Barbs Wire
Primedia Digital Editor Barbara Friedman has an unstoppable curiosity for all things weird and quirky and trawls the internet to bring you her daily choice of curated stories - Monday to Thursday at 9.35am #BarbsWire
Latest Episode
Barbs Wire: Plane lands on moving car, teens get “67” banned, and golden retrievers set a record-breaking takeover (11.12.2025)
Previous Episodes
- TheAfrica Report
- Barbs Wire: Cruise death sparks lawsuit, NYC hits historic homicide-free streak, and a talking dog wins the internet
- Barbs Wire: Miss Jamaica injury update, major art theft in São Paulo, and what South Africa googled in 2025
- Barbs Wire: Fatal Alpine climb under investigation, Google’s top searches revealed, and Pantone announces its colour of 2026
- Barbs Wire: Woolies bag timing sparks jokes, Faberge pendant thief swallows the evidence, and Spotify Wrapped exposes our musical age
- Barbs Wire: Etzebeth disciplinary delay, raccoon break-in goes viral, and the last supermoon of 2025 lights up December
- Barbs Wire: Marking six years since Covid began, truck overturns on the road to Durban, and Oxford picks its Word of the Year
- Barbs Wire: Easter Island statues spark clan rivalry theories, Middle- and lower-income shoppers now fuel luxury spending, and tiny therapy horse scoops world record
- Barbs Wire: Miss Universe owner in court over serious charges, bed bugs join the crime squad, and a rescue flight for a baby giraffe
- Barbs Wire: Five brain development epochs uncovered, 13-year flower hunt ends in tears, and the Whitney Houston drum challenge goes viral again
- Barbs Wire: Volcano awakens after thousands of years, a woman moves in her coffin, and Spain finally gives pets family status
- Barbs Wire: Superman comic breaks records, New Yorkers show up for viral smoke session, and the Pope gives a rave his blessing
- Barb's Wire: Gold toilet sells for $10 million, US first-time home buyers' age rises to 40, and rainy Las Vegas braces for Formula One this weekend
- Barbs Wire: A $236 million Klimt, Gen Alpha’s no-keyboard future, and 'Tall Tour' across US goes viral
- Barbs Wire: Cobalt mine disaster, neo-Nazi arrest and ‘baby consent’ debate
- Barbs Wire: Pennies worth millions, Google’s Skills rollout, and United Airlines fights the 'no-window window seat' case.
- Barbs Wire: Camps Bay supercars parked in a row, St Lucia hippos evening stroll through town, and bagpipe playing record broken to rendition of AC/DC track
- Barbs Wire: Googly eyes on Australia’s “Blue Blob” artwork, flying cars take off, and the discovery of a horned ‘Lucifer bee’
- Barbs Wire: From a menopause milestone to Qantas’s 20-hour flight, and space food made from astronaut pee
- Barbs Wire: A killer nurse, a giant spider city, and a death-metal diva breaking the mould at Miss World Chile
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