A Salad That Eats You

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Tickets for the Live Tour Here! What do you get when a carnivorous plant develops a taste for rodents and a whole country uploads itself to the cloud? Just another day inside The Box of Oddities. In this episode, Kat and Jethro peer into the leafy maw of Nepenthes rajah—the world’s largest meat-eating plant, known to snack on mice, lizards, and anything foolish enough to slip into its botanical death trap. It’s basically a salad that eats you. Then, we voyage to the disappearing island nation of Tuvalu, where rising sea levels have inspired an unprecedented plan: become the world’s first digital nation. Yep, they’re scanning their culture into cyberspace like a high-stakes sci-fi Dropbox folder. It's a tale of natural horror and geopolitical innovation—served up with the usual twisted humor and curiosity. Step into the weird. #NepenthesRajah #CarnivorousPlants #Tuvalu #DigitalNation #ClimateChange #WeirdNature #BizarreNews #BoxOfOdditiesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Make way!
0:03.0	Coming through.
0:04.6	Rolling deep with my entourage here.
0:06.8	Make way.
0:07.9	Sorry, are you on GIFCA for something?
0:10.7	Yeah, and they just saved me 400 quid on this new Google Pixel 9 Pro.
0:15.6	That explains the swagger.
0:17.8	What's with all the ducklings?
0:19.5	My entourage? Say hi, guys.
0:22.6	Get the latest phones at great prices from GIFGAF.
0:26.4	Ends August 10th terms apply. See GIFGaf.com for more info.
0:30.0	Hello podcast fans. I'm Bradley Simpson.
0:32.7	When I think about the stories that stayed with me, one that immediately comes to mind, is Ratatooie.
0:37.4	A talented route who just wants to cook, and honestly, I was glued to my screen straight away. And now I'm hooked on FX's The Bear on Disney Plus. I love everything about it. I love the styling, the tension, the drama. It's the best thing I've watched in ages. Only the greatest stories stay with you for a lifetime, and honestly, it's true.
0:57.2	So, what will be your next great story on Disney Plus?
1:00.4	Copyright 2025 Disney and its related entities, 18 plus, subscription required.
1:03.3	What follows may not be suitable for all audiences.
1:05.1	Listener discretion is advised.
1:09.0	The world is full of stories.
1:12.6	Stories of mysteries full of stories. Stories of mysteries. Of curiosities.
1:15.6	Of oddities.
1:18.6	Join Cat and Jethro Gilligan Toth for the strange,
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