Episode 609: Greasy Hogs, Ski Jumping & Other Important News

Brian Beckner and Ed Daly are back for Episode 609, and it’s a full buffet of cultural nonsense, sports absurdity, internet weirdos, and deeply unnecessary celebrity behavior. From William Shatner eating cereal behind the wheel to Norwegian ski jumpers allegedly weaponizing their crotches for aerodynamics, nothing is safe.

The guys also pay their respects in RIP Corner, spiral into Instagram algorithm hell with “Tony the Greaser,” question why Netflix insists on showing Alex Honnold climbing things that shouldn’t be climbed, and once again wonder how Kyle Rittenhouse keeps popping up in places he absolutely does not need to be.

As always, it’s smart, dumb, funny, offensive (to the correct people), and exactly what you signed up for.

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Topics & Segments

Society Has Fully Bottomed Out

• William Shatner filmed eating cereal in his car

• TMZ headlines officially mean nothing anymore

• Why eating in your car became viral content

• At what age should driving privileges be revoked?

Hollywood, Nostalgia & Grease Takes

• TJ Hooker, Zmed, and Grease II discourse

• Michelle Pfeiffer supremacy

• Olivia Newton-John’s mysteriously “dead” boyfriend who wasn’t dead

• The Patrick McDermott disappearance… and Mexico reveal

Internet Algorithm Hell

• Tony the Greaser: adult man, petroleum jelly, zero self-awareness

• Endless Instagram comments demanding a “hog reveal”

• How the internet collectively chooses chaos

• Why this might be the funniest thing happening online right now

Nope. Absolutely Not.

• Alex Honnold climbs a 100+ story building

• Why Netflix should be ashamed of itself

• The inevitable future RIP segment no one wants

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RIP Corner

• Francis Buchholz (Scorpions bassist)

• CIA, Wind of Change, and Cold War pop music conspiracies

• Kiana Underwood (former Nickelodeon star)

• Brazilian “Popeye” and extreme body dysmorphia

• When documentaries should’ve been 90 minutes shorter

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Sports That Should Not Exist

• Norwegian ski jumpers accused of enlarging crotch areas for lift

• Aerodynamic dicks: the future of competition

• Pre-season body scans and standardized underwear

• “Dick injections” as an alleged competitive edge

Football & Athlete Chaos

• Deion Sanders allegedly receiving “five death threats per day”

• Former Michigan player claims blackmail for playing time

• NIL era officially killing the “student-athlete” myth

• Phil Rivers jokes missed by certain Twitter accounts

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Culture, Porn Stars & Public Outrage

• Abella Danger appears on national championship broadcast

• Why she absolutely should not apologize

• Carson Beck, money, and attractiveness economics

• Why America still can’t act normal about porn

UFC & Unwanted Guests

• Kyle Rittenhouse shows up at a UFC gym

• Sean Strickland loses his mind (again)

• Why this feels staged and exhausting

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Listener Interaction

• New Year voicemail check-in

• Twitter welfare checks

• Where is that one guy who never misses a joke?

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Bonus Content Tease

• Coffee obsession without alcohol

• Thrift-store espresso machine heartbreak

• Ozempic / Mounjaro “penis growth” claims

• Weight loss, fat loss, and the illusion of added inches

• John Hinckley Jr., Jodie Foster, and audacity

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