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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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16:14

"Bob Ross, A Monkey & Whipped Cream"--Reel Pod News...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/11/04

This 15 minute news podcast of dumb criminals and feel-good stories includes one on Seattle police's hunt for the guy who set fire to a family's front yard Halloween display, which neighbors helped put out and later replace...also a story on a pet monkey that got loose inside of a Spirit Halloween store north of Dallas...and on a Kentucky woman who was waiting for a box of meds but a box of body parts came instead... and then there's stolen trailer near Toronto filled with $80,000 worth of whipped

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16:26

"Booty Calls, Alien Baptisms & Flying...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/31

This 15 minute newscast full of funny news stories includes (news lol) on Texas Tech's decision to stop their students' tortillas tossing tradition... also on some juveniles accused of doing a bad job at delinquency in South Jersey, where a woman is about to be sentenced for admitting to torching a man's home, because he fell asleep and didn't answer the door after a booty call. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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16:47

"A Possible Bonfire Arson & Thai Pee...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/28

No shortage of weird news in this 15 minute podcast. Stories this time include a man in New Hampshire who's accused of wearing only a Speedo, sneakers and a ball cap while trying to force his way inside a sheriff's 911 dispatch call center... also one on a Florida man in hot water for old pictures he's accused of taking of a toddler and an infant both posing with a bag of weed, a Glock semi automatic and a beer bottle...and there is an arson investigation into whoever set fire to a bonfire in

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16:02

"Toto Hated Kansas, A Dead Croc In The UK & Toad...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/24

Funny news stories this time will NOT include a story I deleted from the top of the 2nd section (full disclosure lol), which explains the out of context way I started that section...however...WILL include one on a guy in Kansas arrested for rolling up to a stranger's home in a stolen pickup, asking for gas and for the homeowner to not call the cops, but the homeowner did... also on a Westchester County trio in New York caught on surveillance video vandalizing an amusement park and stealing about

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15:44

"Fake Plates, Naked Romps & A Seeing Blind Guy"--Reel...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/21

Bizarre news stories this time around include one on a driver in California facing a $197 fine for a hand-drawn, fake license plate for a missing one that would've cost $27 to legally replace... also one on a Florida guy who went on a butt naked romp through several backyards, knocked on doors and damaged property... and a follow up on Sunday's heist at the Louvre...as well as one on an Italian man accused of faking blindness for 50 years to collect disability pension. Plus...parody ads/songs and

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16:00

"Assault By Cheeseburger...Assault Rifle Packing...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/17

Funny news stories in this episode includes a former strip club worker in Florida who's facing a battery charge, because cops say he caused bodily harm to his former boss by hitting him with a cheeseburger... also a central Pennsylvania pastor's sermon that featured an assault rifle the reverend used as a prop...and the restoration of breasts on an Irish statue...along with two new Guinness World Records for two donkeys in England. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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15:46

"Robtober at The Blue Note...Dogfishing in LA...& a...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/14

This 82nd episode of weird news stories includes the LAPD's search for a woman going by Adva Lavie, who's accused of robbing the homes of guys she met on a dating app...also on a Florida man who was arrested, only for a body scanner x-ray at the jail to find he somehow shoved a thermos up his rectum and needed a hospital specialist to remove it...and how an 82 year old woman in Eastern China needed hospital care after willfully swallowing eight small, live frogs. Plus...parody ads/songs and

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15:27

"Monkeys, Tampons & Salsa"--Reel Pod News Cast™ with...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/10

Including weird stories like the monkey caught running around a South Carolina town...and one on a Florida firefighter suspending after being accused of throwing about 100 red-painted tampons on her ex-boyfriend's front yard...also one on a guy in Ontario Canada accused of being so high he basically called police on his self. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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16:09

"All Florida, All The Time...& Crypto Bro...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/07

Includes stories on the Florida man who learned the hard way what can happen to a face after breaking into a mixed martial artist's home... and on the Florida woman accused of stealing a grocery store's motorized cart to drive to her doctor's appt...also on two Florida men on both sides of the state accused of flying past cops while one claimed he was late for a haircut, while the other said he had to pee. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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14:50

Almost A Literal Shotgun Wedding & Some Not So Smooth...

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/10/03

Includes stories on how cops in Minnesota are looking for a man only said to be 'involved in a wedding,' when he shot another man once in each leg at the ceremony...also on how a Colorado TV crew helped cops catch a suspected armed robber, because the photog spotted the man walking behind their live shot...and on the 26 year old man in England who got nine years in prison after stabbing a bouncer, snorting some cocaine and drinking ten pints of beer, while out celebrating the gender of his first

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16:13

Reel Pod News Cast™ Tue Sept 30th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/30

Includes stories on the young man in Dekalb County Georgia who's accused of stealing at least 91 manhole covers since September 2nd....and on a woman who started a billboard campaign to advertise her search for a hubbie...also on a man in South Korea who's accused of calling police 58,307 times within two years. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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15:24

Reel Pod News Cast,™ Fri Sept 26th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/26

Includes stories on how Connecticut is banning first cousins from getting married as of Oct 1st... and on the African tribe in Scotland...also on how a crab caught a train ride in England on a first class seat. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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15:54

Reel Pod News Cast,™ ep.76 Tue Sept 23rd 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/23

Including stories on a woman arrested in a Dayton OH suburb for going into an Arby's and hitting a worker upside the head with a rock, because cops say the woman accused the Arby's worker of stealing her half smoked joint the night before... also on a cheating scandal at this year's World Stone Skimming Championships in Scotland...and on a married couple also in Scotland who solved the four year old mystery of the stranger in their wedding pictures. Plus... parody ads/songs and celebrity

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17:04

Reel Pod News Cast,™ ep.75 Fri Sept 19th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/19

Includes stories on police in Florida looking for a Disney area restaurant robber, who swam up to the eatery's dock in scuba gear, got out and took off the gear, then used no weapon to rob two workers in the manager's office before putting the wet suit and scuba gear back on and swimming off. Also on how FBI agents borrowed Billings Montana's city incinerator to burn confiscated meth, and ended up smoking out the animal shelter next door... and on two Chinese teens and their parents being ordered

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15:33

Reel Pod News Cast,™ ep.74 Tue Sept 16th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/16

Includes stories on a man in New York's Hudson Valley who's accused of getting upset over something about pulling over for an ambulance passing by with sirens and lights, that cops say he chased down the ambulance and swerved in front to try and pull it over...also on a guy in Calgary who's accused of making a tunnel up into to his neighbor's apartment while she was out of town... and on an anesthesiologist who is trying to get reinstated after being fired from a hospital in England, and his

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15:58

Reel Pod News Cast,™ ep.73 Fri Sept 12th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/12

Includes stories on two women in Massachusetts who are accused of stealing $2,000 worth of clothes from a T.J. Maxx store, but caught across the street in a Wendy's drive thru line... and on a nurse in Kentucky who performed CPR on a baby squirrel pulled from a garbage dumpster, only to later find it was drunk...also on the grown man in Prince George B.C. Canada who was also accused of being drunk, when he was video recorded driving his roommate's daughter's pink Barbie jeep down as busy avenue,

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15:32

Reel Pod News Cast,™ Tue Sept 9th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/09

Includes stories on the Cranford New Jersey council candidate who's been break dancng during his public speaking time at the podium during recent committee meetings... also on the Florida woman convicted of battery for choking her mom and squeezing her brother's testicles between punches over losing a playstation 4 game...and on the Australian grandfather who brought home the wrong kid from a Sydney childcare center. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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Reel Pod News Cast™, Fri Sept 5th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/05

Includes stories on the 23 year old Univ of Central Florida student accused of using his cellphone to record video under a female student's skirt in the library, and then telling cops it was his job, since he sold the videos online...also on the man in a Miami suburb who's accused of running over a woman with his suv (not seriously hurt), because she said no to his request to smell her feet...and on the guy in Winnipeg who sued grocery store workers, after they severely beat him up for stealing

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15:46

Reel Pod News Cast™, Tue Sept 2nd 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/09/02

Includes stories on a North Carolina granddad who cops say was caught on surveillance cameras putting party drug pills of cocaine and mdma in his grandkids' blizzards, while flagging down cops to claim they found them in the frosty dessert... also on how a married man wearing Batman pajamas woke up next to his wife in Batman pjs, then went outside and caught a suspected thief in his neighbor's garage... and on how a fisherman off Costa Rica caught an orange shark...and how Chinese online retailer

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16:03

Reel Pod News Cast™, Fri Aug 29th 2025

Reel Pod News Cast™ with Levon Putney ·

2025/08/29

Includes stories on the 18 and 19 year old duo who cops say tried to steal a barbecue smoker from the Cincinnati Bengals' stadium by jumping the fence...and on the Georgia man accused of trying to get out of a driving without a license ticket by giving the officer his passport, arguing he was traveling, not driving...also on the 80th anniversary of Spain's 'Tomatina-' Tomato Street Fight. Plus...parody ads/songs and celebrity birthdays.

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