December 3, 2025 • 5 mins
“Would you change your band’s name to save an elephant’s life?”That’s the bizarre question at the heart of today’s Krystina’s Cookie Jar on The Ben and Skin Show, featuring Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray.Here’s what’s inside this unforgettable segment:PETA’s shocking plea: Asking Alice in Chains to become “Betty in Chains” for a month to raise awareness for an elephant who’s spent 56 years in captivity.The heartbreaking backstory of Betty the elephant, why experts say she could fatally collapse without sanctuary care, and how this campaign aims to help.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The Heads.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Christina's Scoopy Jar. So I do first want to mention
(00:30):
I told you guys just Monday that Flea was about
to release a solo album. He released a song just yesterday.
I listened to it this morning, and it's actually pretty awesome.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Is it instrumental?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
It's they're singing Towards the end, it's more jazzy cool,
and it starts with this really cool bass obviously, but
then there's some trumpet that comes in. And seriously, I
don't consider myself a jazz lover, but when I was
playing it, I was like, man, this song is awesome.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
You you reminded me the other day of when I
got into James Addiction and the Nothing Shocking record came
out when Ben and I were in high school, and
I remember looking at the credits and seeing that Flee
played trumpet in it. Yeah, and that's one of the
things that just always stuck out to me. It's like
a real simple little trumpet part or whatever. I was like,
Flee plays trumpet. That's weird, and I hadn't thought about
(01:17):
it in thirty five years, and then you brought that
up the other year.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
You're welcome, and I do think you would like this
song as being a jazz fan yourself.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Check it out.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
It's called a Plea.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
By Flea, A Plea by Flee, A Plea by flee Skin.
You've always been a fan of Karl Malone and the
jazz and everything involving him.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, and that's my guy, especially what he did when
he was in college.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Okay, So PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,
Go ahead, Katie, No what we're gonna say, katy face.
Then Alison Chains a letter and it says, dear Jerry, Sean, Mike,
and William coming to you with a wonderfully strange request
from us at PETA. Would Alison Chains be willing to
go by Betty in Chains across social media for a
(02:03):
month to spotlight a dear elephant who literally spends her
life in chains just a month on social media. Now,
a little backstory on sweet Betty the Elephant here, because
now I'm kind of on PETA's side. Really, Betty the
Elephant has been with the Card and Circus for fifty
six years, basically her entire life in chains, and so
(02:26):
they had an elephant expert just check up on her
recently and apparently if she doesn't go to an elephant
sanctuary soon, she could fatally collapse.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Oh my god, all because of Alison Chains.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
No, but she'll collapse unless.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
She but but.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
She's getting the no. Yeah, it's like the elephant version
of atrophy, right sure, Like if you're you know, and
when you're like bedridden people, they stop losing their muscles,
don't work, right chains all the time?
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Can they take an elephant that's been in captivity for
that long and just release it?
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And Richardson?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Fuck, I mean I would think Peter would know that
if that's okay or not. But yeah, they're saying that
she needs to go to a sanctuary, and so they're
just bringing awareness to it.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I've always it's always creepd me out to see elephants
at the circus, just because you've seen the social media
clips of them stomping on people, right o Ham.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, you know the other thing that I just realized,
why this is good, not that the elephant is gonna collapse,
but good that Pete is doing this. I had no
idea that Alison Chains had a new lead singer after
Lane Staley died, so this is really pumping life into
their career. You just read off four names, like, well,
they didn't say Lane, so at least they know he's dead. Yeah,
(03:44):
I didn't know Alison Change was still a band. Yeah,
this is great for them. Betty is saving their career.
This is where Peter's missing the mark a little bit though.
Instead of telling everyone else what to do, why don't
you go do something that's good?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
They missed the mark. They need to do better.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
They need to do better. Okay, changing the band name
Alice and Change. Literally, no one's thinking about that often,
No ever is not gonna help this elephant.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Well okay, no, I kind of agree with you, KT
because I'm like, okay, so you just want awareness that
this is going on. Well you got it now because
it's in the headline. So they don't really need to
do anything now.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
People that are in their fifties that were really into
grunge in the early nineties are now thinking about this elephant.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
This is a legit story that's in afternoon drive in
a top five market to millions of listeners all across
the globe on the free iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And we play Alison Chains on our station.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
So what can Peter do to help because now we're
just doing their work for them.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
No, I again, I do agree with you. Because I
had to go to Google. I was like, okay, so
what can I do to help this sweet little elephant Betty,
And there is a whole list of things to just Okay,
good google it if you want. We'll do Peter's work
for them.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
So there, Peter brood under sandwich is good job. Good
to you, Thank you, Christina. There it goes all right.
Coming up next in the news quickie, We're gonna take us, Kevin.
It's time to go around the Amazon. I cannot believe
they are going to try to do this.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Next
The Heads.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Christina's Scoopy Jar. So I do first want to mention
(00:30):
I told you guys just Monday that Flea was about
to release a solo album. He released a song just yesterday.
I listened to it this morning, and it's actually pretty awesome.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Is it instrumental?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
It's they're singing Towards the end, it's more jazzy cool,
and it starts with this really cool bass obviously, but
then there's some trumpet that comes in. And seriously, I
don't consider myself a jazz lover, but when I was
playing it, I was like, man, this song is awesome.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
You you reminded me the other day of when I
got into James Addiction and the Nothing Shocking record came
out when Ben and I were in high school, and
I remember looking at the credits and seeing that Flee
played trumpet in it. Yeah, and that's one of the
things that just always stuck out to me. It's like
a real simple little trumpet part or whatever. I was like,
Flee plays trumpet. That's weird, and I hadn't thought about
(01:17):
it in thirty five years, and then you brought that
up the other year.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
You're welcome, and I do think you would like this
song as being a jazz fan yourself.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Check it out.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
It's called a Plea.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
By Flea, A Plea by Flee, A Plea by flee Skin.
You've always been a fan of Karl Malone and the
jazz and everything involving him.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, and that's my guy, especially what he did when
he was in college.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Okay, So PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,
Go ahead, Katie, No what we're gonna say, katy face.
Then Alison Chains a letter and it says, dear Jerry, Sean, Mike,
and William coming to you with a wonderfully strange request
from us at PETA. Would Alison Chains be willing to
go by Betty in Chains across social media for a
(02:03):
month to spotlight a dear elephant who literally spends her
life in chains just a month on social media. Now,
a little backstory on sweet Betty the Elephant here, because
now I'm kind of on PETA's side. Really, Betty the
Elephant has been with the Card and Circus for fifty
six years, basically her entire life in chains, and so
(02:26):
they had an elephant expert just check up on her
recently and apparently if she doesn't go to an elephant
sanctuary soon, she could fatally collapse.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Oh my god, all because of Alison Chains.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
No, but she'll collapse unless.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
She but but.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
She's getting the no. Yeah, it's like the elephant version
of atrophy, right sure, Like if you're you know, and
when you're like bedridden people, they stop losing their muscles,
don't work, right chains all the time?
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Can they take an elephant that's been in captivity for
that long and just release it?
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And Richardson?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Fuck, I mean I would think Peter would know that
if that's okay or not. But yeah, they're saying that
she needs to go to a sanctuary, and so they're
just bringing awareness to it.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I've always it's always creepd me out to see elephants
at the circus, just because you've seen the social media
clips of them stomping on people, right o Ham.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, you know the other thing that I just realized,
why this is good, not that the elephant is gonna collapse,
but good that Pete is doing this. I had no
idea that Alison Chains had a new lead singer after
Lane Staley died, so this is really pumping life into
their career. You just read off four names, like, well,
they didn't say Lane, so at least they know he's dead. Yeah,
(03:44):
I didn't know Alison Change was still a band. Yeah,
this is great for them. Betty is saving their career.
This is where Peter's missing the mark a little bit though.
Instead of telling everyone else what to do, why don't
you go do something that's good?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
They missed the mark. They need to do better.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
They need to do better. Okay, changing the band name
Alice and Change. Literally, no one's thinking about that often,
No ever is not gonna help this elephant.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Well okay, no, I kind of agree with you, KT
because I'm like, okay, so you just want awareness that
this is going on. Well you got it now because
it's in the headline. So they don't really need to
do anything now.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
People that are in their fifties that were really into
grunge in the early nineties are now thinking about this elephant.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
This is a legit story that's in afternoon drive in
a top five market to millions of listeners all across
the globe on the free iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
And we play Alison Chains on our station.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
So what can Peter do to help because now we're
just doing their work for them.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
No, I again, I do agree with you. Because I
had to go to Google. I was like, okay, so
what can I do to help this sweet little elephant Betty,
And there is a whole list of things to just Okay,
good google it if you want. We'll do Peter's work
for them.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
So there, Peter brood under sandwich is good job. Good
to you, Thank you, Christina. There it goes all right.
Coming up next in the news quickie, We're gonna take us, Kevin.
It's time to go around the Amazon. I cannot believe
they are going to try to do this.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Next
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