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Barbs Wire

Primedia Digital Editor Barbara Friedman has an unstoppable curiosity for all things weird and quirk

Episodes

Total: 190

Barbs Wire: Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico, viral video of drone vs robot dog, and Ed Sheeran on performing in Bhutan
2025/1/29

Clarence Ford chats to Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about stories trending online.See omnystudio.c

Barbs Wire: Bubbly sales drop as world not feeling very celebratory, video of unhappy passengers stuck in plane on runway and a story about a lonely sunfish
2025/1/28

Graeme Raubenheimer chats to Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about stories trending online.See omnyst

Barbs Wire: Stinky 'Corpse' flower draws NY crowds, banned baby names and yes, skinny jeans are back
2025/1/27

Graeme Raubenheimer chats to Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about stories trending online.See omnyst

Barb’s Wire
2025/1/22

Barbara Friedman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barbs Wire: Melania's hat stole the show, baboon deaths in Constantia
2025/1/21

Clarence Ford chats to Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about stories trending online.See omnystudio.c

Barbs Wire: TikTok saga, microplastics in bottled water, and the Trumps new offering
2025/1/20

Clarence Ford chats to Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about stories trending online.See omnystudio.c

Barbs Wire: Surreal images of LA covered in pink fire retardant, US TikTok 'refugees' flock to RedNote, and the tone our doggy compnaions best respond to
2025/1/16

Clarence Ford chats to Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about stories trending online.  See omnys

Barbs Wire: Stay in Airbnb plane believed to have belonged to Pablo Escobar, study reveals best time to drink coffee, and check out this live Clifton beach cam
2025/1/15

Clarence Ford chats to Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about stories trending online.See omnystudio.c

Barbs Wire: Motorcycle delivery driver killed in Camps Bay road accident raises questions, some unique world records set in 2024, and what is the 'No pants Subway Ride' in UK?
2025/1/14

Clarence Ford chats to Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about stories trending online.  See omnys

Barb’s Wire Extended wrap of 2024
2024/12/13

Barbara Friedman, Digital editor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barbs Wire: Nobel laureates urge US Senate to reject RFK, Baboon court order a big step forward, and Google search trends for 2024
2024/12/11

What's trending on socials? Digital editor Barbara Friedman gives us the scoop. See omnystudio.

Barbs Wire: Trump's perfume, NY Times stylish people list, and Pesto the Penguin's first official swim
2024/12/10

What's trending on socials? Digital editor Barbara Friedman gives us the scoop. See omnystudio.

Barbs Wire: A Cape Town video of a vehicle trying to cross the N2 via the pedestrian bridge, CoCT's 'Summer Coastal Dashboard' and a 'kiss from a shark'
2024/12/5

What's trending on socials? Digital editor Barbara Friedman gives us the scoop. See omnystudio.com/l

Barbs Wire: South Korea crisis unfolded on social media, a woman finds venomous snake on her leg while driving, and rap legend Eminem's mother has died
2024/12/4

What's trending on socials? Digital editor Barbara Friedman gives us the scoop See omnystudio.com/li

Barbs Wire: Cape Town firefighters become accidental midwives, brain rot is Oxford word of the year, and an AI Jesus in a confessional booth
2024/12/3

What's trending on socials? Digital editor Barbara Friedman gives us the scoop See omnystudio.com/li

Barbs Wire: Lots of reaction to Joe Biden pardoning his son, world's largest electric plane coming in 2025,and CapeTown Festive Lights switch on
2024/12/2

What’s trending on socials? Barbara Friedman give us the scoop.  See omnystudio.com/listener for pri

Barbs Wire: Study shows most social media influencers don't check facts before sharing, WhatsApp change has got people in a tizz, and the story of Periwinkle the Penguin
2024/11/28

What’s trending on socials? Barbara Friedman give us the scoop.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva