Grab bag! The Yankee Stadium squirrel; the Free Republic of Verdis; AI-generated podcasts

Today's episode is a grab bag of oddball gems that didn't quite fill a full show—but were too good not to share. We've got a Yankee Stadium squirrel that scored its own Topps card, a teenage founder of a micronation vying for Eurovision glory, and the uncanny reality of AI-generated podcasts that sound a little too human. From baseball field invasions to international law loopholes to synthetic podcast hosts, it's a ten-minute tour of the weird and wonderful. Squirrel honored with Topps card after interrupting Yankees game (Ben Hooper, UPI(dot)com, Aug 25, 2025) 'We would love to enter Eurovision!' The boy who saw some unclaimed land — and founded his own country (Lucy Knight, The Guardian, Aug 19, 2025) I AI-generated some podcasts — and the results are uncanny (Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, Oct 16, 2024) Instagram: @condensedsouppodcast [email protected]