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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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5:20

"Connie & Michael Corleone Share Bdays...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/24

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR THIS FRIDAY- APRIL 24TH... ACTOR JORDAN FISHER...ACTOR JACK QUAID ... ACTOR JOE KEERY - HE PLAYED STEVE HARRINGTON IN STRANGER THINGS... SINGER CARLY PEARCE... ALL AMERICAN REJECTS SINGER/ BASS GUITARIST TYSON RITTER... SINGER/TV SHOW HOST AND AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE KELLY CLARKSON... ACTOR DEREK LUKE... SINGER ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ... ACTOR DJIMON HOUNSOU... ACTOR/COMEDIAN CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER... SINGER ANN PEEBLES... SINGER AND ACTOR BARBRA STREISAND... ACTOR SHIRLEY MCCLAINE

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2:40

"Gigi, Slumdog, Kumar, Zazu & Old TV...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/23

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR THURSDAY- APRIL 23RD... FASHION MODEL GIGI HADID... ACTOR DEV PATE... SINGER TAIO CRUZ... ACTOR-OBAMA WHITE HOUSE STAFFER KAL PENN...COMEDIAN/LAST WEEK TONIGHT HOST AND VOICE ACTOR JOHN OLIVER... WRESTLER TURNED ACTOR JOHN CENA,,, COMEDIAN AND ACTOR GEORGE LOPEZ... ACTOR VALERIE BERTINELLI... ACTOR JUDY DAVIS... DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR MICHAEL MOORE...THREE’S COMPANY ACTOR JOYCE DEWITT...AND THE FALL GUY... AND SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN – ACTOR LEE MAJORS

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17:05

"Legos, Bowels, Pints & Dating Celeste Joan"--Reel...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/22

Wild stories this episode include one on the California guy who cops say went around the country stealing Legos...but also one on a Seattle area man's crisis that almost landed him in jail, but instead landed him in the hospital... a Louisiana biker's taunts came back to bite him in the fender...a UK guy has been getting so drunk that he was able to buy a house... and an Australian comedian/social media star came up with her own matchmaking survey and over 200 dudes shot their shot. Plus...parody

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3:13

"Riggle, Andie & Iggy"--Celebrity Bdays--Reel Pod...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/21

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR TUESDAY-APRIL 21ST... ACTOR FRANK DILLANE... ACTOR –FORMER 106 AND PARK CO-HOST TERRANCE J ... ACTOR JAMES MCAVOY... ACTOR/COMEDIAN NICOLE SULLIVAN...COMEDIAN AND ACTOR ROB RIGGLE.. SINGER/SONGWRITER GLEN HANSARD... SINGER/RAPPER/ MUSICIAN MICHAEL FRANTI...THE CURE LEAD SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITARIST ROBERT SMITH...ACTOR ANDIE MACDOWELL ...ACTOR AND FORMER BOXER TONY DANZA... ACTOR PATTI LUPONE... SINGER IGGY POP ...AND ACTOR/COMEDIAN/WRITER AND DIRECTOR ELAINE MAY.

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1:52

"Joey, Hondo & Sulu"--Celebrity Bdays--Reel Pod News...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/20

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR MONDAY- APRIL 20th... JOEY IN BLOSSOM--ACTOR JOEY LAWRENCE..SINGER/ MODEL AND ACTOR CARMEN ELECTRA...ACTOR SHEMAR MOORE...SINGER WADE HAYES...ACTOR JESSICA LANGE...ACTOR VERONICA CARTWRIGHT... AND SULU IN STAR WARS – ACTOR GEORGE TAKEI.AND...ONE MISSED FROM SUNDAY...SINGER PINK PANTHERESS AKA VICTORIA BEVERLEY WALKER

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4:52

"Posh, Sunshine, Rico & Suge"--Celebrity Bdays--Reel...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/17

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR THIS FRIDAY- APRIL 17TH... THE YOUNGEST GIRL BRYANNA ON THE OLD BERNIE MAC SHOW- ACTOR DEE DEE DAVIS... ACTOR ROONEY MARA ...POSH SPICE- SPICE GIRLS SINGER-DESIGNER VICTORIA BECKHAM... ACTOR JENNIFER GARNER ...RAPPER /ACTOR REDMAN ... SINGER LIZ PHAIR... ACTOR KIMBERLY ELISE... ACTOR LELA ROCHON.. RAPPER AND DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA .(DIED LAST WEEK) WOULD'VE BEEN 69... ACTOR CLARKE PETERS IS 74... MUSICIAN JAN HAMMER THEN ON SATURDAY... ACTOR MOISES ARIAS...THE WANTED SINGER

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2:27

"Max, Ralphie & Shanaynay"--Celebrity Bdays--Reel Pod...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/16

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR THURSDAY- APRIL 16TH... MAX IN STRANGER THINGS- ACTOR SADIE SINK...BROADWAY ACTOR KELLI O’HARA ... RALPHIE IN THE CHRISTMAS STORY-ACTOR PETER BILLINGSLEY ...AND COMEDIAN/ ACTOR MARTIN LAWRENCE... ACTOR JON CRYER...SOUL ASYLUM SINGER DAVID PIRNER... SINGER JIMMY OSMOND... CHICAGO SINGER/GUITARIST JASON SCHEFF...ACTOR ELLEN BARKIN AND SINGER BOBBY VINTON

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13:58

"An Angry Beaver, Canadians Bugging & Eurovision...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/15

Weird and funny news stories in this cast include one on how a New York City guy and a Tennessee guy were both freaking out folks around Disney World in Florida... also one on a cop at the Jersey shore who had to handle an angry beaver... there was also the manager of a non-alcoholic bar who's accused of getting arrested for cheating on his bar...and we're a month away from Eurovision, so making a plea to the Americas and Africa to be like Asia and join the world party. Plus...parody ads/songs and

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1:48

"Da Brat, A Bratpacker & Brad"--Celebrity Bdays--Reel...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/14

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR TUESDAY-APRIL 14TH... LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE...ACTOR ABIGAIL BRESLIN...ARCADE FIRE SINGER WIN BUTLER... SINGER JD MCPHERSON...ACTOR SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR... RAPPER DA BRAT... IL DIVO SINGER DAVID MILLER...ACTOR ADRIEN BRODY... ACTOR ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL... ACTOR BRAD GARRETT... AND OSCAR WINNING ACTOR JULIE CHRISTIE

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2:20

"Mambo, Max, Peabo & Grits"--Celeb Bdays--Reel Pod...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/13

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR MONDAY- APRIL 13th.. ACTOR ALLISON WILLIAMS...RAPPER TY DOLLA SIGN ...SINGER LOU BEGA...ACTOR BOKEEM WOODBINE ... STAIND SINGER AARON LEWIS .. .RICKY IN SILVER SPOONS- THEN NYPD BLUE- ACTOR RICKY SCHRODER...ACTOR/COMEDIAN CAROLINE RHEA ..DRUMMER AND CONAN’S OLD BANDLEADER MAX WEINBERG ...SINGER PEABO BRYSON... ACTORS WILLIAM SADLER AND RON PERLMAN ...SINGER AND REVEREND AL GREEN...AND ROCKY... COMPOSER BILL CONTI... AND ACTOR EDWARD FOX IS 89 NOW (GONNA FLY NOW THEME FROM

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4:53

"M&Ms, Q-Tip & Everclear"--Celebrity Bdays--Reel Pod...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/10

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR THIS FRIDAY- APRIL TENTH... ACTOR DAISEY RIDLEY...SINGER MAREN MORRIS ...ACTOR HALEY JOEL OSMENT... SINGER AND ACTOR MANDY MOORE...ACTOR DAVID HARBOUR... RAPPER/DJ /PRODUCER AND ACTOR Q-TIP ...COMEDIAN AND ACTOR ORLANDO JONES...SINGER KENNY LATTIMORE... SINGER KATRINA LESKANICH... SINGER/GUITARIST BRIAN SETZER... SINGER /PRODUCER KENNETH BABYFACE EDMONDS... ACTOR OLIVIA BROWN... ACTOR PETER MACNICHOL.,.. ACTOR AND HONORARY RUSSIAN STEVEN SEAGALTHEN ON SATURDAY... SINGER

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2:10

"Bella, Rudy, Miranda & Olivia Walton"--Celebrity...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/09

CELEBRITY BDAYS ON THURSDAY APRIL NINTH...SINGER LIL NAS X... DAKOTA'S LITTLE SISTER ACTOR ELLE FANNING... ACTOR KRISTEN STEWART...SINGER JAZMINE SULLIVAN... ACTOR KEISHA KNIGHT PULLMAN... MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE SINGER GERARD WAY ...FOOD NETWORK CHEF SUNNY ANDERSON... ACTOR AND ACTIVIST CYNTHIA NIXON ...MODEL AND ACTOR PAULINA PORIZKOVA...MORNING JOE TALK SHOW HOST AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN JOE SCARBOROUGH ...ACTOR DENNIS QUAID... AND...THE WALTONS- ACTOR MICHAEL LEARNED.

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16:43

"Mountain Bubble Guts, An Old Turtle & A Chicken...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/08

Weird stories in this episode include one on a man in Washington who was accused of being too drunk to remember to toss the evidence before cops came... also one on a West Virginia woman who got charged after getting stabbed, because cops say she broke into a woman's outdoor home in which she may or may not share with chickens-nobody said...and then there were big tourism industry related arrests in Nepal over a crappy way to get Mt Everest climbers to spend more money...also... there is a 192 year

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2:13

"How To Be A Player With Oates"--Celebrity...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/07

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR TUESDAY-APRIL SEVENTH... ACTOR KEVIN ALEJANDRO IS 50 NOW... SKILLET SINGER JOHN COOPER IS 51... HOW TO BE A PLAYER- COMEDIAN/ ACTOR BILL BELLAMY IS 61 NOW ...ACTOR RUSSELL CROWE IS 62...AND NOW ACTOR/MARTIAL ARTIST AND STUNTMAN JACKIE CHAN IS 72 ... SINGER JANICE IAN IS 75... THE FIBER IN HALL AND OATES—SINGER/GUITARIST JOHN OATES IS 78... ONE OF THE CHIFFONS- SINGER PATRICIA BENNETT IS 79... AND GODFATHER MOVIE DIRECTOR FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA- APOCALYPSE NOW- COPPOLA IS 88

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2:37

"Oh Mylanta For Colt 45"--Celebrity Bdays--Reel Pod...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/06

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR MONDAY- APRIL SIXTH... ACTOR ELIZA COUPE iS 45... PIANIST-PRODUCER- SONGWRITER ROBERT GLASPER IS 48,,, FULL HOUSE ACTOR CANDACE CAMERON BURE HIT THE BIG 5-0 ...SCRUBS ACTOR ZACH BRAFF IS 51...THE ORIGINAL WONDER YEARS- ACTOR JASON HERVEY IS 54... ACTOR PAUL RUDD- 57 PIXIES LEAD VOCALIST /GUITARIST BLACK FRANCIS IS 61,,, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY-ACTOR MICHAEL ROOKER IS 71... TAXI ACTOR MARILU HENNER IS 74...CLIFF IN CHEERS-ACTOR JOHN RATZENBERGER IS 79... MOVIE DIRECTOR BARRY

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5:31

"Axel Foley, Agent Carter & Pooh Shiesty"--Celebrity...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/03

Celebrity bdays for Good Friday... actor Rachel Bloom, actor Amanda Bynes, singer Leona Lewis, actor Adam Scott, Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach, comedian/actor/singer Eddie Murphy, actor David Hyde Pierce, actor Alan Baldwin, singer Tony Orlando, singer Wayne Newton...Saturday the 4th...singer Austin Mahone, singer Jamie Lynn Spears, actor Amanda Righetti, actor/comedian Eric Andre, actor Natasha Lyonne, singer Kelly Price, magician David Blaine, singer Jill Scott, actor Nancy McKeon, actor Robert

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1:45

"Disney's Mandalorian & Agents Of Shield"--Celebrity...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/02

Celebrity birthdays for Thursday April 2nd include: actor Jesse Plemons, singer Chris Janson, actor Michael Fassbender, actor Pedro Pascal, actor/model Roselyn Sanchez, actor Clark Gregg, Bananarama singer Keren Woodward, actor Christopher Meloni, singer Emmylou Harris, actor Sam Anderson and actor Linda Hunt.

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15:05

"Thieves Stealing Beer Trucks, Planes & Kit Kat...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/04/01

Accused dumb criminals in this cast all seemed to be drunk or high...starting with a man in Indiana who cops say stole a beer semi- truck and led cops on a high -speed chase in it, and police say he was drunk...as did sheriff's deputies in Florida, while describing the man who's accused driving his car through a security gate at Daytona Beach Intl Airport, where they say he tried in vain to steal an airplane... not to be outdone by the guy in Washington State on his 98th arrest, who cops say had a

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2:05

"More For Szohr & More Cowbells"--Celebrity...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/03/31

Celebrity birthdays for Tue Mar 31st: actor/model Jessica Szohr, trumpeter/composer Christian Scott aka Chief Xian Atunde Adjuah, actor Brian Tyree Henry, rapper Tony Yayo, actor Ewen McGregor, actor Rhea Perlman, actor Gabe Kaplan, actor/dancer Christopher Walken, trumpeter/composer/ bandleader Herb Alpert, actor/singer Shirley Jones, actor William Daniels.

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2:20

"From Baywatch Babes To Bulworth"--Celebrity...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2026/03/30

Celebrity birthdays for Monday, Mar 30th: Singer Thomas Rhett, singer Norah Jones, actor and talk show c0-host Mark Consuelos, singer Celine Dion, actor Donna D'Errico, tv host Piers Morgan, singer/guitarist Tracy Chapman, actor Ian Ziering, rapper/dancer MC Hammer, actor Paul Reiser, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton, actor Warren Beatty (Bulworth lol) and actor John Astin.

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