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Host Mike Rogers and guest Michelle Napierski-Prancl, a sociologist and professor at Russell Sage College, explore how pop culture influences naming trends and dive into the more offbeat side of names – including some that have been deemed illegal, according to U.S. Birth Certificates.com – on “Something Offbeat” this week.

Host Mike Rogers and <a href="https://www.sage.edu/news/book-by-michelle-napierski-prancl-mediates-the-mommy-wars/">guest Michelle Napierski-Prancl</a>, a sociologist and professor at Russell Sage College, explore how pop culture <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/44259598?mag=science-baby-names&amp;seq=5#metadata_info_tab_contents">influences</a> naming trends and dive into the more offbeat side of names – including some that have been deemed illegal, <a href="https://www.usbirthcertificates.com/articles/illegal-baby-names">according to</a> U.S. Birth Certificates.com – on “Something Offbeat” this week.

What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

What&rsquo;s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

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Illegal baby names: How pop culture influences naming

On this episode of Offbites, Lauren and Chris discuss the otters who attacked a woman out for a jog, ask how many people is too many people in space, and the dog capturing people's hearts on a beach in Brazil.

On this episode of Offbites, Lauren and Chris discuss the otters who attacked a woman out for a jog, ask how many people is too many people in space, and the dog capturing people's hearts on a beach in Brazil.

Offbites: When otters attack, too many people in space, and athletic pets

Vampires are spooky, bacteria can be scary… and when you put them together? Things get a bit spooky-scary. New research published earlier this year reveal that some bacteria actually act like vampires. That is, they thirst for human blood and will feed on it when the chance arrives. Dr. Arden Baylink of Washington State University, the lead author of the study, joined Mike Rogers on the “Something Offbeat” podcast to explain.

Vampires are spooky, bacteria can be scary… and when you put them together? Things get a bit spooky-scary. <a href="https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/93178v2">New research</a> published earlier this year reveal <a href="https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/national/vampire-bacteria-with-thirst-for-human-blood-discovered">that some bacteria actually act like vampires</a>. That is, they thirst for human blood and will feed on it when the chance arrives. <a href="https://vetmed.wsu.edu/our-team/wsu-profile/arden.baylink/">Dr. Arden Baylink of Washington State University</a>, the lead author of the study, joined Mike Rogers on the “Something Offbeat” podcast to explain.

'Vampire bacteria' with a thirst for human blood might be lurking in your body

Lauren and Chris are finally back with another episode of Offbites. This week, they discuss their Brat summers, the most unattractive qualities in the opposite sex, and say goodbye to a fast food sandwich staple.

Lauren and Chris are finally back with another episode of Offbites. This week, they discuss their Brat summers, the most unattractive qualities in the opposite sex, and say goodbye to a fast food sandwich staple.

Illegal baby names: How pop culture influences naming

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