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The Global Crisis Nobody's Talking About

December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM

The Ben & Emil Show

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We're coming at ya with a brand new episode a day early this week!
Jon Millstein from Crooked ideas joins us to talk all about climate change and how America is totally dropping the ball.
Enjoy and have a happy thanksgiving freaks!

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Trump is All Over the Epstein Files

November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM

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The wait is over! Today we're diving into all the newly released Epstein files and it's WILD 😳

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November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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Sam Altman is crashing out and he isn't even hiding it. Every interview he gets a little sassier. Every question he dodges makes him a little more insufferable.
He's in over his head and we're talking about it today on a brand spanking new episode of The Ben and Emil Show!

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Sam Altman is a Conman.

The Hidden Dangers of the $20,000 Robot Slave

November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM

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The only reason I had time to write this caption is because my NEO robot is cooking eggs for my entire family 🙏
We're breaking down all the flashy promises 1X Tech is making and whether or not you should believe them.

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🟢 LIVE - JAM SESSION WITH BEN, EMIL & CEM KARSAN: I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THE FED IS WATCHING ME

November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM

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Guess who’s baaaaaack…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9bn...

YouTube video by Stocktwits

Heists Are So Back (And We're Planning One)

October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM

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HEISTS ARE BACK 🔥🔥🔥 and so are we 😎
Enjoy a brand new episode of the Ben and Emil Show wherever you get your podcasts!

youtu.be/Y1J0wNx7AbU?...

How Ben Lost $400,000 in a day

October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM

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Ben literally lost ALL his money and Emil is leaving the show to pursue his dream of moderating the ManyBagger subreddit and quantum computing. It's a mess but it's all covered in today’s episode of The Ben and Emil Show.

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The White House Memo that Could Put Us in Jail

October 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM

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Drew Harwell

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Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM

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Welp…it's been nice knowing you guys.

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AI is the Biggest Bubble of All Time ft. ED ZITRON

October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM

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Ed Zitron

@edzitron.com

Was very happy to join @benandemilshow.bsky.social again to talk about the AI bubble, and wear a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure T-shirt
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AI is the Biggest Bubble of All Time ft. ED ZITRON

October 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM

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Sam Altman’s favorite bby boy and our only mutual actually active on Bluesky @edzitron.com is back on the show today! We get into all the insanity coming out of silicon valley, OpenAl, and the entire Al tech apparatus.
🚨Certified juicer ep alert🚨

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AUTISM SOLVED and CHARLIE’S CRINGE FUNERAL

October 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM

The Ben & Emil Show

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We're analyzing every part of the
🚨autism announcement🚨
+ reviewing Charlie Kirk's WWE coded funeral.

youtu.be/-ebfg-FLV5U?...

September 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM

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Ben and Emil on GHOSTS 👻👻👻

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Ben and Emil on: GHOSTS

JIMMY KIMMEL SUSPENDED - MAGA Cancel Culture

September 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM

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Yall still on this thing?

September 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM

The Ben & Emil Show

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We’re so live and we’re talking Kimmel cancellation 🚨🚨🚨

www.youtube.com/live/-pRZDM9...

Charlie Kirk, Groypers, and the Disintegration of Politics

September 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM

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Today we’re talking Groypers, the DEAF penalty, the overall state of politics, how to properly pose with a loved one's corpse, and so much more.
Smash that like button 😤😤😤

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Does Elon Have a Trillionaire Mindset?

September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM

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Does Elon Musk have a trillionaire mindset? 🤔 youtu.be/Yq9-3ax_O18?...

TALKING ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK - What Happened???

September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM

The Ben & Emil Show

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We’re live and talking about Charlie Kirk

www.youtube.com/live/mouTzsG...

DEEP DIVE: The Epstein Birthday Book is Trump's 9/11

September 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM

The Ben & Emil Show

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You got a case of the Jizzies?
Don’t worry because there’s a brand new episode of the Ben and Emil Show where the boys are breaking down the scandalous new Epstein birthday book 🥴

youtu.be/UmJqfdmusoY?...

September 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM

The Ben & Emil Show

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Right wing media personality Charlie Kirk was shot today at Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. After major shootings in America, gun stocks typically rise in anticipation of an increase in gun sales due to fear of government crackdowns.

September 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM

The Ben & Emil Show

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We're live and if yall don't get your ass in here after complaining for the lives to come back I will personally unlock parts of your body you don't want unlocked 💕

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DOJ Got Catfished