Club 520 Podcast – Christmas Special: “Ben Simmons Fishing, Worst Xmas Gifts, Present Exchange”

Release Date: December 25, 2025
Hosts: Jeff Teague, DJ Wells, Bishop B Henn, with guests/staff including Barbie, Katina, and others

Episode Overview

This holiday episode of Club 520 is a Christmas special packed with the show’s signature blend of locker room laughter, crew chemistry, gift-giving, and unfiltered tales from sports and everyday life. With the whole Club 520 family present, including both on- and off-camera staff, the crew celebrates the holidays by roasting each other’s sweaters, trading hilarious stories about bad Christmas gifts, giving out presents (from exclusive sneakers to a grill and even a Porsche wrap), and reliving their humble upbringings. NBA talk, bar soap debates, and a kitchen-sink’s worth of nostalgia and realness round out a feel-good, relatable, and raucous episode.

Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Opening and Setting the Holiday Vibe

[05:09] DJ Wells: Welcomes everyone back for the Christmas special, saluting the crew and wishing happy holidays to listeners, with the Club’s signature irreverent tone.
[05:32] Bishop B: “Either way, man. Merry motherfucking Christmas.”
The crew jokes about their ugly sweaters and sets a celebratory, roast-heavy energy.

2. Staff Appreciation and Gift-Giving Extravaganza

Gifts for Rookie of the Year & Core Crew

• The show recognizes staff and friends who’ve helped Club 520 blow up, notably rookie Max, who gets a pair of exclusive “black jelly bean” Adidas kicks and is commended for his streaming hustle ([10:11]).
• “These streaming hours…he put in OD for sure, man.” – DJ Wells [10:56]

Gifts for Guests/Contributors (Barbie & Katina)

• Barbie and Katina, integral members from Club 520’s grassroots days, get their flowers (and gifts), with Barbie recalling her nervous return to the show and the challenge of hosting her own spin-off ([15:25]-[20:33]).
• Barbie receives cash, compliments, and banter about her “pay raise,” reflecting the crew’s growth from humble beginnings to actual Christmas bonuses.

Hilarious Present Exchange Among the Gang

• The crew gets creative with gifts, including:
  • Exclusive Adidas “PE” shoes just for the team ([30:23]-[31:10])
  • A Green Egg smoker/grill for Bishop B ([32:12]-[33:18])
    • “My whole mood just changed because I said this 12 charcoal. So we about to rearrange it around this.” – Bishop B [32:49]
  • A paid Porsche wrap for DJ Wells’ beloved car ([34:06]-[35:28])
    • “I know I was about to go crazy!…Hey, you know what’s so funny? Everybody got six gifts. Forget the Porsche. Rap about to be fire. Yo, we got new content for the episode. Geek now.” – DJ Wells [34:31]
  • A rose gold Casio for Mike, triggering jokes about “starter pieces” ([38:18]-[38:33])

Notable Quote

• “We come from very, very humble beginnings on this show. 1000% would have never thought this opportunity would be happening right now.” – Bishop B [27:08]

3. Christmas Nostalgia & Tales of Bad (and Good) Gifts

[40:53] The group roasts viral clips of kids reacting poorly to Christmas gifts, sparking their own war stories about disappointing presents:

• DJ: “She drove on her way to pull up with it, and I was just like, you could have kept your gas money for this. Shout out to my auntie. Love you.” [41:02]
• Bishop B: “I don’t think I ever got no bullshit gift before. I kind of appreciate everything anybody give me, though.” [41:20]
• The discussion turns into an extended, funny reflection on what makes a “lazy” or “thoughtful” gift, with particular shade thrown at “travel size” colognes and generic liquor ([41:26]-[42:44]).

4. Classic Club 520 Tangents: Household Debates & Life Lessons

Bar Soap vs. Body Wash; The Art of Frugality

• Massive debate over the longevity of bar soap, how to extract the last drop from every tube, and who still washes dishes at home.
  • “If I can’t just squeeze it, pause, that sound crazy. But if I can’t just…and it come out, I don’t know how.” – DJ Wells [49:55]
• Relatable, real-life arguments about household chores, who washes dishes, and division of labor in relationships.

Childhood Memories and Holiday Family Life

• The crew reminisces about growing up without cable, sharing a single TV, and the unique way it fostered family bonds and “imagination” ([67:00]-[77:10]).
  • “We had one T TV with, like, cable.” – DJ Wells [67:33]
  • “I with y'all, bro. Y’ all made something out of nothing. For real, though.” – Bishop B [75:32]

5. Hood Classics: Food, Drink, and Juices

• Hilarious conversation about favorite hood drinks — Hawaiian Punch, Tampico, Capri Sun, eating pizza rolls as adults, and the dangers of drinking only juice as a kid (shoutout to Jeff’s infamous Gatorade era) ([56:06]-[63:36]).
  • “I remember one year I didn’t drink water.” – DJ Wells [61:04]
  • “That makes a lot of sense, bro.” – Bishop B [61:38]
• Discussion of “cotton candy grapes” ([63:00]), Dollar Tree seasonings, and how food stamps and big families shaped their holiday tables, with Barbie sharing about being one girl among five brothers and massive food stamp shopping trips ([63:57]-[64:06]).

6. Santa Claus and Kids’ Christmas Beliefs

• The group debates how/when to tell kids the truth about Santa, sharing stories about Elf on the Shelf shenanigans, AI faking Santa sightings, and gently poking fun at parents who go above and beyond with Christmas traditions ([80:24]-[81:14]).
  • “If you make a AI video to confuse your kids…that’s a real parent.” – DJ Wells [80:46]
  • Barbie: “He’s never said nothing about Santa. He’s just always telling me what he wants. So I started talking to him about Santa Claus… now he believes. Smart.” [81:22]

7. Jehovah’s Witnesses and Holiday Exclusion

• Hilarious but empathetic discussion about friends who grew up as Jehovah’s Witnesses and didn’t “get Christmas,” rounding out a sense of gratitude and reflection ([82:00]-[83:32]).

8. NBA Holiday Sidenotes: Ben Simmons “Fishing”

• Quick-fire, tongue-in-cheek news: Ben Simmons supposedly “puts his NBA career on hold for professional fishing,” with the crew roasting the wording and noting that “the NBA put a hold on him” ([84:08]-[84:29]).
  • “He is not putting a hold on his NBA career. The NBA put a hold on him.” – Bishop B [84:17]

Notable Quotes & Hilarious Moments

• On humble beginnings + team appreciation:
  “Shout out to everybody who makes your show what it is on and off the mic, man. We appreciate everybody, man. It’s been helping.” – DJ Wells [38:49]

• On bad gifts:
  “She was geeked to give it to me. She drove on her way to pull up with it, and I was just like, you could have kept your gas money for this.” – DJ Wells [41:02]

• On frugal product use:
  “If I can’t roll it like a doobie, then it’s just... [toothpaste].” – Bishop B [49:44]
  “If I gotta cut it open to get... yeah, I need [more].” – DJ Wells [54:54]

• On Christmas with big families:
  “At 32, my dad had six kids. Basically, I’m like, God damn. Like, I was 32. I was trying to go outside. Yeah.” – DJ Wells [77:11]

• On the Ben Simmons ‘fishing’ story:
  “He is not putting a hold on his NBA career. The NBA put a hold on him.” – Bishop B [84:17]

• On Santa Claus AI magic:
  “If you make a AI video to confuse your kids…that’s a real parent.” – DJ Wells [80:46]

Handy Timestamps for Key Segments

• [05:09] – Holiday crew intro + roasting sweaters
• [10:11] – Crew/staff gift exchange, Max’s shine
• [15:25] – Barbie & Katina: staff appreciation, funny spin-off nerves
• [27:08] – Core team shares “real” gifts from humble start
• [32:12] – Green Egg gift + grilling plans for Bishop
• [34:06] – DJ Wells gets Porsche wrap for Christmas
• [38:18] – Mike’s blue Adidas and rose gold Casio
• [40:53] – Kids’ bad Christmas gift videos + crew’s tales
• [49:44] – Toothpaste & bar soap: debates of frugality & adulthood
• [54:50] – The trenches: cutting open lotion bottles for the last drop
• [59:04] – Capri Sun, Kool-Aid, pizza rolls: “hood classics”
• [63:57] – Barbie’s food stamp/family story with six kids
• [80:24] – Santa Claus stories & parenting in the digital age
• [84:08] – Ben Simmons: NBA career/fishing banter
• [85:15] – Closing thank-yous & Merry Christmas wishes

Tone & Takeaway

The episode is pure Club 520: high-energy, hilarious, and wrapped in real friendship and gratitude. The crew roasts each other, reminisces about their upbringings, and reflects on growth while keeping the mood irreverent but genuine. Christmas is less about presents, more about showing up for each other—with a healthy side of exclusive sneakers, grill upgrades, and viral internet parenting.

If you love genuine sports talk, outrageous storytelling, and community vibes, this Christmas special is a must-listen.