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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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All Episodes

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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14:51

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Apr 11th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/11

Includes stories on a drunk guy in Florida arrested after stumbling around an Applebee's restaurant parking lot while wearing a pink wig, fake breasts and pink thongs... also on former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson being attacked by an ostrich while with his family on a drive thru safari in Texas... and on the French paratrooper who ended up dangling from a stadium roof, after his parachute caught the roof's edge before a rugby match. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays...

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15:50

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Apr 8th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/08

Includes stories on a Seattle area man accused of kicking in ex's back door and stealing her pet chicken... also on a Florida man accused of not returning a Tesla Cybertruck after a test ride, only to come back to the dealership once it was repossessed-looking for the personal things left in the truck... and on the hawk caught after about 50-dive bomb attacks on people this past month in a village in England. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays...

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16:23

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Apr 4th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/04

Includes stories on the 76-year old woman in a Pittsburgh PA suburb who forgot putting a winning, 2.5-million dollar lottery ticket in a coat pocket she donated to charity...and on the two arrested after stopping in the middle of a high speed police chase in Nashville TN to put air in their tires...also on a mother in Poland whose conviction was uphead, after robbing two banks while eight months pregnant, and lied to her husband who ended up being her getaway driver without knowing. Plus...parody

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14:17

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Apr 1st 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/04/01

Includes stories on a Greater Los Angeles area man facing life in prison on a third strike, because police say he broke into two homes and stole nothing- while wearing an ankle monitor... also on a plumber in Indiana who clogged a restaurant's pipes after clearing it, because the bistro would not pay up... and on the 66-year old German woman who just gave birth to her eighth baby since turning 53. Plus...parody ads and celebrity birthdays...

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15:50

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Mar 28th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/03/28

Includes stories on the Colorado woman who set up a Go Fund Me page, and asking for Skims co-owner Kim Kardashian to make edible underwear, after her dog needed surgery to remove five panties she ate... also on the Saskatchewan man who fessed up in court to video recording a young kid changing clothes, because he was worried he was a pedophile and wanted to see if he was... and on the two, drunk Royal Air Force engineers in England who admitted to stealing a Paddington Bear statue and taking it back

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16:03

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Mar 25th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/03/25

Includes stories on how a Florida man named Vincent Vega (same as John Travolta's character in the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction) was arrested and accused of having an arsenal of guns at his home...also on police in Naples Italy looking for someone dressing up as a Mickey Mouse mascot, and pulling a knife on tourists for tips after taking pictures with them... and on the Shanghai Pet Fashion Week this coming weekend. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays!

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15:35

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Mar 21st 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/03/21

Includes stories on the Maryland retiree who cops say punched an airlines ticket agent in the face at Dulles Intl Airport for assigning him the middle seat... and on a Florida man who's accused of pointing a gun at a man trying to calm him down outside a bar, because he was ticked off about the bar's karaoke machine being broken...also on the man in England who was convicted this week of stealing a 6.2-million dollar gold toilet from the Bleheim Palace in 2019. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity

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15:16

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Mar 18th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/03/18

Includes stories on the Florida man arrested and accused of stiffing a strip club dancer out of $160 after forgetting he didn't have the money... also on the two Chinese 17-year olds detained after posting a viral video of them peeing in a hot pot inside a popular Shanghai restaurant- which led to the restaurant paying a small fortune to customers who ate there...and on a monkey that went on a burglary spree in Peru. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays...

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15:39

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Mar 14th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/03/14

Includes stories on the Pennsylvania caught at a Newark Liberty Airport security checkpoint with a baby turtle in his pants...also on how an Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi had to turn around mid-fight after someone on board clogged eight of the plane's 12-toilets...and on the local councilmember in Switzerland who had to pay at $7,400 fine for violating the country's weapons law after buying his godchildren pink water pistols. Also parody ads/songs and a LOT of celebrity birthdays this

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16:03

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Mar 11th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/03/11

Includes stories on the woman who stripped butt naked on a Southwest flight last week... on the police and dispatcher response to a 911 call from a toddler babbling about donuts in Moore, Oklahoma...and on the theft of three little piggies from an art exhibit in Denmark- where the piglets were being starved to death as part of the installation. Also, parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays...

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16:29

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Mar 7th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/03/07

Includes stories on the heifer that broke loose and tried to get away on the first day of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo... also on whoever forked over almost 88-thousand dollars as an auction's winning bid for a Flamin Hot Cheeto shaped like a pokemon character... and on the Chinese man who needed emergency surgery, after agreeing to prove his love for his fiance by going through a childbirth pain simulation. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays...

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14:38

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Mar 4th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/03/04

Includes stories on the Denville New Jersey massage parlor owner named Soon Bang who was arrested for prostitution...and on an 18-year old Florida woman arrested and accused of spray painting and egging her ex-boyfriend's neighbor's car, after thinking it was her ex's... and on the Vancouver man arrested at a wedding reception after fighting over his car keys with folks trying to keep him from driving drunk...only to be arrested for drunk driving later, because cops say he took an Uber back to the

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16:25

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Feb 28th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/02/28

Includes stories on a man in Washington State arrested for drunk driving on consecutive nights, after crashing his same car at the same intersection at the same time...also on the police hunt for a guy who they say peed all over a bar in Beverly Massachusetts...and on the police search for two homeless men in Paris France, who cops say stole a man's bag and used his debit card to buy a winning lottery ticket worth a half million euros. Also, parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays....

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14:48

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Feb 25th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/02/25

Includes stories on how a South Jersey homeowner's fight with her homeowner's association over her emotional support chickens...on sheriffs deputies in Louisiana arresting two 18 and 19-year olds for over trying to shoot 100-thousand dollars worth of methamphetamine and tobacco over a federal prison fence with a cannon...and on the politician in Ontario Canada who dropped out of her race before Thursday's election, after an old video popped up of her telling a UN conference that she wants to be a

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13:16

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Feb 21st 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/02/21

Includes some of the host's favorite stories from casts so far- slapped together as a 'best of' show, while he was on vacation... with parody ads and current celebrity birthdays rounding out the show, as always...

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12:33

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Feb 18th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/02/18

Includes some of the host's favorite, weird and wacked out stories in Reel Pod Newscasts so far... along with parody ads and current celebrity birthdays...

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13:52

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Feb 14th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/02/14

Includes stories on the Alabama DUI attorney arrested for DUI...also on the Seattle father accused of shoving 13-and 14-year old referees on the ice during a youth hockey game...and on how a woman in Fukuoka Japan was arrested for poking her thumb into a sweet bun. Plus, parody ads and celebrity birthdays...

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15:53

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Tue Feb 11th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/02/11

Includes stories on how a banana got arrested for shoving a lobster in Athens Georgia- or more specifically a man in a banana suit was cuffed for pushing a fan of the local hockey team Rock Lobsters... also on how an Italian doctor is in trouble for giving his pet cat a CAT scan in a hospital, before surgery for a collapsed lung... and on a California hot air balloon company's 'mile high club' promotion for lovers...along with parodies and celebrity birthdays.

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14:47

Reel Pod(News)Cast, Fri Feb 7th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/02/07

Includes stories on a Florida guy who cops say stole a mini suv off a dealership lot, because he spent all his money on an Uber ride to get there... also on how a woman grossed out everyone at a gate inside an airport in Kenya... and on Lil Wayne's pre-Super Bowl announcement. More parodies and celebrity birthdays also in the show...

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