Titus and Mick unravel how Vladimir Putin used the Olympics as a stage to showcase power, pride, and political ambition. From outrageous spending to shadowy scandals, this episode explores how sport became a key weapon in Putin’s grand plan. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Special Guest Trevor Cohen - Sports Bizarre
Titus and Mick sit down with 87 year old athlete Trevor Cohen to chat about his remarkable sporting journey and the secrets to still competing well into his 80s. If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Royal Stings and Tentacle Flings - Animal Bizarre
In this wildly entertaining episode of Animal Bizarre, a rogue bee brings down a royal billionaire at a polo match, an octopus sends his detachable penis on solo missions, and we uncover the cheetah’s seductive bark that makes the ladies ovulate on demand. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Enhanced Games - Sports Bizarre
In this episode of Sports Bizarre, Titus and Mick unpack the wild story behind the Enhanced Games - a proposed Olympics-style event where drugs aren't banned, they're encouraged. Is this the future of sport or a doomed science experiment? If you’d like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets Sources https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/enhanced-games-olympics-doping-aron-dsouza-b2565593.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/style/enhanced-games.html https://spearswms.com/wealth/enhanced-games-founder-aron-dsouza-on-why-his-project-is-more-than-just-the-doping-olympics/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2023/07/03/drug-enhanced-olympic-games/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Elephants Don't Pay and Bears Don't Knock - Animal Bizarre
Mick and Titus discuss animal crimes - an elephant ransacks 7/11, a bear breaks into a retirement home and the story of Titus' short lived postie career that ended with a dog attack. If you’d like more Animal Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you’ll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Yet all these stories are true, even if many of them shouldn’t be.
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From teammates who swapped wives to a crypto-investing hamster, one thing we guarantee if they are all bizarre.
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