<description>&lt;p&gt;In the last 30 years, more than 1,000 people have attempted the Barkley Marathons, but only 20 have finished under the 60-hour time limit. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/25/jasmin-paris-interview-barkley-marathons-ultramarathon-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Hallucinations and no sleep: Jasmin Paris on her historic ultramarathon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68643341" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Jasmin Paris first woman to complete grueling Barkley Marathons race&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ-DE-hmiGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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In the last 30 years, more than 1,000 people have attempted the Barkley Marathons, but only 20 have finished under the 60-hour time limit. 
Sources: 
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/25/jasmin-paris-interview-barkley-marathons-ultramarathon-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Hallucinations and no sleep: Jasmin Paris on her historic ultramarathon</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68643341" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Jasmin Paris first woman to complete grueling Barkley Marathons race</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ-DE-hmiGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young</a>

Ep. #247: What If You Ran Until You Hallucinated? 

<description>&lt;p&gt;In 2018, Mickey Barreto checked into a hotel. Over the next five years he refused to leave, briefly owned the hotel, tried to take down an international cult, and got arrested. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/bear-family-major-motorcycle-accident-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Go help our guy Bear!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/nyregion/mickey-barreto-housing-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU0.tEiM.oODzk5ArF4dl&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newyorkerhotel.com/history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;The History of The New Yorker Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/loophole-got-new-york-city-man-free-hotel-stay-five-years-claimed-buil-rcna139182" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;A loophole got New York City man a free hotel stay for five years until he claimed to own the building&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.curbed.com/2023/09/new-yorker-hotel-rent-stabilization-explained-mickey-baretto.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HyFjFUECx4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Missing 411 David Paulides Presents Missing Person Cases from Montana &amp;amp; Oregon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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In 2018, Mickey Barreto checked into a hotel. Over the next five years he refused to leave, briefly owned the hotel, tried to take down an international cult, and got arrested. 
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/bear-family-major-motorcycle-accident-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Go help our guy Bear!</a>
Sources: 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/nyregion/mickey-barreto-housing-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU0.tEiM.oODzk5ArF4dl&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave</a>
<a href="https://www.newyorkerhotel.com/history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The History of The New Yorker Hotel</a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/loophole-got-new-york-city-man-free-hotel-stay-five-years-claimed-buil-rcna139182" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">A loophole got New York City man a free hotel stay for five years until he claimed to own the building</a>
<a href="https://www.curbed.com/2023/09/new-yorker-hotel-rent-stabilization-explained-mickey-baretto.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel</a> 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HyFjFUECx4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Missing 411 David Paulides Presents Missing Person Cases from Montana &amp; Oregon</a>

Ep. #246: What If You Stole a Hotel?

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/bear-family-major-motorcycle-accident-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Our guy bear needs some help&lt;/a&gt;! He was in a bad motorcycle accident and won&amp;#39;t be able to work for a few months while he recovers. Bear&amp;#39;s brought us many, many joys over the years and it&amp;#39;s the least we can do to give back a little. If you can afford to spare a couple bucks please do! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok, thank you, we love you. Bear loves you. We love Bear. And we&amp;#39;ll be back with a full episode next Saturday (4/6). See ya soon! &lt;/p&gt;
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<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/bear-family-major-motorcycle-accident-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Our guy bear needs some help</a>! He was in a bad motorcycle accident and won&#39;t be able to work for a few months while he recovers. Bear&#39;s brought us many, many joys over the years and it&#39;s the least we can do to give back a little. If you can afford to spare a couple bucks please do! 
Ok, thank you, we love you. Bear loves you. We love Bear. And we&#39;ll be back with a full episode next Saturday (4/6). See ya soon!

What If We Helped Bear? 

<description>&lt;p&gt;Hi! We&amp;#39;re catching up about the past 5 months and discussing David Grusch&amp;#39;s UAP claims. &lt;/p&gt;
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Hi! We&#39;re catching up about the past 5 months and discussing David Grusch&#39;s UAP claims.

Ep. #245 - What If David Grusch Is Right? 

<description>&lt;p&gt;We've got a bunch of topics today and we kinda get to all of them. Miley Cyrus saw a flying snowplow, Jeremy Corbell started a podcast, somebody's cutting off the internet, Ruby Tuesdays are popping up outta nowhere, there's a mysterious celebrity on some curtains, and Ryan's buying more websites. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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We've got a bunch of topics today and we kinda get to all of them. Miley Cyrus saw a flying snowplow, Jeremy Corbell started a podcast, somebody's cutting off the internet, Ruby Tuesdays are popping up outta nowhere, there's a mysterious celebrity on some curtains, and Ryan's buying more websites. &nbsp;

Ep. #244 - What If We Sampled the Buffet of Weird? 

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