Vault: PSA Ethan

Summary

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The Bert Show – “Vault: PSA Ethan”

Date: December 2, 2025
Host: The Bert Show crew (Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, and others)
Theme: “Revenge Stories” & a shocking on-air Public Service Announcement

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into tales of revenge after romantic betrayals—cheating, heartbreak, and the wild things people do when pushed to their emotional limits. Listeners call in with raw stories of anger-fueled actions, ranging from property destruction to brilliantly subtle sabotage. The episode’s apex is an unexpected, fiery public service announcement from a caller scorned by a cheating boyfriend, serving a dose of real drama that ripples through the Bert Show and (presumably) Atlanta’s professional community.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. How People React When Wronged (01:32–04:48)

• The segment opens with callers sharing how they lashed out at an ex after discovering infidelity.
• Common thread: When caught in emotional turmoil, people often act irrationally, with little thought for consequences.
• Bert and the crew reflect on the “cooling off period” and why people sometimes skip it.

Notable Caller Stories:

• Jackie’s Story (01:45–02:35):
  Found her girlfriend cheating, cut up all her clothes, poured lighter fluid, and burned them in the basement—not realizing the risk to the house.

  • “The stupid thing was, is I could have caught the house on fire.” — Jackie [02:29]
  • Hosts compare this to a “Waiting to Exhale moment” [02:27]

• Christina’s Story (03:03–04:48):
  Discovered her partner was cheating after moving states; retaliated by destroying and bleaching his belongings, tossing some into a nearby lake.

  • “Everything that was around me that was his… I just completely tore it up.” — Christina [04:14]
  • “I was so angry I had to leave and come back to Atlanta because I didn’t want to spend time in jail.” — Christina [04:48–05:00]

2. Creative and Subtle Revenge (05:07–07:22)

• The hosts introduce “Nicole” via voice disguiser:
  After learning of infidelity, she cleaned her ex’s toothbrush in the toilet and hid shrimp under his carpet to create a lingering rotten smell.
  • “I cut a hole in the carpet, and I put a piece of shrimp underneath the carpet… It smells horrible and he just cannot figure out, what is that smell?” — Nicole [06:16–06:25]
• Crew jokes about the cleverness and planning involved.
  • “Only a woman could come up with an idea like that.” — Bert Show Cast [06:18]
• Reflection on how rage can bring out either chaotic or laser-focused creativity.

3. The Public Service Announcement: “Ethan Exposed” (08:43–10:10)

• After hyping the unpredictability of live calls, the crew airs a call from a woman who essentially doxxes her cheating boyfriend "Ethan," giving explicit details about his infidelity, naming names, and threatening to email explicit material to all parties’ employers and spouses.
• The original live call included unbleeped full names—a mistake that made it out before edits.

Notable Quote:

• PSA Caller:
  “I just want to say to Ethan that Ethan shouldn’t leave his laptop up and running on the kitchen table when his girlfriend spends the night... Because if she wanted to, Ethan’s girlfriend could email herself all of his contacts and forward herself all the emails you exchanged with the slut. And as soon as she gets home, she could email all of those to all your coworkers. She could even take drunken naked vacation photos from the Fourth of July weekend and send them as well... And to the whore named Sarah, who is married, you are a piece of trash. And to her husband, Raj, I’m going to call you and tell you everything when I get home tonight. So I hope all of you have a great day.” [08:51–10:10]

• The hosts are left stunned by the intensity and specificity of the call.

  • “And she was gone. And she was out.” — Hosts [10:10–10:12]
  • “I don’t think Raj is gonna have a good day.” — Cast [10:13]

4. Host Reflections and Reactions (10:11–10:38)

• The crew discusses the real-world fallout—original unedited names released, possible repercussions for those mentioned.
• “Somewhere around Atlanta, there was a lot of friction going on because of that.” [10:21]
• A mix of awe, concern, and dark humor prevails as they process the on-air drama.

5. Another Call: Escalation to Violence (10:53–12:12)

• Angela’s Story:
  After learning of her boyfriend’s betrayal, she physically attacked him and then his new car—slashing, smashing with bricks, even pouring cement into the engine.

  • “Took all the bricks, threw in the car and completely ruined the car and had to come tow it.” — Angela [11:40–11:45]
  • “You did so much damage with bricks that they had to actually tow it away.” — Cast [11:40]

• Hosts comment on the physical power of adrenaline and how people surprise themselves when enraged.

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “You see red, you’re so irate. You want to hurt somebody.” — Host [01:56]
• “Everything that was around me that was his... I just completely tore it up.” — Christina [04:14]
• “I put a piece of shrimp underneath the carpet... he just cannot figure out, what is that smell?” — Nicole [06:16]
• “I just want to say to Ethan…” — PSA Caller (full takedown of Ethan, Sarah, and Raj) [08:51–10:10]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:32 – Segment opens, Bert Show crew introduces theme and first caller
• 01:45 – Jackie’s revenge story (clothes-burning incident)
• 03:03 – Christina’s revenge story (bleaching, lake toss, postpartum anger)
• 05:07 – Nicole, the “silent devil,” details shrimp-in-the-carpet plot
• 08:43 – PSA Ethan call begins (main viral clip)
• 10:11 – Immediate crew/debrief reactions
• 10:53 – Angela recounts her brick-and-cement-battering of her ex’s car
• 12:31 – Hosts comment on the nature of rage-fueled actions

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Overall Tone & Takeaway

The tone is candid, irreverent, and confessional—equal parts amused and shocked by the lengths to which some people go for revenge. The crew treats each confession with wit and empathy, and the Ethan PSA stands as a shocking instance of live radio drama.

For listeners:
This episode serves as a cathartic and entertaining look at heartbreak, rage, and the sometimes astonishing creativity or destructiveness that follows betrayal. It’s also a cautionary tale: beware what you do when “seeing red”—and maybe keep your laptop locked.

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Transcript

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The bird show it was a. It was a riveting minute and 20 seconds yesterday of a call that we took about a guy named Ethan. We will play it for you here in just a couple of seconds. Good morning, Jackie. You were on Q100.

[D]

Good morning.

[H]

How are you guys this morning?

[G]

Good.

[F]

Now, even before you tell us what you did, we all totally understand. You know, it's like you just go through this period. If you don't have that cooling off period, you're capable of doing just about anything.

[H]

You see red, you're so irate. You want to. You want to hurt somebody.

[F]

What was the infraction that got you so crazy?

[H]

It was about 14 years ago. I was dating this girl and I went to my mom's and come home Come back. We were living together, and she was in the backyard with this other girl doing some things. And I was like, you know, we got in an argument, she left with her. Well, when she left and took all.

[C]

Her clothes out of the closet, all.

[H]

Her clothes out of the drawers, went to the basement, cut them up, took lighter fluid, put them on them, and lit them all on fire.

[I]

It's a waiting to exhale moment.

[F]

Yeah, that's right.

[H]

Oh, it was horrible. But the stupid thing was, is I could have caught the house on fire.

[I]

Oh, you did it in the basement.

[H]

Yeah.

[F]

You don't even think about that.

[C]

All that'll happen. That would have really taught her a lesson if you'd burned the house.

[I]

You have no home to come back to.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

I'll tell you why there are no guys on the line. Because when we're in that period that just got burned period, the way that we lash out is we go and we have sex with the closest available woman.

[C]

Ah.

[F]

We. We. We can't calculate quick enough. We're just angry. And it all goes back to sex for us. Good morning, Christina. You're on Q100. Hi.

[D]

Good morning. How you doing?

[F]

Good. How are you?

[D]

I'm okay. I just really wanted to comment on what you were talking about this morning. I dated a guy where we lived together four years and had two children by him. And we moved. We made a decision to move with his family into Florida. I came back. Back to Atlanta for a while, but I went back to Florida. And at the time I was here, he had met somebody else, and he didn't tell me. So, I mean, you know, keep in mind, I have two children, so I kind of wanted to make everything work out. You know what I'm saying?

[I]

Right.

[D]

So I found out about this chick, and I just went crazy. I was like, the devil. Now my kids are, like, a year apart, so that means I was going through postpartum depression. And just.

[H]

Just.

[D]

I just was. I just felt horrible. I felt like nothing. So I cut all his clothes. I took. He had a lot of Timberland boots, a lot of stuff that this chick had bought him. I made sure I bleached them right. His dad lived by, like, a lake. I just threw some of the stuff in the lake. I just. Everything that was around me that was his. I just. I just completely tore it up.

[C]

So if you're gonna cheat. If you're gonna cheat on the girl you're with, the key is to have a locking closet. Because I'm saying that so far.

[D]

Yeah. Well, I Guess. But, I mean, I just. Some of the stuff wasn't even his, and I tore it up, but I just was angry. And. You know, you do things when you're angry that you turn into a whole nother person.

[I]

You're like the Tasmanian Devil. You're just going in a room, and I don't care. There's a shirt there. I'm cutting it up or I'm burning it or I'm throwing it in the lake.

[F]

Well, when you're in that period, I think one of two things happens to you. You either start to calm down as you're doing this, or you start to get angrier and angrier.

[D]

I think it made me even just. Oh, my God, I was just so angry. I was so angry I had to leave and come back to Atlanta because I didn't want to just, like, you know, spend time in jail or anything. You know what I'm saying?

[F]

That's really. I was so mad, I had to leave the state. That is mad. 4047411 005.

[H]

Voice disguiser, please.

[I]

So great.

[F]

Hey, Nicole. Good Morning. You're on Q100. Hi.

[G]

Good morning. How are you? Good.

[F]

You're on the voice disguiser. Nobody can recognize your voice.

[G]

Okay. The only reason I wanted to be on the voice disguiser, because I'm actually a silent devil. He doesn't know that I did this.

[F]

Okay.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

The silent devil is the worst kind.

[I]

This is even more psychotic.

[G]

So, pretty much, I decided to stay in Atlanta. I got a job somewhere else, and I started dating this guy for about eight months. And, you know, I decided not to move and stay with this current job that I have for him. And I found out he was cheating on me, in a nutshell. So I was living with him. So before I moved out, I took his toothbrush and I cleaned the toilet with it. And this is the worst thing that I did ever. And I feel really bad about it. I cut a hole in the carpet, and I put a piece of shrimp underneath the carpet, some shrimp.

[C]

So it started to stink up.

[F]

Only a woman could come up with.

[G]

An idea like that.

[I]

That's clever. She rolls the blueprints out on the desk.

[G]

I know there's probably baggage, and it smells horrible. And he just cannot figure out, what is that smell?

[C]

That is awesome.

[I]

You know, somebody listening right now just went like, that's it.

[C]

I gotta give me a.

[I]

Trying to come up with something to do. And that's it.

[F]

Now it seems to me like one of two things happen also when you're in this stage is either that everything is a big blur to you and you're just cutting things up and pouring bleach and setting things on fire in the basement, or you become uber focused.

[G]

And you think, shrimp in the carpet.

[F]

Yeah.

[G]

Hey, I don't want to do anything that he can call the police on me about. Oh, but I want to hurt him, but I don't want them to know I just met.

[F]

Yeah.

[I]

I just imagine some women, like in the basement with exposed light bulb swinging as they have the diorama or the miniature village, you know, built on how they're going to do the plan.

[G]

Yeah, I had a blueprint. I planned it out, had an agenda. This first.

[F]

Beautiful. Thanks for calling, Nicole. Appreciate it.

[C]

Hold like the ski mask down over her face.

[I]

It's great.

[F]

So this is the mentality on the show yesterday. I don't. I think we just came out of talking about something. I think I even said to Melissa, here's what we're going to do next.

[G]

Y.

[F]

You know, you lead us through the next five minutes and then this phone call comes in and Jeff just writes up, we have somebody that wants to do a public service on the bird show. The call came out of absolutely nowhere yesterday. And when it happened at the time, what you're going to hear is some beeped out names. Jeff and I were so shell shocked by the whole thing that we didn't even hit delay. So the people that you hear in this clip, some somewhere around Atlanta yesterday, were called out by their coworkers or friends or family members. And it was really, really uncomfortable.

[I]

She says the full names, full names. You won't hear it in the replay, but in the first time it aired, it was the full names. And we definitely encourage this behavior.

[F]

Yes. We don't believe in a cooling off period at all. Like, when you're really, really. When you're at the height of your anger, you call us. You don't cool off. You don't call your best friend. How dare you?

[I]

Right.

[C]

Why would you even think that?

[F]

So this is the call we take yesterday comes absolutely out of nowhere. And the mentality we're thinking is she just found out. In retrospect, she must have just found out this guy was screwing around on her. And she's like, she can't come up with the shrimp in the carpet idea.

[D]

Right.

[F]

She can't come up with the bleaching, the clothes or the setting the clothes on fire in the basement. So the first thing she does is she picks up the phone and she calls us Hello?

[J]

Hey, I just have a public service announcement for one of your listeners. I just want to say to Ethan that Ethan shouldn't leave his laptop up and running on the kitchen table when his girlfriend spends the night, especially if he's been trading emails for months with a married co worker that he's been doing at lunch and after work. Because if she wanted to, Ethan's girlfriend could email herself all of his contacts and forward herself all of the emails that you have exchanged with the slut. And as soon as she gets home, she could email all of those to all of your co workers. She could even take drunken naked vacation photos from the fourth of July weekend and send them as well. So everyone, including the slut you were doing, knows about your shortcomings. And to the whore named Sarah, who is married, you are a piece of trash. And to her husband, Raj, I'm going to call you and tell you everything when I get home tonight. So I hope all of you have a great day.

[F]

And she was gone.

[I]

And that was it.

[F]

And she was out.

[C]

I don't think Raj is gonna have a good day.

[I]

Well, maybe depending on what she did with him last night, maybe he had a great day.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

Now, once again, the names of those people were clear as day yesterday. Clear as day. So somewhere around Atlanta, there was a lot of friction going on because of that.

[I]

First and last names, loud and clear.

[C]

And I'm a little disappointed that we haven't been forwarded those emails yet. So if you work with them, you can go ahead. You know where to find us.

[F]

Like, normally after something like that, the guy will call up to say, please don't ever play that again. Or somebody will know these people and call us back and say, oh, I work in the office with these people. You don't even know what this happened. Hey, Angela, good morning. You're on Q100.

[G]

Hey, good morning, guys.

[F]

Hey, how are you?

[H]

I got a story for you guys.

[I]

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[H]

I was dating this guy back in 1998. I had a son for him, was pregnant with his daughter, found out he was cheating on me with this girl, taking my son to her house, saying that it was his sister's son. And when I found out, I completely lost it. Not only not only did I take a horse leather belt to him, and he had to jump through the window when he jumped to the window. And I couldn't get a hold of him. I got a hold of his brand new 1998 Honda Civic his dad just bought him. And his dad was building a studio and the bricks that was by the. On the outside of the house. Took all the bricks, threw in the car and completely ruined the car and had to come tow it.

[C]

You did so much damage with bricks that they had to actually tow it away.

[H]

I slashed tires. I mean, open up the hood, you know, threw bricks in the sand, cement into the engine. I mean, I just totally, total, total. The car.

[F]

You're so proud of it though, aren't you?

[D]

Yes, I am.

[F]

Of course you are.

[I]

It's one of those things that like, after you're done, you didn't realize you had that much strength. When the adrenaline's flowing, you're like, wow.

[C]

You're like, hey, look at me.

[I]

Look at my work. I am powerful.

[F]

Or you scare yourself. Or you're like, when it's all done and all the adrenaline is gone, you're like, oh my God, did I just do that or you don't realize the power you have. Oh my God. I was the person that just came up with the shrimp and the carpet idea. Where did that come from?

[I]

That's not me.

[C]

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