New Rory & Mal — Episode 412 | Men Can’t Use Cameras

Release Date: October 7, 2025
Hosts: Rory, Mal, Stephanie (Damaris appearing), Ty
Podcast Description: New stories, laughs, and random hot takes nobody asked for…

Episode Overview

This episode swerves through the hosts’ personal stories, music and politics hot takes, relationship debates, and a hilarious dissection of unwritten “man rules” around cameras and concerts. The crew recaps an eventful office party, debates celebrity scandals and comebacks, weighs in on toxic relationships versus quiet exits, and ends with a freewheeling discussion of manhood, pepper spray, and what men “aren’t allowed” to do. Expect quotables, playful arguments, and classic, cutting humor.

Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. Weekend Catch-Up & Office Party Tales

[02:14 – 13:30]

• Hosts rib each other about aging, gray hair, and family dynamics.
• Rory recounts a Yankee game group chat gone off the rails, from baseball talk to wild political rants:
  • “This group chat has gone so off the rails after that Yankee game… This is the Black Liberation army for old white guys from North Jersey.” (Dan, 04:22)
• Nostalgia about Irish Democrats, JFK, and shifting cultural icons.
• Recap of the office party and Patreon livestream:
  • Shoutouts to Damaris and Peach.
  • DJ Edden’s set gets props, condolences on the loss of his dog.
  • Wild party moments: Matt (“from the Zoom Zoom Room”) sitting quietly next to Tank Top Bay, awkward attempts to spark a conversation, and playful speculation about icebreaking at parties.
• Eventful “afters” — beer pong (mistakenly called “ping pong"), late-night music, homegirls arriving, and keeping the party going well past stream-off.

Notable Quote:
“Shout out to Damaris’s thighs and cheeks. They carried the show.” – Dan, [08:32]

2. Sports Weekend & Billionaire Banter

[14:19 – 16:53]

• Recap of games: Yankees lost, Giants “got their ass whipped,” but Knicks win in Abu Dhabi (“at least the Knicks won”).
• Tangent on billionaire money: “Elon Musk can now has enough money to buy the entire NBA, the entire MLB, and the entire NFL.” – Ty, [16:04]
  • Rory: “And Flint still does not have drinking water.” ([16:16])
• Hypothetical jokes about what would happen if “the Saudis” or Elon Musk ran US sports.

3. Diddy (Puff) Sentencing & Comeback Debate

[16:53 – 42:36]

• Breakdown of Diddy’s sentencing:

  • 50 months (about 4 years), expected to serve less with time served and halfway house consideration.

• Group reaction: Team discusses legal comparisons, sentencing disparities, and whether Diddy’s image rebrand with the “love” persona was preemptive.

• Speculation on what Diddy’s post-prison life will look like:

  • Will he go quiet, go full “redemption tour,” or jump back into public life?
  • “Some people say Puff is a narcissist and needs that spotlight; he doesn’t want to live in quiet.” (Stephanie, [25:51])

  Key Exchange:

  • Ty: “I don’t think he’ll go full Christian… but he’ll have to change. You don’t want to have to be sitting in no fucking small ass cell, you know, eating his food…” ([20:01])
  • Rory: “If he stays in the spotlight, more and more cases are going to come out. ... If you just stay out the light, Puff could probably live a pretty good life with his family.” ([25:06])

• Debate over whether the public and industry will support Diddy musically/business-wise after his sentence:

  • “The stuff that made Puff… that came from us wearing his clothes and drinking his products… I don’t know if anyone’s going to do that.” – Dan, [22:39]
  • Stephanie: “Especially women… might lose support from their own fans.” ([22:56])
  • Ty: “I keep telling you, people really don’t care. If it doesn’t directly affect them, I don’t think people care as much as y’all think they do.” ([23:01])

• Parallels drawn with other controversial artists (R. Kelly, Tory Lanez) and whether the industry and fans “care.”

Memorable Moment:
Jokes about the post-prison interview circuit for Puff and Tory Lanez—Gail King, Shannon Sharpe, Aiden Ross, and wild scenarios (Hot Ones, Drink Champs, etc.)

“Drink Champs, Nori and Puff, definitely. Especially if Puff, with his parole, is forced to stay in one place—I’m sure he’s gonna pick his Miami house.” (Dan, [41:18])

4. The “What Men Can’t Do” / Cameras at Concerts Segment

[59:11 – 70:37]

• Hilarious (and intentionally hyperbolic) debate about men carrying pepper spray:
  • “A man having pepper spray is a little crazy… Like, you go over, a man comes over your house… and he got pepper spray, that’s crazy.” – Ty, [59:16]
  • Stephanie tries (and fails) to defend why a man might have pepper spray: “If you guys are on parole and shouldn’t be getting into it, carry pepper spray so you can protect yourself and not go back to jail.” ([60:32])
• Extended riff on “men can’t be happy,” “men can’t reminisce,” and the mounting list of “man rules.”

Cameras at shows:

• The viral debate: Is it “icky” for men to record themselves at concerts, especially at Chris Brown or Usher shows?
  • “Nasty for a man to record Chris Brown’s concert. That is disgusting. I don’t care what none of y’all say. You supposed to just live in the moment.” – Ty, [64:45]
  • Rory pushes back: “Now, men can't reminisce?” ([69:35])
  • Stephanie provides context: “Just don't turn around with cheese and get in the audience; that's gonna piss me off.” ([65:36])
  • The hosts admit to recording Kobe’s last Detroit game, Jade’s SummerSlam walkout, and the rare concert moment but exaggerate the line between “allowed” and “not allowed” man behaviors for comedic effect.

Notable Quote:
“Men can’t use cameras. Add that to the list of things that men can’t do.” – Ty, [61:49]

5. Battle Rap & The Ethics of Battling Women

[82:42 – 93:37]

• Discussion about male battle rappers refusing to battle women (Loaded Lux’s “divine feminine” argument), the creative risks, and whether it’s even “fair” or ethical.
  • Rory: “I just feel like I’d be interested in the woman’s point of view… women can insult us worse than any man can.” ([87:15])
  • Ty: “You still at a disadvantage because again, the woman, she could say what she want to say and disrespect me, and then I gotta try to disrespect her. … Now what if I dug up some information and found out she had an abortion two years ago and I start rhyming from the perspective of the aborted baby?” ([87:41])
  • Roundtable examines how deeply battle rappers can (or should) cut, and where personal boundaries might (or might not) exist.

6. Listener Voicemail: Do Men Prefer Crazy?

[102:28 – 114:01]

• Caller asks if men are more interested in women who “go crazy” when hurt vs. those who just quietly leave.
  • Ty: “Acting crazy for me has never been a turn-on.” ([109:39])
  • Dan: “You can fall into a bad hole of being addicted to chaos that you think is love.” ([105:28])
  • Stephanie: “Continue doing what you’re doing. The reason why men like that crazy is because it’s an ego boost. ... Just keep leaving quietly, please.” ([114:01])
• They agree that emotional intelligence and lack of drama is more attractive with experience, but laugh about past mistakes, closure, and the reality of ego in toxic cycles.

Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “This is the best you’re gonna look. These are your wonder years.” – Ty, [02:27]
• “It was Jesus, Jeter, and JFK on my mother’s mantle.” – Dan, [05:51]
• “That's the funniest thing by far that's happening in my life right now… anytime I get a notification, I cannot wait to see what it said.” – Dan, [07:30]
• “If you're an addict… you can't put yourself right in the middle of the temptation and be like, ‘let me see if I'm completely over this life.’ No—you completely remove yourself from that.” – Ty, [28:46]
• “Men can't reminisce. Only Pete Rock and CL Smooth can reminisce. All you other niggas just remember.” – Ty, [69:47]
• “It just gives me the ick… I be looking for the women, like, y’all don’t see these niggas in here?” – Ty, [70:32]
• “Men can’t own pepper spray… that’s crazy.” – Ty, [61:49]
• “Closures only come within yourself… nobody else can give you closure.” – Dan, [112:21]
• “They don’t read the paragraphs, ladies. Stop sending them.” – Stephanie, [115:53]

Tone & Style

• Consistently irreverent, sarcastic, and self-aware banter.
• Hosts playfully push and prod each other on masculinity, dating, and culture.
• Social commentary mixed with personal storytelling and running jokes.

Episode Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |--------------------------------------------|----------------| | Cold Open / Banter | 02:14 – 03:39 | | Party Recaps & Group Chat Rants | 03:39 – 14:19 | | Sports & Billionaire Jokes | 14:19 – 16:53 | | Diddy Sentencing & Cancel Culture | 16:53 – 42:36 | | Men & Pepper Spray / Concert Cameras | 59:11 – 70:37 | | Battle Rap: Women vs Men Ethics | 82:42 – 93:37 | | Listener Voicemail: Crazy Exes | 102:28 – 114:01|

Summary: Why Listen?

You’ll get all the classic New Rory & Mal energy: quick-flowing jokes, hot-take debates on culture, introspective moments about love and loss, and the kind of inside jokes and friendly antagonism that only the real ones can provide.

If you want to know why men “can’t use cameras,” whether Diddy’s comeback is possible, or the unwritten (and ever-evolving) rules of being a man in 2025, this episode is a must-listen.

Skip To:

• [04:22] — Insane group chat stories
• [16:53] — Diddy verdict reaction
• [59:11] — The “pepper spray” gender rant
• [64:45] — Can men record concerts?
• [82:42] — Should men do battle rap vs. women?
• [102:28] — Relationship voicemail: do men prefer “crazy”?
• [109:39] — Why acting wild is not attractive

Signature Moment:
Ty: “Add that to the list of things that men can’t do—men can’t own pepper spray!” ([61:49])

For laughs, social commentary, and refreshingly unfiltered group-therapy, this episode covers it all.