snowman

Show Notes

Cans scattered across Hwy. 401 east of Toronto after collision | CP24.com

This following up an early morning collision between another tractor-trailer and the median barrier just a couple kilometers west.

Beekeepers help police catch millions of bees accidentally set free in Burlington | CP24.com

And on the other side of the Greater Toronto Area...

HRPS Burlington on X
Guelph Ln north of Dundas - Officers dealing...


Video Schizo Posting
#159
08/24/2023

Subscribing to gas, questing for the ring, and doing a barrel roll.

Executive producer: SirVo

Show Notes

Windows must die

EVs Fall Short of EPA Estimates by a Much Larger Margin Than Gas Cars in Our Real-World Highway Testing

Some Ford Truck Drivers Say They Keep Having Their Ears Blown Out by Strange Static

Ford Hires Apple Veteran Peter Stern to Lead New Era of Customer Experiences Powered by Software and Services | Ford Media Center

The guy who oversaw such gems as Apple...


Furtality!
#158
08/17/2023

Resting on the porn couch, popping potato pimples, and driving the electron autobahn.

Show Notes

13 Ghanaians successfully complete 10,000km drive from Accra to London | Africanews

Bizarre moment man is attacked by FURRY after he's caught filming fetish group in Huntington Beach | Daily Mail Online

They really missed an opportunity with the headline. Should have been "mauled by furry"!

'I Visited Iceland From The US And Went To An American-Themed Bar. I'd Never Felt More Like A Tourist' | Digg

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Grab Bag Fantasy
#157
08/17/2023

Retaking Constantinople, visiting the DMZ, and forgetting to toast the bun.

Recorded on Saturday at Gen Con 2023!

Show Notes

Neo Leo Says...


Justin on the Prowl
#156
08/05/2023

Our shortest episode yet! Packing fudge, hitting the road, and playing pickleball with Satan.


Naked Tub Girls
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#155
07/27/2023

Wranging Canadians, hurling feces, and meeting the OG Truck-kun.

With special guest Dad of Dad's Anime Podcast

Executive producer: SirVo

Show Notes

The Odd History of the First Erotic Computer Game - The Atlantic

Softporn Adventure: 9 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The World's First Erotic Computer Game

16bit Sensation ¡ AniList

A manga about a girl who becomes a CG artist for eroge in the early 1990s. Soon to have an anime side story! Mostly but not entirely safe for work.

16b...


Podcatty
#154
07/13/2023

Flooding the rivers, popping diet pills, and getting naked with your co-workers.

Executive producer: Dirty Jersey Whore

Show Notes

WednesdayOS - YouTube

Toronto Argonauts 2023 Touchdown Song! - YouTube

2023 CFL season - Wikipedia

Microsoft wins U.S. court nod to buy Activision in loss for FTC. Britain pauses its fight - Los Angeles Times

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25905 | Windows Insider Blog

New build introduces some Rust code, and brings back support for the Zune.

Tuxemon/Tuxemon: Open source monster-fighting...


Filtered in the Lab
#153
07/05/2023

Marc Christopher returns on this special prerecorded episode.


Back on Big Metal
#152
06/29/2023

Loving Thumbelina, photographics particles, and gaping our toes.

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney

Show Notes

Sounds That EVERY 90's kids Remember - YouTube

Feel old yet?

Classic Nostalgic 1990s-2000s Commercials - YouTube

First navigation with wireless muometric navigation system (MuWNS) in indoor and underground environments - ScienceDirect

CAPTURING COSMIC RAYS WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA - Articles - Articles - Articles - Cloudy Nights

Muon capture - Wikipedia

Zuck vs. Musk: The Fight of the Decade

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NVidia Cooter
#151
06/22/2023

Performing captchas, questioning computers, and nibbling on the biggest fish.

Executive producer: Dame DuhLaurien

Show Notes

Windows 11 Insider Dev Build 23481.1000 (22H2) - June 14 | Windows 11 Forum

Windows 11 dumbs down further, news at 11.

Two dead after truck exploded on Hwy. 401 in Pickering: police | CP24.com

OPP Highway Safety Division on Twitter

Explosive power as a result of the fatal collision #Hwy401/Brock Rd Pickering. #TorontoOPP

accident 401 west pickering on - YouTube

Video shows the explosion and the mushroom cloud resulting from...


Smoother Fella
#150
06/15/2023

Kinky grandmas, honk holes, and the Tulsa lifestyle.

Executive producer: cottongin

Show Notes

June 12: Grimace's birthday

McDonald’s Celebrates Grimace’s Birthday with a GB Studio Game – GB Studio Central

Grimace’s Birthday

Play it today!

Grimace's Birthday : McDonald's : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Or download the ROM for later.

Ben Rosen on Twitter

a june 12 birthday suggests grimace may have been conceived on september 11

Bud Light Loses Title as Top-Selling U.S. Bee...


Rendezvous with Loblaws
#149
06/08/2023

Tawdry teletubbies, black body radiation, and authorized nibbling.

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney

Show Notes

Before-And-After Photos Show The Devastating Effects Of The Canada Wildfires On NYC's Air Quality | Digg

New York Metro Weather on Twitter

Lower Manhattan via @Earthcam at 3:00pm.

Nichameleon - Teletubbies - E-Hentai Galleries

More NSFL than NSFW.

This Guy On Twitter Keeps Inventing Horrible Tech Features That No One Wants | Digg


Fight Club Flight Club


Spotify - Locked Artists

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Nope Ropes and Danger Noodles
#148
06/02/2023

Encounter #148

Running mazes, making games, and exploring meaningful concepts.

Executive producer: NOBODY :(

Show Notes

The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth - YouTube

TOJam 2023: We Lost Count! - itch.io

Yet again, the Toronto Game Jam has happened!

Evacuate! by coldacid

coldacid's failed attempt at making a game for this year's jam.

PETSCII Bros by jimbo

Jim's done it again with another great demake for the Commodore PET -- this time, the original Mario Brothers game. <...


Amy Gets a Set
#147
05/25/2023

Novelty corks, girls in uniform, and ALF lore.

Executive producer: lavish

Show Notes

Man Steals Backhoe, Drives to Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois to Catch Flight – NBC New York

$270, 2,561-piece Lego Pac-Man arcade cabinet will eat ghosts, disposable income | Ars Technica

PAC-MAN Arcade 10323 | LEGOÂŽ Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGOÂŽ Shop CA

Set goes on sale June 4 (or June 1 for VIP Early Access).

Neo Leo Says!

People on Ozempic say they...


Workin' at the Night Farm
#146
05/18/2023

Milking megabusters, running over Ronald, and beating up mammoths.

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney

Show Notes

Cleveland Browns on Twitter

14 challengers enter, 1 elf remains

This is #DawgPound Wrestling

Brownie the Elf (Cleveland Browns) | SportsMascots Wikia | Fandom

The Pigeon Post Principle by cassowary

Ludum Dare 53 entry, where you are a postal pigeon delivering the mail.

Other Ludum Dare 53 entries mentioned

Paleo Pickup by auxiliaryCarry, Veka, chrissx2, TommyTheITGuy, Malczan
Broomstick Post by jamwitch, Celia...


Goose Sunthunder and the Balls of Rock
#145
05/11/2023

Paving paradise, spilling spaghetti, and doing drive-bys.

Executive producer: NOBODY

Show Notes

Garf by quarkk

the lasgana needs you, garf. lasgana is you're destinie.

Pasta dumped in Old Bridge, N.J., woods

Pasta dumper at large!

A lot of the details remain un-aldente-fied.

pasta girl on Twitter

someone very mysteriously dumped 3-400 pounds of pasta in the woods in old bridge, nj …… i need to know everything

Home | TOJam 2023

TOJam is happening again, May...


Something About Harry
#144
05/04/2023

Imagining numbers, animating your Mac, and saving the Library of Alexandria.

Executive producer: serpent

Show Notes

Country Music Hall of Fame unveils new Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ pop-up exhibit

Check out her rhinestone-studded bikini while you're there!

Ore no Kokan wa Bishoujo Datta no ka - MangaDex

Also known as Turns Out My Dick Was a Cute Girl. Recommendation from serpent.

Woman has 'full body orgasm' during LA Philharmonic concert

I'll have what she's listening to.

Electrical current modu...