LAPodcast - Weird, Funny News!
474 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsLocal Anaesthetic Podcast (otherwise known as LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world since 2012.
Listeners can submit stories via Facebook (Facebook.com/lapodcast), Twitter (@lapocast) or e-mail: [email protected].
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Episodes
LA 24: Get a Job, Get Married and Get a Bloody Grip!
August 06, 2012 08:43 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Workman caught in brothel without tools claims he misinterpreted client's comment about needing his toolbox. Dutch Olympic Team refuses to leave coach after experiencing taste of British heritage. Tramp moves into futuristic council flat with en suite bathroom. Swindon Town Football Club release r...
LA 23: Picnic Chainsaw Massacre
July 30, 2012 19:06 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Local man resorts to selling beloved boat after vandals urinate on sails. Lumberjack misplaces chainsaw after excessive consumption of energy drink. Cat left to fend off attackers after Fire Brigade fail to attend rescue call. Construction firm down tools due to unseasonal sunshine. Also reveale...
LA 22: Air Ambulance Mattress Stand-Down
July 23, 2012 20:03 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Axe wielding manic claims attack was justified after spurned lover makes obscene request. Local man apologises after Higgs boson eBay prank results in creation of black hole. Elderly women mistakenly sells dog as ornament at car boot sale. Marlborough Jazz Festival rescued at eleventh hour by Keit...
LA 21: Fish Roundabout Incident II: The Revenge
July 13, 2012 22:28 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Schoolgirls left traumatised after discovering local area lacks 3G signal. Controversial photograph of suicidal cat taken hours before death released. Local man has faith in justice system restored after being awarded £15 for exposure to breasts. Marlboro Man reunited with illegitimate West Countr...
LA 20: Deaf and Dumbass
July 07, 2012 10:21 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Journalist deafens himself with Blu Tack after slow news week. Pizza cures boy's irrational fear of public toilets. Conman defends quality of Sunny Walkmans and Potato iPhones. Inflatable Stonehenge branded a letdown. Also revealed: Rob's Poundstretcher anecdote. And much, much more...
LA 19: Fish Roundabout Incident
July 01, 2012 11:24 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Unremorseful housewife claims cat 'had it coming' despite retaliation attack. Tramp removes parking meter after refusing to pay to park shopping trolley. Jealous woman complains to council about amorous neighbours. Cillit Bang release firearm shaped bottle. Also revealed: The new LA alphabet fea...
LA 18: 1000 Earnest Words
June 24, 2012 17:47 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Local idiot considers buying lock after theft of eighth consecutive bicycle. Pizza restaurant moves to trademark dish after ceiling falls into customer's dessert. Miserable child believed to be reincarnation of William Hogarth. War veteran claims WWII was due to Third Reich's automated financial t...
LA 17: Sick Smurfing Smurf
June 16, 2012 06:42 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Stocky man trapped in luggage space mistaken for suitcase by driver. After letter of apology to newspaper about homemade explosives, local man found with homemade reactor and box of Uranium-235. Burglars return useless guard dog. Girl sent home for wearing patriotic lipstick and miniskirt. Also ...
LA 16: All Hail The Rainbow Coalition!
June 06, 2012 18:24 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Local couple traumatised after dead cat falls from sky. Hedgehog trained in propaganda helps war effort. Man lies to wife about disappearance of garlic bread after shopping trip. Local scrounger given obscure humanity award by Queen. Also revealed: Alex's ignorance regarding tinned vegetables. A...
LA 15: Cream Party Comedown
May 27, 2012 18:34 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Local man impersonates police officer after cyclist failed to use correct hand signals. Former Chelsea striker accused of diving before Olympic torch handover in Swindon. Police suspect foul play after second Shetland pony corpse discovered. Homeowner and lodger fabricate excuse after intruder's ra...
LA 14: Chunky Sweater Sandal Wearing Tree Hugger
May 20, 2012 14:50 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Council dedicates new bus stop to the "Dear Leader". Charity to give bicycle maintenance classes to remote African tribes. Burglars ransack charity shop and make off with items totalling £8.93. Environmentalist admits to encouraging volunteers to dump rubbish on beach to keep collection business af...
LA 13: Dead Pregnant Shetland Pony
May 13, 2012 11:30 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Local man threatens to name and shame 60's popstar after dangerous cow overtaking manoeuvre. Dead yeti mistaken for dead Shetland pony by local woman. Cyclist convicted of indecent exposure makes claim of using groinal attachment to fix bicycle. Embarrassed dog abandons owner trapped in mud. Also...
LA 12: Plastic Garden Foliage Balls
May 09, 2012 20:48 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Garden furniture stolen from mythical land. Frank Spencer lookalike fingered in police e-fit. Burglar steals copper piping and water tank to fuel Umbongo habit. Local boy arranges party to celebrate failure of party. Also revealed: Rob's aspiration to achieve minor celebrity status. And much, mu...
LA 11: Jerk Chicken Pandemonium
May 01, 2012 19:34 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Local paper runs 'Spot the Dead Badger' competition. Overworked police officer gets child to complete e-fits. Dirty beaver found in Plymouth. Sand artist up in arms after local council destroy dream home. Also revealed: Alex's early onset dementia. And much, much more...
LA 10: Who Shot Willy's Window?
April 26, 2012 08:27 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Local boy refutes claim that proceeds from charity curry night funded terror organisations in Kenya. Ray Mears to start new survival show focusing on killing/eating inner city domestic animals. Local women shocked as back garden becomes site for Occupy protest. Transvestite found living rough in pa...
LA 9: Beach Needle
April 16, 2012 20:48 - 52 minutes - 24 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Dartford's "Average Man of the Year" competition receives record number of applications. Local passenger admits paying premium for 'authentic Titanic experience' after being airlifted from Titanic Memorial Cruise. Upper middle class family slums it on Bournemouth beach. Civil pride at all time high...
LA 8: Downstairs Toilet Bust-Up
April 11, 2012 19:59 - 59 minutes - 27.3 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Local residents complain after public convenience continues to be used as lift. After first face-to-face encounter with rabbit, police sergeant admits daughter has been keeping plastic bag as pet. Cast of new operatic production reassures public that it is not an April Fools' prank. Couple outraged...
LA 7: Pigeon Foetus
April 03, 2012 18:34 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Woman shocked after handbag is stolen from 'secure' sunken flowerbed. After objections from local residents, missile installations on Blackheath to double as Olympic starter pistol. Local businessman poisons pigeons to raise profile of ailing business. Far-fetched dream of owning a takeaway van, g...
LA 6: The Missing Roundabout
March 30, 2012 06:00 - 59 minutes - 27.2 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Shortage of telephone numbers brings town to bring of anarchy. Local loser sprains ankle after aggressive job hunt. Local school children forced to construct law enforced robots in breakaway state. (Fictitious?) man believed to be living on Blackheath Common says Council. Also revealed: Rob's inc...
LA 5: From the Valley to the Abyss
March 20, 2012 19:24 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Gypsy master operates roofing scam with band of gullible mugs. Council threatens to close ex-soldier's killer animal training camp. Also revealed: Rob sets Alex his first phonetic alphabet challenge. And much, much more...
LA 4: Howling for Ziggy
March 12, 2012 20:45 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Communist state begins printing own currency. Dog-napping to order reaches record high in South East London. Diversity service closes after remit is exposed as too inclusive. Theives still on the run despite losing streak. Also revealed: Alex's dubious take on the phonetic alphabet. And much, muc...
LA 3: Bras to Africa
March 05, 2012 21:39 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Rocket crash in school playground unfortunately records no fatalities. 100 kilos of used bras and a box of pencils to be sent to the Gambia after charity appeal. Lovers flock to the back seat of M25 tour bus. Liberated Romanians pick pockets of bored commuters. Also revealed: Rob reveals where to ...
LA 2: Self-Entangled Breath Organ
February 28, 2012 22:17 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Octogenarian spends 30 hours in lay-by surviving on nothing but Werther's Originals. Father of 'Hero' carpenter misquotes biblical proverb. Reporter sells family possessions to pawn shop. 'Cat Catcher' 2000 deployed in complete secrecy. Also revealed: Alex's astonishing lack of knowledge of nightc...
LA 1: The Mayor & the Trawlerman
February 26, 2012 21:46 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBAlex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns. Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:[email protected] Stories this week include: Man fined after forcing pet alligators to wear spectacles. Newly married woman cheats on husband with parrot. After years at sea, long lost brothers reunite to bring down capitalism. Also revealed: Rob's astonishing lack of knowledge of human biology. And much, much more...