September 17, 2025 • 9 mins
"Have you ever been fired… but then un-fired before the paperwork went through?"That’s just one of the wild stories shared in this laugh-out-loud, brutally honest episode of The Ben and Skin Show—minus Skin Wade, who’s off at NBA broadcast meetings. But don’t worry, the chaos is alive and well with Ben Rogers, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray holding down the fort.From Krystina’s long-lost Cotton Patch Café trophy to KT’s almost termination that turned into a surprise rehire on a golf course, this episode dives deep into the unpredictable world of radio careers. The crew shares hilarious and heartfelt stories about awkward exits, badge confiscations, and sex toys bouncing out of cardboard boxes during walkouts.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What size are you after with ill show?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You're gonna ruling it be except for similar to be
pursuing it. Honld out Shaw Shank thro the sewer. Dude,
Now what chilling at day? Eagle. Yeah, we're doing it.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Bring your clock on the dock.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Gotta have it for my house or go stat is
how we're starting, kid Cratit shows that enough multiply like
a rabbit due in zon't out creak it up, beat
the habit.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I'm up hang out with my friends, Rocket on the radio.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
My whole boy Skin is fin talking on the radio.
It's time to do this.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Sponsor in all it there we go, OKTI, just stan
up and.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
All of them on our radio.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Yes, Hello and welcome everybody. Happy hump day. It is
the world famous benin Skin Show ninety seven point one
The Eagle. Thank you for making us a part of
your daily routine. I'm Ben Rogers. Skin wad not here today.
He's at the NBA League broadcast meetings. I guess all
the broadcasters from all the teams go and they have
a big summit and they talk about what to expect
(01:21):
for the upcoming season. So he's not here with us today,
but here in Studio, from Only Texas Kevin K. T. Turner,
Howdy folks, and from Crandall Texas little Miss Cotton Patch
from two thousand and.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Three, right two thousand and one, oh two thousand and one,
right age.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
We were getting hired to do the MAVs postgame show
on the ticket and I was not there for that
little baby corn bread Christina Kray krayray Rey.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Ray oh lah, still missing that trophy?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Really?
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You think your dad sold it? No pawnshop.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
No, it was up here during all the construction. Someone
had it in their office and then that person got fired,
And I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Who was it? Can you say their first name starts
with a z? Oh he had it.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yeah, he had it when his office was over there.
Then it got moved and I just forgot about it.
So it is my fault for just forgetting to ask.
But also wouldn't you be like, hey, Christina, you remember
your stuff? Do you want it back?
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Okay, well we can reach out to him and find out.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Oh yeah, you know how they are though, like what
you're fired? Walk to the elevator.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
Yeah, So today is the.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Figure out where this trophy it belonged to hold on
Christina's gotta get her trophy back. On second.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Okay, you've never been fired? I was talking.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
I was on popular belief you and have never been
fired from radio.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
On my way to work today, I caught up with
a guy named Michael Dagenheart.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
He used to sell our show. Did you know that name? Yes?
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I worked with him at the ticket Yes, and.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
He sold our show when we were on ESPN. We
used to be on ESPN. I think it was like
two thousand.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
And ten, eleven and twelve, and we were there with
Randy Galloway and Matt Moseley and got Ian fitz Simmons
and Landry Locker and Brendan Smith and god so many.
I know, I'm forgetting some people, and some of them
that listen to our show. I apologize and went down
that road and anyways, he was like, hey, you know
(03:26):
where are you now? Are you guys doing? He doesn't
live here anymore because you're still doing the radio Go yeah, man,
we're on the Eagle. We've not been fired. He goes,
do you realize how rare that is in radio?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
It's crazy?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Oh, I guarantee you we're getting fired soon. I mean,
that is not a streak.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
You can.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
It's like coaches in professional sports are hired to be fired. Eventually,
we absolutely will be fired. Death tax isn't getting fired
from radio? Right, And now I know the answer to
this for one of you, but I want to hear
it on the radio. But have either of you ever
been fired? No Ah, you know, technically I have not.
(04:05):
You kind of were I had.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
The problem is I had to go through the humiliating
process of getting fired, but then get told before the
paperwork went through, which I of course played victim and
used that as a joke. And a lot of times
when I need to get out of an awkward situation healthy,
especially with someone here at iHeart, I'll just say something like,
well they fired me, they don't care about me. I
(04:27):
don't think I have to go to that meeting or
something like that. But I actually found out while on
a golf course on my first day of unemployment. We
paused your termination. Okay, cool, Okay. Then they're like you
want to come back. I was like, yeah, cool, yeah,
I'm in sounds great. But I did have to go
in the room get told what website you go to.
(04:51):
I did get asked by the guy who stole Christina's
Cotton Patch Cafe trophy. He did try it to, like, hey, man,
I gotta you know, did you have your do you
have your badge? But I didn't bring my badge to
work that day and forgot, you know, I was questioning.
I was like, man, I got a bunch of crap
up here. I'll just come back up here on the weekend.
(05:12):
And it was kind of cool with it.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Really did they frisk you or like usher you out
with security? And did you have a box with your
stuff in it?
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I had?
Speaker 5 (05:19):
Yeah, I always wondered what that, you know, I had it.
That sucked. That part sucked. You kind of feel like
everyone's watching you.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Well, when we left one oh five to three the fan,
it was it was so wild, like I'll never forget.
Like the day we put in our two week notice,
Uh my printer wouldn't work at home, and so I
couldn't get the letter printed, like we have a whole
printer crisis. And I was late to get there. And
then I got there right and we jumped on the
air and I gave notice that hey, we're putting in
(05:50):
our two week notice. And then eventually I think I
went on vacation soon thereafter, gone that Thursday and Friday.
I think your wife had some type of something. Yeah,
she had a medical procedure. You know, she had to
get a hip replacement. Right at the same time the
light Farms Giant did interesting and they were opposite hips.
Not a coincidence, right, is there? And I just remember
we were having to buy a new headboard. Like every
(06:11):
three or four doors, they were shattered. I was like,
why are these shattering?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Everything's fine.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
I'm sure it's fine. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
She was, that's the most satisfied she's ever been. And
I don't know why, but uh, you know, I remember
at some point they walked me out to the elevator
and I did have my stuff in a box. Now,
we weren't fired, but it was the awkward give me
your id, bads, I'm going to walk in the elevator.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
It's tough, and you have the sex toy bouncing out
of it.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
There was a time where it's so awkward, like to
to get fired or to have to fire somebody one time,
and this is this was a different time. It's not
as uh, it wasn't as prevalent now as as or
then as it is now. But you know, I got
to know my my boss pretty well at a different company,
and he had to terminate somebody and he was so
(07:01):
in his head about it. He was very, very worried,
and we just messed with. Me and this other guy
were just messing with our boss. We had a really
good relationship. We were like, I think he's mentioned like
having some serious artillery in his trunk, Like he's got
like he's like, he's a pop the trunk guy.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
He gets upset and he was like what, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
He was showing us it's a stack of guns just
in his He was what and so issues we got
so in his head that we were like, you're gonna
need to walk him out to his car when he leaves,
just to make sure that he's just not out there
in the parking lot preparing to come get you or something.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
He was buying it, and so we.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Went and we walked out to the window to where
we could see the parking lot. We watched him walk
the guy out, and we convinced him he needed a
serpentine back into the building. So he was cutting through cars,
speed walking just to make sure ducking and gun down
kept looking back and he never had anything to worry about.
But it was fun to mess with them. But I,
(08:03):
you know, being on that end of it didn't seem
fun either. How are those guys doing now?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Yeah? In touch.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
One of them passed away, he rested, pees, thanks for
bringing it up.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
I remember, okay, I was.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
I remember when when y'all turned your two weeks sen
it's fan because I stayed through the weekend. Uh just see,
and I had to go to a station event and
answer questions.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
We were no, I don't know anything.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
But there was a sales girl came to the elevator
as I was about to walk down, and she's in tears.
She's trying, and she goes, what am I supposed to
do now? And I was like, there's six stations in
this custom like ten shows, go sell them.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
That was a huge compliment, though, and that meant the
world to us that she felt that way. All Right,
we're off and running, hoping hopefully none of you get
fired today on a hump day, but hopefully there's a
little levity involved if you do. We got the Hollywood
Shuffle coming up, we got some TV news, we got
some sports, obviously, the Rangers in trouble costing. The cowboys
all coming your way, but coming your way next in
the next three or four minutes, Christina's got a cookie jar.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Are you gonna take is Ky?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
The food fighters are back then, and they've got bits boom.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
That is next
What size are you after with ill show?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You're gonna ruling it be except for similar to be
pursuing it. Honld out Shaw Shank thro the sewer. Dude,
Now what chilling at day? Eagle. Yeah, we're doing it.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Bring your clock on the dock.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Gotta have it for my house or go stat is
how we're starting, kid Cratit shows that enough multiply like
a rabbit due in zon't out creak it up, beat
the habit.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I'm up hang out with my friends, Rocket on the radio.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
My whole boy Skin is fin talking on the radio.
It's time to do this.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Sponsor in all it there we go, OKTI, just stan
up and.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
All of them on our radio.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Yes, Hello and welcome everybody. Happy hump day. It is
the world famous benin Skin Show ninety seven point one
The Eagle. Thank you for making us a part of
your daily routine. I'm Ben Rogers. Skin wad not here today.
He's at the NBA League broadcast meetings. I guess all
the broadcasters from all the teams go and they have
a big summit and they talk about what to expect
(01:21):
for the upcoming season. So he's not here with us today,
but here in Studio, from Only Texas Kevin K. T. Turner,
Howdy folks, and from Crandall Texas little Miss Cotton Patch
from two thousand and.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Three, right two thousand and one, oh two thousand and one,
right age.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
We were getting hired to do the MAVs postgame show
on the ticket and I was not there for that
little baby corn bread Christina Kray krayray Rey.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Ray oh lah, still missing that trophy?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Really?
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You think your dad sold it? No pawnshop.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
No, it was up here during all the construction. Someone
had it in their office and then that person got fired,
And I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Who was it? Can you say their first name starts
with a z? Oh he had it.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yeah, he had it when his office was over there.
Then it got moved and I just forgot about it.
So it is my fault for just forgetting to ask.
But also wouldn't you be like, hey, Christina, you remember
your stuff? Do you want it back?
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Okay, well we can reach out to him and find out.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Oh yeah, you know how they are though, like what
you're fired? Walk to the elevator.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
Yeah, So today is the.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Figure out where this trophy it belonged to hold on
Christina's gotta get her trophy back. On second.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Okay, you've never been fired? I was talking.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
I was on popular belief you and have never been
fired from radio.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
On my way to work today, I caught up with
a guy named Michael Dagenheart.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
He used to sell our show. Did you know that name? Yes?
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I worked with him at the ticket Yes, and.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
He sold our show when we were on ESPN. We
used to be on ESPN. I think it was like
two thousand.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
And ten, eleven and twelve, and we were there with
Randy Galloway and Matt Moseley and got Ian fitz Simmons
and Landry Locker and Brendan Smith and god so many.
I know, I'm forgetting some people, and some of them
that listen to our show. I apologize and went down
that road and anyways, he was like, hey, you know
(03:26):
where are you now? Are you guys doing? He doesn't
live here anymore because you're still doing the radio Go yeah, man,
we're on the Eagle. We've not been fired. He goes,
do you realize how rare that is in radio?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
It's crazy?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Oh, I guarantee you we're getting fired soon. I mean,
that is not a streak.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
You can.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
It's like coaches in professional sports are hired to be fired. Eventually,
we absolutely will be fired. Death tax isn't getting fired
from radio? Right, And now I know the answer to
this for one of you, but I want to hear
it on the radio. But have either of you ever
been fired? No Ah, you know, technically I have not.
(04:05):
You kind of were I had.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
The problem is I had to go through the humiliating
process of getting fired, but then get told before the
paperwork went through, which I of course played victim and
used that as a joke. And a lot of times
when I need to get out of an awkward situation healthy,
especially with someone here at iHeart, I'll just say something like,
well they fired me, they don't care about me. I
(04:27):
don't think I have to go to that meeting or
something like that. But I actually found out while on
a golf course on my first day of unemployment. We
paused your termination. Okay, cool, Okay. Then they're like you
want to come back. I was like, yeah, cool, yeah,
I'm in sounds great. But I did have to go
in the room get told what website you go to.
(04:51):
I did get asked by the guy who stole Christina's
Cotton Patch Cafe trophy. He did try it to, like, hey, man,
I gotta you know, did you have your do you
have your badge? But I didn't bring my badge to
work that day and forgot, you know, I was questioning.
I was like, man, I got a bunch of crap
up here. I'll just come back up here on the weekend.
(05:12):
And it was kind of cool with it.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Really did they frisk you or like usher you out
with security? And did you have a box with your
stuff in it?
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I had?
Speaker 5 (05:19):
Yeah, I always wondered what that, you know, I had it.
That sucked. That part sucked. You kind of feel like
everyone's watching you.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Well, when we left one oh five to three the fan,
it was it was so wild, like I'll never forget.
Like the day we put in our two week notice,
Uh my printer wouldn't work at home, and so I
couldn't get the letter printed, like we have a whole
printer crisis. And I was late to get there. And
then I got there right and we jumped on the
air and I gave notice that hey, we're putting in
(05:50):
our two week notice. And then eventually I think I
went on vacation soon thereafter, gone that Thursday and Friday.
I think your wife had some type of something. Yeah,
she had a medical procedure. You know, she had to
get a hip replacement. Right at the same time the
light Farms Giant did interesting and they were opposite hips.
Not a coincidence, right, is there? And I just remember
we were having to buy a new headboard. Like every
(06:11):
three or four doors, they were shattered. I was like,
why are these shattering?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Everything's fine.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
I'm sure it's fine. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
She was, that's the most satisfied she's ever been. And
I don't know why, but uh, you know, I remember
at some point they walked me out to the elevator
and I did have my stuff in a box. Now,
we weren't fired, but it was the awkward give me
your id, bads, I'm going to walk in the elevator.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
It's tough, and you have the sex toy bouncing out
of it.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
There was a time where it's so awkward, like to
to get fired or to have to fire somebody one time,
and this is this was a different time. It's not
as uh, it wasn't as prevalent now as as or
then as it is now. But you know, I got
to know my my boss pretty well at a different company,
and he had to terminate somebody and he was so
(07:01):
in his head about it. He was very, very worried,
and we just messed with. Me and this other guy
were just messing with our boss. We had a really
good relationship. We were like, I think he's mentioned like
having some serious artillery in his trunk, Like he's got
like he's like, he's a pop the trunk guy.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
He gets upset and he was like what, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
He was showing us it's a stack of guns just
in his He was what and so issues we got
so in his head that we were like, you're gonna
need to walk him out to his car when he leaves,
just to make sure that he's just not out there
in the parking lot preparing to come get you or something.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
He was buying it, and so we.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Went and we walked out to the window to where
we could see the parking lot. We watched him walk
the guy out, and we convinced him he needed a
serpentine back into the building. So he was cutting through cars,
speed walking just to make sure ducking and gun down
kept looking back and he never had anything to worry about.
But it was fun to mess with them. But I,
(08:03):
you know, being on that end of it didn't seem
fun either. How are those guys doing now?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Yeah? In touch.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
One of them passed away, he rested, pees, thanks for
bringing it up.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
I remember, okay, I was.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
I remember when when y'all turned your two weeks sen
it's fan because I stayed through the weekend. Uh just see,
and I had to go to a station event and
answer questions.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
We were no, I don't know anything.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
But there was a sales girl came to the elevator
as I was about to walk down, and she's in tears.
She's trying, and she goes, what am I supposed to
do now? And I was like, there's six stations in
this custom like ten shows, go sell them.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
That was a huge compliment, though, and that meant the
world to us that she felt that way. All Right,
we're off and running, hoping hopefully none of you get
fired today on a hump day, but hopefully there's a
little levity involved if you do. We got the Hollywood
Shuffle coming up, we got some TV news, we got
some sports, obviously, the Rangers in trouble costing. The cowboys
all coming your way, but coming your way next in
the next three or four minutes, Christina's got a cookie jar.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Are you gonna take is Ky?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
The food fighters are back then, and they've got bits boom.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
That is next
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