July 1, 2025 • 6 mins
“Is it better to savor a masterpiece or devour it all at once?” That’s the question that ignites a hilarious and heartfelt debate on this episode of The Ben and Skin Show on 97.1 The Eagle.Join hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray as they dive deep into the emotional chaos of binge-watching The Bear Season 4. KT’s slow-and-steady philosophy clashes with Skin’s all-consuming obsession, leading to a passionate discussion about the art of storytelling, the emotional toll of great TV, and the existential dread of finishing a show you love too fast.Ben compares The Bear to Radiohead—“phenomenal, heavy, and not for the faint of heart”—while Skin confesses to losing sleep over fictional characters. The crew explores the show’s powerful themes of passion, time, and mental health, all while trying to resist the siren call of “just one more episode.”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is The Bin and Skin Show ninety seven point
one The Eagle. All right, we have tickets to Ice
nine Kills and we're gonna give away right now using
the Bin and Skin I'm sorry, we're using the iHeart app.
It's a free app that you can stream the Bin
and Skin Show. You can also listen to our podcast
on it, and there's a talkback feature on there, and
when you click on that, you're able to leave a message.
(00:22):
Right now, the third person that leaves a message with
their name, their phone number, and their email address and
answers the question which athlete in the DFW area has
been obsessed with We were just talking about it. If
you were listening, you know this is going to give
you a chance to win these Ice nine tickets Ice
nine Kills tickets, and that is why you should be
(00:43):
listening to every segment at old times. But right now
it's time for this skin track.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Another edition of things is traffic.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
All right. I got two main things that are going on.
Number One, I told you guys we started in on
The Bear season four of The Bear, and KT has
this theory or philosophy with some of these shows that
he wants to spread them out so what episode are
you on right now?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I only see three, okay, and that's I watched three
in a week. That's not spreading it out very well.
But it's more than ben.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
When you're watching a show that you're way into, isn't
it normal to watch a minimum of two episodes a night. Yeah,
if I'm into it, I'm just gonna binge watch it
to the point where I'm like not getting enough sleep. Okay.
So that's where the debate is happening with me and
my wife because she's on a different work schedule than me,
so it's okay for her to be up till three
(01:38):
in the morning. And there's ten episodes of this season,
and I wanted to ration it out the way Kat
is doing. But we started it, I think on Friday
night or Thursday night. We are six episodes in and
I love it. It's definitely my favorite show on television. There's
two main things I get out of it that I
(01:59):
love more than anything.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
One.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I love when I can relate to the point. I mean,
I know they're fictional people, but you actually, when you're
not watching the show, you think about the well being
of the characters. To me, that's a really good sign
that you're watching an amazing show. And I find myself
just in the course of the day thinking about a character.
All right, you can't beat that. That is a show
(02:23):
that has hit the mark. Then number two, when it's
executed perfectly, and all the stuff that has nothing to
do with the story or the characters, the editing, the music,
the sound, all of that. When it's like, when it's
so good, it's taking me out of what they call
the suture of the show. Like when you watch a show,
there's an idea that you get sutured into it. You're
(02:44):
just lost in the world of the show. But then
if the design of the show or the aesthetic or
the filming or the framing or any of those things
are so good, you're suddenly thinking about that that can
be a good thing, that can be a detriment a
show like The Bear it's so excellent. I'm thinking about
both things simultaneously, Daddy. And that's why it's hard for
(03:06):
me not to binge watch this show because it is
my drug right now. This show for me is a
lot like Radiohead. Like I can listen to Radiohead and go,
all right, this is phenomenal, this is really well done.
It is heavy. I gotta be in the right mood
for it. I think that's a hard show to binge,
just because it's so incredibly stressful, and I think that's
(03:28):
why I didn't finish season three. It's really really good,
but man, it is gonna linger with you, and it
is heavy. You're gonna have if you do decide to
get back in, you're gonna have some sort of a
canarcissist at the end of season three because of what
the main character is going through. And then it just
takes you right into season four and immediately there's more stress.
(03:51):
And then they've added the idea of the theme of
this show, at least this season. It's been a little
bit in the past, but it's the idea of making
the most of your time. That's ultimately what the show
is about. Do you have something in life that you're
passionate about to where you throw yourself into it, to
the detriment of your mental health and the people, the
(04:13):
detriment of the people around you. How a passion can
can drive you in a way. So you threw yourself
into watching Bear as much as you can.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
That's the fight, Okay, that's the fight.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
It's like I'm trying to hold off, and I know
it would be bad for me to stay up till
three in the morning. And then I've got my wife
in my ear, going let's watch another, Let's watch another,
Let's watch another. I'm like, honey, it's midnight.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
It's a long summer.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
It's a long summer because I know it's like once
it's over, too, I'm gonna feel depleted because I know
there's no more for another year, two years, or whatever
it is. When there's a show that you like that much.
That's why I think Kati is doing a good job here,
like by holding back and rationing it out.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, but that's how It's just how I think about
things all the time. But it's the summer does not
give you a lot of new television opportunity. That's why
things like The Pooh Cruise, it's like one of the
first things that comes up on Netflix when you open
it up. Can't bring yourself and I don't really want
to see that. I don't know either, and that's why
we need more stuff. I mean, back next week. Then
I'm pretty pumped about that.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
I haven't seen it in eight seasons. There's but I've
always enjoyed it. But that poop cruise thing. The one
thing I saw was a clip for it, and they
were like, all right this. It was like a chef
or on the boat or something. He's like, I had
to go take a poop. So I went to the bathroom,
and I realized that people were stacking. In other words,
like a lasagna. There was a thing happened, and then
they would cover it up. No, not flush, and then
(05:36):
a thing happened, and they'd cover it up, and then
a thing happened. They would cover it up and it
just stacked.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah, I think that or something, Yeah, plumbing. I don't know.
Something out there.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah, I know that this is I know that this
feels like it doesn't make sense because people listening, most
of them know me from my podcast Fecal Matters. But
I and it seems like the kind of thing i'd
be all over. I just don't want to watch a
giant floating toilet. On the other I don't want to
watch a show about that. You already know what it's
(06:07):
about by hearing about it all right. Coming up next,
in the Hollywood Shuffle, a country musician goes after Beyonce,
what is this? It's coming your way Next,
It is The Bin and Skin Show ninety seven point
one The Eagle. All right, we have tickets to Ice
nine Kills and we're gonna give away right now using
the Bin and Skin I'm sorry, we're using the iHeart app.
It's a free app that you can stream the Bin
and Skin Show. You can also listen to our podcast
on it, and there's a talkback feature on there, and
when you click on that, you're able to leave a message.
(00:22):
Right now, the third person that leaves a message with
their name, their phone number, and their email address and
answers the question which athlete in the DFW area has
been obsessed with We were just talking about it. If
you were listening, you know this is going to give
you a chance to win these Ice nine tickets Ice
nine Kills tickets, and that is why you should be
(00:43):
listening to every segment at old times. But right now
it's time for this skin track.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Another edition of things is traffic.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
All right. I got two main things that are going on.
Number One, I told you guys we started in on
The Bear season four of The Bear, and KT has
this theory or philosophy with some of these shows that
he wants to spread them out so what episode are
you on right now?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I only see three, okay, and that's I watched three
in a week. That's not spreading it out very well.
But it's more than ben.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
When you're watching a show that you're way into, isn't
it normal to watch a minimum of two episodes a night. Yeah,
if I'm into it, I'm just gonna binge watch it
to the point where I'm like not getting enough sleep. Okay.
So that's where the debate is happening with me and
my wife because she's on a different work schedule than me,
so it's okay for her to be up till three
(01:38):
in the morning. And there's ten episodes of this season,
and I wanted to ration it out the way Kat
is doing. But we started it, I think on Friday
night or Thursday night. We are six episodes in and
I love it. It's definitely my favorite show on television. There's
two main things I get out of it that I
(01:59):
love more than anything.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
One.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I love when I can relate to the point. I mean,
I know they're fictional people, but you actually, when you're
not watching the show, you think about the well being
of the characters. To me, that's a really good sign
that you're watching an amazing show. And I find myself
just in the course of the day thinking about a character.
All right, you can't beat that. That is a show
(02:23):
that has hit the mark. Then number two, when it's
executed perfectly, and all the stuff that has nothing to
do with the story or the characters, the editing, the music,
the sound, all of that. When it's like, when it's
so good, it's taking me out of what they call
the suture of the show. Like when you watch a show,
there's an idea that you get sutured into it. You're
(02:44):
just lost in the world of the show. But then
if the design of the show or the aesthetic or
the filming or the framing or any of those things
are so good, you're suddenly thinking about that that can
be a good thing, that can be a detriment a
show like The Bear it's so excellent. I'm thinking about
both things simultaneously, Daddy. And that's why it's hard for
(03:06):
me not to binge watch this show because it is
my drug right now. This show for me is a
lot like Radiohead. Like I can listen to Radiohead and go,
all right, this is phenomenal, this is really well done.
It is heavy. I gotta be in the right mood
for it. I think that's a hard show to binge,
just because it's so incredibly stressful, and I think that's
(03:28):
why I didn't finish season three. It's really really good,
but man, it is gonna linger with you, and it
is heavy. You're gonna have if you do decide to
get back in, you're gonna have some sort of a
canarcissist at the end of season three because of what
the main character is going through. And then it just
takes you right into season four and immediately there's more stress.
(03:51):
And then they've added the idea of the theme of
this show, at least this season. It's been a little
bit in the past, but it's the idea of making
the most of your time. That's ultimately what the show
is about. Do you have something in life that you're
passionate about to where you throw yourself into it, to
the detriment of your mental health and the people, the
(04:13):
detriment of the people around you. How a passion can
can drive you in a way. So you threw yourself
into watching Bear as much as you can.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
That's the fight, Okay, that's the fight.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
It's like I'm trying to hold off, and I know
it would be bad for me to stay up till
three in the morning. And then I've got my wife
in my ear, going let's watch another, Let's watch another,
Let's watch another. I'm like, honey, it's midnight.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
It's a long summer.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
It's a long summer because I know it's like once
it's over, too, I'm gonna feel depleted because I know
there's no more for another year, two years, or whatever
it is. When there's a show that you like that much.
That's why I think Kati is doing a good job here,
like by holding back and rationing it out.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, but that's how It's just how I think about
things all the time. But it's the summer does not
give you a lot of new television opportunity. That's why
things like The Pooh Cruise, it's like one of the
first things that comes up on Netflix when you open
it up. Can't bring yourself and I don't really want
to see that. I don't know either, and that's why
we need more stuff. I mean, back next week. Then
I'm pretty pumped about that.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
I haven't seen it in eight seasons. There's but I've
always enjoyed it. But that poop cruise thing. The one
thing I saw was a clip for it, and they
were like, all right this. It was like a chef
or on the boat or something. He's like, I had
to go take a poop. So I went to the bathroom,
and I realized that people were stacking. In other words,
like a lasagna. There was a thing happened, and then
they would cover it up. No, not flush, and then
(05:36):
a thing happened, and they'd cover it up, and then
a thing happened. They would cover it up and it
just stacked.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah, I think that or something, Yeah, plumbing. I don't know.
Something out there.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah, I know that this is I know that this
feels like it doesn't make sense because people listening, most
of them know me from my podcast Fecal Matters. But
I and it seems like the kind of thing i'd
be all over. I just don't want to watch a
giant floating toilet. On the other I don't want to
watch a show about that. You already know what it's
(06:07):
about by hearing about it all right. Coming up next,
in the Hollywood Shuffle, a country musician goes after Beyonce,
what is this? It's coming your way Next,
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