The Cosmic Pirate Podcast

Cindy joins in chatting with Roger and Drew as they drink beer, rip on weird news; tantric Barney, the gigolo, writing the letter g, fajita thief and more.

Roger and Drew talk about some older podcast episodes and highlights, plus whacky news items you maybe wouldn't want to hear again including smuggling horse meat and sex with cars.

Roger, Kurt and Drew discuss the recent loss of 80s prog music great John Wetton, bassist and vocalist for King Crimson, UK and Asia. Kurt shares a story about meeting John Wetton and Terry Bozzio at a UK reunion concert, and we touch on the loss of other music legends of the last year, including David Bowie, Prince, Lemmy, Glen Frey, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake. We manage to squeeze in some humor because it just happens.

Join us ̶ Cindy, Drew, Roger and new podcasting friend Kurt ̶ as we talk about a music subject very close to our hearts... Prog Rock. What is progressive music and who is playing it? No, really, what bands are REALLY progressive and what is it all about?

We are setting a record, two podcasts for all of 2014! In this episode we cover Heady Topper beer, the forty year old Christmas tree, Dustin Diamond — aka Screech from Saved by the Bell — arrested for stabbing someone, coffee, beer, music and Roger quits smoking!

Hosts discuss beer, weather, beer, snow and bad television.

We're back, and more irreverent than ever, so proceed with caution, but if you're not easily offended, give a listen. Heck, listen even if you are offended, you need a laugh! This is actually a pretty funny episode. We kick off 2013 with our January Podcast in April. That's like Christmas in July! Up for discussion this time: New Year Resolutions, including Cindy's philosophy on self improvement. Crop Dusting in the Supermarket. Retroactive Resolutions. Wacky News.

Finally, some more chatter from Roger, Cindy and Drew. This time we're talking Classic Candy! Part one of our Memory Lane series. Any 40-somethings and up (maybe some of the 30 crowd too) will surely remember these sweet treats from back in the day! Grab a Marathon Bar and listen...

Roger, Cindy and Drew are back with scientific support of the benefits of caffein, so drink up coffee lovers! We also discuss the science of the crema, aeration and coffee flavor.

Roger, Cindy and Drew are back again, this time they debunk a few common myths about bats and find facts about these often misunderstood creatures of the night. Face it, bats are cool. Roger shares some rediculous news stories.

Roger, Cindy and Drew return with talk of lunar lunatics. It's a full moon freakshow complete with wacky news that only Roger can deliver, the world's tallest toddler, and gargantuan boob martial arts, much to Cindy's displeasure. Have a laugh, have a sneer, whatever you wish, the nonsense is here!

Roger, Cindy and Drew talk about Extreme Caffeine energy drinks, caffeinated beer, caffeine soap, and assorted wacky news including Saturday Nut Fever Squirrel, melting ice cream aggression, toddler with head caught in toilet lid, Canadian lazy bears guarding marijuana. And introducing our Magic Hat bottle cap phrase of the week, and teddy bear trivia.

Roger, Drew and Cindy discuss wacky news, bottle opening member, car theft sex story, naked vandal, other strangeness as well as a smattering of info on Medical Miracles. Contains questionable material. Parental discretion advised.

Drew, Cindy and Holly are in the studio and Roger joins us via the internet to discuss severe weather, thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning strikes, dumb criminals, and our usual dose of sidetrack topics which have nothing at all to do with our main theme. Hey, it's what we do. Also includes severe weather trivia.

We're back. This discussion includes Florida weather, 2010, Wacky news, Blob Fish, winemaking chemistry, grape eaters, the science of seeing stars, nakedness in the news, and much more!

Here's looking at you love! For Valentine's Day Cindy, Roger and Drew decided to talk about the science of love, and strange tales of good love, bad love and the crazy things we do for love. Learn a little, have a laugh, and listen to some bizarre ways people say I Love You, especially when their Blackberry stops the bullet.

Roger, Cindy and Drew cover some top science discoveries and some other news from 2009. Wacky news and dumb criminals abound. Points of interest include Titanoboa, Ardi a 4.4 million year old fossilized skeleton of a ground ape, and possibly the first stage of human evolution. Hubble Ultra Deep Field image of deepest space and farthest back in time we've ever seen. Roger serves up a healthy dose of dumb criminals and other wacky news. A few celebrity deaths, and we defend Michael Jackson, RIP.

Roger, CIndy and Drew talk about some wacky sort of Halloween related news like the off duty drunk cop who pulled a gun on a haunted house employee, Walmart caskets, dead people on Facebook, Halloween costumes, favorite candy, spooky houses, and other assorted goonball nonsense that we usually ramble on about. Enjoy Roger's typical wisecracks.

We tried a live broadcast through TalkShoe and will not do that again. Not anytime soon anyway. Wacky news includes the story of a man making a beer run on a riding lawnmower, the 300 lb. holster, animals with blue tongues, a man who robbed the same bank twice, and more!

Some of the funniest moments from past episodes, including Naked Skydiving, the Great Tit Poop-Sack concern, Maloderous Intent, Those Poor Monkeys, Nintendo Wii Sketch Artist, Don't Worry I was Wearing My Cup! and more!

In this lost and found episode from August, 2008, Roger and Drew talk about Sierra Nevada Ale, some interesting animal facts including Penguins, worm hearts, Blood Shooting Texas Horned Toad, Goldfish memory, cuttlefish, lungfish, donkeys and mules. Other topics covered include dead tastebuds and hot spices, The Big One, Funny News about thieves nabbed after leaving a trail of rice, Worlds Dumbest Criminals, two headed baby, a cat with four ears, and a surfing dog.

Cindy presents some science history, Roger presents history history, and Drew brings up some additional historic events that ocurred in May. Plus we discuss a few wacky news items including new mystery materials uncovered in Roswell, NM. Send comments and questions to [email protected], Visit http://cosmicpirates.com for more information.

Better late than never! In this episode we talk about more outlandish news items sniffed out by Cindy and Roger, our expert news sleuths. Dennis chimes in and Drew nearly enters an altered state brought on by a bowl of wasabi peas and a Magic Hat HiPA. Among the nuttier news are: Didacts and Duct Tape, Cindy shares her own experience in duct taping up an out of control juvenile. Trapped by Technology? No. A woman figures she's trapped when her battery dies and she's still sitting in the car with the doors locked. Doh! Assorted Nails in and about the Head, Pizza and a Coke, Hotelicopter, the Question of the Great Tit Poop-Sack, and more! Send comments and suggestions to [email protected], Visit http://cosmicpirates.com for more information.

Recorded Friday, Feb. 20th, sorry for the delay. Roger, Cindy and Drew talk about some incredible humans, including the guy who can determine what song is on a vinyl record album by examining the grooves, a boy who walks, rides and plays basketball via echo location, amazing smart savants and prodigies. Plus amazing animal fact, wacky news like a German man who left a bag of money in a men's room, a boy who ordered $37,000 worth of candy using former school's purchase order number, who's Jethro Tull? A cigarette thief trips himself up, Roger spots a record breaking skidmark in someone's pants. {pca-11c9fc8cfebe030b699028b7988661f3}

Recorded Friday, Feb. 6th, sorry for the delay. Roger, Cindy, Dennis and Drew cover some wacky news items including a drug dealer who calls 911 while making a deal, Nintendo Wii used to make police artist sketch, woman takes driver's test 771 times, Octuplet Mom, Pigeons in the pants, Motorists warned: Caution Zombies, Smart parrots and birds, smart octopus, giant dragonfly. Plus amazing feats of aeronautics: the highest balloons, highest free fall, wingsuit, the fastest planes, and more! Tell us what you think! Visit cosmicpirates.com or email [email protected] to share your comments or ideas.

Roger, Cindy and Drew talk about some wacky news including: Cindy's top picks for the funniest news of 2008 (and the most disturbing to males everywhere), Roger's nutty news of a damaging dildo attack, The passing of Ricardo Montalban, a plane crash into the Hudson River, and tons more!

Dennis, Roger and Drew talk about germs in the kitchen and crud in the camode. We are are joined by chemist and microbiologist Cindy Irish, who helps us understand just what we should worry about, or not worry about, when it comes to those little nasties, germs and bacteria, in the home. We also drift into a brief discussion of supermarket salad bars and buffets, watercoolers, workplace toilets, and other lovely topics. Join us and you'll never look at your world the same way again. To comment on this show, or suggest topics you'd like to hear us discuss, or to ask our resident scientist Cindy a question, please visit http://cosmicpirates.com, and follow the link for the Cosmic Contac Form. Thanks for listening!

In this episode Drew and Roger discuss black holes, gamma rays, the Incredible Hulk, and the various features of black holes. We are not astronomers or experts on black holes, so some of the info we provide may not be completely accurate. If you'd like to learn more about Black holes and what astronomers are learning about them, visit http://cosmicpirates.com. Music by Heart of Sun. Sound effects courtesy of The Hollywood Edge, used by permission.

Roger finally figures out how to shut Drew up long enough to tell us about the Celtic origins of Halloween, then we're on to talk about a few Halloween urban legends like accidental hangings, a suicide mistaken for a halloween decoration, black cat sacrifices, and the lore of college campus murders made part of the Urban Legend Movie.

Andy Vics, retired electronics and technology educator at Pequannock High School, who served in the US Airforce, all around wiz with the electronic stuff, up-to-date on newer technologies, and Drew's Dad, joins us to discuss the new age of TV and video technology. What's Digital? What's High Def? What's the difference between Plasma and LCD? What do I do when they switch my antenna signal to digital? Learn that and more, plus have a chuckle! Roger chimes in on occasion too.

In this epsidode Roger and Drew discover what was behind the mysterious door they found in the cavern during their spelunking adventure in episode 12. Join them as they discover high strangeness and talk of underground bases and tunnels, alien conspiracies, autopsies and flying saucers. You'll never guess who they find down there, or where this adventure will take them next.

In this Crypto Cast Roger and I finish our discussion of the home brewing process, which features insights into some dos and donts. Then we discuss some possible direction for the podcast, and inadvertantly get onto a discussion of the belief in Bigfoot and paranormal mysteries, hoaxes. Roger shares a strange experience he had when he lived in north western New Jersey, and we talk about how coincidental it is that most strange experiences with the unknown and ghostly hauntings occur at night.

During one of his trips to New Jersey Roger spent some time at the Shark-Lounge Studio and we recorded this discussion about beer and brewing. It was recorded before the most recent cast on Home Brewing so we didn't know what we'd be covering. You get an extra dose of beer talk and home brewing here, what the heck! We also talk about Roger's job at Busch Gardens in Florida, Bare Knuckle Stout, Guinness Stout, and other beers

Roger, Drew and Dennis Bonaduce discuss some news items, including a man shot in the butt, new microorganisms, skeleton ancestors found in a cave in Germany, a car on the roof of a house, air-freshener eating incident and tiki torch drinking incidents, plus their main topic: Exorcisms, where they also briefly touch on religion in politics.

Home brewing is a rapidly growing hobby. In this episode Roger and Drew discuss their favorite beverage and their favorite hobby, home beer brewing, and how you can get started doing it yourself.

Drew and Roger go spelunking, talk about deep caves around the world, a guy with a chest hole he stuffs with cigarette packs, plus a girl who had a toilet seat removed by a doctor from her ass. Some news items may be WAY out of date. Sound effects for this episode courtesy of Roger Kahn and his Sound Effects CD Everyday Noize, perfect sounds for podcasts, multimedia content and videos. Learn more at http://renderings.org/noize, and find his stuff on the podsafe music network at http://music.podshow.com. Theme music by Drew Vics.

Drew & Roger discuss exoplanets, many of which have been discovered in recent years, potential life on other planets, aye-ayes, crocodile tears, and a Florida controlled burn disaster. Due to the late release of this episode, news items are not up to date. Music for this episode: Ethereal by Whitenite, and Lost Night by Adam. Check them out at the Podsafe Music Network, http://music.podshow.com