Nick the Rat Radio

Paranoid cartoon rat with paranormal podcast and a phone line : 917 719 5923

Nick the Rat Radio is a comedy podcast hosted by Nick the Rat, with 558 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Nick the Rat hosts Nick the Rat Radio, a comedy show with 558 episodes published.

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  Nick the Rat Radio

  Sewer Fungus

  Aug 5, 20262h 19m

  Episode 551 Nick the Rat Radio gets weird fast — Nick recaps meeting Lavish from Behind the Schemes IRL (and scoring a coveted Casio GBX-100), then spirals through a grab bag of chaos: Einstein's double-cousin wife, a fake(?) Perez Hilton meltdown, a tragic NYC e-bike death nobody's explaining properly, and an AI job interview where Nick trash-talks his old boss to a robot. Add in Hank Green's AI research controversy, Eli Roth's AI-assisted flop, and a rescue-dog-turned-meat-market story out of China, and things only get stranger from there. Then the show goes full body-horror: drug-resistant Candida auris, face-dwelling Demodex mites with no anus, flock camera laser hacks, and a truly unhinged caller segment about K9 steak sauce and pubic hair salons. Nick closes out with NYC's new government grocery stores, the Kalshi gambling lawsuit, RFK's $5 seafood cooking show, and a brewery that lost its liquor license over a "free beer if Trump dies" promo. It's a laidback news night that somehow ends up being the grossest episode in show history — value-for-value, no filter, straight from the sewer. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #Podcast #ConspiracyPodcast #WeirdNews #PodcastClips #AInews #CandidaAuris #NYCnews #TwitchPodcast #ValueForValue #SewerRat #StrangeButTrue #LateNightPodcast #NoAgendaTribute #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 08/05/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

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  Xmas in July

  Jul 29, 20263h 17m

  Episode 550 This week in the sewer: no music, no AI gimmicks, just raw rat radio. We crack open a 1989 Sears Christmas catalog and lose our minds over $700 pearl bracelets and Pee-wee Herman watches, pay respects to John C. Dvorak with some heartfelt (and heartbroken) voicemails, and dig into Sam Altman calling himself a genie-maker while his sister drops a scorched-earth Christmas parody song about him. Add in mutant rats that are outsmarting poison, a wild new ADHD drug breakdown, and Elon suing Minnesota over an AI nudity law, and you've got a genuinely unhinged episode. Grab a beer, get comfortable, and let the sewer wash over you. Full voicemail segment, donation shoutouts, and a brand new stinky Hawaiian shirt story you didn't ask for but are getting anyway. Nick the Rat Radio — Dark Sewer Network. Subscribe, donate a few duckets in the bucket, and stay fun. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #XmasInJuly #PodcastClips #LateNightPodcast #WeirdPodcast #SamAltman #JohnCDvorak #MutantRats #AINews #90sNostalgia #SearsCatalog #RatRadio #IndiePodcast #UncensoredPodcast #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 07/29/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

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  RIP John C. Dvorak

  Jul 22, 20262h 49m

  Episode 549 This week's episode of Nick the Rat Radio opens heavy — a rough week of sickness, a dead microphone, and the loss of podcasting legend John C. Dvorak. Nick shares tributes from Adam Curry and Chris Wilson, takes emotional calls from longtime listeners, and reflects on 20+ years of No Agenda before eventually finding his way back to the chaos: Nvidia's origin story with Sega, NASA's canceled moon lander, and a very deep dive into eggs, Monte Cristos, and Lightning Network nodes with a caller. Then the sewer really opens up — the cyclospora "shittening" tearing through Taco Bell and Taylor Farms, a fresh Dark Sewer Network News dispatch from Jane Hanoi (demonic sewer alligators, plumbing poltergeists, and the Rat King's rat uprising), reckless geoengineering experiments dumping chemicals into the ocean and sky, a bison-tossing grandpa, the JD Vance corn dog discourse, and the ongoing Charlie Kirk statue drama in Times Square. A wild, emotional, all-over-the-place episode — as always, straight from the sewer. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #JohnCDvorak #NoAgenda #Podcast #ValueForValue #Paranormal #ConspiracyTheory #SewerRats #TalkRadio #Underground #Brooklyn #WeirdNews #TacoBell #Geoengineering #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 07/22/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

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  Final Fluidity

  Jul 15, 20262h 58m

  Episode 548 Nick the Rat is back, rambling through a chaotic Wednesday night filled with Magic: The Gathering gripes (including that disappointing Star Trek set), second-degree burn updates from an overzealous solo session, and passionate pitches for “dick lotion.” He reviews board game hauls like Talisman and Sons of Anarchy, roasts Christopher Nolan and live-action remakes, then dives into the real weirdness happening in New York: exploding cyclospora parasites in the lettuce and Legionnaires’ bacteria in the AC. The main event is a deep, fascinating talk on terminal lucidity — those eerie moments when people with advanced dementia, strokes, or comas suddenly become fully aware and themselves right before death. Nick explores real cases, scientific theories, gamma wave brain surges, and what it might mean for consciousness, the soul, and that final “last rally.” Packed with gas blasts, Mystery Man’s terrifying Bigfoot terminal-lucidity horror story, Jane Hanoi’s horny paranormal news, voicemails, and late-night tangents, this one’s equal parts hilarious, gross, and genuinely thought-provoking. #TerminalLucidity #NickTheRatRadio #DyingClarity #FinalRally #MagicTheGathering #StarTrekCards #NYCParasites #LegionnairesDisease #DickLotion #BoardGames #MysteryMan #JaneHanoi #SewerRats #LastWords #Consciousness #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 07/16/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

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  Syphilis Sewer Secrets

  Jul 1, 20262h 49m

  Episode 546 Nick the Rat is back with a second-degree burn on his paw, a burnt-out voice, and zero filter as he dives into a wild grab bag of underground news. This episode kicks off with a chaotic urgent care story, then spirals into the shocking real history of the 1940s US-government-funded Guatemala syphilis experiments — complete with a "leaked" AI-generated Obama apology call that has to be heard to be believed. From there it's a full descent into the sewer: Sony killing off physical discs, RAM companies getting sued for price fixing, mutant poison-resistant mice invading the Northeast, a synthetic biologist claiming she's built self-replicating lab life, and a deranged AI spiritual guide explaining the "real" reason CERN shut down. Plus, catch an all-new Bigfoot Assault segment following a doctor's bloody encounter in the Olympic National Forest, a Dark Sewer News Network report from Jane Hanoi covering haunted Roombas and ghost pétanque balls, and Xindu returning with an unhinged rant about why pets are disgusting. Grab your Ching Wan Hung cream, settle in, and stay moist — it's another unforgettable night on Nick the Rat Radio. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #ConspiracyPodcast #Paranormal #BigfootAssault #JaneHanoi #Cryptid #UndergroundRadio #WeirdNews #TrueConspiracy #GuatemalaExperiments #CERNConspiracy #AIConspiracy #LateNightRadio #SewerRat #FringeMedia #ValueForValue #ITM #BrooklynPodcast #ParanoidNormal #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 07/01/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com

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