The Bert Show – Vault: Is Her Husband Lying About Calling Escorts?!
Original Air Date: February 2, 2026
Podcast: The Bert Show (Pionaire Podcasting)
Participants: Bert, multiple co-hosts, Judy (caller), Jennifer (caller)
Episode Overview
This episode centers around Judy, a listener who suspects her husband of infidelity. Judy recounts her recent discoveries of flirtatious emails, unexplained strip club receipts, and repeated calls to escort services across multiple cities. Frustrated by his denials and improbable excuses, Judy seeks the Bert Show team's guidance—and their characteristic lie detector—to find “100% proof.” The conversation balances empathy, humor, and direct advice as the hosts and other callers discuss Judy’s marriage, the evidence, and the difficult decisions she faces.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Judy's Suspicion and Investigation
- Marriage Background: Judy and her husband have been married for three and a half years. He travels frequently for work.
- Flirtatious Emails: Judy found emails her husband sent to another woman. The emails were flirty, suggested meeting up, and included his phone number.
- Judy: “One [email] said, hey, you know, call me. Gave a cell phone number. The other one said, call the woman sexy, and said, we should get together sometime.” (00:37)
- Husband’s Excuse: Husband claims the emails were a prank by a friend using his computer, which Judy does not believe.
2. Strip Club Receipts and Social Context
- Judy discovered receipts for strip clubs her husband didn't tell her about.
- Judy: “He admitted he had gone to the strip clubs. Didn’t tell me. Had no clue.” (01:51)
- Timing and Group Size: The hosts debate what level of strip club activity is “incriminating.”
- Host: “If the receipt is for 1:30 in the morning on a Friday or Saturday night, acceptable. If it’s for 11:30 or noon during the week, then you might have a problem.” (02:19)
- Odd Company: Further suspicion arises because her husband never took her to a strip club and sometimes went with a co-worker’s wife—a situation described as odd by the hosts and Judy herself.
3. Phone Records and Escort Services
- Judy found calls to escort services in three different cities.
- Judy: “Well, I kept digging, started going through the phone record, and started finding some weird numbers at, you know, at night..." (03:59)
- Husband’s Excuse: Her husband says these calls were made for laughs, as part of a game with his friend—calling 10 escort services in one night.
- Host: “Your husband has quite a sense of humor.” (04:48)
- Bert: “Is your husband 16?” (04:53)
- Skepticism about Volume of Calls: The hosts mock the idea of “comparison shopping” for escorts, noting that making so many calls is suspicious.
- Bert: “I can understand making maybe one or two phone calls... But when you’re on phone call number seven, like, what are you getting?” (05:19)
4. Emotional Impact and Clinging to Hope
- Judy expresses doubt but also a strong hope that her husband is telling the truth.
- Judy: “I have that shred of hope. I love my husband and I just…I want him to be telling the truth.” (07:09)
- The hosts press Judy on whether she would accept his denials even with concrete proof from a lie detector.
5. Advice from the Hosts and Other Callers
- Perspective Flip: Hosts ask Judy what she’d say to a friend in her situation.
- Judy: “I’d tell my friend to get the hell out.” (08:28)
- Caller Testimony: Jennifer, another caller, shares her own heartbreak from ignoring clear signs of infidelity.
- Jennifer: “…Sweetheart, you have all the evidence in front of you. Don’t do like I did. I’m now having a child with him, and he’s gone.” (09:38)
- Hosts and callers consistently advise that Judy already has enough evidence, and a lie detector will not change her reality.
6. Marriage Counseling and Decisions Ahead
- Marriage Counseling: Judy and her husband have begun counseling, and the possibility of a lie detector test was discussed, but her husband resists.
- Judy: “…The counselor said, whatever she needs you to do to prove you need to do it. A lie detector was mentioned, and he said that he wasn’t really crazy about it.” (10:12)
- Decisional Crossroads: The hosts stress that Judy needs to decide what she will do with the truth—leave or stay. They note that many women stay despite overwhelming evidence.
- Caller/Commentator 1: “I just think you have to figure out what you’re gonna do with the news regardless.” (11:46)
7. Children and Family Dynamics
- Judy shares that they have a two-year-old together and two other children in the family.
- Judy: “We have one child together. We have a two-year-old together. And… I have two other children.” (08:59)
- She describes her husband as a wonderful father and partner in every other respect, which complicates her decision.
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
-
On the Ridiculousness of the Excuses:
- Bert: “Is your husband 16?” (04:53)
- Host: “Your husband has quite a sense of humor.” (04:48)
-
On Self-Deception vs. 100% Proof:
-
Host: “If a friend of yours was coming to you with the exact same examples… what would you say to your friend?”
-
Judy: “I’d tell my friend to get the hell out.” (08:28)
-
Jennifer (caller): “Don’t do like I did. I’m now having a child with him, and he’s gone. He flat out is making excuses for everything, and I’ve caught him for everything he’s done. You don’t need a lie detector…” (09:38)
-
-
On the Lie Detector:
- Host: “But I think you already know what the results are gonna be. I don’t think it’s gonna be shocking. I’d be more shocked…if he passed.” (12:33)
- Judy: “I just want the 100% truth.” (12:47)
Timestamps for Key Segments
- Judy introduces her husband’s suspicious behavior – 00:09
- Discovery and confrontation about flirty emails – 00:37
- Strip club receipt revelations – 01:36
- Debate: group vs. solo strip club visits – 02:31
- Analysis of phone records and escort calls – 03:59
- Discussion of dubious husband excuses – 04:36
- Judy’s emotional struggle, hope, and doubt – 07:09
- Hosts flip perspective: “What would you tell a friend?” – 08:28
- Caller Jennifer’s cautionary tale – 09:07
- Discussion of counseling & the lie detector – 10:08
- Deliberation: staying vs. leaving – 11:46
Tone & Style
Throughout, the hosts maintain their trademark balance of wit and real talk—mixing humor, empathy, and blunt advice. Judy’s vulnerability is treated with care, and the group’s honest banter brings levity to a tough subject. The episode shows the cast’s chemistry and willingness to tackle complex emotional issues with authenticity and humor.
Summary
This episode encapsulates the Bert Show’s approach to listener relationship drama: providing a supportive space, uncompromising honesty, and a heavy dose of down-to-earth humor. Judy’s story is a cautionary tale about trusting your intuition, the limits of proof in relationships, and the emotional complexity of betrayal—particularly when children are involved. While a lie detector is promised as a next step, the consensus is clear: Judy already knows the truth, and the challenge now is deciding what to do with it.