He-Brew and Mermaid Beers, Doomsday Wishes & a Front Yard Toilet Planter

There’s plenty of diversity on the May 16 episode of Ripley Radio – An On-Demand Oddcast!  How about Jewish and Coney Island Beers, a Ripley’s festival featuring  Bug Eating, Doomsday falacies, and the world’s largest beer Stein for a start?

• He-Brew, Mermaid Pilsner and Freaktoberfest are just three of the many deliciously unique and whimsical beers created by Jeremy Cowen, founder and CEO of Shmaltz Brewing, He joins Ripley Radio this week to discuss his offbeat approach to beer making and marketing.  
• Joseph Felser will talk about his doomsday book: “The myth of the Great Ending – Why we’ve been longing for the end of days since the beginning of time.”
• Ralf tells us that more than half of the U.S. population lives within a half tank of gas of a Ripley attraction;
• Abby reports on a man who took his Tennessee home town to court over the right to have a toilet bowl flower planter in his front yard;
• Andrea Silverman promotes the first annual Bug Fest at her Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium in Hollywood, where guests get in free on May 21 if they eat a certain type of bug;
• Chris Epting reviews his trip to Death Valley to learn about the rare pup fish;
• Edward talks about Robert Ripley’s extensive beer stein collection which includes the world’s largest – now on display at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square in New York City.

Ripley Radio is a journey through the weird, wacky, whimsical, wild, and totally unbelievable world of the odd, strange and unusual. Each show provides listeners with amazing and absolutely true tales of today, as well as unbelievable facts culled from the extensive archives of the company that has been freaking out families for more than 90 years!

The weekly broadcast is an unpredictable and fun-filled show that proves beyond all dimensions that Ripley’s is indeed, the global authority on the weird, strange, bizarre and the UNBELIEVABLE!

For detailed information on each show, the hosts and a look at the extensive archives, please visit the Ripley Radio website.

About Ripley Radio
Ripley Radio is owned by Ripley Entertainment Inc., keepers of the venerable Ripley’s Believe It or Not! brand and is a global leader in location-based entertainment. More than 12 million guests visit its 80-plus world-wide attractions annually. The Orlando-based company also has divisions that oversee publishing, licensing and broadcast operations.  Ripley Entertainment is a Jim Pattison Company, the third-largest privately held company in Canada.

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Ripley Radio Executive Producer
VP Communications
Ripley Entertainment Inc.
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