NEW YORK - AUGUST 3: Zarina the Human Cannonball is launched into air at the Cole Bros. Circus at the Cole Bros. Circus at Coney Island August 3, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. A full circus entertained at the historic seaside resort for the first time since 1938 when the Cole Bros. performed then as well. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
If Tiger King has taught us anything it’s that there is a ferocious appetite for news stories about absolute disaster people. In that spirit, each night during the 9 and 10 o’clock hours I enjoy playing a game with you, the listener, called Florida or Australia. The rules are simple: I’ll tell you about a news story on the air and you text or call in and tell me if you think the story happened in Florida or Australia. (because those two places seem to have a high concentration of craziness.) Fridays are a special wildcard edition where I ask you to determine if the stories are homegrown crazy or imported from other countries. Here are tonight’s stories:
Be sure to tune in Monday through Friday nights at 9 and 10pm if you want to play along.