Curio

About Curio

Discussing the weirdest and most bizarre topics from the internet and beyond.

Publisher

Curio Cast

Category

comedy

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

16 Jan 2019

Latest episode

26 May 2025

Latest episodes

124 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 May 2025

   #123: May the Fastest Jizz Win

   Hosts Tom, George, and Rob explore bizarre news stories, including sperm racing and unusual food items, offering listeners a dive into the absurd.

2. 

   5 May 2025

   #122: Exploring Extreme Horror with Jonathan Butcher

   This week on Curio, Tom and George are joined by extreme horror and splatterpunk author, Jonathan Butcher. Jonathan is best known for his books What Good Girls Do, Chocolateman, and Motel Styx. Jonathan also recently won the Gross Out contest at Killercon for his short story Last Night's Gig. __ Follow Jonathan and check out his website Website: https://jonathanbutcherhorror.bigcartel.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drbutchermd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbutchermd_author __ 00:00:00 Introduction to Jonathan and extreme horror 00:05:55 What is Splatterpunk? 00:10:37 What Good Girls Do 00:14:27 Why on earth have you written this? 00:20:09 The power of morbid curiosity 00:23:11 Does shock value trump good writing? 00:25:03 Extreme horror writer recommendations 00:29:34 The backstory of Chocolateman 00:38:40 What makes a Jonathan Butcher book? 00:42:22 What inspires extreme horror writers? 00:47:00 Research required for extreme horror 00:50:02 The difficulties of writing as a collaboration 00:58:58 The morality of pushing horror to its extreme 01:03:46 Jonathan's Killercon Gross Out winning short story

3. 

   28 Apr 2025

   #121: Three Grown Men Talk About Minecraft and Poo

   The boys are back as a trio and they're back with some weird news stories and even weirder questions. Who is the Rizzler and why are the Cosco Guys booming so much? Should we invest in bum hoses? Chicken jockey? 00:00 Aligning our chakras 03:30 Indian poo holes 07:48 Rob's bidet dreams 12:50 Scenic pisses and nature poos 24:54 Minecraft Movie chicken jockey trend 36:09 The Rizzler joins Nintendo 45:50 Cheeto Charizard

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

4,658,682,157

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

4.7 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

89

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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