A Lazy River Murder, Costa Rica's Good Vibes & a Psychopathic Octopus 🌴🦈🐙 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 64
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I love a shark summer. I love the sharks out there. They're beautiful creatures.
Costa Rica has earned the title of the fourth happiest country on the planet according to the World Happiness Report.
The record is over 456,000 square ft, almost half a million, and it's made up of over 100 interconnected inflatable units.
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We explore the world's best lazy rivers, found Costa Rica is somehow the 4th happiest country on Earth, and met an octopus that fakes shark shadows to murder fish. This is the best podcast in history. Welcome to Episode 64 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Emmy Award-winning Producer Thomas O'Brien and Netflix Comedian Chip Chantry. This week we float through The 11 best lazy rivers (and pitch adding a murder mystery), explain why Scandinavia and Costa Rica run the table on happiness, panic about El Niño-fueled shark sightings off California and Hawaii, and crack open the Good Book for Dubai's half-million-square-foot floating water park. Plus Clarence the day octopus becomes our honorary Fish of the Week. Why Hit Play? 🌴 The Champagne Grotto Lazy River — St. Regis Longboat Key ends in a literal champagne grotto (7:51) 🐙 The 37% James Caan DNA Test — what really happens in the Playboy grotto (8:39) 🍹 Murder Mystery Lazy River — Chip pitches a floater and floating cocaine (11:05) 🦈 El Niño Shark Surge — sharks are flooding California & Hawaii beaches in 2026 (25:38) 💉 The Steroid Olympics Flop — only ONE record broken, stock drops 50% (32:19) 🛫 Staying Home Is the New Travel — domestic trips up 77% worldwide (36:54) 🐙 Clarence Fakes a Shark Shadow — psychopathic octopus hunting explained (50:57) 🪂 The Octopus Parachute of Death — gym class, but everyone dies (54:26) Chapters 0:00 Cold Open — Floaters, Sharks & 37% James Caan 0:38 The Package-Stealing Confession 1:03 Sunburnt Intro — Lazy Rivers & Steroid Olympics 2:33 The Hawaiian Tropic Slather 3:26 Front Desk — Pillowcase Trick-or-Treat 3:46 Episode 64 vs Every Other 64 4:30 For the Algo: Tickle the Robots 5:04 Conde Nast's 11 Unranked Lazy Rivers 7:10 Graduate Chip Visits 9 Lazy Rivers 7:51 The Champagne Grotto River 8:39 The 37% James Caan Grotto 9:55 My Daughter's First Pool in Maui 11:05 Murder Mystery Lazy River 14:20 The Floating Band-Aid of MGM Grand 14:57 Ranking Worst Things in a Pool 16:19 Costa Rica: 4th Happiest on Earth 19:07 Sweden Exports Frustration as Furniture 20:12 The Vibrating Quartz Mountain Retreat 23:02 Chip's Illegal Backyard Float Tank 25:38 El Niño Shark Surge 28:39 The Mrs. Doubtfire Epidemic 29:48 The Sea Turtle That Touched Tommy 32:19 The Steroid Olympics Epic Flop 36:54 Staying Home Is the New Travel 38:01 Why Tacoma Is a Breakout Destination 44:19 Buffett Facts: 90% Chill, 10% Pirate 46:16 Fish of the Week: Clarence the Day Octopus 48:43 Nine Brains, Three Hearts 50:57 Clarence Fakes a Shark Shadow 54:26 The Octopus Parachute of Death 56:09 The Good Book: Dubai's Floating Water Park 1:00:13 The 1,624 Sand Angels Record 1:04:06 Front Desk — Stay Burnt 🌴 Leave us a voicemail for the Trouble in Paradise Hotline: (310) 845-6038 Tell us your worst vacation story and you might hear it on the show. 🎙️ New episodes every Thursday — Sunburnt Podcast 🌐 sunburntpodcast.com 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@SunburntPod 📱 @sunburntpod on all socials The Sunburnt Podcast @SunburntPod is the number 1 Tropical Travel Comedy Podcast in the world. #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TravelPodcast #LazyRivers #FishOfTheWeek #CostaRica #SharkSeason