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Bert (Host)
The Birch show for months now. We've kind of beaten up Phil Turana because I mean honestly, he has self proclaimed he has no game.
Phil Turana
None whatsoever.
Bert (Host)
Not even a little. Not even a shred of game. Not even little league.
Phil Turana
Well, I've got a little bit of that. I'm just not your. I can't. I can't. I'm not good at spitting the game. I mean, I can talk to people, but I just can't do the spitting.
Emily (Intern)
The game.
Phil Turana
Spitting game. Yeah, but you know, I can't go up to a girl I've never met before and you know, end up with her number. 20 minutes later you have, or 20.
Co-host 1
Hours later, or three days later, or.
Bert (Host)
20 years later, forever. You've even told us that you have never, like, gone through the procedure of asking a woman out. Her saying yes and then you going out on a date.
Phil Turana
I. In my past, I've had three or four major relationships in my life, and each one started with me charming them to the point where they say, hey, let's go do something, because I am so uncomfortable with rejection that I will push, push, push until she asks me out.
Bert (Host)
Imagine that. Just never, ever asking a girl out.
Emily (Intern)
Ever.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Oh, go ahead.
Emily (Intern)
The nervous behavior's already started. He's already bouncing back and forth and turning red.
Co-host 2
Yeah.
Phil Turana
Just talking about asking a woman out.
Bert (Host)
You should have seen him yesterday. We had our intern Jen, in here, and Phil Turana has been digging her since day one. And we called him out on the air yesterday.
Phil Turana
Okay, go ahead.
Bert (Host)
And he was. You were a wreck.
Phil Turana
Yeah, Yeah. I don't, like. I don't want to, like, you know, get done with or anything. I just think she's a hottie. All right?
Co-host 1
And now she's not hearing. Yeah, she's all right. She's just a hottie. I don't. I don't need none of that. Yo wants a piece of this?
Emily (Intern)
You know, I'm just in it for the conversation.
Co-host 1
In reality, yesterday, he came in, he was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I guess. Yeah, yeah, she's hot. Yeah, yeah.
Co-host 2
Okay.
Phil Turana
But as soon as she walked out, I was like, dude, she wants me.
Bert (Host)
Lips were all dry. Had those, you know, kind of like beads of. Just spit in the corners of your mouth. Pathetic.
Phil Turana
Sexy.
Bert (Host)
What you call sexy, I call pathetic.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
All right?
Bert (Host)
He's also told us that when he's had girlfriends, he was really honest with us and told us that he has never been intimate with a woman without his T shirt on.
Emily (Intern)
Right.
Bert (Host)
And that just went off.
Co-host 1
Or a sweatshirt or a down jacket, depending on what's available.
Emily (Intern)
But, I mean, now, one thing I think that we also talked about that Phil, when you were younger, were overweight, right? And I think, you know, we said that we think you still subconsciously feel that you're still that overweight kid, even though you're not as an adult.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Right.
Phil Turana
And it's one of those things where, Yeah, I grew up, and I went through high school as the fat kid, and that's what I was. And I had a lot of friends, but I. I had no girlfriend. So I had to take. Instead of learning how to, you know, be. For lack of a better term, learn how to spit game or really talk to girls, I always had to be the fun guy or the Funny guy or the big brother. You know, I did a lot of theater and I always played the wacky goofy uncle or something like that. You know, I never got to play the good looking guy. So I had to learn how to be fun and not so much charming, if that makes sense.
Emily (Intern)
And so I just wanted to defend him because I know we were teasing him about when you talk about intimacy in the T shirt. I think that all is in the same vein. Like he's still not comfortable enough with his body to be able to shed all clothes when he's intimate.
Co-host 1
Still holding insecurities from high school. Not removing his shirt because of the size of his breasts. And charming people until they ask her out. The problem isn't with his self esteem. He is a chick. Has anyone in this room seen his penis?
Phil Turana
Although I. Oh, Jen did in her dream.
Co-host 1
Like, we've got a woman on our hands.
Phil Turana
Well, I thought that was the case for a while, but when we did the are you straight test, I got a 23 on it.
Bert (Host)
All right, so you're very manly inside.
Phil Turana
Very manly inside.
Co-host 1
Or. Or you're a very manly woman.
Bert (Host)
So what we've got here is a couple of layers that we figured we need to help fill out with a his self esteem.
Emily (Intern)
All right.
Bert (Host)
And we were going to set him up with a personal motivational coach type thing. Did you guys do that while I was out?
Emily (Intern)
No, we got turned down. So yeah, thanks for, thanks for helping us out.
Bert (Host)
His case was too hard and they're like, I can't help that guy.
Emily (Intern)
I mean he got rejected by a life coach. Dude.
Phil Turana
Hey, life is good. What can I say?
Bert (Host)
So we were going to hook him up with a life coach. One that doesn' have any work at all and has a lot of extra time on our hands.
Co-host 1
Or, or a guy down on 14th street with a broken clutch cable. Whoever we can, whoever we can get in studio the quickest.
Bert (Host)
But we also need to help him out physically also. And that's where Corey Waller comes in. Hey, Corey.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Good morning, guys. How are you doing this morning?
Bert (Host)
Good. Cory's one of the deal. Corey's one of these guys that he walks into the, into a room and you just know, okay, there's a guy that works out and he's eating right.
Co-host 2
Total stud.
Bert (Host)
Yeah, hate ya.
Co-host 1
He smells like protein shakes, flaxseed oil. Hasn't had a freaking Cheeto in 31 years.
Emily (Intern)
Broke my hand when he shook it.
Bert (Host)
You know, he's got a calculator and he's calculating all the fat grams he's taking in throughout the day.
Co-host 1
He drives by Brewsters and sees people like me walking away with a banana split and thinks, oh, man, that man will be dead in a week.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
I was offered, I came into the studio today and I see people here eating Cheetos. So we're gonna have to work on that.
Emily (Intern)
I know.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
I was breakfast Cheetos and Diet Cokes. You got Diet Coke ride.
Emily (Intern)
I know. I mean my Diet Coke and then my hot and spicy Cheez Its.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yeah. Happy eatings.
Co-host 1
Here's an update, y'.
Emily (Intern)
All.
Co-host 1
We get up at 3am we're on lunch.
Bert (Host)
Right. It's our snack time.
Co-host 1
Like, I don't need. This is for, you know, to get away from the fill thing for a minute. To everybody in the office who comes in when I'm at the vending machine getting, you know, like whatever. I'm getting at the whole top row at night at 9am when I'm. When I'm in there picking out, you know, getting a thing of Doritos, don't come in and go, e Doritos at 9:00am because you, you know what I got back in the studio? A tuna fish sandwich. Because I'm on lunch. Shut up. I didn't get to sleep until 7:30.
Emily (Intern)
Right, agreed.
Bert (Host)
So Corey's in here and he works at Eclipse One on One Fitness, Correct?
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yes, that's it. Eclipse One on One personal fitness gym. The best gym in Atlanta, by the way.
Bert (Host)
And you guys do like this. My wife did this. The same program that Phil is going to be involved in this boot camp type deal that we want to start sending him through.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yeah, we want Phil to bring his jeans to my boot camp starting March. We want Phil to bring his jeans and we're going to see if we can get him into his jeans that are maybe a size too small for him.
Bert (Host)
That's the kind of.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
You do that, Phil.
Phil Turana
Oh, yeah.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Oh, yeah.
Bert (Host)
Yes, sir.
Intern Jen
Yes, sir, sir.
Phil Turana
I hear him talking. I see his lips moving. All I hear is, I'm going to whoop your ass.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Oh, yeah, you're going to eat grass, Phil. You're going to eat grass.
Emily (Intern)
That's kind of the same motivation that women try but don't succeed with because we'll see a pair of pants on sale and we're like, okay, you know what? Even though it's not my size, I know by the summertime I'm going to fit. So I'm gonna buy them and they sit in the closet for three years.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yeah, but the thing is, you don't. You don't you always buy jeans that are a size too small? Because that is always your goal. You never go out and buy jeans that are a size too big because you want to put yourself in a situation where you're in the jeans that look the best on you. So that's what we're gonna put Phil in this situation to, where he is wearing a jean, a pair of jeans. You know what seven jeans are, Phil?
Phil Turana
Seven jeans.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Oh, yeah.
Phil Turana
No.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Okay.
Bert (Host)
Those are chick chains.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Those are chick jeans. You can look good in them because we're gonna work with you.
Co-host 1
He's gonna dress you like a woman. He's gonna dress you up like the woman you are.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
A metrosexual.
Intern Jen
Have you ever worn makeup, Phil? Have you ever worn lipstick, sir?
Phil Turana
After this, I will, sir.
Bert (Host)
Now, when you say boot camp, this program should be Corey's bitch.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Hey, I can handle that.
Phil Turana
When you say boot camp, I'm thinking of, like, Maury Povich, like, turn my wild teen into a prom queen. It isn't something like that, is it?
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yes and no. Boot camp is designed for all demographics, all ages. And one of the things we like to stress is that although we will make you eat grass, you'll have fun in the process. So this is not us out there making you feel like you're less than human. You're gonna have fun in the process, and we're gonna. We're still gonna work you hard.
Emily (Intern)
I think if Richard Gere, like an officer and gentleman, I'm doing, like, push ups in the puddle, you know, filtering.
Intern Jen
I got no place else to go.
Emily (Intern)
How long is boot camp?
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Boot camp is eight weeks. We've come up with.
Emily (Intern)
That's tough.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
That is really tough. But it's supposed to be, you know, if it's not hurting, it's not working, right, Phil? That's gonna be your motto for the next eight weeks, by the way. If it's not hurting, it's not working. I gotta figure out what my name is for you for the next eight weeks.
Phil Turana
Oh, bitch.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
No. I'm your burn daddy.
Bert (Host)
Oh, burn daddy.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Let me hear you say that, Phil. By the way. Let me hear you say that.
Phil Turana
You're my burn daddy.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
There you go. What we've done is we've.
Co-host 1
He got drunk one weekend in Midtown and got a burn daddy, too.
Bert (Host)
Oh, did you? It goes along with the seven JE. And this is the kind of thing, like, where you take a whole bunch of people out and you don't use, like, traditional weights, right? You, like, find a limb and they've got to do pull ups on that type deal.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Hey, before there were weights and before there was all these fancy schmancy ways of getting in shape, it all started with people outside doing push ups and running. So we're taking it back to basics. I myself was a part of the 101st. And so we're taking some of those principles of fitness and bringing them to people that are not in the military. And we've also had. We've had sponsors that are on this year providing cool gifts for the winner of this boot camp challenge.
Co-host 1
So y' all gotta get Grady trauma centers.
Bert (Host)
So you got incentives stuff.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yeah, we got incentives. We have AirTran, Mila's European Spa, Georgia Eye Associates, Monkees, Dobel, COO Daddies, Moles, SocialDivas.com and Dasanywater, all providing incentives for Phil here to go out and do his best.
Co-host 1
Oh, my God. Did you hear that? Water is an incentive.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Water is an incentive.
Co-host 1
They're gonna kill you.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
We also have monkeys, women's shoes that are an incentive to go along with the you7 jeans. Phil.
Phil Turana
What the hell's really going on here?
Co-host 1
Y' all are thinking about. You need, like, you don't need Dasani water and stuff as an incentive. You need, like, Brewsters as an incentive. Like, you start running at Chastain park to the Sandy Springs Brewsters. There's your incentive.
Bert (Host)
You may want to start your own boot camp. Shake.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yeah, I'm gonna.
Bert (Host)
You may have a different class.
Phil Turana
If you don't mind. Explain to me exactly like this. Meets every day for eight weeks.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yeah, we meet every day for eight weeks. We have three different classes. 6 to 7, 9, 15 to 10, 15, and 6 to 7pm Phil was.
Bert (Host)
Hoping you're gonna say no. It's.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
But, Phil, you have to come to.
Bert (Host)
The seven weeks off.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
But, Phil, you have to come to the 6:00am class.
Phil Turana
Bert, we're gonna have some trouble here.
Bert (Host)
I'd like to get a little taste of it this morning just to see what it's all about. Like, did you bring anything that you could exercise in this morning if this will work?
Co-host 1
What are you talking about? He wears sweats every day.
Phil Turana
I wear sweats every day.
Emily (Intern)
He's got, like, track pants on and a T shirt.
Bert (Host)
Can you take him out this morning just for, like, a little mini.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
Yeah. What I've done is I bought two of the ladies that have been doing boot camp for a couple of years, and we're gonna provide a challenge for Phil to see if he can hang with these women.
Phil Turana
It's the first day.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
It's the first day. And I wanna give you a true taste of what we do out there, Phil. So I've bought Christy from Monkeys out there, and I've bought Julia Julie Siegel from Georgia High Associates, and they're gonna party with us.
Phil Turana
Like, I'm gonna cry on the first workout.
Bert (Host)
Yeah, burn daddy's bitch.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
And you can't. Yeah, you can't let these women see you sweat, Phil. Come on now.
Phil Turana
Oh, did I sweat walking up the stairs and he took the elevator, you know?
Emily (Intern)
Yeah. Feel my butt's gone numb for you, dude. Yeah.
Bert (Host)
All right, get out of here, man. Get out. Go. All right, we brought in Corey Waller from Eclipse One on one Fitness, and they have a boot camp that starts on Monday.
Co-host 1
Boot camp is the polite way of saying they beat the hell out of you.
Bert (Host)
Serious? My wife did this for a couple of weeks when we were up in Washington, D.C. and she was trained by a couple of former Navy seals. And she got in such good shape so quickly that she was getting too buff and actually had to stop.
Emily (Intern)
Really?
Bert (Host)
They work you, and you see results quick. And their next session, I think, starts on Monday.
Co-host 1
Starts on Monday. And it's called the bring your jeans workout. So you're supposed to bring a pair of jeans that you were able to fit into a few years ago, but now you've thickened up a little bit. Not so much anymore. And you bring those with you.
Bert (Host)
You thickened up a little bit. You're a little more meaty these days.
Co-host 1
And you bring those jeans with you. And at the weigh in on Monday, they take a look at those jeans, and he puts together a fitness plan for you. And then you and everybody, they say it's Eclipse, but they work you out.
Bert (Host)
Over at Chastain park, and they do work you. So we've got Phil trying it out this morning.
Intern Jen
Up and down, Phil. Come on, daddy.
Bert (Host)
That would be Corey. Hey, Emily. Intern Emily. How are you?
Intern Jen
I'm good. How are you?
Phil Turana
Good.
Bert (Host)
Give us kind of a rundown what's going on over the last half an hour.
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Intern Jen
We've done lunges and jumping jacks and squats and 15 push ups and some running and stairs and looking in a little bit of pain.
Bert (Host)
Does Corey have, like, some of those defibrillators on him?
Intern Jen
He's yelling like there's no joy.
Emily (Intern)
It is boot camp, though.
Bert (Host)
Yeah.
Emily (Intern)
You know.
Intern Jen
Oh, it definitely is. It definitely is.
Bert (Host)
Listen for a second.
Intern Jen
All right, Jumping jack six.
Emily (Intern)
Head off.
Intern Jen
One, two, three. One, two, three. Come on, Phil. One, two, three.
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Bert (Host)
Yeah.
Co-host 1
What is he counting off. What's he doing?
Bert (Host)
Jumping jacks.
Emily (Intern)
Jumping jacks.
Co-host 1
He only has to go up to three. That's easy.
Emily (Intern)
How many times?
Intern Jen
Oh, back to push ups.
Bert (Host)
Why don't you give the phone to Phil real quick?
Intern Jen
Okay, Hang on a second. Wow, Bill.
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Bert (Host)
Hey, man, we're handing you the phone because maybe Corey will give you a break.
Intern Jen
Oh, my God.
Co-host 1
It sounds like the dream last night.
Intern Jen
This almost sounded like a good idea. Listen, you always do, like an entertainment buzz or something.
Bert (Host)
Give me about a 10 minute break. You guys remember, like that first day of working out how you usually, like, if you're working out by your. You'll give yourself a break. You know, like, you know what? I'll only go five minutes today, and then if you start to get winded like Phil, you'll quit. But you got a trainer. There's. You got no place else to go.
Co-host 1
If I go one week in five minutes, then I'll go up to 10.
Bert (Host)
We're gonna have all the information on boot camp and how you can join Phil and get yourself in shape with Boyd. Boot camp@AllTheHitsQ100.com Poor fellow. What's the over under on Phil yakking this morning?
Co-host 1
Oh, gosh.
Emily (Intern)
You know, I think it's. I don't know how to do the better. 7:15.
Bert (Host)
7:15.
Emily (Intern)
So it's under, I guess.
Bert (Host)
Yeah. If you think he's gonna yak before 17, you or 7:15, you take the under.
Emily (Intern)
Okay, I'm taking the over at 7:16.
Bert (Host)
It's gonna be close.
Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer)
I'll take.
Co-host 1
Go ahead. I'll take the complete over and go 7:30. Because normally you yak after a massive workout after you try to calm down for a few minutes.
Bert (Host)
7:30.
Co-host 1
I'm gonna go late.
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Let me ask y' all an ethics question that may affect the yakking. Is it rude? You know, Phil's over here busting his ass with Corey and, you know, chastise park doing the big workout boot camp thing. Is it rude to ask him to swing by Goldberg's and get us some carbohydrates?
Bert (Host)
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Episode Title: Vault: The Show Sends Phil To Bootcamp
Podcast: The Bert Show
Date: December 12, 2025
Host/Panel: Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, Emily (Intern), Co-hosts, Corey Waller (Fitness Trainer), Phil Turana, Intern Jen
Special Guest: Corey Waller, Eclipse One on One Fitness
This episode revolves around the show’s ongoing and humor-tinged efforts to help team member Phil Turana overcome his struggles with self-confidence, particularly regarding dating and body image. The central event: the show sends Phil to a rigorous “boot camp” program with fitness trainer Corey Waller, hoping to give him both a physical and emotional transformation. The episode contains friendly ribbing, personal confessions, expert fitness advice, and plenty of comedic commentary from the crew.
[01:34–02:37]
“I am so uncomfortable with rejection that I will push, push, push until she asks me out.” – Phil Turana [02:13]
[03:29–04:27]
“He’s still not comfortable enough with his body to be able to shed all clothes when he’s intimate.” – Emily (Intern) [04:27]
“I always had to be the fun guy or the big brother…” – Phil Turana [04:11]
[05:18–05:36]
“His case was too hard and they’re like, I can’t help that guy.” – Bert [05:28]
(Laughter ensues)
[05:48–07:07]
“He smells like protein shakes… Hasn’t had a freaking Cheeto in 31 years.” – Co-host 1 [06:07]
[07:19–09:46]
“If it’s not hurting, it’s not working, right, Phil? That’s gonna be your motto for the next eight weeks…” – Corey Waller [09:35]
“Let me hear you say that, Phil.”
“You’re my burn daddy.” – Phil [09:53]
[10:16–11:07]
“Water is an incentive.” – Co-host 1 (sarcastically) [10:56]
[12:01–13:46]
“I’m gonna cry on the first workout.” – Phil [12:24] “Yeah, burn daddy’s bitch.” – Bert [12:26]
[15:30–16:16]
“What’s the over under on Phil yakking this morning?” – Bert [15:36]
“Imagine that. Just never, ever asking a girl out.” – Bert [02:27]
“I never got to play the good looking guy. So I had to learn how to be fun and not so much charming…” – Phil Turana [04:11]
“He smells like protein shakes, flaxseed oil. Hasn’t had a freaking Cheeto in 31 years.” – Co-host 1 [06:07]
“Boot camp is the polite way of saying they beat the hell out of you.” – Co-host 1 [12:48]
“If it’s not hurting, it’s not working, right Phil?” – Corey Waller [09:35]
“Water is an incentive.” – Co-host 1 [10:56]
“I’m gonna cry on the first workout.” – Phil Turana [12:24]
“Is it rude… to ask him to swing by Goldberg’s and get us some carbohydrates?” – Co-host 1 [16:16]
The episode is a blend of playful sabotage, genuine concern, and sharp-witted humor. The cast uses frank language, teasing each other while also uncovering some real vulnerabilities, particularly about self-esteem and body image. Corey brings an energetic, determined approach, while Phil’s mix of dry wit and self-deprecation keeps everyone entertained.
This episode delivers a hilarious but heartfelt group intervention for Phil, spotlighting both the emotional hurdles of self-image and the very real struggle of starting a new fitness journey. It's packed with honest conversations, inside jokes, and the infectious spirit that keeps listeners coming back to The Bert Show.