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February 1, 2024 18 mins

Ever wondered what would happen if the worlds of political commentary and rap music collided? Well, buckle up, because we’re peeling back the curtain on the enigmatic pairing of Tom McDonald and Ben Shapiro, who’ve climbed to the top of the charts with a collaboration that's as unconventional as it is captivating. Discover the secrets behind their phantom-like production, where technology conjures up presence in absence, and get the scoop on the ghostwriting rumors that are haunting the music industry with a twist of irony.

Now, hold onto your seats—it's not just the music world that's serving up surprises. We're taking a detour through the realm of the whimsical, with stories that'll have you chuckling and shaking your head in disbelief. Picture this: the Spurs mascot, decked out as Batman, swoops in for a heroic bat capture that's as bizarre as it is brilliant. This episode isn't just about the laughs, though; it's a journey through pop culture's most unexpected turns, where even the animal kingdom can upstage the headliners. Tune in for an episode that promises to entertain, bewilder, and leave you with more questions than answers about the ever-surprising fabric of reality.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We have Tom McDonald and Ben Shapiro at number one in
the world right now.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
What's that got to do with the phantasm?

Speaker 1 (00:09):
But OK it's a ghostly story.
Let me tell you.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Especially in this juncture, ready whip.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
The way you said.
Whip is weird, whip how?

Speaker 2 (00:48):
are you doing today?
Jess Hi is in pie without coolwhip, whip, whip.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
How are you doing today, man?
I am phantasmic, phantasmic.
There's a lot of phantasmsgoing on in the world, that's
for sure.
I think right now we have TomMcDonald and Ben Shapiro at

(01:13):
number one in the world rightnow.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
What's that got to do with phantasms?

Speaker 1 (01:17):
But OK, it's a ghostly story Let me tell you.
Ok, we'll have to wiggle it onthat a little.
So here's the phantasm.
So here's the ghost.
Ben Shapiro, if you look at themusic video, was not in the
music video, they did itremotely and then they

(01:40):
programmed him in the scene.
So, like they, they recordedvideo on three separate
occasions.
Nova, who's Tom's?

Speaker 2 (01:52):
girl.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, tom's girl Waifu.
Waifu, waifu Did the video didthe video and when you look at
the behind the scenes of thevideo, there was nobody in that
warehouse with Tom.
It was just Tom and his family.
So they took Ben Shapiro andhe'd made video and recorded, I

(02:16):
guess, and then superimposed thevideo of him alongside Tom.
Wow, I thought he was actuallythere and he's the one
performing.
He was there with Tom in thatvideo.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
That's why I said it's a ghost Can you get him for
real.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
What happened?
No, they.
I mean he was the oneperforming and they, you know he
did the rap and everything.
He just wasn't in the buildingwhen they did the video, so I
got you.
What's even funnier about thatis that Ben Shapiro, who
probably didn't even write thewrap Well, yeah, most likely.
And then on top of the ghostwriting, was a ghost himself

(02:58):
wasn't even in the video.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
There's where the ghost is coming.
Ghost writing potentially.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
He was a ghost in the video and ghost writing of he
was the ghost, the video andthey still top the charts at
number one in the world, whichis hilarious.
It is the funniest thing andprobably the biggest music troll
of this industry.
If you haven't checked it out,you got to go check it out,
because no one ever pictured BenShapiro on a rap song ever.

(03:25):
So it that's how you know.
2024 has arrived.
The weirdness continues.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
It will continue.
We will also continue tocontinue it.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
We have a lot of really cool things today.
You want me to go first?
You want to go first today?
Jess, go ahead, all right, allright.
So my first story is reallyfunny.
I think this is one of myfavorite things ever.
Last week we were talking aboutsports already, so I'm not

(04:01):
going to talk about sports againthis week, but I am going to
talk about something that Ithink is kind of funny and
ironic.
And, yeah, it definitely isinteresting, you know, because
bats have this thing asappearing in the news and out of
the news a lot.
We had it with the COVID-19thing.

(04:23):
We've had it with horror stuff,covid, yep.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
Nine, that's news to me.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yeah, that's that's what began the whole COVID-19
thing.
Anyway, go back and check itout.
There was a lot of rumors goingaround.
There was a lot of things goingaround Besides that poor bats.
We've had a lot of bat relatednews on and off throughout the
years.
This one I find hilarious.
This is Spurs mascot the coyotecaptures bat with a net.

Speaker 2 (04:52):
How the check?
Do you say that name?

Speaker 1 (04:55):
I don't know, to the delight of Wimbanyama.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
When Wimbanyama.

Speaker 1 (05:00):
Wimbanyama sounds like I don't know.
Sounds like a.
Anyway, sounds like a fruitydish, ok.
So what makes this even funnier?
They have a picture of it andthe mascot catches the bat with
a net.
Also, the mascot is wearing aBatman costume.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
Over the coyote, so how they got that.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
So was this scripted?

Speaker 2 (05:25):
because like it Because he just decided to.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
How is it a coincidence that he's wearing a
Batman costume and he actuallyhas to catch a bat during the
game?
That is hilarious.
January 28th 2024, san Antonio.
A bat descended on the courtand delayed play after Victor
Wimbanyama made a three pointertwo minutes into San Antonio

(05:52):
Spurs one 13 to one 12 victoryover the Minnesota Timberwolves.
On Saturday night, dressed in aBatman costume, the Spurs
mascot, the coyote, captured thebat with a net after numerous
failed attempts, much to thedelight of Wimbanyama and the
Spurs teammate, jeremy Salkin.

(06:12):
I want to say so can Salkin thecoyote previously corraled two
bats while former Spurs starManu Jim no, jim, nobly some
tough names swatted another tothe court with his bare hand in
November 2009.
But it just so happens that hewas wearing a Batman costume the

(06:35):
night that he had to corralsome bats and if you look at the
picture, everybody in theaudience is laughing
hysterically.
It was probably one of thefunniest things to happen during
an NBA game.
So so he's just running aroundwith his net trying to catch a
bat, which is hilarious.
The Spurs scattered each timethe bat buzzed the court, except

(06:58):
for Socon Socon, whom Popovichhad to pull back at one point.
Others hit, like Kelton Johnson.
I know my lane.
Johnson said kid, seriously,like I'm borderline scared of
the dark.
So the bat, that's somethinglike nah, they ain't really up
my alley.
I was the most scared and thebat is so small.

(07:18):
Dude, look at this little thing.
He's the.

Speaker 2 (07:22):
I would totally keep one of those as a pet bats are
hilarious.

Speaker 1 (07:26):
If you live in the country, you're not afraid of
bats.
I've been.
I've been hit of with batsmultiple times.
Really, somebody hit you with abat not aluminum bats, but like
the bat the flying bat, theflying they hit with it.
They don't see very well.
So, when they use echolocationright.

(07:47):
So when you have a bright lighton and I was up in the barn and
they circle around, they'll runinto you because they don't see
very well.
So and what it feels like?
It feels like a Nerf ball.
They don't care about bitingyou, they only care about
hunting bugs and stuff they.

(08:08):
They could care less about you.

Speaker 2 (08:10):
So I pick it up you like hi, little guy, they're
very, yeah, they're very likethey're very Nonviolent and when
they hit you it doesn't hurt atall.

Speaker 1 (08:19):
It's just like a softball, like a little Nerf
ball.

Speaker 2 (08:23):
Are you fine with me?
Oh, it's hilarious.
I wish a bat would crash intome, so it's.

Speaker 1 (08:28):
It's not as scary as people think.
People have blown it up withhorror movies.
Here and you know, just likeblack cats.
We talked about the black cat.
I love black cat.
Um, people have blown that outof proportion.
That's why, the same way,they're really not that scary
and when they run into you, this, it's soft as heck and they
just fly off.
They're like a little they'retrying to get their dinner like

(08:50):
they're not worried about you.

Speaker 2 (08:52):
Just accidentally crash into you or something.
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (08:57):
So human, oh man, yeah, pretty much.
When Mniana went up to scorenine points over the next two
minutes, the French rookiefinished with 23 points and ten
rebounds.
So it just stopped the game fora minute, looks like it said,
but he finally caught the bat.
That little thing is dinky too,you can see it.
It's smaller than his hand.

Speaker 2 (09:18):
So that costumes creepy.
Yeah, I mean the eyes.
At least eyes are a little bitweird.

Speaker 1 (09:24):
I was a little bit weird yeah.
The funny part is the fact thathe just was wearing a Batman
Costume.
That's, that was stage.

Speaker 2 (09:34):
That's hilarious.

Speaker 1 (09:36):
Yeah, they're all laughing.
You can tell like the wholeaudience is cracking up.
I would be laughing.
Man, that's funny, that's likeyou know.
And animals interrupting anyprofessional game is hilarious.
I'd let birds in intentionally.
Oh man, have you ever seenthose games like that?
Let's say, a rabbit orsomething runs onto the field

(09:56):
during the game.
It's, it's the funniest thingever.
And they're trying to corralthe rabbit or animal off the
field while they're trying toplay.

Speaker 2 (10:07):
Nope, yeah, I would like it.

Speaker 1 (10:09):
Well, there you go.
So there it is, batman with thebat Bat.

Speaker 2 (10:16):
Yodi bat, Yodi Kayabat.
I'm trying to think of a little.

Speaker 1 (10:24):
So, speaking of animals, we're gonna do some
more weirdness another superweird title.

Speaker 2 (10:29):
Here you go, very surprise, and theft suspects
pocket a tiny blue-eyed puppy.

Speaker 1 (10:37):
No, when I when I heard this, I had this, this
image in my head of the dogbeing the thief, and I was like,
oh, I read that wrong.

Speaker 2 (10:49):
Like Wait a minute, the puppy could be though.

Speaker 1 (10:54):
It'd be like snatching things out of his
pocket.
Is the dog the mastermind?
What if the dog was the themastermind behind all the thefts
like?

Speaker 2 (11:05):
you know like ratatouille.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
You know, like ratatouille he's like he's
controlling him.
Yeah the dog is like hey overthere, hey, hey, bone, give me
bone.
All right, let's see what thisis about.
What is this about?

Speaker 2 (11:18):
man in Roseville, michigan Officers in a Detroit
suburb found a furry surprise asthey patted down a theft
suspect a tiny blue-eyed puppyzipped inside the man's jacket
pocket.
Roosevelt police discovered theblue pit bull on January 16th
while arresting a man accused ofstealing money from a bank
customer.
The palm-sized female, aboutfive weeks old, was taken to an

(11:41):
animal shelter where staffnicknamed her bandit Until they
learned her name is frappy.
According to Jeff Rendezo,Frappy bandits way better.
Come on now frappy bandit,maccom County's chief animal
control officer.
Then she was transferred tofoster care before being

(12:02):
returned to her 24 year oldowner Once he was released from
jail and paid an impound fee.
Rendezo said that he met withthe thrust theft suspect,
offering to help with vaccinesand microchipping so that they
can keep an eye on this dog.
Animal control is hoping totake a bad situation and make it
better, he told the DetroitFree Press on Tuesday.

(12:25):
Frappies owner is charged withlarceny from a person accused of
stealing the customer's bag,and they're about $5,200.
He was arrested Hours later andhis attorney, robbie Lang,
doesn't believe the dog was inhis pocket at the time of the
alleged theft.

Speaker 1 (12:42):
All right, so hold on there Microchipping the dog
because he's with a Suspectowner right, or they do that for
every dog.

Speaker 2 (12:53):
As far as I know, they're doing that with any dog
that they want to keep a fine I.

Speaker 1 (13:01):
Because I was thinking, you know I didn't like
the microchipping part, but itmakes sense if we're talking
about well, they don't.

Speaker 2 (13:08):
They don't trust his owner.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, well, that's mainly why.

Speaker 1 (13:12):
Yeah, that's what I was thinking because I was like,
well, they don't just microchipanimals, as far as I know,
which they could, but like,unless there's a purpose, right,
because like they used to dothat with dolphins and sharks
and things, to kind of studythem.
Yeah, tags, though like it's amicrochip, it's the same thing

(13:32):
in there, yeah.
Same thing.
So they would do this, probablybecause his owner is kind of a
a jerk, probably okay.
Yeah, why was he in his pocket?
Yeah, that's a little messed up.

Speaker 2 (13:49):
I got a dog, a Puppy, that young being in a guy's
pocket can't be good for.

Speaker 1 (13:55):
No, I don't think it wasn't all.
That's probably why they werefrustrated.

Speaker 2 (13:58):
Freakin returned it to him, like yeah.

Speaker 1 (14:01):
I thought they were more.
They can easily put likesomething out online to be like
hey, this guy's a, this guy's athief, so he's got a dog, a
little puppy.
Somebody would adopt himimmediately.
Yeah are you kidding me?
I?
Wouldn't have given it back,given the dog back to frappies
owner is charged with larcenyfrom a person accused of
stealing Okay, I'm tainty aboutfifty two hundred dollars.

(14:25):
It was arrested hours later andhis attorney Doesn't believe
the dog was okay.
So the dog wasn't in his pocketat the time of the theft.
Is what I'm getting then whythey microchip?
I don't know, maybe they justdon't trust the guy that is
thieving from people.

Speaker 2 (14:42):
Well, they should put shit in it.
We don't keep track of you likehitman style, like we're
keeping trapping you.

Speaker 1 (14:52):
That that would probably be the end of the world
.
Yep, yep, yep, yep.

Speaker 2 (14:55):
That's probably I don't want to see those days
when they're actuallymicrochipping humans, which
we're getting very close to.
That would be, seems like it'sheading that way, I Ain't.
No, I mean look at his face.

Speaker 1 (15:10):
Would you adopt him?
I would adopt him.
Look at him, he's adorable.
It's a five week old peoplepuppy.

Speaker 2 (15:18):
I like dogs, but not enough to own him.
Oh he's.
I know people that would bring.
I'm gonna own cats once I'm,once mine's gone.

Speaker 1 (15:27):
So I mean, yeah, that's true, you're switching
the spiders.

Speaker 2 (15:32):
It's either gonna be a spider or snake.
It'll be a spider or snake,spider, snake.
I said that wrong if it's not,it'll be a spider.
No, I'm less.
It's none, it's gonna be, aspider or snake or bearable.
Would you own a scarab bluebeetle, blue beetle, that one I

(15:57):
would.

Speaker 1 (16:01):
Man.

Speaker 2 (16:05):
The weirdest on booby-doll?

Speaker 1 (16:07):
yeah, I haven't seen it yet.

Speaker 2 (16:08):
It's on out on DVDs and whatnot, now already.
So there you go.

Speaker 1 (16:12):
We've got a Bat that was caught during the NBA game.
You could all tell your friendsnow that Batman caught a bat.
Finally took him forever, buthe caught it Now you're just
splitting hairs and Next timeyou catch a thief you could get

(16:32):
a furry surprise.
Make sure you change your bodyfor puppy.
Yes, make sure to check hispockets for puppies, because you
don't know what these thievesthey'd be out there.
They'd be acting crazy, man, beacting crazy.
Well, we were talking aboutsquirrels earlier.
He could have a squirrel, hecould have anything in his
pocket.
Oh man, all right, that's itfor now.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
Well, there's pretty, there's lint in his pocket Most
likely in since he was tryingto steal and puppy lent didn't
succeed.
Oh yeah, I got fur too.
Puppy, puppy wits oh.

Speaker 1 (17:08):
All right, all right, we'll see you all next time
from the WWE Bay Weird.
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