September 10, 2025 • 6 mins
"Would you feel safer in a city with fewer murders… or just better parking?"That’s the kind of question Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive into, as the newly released rankings of America’s safest cities come out and Fort Worth landed in the Top 3. But what does “safe” really mean?Fort Worth’s surprising safety ranking: The crew breaks down the metrics—violent crime, traffic fatalities, overdose deaths, and even binge drinking—and debates whether any of it actually makes sense.D.A.R.E. nostalgia: KT drops a flawless rendition of the D.A.R.E. anthem. Plus, friends of the show made it to national television—find out who and why.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle. Hey,
want to win Addison Octoberfest tickets. I hope you have
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(00:23):
If you were listening, you know, and you can win
those Addison Octoberfest tickets.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
All right.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Some friends of the Eagle were on late night television
the other night. We'll talk about that coming up here
in about fifteen minutes. But right now it's time for this.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Skinny Is Track, another edition of things skin Is Tracking.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
All right, Uh, fort Worth got some love.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So before we get into this, I'm gonna ask you, guys,
what are some of the things that you would take
into consideration if you were ranking the safety of cities? Like,
all right, this city is safe because blank blank blank, Like,
what are some of the first things that.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
You would consider? Never thought about this? Traffic? Okay, like traffic, fatalities.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Fatalities okay, fatalities, murder rate like population yep, crime rate?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Right, yeah, well, does it look dingy? Okay, I have
a street.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
The thing people used to always say about fort Worth
is they're like man, Dallas and Fort Worth are totally different.
They would say Dallas as a stereotype of douchers, you know,
douchebags who are trying to look wealthier than they are.
The twenty thousand dollars millionaire. And you always heard the
talk that, you know, Fort Worth you don't even have
to lock your door, right. I find that to be preposterous.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
If you're over there in the hospital district, you should
lock your door. I'm just gonna give your heads up.
Told my friends in the eight one seven, it's okay,
I live and what I consider to be a safe neighborhood,
I lock my door.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It's not a yeah, it's not a stigma. It's okay. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
So there is a list of the top ten. Actually
I had a bigger list, but they listed the top
ten here safest cities in twenty twenty five in America
only fort Well. I think it's cities that have more
than ten people. Okay, yeah, fort Worth came in third,
all right, but I'm shocked at what came in second.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Number one was San Jose. Have you guys ere been?
Do you guys know the way to San Jose?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
San Jose is always confusing to me. It's not up
by Oakland, is it? It's down south? Right?
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (02:38):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I thought it was northern California. Can you look it
up yet?
Speaker 1 (02:41):
I don't know San Diego south. San Jose's north, Okay, yeah,
San Diego's down you know?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah? So south Los Angs right? Yeah? Where San Jose?
Do you have it?
Speaker 5 (02:51):
It is down by Monterey. Well, actually it's pretty close
to San Francisco.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yeah, okay, so it's up north Los Angeles. Number two,
well I know, well, yeah, i'll burn up. Number three
is fort Worth? Number four, Omaha, Nebraska. Now here are
the things that they consider you guys. You guys were
dead on. We have per capita rates of violent and
property crime. So what bem was talking about number of
(03:17):
violent crimes per population, fatal car accidents and then this
was kind of interesting pharmacies, overdose deaths and binge or
heavy drinking.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Okay, how would you monitor that bar district? Dwis? And like,
how do you monitor binge drinking? Guess what people post
on the internet.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I don't know but I don't know that I would
factor that into how safe the city is, right would you.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
I mean, if you're gonna be out on the road,
I guess if you're I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
I don't. I've never once considered that in that way
traffic with me.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
Right, Well, Also, it makes people angry and they start fire.
It's for no reason, you know, like that. Yeah, that's fair,
stupid thing. I like, Christine is well lit suggestion, thank you. Yeah,
that makes it feel safe.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
We live on a corner and there's a big street
light there. We're always all lit up.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Let me tell you.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
I'm less concerned about the safety of a place and
more concerned about convenient parking.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Interesting, Yeah, like want to walk? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
No, just not the convenience where you're at. Just like,
don't make it a beating overpay for a place. You
got to text the thing. Here's the zone that you're
in a it's twenty dollars for this two hour thing
I gotta be at. Yeah, it's forty dollars, and they
keep your car there you can, but you can stay
here overnight. It's like, no, I'm here for a couple hours.
It's just not great but I wish I had better
(04:43):
parking in our concrete field cities.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
That's also my first thought in deep el, I'm like,
oh God, I gotta find a parking.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yes, public parking sucks.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I think those stats can be manipulated, and I never
trust when I hear things like that because I know
politically people use them and try to use them to
their benefit, so they can manipulate them. However, they'd like
to dance with the numbers, and dance with the numbers.
It's kind of like radio ratings. You could say, we
are number one in Portuguese women between the ages of
(05:12):
sixty three and sixty five Portugal.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Right, So they also had to Ben's point, they had
Arlington and El Paso in the top ten in America.
Now let me read this. Fort Worth's number three ranking
placed ahead of Dallas. Blah blah blah. Researchers measured violent
property crime data from twenty twenty three fatal car accidents,
drug overdose deaths, and excessive drinking rates. Fort Worth stood
(05:37):
out for lower than the average drug overdose death and
moderate excessive drinking rates. While its traffic fatality rate was
higher than some top cities, it was still low enough
to keep Fort Worth in the top three.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
This is a little known fact that I wish more
people did know. If you work in Fort Worth, they
still make you go through the DARE program to bring
the DARE officer in there.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
And drug drugs are ruining education.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Teach you all about it right, I won't do drugs, he,
I won't have an attitude, or I will respect myself e.
I will educate me there to keep kids off drugs.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Can you find out later that your DARE officer was
on crack? What the hell?
Speaker 3 (06:19):
All right?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Coming up next, It's the Hollywood Shuffle. There's a show
happening tonight that we all cannot miss. That's what we're
being told, so stand by. That's coming up next.
The Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle. Hey,
want to win Addison Octoberfest tickets. I hope you have
that iHeart app because right now, the first person that
leaves their name, their phone number, and their email address
on the talkback feature on the iHeart app and can
answer the question which Dallas institution is giving away free
tickets to high school kids? We were just talking about it.
(00:23):
If you were listening, you know, and you can win
those Addison Octoberfest tickets.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
All right.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Some friends of the Eagle were on late night television
the other night. We'll talk about that coming up here
in about fifteen minutes. But right now it's time for this.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Skinny Is Track, another edition of things skin Is Tracking.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
All right, Uh, fort Worth got some love.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So before we get into this, I'm gonna ask you, guys,
what are some of the things that you would take
into consideration if you were ranking the safety of cities? Like,
all right, this city is safe because blank blank blank, Like,
what are some of the first things that.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
You would consider? Never thought about this? Traffic? Okay, like traffic, fatalities.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Fatalities okay, fatalities, murder rate like population yep, crime rate?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Right, yeah, well, does it look dingy? Okay, I have
a street.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
The thing people used to always say about fort Worth
is they're like man, Dallas and Fort Worth are totally different.
They would say Dallas as a stereotype of douchers, you know,
douchebags who are trying to look wealthier than they are.
The twenty thousand dollars millionaire. And you always heard the
talk that, you know, Fort Worth you don't even have
to lock your door, right. I find that to be preposterous.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
If you're over there in the hospital district, you should
lock your door. I'm just gonna give your heads up.
Told my friends in the eight one seven, it's okay,
I live and what I consider to be a safe neighborhood,
I lock my door.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It's not a yeah, it's not a stigma. It's okay. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
So there is a list of the top ten. Actually
I had a bigger list, but they listed the top
ten here safest cities in twenty twenty five in America
only fort Well. I think it's cities that have more
than ten people. Okay, yeah, fort Worth came in third,
all right, but I'm shocked at what came in second.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Number one was San Jose. Have you guys ere been?
Do you guys know the way to San Jose?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
San Jose is always confusing to me. It's not up
by Oakland, is it? It's down south? Right?
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (02:38):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I thought it was northern California. Can you look it
up yet?
Speaker 1 (02:41):
I don't know San Diego south. San Jose's north, Okay, yeah,
San Diego's down you know?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah? So south Los Angs right? Yeah? Where San Jose?
Do you have it?
Speaker 5 (02:51):
It is down by Monterey. Well, actually it's pretty close
to San Francisco.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yeah, okay, so it's up north Los Angeles. Number two,
well I know, well, yeah, i'll burn up. Number three
is fort Worth? Number four, Omaha, Nebraska. Now here are
the things that they consider you guys. You guys were
dead on. We have per capita rates of violent and
property crime. So what bem was talking about number of
(03:17):
violent crimes per population, fatal car accidents and then this
was kind of interesting pharmacies, overdose deaths and binge or
heavy drinking.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Okay, how would you monitor that bar district? Dwis? And like,
how do you monitor binge drinking? Guess what people post
on the internet.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I don't know but I don't know that I would
factor that into how safe the city is, right would you.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
I mean, if you're gonna be out on the road,
I guess if you're I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
I don't. I've never once considered that in that way
traffic with me.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
Right, Well, Also, it makes people angry and they start fire.
It's for no reason, you know, like that. Yeah, that's fair,
stupid thing. I like, Christine is well lit suggestion, thank you. Yeah,
that makes it feel safe.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
We live on a corner and there's a big street
light there. We're always all lit up.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Let me tell you.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
I'm less concerned about the safety of a place and
more concerned about convenient parking.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Interesting, Yeah, like want to walk? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
No, just not the convenience where you're at. Just like,
don't make it a beating overpay for a place. You
got to text the thing. Here's the zone that you're
in a it's twenty dollars for this two hour thing
I gotta be at. Yeah, it's forty dollars, and they
keep your car there you can, but you can stay
here overnight. It's like, no, I'm here for a couple hours.
It's just not great but I wish I had better
(04:43):
parking in our concrete field cities.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
That's also my first thought in deep el, I'm like,
oh God, I gotta find a parking.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yes, public parking sucks.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I think those stats can be manipulated, and I never
trust when I hear things like that because I know
politically people use them and try to use them to
their benefit, so they can manipulate them. However, they'd like
to dance with the numbers, and dance with the numbers.
It's kind of like radio ratings. You could say, we
are number one in Portuguese women between the ages of
(05:12):
sixty three and sixty five Portugal.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Right, So they also had to Ben's point, they had
Arlington and El Paso in the top ten in America.
Now let me read this. Fort Worth's number three ranking
placed ahead of Dallas. Blah blah blah. Researchers measured violent
property crime data from twenty twenty three fatal car accidents,
drug overdose deaths, and excessive drinking rates. Fort Worth stood
(05:37):
out for lower than the average drug overdose death and
moderate excessive drinking rates. While its traffic fatality rate was
higher than some top cities, it was still low enough
to keep Fort Worth in the top three.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
This is a little known fact that I wish more
people did know. If you work in Fort Worth, they
still make you go through the DARE program to bring
the DARE officer in there.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
And drug drugs are ruining education.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Teach you all about it right, I won't do drugs, he,
I won't have an attitude, or I will respect myself e.
I will educate me there to keep kids off drugs.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Can you find out later that your DARE officer was
on crack? What the hell?
Speaker 3 (06:19):
All right?
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Coming up next, It's the Hollywood Shuffle. There's a show
happening tonight that we all cannot miss. That's what we're
being told, so stand by. That's coming up next.
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