The Cult of Ron & Brian

We celebrate our three-peat Podcast Champion, Ron! In addition to the results of the Super Bowl bet, we discuss the Super Bowl Halftime Show(s) and commercials. A man had discharge issues for two years before getting help, an Australian man was almost beat to death by a kangaroo, and a Texas man shot his daughter to death and someone avoided getting charged! An HGTV star and a reality star lost work due to racism, a food influencer died after eating deadly seafood, and a conservative Colombian politician is now finding out how bad ICE can be after her son was detained in the US. We also talk about the death of James Van Der Beek and why his family needs a GoFundMe.

We discuss our Super Bowl bet, a West Virginia librarian that used TikTok to try and find an assassin, and an Olive Garden cook that didn't practice safe fryer usage. However, the main event of this episode is our conversation with the inimitable Keith Caputo!

It's time for that hallowed annual tradition - the Podcast Championship Debate! Moderator Marty is back to challenge both Ron and Brian in a tense back and forth to determine the future of the show...and the world!

Way too many ICE stories again this week: they let an alleged jewel thief out of the country, an ICE agent pleaded guilty to SA'ing a detainee, they flew a couple of toddlers to Texas, and executed yet another American in the streets of Minnesota. We also discuss our upcoming debate, the results of this weekend's football games, and compare social media clout. A snow plow driver did a little bit of cocaine before getting into an accident, a father confronts a lawyer who allegedly filmed his daughter, and we talk about people being bad in Florida and Pittsburgh!

We get the scoop on what really happens after a colonoscopy, there's a crotch controversy in ski jumping, and a Florida man was killed at work by an industrial bread machine. There's updates on Travis Turner and his school district, Eric Adams new crypto coin may be a scam, and who's killing the Philly tow truck drivers? Timothy Busfield was arrested for allegedly touching children, Keifer Sutherland was arrested for allegedly assaulting an Uber driver, and Scott Adams provided the first points in this year's death pool. There's way too many Trump stories, from his trip to a Ford plant, him groveling for a Nobel Peace Prize, Gaza Board of Peace Seats for sale, a potential executive order for the Army-Navy game, and his continuing fascination with Greenland. We tell you what we're watching, discuss Jake Lang's visit to Minnesota, and talk about the DePaul point shaving scandal.

We welcome Andrew H. - winner of the 2025 Cult of Ron & Brian Death Pool - to discuss his winning year, and we surprise him with his enshrinement in our new Death Pool Hall of Fame! We discuss the many ways in which ICE is horrible, rude Broadway patrons, and the lack of legroom on WestJet. We also talk about a hacktivist deleting racist websites, Oceania Cruises going adults-only, and Brian's inability to understand mailing addresses!

It's a new year, so we look back on our predictions for 2025 to see what we got right and look ahead to what we can expect in 2026. We crown the 2025 Death Pool champion and discuss who has the best odds of winning this year. A Florida man stole from a meat market while naked, Brian stole meat while fully clothed, and AI duped people into going to the Brooklyn Bridge for New Year's Eve fireworks. Oh yeah, and we invaded Venezuela and overthrew the government!

Just when we thought the Epstein Files couldn't get more disturbing, this week the DOJ released a list of his Amazon purchases. A Florida man shot up his family over an NFL game, a couple is sentenced for trying to sell their baby, and we have an Ask Brian segment! The Secretary of Treasury said Americans should expect big tax refunds this year, a man went on a brisket stealing spree, and Operation Bad Santa arrested a bunch of (alleged) bad men in New Jersey. A woman got upset at Alaska Airlines, a 76-year-old man grew breasts because of his medication, and we talk about what we're watching!

We're spreading holiday joy to everyone this week! We've got a man suing a Vegas casino, a tourist almost dying for a photo, and an elementary school principal accused of being antisemitic. We discuss Rob Reiner and his filmography, DraftKings failed in trying to keep a bettor's winnings, and there was a bow and arrow murder in New Jersey. We tell you what we're watching, give you our NFL Locks of the Week, and discuss ideas for 2026 theme episodes!

We take a deep dive into the Sherrone Moore scandal which leads into a bracket contest about who the worst Man Behaving Badly is! A man accidentally tried to deposit meth at his local bank, Times New Roman is making America great again, and Royal Caribbean is accused of over-serving a passenger (oh, and killing them. Allegedly.). We also talk about what we're watching and give you our NFL Locks of the Week!

We discuss the new Sean Combs docuseries on Netflix and why 50 Cent can't stop smiling in his interviews! A Russian fitness influencer found out that eating 10,000 calories a day isn't healthy, the well-off are more likely to steal from self-checkouts, and a teenager learned the hard way to not hop into a lion enclosure. An American student was stuck in a German vagina sculpture, an ex-NJ cop is arrested for assaulting his fellow workers, and the voice of Frosty the Snowman was exposed for having multiple families! A Tennessee grandfather and his granddaughter were mauled to death by the family pit bulls, BD Wong made a really bad joke on social media, and a female broadcaster turns the insensitive comments she receives into viral fame. All that and we award Brian with the inaugural Cult of Ron & Brian Peace Prize!

We discuss the undefeated high school football coach/alleged pedophile, Brian talks about how he was a hero on Thanksgiving, and have a thought-provoking question in our Ask Ron segment. There was scandal at the World's Strongest Woman contest, a dad arranges a drug deal to avenge his daughter, and an upstate NY hunting trip among brothers ends in tragedy. The ShamWow guy is running for office in Texas, a university lecturer got fired for drinking with the students, and the Russian Popeye might be losing his arms! An influencer will be handing out machetes and alcohol in NYC, an Italian man dressed as his dead mom to scam the system, and we give you our NFL Locks of the Week!

A Turkish boy died when co-workers put an air hose up his rectum, a robber took advantage of a liquor store employee's heart attack, and a Canadian man was led astray by ChatGPT. A Canadian cop met women in the weirdest of ways, a Dine & Dash Diva is on the loose in NYC, and a Wisconsin family was arrested for starving one of their children! Two Texas men wanted to take over a Haitian island, bear attacks are rampant in Japan, and Trump and Mamdani are the new fun couple. We talk about what we're watching, give you our NFL Locks of the Week, and an Arizona couple decided a robbery was the best place for some sexy time. We also visit our fan-favorite bit, But The Drag Queens Are The Problem!

There were some...interesting allegations from the Epstein files this week, and you know we were here for it! A politician was seen enjoying porn on a plane, an influencer has to pay for breaking up a marriage, and Ron has a Beef of the Week retraction. The penny is being retired, a former professor killed his wife, and a Baltimore police officer caught charges for nearly running someone over! A ferry company "accidentally" showed passengers some porn, a pardoned Ponzi schemer is going to prison again, and a Florida bar argument turned violent. We give you our NFL Locks of the Week, talk about what we're watching, and the OJ estate finally pays the Goldman family!

We talk about the world's oldest Quarter Pounder and how much we would charge to take a bite, a woman got an unwanted shipment of arms and fingers, and a dad accused of leaving his daughter in a hot car takes the easy way out. Trump pardoned Daryl Strawberry and looked bewildered during a medical emergency, a woman shamed churches for not helping the needy, and we discuss the Election Day results! A teacher shot by a 6-year-old won $10 million, a woman on a Taylor Swift cruise died after drinking too much, and a North Dakota hotel has an interesting cleaning methods for their linens. We talk celebrity obits, discuss what we're watching, and tell the storing of a cleaning woman that got killed for going to the wrong address.

Ron was in Aruba, Brian was at the Chiller Theater Convention, and we talk about both! A man was killed by a hot shower, a Taiwanese Airline asked a dead employee for a doctor's note, and Kash Patel lashed out at criticism over his plane usage. Aggressive monkeys are on the loose, a man had his entire potato harvest stolen, and a Harrisburg church had to apologize for an offensive Halloween float. We talk about what we're watching, discuss Game 7 of the World Series, and give you our NFL Locks of the Week!

Brian continues to be a hero of democracy, and this week we get to see him complete his New Jersey ballot! A Corrections Officer was arrested for his prison side hustle, a coroner had to cancel an office halloween party due to 24 decomposing corpses, and Amazon Web Services let everyone down this week. We try not to talk about Trump, but between knocking down the East Wing and asking the DOJ for $230 million, he made the list! George Santos threatened to leave NYC and the internet rejoiced, a Detroit Bishop shamed a parishioner for only donating $1200, and we have a way-too-in-depth discussion about chicken wings. A pardoned Jan. 6th rioter got in trouble again, ICE raided Canal Street, and Luigi Mangione was beat up by lady boys!

The rumors are true - we've got a brand new title belt for the podcast and we're showing it off! A long line in Marshall's leads to a stabbing, a priest gets caught shirtless with a parishioner's fiancee, and a 73-year-old man gets revenge on his high school bully. A glamorous serial killer was arrested in Brazil, Jake Haro gets sentenced for the death of his son, and a NYC man tried to use a sex tape with a juror to get his conviction tossed! We talk about what we're watching, run through the week's celebrity obits, and we give you our NFL Locks of the Week!

We're back after a short hiatus while Brian visited the heartland of our country, and we're ready to entertain you! We have a lot of stories saved up for But The Drag Queen Are The Problem, we discuss the Riyadh Comedy Festival, and we're proud to announce our own Super Bowl halftime show! A man got sick from eating gummies, a man got sick from winning the lottery, and a man tried to order Olive Garden in Italy. We give you our NFL Locks of the Week, review Celebrity Obits, and share the love only we know how!

We don't know what the fate of Ophelia is, but we know that your fate is to listen to the best damn podcast out there! This week, we talk about a robber who found himself on the wrong end of a samurai sword, a man who jumped from a cruise ship to avoid a gambling debt, and how the execs of Rick's Cabaret allegedly bribed a tax auditor! A Texas woman butt-dialed a murder confession, the head of IMAX parties too hard to get life insurance, and a zoo in China wants you to stop showing viral videos to a baby chimp. We drink, we beef, we talk about how drag queens really aren't the problem...and, oh yeah, we congratulate Oliver North and Fawn Hall on their recent wedding!