Ride with Benito Skinner & Mary Beth Barone — "HERITAGE COLLECTION: Dear Media, Love Corn"
Date: April 1, 2026
Podcast Network: Dear Media

Episode Overview

This special "Heritage Collection" episode of Ride sees hosts Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone revisit iconic, fan-favorite moments from their podcast archives, blending nostalgia, irreverent humor, and their signature chaotic charm. The main focus is a hilarious and unexpectedly heartfelt deep-dive into the world of Love Corn snacks—which, despite the enthusiastic promo, they cheekily assure listeners was not a paid placement. From prank stories to reflections on childhood consumerism (debit cards for six-year-olds?), all the way to the surprisingly profound joys of peeing, this episode is a wild, highly personal ride through pop culture, everyday absurdities, and friendship banter.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introducing the Ride Heritage Collection

• [00:35] Mary Beth and Benito explain this "Heritage Collection" is about re-airing—and re-titling—iconic episodes from their archives, so fans know exactly which classic moments to expect.
  • Notable quote:
    “Moments that come to mind: the lesbian cop at Ride Live... how many chickens there are in the world...”
    — Mary Beth [00:55]

2. The Love Corn Swag Spectacle

Unboxing and Bingeing

• [01:39 - 08:13] Benito raves about an unsolicited Love Corn snack box and their new merch, going through flavors, T-shirts, tote bags, and rainbow "love" stickers, riffing on the intersection of snacking, branding, and gay culture.
  • "I just want to have fun. Start your engine." — Benito [00:25]
  • Both hosts don the corn merch for the episode, with Mary Beth playfully noting, "Benny's wearing a hat. We're in full Lovecorn merch."
  • Relishing the cheesy branding:
    "On the side, it says 'crunchiest snack ever' in quotes with five stars underneath. And it's like, you don't need to know who said it.”
    — Mary Beth [03:50]
  • They mock the required disclosures:
    "The podcast hosts were paid thousands ... We weren't. This is Free. Lovecorn just sent me this box..."
    — Benito [01:55]

Love Corn as Cultural Commentary

• Fun aside: they joke about the transgressive potential of corn-on-the-cob, and riff on Murphy's Law, blending snack talk with their trademark absurdism.
  • "Isn't it crazy to know that someone stuck a corn in the cob up their ass? Like, it's... What is it? Murphy's Law."
    — Benito [04:46]

3. Pranking and the Joy in Little Things

Childhood & College Pranks

• Benito recounts pranking Mary Beth and Terry, detailing their collaborative and selfless approaches to mischief.
  • "It like, brings gratitude in a weird way. It's just like finding joy in the little things."
    — Benito [10:04]
  • Discussing the evolution to "selfless pranks" where the prankster doesn’t see the outcome—"a whole other sphere."
  • Quote:
    "It's where you're not there. ... You can't see them. Maybe you're in the car every now and then. That is truly a selfless prank.”
    — Benito [11:18]

4. Debit Cards for Kids & Childhood Consumerism

• [17:09 - 28:43] Benito reads a marketing email inviting parents to open a Chase debit card for their six-year-old, setting off a nostalgic, comic reflection on childhood obsessions, Disney Store mania, and consumer culture.

  • Chase Bank as a person:
    "Can we write a movie? The lead character's name is Chase Bank. ... That is a Netflix name."
    — Benito [17:35]
  • Benito recalls obsessively calling stores to track down new Disney dolls, ordering by SKU, and the childhood compulsion to collect (enabled by supportive parents).
    • "If my parents had given me a debit card at 6, I would have run train through the Boise town square." — Benito [22:40]
  • Mary Beth offers her own childhood finance tale—her first bank account opened at First Communion, complete with a passbook for babysitting money.
    • "You had your first communion along with your classmate Chase Bank." — Benito [26:11]
  • Both reflect on the tension between childhood agency and financial responsibility:
    • "Letting kids have debit cards and learning how money works is so important...but six is the thing that's so funny to me." — Benito [24:49]
    • "Financial literacy is so important. So if they overdraw, you teach them that you can only spend the amount that you have." — Mary Beth [25:11]
  • Dream childhood shopping sprees: Mary Beth wanted a laptop with internet at six; Benito wanted costumes and dolls.

5. The Joy, Shame, and Philosophy of Peeing

• [32:41 - 44:59] Mary Beth celebrates peeing (in public and private, door open or closed) as a universal human pleasure and proposes that everyone, regardless of gender, should pee sitting down for comfort and sanitary reasons.

  • "Magic is really very simple. All you have to do is want something and then let yourself have it. In a way, every time you pee, it's like magic." — Mary Beth [33:02]
  • She also admits to sometimes skipping wiping to "save the planet," launching Benito into fits.
  • They critique urinals (“abolish the police and urinals” — Mary Beth [35:00]) and discuss shifting toward gender-neutral bathrooms.

• Benito confesses to the "shame" men face for sitting down to pee—especially in locker rooms—while both agree public discussions of bodily functions are unfairly stigmatized.

  • "I got a lot of shame for sitting when I'm peeing. ... For some reason. That's such a whole thing in locker rooms." — Benito [28:28]

Removing Bathroom Shame

• They poke fun at the elaborate excuses people invent to hide the fact they’ve been in the bathroom for a while, comparing them to epic literary tales:
  • "The folklore that comes about from just people, like, feeling so much shame for taking a dump." — Benito [37:16]
  • "Odysseus took a really long dump, and when he came back, he was like, you will not believe what happened." — Mary Beth [38:39]

Iconic Peeing Stories

• Mary Beth shares her story of nearly making it home, only to pee her navy corduroys on a snowy doorstep, observing the steam:
  • "It was so cold that my pee was so warm that steam came off my corner." — Mary Beth [40:09]

6. Ride or Die Segment & Final Reflections

• [42:32] Both hosts declare their "rides" for the week:
  • Benito rides for the "sweet release" of peeing and the pleasure of returning to bed after a midnight bathroom run:
    • "I just had the most toe-curling orgasm of my life thinking about waking up in the middle of night peeing and then getting back in bed." — Benito [43:12]
  • Mary Beth rides for kids having debit cards.
  • Practical life advice: always pee after sex (“to avoid UTIs”), and don’t try to treat UTIs at home—just get the meds.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “The podcast hosts were paid thousands... We weren’t. This is Free. Lovecorn just sent me this box.” — Benito [01:55]
• “Crunchiest snack ever.” — quoting Love Corn packaging [03:50]
• “This is a Dear Media podcast. So Audio Jungle.” — Benito & Mary Beth [02:30]
• “Fuck corn. Isn’t it crazy to know that someone stuck a corn in the cob up their ass? Like, it’s... What is it?... Murphy’s Law.” — Benito [04:46]
• “I just wish we recorded it.” (on the perfect house prank) — Mary Beth [09:27]
• “If my parents had given me a debit card at 6, I would have run train through the Boise town square.” — Benito [22:40]
• “Letting kids have debit cards and learning how money works is so important.” — Mary Beth [24:49]
• “Peeing is a communal experience.” — Mary Beth [33:58]
• “Abolish the police and urinals.” — Mary Beth [35:00]
• “The folklore that comes about from just people, like, feeling so much shame for taking a dump.” — Benito [37:16]
• “Odysseus took a really long dump, and when he came back, he was like, you will not believe what happened.” — Mary Beth [38:39]
• “Go piss, girl.” — Mary Beth, closing the episode [45:49]

Important Segments (Timestamps)

• [00:35]: Intro to Heritage Collection concept and re-airing iconic moments.
• [01:39 - 08:13]: Love Corn unboxing, merch fashion show, and riffing on snack branding.
• [08:18 - 13:09]: Pranks—classic, collaborative, and selfless varieties.
• [17:09 - 28:43]: Financial literacy, debit cards for kids, and childhood consumer tales.
• [32:41 - 44:59]: The philosophy, technique, and sociology of peeing.
• [42:32 - 45:49]: “Ride or Die” declarations—peeing, debit cards, and self-care advice.

Tone and Style

The episode is punchy, irreverent, full of absurd tangents, and vivid storytelling. Both hosts trade affectionate teasing and looping callbacks, unafraid to blend “bimbo” energy with flashes of real insight into friendship, bodily autonomy, and capitalist culture.

Summary for New Listeners

This Heritage Collection episode is pure, unfiltered Ride: equal parts nonsense and nostalgia, never afraid to get weird, warm, or a bit gross. It celebrates small joys (a snack box, a prank, a good pee) and pokes at the awkwardness—and unexpected profundity—of growing up with too much agency and not quite enough shame. Whether it’s the memory of a steaming snowbank, a prank gone perfectly, or the thrill of charging up a Disney Store at six, Benito and Mary Beth remind listeners to “find love in the little things”—and never, ever be ashamed to pee sitting down.

Final words:
"Go piss, girl." — Mary Beth [45:49]
"Run it." — Benito (on owning childhood agency) [28:38]

Start from the top and go down. We ride at dawn!