Odd World News Podcast https://oddworldnewspodcast.com Your source for odd news that occurs throughout the World Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:15:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 Farewell https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/farewell/ Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:00:25 +0000 https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/?p=345 Continue reading Farewell]]>  

The Odd World News Podcast is going on indefinite hiatus. After fifty eight episodes that encompasses five hundred and fifty seven stories, and is just over nine hours in total audio, it is time to end the podcast.

There are a multitude of factors that have gone into the decision to end the show. The biggest is the amount of time needed to prepare and produce the podcast. Between writing, recording, editing, preparing the graphics, adding chapter marks, and all of the other aspects that go into the podcast, there are weeks that it takes upwards of ten hours to complete all of the tasks. Considering the average episode is approximately nine minutes and twenty one seconds, spending up to ten hours working on an episode is a significant amount of time.

Here are some of the stats for the entire 58 episode run of the podcast:

Number of Episodes 58
Number of Stories 558
Avg Stories Per Episode 9.62
Episode with Most Stories 11 (16)
Episode with Fewest Stories 29 (5)
Total Follow Up Stories 24
Most Follow Up Stories 12 (3)
Average Follow Up per Episode 0.41
Percent of Episodes with Follow Up 33%
Total Characters 286,682
Total Words 49,816
Average Character Count 4,942.79
Average Word Count 89.28
Total Unique Words 8,675
Most Used Word police (297)
Total Podcast time 09:00:10
Longest Podcast 00:16:33 (52)
Shortest Podcast 00:04:22 (29)
Average Podcast Length 00:09:18

I would like to thank everyone who has downloaded, subscribed, or told others about the podcast. The existing episodes will remain up for quite a while, so you can listen to them again at your leisure. I hope you have enjoyed the show.

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57: January 10th, 2016: Travel, Claims, and Sales https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/57-january-10th-2016-travel-claims-and-sales/ Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:00:50 +0000 https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/?p=343 This week we follow up on a lawsuit and a sale, cover rides, problems with the sun, pictures, and ice cars.

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56: January 3rd, 2016: Debris, Rights, and Bad Timing https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/56-january-3rd-2016-debris-rights-and-bad-timing/ Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:00:57 +0000 https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/?p=335

This week we follow up on Monkey rights, timing, pirates, relief, cats, debris, and a snowy owl.

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55: December 27th, 2015: Bare Theft, More Driving, and Hoverboards https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/55-december-27th-2015-bare-theft-more-driving-and-hoverboards/ Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:00:45 +0000 https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/?p=327 This week we cover a theft, a wrong number, a goat that didn’t make it, a dispute, misstep when driving, and hoverboards.

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54: December 20th, 2015: Driving, Star Wars, and Christmas https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/54-december-20th-2015-driving-star-wars-and-christmas/ Sat, 26 Dec 2015 18:00:35 +0000 https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/?p=323 This week we cover Star Wars, Driving, and a bunch of Holiday stories.

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53: December 13th, 2015: Thieves, Charges, and Holiday Shenanigans https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/53-december-13th-2015-thieves-charges-and-holiday-shenanigans/ Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:00:21 +0000 https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/?p=319 Continue reading 53: December 13th, 2015: Thieves, Charges, and Holiday Shenanigans]]> This week we discuss cleaning up after a crash, stopping and getting back at thieves, not using facts, trees, another record, a failed escape, and a fight between elected officials.

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52: December 6th, 2015: Communications, Advertising, and a Ticket https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/52-december-6th-2015-communications-advertising-and-a-ticket/ Sat, 12 Dec 2015 18:00:54 +0000 https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/?p=315 Continue reading 52: December 6th, 2015: Communications, Advertising, and a Ticket]]> This week we cover finding funds, skiing, quitting and then not, reverse flow, tickets, communications, a wanted man, gouging, and advertising.

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Don’t forget to take the 2015 Listener Survey.

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51: November 29th, 2015: Lights, Economics, and a Sale https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/51-november-29th-2015-lights-economics-and-a-sale/ Sat, 05 Dec 2015 18:00:02 +0000 https://oddworldnewspodcast.com/?p=305 This week we cover a trio of Holiday-related stories, two economic stories, a fight, and power struggles.

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