September 24, 2025 • 8 mins
"Is Mavs basketball the only thing keeping joy alive in Dallas right now?"In this wildly entertaining episode of The Ben and Skin Show, the crew—Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray—dive headfirst into a whirlwind of sports heartbreak, bizarre local drama, and unexpected nostalgia. From the wheezy laughter that kicks off the show to the emotional rollercoaster of Cowboys and Rangers despair, this episode is a masterclass in balancing humor with heartfelt moments.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
All right.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
With efing with our show, you're gonna ruling it be
except with simper we pursuing it. Puddled out shaw shak
through the sewer. Dude, Now what chilling at the Eagle. Yeah,
we're doing it. He is clocking on the dock. Got
a habit for my house or go? That is how
it started. Kid cratic shows that enough multiply like a
(00:33):
ratic do then so out, crank it up, beat the habit.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Im wa hang out with my friend rocking on the radio.
My mon by Skin.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Talking on the radio.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
It's time to do this.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Sponsorin all it.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
There we go, Kat just sting up and ah, yes,
hello and welcome. This is the world famous Ben and
Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle, Ben Rogers,
Jeff skin Wade, Kevin k T Turner, and Christina k
Ray little baby corn Bread Ray. All hands on deck today,
ready to go. That wheeze laugh at the beginning of
(01:17):
that where you're trying to talk your way through it
is just exceptional. Let me hear it.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Buzz he's saying, this is the sound of asthma.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, man, we got a great show planned for you.
I know because I was in the pre show meeting.
We will cost the Cowboys today on multiple occasions. House
screw to all the Cowboys. We got a fart spray story,
we got beehive problems in Plano, we got Tom Cruise gossip.
All of that is coming your way on an action
(01:51):
packed travaganza. But I saw something that makes me so happy,
and that is Kyrie Irving yesterday. I saw this last
night on social media, or maybe it was this morning,
but it's Kyrie hitting eight straight long distance threes in
the gym, seven or eight months whatever since his knee injury,
(02:11):
and he's already back in the gym, just draining long
range threes. And I'm like, dude, seems like just the
other day we were hearing, hey, he might not be
back at all this year. I'm like, what, what do
you There's been so many advances in medical technology. How
how would he miss the whole season? And he's already
just long range bombited up. So just based on that,
(02:34):
he looks to be a lot closer than I anticipated.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Yeah, I mean, it's so hard to tell until you
see a guy move laterally in space. But I you know,
i'd heard reports that he had been shooting some but
he looked great, you know, and like you said, those
shots were from deep So I still think, you know,
the original timetable that we all had speculated about last year,
(02:57):
end of February, sometime around All Star Barks maybe March,
I think is probably most likely. But if they get
if they get Kyrie Irving back for the playoffs and
he's at seventy five to eighty percent of what he
was last year, this is a team that can do
some damage.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, it's exciting. Yeah, you know, I and Christina, maybe
give me some sad music here.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Oh no, that's not exciting. Good here.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yeah, it's gonna get happy though. It's gonna be sad
and then it's gonna get happy.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Like just in my life right now, things aren't going well.
What happened?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Man?
Speaker 1 (03:34):
There's all the political discourse that's just so toxic, so
terrible on both sides.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Have you been involved in that just having to see
it all?
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Oh, I just think it's a cancer that eats at
people and it becomes their whole identity. It's just so toxic.
He's a part of the DNC and the RNC.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I'm flip flopping just to keep people on their toes.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I like this stuff in the middle that brings us together.
The nuts on both of either ends, those are the worst. Yep.
I don't know if you guys saw this with the
Rangers blew it which Rangers the ones, the ones that
haven't won. And on about two weeks we had a shot.
They got real hot, they had a shot. Then it
all fell apart.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
They haven't competed hard in eight days. Boachie finally called
him out last night after after they were eliminated the playoffs.
I was like, where were you in June, dude, following Seattle.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
These guys are trying the hard.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Tell you they're trying.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Let me tell you something.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
I used to eat grapes on the front porch with
my my grandpa when I was three four years old,
very early memories. It's on the front porch of his house.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Papa.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
Yep, we eat grapes. Boachi, go eat grapes with your grandkids.
Bud enjoy but him that's kind in waiting that we're
about to lose, because he's gonna waffle.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
No.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
They they lost because they didn't have offense until they
got rid of all their good offensive players and had
a bunch of no names played.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Well that's well, that's partially true.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
But they were the first in runs scored in the
American League since like the beginning of August.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So the last two months of the.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Year, after all their guys got hurt A couple of
weeks ago is go eat grapes?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
The new here's your gold watch? So's watch? Like when
you retire they give you a gold watch. You don't
know that bit. It might be from a couple of
generations ago. So the Rangers are cooked, the Cowboys are cooked.
My fantasy teams are already cooked. It's early. Make some trades.
People don't trade anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Did you get that first pick in?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
I wish it worked that way. I would thank so
hard that way. Well, you just redraw off the draft.
What Yeah, isn't your did your son pick for you
this year? Like, are you gonna know that's why you're losing? Yeah,
I had him there as a consultant for me, but
uh nah, he wasn't that into it this year. But
there's one thing that you know, there's all this there's
(05:53):
all this sadness, and so many of the good shows
that are on TV right now are super sad and
heavy too.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
You know has a heavy drama timesk.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Is so heavy? Uh Black Rabbit or whatever is that's called? Yeah,
survivor starting tonight.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
It's so heavy, man, do some survivor? What is?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
What are Richard Hatches odds this year? Does he look good?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Isn't that the guy one of the first seasons?
Speaker 1 (06:20):
But the thing that brings me joy is Dallas Mavericks basketball.
I can't believe it because if you go from spring
back to sad music for one second, you go back
to the Luca trade. Why do you want to do that? Man?
What you I'm describing chronologically bringing you along? They looked
like the MAVs would never provide happiness again. But Cooper
(06:43):
Flag makes everything better. There's a guy that works here
at iHeart who also works for the Mavericks. It's not
skin by the way. Whenever I see him, he works
on the stack crew pears. Yeah, And whenever I see him,
we just smile at each other. Now, Yeah, because we
know that Cooper Flag, this gift from the gods that
we didn't deserve, that the MAVs fan base deserve, the
(07:05):
front office didn't deserve. Having Cooper Flag fall directly in
our laps is such an unbelievable gift. So now when
I think about, Okay, Kyrie's ahead a schedule, we get
to watch Like, all I care about is I just
want to watch Cooper Flag. And I think that is
the thing that brings me most joy right now. Then
the knowledge that Cooper Flag will be here soon, it's exciting. Man.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Media day is next Monday, practice begins. They go to
Vancouver for camp. It's dope, and you know they're playing
a preseason game in Fort Worth one week from Monday.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
I think we can call off the firefighters with the
trampoline down there.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Who we're going to catch it in for a minute.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
Things, you're going down a real dark.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
It's really dark, and uh, it's dark right now, but
that is one glimmer of shining light breaking through the clouds.
MAVs basketball is on the way, can't right. We got
Tom Cruise gossip up coming up here at three point thirty,
we got fart spray drama coming up at four o'clock
at four point thirty, the return of Jimmy Kimmel. All
that is coming your way. But where are you gonna
take us next? And things?
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Skin is tracking, man, I remembered earlier today A crazy
story that happened to me, and I don't think I've
ever told it to you, guys, and it drives me
crazy that I haven't told it to you, Christine, I'll
tell you, guys, this story neg
All right.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
With efing with our show, you're gonna ruling it be
except with simper we pursuing it. Puddled out shaw shak
through the sewer. Dude, Now what chilling at the Eagle. Yeah,
we're doing it. He is clocking on the dock. Got
a habit for my house or go? That is how
it started. Kid cratic shows that enough multiply like a
(00:33):
ratic do then so out, crank it up, beat the habit.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Im wa hang out with my friend rocking on the radio.
My mon by Skin.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Talking on the radio.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
It's time to do this.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Sponsorin all it.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
There we go, Kat just sting up and ah, yes,
hello and welcome. This is the world famous Ben and
Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle, Ben Rogers,
Jeff skin Wade, Kevin k T Turner, and Christina k
Ray little baby corn Bread Ray. All hands on deck today,
ready to go. That wheeze laugh at the beginning of
(01:17):
that where you're trying to talk your way through it
is just exceptional. Let me hear it.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Buzz he's saying, this is the sound of asthma.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, man, we got a great show planned for you.
I know because I was in the pre show meeting.
We will cost the Cowboys today on multiple occasions. House
screw to all the Cowboys. We got a fart spray story,
we got beehive problems in Plano, we got Tom Cruise gossip.
All of that is coming your way on an action
(01:51):
packed travaganza. But I saw something that makes me so happy,
and that is Kyrie Irving yesterday. I saw this last
night on social media, or maybe it was this morning,
but it's Kyrie hitting eight straight long distance threes in
the gym, seven or eight months whatever since his knee injury,
(02:11):
and he's already back in the gym, just draining long
range threes. And I'm like, dude, seems like just the
other day we were hearing, hey, he might not be
back at all this year. I'm like, what, what do
you There's been so many advances in medical technology. How
how would he miss the whole season? And he's already
just long range bombited up. So just based on that,
(02:34):
he looks to be a lot closer than I anticipated.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Yeah, I mean, it's so hard to tell until you
see a guy move laterally in space. But I you know,
i'd heard reports that he had been shooting some but
he looked great, you know, and like you said, those
shots were from deep So I still think, you know,
the original timetable that we all had speculated about last year,
(02:57):
end of February, sometime around All Star Barks maybe March,
I think is probably most likely. But if they get
if they get Kyrie Irving back for the playoffs and
he's at seventy five to eighty percent of what he
was last year, this is a team that can do
some damage.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, it's exciting. Yeah, you know, I and Christina, maybe
give me some sad music here.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Oh no, that's not exciting. Good here.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yeah, it's gonna get happy though. It's gonna be sad
and then it's gonna get happy.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Like just in my life right now, things aren't going well.
What happened?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Man?
Speaker 1 (03:34):
There's all the political discourse that's just so toxic, so
terrible on both sides.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Have you been involved in that just having to see
it all?
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Oh, I just think it's a cancer that eats at
people and it becomes their whole identity. It's just so toxic.
He's a part of the DNC and the RNC.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I'm flip flopping just to keep people on their toes.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I like this stuff in the middle that brings us together.
The nuts on both of either ends, those are the worst. Yep.
I don't know if you guys saw this with the
Rangers blew it which Rangers the ones, the ones that
haven't won. And on about two weeks we had a shot.
They got real hot, they had a shot. Then it
all fell apart.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
They haven't competed hard in eight days. Boachie finally called
him out last night after after they were eliminated the playoffs.
I was like, where were you in June, dude, following Seattle.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
These guys are trying the hard.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Tell you they're trying.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Let me tell you something.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
I used to eat grapes on the front porch with
my my grandpa when I was three four years old,
very early memories. It's on the front porch of his house.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Papa.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
Yep, we eat grapes. Boachi, go eat grapes with your grandkids.
Bud enjoy but him that's kind in waiting that we're
about to lose, because he's gonna waffle.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
No.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
They they lost because they didn't have offense until they
got rid of all their good offensive players and had
a bunch of no names played.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Well that's well, that's partially true.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
But they were the first in runs scored in the
American League since like the beginning of August.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So the last two months of the.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Year, after all their guys got hurt A couple of
weeks ago is go eat grapes?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
The new here's your gold watch? So's watch? Like when
you retire they give you a gold watch. You don't
know that bit. It might be from a couple of
generations ago. So the Rangers are cooked, the Cowboys are cooked.
My fantasy teams are already cooked. It's early. Make some trades.
People don't trade anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Did you get that first pick in?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
I wish it worked that way. I would thank so
hard that way. Well, you just redraw off the draft.
What Yeah, isn't your did your son pick for you
this year? Like, are you gonna know that's why you're losing? Yeah,
I had him there as a consultant for me, but
uh nah, he wasn't that into it this year. But
there's one thing that you know, there's all this there's
(05:53):
all this sadness, and so many of the good shows
that are on TV right now are super sad and
heavy too.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
You know has a heavy drama timesk.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Is so heavy? Uh Black Rabbit or whatever is that's called? Yeah,
survivor starting tonight.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
It's so heavy, man, do some survivor? What is?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
What are Richard Hatches odds this year? Does he look good?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Isn't that the guy one of the first seasons?
Speaker 1 (06:20):
But the thing that brings me joy is Dallas Mavericks basketball.
I can't believe it because if you go from spring
back to sad music for one second, you go back
to the Luca trade. Why do you want to do that? Man?
What you I'm describing chronologically bringing you along? They looked
like the MAVs would never provide happiness again. But Cooper
(06:43):
Flag makes everything better. There's a guy that works here
at iHeart who also works for the Mavericks. It's not
skin by the way. Whenever I see him, he works
on the stack crew pears. Yeah, And whenever I see him,
we just smile at each other. Now, Yeah, because we
know that Cooper Flag, this gift from the gods that
we didn't deserve, that the MAVs fan base deserve, the
(07:05):
front office didn't deserve. Having Cooper Flag fall directly in
our laps is such an unbelievable gift. So now when
I think about, Okay, Kyrie's ahead a schedule, we get
to watch Like, all I care about is I just
want to watch Cooper Flag. And I think that is
the thing that brings me most joy right now. Then
the knowledge that Cooper Flag will be here soon, it's exciting. Man.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Media day is next Monday, practice begins. They go to
Vancouver for camp. It's dope, and you know they're playing
a preseason game in Fort Worth one week from Monday.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
I think we can call off the firefighters with the
trampoline down there.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Who we're going to catch it in for a minute.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
Things, you're going down a real dark.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
It's really dark, and uh, it's dark right now, but
that is one glimmer of shining light breaking through the clouds.
MAVs basketball is on the way, can't right. We got
Tom Cruise gossip up coming up here at three point thirty,
we got fart spray drama coming up at four o'clock
at four point thirty, the return of Jimmy Kimmel. All
that is coming your way. But where are you gonna
take us next? And things?
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Skin is tracking, man, I remembered earlier today A crazy
story that happened to me, and I don't think I've
ever told it to you, guys, and it drives me
crazy that I haven't told it to you, Christine, I'll
tell you, guys, this story neg
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