A Swedish leader is terrified of bananas. A group of ne'er-do-wells get busted for bear fraud. Some Iraqi politicians want to lower the legal age of consent to 9 years old. The Onion buys Infowars. A US defense contractor pays out 43 million USD for its role in torturing Abu Ghraib detainees. Over in Peru, China's building a megaport - and no one's sure what will happen next. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

Is Your Intuition A Form Of Time Travel?
1:04:41

Listener Mail: Faith Healing, Christmas Conspiracies, Africville, a Letter from Malaysia, and More
56:36

The True Story of Tsantsas, or "Shrunken Heads"
58:10