Love Island, Billionaire Kids, and Our Reality TV Dreams

Summary

Podcast Summary: Good Guys – "Love Island, Billionaire Kids, and Our Reality TV Dreams"

Release Date: July 21, 2025

Hosts: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
Podcast Title: Good Guys
Description: Hosted by actor & writer Josh Peck and entrepreneur & social media icon Ben Soffer, "Good Guys" delves into a variety of topics with humor and insight. Tune in every Monday and Thursday for fresh episodes!

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1. The Nature of Celebrity Controversy

Duration: 00:32 – 02:10

Josh and Ben kick off the episode by discussing high-profile celebrities embroiled in legal troubles, including Sean Combs (Diddy), Elizabeth Holmes, and Martin Shkreli. They explore the paradox of how some celebrities thrive on controversy, constantly seeking the spotlight regardless of the negative attention.

Notable Quotes:

• Josh Peck (00:52): "They love it. They live for the controversy."
• Ben Soffer (02:10): "It's all worth it to them."

2. Wealth, Privilege, and Happiness

Duration: 02:14 – 10:12

The conversation shifts to the impact of wealth on personal happiness and behavior. Josh and Ben debate the notion that money does not equate to happiness, emphasizing that immense wealth can lead to unhappiness and selfishness. They contrast this with those born into less privilege, suggesting that the struggle can foster resilience and appreciation.

Notable Quotes:

• Ben Soffer (08:57): "The richest [people] are the cheapest. Fact. Absolute fact."
• Josh Peck (09:56): "I think people's mostly their proclivity is a self-centered, self-interest, profit-driven mentality."

3. Systemic Issues and Personal Stories

Duration: 17:05 – 24:43

Josh shares a poignant story about a U.S. marshal who felt empathy for an 18-year-old involved in marijuana trafficking, highlighting systemic failures that trap individuals in cycles of poverty and limited opportunities. This narrative sets the stage for a broader discussion on societal responsibilities and the importance of supporting those less fortunate.

Notable Quotes:

• Josh Peck (23:20): "There are just, you know, certain people, certain places in the world where it's really hard to just pull yourself up by your bootstraps."
• Ben Soffer (20:13): "Money really does not buy happiness, it buys security. That, of course, is a bar."

4. The Importance of Charity and Giving Back

Duration: 24:43 – 35:00

Emphasizing the value of altruism, Josh recounts taking his son Max to "Feed the Streets," where they provided meals to the homeless. He underscores that genuine fulfillment comes from helping others, a sentiment echoed by Ben, who values giving gifts and cooking for loved ones as a form of personal satisfaction.

Notable Quotes:

• Josh Peck (24:43): "Helping other people is like the real tangible. Like, nothing will make you feel better about yourself than helping other people."
• Ben Soffer (25:04): "My love language is cooking food for people I love. That's giving."

5. Listener Interaction: Designing a Jewish Fast Food Chain

Duration: 35:31 – 40:27

In the SpeakPipe segment, listener Rachel from Nashville poses a creative question: if there were a fast-food chain branded around Jewish culture similar to Chick-fil-A's Christian branding, what would it look like? Josh and Ben engage in a humorous brainstorming session, blending satire with genuine ideas about what such a restaurant might entail, from menu items like schnitzel to pricing strategies and business models.

Notable Quotes:

• Ben Soffer (37:12): "We are buying everything dirt cheap and charging you a million."
• Josh Peck (38:05): "We charge more for water on a hot day."

6. Critique of Reality TV: Love Island and Beyond

Duration: 44:03 – 54:48

Ben expresses his growing disdain for "Love Island," labeling it as the worst show on TV despite initially being hooked by its frequent episodes. The hosts discuss the superficial pursuit of love on reality shows, questioning the authenticity of relationships formed under constant surveillance and manipulation.

Notable Quotes:

• Ben Soffer (50:48): "Love Island, right? This season was so good. I need more. I need more."
• Josh Peck (51:57): "Nobody's a bigger fan of Jersey Shore than I am. I cannot believe the show is still on the air."

7. Final Rants: Misrepresentation in Healthcare and Consumer Frustrations

Duration: 53:08 – 55:32

The episode wraps up with Josh and Ben airing their frustrations about chiropractors falsely advertising themselves as medical doctors, emphasizing the dangers of misleading credentials. Additionally, they rant about the over-commercialization of events like Amazon Prime Day, highlighting the disconnect between corporate hype and consumer needs.

Notable Quotes:

• Josh Peck (53:08): "Chiropractors need to stop calling themselves doctors. It's misleading."
• Ben Soffer (54:34): "Amazon Prime Day is not what it once was."

Conclusion

Josh and Ben conclude the episode by encouraging listeners to rate the podcast highly and engage with their content on YouTube and other platforms. They maintain their signature humor and candidness, leaving listeners with a blend of insightful discussions and relatable rants.

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Overall Themes:

• Celebrity Culture: The allure of controversy and its impact on public perception.
• Wealth & Happiness: Examining how privilege affects personal fulfillment and behavior.
• Systemic Challenges: Highlighting societal issues that hinder individual progress.
• Charity & Altruism: The personal and societal benefits of giving back.
• Reality TV Critique: Questioning the authenticity and intent behind popular shows.
• Consumer Advocacy: Addressing misleading practices in healthcare and commerce.

Engagement: The hosts effectively blend humor with serious topics, making complex issues accessible and entertaining. Their use of personal anecdotes and listener interactions fosters a sense of community and relatability.

Notable Highlights:

• Josh’s heartfelt story about the U.S. marshal and the arrested youth.
• The imaginative and humorous take on designing a Jewish fast-food chain.
• Ben’s candid critique of "Love Island" and its disingenuous approach to love and relationships.

Timestamps for Key Discussions:

• Wealth & Happiness: 08:53 – 10:12
• Systemic Issues Story: 17:05 – 24:43
• Charity with Josh’s Son: 23:20 – 24:43
• Listener Interaction – Jewish Fast Food: 35:31 – 40:27
• Reality TV Critique – Love Island: 44:03 – 54:48

This episode of "Good Guys" offers a rich blend of humor, personal stories, and critical insights into contemporary societal issues, making it both engaging and thought-provoking for listeners.

Transcript

[Josh Peck]

The following podcast is a dear media production. Two Jews, both big and tall. No subject too small for the Good Guys. A mother's dream premium podcast team. Make it your weekly routine. It's a Good Guys.

[Ben Soffer]

And if you don't give us five stars.

[Josh Peck]

What are you nuts? What are you nuts?

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, we're the good guys.

[Josh Peck]

They're not the great guys. We're just the good of the good.

[Ben Soffer]

Of the good guys.

[Josh Peck]

Muslims, welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. I'm here with the guy who's handling the appeal for Diddy's trial.

[Ben Soffer]

It's Baby. He's innocent.

[Josh Peck]

It's Babe Sopper.

[Ben Soffer]

The baby oil was strictly for his Amazon store. He's a seller.

[Josh Peck]

It's Sean Combs, transition team lead. Let's get him comfortable. Daddy's coming home.

[Ben Soffer]

My God.

[Josh Peck]

Lock that away. God.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, lock him up.

[Josh Peck]

Lock him up.

[Ben Soffer]

He didn't even get charged for the bad stuff, did he? We have to have Lauren back on Lemore. What did I say?

[Josh Peck]

Lauren.

[Ben Soffer]

Same thing.

[Josh Peck]

Please, not close.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, we have to have Lee more Lauren back on Lee.

[Josh Peck]

I want Lee more, more, more.

[Ben Soffer]

I want Lee more back on. Did he. Right? He got only, like, the. The lower level charges. Like, yeah, nothing, Nothing, like, big stuck. Is he even going to jail?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, they say he'll go to jail, but, like, there's a world in which he gets time served because he's been in for two years.

[Ben Soffer]

Why did. He's out. Diddy's out. What do you know?

[Josh Peck]

Who do you think would be at Diddy's wife? Marty. His first one back straight out of jail. Kanye. O.J. elizabeth Holmes. Martin Shkreli.

[Ben Soffer]

Elizabeth Smart, Martin Short man.

[Josh Peck]

Who else is just diabolical and doesn't feel bad about it?

[Ben Soffer]

Good question. Gosh, I don't know. Putin.

[Josh Peck]

But it's crazy, right? Cause, like, even. Even O.J. had, like, this weird celebrity. They talked about this in Vegas, where he kind of resided after the trial, like, and it just goes to show. And I don't know who was talking about it, but it's like with Elizabeth Holmes husband now, like, getting into a startup for another blood sampling, or OJ like, getting rearrested for threatening the guy that stole his sports memorabilia. It's like they can't. Like, I think it's all worth it to them.

[Ben Soffer]

It's so bizarre. It's like Billy McFarlane making a Fyre festival too, right? They love it.

[Josh Peck]

They love it.

[Ben Soffer]

They love it. They love. Like, they live for the controversy, right? Like, they. They just want to. I think that Once they get a taste of, like, this weird, it's fame. Like, even if it's bad fame, it's still fame. And they want to be back in the spotlight, and they want their name back out there. I don't know. Billy McFarlane would certainly be at Diddy's next white party. Certainly.

[Josh Peck]

Joe Francis, the guy from Girls Gone Wild.

[Ben Soffer]

Sure. Sounds great. Lena Dunham.

[Josh Peck]

Don't. Don't you go come after my Lena.

[Ben Soffer]

I'm just kidding.

[Josh Peck]

I'm here. But Lena is brave.

[Ben Soffer]

She's great.

[Josh Peck]

But, like, not. It's not a political take. It's a personality quandary. Like, do you think Donnie T, like, Donald Trump's ever come. Come back to Milani after the end of a rough day and gone. My bad. Like, that was my bad. Probably now he's. I don't think so. I think he's ever been like, I gaffed it. Not good.

[Ben Soffer]

I have no idea. I have no idea. All. All I know is he'd be no fun at a party. You know he's never had a sip of Alco.

[Josh Peck]

Yes. Because his brother overdosed.

[Ben Soffer]

That's pretty crazy. Like. Like, imagine that. Just never. Like, I guess it's probably a superpower to be able to just always be fun at a party because you've never gotten high. That said, you've never gotten high. You're missing out.

[Josh Peck]

I don't know. I'm that superhero for the last 17 years. I'm a ball at a party.

[Ben Soffer]

Are you as much of a ball as you once were?

[Josh Peck]

Honest question, honest answer. This was me at a party on drugs.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, that checks.

[Josh Peck]

It's sad. You'd be like, why is Josh in the corner wondering if his ancestors are proud of him?

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah. And now sad. And now at a party, you're fun. And then late at night, you're worried about your ancestors.

[Josh Peck]

I'm still worried about my ancestors. I'm not fun at a party. I'm on my phone. I'm on my phone looking for a fucking Zen.

[Ben Soffer]

You're like, paige, when can we leave?

[Josh Peck]

I'm like, can they get a fucking taco truck? I'm like, for me, a party requires a couple things. A fun mocktail, a delicious food truck and some zins.

[Ben Soffer]

A couple zins and Josh care. Have you ever been to somebody's house, they invited you over, and it's like, why the hell am I here? You didn't care enough to put together a heartfelt spread, by the way, no judgment. Don't invite me over. You're throwing a Party. And then you're sending me a venmo Request for $20 for booze. Don't have a party. Okay? Just don't do it. Be a host or don't host. Nobody's telling you to host, but if you're going out of your way to host, you better show up, right?

[Josh Peck]

Oh, I'm sorry. I've never been to the Netherlands. I don't go Dutch to your house or we're going Dutch to your house.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

What do you provide?

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

You're paying a mortgage. You can't go to Smart and Vinyl.

[Ben Soffer]

Or don't throw a party. I never understood this. Who told you you needed to throw a bad party? Who told you?

[Josh Peck]

Right?

[Ben Soffer]

Who told you? Right? Like, don't. Nobody's expecting you to throw a party. You don't need to throw a party. God. If you're going to throw a party, care. Same thing if you're going to cook dinner. Not a party. It's just dinner. I invite you over. Josh. The meal I'm cooking for you is going to be plated beautifully. It's going to be garnished beautifully, and you're going to know that I tried my best. I think you'll love it. But regardless, there was effort. Sometimes you go for somebody's house for dinner, it's like, it's terrible reheated crap. No, I could have eaten at home.

[Josh Peck]

I'll give you one better, Benjamin. One time I went over to my brother. I was at my brother's house in Florida for his son's bar mitzvah. And we go over to a buddies of his house to watch a UFC fight. Okay. Now at this time, you can order the fight in HD for $79.99. Or not HD for $79.99. I guess some TVs can't support it.

[Ben Soffer]

Sure.

[Josh Peck]

He accidentally, totally could happen. Ordered the non HD fight. And he looked at all of us and said. And we proceeded to watch it like it was on a zenith trinitron from 1997. I said, sir, it's fuzzy. Order the eight. Just figure it out Monday, call the cable company. But. And he was like, no, no, I already paid. I don't want to get double popped. I'm not going to get the hd. I was like, this sucks, sir.

[Ben Soffer]

That's. That's horrible. That's absolutely horrible.

[Josh Peck]

I was like, I'm drinking a Kirkland Pop. Like a Kirkland Cola. Like, I. We can't order the fight in hg.

[Ben Soffer]

How cheap are you? It's not like they charged you now like it's put on a bill. You're not paying that bill for months. And you're going to call Monday and you're gonna say that fingers. I accidentally pressed by twice. One removed. No problem. That's called being a bad host, Josh. I hate that shit. I hate it. Don't host if you're a bad host. Don't host if you're a bad host.

[Josh Peck]

Nuts.

[Ben Soffer]

And I'm sorry. Never ever charge me for anything, ever. I go to your house, do not charge me for drinks. Do not charge me for snacks. Do not charge me a piece of that pay per view. Okay, I'm sorry. I would rather sit at home and, and spend the $89 myself, then come to your house and Venmo you 10 bucks. Cheap. Fuck.

[Josh Peck]

Wow, look at you. I love, I love to see you all jazzed up. You're full alpha right now. There's not a beta bone in your body right now.

[Ben Soffer]

There's nothing worse. I'm sorry. There's really nothing that grinds my gears more than somebody who's cheap. And the worst, Josh, are the people who, you know, are fucking rolling in it and they are cheap. Mm, Cheap.

[Josh Peck]

You know, the cheapest people in my experience, billionaires.

[Ben Soffer]

The richest for sure.

[Josh Peck]

The richest.

[Ben Soffer]

I have a friend, or loosely, a friend. This is at least a 10 year old story. And he's incredibly wealthy. Incredibly wealthy. We're sitting in a taxi, me, my friend, another friend, the meter, it's like 20 bucks or something. We get to our destination, gets out. I go to like I'm reaching for my wallet. My other friends are reaching for my wallet. His wallet. The billionaire, he's not reaching for his wallet. Nothing. And I don't remember exactly what I said, but I said something like, you can't get. You can't get this. And he's like, what do you mean you two are working? Because he doesn't work because he just has a trust fund. What are you nuts? I couldn't. It's just, it's. It like the cheapest people are the richest. Fact. Absolute fact. And they're also. This is not a generalization. Some billionaires aren't so cheap, but for the ones that are, they also tend to be incredibly selfish and self absorbed and God, just terrible.

[Josh Peck]

This is at the crux of your and my disagreements, Ben, because I think people's mostly their proclivity is a self centered, self interest, profit driven mentality. Which is why every now and then the government needs to say, pay up.

[Ben Soffer]

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[C]

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[Ben Soffer]

I find it. This is an interesting topic, Josh. Okay, you ready for this one? Because I think this you will agree with.

[Josh Peck]

Hold on. Five point harness buckling in Six Flags style.

[Ben Soffer]

Let's go. I find that it's very, very rare that the person who made the money is like that. I only find these selfish billionaires personally in the Children of said billionaires. I don't know what it is, but I find it in them. I also find on the flip side that the ones who are the most lavish, overspend, really gaudy, are also the children. How about, Josh, we tax. I'm open to this taxing second generation wealth. If you earned a billion dollars in your lifetime, Josh, just you. You had a great life. You crushed it. You did it to me. I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you rose from nothing and are a good person. That said, if you were gifted $1 billion, $2 billion, $10 billion, and just sitting there untaxed and you did nothing for it, I could see a light.

[Josh Peck]

Tax, but that's a big thing, too. That's a whole. It's a Hebrew word. I don't know a good English word for it. Bala. Gone with the craziness.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

With the tax code and heirs of fortunes and step up points. It's a. You know, you've heard this, this phrasing. It's a step up. And the way that you inherit money and ways in which of sheltering it to keep it from having to pay the tax. So.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, having estates, having trusts, having. Yeah, you don't have any money. Capital money. You borrow money from something fictitious.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

And you don't have to pay tax on it. That's why they say the worst thing you can do is die with a home in your name. If you die with a home in your name, you just screw your children. So if you think you're going to die, throw your home in a trust. That way your children can be the benefactors of your home. We should have a tax. Have we. Have we thought about that before? What about.

[Josh Peck]

What's that?

[Ben Soffer]

Finance girl, the one that now lives in Dubai who tells you how to spend your money. We should have her on the podcast.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, Ms. Dow Jones.

[Ben Soffer]

Yes, Ms. Dow Jones.

[Josh Peck]

She lives in Dubai.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, she does. She moved. Zero percent income tax, baby. She could also gotten that in Florida.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, same in the Amazon. By the way, what the. The property tax is nothing. Well, the malaria's expensive.

[Ben Soffer]

There's.

[Josh Peck]

I moved to Dubai. Good luck.

[Ben Soffer]

That's funny. There's no tax if you live in the woods.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, people are nuts.

[Ben Soffer]

It's nuts. Well, she's not coming on now.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, she will. I'm sure. She. I heard her on pod. She's. She's very smart. I think you put. I remember hearing this, like, famous boxer, someone who was like, really famous, making hundreds of million dollars, saying, at this point, I'm good now. I'm working on generational wealth. And it didn't make me, it made me squirrely because I, I've Only almost always, 8 out of 9 out of 10 seen kids of really wealthy people at a complete disadvantage because inheriting all that wealth completely screws them up. And I think, as I heard Ezra Klein, I think say this once about like what it meant, and maybe it doesn't mean this anymore, but it's what I want to believe as a Democrat is like the best version of what it means to be a Democrat. And maybe that's been lost, which is, you know, all parties and systems go through waves of, you know, rediscovering who they are, redefining who they are. But at best it's that you are born lucky. And I really feel that I'm born lucky. And you could look at me and go, well, you didn't have a dad. You were born into like immense financial insecurity. A single mother who had to really struggle and work hard and, you know, you're metabolically challenged. Like, you know, I certainly had it much better than a lot of people, but not, you know, not a typical middle class, two parent lifestyle. But I know I was born lucky because I had a mom who loved me and believed in me and like protected me. And that the ability in which to strive and to pick myself up by my bootstraps is to an extent a privilege that actually some people are born without the ability in which to like, get on their grind. I'll tell you a crazy story if you want to hear it in a second.

[Ben Soffer]

So I do.

[Josh Peck]

That's what I think. That's kind of how I look at things. Is that because I was born lucky, it's like my cover charge for life to try to help those who were born less lucky?

[Ben Soffer]

Totally. I do also think, and again, you have to be able to. And not everybody can do this on their own. But being born into an unfortunate situation, if you can find a way to make it out of that situation, everything in life is better versus if you're born into immense privilege. It is a downhill slope. Your whole life, like your entire life. And I'm not trying to say like we should feel bad for billionaire kids, but I, I have seen it. These kids are very unhappy. Like, like some of the most unhappy people I've ever seen. Where nothing is ever good enough. Money really does not buy happiness, it buys security. There, of course, is a, there's a bar. If you have no money, it's terrible if you have too much money. I'm telling you, it's terrible. It's poison. And then the rest of us that sit in the middle are lucky. But these, these two extremes, I'm telling you, obviously it may seem like one is significantly worse than the other. The other, I bet you, has a higher suicide rate. I bet you that there is a higher suicide rate in the one that was born privileged, had too much of everything, never appreciated anything versus the one who was born into poverty. Gotten deep.

[Josh Peck]

I love it. I like when we get deep. I'll tell you the story really quick about when I was training for the great single season. Turner and Hooch, they call me Single season Peck. They call me the anchor because I bring the ship down. They call me the entertainment. Entertainment. Bermuda Triangle. Fucking loser. You know that trend on TikTok where you talk to yourself and you just turn your head like, can't get a show to go more than one season, can you, Peck? Maybe the common denominator is you fucking guy. Maybe everyone on Twitter is right. It's cuz God has a sense of humor. That's why you get these little parts in Oppenheimer. And the last of us, it's to give you a nibble, okay? But the reality is it's not gonna work out for you.

[Ben Soffer]

You're a joke. You feel better? Who said that you feel better?

[Josh Peck]

Ben, your turn.

[Ben Soffer]

All of a sudden you just start hysterically crying.

[Josh Peck]

I feel better.

[Ben Soffer]

You should. You look light and airy. You were telling me a story.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, yeah. Okay, let's get sad again. This guy, great guy named Scott was because I was playing a U.S. marshal. So they got me a consultant to like learn about being a U.S. marshal. The oldest federal law enforcement agency in the world started by George Washington in 1789, or federal law enforcement in the country. And I asked him, I said, he's telling me about all these things, you know, that all these different times we had to go and get bad guys. And I was like, do you ever feel sad? Like, were there ever times where you felt bad because he's telling me about all these bad guys, right? And he goes, oh yeah. He goes, I'll never forget that. I went and had to pick up. He said it was in the 90s, he said, and there was a kid, 18 years old kid, who was trafficking marijuana. And in the 90s this was a major event, unfortunately. And it was pounds of weed. Not like insane amounts, but enough where this kid was gonna get in proper trouble and go away for years. And we Picked him up because we had to. And we arrested him and we're taking him to the car. And he looks at me and goes, can I bring my Hooked on Phonics tapes to jail? And he's like. And I went home and I cried that night. He said, that kid came from the worst area with the worst people around him. He never stood a chance. And he's like. And I felt for that kid. And so that's kind of how I feel. And like, there are just, you know, certain people, certain places in the world where it's really hard to just like, pull yourself up by your bootstraps and, you know, get things going. And so I think it's incumbent on us to help as many people like that as possible.

[Ben Soffer]

Totally. And to clarify my comment from before, there are extremes. That's an extreme. Where you cannot just pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And life is unfortunately. I hope you can even find some happiness in such a dark life. But those are. Yeah, that's terrible. Terrible. Yuck.

[Josh Peck]

You'll have. You're going to have these wonderful moments, you know, as you know, you have more kids and your kids get older. And I'm just starting to have them now with Max, who's 6 because he had a week off from school and camp before camp started. And Friday midday I usually go to MacArthur park and we do a feed the streets where we feed the homeless lunch. And so I got to bring him and he really enjoyed it. It's the first time he came to feed the streets and he gave out waters and it was really great. And I laid in bed with him that night and I said, max, like, did you enjoy what we did today? And he said, yeah, it was great. And I said, this is the real good stuff in life. Like, helping other people is like the real tangible. Like, nothing will make you feel better about yourself than helping other people. Like, and people who are less fortunate than us because we have our family. We have my wife's beautiful extended family, my mom. We have a nice house in a nice area. Like, we're really lucky. And like, this is the good stuff. And he was like, yeah. And I was like, like, dad moment.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, it's. It's good and it's amazing if you can instill that early. And I like what you said. It's not just about other people. Like, I like that you're self aware enough to say, I feel good. When I do good, I'm the same way. It's. It's totally different. It's not charitable but, like, when I give gifts or when I like, my love language is cooking food for people I love. That's.

[Josh Peck]

And that's giving.

[Ben Soffer]

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[Josh Peck]

What kind of uncle do you want me to be to Ruby? Let's talk about this.

[Ben Soffer]

Definitely fun. Like Funko. Yeah. Like Six Flags. Like, take him for the day. Show him a good time. Popcorn, candy that I maybe don't let him eat. Fun uncle. That's what I want. That's what I want.

[Josh Peck]

I have another idea.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay. Charitable uncle.

[Josh Peck]

I want to be Ruby. Just, like, got in a hit and run. And ran. Right? He ran, sure. And he's like, I can't go to my dad.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, you're the. You're the toxic ear away from father. Understood.

[Josh Peck]

I want to be the toxic ear. Yeah. Like, great. Hold. Let me go get my shovel.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, bury it.

[Josh Peck]

You want to role play? You be Ruby and I'll be me. You're in trouble. Okay. Sure. Okay. You came to my door, right? Because we live next street. We live next door. My Russian ruble.

[Ben Soffer]

Josh.

[Josh Peck]

My Reuben sandwich. The apple of my eye. Baruch Hashem, my gorgeous. My gorgeous nephew, Josh. Why are you whispering, Uncle Joshi?

[Ben Soffer]

I don't know what to do. I'm whispering because I don't want to wake anybody in the house. I don't know what to do. I was recently. I was riding my bike and I ran over a squirrel. I ran him right over by the neck. He's dead on the floor. If I tell my dad, he's such an animal activist. He loves PETA. He's it. He loves PETA. Both the bread and the organization. He loves it. And I ran over a squirrel. And if I tell him, If I. If I tell him, he's gonna be so sad that I killed a squirrel. He's gonna be so upset at me. Will you help me? What do I do? What do I do? This poor squirrel. And there's squirrel blood all over my bike. What do I do?

[Josh Peck]

Reuben, first of all, look at me. You're 28. This is sick. Get a. Get your license, loser. No, listen, Ruvin, Ruvin, come here. Mishpochah, okay? My mishpochah. My little. My mentula. Okay? Come here. Tatila. Tatila, look at me, okay? You came to the right person. These squirrels are vermin. You know this word? Vermin? This is vermin. This is an invasive species. We've become comfortable with them. They ruin our parks, these fucks. Chip and Dale. No, thank you. What are they, a couple? A couple of losers. We don't need these fucking squirrels, okay? So listen. You show me where the squirrel is that squirrel's got. Listen, nothing happened. How about that? Hey, good news. Nothing happened. How do you like that? I'll deal with your father.

[Ben Soffer]

I love it. And what about the blood on my bike?

[Josh Peck]

Here's a better question. What bike? You know you want. You know you want.

[Ben Soffer]

You want a new bike, you know.

[Josh Peck]

You wanted an E bike. I'm gonna get you an E bike with the governor turned off. You're gonna be going 65 on the van Wyck.

[Ben Soffer]

Wow.

[Josh Peck]

Okay.

[Ben Soffer]

Thank you. Thank you, Uncle Josh. Thank you so much.

[Josh Peck]

Your mother worries. She worries too much.

[Ben Soffer]

Excellent, excellent. What kind of uncle would you like me to be?

[Josh Peck]

Same.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, cool. He's gonna call me. I don't even know what kind of trouble he could even get into. I'm trying to think of, like, what? Like what. What could he do that would really bother me?

[Josh Peck]

He fucked up. He loves fire. He. We lit off some fireworks for Fourth of July and he was like, yeah, wow, that's crazy.

[Ben Soffer]

We need to talk about that. You light your own fireworks. Were you not worried about Jason Pierre Pauling your finger?

[Josh Peck]

Well, we do it, you know, we leave them on the ground and we use a barbecue lighter. So we're kind of. There's enough separation and we're not doing M80s. We're doing like sparklers and snakes.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay. Sparklers are okay. These things, they scare me. Oh, I don't know what it is. They scare me. What did you eat for 4th of July? Did you make a spread? Did we talk about this already?

[Josh Peck]

We did, actually.

[Ben Soffer]

I don't. Actually, I don't want to date us too much because we're far away from 4th of July. Scratch that question. Scratch it.

[Josh Peck]

Scratch it off.

[Ben Soffer]

Take it off. What are you having for dinner?

[Josh Peck]

I just had pants carbonara. I had pasta all up hands.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay. And I. I forgot it's one o' clock in the afternoon, so. That was your dinner.

[Josh Peck]

What are you having for dinner? That's right. You're right.

[Ben Soffer]

I'm making Josh a gorgeous branzino. Let me tell everybody, okay? You're afraid of fish. You're afraid of cooking fish in the home. You're afraid that your fish isn't going to turn out as good as he had it in a restaurant. Of course, let me tell you, high quality fish, all that it needs is olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, and a little bit of parsley. That's it.

[Josh Peck]

No lemon.

[Ben Soffer]

Tons of lemon. Thank you. Correction, tons of lemon. Including the zest. You're going to take a beautiful branzino. Hopefully your place can debone it for you because nobody has the time. A nice Filet. Okay, Put the filet down on some parchment paper. You're going to put olive oil. Beautiful. The good stuff, you're going to put like, Ina Garten, the fleur de salt. You know, Florida salad is flaky salt chunks and pepper. Yes. You're going to put some beautiful, beautiful parsley, pieces of garlic. And then, Josh, you're going to go in with the zester. You're going to zest the lemon, get it on there. You're going to juice the lemon, put the juice. You're going to throw it into an oven, 400 degrees, 9 minutes, bada bing, bada boom. That's it. It's perfect. Every time.

[Josh Peck]

Gorgeous.

[Ben Soffer]

Now, if you go and it doesn't taste good, it's because you got bad fish. The only thing separating good fish and bad fish is when it's bad. Otherwise it's going to taste good. You're buying old fish. That's what I'm having for dinner. New fish.

[Josh Peck]

New fish. And what about. You're having new fish? What is your. Are we doing a side dish? Are we doing a crisp salad? Is there any kind of potatoes?

[Ben Soffer]

I think I'm going to go. I have some Brussels sprouts downstairs. It's temperamental vegetables, Josh. You got to cut off the ends. You got to slice them in half. It's not so easy. But I have them. I bought them, so I got to use them. I think I'm just going to roast them. I'm going to throw them in that same oven, the 400. Maybe I'll crank it down to 350, let them get nice and soft. I'm going to drizzle them with a little balsamic. I'm easy. I'm easy. That's it. I don't need anything. Maybe a little side of long grain rice. You like long grain?

[Josh Peck]

I prefer my grain short. You do?

[Ben Soffer]

I like a long grain rice. Really, I do. Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

Lgr this jasmine eating motherfucker right here. I like a long grain jasmine. This basmati motherfucker. Right.

[Ben Soffer]

I like a long grain rice.

[Josh Peck]

Wow. Okay, listen. We all make decisions.

[Ben Soffer]

Yes. Yes, we do.

[Josh Peck]

Well, okay, should we get to a speak pipe?

[Ben Soffer]

I would love to hear from a moron or two.

[Josh Peck]

I would love to share it with you. If you want to leave us a message, get some advice, go to speakpipe.com goodguys keep it brief. Brief. Brevity is key. Let's hear from Grace.

[D]

Hey, Josh and Ben. I became a this year during maternity leave. I like to listen while I Rock my son to sleep. And I have a food related question for you. So I live in the south, where Chick Fil a is everywhere. And it's pretty common knowledge that Chick Fil A is just different than other fast food places. You know, the. My pleasure. The customer service, the efficiency around here. You're going to get in and out of that drive through in under four minutes. Now, Chick Fil A attributes this to being a Christian company and, like, being run on specific values and whatnot. You know, the clothes on Sundays, the politics, all that. And as much as I hate to say it, you really can't beat the homophobic Jesus chicken. So my question for you is, if there was a fast food chain that branded itself on being Jewish, the Jewish fast food place, what would that look like? I'm talking the food, the vibes, the slogans. Are they closed for Sabbath? The business model.

[Josh Peck]

Etc, never closed 24 hours.

[Ben Soffer]

Now. Now, where do we want to take this? Wholesome or anti Semitic? Maybe we do both. We can start out with anti Semitic. First and foremost, we are buying everything dirt cheap and charging you a million. Okay, you're gonna come in. Our chicken fingers are gonna be 39.99. Okay? And Josh, I think that.

[Josh Peck]

Wait, let's start with what everything is. Market price.

[Ben Soffer]

It's good. It's good. It's really good.

[Josh Peck]

You charge more for water on a hot day.

[Ben Soffer]

How much is a water market price for water? That's so good.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, Fuck you, Dan Bilzerian, you fucking.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, he's the worst. Don't even get me started. What type of food? What are we eating? Like, what are we making?

[Josh Peck]

Schnitzel.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, Schnitzel. Schnitzel place. Everything's market price. I like that. We definitely are charging extra for every sauce. Every sauce. Okay, this is not a freebie. This is a dollar extra for garlic mayo. A dollar extra. Maybe it's $2. You ever have those places? $2? It's not right. It should be a dollar extra for sauce.

[Josh Peck]

And we act the way bars do with peanuts. Free peanuts. We do free pickles, but expensive water.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, I like that.

[Josh Peck]

Get people real thirsty.

[Ben Soffer]

This is smart, Josh.

[Josh Peck]

High sodium.

[Ben Soffer]

High sodium. And then we do the market price. Water. Yes, very good. Right. When you walk in, we give you a high dose of sodium. Maybe right before you walk in, we have them drink. Josh, Just a completely dry, no water, pack of element.

[Josh Peck]

Right.

[Ben Soffer]

Just Right.

[Josh Peck]

A shooter.

[Ben Soffer]

A shooter of element. Right before you walk in. And then we charge a market price for water 100%.

[Josh Peck]

100P and maybe. And then you also give an option of like, do you want fries with that? You go like, do you want a Nexium with that? Do you want a Prilosec? Do you want a Pepcid? You know?

[Ben Soffer]

Yes. This shawarma comes with a side of Tums. Now onto the look. That's the antisemitic side.

[Josh Peck]

And we have dirty drinks, right? Like you get a cherry Coke, a vanilla Coke, but then we also have one syrup that is just liquid ibuprofen. So you could order like a Diet Coke. Two pump slime, one pump ibu.

[Ben Soffer]

I love that.

[Josh Peck]

Everyone's got a kink in their neck.

[Ben Soffer]

I need a Zyrtec pump just in case it was a day, you know, I don't know. Pollen's all all over the place.

[Josh Peck]

Yes.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, a little bit of that. Josh, if we were making a wholesome chain. Okay, let's talk a wholesome Jewish chain somewhere. Feed the streets, everybody. Josh, we're subsidizing the whole restaurant. Everybody eats for free, 100%. Couldn't that happen? Why couldn't that happen?

[Josh Peck]

I think there's versions of that. Like there are. Isn't there a way in which you could just monetize people being like being able to advertise to people in your restaurant, like, just make the entire. The food is free, but the entire restaurant is one giant advertisement.

[Ben Soffer]

You could. Absolutely. You could for sure. It's an interesting model. Food is free. The thing that advertisers would then argue is if the people can't afford the food, they probably can't afford what they're advertising.

[Josh Peck]

There goes the Mercedes account.

[Ben Soffer]

Shit. Mercedes just spent 250 grand on a media buy marketing at people that can't afford chicken.

[Josh Peck]

We got Samsung. It would be bad.

[Ben Soffer]

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[Josh Peck]

Next one. Drum, Lauren.

[Ben Soffer]

You guys are going to roast the shit out of me. I just listened to the Rainn Wilson episode and.

[Josh Peck]

Never mind. She's so boring. God bless her.

[Ben Soffer]

There's nothing I love more than when you start a speak bite and you immediately just have this look of regret.

[Josh Peck]

I know. And I, like, I actually make notes on them and like. And then I. I'm like, really, Josh? That one? Okay, next one. Let's see. Let's. Let's do one. I really want to, like, I really want one that's going to change. Change everything for us.

[Ben Soffer]

A banger one. Banger one. Banger pipe one.

[Josh Peck]

A banger pipe. Okay, next one is from Rachel.

[Ben Soffer]

Hey, good guys. Sending love from Nashville. Big time moron. I will keep this quick so you guys don't yell at us. Would you all ever consider having a reality show? Whether it's the two of you doing podcasts, being friends or your individual lives, being married, your kids, whatever that looks like. Would you all ever do it? Just curious.

[E]

All right.

[Ben Soffer]

I personally would never do a reality show of, like, my life, my kids, that stuff. I would easily do a reality show with you where it's just like, us podcasting and, like, doing whatever dumb shit we do. That would be fun. Sure, but nobody wants that.

[Josh Peck]

No one wants it.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, like, they want, like, me, Claudia, Ruby, they want you, Paige, Max, shy, like, Meyer. Like, that's what they want. And we're not doing that. We're not divulging that level of our lives. I watched the Valley, and aside from, like, looking at our gorgeous Kristen and saying, wow, I'm so happy to see our good guys hat I'm like, what are you fucking nuts for being on this show? These people are so mean to each other. It's so hard. It's just not worth it. Like, I don't want it. No.

[Josh Peck]

What's weird too. And you guys are friends with a lot of reality people. Like, I'm obviously Kristen's a dear friend, but I. I've now become, you know, rather friendly, reasonably friendly with Other people on the Valley. And what's crazy is, like, when the cameras are off and around us, I'm like, you are pleasant.

[Ben Soffer]

I know.

[Josh Peck]

Totally normal. And I'm like, wow, you're shapeshifting. Like, when the cameras turn on, like, you're just keeping an inventory. Like, how could anyone be friends with Jax without being terrified of what's going to come out of his mouth as soon as the camera's rolling?

[Ben Soffer]

They couldn't. Yeah. Okay, so you're up on the Valley.

[Josh Peck]

Am I? I don't know. I don't watch it ever. I think I just know Jax is problematic.

[Ben Soffer]

I watched a couple episodes, and I gotta tell you, like, I looked at this, I watched the show, and it's just. It's toxic as fuck. Like, the Valley is more toxic to me than any reality show I've seen recently. And I think it's because there are people in their 40s that are. With. With exception of Kristen, okay? Friend of the pod. We love her. I think, Josh. They're, like, fighting for relevance, and they need this versus, like, the young 20s, like, OG Vanderpump. They don't need that. OG Jersey Shore. They don't need that. The older these people get. That's why Real Housewives is always so mean. Because these older women, like, want the spotlight. Need the spotlight, need to monetize it. So, yeah, they turn on the lights and they're gonna go fucking nuts. Versus it just, like, being like, that's why the Jersey Shore was so good, because they weren't just mean to each other. It was just entertaining. Right? Like, same thing with Vanderpump. It wasn't just mean. These shows are mean. The Valley is mean. Like, all of them are mean to each other. Really mean. And they, like, make up conspiracies about each other that, like, somebody's cheating when they're not. It's like, how do you say that when this guy is married with kids, you're going to make up that somebody's cheating? Like nuts.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, it's.

[Ben Soffer]

So, no, I wouldn't do a reality show with my family ever. There is no amount of money that would make me do that. But a fictitious reality show where me and Josh podcast and then go cold, plunge and eat a sandwich if somebody wants to green light that, I'm in.

[Josh Peck]

But, like, Olivia, do you think that? Or do you guys think that if you're on the Valley and you're in your 40s, right? Like, do you feel time ticking where it. There's, like, gonna be probably a hard stop when you're 50, because none of them are gonna be Lisa Vanderpump, right? Where they're gonna get their own spin off reality show based on one of them, right?

[Ben Soffer]

So it's like, I don't know. I don't know. You have like a Gary Vee constantly saying, like, you 60, you're young. Like, maybe these people feel young and feel like they still have time and.

[Josh Peck]

Like, they're desperate, like, to an extent.

[Ben Soffer]

No, it feels very desperate. They do. They do.

[E]

I feel like. I feel like that's like, to Ben's point, why, there's like, a lot of meanness and maybe like this attempt to, like, grab the spotlight and steal it away in whatever capacity at whatever drama, you know, could come as, like, a cost of that. But I imagine that that's probably, like, the ideal, I guess, if that's like, creating other avenues of monetization. Like, I imagine there's a certain point, especially like, having children, that changes the dynamic. And I think having families makes it messier and meaner, too. And I imagine ideally they'd love to have, you know, a spin off show where it's, like, all about them. And that can be kind of a, I guess, just like a resource and a career, like, later into life. But, yeah, I don't know what the likelihood of that actually happening is, but I'm sure that's like, a big driver for drama between that group.

[Josh Peck]

But it's also like, like, I. No one's a bigger fan of Jersey Shore than I am. I cannot believe the show is still on the air. And I don't feel. I think they're all so wealthy and they. And it's literally. I mean, what. What? People have a Show on for 17 seasons, right? Like, it's insane. It's been on for almost 20 years straight where, like, I don't feel like any of them feel a compulsion to be messy. Like, oh, Angelina's acting up again. Like, Paulie's DJing Foxwoods. It's just like Snooki is at her daughter's or wonderful daughter's cheerleading competition. It's like. But it's not. It's. It's not the most engaging anymore.

[Ben Soffer]

But that's TV in general. Not to, like, totally pivot. Like, it's the same thing. I always say, like, enough with the reboots. Come up with something original. Like, sometimes these student studios, you would know this better than me. But it just feels like they're lazy. They know that they have a hit and they'd rather not Risk green lighting something that's a complete flop when they have these, like, six people that people like, love cultishly and they know that if they throw it up, people will watch it. Like, it's a safe bet.

[Josh Peck]

Should we get to. What are you nuts?

[Ben Soffer]

We should.

[Josh Peck]

Our Woody nuts. Moment of the week are gripes with people, places and things both big and small. Whatever's sticking in your craw. What do you got, Ben?

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, I said a couple of episodes ago that I was loving. I had never seen it before, that I was loving this show called Love island, right? That I was obsessed, that this season was so good. Let me tell you, this is the worst fucking show on tv. Like, so, so unbelievably bad. And the same reason why I was so impressed. Oh, an episode five days a week. It's so good. I need more. I need more. I need more. I now find myself watching it it. And I can't wait till the hour is over. It's so bad. They literally. They break up couples. They do. They send home. Like, the point is Love island, right, Josh? So you'd assume that they're trying to find real love. You have two people that are in a couple. If you're in a couple, you shouldn't be able to be sent home. They're sending home people that are in love. They're keeping people who aren't. I'm literally. There's four episodes left, and this show, Josh, nobody's going to find love. I don't believe any of them. It's a load of crap. What are you, nuts?

[Josh Peck]

I think it's just really cute. You believe that Love island was going to result in real love.

[Ben Soffer]

I thought so. Like, some.

[Josh Peck]

Some so beautiful.

[Ben Soffer]

And it's like, no, the show stinks. The show stinks. Sorry. Also, what are you, nuts? I'm just gonna say it. Ariana Maddox is the host, Josh. We see her once every five episodes. How much is that? The dream gig? Once every five episodes, she comes in, hello, islanders. It's time for a dirty, dirty day. And it's like, I'm not believing that. You're, like, a dirty, raunchy person. Like, what are you. What are you even talking about? Like, why are you dressed in assless chaps? Like, what are you doing here?

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, you're in Chicago.

[Ben Soffer]

Go. Go back to your hotel. We don't need you here for this challenge.

[Josh Peck]

You're staying at a montage.

[Ben Soffer]

Ariana, I don't believe you. I don't believe you. You're not naughty. None of this. And I Just need to know what they're being paid. What is the host paid?

[Josh Peck]

You had a. You had a modern farmhouse in Valley Village. Ariana, there's nothing dirty about you.

[Ben Soffer]

And my last comment on Love island is that one episode, Meg the Stallion came in and she was like a guest host. She was amazing. She was amazing. Boy, oh boy, do I hope that she's the next host. She might be too big. Like, why would she do that? But she was so good. But yeah, this season. What are you nuts?

[Josh Peck]

My woody and nuts is and shout. I'm not shooting on the profession and because I know a couple and I love them very much.

[Ben Soffer]

Chiropractors.

[Josh Peck]

Chiropractors need to stop calling themselves doctor. It's misleading. There is a guy on TikTok the other day that I saw and he's in a white coat in a, you know, doctor's office and he goes, I'm a functional neurologist. And all of a sudden my spidey sense went, there's some fuckery about here. This is completely misleading. It's totally wrong. You're like titling yourself things that like immediately make people think that you have much higher accreditation than you do. It's wrong. It's dangerous and wrong. What are you nuts? No good. It's a no good.

[Ben Soffer]

I completely agree. Do not false advertise, folks. Do not. Ok? Do not do it. It's not right.

[Josh Peck]

A functional neurologist. Like, do you know how fucking hard it is to be a real neurologist?

[Ben Soffer]

Like impossible.

[Josh Peck]

How much? It's like 15 years from undergraduate to like residency of like completely understanding the brain. Clinical trials, clinical hours, time spent in hospitals, like to be able to try to even attempt to understand the brain. And you're a functional neurologist because you went to two years of college in a strip mall. Stop it. I could buy a white jacket too. It's on Amazon Prime Day. Which by the way, another Woody Nuts. Amazon Prime Day. It's not what it once was. I'm just going to say that I don't need an Apple watch. And if you don't need an Apple watch, Amazon Prime Day is not going to pay off. I'm disappointed.

[Ben Soffer]

Am I also wrong? I feel like Prime Day is like all the time. No, it's not. It's got to be more than once a year.

[Josh Peck]

That's because you're rich, dog. But for us regular civilians, every day is prime day. When you got it, when you got.

[Ben Soffer]

It like that, a lot of cash.

[Josh Peck]

Nah, dog, we out here waiting for that cheap OxiClean. Second week of July. Tune in. Be There, Be Squared.

[Ben Soffer]

Did you hold your Amazon gift card for Prime Day? Because it would have gone longer.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, babe, I got plenty. I got sups coming in the mail. I got cleaning supplies. I got newborn diapers coming. 30 off it.

[Ben Soffer]

Love it. Well, folks, this episode, five stars. Otherwise, what are you. Oh, my God. Listen to us. Wherever you get your podcasts, Watch us on YouTube. You should share our clips with friends.

[Josh Peck]

Friends.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We will see you next time.

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[Ben Soffer]

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