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Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney

Levon Putney | Former WCBS 880 News Reporter | 25+ Years Journalism Experience

Join veteran journalist Levon Putney, former WCBS 880 reporter with 25+ years experience, for the Reel Pod News Cast™ - your bi-weekly dose of funny news stories that won"t ruin your day. Every Tuesday and Friday, discover bizarre crime stories, weird news from around the world, and hilarious mishaps that will make you smile. Perfect for anyone seeking light entertainment news, comedy podcasts, or a palate cleanser from heavy headlines. Features parody commercials, celebrity birthdays, and music

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14:11

Reel Pod News Cast, Fri June 20th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/06/20

Includes stories on the guy on TikTok called Mr Cash Drop who's been posting video of himself hiding money in public places around New Jersey for people to find... also on the Salt Lake City UT man accused of trying to drive a wooden stake through the heart of a buddy he was having lunch with, because he said his buddy was a werewolf... and on a yellow mongoose that broke loose from a British wildlife park, because workers think it was out looking to mate, and it was found outside a pub.

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15:47

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue June 17th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/06/17

Includes stories on two engaged, Family Dollar store workers in Indianapolis who police say chased down a guy who robbed the store and shot him in the butt...and on the two dozen water buffalo that broke loose from a British Columbia farm and ran through a couple of neighborhoods...also on how police in England's Leicestershire county warned people headed to last weekend's Download rock festival to take off smart watches and bracelets if jumping around mosh pits, because the wearables have been

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16:58

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Jan 13th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/06/13

Includes stories on a Kentucky man accused of releasing a wild raccoon into a local bar that banned him seven months ago, when he rode a mule to the bar and started snapping his bullwhip at bar customers...and on a man in Florida who called 911, because cops say he was upset the strip club he was in would not allow sex in the champagne room...also on a Byzantine era complex of tombs discovered at a redevelopment project in Syria. Plus... parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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16:08

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Jan 10th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/06/10

Including a story on a man arrested for DUI in Kentucky, posted bond and later called the sheriff's office for help getting some personal items from his impounded car, only for deputies to say they then found a bag of cocaine in the man's ride, so he was arrested again....and one on an Australian guy dancing in front of surveillance video cameras before breaking into a school to steal laptops... also on how a grown, male elephant ducked and got his entire body into a grocery store last week in

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15:36

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri June 5th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/06/06

Including stories on a deputy sheriff in Florida who resigned, after being chased down and arrested by a co-worker for riding a motorcycle with a fake license plate reading, 'CHASEM3'... also on the 20-year old personal trainer in England just sentenced to prison time for taking his date on a 120-mile per hour police chase, after they tried to stop him for speeding... and on a video recorded brawl that broke out over line-skipping at Shanghai Disneyland. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity

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15:48

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue June 3rd 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/06/03

Includes stories on two pigeons that hopped on a Delta airlines flight on Saturday, and flew around the cabin until baggage handlers caught the stowaways... also on the woman in DC who cops say stripped butt naked in a hotel lobby, then went outside to lay on a towel before going into the hotel bar, where cops say she threw liquor bottles at people, and blamed it all on her lord and saviour Michael Jackson, who she said told her to do it... and one on the police search for a man in Australia who set

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16:06

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri May 30th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/30

Includes stories on the Washington State man who cops say climbed 80-feet up a cedar tree to try and get away from chasing officers- didn't work... also on the annual cheese rolling contest in Gloucestershire, England...and on the two ton, elephant seal that waddled into a seaside neighborhood in South Africa. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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15:40

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue May 27th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/27

Including the story of-and kudos to lol-the pregnant tv news anchor in Albany NY who finished the two-hour morning show, after her water broke about 90-minutes before the show started... and on the Louisiana school teacher accused of dropping a baggie of cocaine in the hallway... also on the container ship that ran aground in Norway-right into the shoreline yard of the home of a man who slept through it... also on a cow that washed up alive on an Australian beach, after floodwaters took it on an

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15:00

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri May 23rd 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/23

Includes stories on three Montana Army National Guardsmen accused of using a black hawk helicopter to steal elk antlers from a ranch... also on the ten inmates who 'Shawshanked' their way out of a New Orleans jail... and on Costa Rican officials looking for whoever used a cat as a mule to break into a prison to carry in drugs--video showed it had several ounces of marijuana and heroin strapped to its body. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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15:31

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue May 20th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/20

Includes stories on the kindergartener in a Pennsylvania school who gave jello shots to three classmates... on how singer Chris Brown is in a London jail after being arrested this past Friday over accusations he beat up a music producer two years ago inside a nightclub... and on a Sunday gathering of over 3,000 people in a French town- all dressed and painted up as Smurfs to break a Guinness World Record. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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15:53

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri May 16th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/16

Includes stories on the mysterious case of exploding birds in a Richmond California neighborhood... and on three guys busted in Japan for trying to sneak hundreds of pounds of hermit crabs onto a plane in suitcases... also on how cops in Melbourne Australia say a man broke INTO a police station early this past Monday morning...and he stayed for the handcuffs. Also...parody ads/songs and a lotta good weekend celebrity birthdays.

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16:11

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue May 13th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/13

Includes stories on the Connecticut man and woman accused of having sex inside a Porsche that was blocking the parking lot entrance to a state police barrack...and on the hunt for an ocelot in Jamaica, after the wildcat escaped from a smuggling boat the coast guard raided... and on how a court in Sweden just found a mother guilty of harrassment for posting a video of her using the five year old daughter's forehead to crack an egg for a TikTok challenge. Plus... parody ads/songs and celebrity

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15:22

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri May 9th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/09

Includes stories on a 55-year old Northeast Ohio woman arrested on drug charges, after cops and one of their body cameras recorded the woman's pet raccoon in the car, holding a meth/crack pipe to its mouth like it was smoking it (pictures and video on Reel Pod's Facebook page btw)...also on a retired woman in Switzerland who faces a big fine for feeding a neighbor's cat so much that it started staying with her... and on the 29-year old guy who needed over 50-stitches after jumping into a zoo

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13:42

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue May 6th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/06

Includes stories on the search for a Florida woman caught by a surveillance camera stealing an adult tricycle while wearing a tiger-print onesie...also on a Kentucky ex-convict who won a 167.3-million dollar Powerball lottery jackpot on a Saturday, found out on Sunday, posed for pictures with lottery officials on Monday...and was arrested on Tuesday.... and how police in the Canadian city of Saskatoon chased down a drunk guy, only to come back and find someone stole their patrol car. Plus...parody

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15:10

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri May 2nd 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/05/02

Includes stories on the seven year old boy in Ogden Utah who took his little sister on an early Sun morning, 10+ mile joyride in their parent's car without hitting anything... and on the Northeast Ohio Uber driver wearing a t-shirt reading 'retired drug dealer,' when cops arrested him for having drugs and trying to sell meth to a passenger... also on the Chinese student in Japan who needed an emergency airlift off of Mt Fuji-twice in four days-because he went back to look for his cell phone.

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15:28

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Apr 29th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/29

Includes stories on the Tulsa Oklahoma Sonic fast food restaurant manager accused of giving her 16-year old worker some marijuana edibles at work, because cops say she told them the teen asked for them... also on a Florida postal worker accused of driving drunk after taking vodka shots at a house party while on her mail route... and on the British guy who 'accidentally' bought his own stolen car back from someone. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays!

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15:27

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Apr 25th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/25

Includes stories on how a Florida woman is accused of pretending to be an ICE/immigration agent to kidnap her ex-boyfriend's wife from her job... and on an upstate New York man accused of inadvertently getting his older brother busted for having sex with a cow when he was younger... also on how British researchers found chimpanzees in West Africa share alcoholic drinks from fermented fruit- and on an Australian woman so in love with the fictional Minions movie characters, she owns a Guinness World

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15:33

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Apr 22nd 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/22

Includes an update to a previous story on a New Hampshire woman accused of recording herself peeing on grocery store items to please her OnlyFans subscribers- now accused of urinating all over a hotel room, then pooping on the floor and putting the feces in toilet's tank... for her fans...also on the first ever Sperm Racing competition Friday at L.A's Hollywood Palladium... and on the millions expected to watch a livestream until May 4th showing Sweden's great moose migration across a river.

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15:49

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Apr 18th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/18

Includes stories on the guy accused of being high while running butt naked around Disneyland's New Orleans section, and climbing onto a building's balcony last Saturday night... and on a Pennsylvania woman caught on video pooping on a beer shelf inside a convenience store's walk-in beer refrigerated area... also on a woman in Spain accused of faking muteness for 16-years to collect disability pension payments. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays!

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16:05

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Apr 15th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/15

Includes stories on a Missouri foster mom accused of trading her adoptive daughter for a monkey... also on the American YouTuber arrested after being accused of going to a restricted island to leave a can of Diet Coke and a coconut to try and entice the native, isolated tribe to join the world...and on a man in China who got a fungal infection from sniffing his socks too much. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays...

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