Vault: Bert Wants To Test His Sexy Underwear Theory

Summary

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Episode Title: Vault: Bert Wants To Test His Sexy Underwear Theory
Date: January 28, 2026
Host: Bert and The Bert Show Cast (Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, others)
Podcast: The Bert Show | Pionaire Podcasting

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Episode Overview

In this lively and humorous segment, Bert introduces a unique social experiment inspired by a listener’s late-night confession: does wearing sexy underwear to bed—even if you’re alone—actually boost your confidence the next day? The hosts reach out to single female listeners to see who’s willing to try this for a week, promising a follow-up to gauge whether self-confidence really gets a lift from some lacy lingerie at bedtime.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Origin of the Theory

• Bert recounts: At a recent show event, a devoted (and very drunk) listener shared that wearing sexy clothes to bed, just for herself, noticeably improved her daily confidence—even in non-romantic circumstances.
  • Bert (00:01): “She realized years ago that she had more confidence in her everyday life if she went to bed wearing sexy clothes. Even if she was alone.”
• Quick consensus: The team agrees this is a psychological effect—how you feel in your clothes can set the tone for the next day.
  • Host (01:22): “It’s all mental... you put on the outfit that fits perfectly and looks perfectly, and you just feel—you walk a little taller. I think applying it to the night before, you’d feel the same way next day.”

2. Setting Up The Experiment

• Plan: Bert calls for three single women who usually sleep in comfy, non-sexy gear (think old tees or sweats) to wear sexy lingerie to bed for a week—strictly for themselves.
  • Bert (02:11): “I’m looking for three single women to try this... you’re not putting this stuff on for your boyfriend. This is strictly for you and you only.”
• Follow-up: They’ll check back with the participants the following Monday to see if there’s any noticeable change in confidence or attitude.
  • Bert (02:36): “Talk to three women today and have you do it all week long and then talk to you next Monday... see if we could turn our theory into reality.”

3. Listener Experiences and Reactions

• Rachel calls in: She’s done this before and confirms the confidence boost.
  • Rachel (03:16): “When you go to bed, like wearing that and you wake up the next morning... God, I’m sexy. Gives you that push for the rest of the day.”
• Cassie connects: Expresses how small personal rituals contribute to feeling put together, like shaving her legs:
  • Cassie (03:40): “If I have shaved, my legs feel better throughout the day. Isn’t that weird?”
• Kim: Recently divorced, usually wears tees and yoga pants, open to the experiment. The team advises using “new” lingerie not tied to memories of her ex.
  • Cassie (05:41): “If some of those pieces are tied to experiences with your ex husband—you gotta get some new stuff.”
• Amber: All about the giant t-shirt for bed, rarely uses her "nicer stuff," but willing to give it a try for a week.
  • Amber (06:32): “A giant T shirt. That’s my pajamas.”
• Another caller: Recently went through a breakup, sees this as a possible confidence lift during a tough week.
  • Caller (07:18): “I lost my boyfriend on Saturday. Maybe this will help give me a pick me up.”
• Kishwana: Abstinent for years due to faith, but up for reclaiming some confidence and spark for herself.
  • Kishwana (08:28): “I’ve been abstinent for almost three years.”
• Nikki: Regularly wears sexy lingerie to bed and swears by its effectiveness.
  • Nikki (09:10): “I do it all the time. It works... I love myself. It works.”

4. Psychological and Emotional Insights

• Hosts note: For effectiveness, the underwear shouldn’t trigger sad or negative emotions; ditch stuff heavily associated with exes.
  • Cassie (05:41): “If that’s gonna bring you down, you gotta get some new stuff.”
• Underlying theme: Treating yourself to things that make you feel attractive is empowering—even if it’s private.

5. Humorous Moments & Show Banter

• Banter about “dumpy t-shirts” and staying comfortable vs. feeling sexy.
  • Host (02:45): “The old mixer T-shirt that you’ve had since like 1990, it just won’t go away. Like the paint is sort of chipped off of it.”
• Joking about fire hazards and being caught in sexy sleepwear alone
  • Host (06:56): “She’s scared to be alone because, like, her house is going to catch on fire and... she’s all dressed all sexy—‘I’m just trying to be confident!’”
• Good-natured teasing around faith and sexuality:
  • Host (08:50): “Also, just so you know, your new faith sucks. I don’t even know what it is, but if it doesn’t allow you to... have sex—you may want to change back.”
  • Caller (09:01): “Christians can be sexy, too.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Bert (01:00): “She would get up the next morning and she felt more confident all day long.”
• Rachel (03:16): “God, I’m sexy—give you that push for the rest of the day... you strut in your step.”
• Cassie (05:41): “If some of those pieces are too tied to experiences with your ex husband... you may want to ditch those and get some new ones.”
• Amber (06:32): “A giant T shirt. Okay, that’s my pajamas.”
• Kishwana (08:28): “I’ve been abstinent for almost three years.”
• Nikki (09:10): “When I get up in the morning... I’m like, wow! I do it all the time. It works.”

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Key Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:01 – 02:10: Introduction of the “sexy underwear theory” and initial group reactions
• 02:11 – 03:55: Call for volunteers and discussion on typical bedtime clothing
• 03:12 – 03:44: First listener (Rachel) shares her positive experience
• 04:08 – 05:16: Recruitment of Kim and advice about emotional baggage/laundry
• 06:11 – 06:53: Amber volunteers, describes her typical attire
• 07:11 – 07:48: Recently-single listener joins, motivated by a breakup
• 08:13 – 08:50: Kishwana’s abstinence and self-empowerment journey
• 09:10 – 09:44: Nikki’s confident testimonial
• 09:44 – 09:56: Wrap-up and commitment to check in next week

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Tone & Style

The show stays true to its irreverent, supportive, and authentic style: playful, empathetic, honest, and full of laughter. The hosts uplift, tease, and encourage, ensuring the segment is both informative and entertaining.

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Summary Conclusion

This episode playfully examines the psychological impact of private rituals like wearing sexy underwear to bed purely for oneself. The hosts engage listeners both as participants and as a sounding board for what builds confidence, successfully setting up a week-long experiment grounded in fun, empathy, and relatability. The consensus? Sometimes, a little lace is all it takes to strut through your Monday. The results will be revealed in a future follow-up.

Transcript

[A]

The Burt show.

[B]

Alright, So I want to test a theory, test drive a theory on a couple of Burt show listeners over the next couple of days. And this is not my theory. This is a theory that came from Bitterball, from a really, really drunk Burt show listener late in the night. And I think I sifted through the inebriation and the slurring to get to what she was saying. And at the root of it, it made sense to me, but I thought I would like to at least try it.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

All right. So she corners me and she listens every day. And you know, the more alcohol you have in you at an event like this, the more people will open up to you about what they think of the show or how they can help out, especially if they're a big time listener.

[D]

Right?

[B]

So she said to me that she realized, at least this is what I think she was getting at. She realized years ago that she had more confidence in her everyday life if she went to bed wearing sexy clothes. Even if she was alone.

[C]

Even if she was alone. Okay?

[B]

So she's there by herself in her one bedroom apartment. There's no man there, there's no husband, there's no boyfriend, there's no nothing. But she realized that if she gets herself all dressed sexy as though something was going to happen, like she put some stuff on from Victoria's Secret, that she would get up the next morning and she felt more confident all day long.

[C]

Hmm, that's funny. That's actually a great theory.

[B]

Is it?

[A]

I could totally understand that. Why? Because I think it's all mental. Like you know how it is when you are going out anywhere, you're going out to steal something from Lowe's or have a big fancy date night out or go to work or whatever you're gonna do. You know that when you put on the outfit that fits perfectly and looks perfectly and you look in the mirror and you're like, wow, I came together nice today. Then you just feel you walk a little taller, a little more of a strut. And I just think it's a mental thing. So I think applying it to the night before, if you look good in that stuff and you put an outfit on that makes you look great at night and you feel good and confident in that, then there's no reason when you wake up the next day that you would not feel the same way. You know what I'm saying?

[C]

It kind of carries over.

[B]

Yeah, let me get fun on that. 404-74-01Q100 because I'm looking for three single women to try this on, okay? That you're not going to have a guy over. You're not putting this stuff on for your boyfriend. This is strictly for you and you only. And you're not wearing it the next day either. At least that's what I didn't. I mean, you don't have it on underneath your clothes.

[C]

No, you just wear it to night.

[B]

You're just wearing it to bed at night. In the morning you take it off and then you'll have a different attitude the next day. I would like to test that for a whole week.

[A]

The girls that you need, though are girls who normally go to bed wearing like, sweats, an ex boyfriend's boxer shorts, and an old T shirt.

[C]

The big dumpy T shirt.

[A]

Yeah, like you need something.

[B]

The old mixer T shirt that you've had since like 1990, it just won't go away. Like the paint is sort of like chipped off of it and stuff.

[A]

Yeah, those things are really comfortable for some reason though.

[B]

404-741-Q100. What I'd like to do is, like talk to three women today and then have you do it all week long and then talk to you next Monday right around the same time to see if we could turn our theory into reality. Like, this would be a piece of advice that we could give to women.

[C]

Yeah, I think it's a great idea.

[B]

Rachel, good morning. You're on Q100.

[E]

Good morning.

[B]

Good morning.

[E]

Yeah, I've actually done it before and it's really helped me out because there'll be times when, you know, you just feel really dumpy about yourself. And when you go to bed, like wearing that and you wake up the next morning, you just look, you have like, God, I'm sexy. Give you that push for the rest of the day that, you know, you strut in your step.

[B]

Wow.

[E]

I love it.

[B]

It's a great idea.

[C]

I feel, I feel the same way about shaving my legs. I know that sounds really dumb, but like, if I have, if I have shaved, my legs feel better throughout the day. Isn't that weird? I don't know.

[B]

I don't shave my legs.

[A]

Is it weird? Melissa, you're gonna be cool.

[C]

I could see.

[D]

I mean, if you're just. Yeah, I mean, if you're put together, I guess because maybe it's the same with a guy. Like if you were a clean shaven dude and then one day you're, you don't shave, then maybe the rest of the day just don't have the same confidence. You don't feel together.

[B]

Good morning, Kim. You're on Q100.

[E]

Hey.

[B]

Hey. How are you?

[E]

Good, thanks.

[B]

Okay. Kim, you are single?

[E]

Yes.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Okay. Normally this. Will you ask her what she wears to be normally?

[C]

What are you sleeping? What are your PJs, just like a.

[E]

T shirt and yoga pants or something?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

All right, perfect.

[C]

And you've got the sexier lingerie and stuff like that somewhere in the back of your drawer, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

I've only been divorced a couple of months, so I'm still in that man hating stage.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

And you got a drawer full from your lingerie shower back in the day.

[E]

It's dusty, but it's there.

[C]

It's dusty. Well, dust it off and start sleeping in it.

[B]

All right. Yeah. Here's what we're gonna ask you to do. Go ahead, wash it and then put it on for the next five nights or seven nights or whatever. And we'll check back with you next Monday and we'll see if it not only gives you like this inner confidence just walking around, but like business wise. Because this is what the listener slurred to me is that it helped her out in all sorts of ways. Not only did she feel sexier in the morning and she felt like she had this different kind of mojo.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But in business, when you're more confident woman, you are better at business.

[E]

Okay, so like all day long I'm gonna be all that.

[D]

Supposedly, if you wear then the next day, the confidence will last all day long.

[A]

And I think when Bird says take it out and wash it, you also want to make sure because it needs to make you feel good and feel sexy. So if got some 1876 corset, lace me up stuff.

[E]

No.

[B]

Okay. Unless that's your thing, makes you feel sexy.

[E]

I've been really young in 1976.

[C]

Well, I will say too, is that you know how women tie emotions to everything. So if some of those pieces are too tied to experiences with your ex husband.

[B]

That's a great idea.

[C]

You may want to ditch those and get some new ones. Because I know if I was putting on something. Oh, I wore this on my honeymoon. All I would think about is the honeymoon and the person that you're wearing. You know, your ex husband. So if that's gonna bring you down, you gotta get some new stuff.

[B]

All right, Kim, hold on one sec. All right, we wanna get your phone number. We'll call you back next Monday.

[E]

Okay.

[B]

Hold on.

[D]

Good luck.

[B]

Good morning, amber, you're on Q100.

[E]

Hi, how are you? Good.

[B]

The Theory here is that if you dress sexy to bed, nobody around, you're just doing this just for you, that you'll be a more confident woman the next day. Do you buy it?

[E]

I'm willing to give it a try.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

If it's something that, you know, I really feel good, then maybe I'll keep doing it.

[D]

So what do you normally wear to bed?

[E]

A giant T shirt. Okay, that's my pajamas.

[C]

But you've got the nicer stuff, right?

[E]

Yeah, I have the good stuff. I just don't break it out quite often.

[B]

Okay, well, here's perfect reason. Just wear it for the next seven nights or six nights, and we'll check back with you on Monday.

[E]

Okay.

[B]

And we'll see if you have a. Just a little more confidence about you.

[E]

All right, I'll do it.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

She seemed all nervous.

[A]

Yeah, she's scared to be alone because, like, her house is going to catch on fire and they're going to go in and try to rescue someone else because she's all dressed all sexy and she's. No, I'm just trying to be confident. I'm here alone.

[C]

Great theory, though.

[B]

Good morning, Q100.

[E]

Good morning.

[B]

Good morning.

[E]

How are you?

[B]

Good, how are you?

[E]

I'm surviving.

[D]

Surviving.

[E]

Surviving.

[B]

The bar is set pretty low.

[E]

I figured I might as well give this a try. I lost my boyfriend on Saturday. Maybe this will help. Give me a pick me up.

[B]

He broke up with you?

[E]

Oh, It's a long, long story, but no. Basically went golfing, got drunk, dui, and we're done.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

The trifecta of winner. Okay.

[E]

Yes.

[B]

All right, so the breakup you said happened on Saturday, and you want to try this just for a week to see if it can quickly restore your confidence.

[E]

Yes. Yes.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

I think Jen's advice to you is probably the best. Like, if you use this stuff on.

[C]

Yeah. If it's something that you're gonna be emotionally connected to with him, if it's gonna remind you of experiences with him, then you gotta get some new stuff.

[E]

Oh, no, I always slap in a big T shirt and flannel pajamas, like the flannel bottom. So.

[C]

All right.

[E]

This is something totally new.

[B]

Okay, hold on one sec. I'm gonna take one more call. Good morning, Q100.

[E]

Good morning.

[B]

Good morning. Who's this?

[E]

This is Kishwana.

[B]

All right, Kishwani, you understand how this works, right?

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

You're going to have a different mojo. The theory is that if you wear the sexy stuff to bed and you're just doing it for you.

[D]

Right.

[B]

That you're just going to have a different mojo and a different confidence about you.

[E]

Well, I'm definitely doing it for me because I've been abstinent for almost three years.

[D]

Oh, wow.

[B]

Okay. This will spark some sexy in you.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. I'm just curious, like, what happened to spark the abstinence? Was it just a really bad breakup?

[E]

No, actually. Change in faith.

[B]

Oh, is that right?

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Good for you.

[B]

Deeply religious people can feel confident and sexy.

[A]

Also, just so you know, your new faith sucks. I don't even know what it is, but if it doesn't allow you to.

[D]

Have sex.

[A]

You may want to change back.

[B]

All right, hold on one second.

[E]

Okay, now, look, Christians can be sexy, too.

[B]

Absolutely. Hold on. All right. Nikki said she's done this before, and it's worked. Hey, Nikki.

[C]

Hi.

[B]

Go ahead. Just real quick.

[E]

It does work. I do it at night. When I get up in the morning, I'm like, wow. Yeah, because I'm feeling good right now. I do it all the time. It works.

[B]

So you just put it on for you?

[E]

Yes, it works. It's for me. I love myself. It works.

[B]

And there's really nothing. There's nothing sexual about it, really? You just want to go to bed feeling sexy?

[E]

No, because it doesn't make you feel. When you wake up in the morning, you go to the bathroom. You don't go to the bathroom. You're like, oh, I look good. It works. I guarantee that lady is telling the truth. It works. Because I've been doing it for months. It works.

[B]

All right, that's fine. Thank you.

[C]

That's awesome.

[B]

All right, so we'll check back with them next Monday and we'll see if the theory really holds true, that you're just more confident. I'm all for this.

[C]

I think it's a great idea.

[B]

I'm totally and completely never heard of.

[C]

It, but I think it's a good theory.

[A]

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