"Now that's what I call a soft rock: 2!"

Dan looks back at some of the strangest and silliest unexplainable experiences a.k.a. 'soft rocks' from guests past, including Josh Widdicombe, Dan Snow and Lucy Cooke.

We'd love to hear about your unexplainable experiences! Join the We Can Be Weirdos Discord Server, where over 1,500 weirdos are sharing their experiences, thoughts and theories. You can find the link in Dan's Instagram bio, or the We Can be Weirdos instagram bio. See you there!

"I must have seen ten ghosts... but I don't think they're ghosts'

Anthony Delaney is an actor, writer, historian, and podcaster originally from County Kilkenny, Ireland. He trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and obtained a PhD in 18th century social and cultural history from the University of Exeter. He co-hosts the hit podcast After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & The Paranormal, alongside Maddy Pelling. His first book, Queer Georgians: A Hidden History, will be published in 2025.

"It was the size of a shopping centre... it was hovering..."

Australian singer-songwriter Peter Andre captured the hearts of millions when he burst onto the music scene in the 1990s with summer hit 'Mysterious Girl', and since then he's gained national treasure status. His latest children's book is a sequel to Super Space Kids Save Planet Drizzlebottom, it's an adventure full of mayhem, mischief... and aliens! It's called Super School Kids and the Baby Alien Rescue - it's available online or in any good bookshop.

***LIVE SHOW JULY 15TH GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***

We Can Be Weirdos is LIVE on Monday 15th July 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you - this time, it's a comedy extravaganza. It will feature Sara Pascoe, Lieven Scheire, Phil Wang, Dr Kate Cherrell, Dr Maddy Pelling and a man experimented on by Uri Geller.

Head here for more info and to buy your tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

"It was a moment of madness... I became him"

Shaun Micallef is an Australian comedy legend. He's an award winning writer, comedian and actor, having starred in and written for television, film, radio and books. Shaun’s style of humour is satirical, surrealist, and a blend of his comedic heroes: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers, Monty Python, The Marx Brothers, and Morecambe and Wise. His new book, Tripping Over Myself: A Memoir of a Life in Comedy, is available now.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Ley Lines from space finally explain why Liverpool is such a hub of word class music, the enduring mystery of the Green Children of Woolpit, and the jaw-dropping story of a death bed visitor who was never seen again.

Many thanks to Emily for sharing her story. And to Dr Francis Young, historian and folklorist specialising in the history of religion and belief, whose book Twilight of the Godlings is out now.

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"We had to say no... a 15 year old boy was given a cesarean to do as his birthday present"

Craig Glenday is a writer and editor, he studied Publishing at Napier in Edinburgh and spent the first half of his career developing magazine titles, covering topics as diverse as cookery, gambling and the paranormal. He's been Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records since 2005. Craig has travelled all over the world, adjudicating some of the most iconic records, including the tallest man, shortest woman and longest fingernails. 

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

A holiday with Neuroscientist Harith Akram ends in disaster, a pendent reappears after 15 years of mystery, and why Eric Lampaert's face ends up in the strangest places.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

"I was really frightened of being near a dead body... until I held his hands"

Hayley Campbell writes for WIRED, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, GQ, Esquire, Empire, VICE, FIGHTLAND, New Statesman, McSweeney’s, The Comics Journal, hosts the Unpopped podcast for the BBC and Must Watch on BBC Radio 5 Live. She wrote a book about Neil Gaiman and her latest book, All the Living and the Dead: A Personal Investigation into the Death Trade, was published in 2022.

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Are you a goat or a sheep? Dr Neil Dagnall, cognitive and parapsychological researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University, gives us the benefit of decades researching the cognitive processes behind paranormal experiences. Also, two grovelling apologies, Dan gets stuck in a highchair and the mystery of John Lennon's acorns.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

"There's a backlog! Admin in the afterlife to get into a new life"

Paul Chowdhry is an award-winning stand-up comedian and host of The Paul Chowdhry Pudcast. He's the star of countless TV shows including Taskmaster, Stand Up for the Week, Live at the Apollo, Roast Battle and Stand Up Central. His record-breaking live stand-up tour, Live Innit, was released in 200 countries worldwide on Amazon Prime. As an actor, he is known for Devils (2019), Swinging with the Finkels (2011), The Blue Tower (2008) and Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (2005).

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

How much would you pay for a haunted rocking horse? When is a meteorite a meteor-wrong? Dan's spooky auction luck is out, the number 23 rears its head AGAIN, and prepare to meet Roberto Vargas: Meteorite Hunter.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

"Smash a pudding... that's the type of violence you can see in the rocks!"

Melanie During is a vertebrate palaeontologist, currently pursuing a PHD at Uppsala University in Sweden. Melanie has a BS in Earth Sciences from the University of Amsterdam and a MS in palaeoclimatology from the VU (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam.

A life-long fascination with extinct fauna and evolution drove her to discover something, literally, earth-shattering: she's pinpointed, to the exact season, when the dinosaurs were wiped out.

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Two fisherman accidentally cross between two worlds, a fire blazes but no damage is done, and Siân Welby joins Dan to provide more evidence concerning Global's most haunted studio.

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Meet the future Prime Minister of the UK. Phin 'Barmy Brunch' Adams of the Monster Raving Loony Party became an icon overnight when he stood for election against divisive Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg. He also just happened to be wearing a baked bean balaclava. Phin didn't win the seat, but he won something more important... the nation's hearts.

***LIVE SHOW JULY 15TH GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***

We Can Be Weirdos is LIVE on Monday 15th July 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you - this time, it's a comedy extravaganza. It will feature Sara Pascoe, Lieven Scheire, Phil Wang, Dr Kate Cherrell, Dr Maddy Pelling and a man experimented on by Uri Geller.

Head here for more info and to buy your tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

"Things that you understand, you can move on from quite easily. Things that you can't... stick in your craw"

John Higgs is a writer who specialises in finding previously unsuspected narratives, hidden in obscure corners of our history and culture, which can change the way we see the world. In the words of MOJO magazine, “Reading John Higgs is like being shot with a diamond. Suddenly everything becomes terrifyingly clear”. 

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

The dark side of Baywatch, an 800 year old phenomena still baffling scientists and perhaps the first evidence of extraterrestrial life is just a load of balls? 

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories, related research and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

"If you love great stories, the greatest ones always involve strange synchronicities"

Dan Snow MBE is a BAFTA award winning historian, podcaster and television presenter. Dan makes programmes around the world on a range of historical topics, from the abandoned Viking churches of Greenland to war damaged sites of Timbuktu. His podcast, History Hit, tells the stories of the most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. 

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Dan is joined by comedian, storyteller and future explorer Will Seaward to discuss haunted hotels, witch defence systems, and other spooky bits of correspondence from the We Can Be Weirdos listeners.

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"I didn't believe it... I was going to evolution class to destroy it from the inside"

Ella Al-Shamahi is a National Geographic Explorer, palaeoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist, author and stand-up comic. An expert in her field, Ella specialises in Neanderthals and caves, working almost exclusively in places it is hard to get insurance, such as Iraq, Yemen and Nagorno-Karabakh.

How did a resolute creationist become a renowned evolutionary biologist?

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Dan is joined once again by Bexy Cameron to discuss (more) bedroom portals, tales of terrifying sleep paralysis, and the synchronicities that listeners of the Weirdo pod are starting to experience. 

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

"If I'm driving and I see a magpie... I have to cross my eyes and touch my forehead"

Nick Mohammed is a double Emmy-nominated actor, perhaps best known as Nathan Shelley in Ted Lasso, and as his character Mr. Swallow, which he has portrayed across both stage and television for over a decade.

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Film critic Ali Plumb swings by to talk Danny DeVito's feet, Nicholas Cage's pyramid tomb and how to make Indiana Jones cry. Plus, how experiencing Déjà Vu can make you a better interviewer.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

"The belief that ghosts exist is a default position for humanity"

Dr Irving Finkel is Assistant Keeper of the Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures department at the British Museum. He has written numerous books, including The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood and The First Ghosts.

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, or head to globalplayer.com.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Dan catches up with actor & comedian Eric Lampaert who is biking across all 50 US states, why the South Coast of England has a serious vortex issue and can we communicate telepathically with dogs, horses and snakes?

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

"A common symptom is related to aliens..."

Warning: This episode contains discussions on the topic of suicide and mental health conditions.

DR Benji Waterhouse is a frontline NHS doctor specialising in psychiatry. He is also an award-winning stand-up comedian who performs sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival. He has written for the Guardian and Independent and was included in a list of ‘Inspiring Psychiatrists’ by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here is his first book.

***LIVE SHOW JULY 15TH GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***

We Can Be Weirdos will be recorded LIVE on Monday 15th July 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you. It will feature Sara Pascoe, Lieven Scheire, Phil Wang and more to be announced!

Head here for more info and to buy your tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

"I thought science was built on rational thinking... if science isn't, what the f*** is?!"

Lucy Cooke is a best-selling author, award-winning documentary filmmaker and broadcaster, National Geographic explorer and TED talker with a Masters in zoology from Oxford university.

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You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

A mysterious purple plasma gives Dan a flight fright, how quiche could help you in a combat situation and the silliest way to avoid a nuclear missile.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Dan Aykroyd is a legendary actor, comedian, screenwriter and musician. He is known for Saturday Night Live, as Elwood Blues of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi), and as Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters. He also founded the music venue chain House of Blues and the vodka brand Crystal Head Vodka.

What you may not know, is that he’s from a dynasty of paranormal investigators – ghost busting runs in his family. Dan and Dan talk ectoplasm, UFOs, crystal skulls and the time he slept butt-to-butt with a ghost.

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You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Dan explores his induction into the world of the weird with Ash Gardner: a friend since childhood and the lead singer of Emperor Yes.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

"I use magickal ritual to tell me what my show is going to be about". Andrew O'Neill is an award-winning comedian, musician and best-selling writer. A non-binary, occult, vegan, psychedelic whirlwind.

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com or follow this link to watch the full interview with Andrew O'Neill:

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You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

The podcast expands its reach to the rings of Jupiter, why a suspiciously tidy room may mean you’ve had an alien visitor and how to get rid of headaches using a pencil.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your thoughts on the topics covered in the main episodes.

“We were told we were going to get superpowers”. Bexy Cameron was born into the strict ‘Children of God’ sect, notorious for sexual exploitation and child abuse. Now, Bexy is a director, academic, activist and best-selling author.

This episode contains discussion of distressing subjects, including paedophilia and sexual abuse.

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com or follow this link to watch the full interview with Bexy Cameron:

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You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

A phantom fan heater, a fake Séance gets weird and a bad vibes babushka doll. Meet producer Al as these weekly bonus episodes get underway.

The Rough Corner needs YOU! Get in touch with your unexplainable experiences, odd theories and your take on the topics covered in the main episodes.

Premonitions? "Like, I know when I’m about to get dumped”. Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire are the soulmates behind hit true-crime podcasts Redhanded and Filthy Ritual. 

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com or follow this link to watch the full interview with Hannah & Suruthi:

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You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

“People try to portray me as a wifeless freak”. Steve Feltham is the Guinness World Record Holder for the longest continuous vigil for the Loch Ness Monster. He has lived on the banks of Loch Ness for over three decades now, in a converted mobile library, with his wife.

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com or follow this link to watch the full interview with Steve Feltham:

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You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Science writer Sadie Dingfelder has always known that she's a little quirky. But while she's made some strange mistakes over the years, it's not until she accosts a stranger in a grocery store (who she thinks is her husband) that she realises something is amiss...

In her book, Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination, Sadie investigates the neuroscience of prosopagnosia (faceblindness), stereoblindness, aphantasia (an inability to create mental imagery), and a condition called Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory. You can pre-order it now or pick it up in the UK from August 8th!

***LIVE SHOW JULY 15TH GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***

We Can Be Weirdos will be recorded LIVE on Monday 15th July 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you. It will feature Sara Pascoe, Lieven Scheire and more to be announced!

Head here for more info and to buy your tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

Brain surgery? “It’s not rocket science”. Harith Akram is a world renowned consultant neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (UCLH) and the Unit of Functional Neurosurgery (UCL) in Queen Square, London, who has recently pioneered a world-first: the cure for chronic pain.

Don’t forget you can watch these interviews, fully extended, exclusively on Global Player. Download it from the App Store, head to globalplayer.com, or follow this link to watch the full interview with Harith Akram:

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You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

Prepare to plunge into the peculiar as Dan Schreiber, professional fact-hunter, uncovers the wild beliefs, ideas and theories of some of the most remarkable people on planet earth. 

As well as delving into the lives of truly fascinating people, Dan asks his guests a maverick tour of questions known as The Batshit Survey. Do they believe in Ghosts? Déjà vu? Telepathy? Premonitions? Déjà vu? 

Either way, everyone has theories they are transfixed by, or a mystery in their own life that they’re trying to solve. Dan leaves no rock unturned – and he’ll share plenty of his own mind-blowing facts and theories too.

Bonus episodes, ‘The Rough Corner’, hear from YOU – your wild ideas, odd theories and unexplainable experiences.

Let’s create a global community of likeminded weirdos!

"Bring me someone from the stars, I'm done with men on earth!"

Warning: This episode contains discussions on the topic of suicide.

Anna Akana is an actress, comedian, writer and musician who can currently be seen on Comedy Central's Corporate. She stars in the film Go Back to China, and can be seen in Marvel's Ant-man, Netflix's You Get Me and Freeform's Stitchers. 

She's most known for her weekly Youtube show, and has sold out two North American tours as a stand-up comic playing comedy songs on guitar. Anna is coming to the UK! She's at the Leicester Square theatre on August 28th & 29th, and is at the Edinburgh fringe from late July with her new show It Gets Darker. Don't miss it!

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Instagram @wecanbeweirdos. There, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

This episode will have a Deep Impact! How the heck do we defend ourselves from a killer chunk of space debris? Luckily, planetary defenders are on the case...

In How to Kill an Asteroid, an upcoming book by award-winning science journalist Robin George Andrews, he reveals the development of the technology that makes defending the earth possible - from spotting elusive asteroids and comets to figuring out their geologic defences and orchestrating a deflection campaign. The book is available in all good book shops and online from October 1st 2024. Get it before we're gone.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Instagram @wecanbeweirdos. There, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

"My whole life has been governed by fateful meetings"

Emma-Lee Moss, formerly known as Emmy The Great, is a musician, composer and writer. Emma-Lee was born in Hong Kong to an English father and a Chinese mother, before moving to London at the age of 12. Performing as Emmy the Great, she has released three studio albums. First Love (2009), Virtue (2011) and Second Love (2016).

Currently, Emma-Lee is working on a memoir about Hong Kong, and playing with new sounds and ways of approaching songwriting. She is also offering Song Circle, a safe and joyous space to open up your songwriting process, overcome blocks, and touch in with your artistic identity, open for those at any stage of their songwriting journey. Find more details at www.emmaleemoss.com

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Instagram @wecanbeweirdos. There, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

What on earth is Psychogeography? How can locations influence our emotions and behaviour? Sonia Overall is here to provide the 101.

Sonia is a Senior Lecturer in Creative & Professional Writing at Canterbury Christ Church University, where she runs the MA in Creative Writing. She's an avid Psychogeographer and founder of Women Who Walk, a network for creatives and academics.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Instagram @wecanbeweirdos. There, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

"I've always managed to stare at things for long periods"

Tony Hawks is a TV and radio comedian and bestselling author. He began his career when he formed the musical comedy trio Morris Minor and the Majors, and is the author of the bestselling Round Ireland with a Fridge – the story of his absurd quest to hitch round the circumference of Ireland within a month… with a fridge. Other books include Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, One Hit Wonderland, A Piano in the Pyrenees, The Fridgehiker’s Guide To Life and his first novel Persistent Wind.

***LIVE SHOW JUNE 17TH! TICKETS AVAILABLE!***

We Can Be Weirdos will be recorded LIVE on Monday 17th June 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you. The lineup includes psychotherapist Philippa Perry, cult escapee Bexy Cameron and songs from Emma-Lee Moss (Formerly Emmy The Great). PLUS very special prizes and souvenir posters!

Head here for more info and to buy your tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

***LIVE SHOW JUNE 17TH! TICKETS AVAILABLE: GET IN THERE QUICK!***

We Can Be Weirdos will be recorded LIVE on Monday 17th June 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you. In this episode, Dan reveals the smorgasbord of guests who will be taking to the stage.

Head here for more info and to buy your tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

Plus, in this episode, your correspondence; including another baffling 'third man' experience.

"Psychotherapists have experiences that we keep quiet about... because we sound bloody mad!"

Live from the Underbelly Theatre, London! Psychotherapist and author Philippa Perry takes on the batshit list... and reveals some unexpected woo-woo of her own. Also featuring music by Emma-Lee Moss (F.K.A. Emmy The Great), and Bexy Cameron, author of Cult Following.

Philippa Perry trained as a psychotherapist and worked in the mental health field for many years before writing her graphic novel, 'Couch Fiction' which lays bare the process of psychotherapy. This was followed by 'How to Stay Sane', 'The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)' and her latest book 'The Book You Want Everyone* You Love To Read *(and Maybe a Few You Don’t)'. She hosts 'Grayson’s Art Club' with her husband Grayson Perry, and has presented many documentaries including 'The Truth about Children Who Lie' , 'Being Bipolar'  and 'How To Be A Surrealist with Philippa Perry'.

***LIVE SHOW SEPTEMBER GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT***

This episode is just a taster of a whole night of eclectic weirdness! To see it all for yourself, We Can Be Weirdos is LIVE again on Monday 16th September 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. This time featuring 'godfather of the batshit list', author and parapsychology researcher Rupert Sheldrake.

Head here for more info and to buy your tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

"Auras are like the Northern Lights of a person"

Spencer Jones is a comedian, actor, and writer, who has been nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award and for multiple BAFTAs. Spencer’s BBC Comedy Short, The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk won a BAFTA nomination for Best Short Form Programme. You may have also seen him in Upstart Crow, or on a ream of TV comedy shows.

And you can see him perform live on his first ever national tour! Join the critically acclaimed and ‘gleefully madcap’ (The Guardian) comic as he plays eight UK tour shows this autumn, in Manchester, Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, Glasgow, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Brighton.

***ANOTHER LIVE SHOW DATE!***

We Can Be Weirdos will also be recorded LIVE on 17th June 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you.

Head here for more info and tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

Can ghosts interact with each other? Why do some objects seem to carry 'energy'? Where's the best place to keep a cursed object? Ask Neil Packer! He owns the Haunted Antiques Paranormal Research Centre, in Hinkley UK.

***ANOTHER LIVE SHOW DATE!***

We Can Be Weirdos will also be recorded LIVE on 17th June 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you.

Head here for more info and tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

"The tooth fairy took my cock ring"

In his words, "Rob Auton started saying things aloud to groups of people without wanting them to respond verbally. Some call this 'stand up comedy', some call it 'stand up poetry'. Whatever it is, I started doing it and have continued to do it ever since."

Rob Auton is a unique voice in the world of comedy. With his distinctive style and thought-provoking material, Rob has captivated audiences with his whimsical yet profound observations on life, existence, and the human experience.

Head to robauton.co.uk for the latest info on his tour, which visits London tomorrow (June 1st) at the Bloomsbury Theatre. And check out The Rob Auton Daily Podcast, wherever you usually get your pods.

***ANOTHER LIVE SHOW DATE!***

We Can Be Weirdos will also be recorded LIVE on 17th June 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you.

Head here for more info and tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

Dan and Al chat the OG vampire, a diminishing supply of ghosts in the UK and universe lasagne. It's also time for your contributions - don't forget to head to the Discord to tell us yours for future eps! Just go to @schreiberland on Instagram to find the link.

***ANOTHER LIVE SHOW DATE!***

We Can Be Weirdos will also be recorded LIVE on 17th June 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you.

Head here for more info and tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage into the World of the Weird. Have you read this book yet?! It's pretty darn good. And it's about to be released in paperback in the USA, on June 11th!

To celebrate, here's an extract from the audiobook to wet your weird whistle. You can grab the full audiobook from Audible, or head online or to your favourite local bookshop, to pick up The Theory of Everything Else in it's glorious physical form.

***ANOTHER LIVE SHOW DATE!***

We Can Be Weirdos will also be recorded LIVE on 17th June 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Another wild night to ignite the suppressed bit of batsh*t in you.

Head here for more info and tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/