Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo – Episode 68: Ryan Shaner & Sidney Gantt

Podcast: Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo (GaS Digital Network)
Date: December 7, 2025
Guests: Ryan Shaner, Sidney Gantt

Episode Overview

This episode captures the unfiltered, raucous vibe of Zac Amico's Morning Zoo, where Zac, Ryan, and Sidney launch into wild stories about public urination, infamous pranks, and the societal chaos of sexual misconduct. The trio—high-energy and unapologetically crude—skewer everything from bodily fluids to criminal behavior to the genetics of inbred royal families. Packed with outlandish anecdotes, lively debate, and impromptu stand-up riffs, the episode offers listeners both hilarity and moments of surprising sincerity, always with an irreverent edge.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Pee Cups, Piss Bottles, and Gross Confessions

• Guests share stories about public or car urination:
  • Zac and Ryan swap tips on pissing in Gatorade bottles in vehicles (“I form a vacuum” – Zac, 03:10)
  • Ryan confesses to peeing into bottles as a lazy teen and hiding “like 50 bottles of just fermented pee” under his bed. (03:51)
  • Zac jokes his girlfriend discovered “multiple bottles of something that had to go because they were gallons.” (04:14)
  • Sidney wryly chimes in: “It’s a parfait.” (04:39)
• Moral:
  • Sometimes laziness leads to household punishments, like having to “pour them out” instead of simply throwing them away (Ryan, 05:03).
  • The group bonds over the universal indignity of having to relieve oneself creatively while on the road or at home.

2. Pranks and Accidental Consumption

• Wild Stories:
  • Zac recounts peeing in a friend’s hat out of jealousy in eighth grade (13:20)
  • Sydney describes participating in a prank where a friend mixed pee into an Arnold Palmer served to a woman: “She only took a sip… I had to leave the room… I threw up three times on our walk home.” (10:31)
  • Memorable prank gone wrong: Ryan once watched a friend unwittingly drink pee from a 40 bottle during a party (07:41)

3. Sexual Boundaries, Requests, and Pee Kinks

• Lines People Draw:
  • Zac tells a college story: A woman offered to let him pee on her in the tub, but wouldn’t accept cum on her chest: “All I thought was: I was gonna pee so much more than I was gonna cum on you.” (12:35)
  • Sidney draws the line at pee “in the mouth”: “But gargling piss is disgusting.” (11:15)
  • The group debates the strange boundaries some people keep regarding body fluids and sexuality.

4. Viral Video Breakdown – The 'Multiverse' Man at QuickChek

[17:29 – 28:36]

• Video Analysis: Zac introduces a viral video of a disoriented man asking women for sex in a convenience store.
  • “I’m the baddest in the whole multiverse!” (19:00)
• Speculations:
  • The crew considers if the man is in a manic episode, high, or fulfilling a dare/gang initiation.
  • They comment on the loneliness, “human contact,” and possible incel influences on his behavior.
  • Shannon: “I think this is some incel bullshit where he just thinks he is owed this.” (23:51)
• Funny Observations:
  • “You don’t want to fight a horny Asian. That’s how you catch it.” – Sidney (23:34)
  • “He could have just switched places with another Asian if they don’t in the store. Switch hats and nobody would know, dude.” – Zac (28:08)

5. NYU Butt-Slapping Assault Story

[30:06 – 36:42]

• Reviewing Security Footage:
  • The panel watches and reacts to a news report about a man with 16 prior arrests aggressively slapping an NYU student’s butt, then pulling her hair.
    • “That’s a wind-up, dude.” – Ryan (30:37)
  • They discuss the escalation, the assailant’s criminal history, and how the victim’s social media connections helped catch him.
• Societal Riff:
  • Discussion about whether behavior like this ever “worked” in past generations, and lamenting the lack of consequences for repeat offenders.
  • “We gotta do something. We gotta streamline some kind of thing. 16 priors is nuts. …We got a meat grinder somewhere.” – Ryan (34:51)

6. Handling Sexual Predators & Rehabilitation

• Serious Interlude:
  • Zac tells of a family acquaintance put in a psychiatric facility for extreme offenses.
  • “If you are attracted to children…I think it’s just a bullet in the head.” – Zac (40:41)
  • Ryan discusses the (rare) individuals who voluntarily commit themselves, comparing it to taking a “gun off the street,” and calls it responsible/heroric (44:00).

7. Royal Family Inbreeding & Genetics

• History Deep Dive:
  • Zac asks for examples of royal inbreeding, citing a Spanish king with catastrophic genetic issues due to incest (47:00).
  • “His parents were uncle and niece.” – Shannon (48:02)
  • The hosts joke about arranged marriages and depict the king as a tragic, deformed ruler—a cautionary tale about preserving “the bloodline.”
  • They tie this back to modern communities and discuss how inbreeding could be contributing to lower IQs in highly religious, isolated cultures (53:53).

8. Amish Inbreeding, Dwarfism, and 'Sick Bodies'

• Quirky Facts:
  • Ryan and Sidney share rumors about a prevalence of dwarfism in Amish communities, supported by Shannon who cites Ellis Van Creveld syndrome: “short stature, a heart defect, and an extra finger on each hand” (63:17).
  • Pennywise banter about mini-horses, midget beards, and stereotypes:
    • “Amish midgets probably grow way better beards than me.” – Zac (65:41)
• Sidney claims: “I also heard the inbreeding keeps the women with sick bodies—like, they don’t get fat.” (61:53)
  • Shannon debunks this: “The idea that Amish women don’t gain weight is a myth.” (63:33)

9. Janitor Pissing in Water Bottles at Doctor’s Office

[66:03 – 69:18]

• News Story:
  • A janitor in Houston is sentenced after urinating into staff water bottles, transmitting herpes and hepatitis A.
  • He targeted some workers, was caught on camera, and claimed to have a “sickness.”
  • The crew guesses his ethnicity before the reveal (“Lucio Catarino Diaz”), then cracks up at the “aggravated assault with a deadly weapon” charge, referencing his penis: “That’s almost worth it, just so you can tell people your dick’s a deadly weapon.” – Zac (69:09)

10. Cousin Kissing & Family Taboos

• Both Ryan and Sidney recount close calls in childhood with second cousins, analyzing state legality and folk wisdom about “keeping it out of the bloodline.” (58:04)
• Sidney: “I was told from an early age to keep it out of the bloodline.” (55:33)
• Ryan: “In the great state of Pennsylvania… I’m going by Pennsylvania Dutch law, dude.” (57:50)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "I form a vacuum." — Zac Amico on optimal bottle-pissing technique (03:10)
• "I found like 50 bottles of just fermented pee." — Ryan Shaner’s adolescent hygiene confession (03:51)
• "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." — Ryan Shaner, riffing on the persistent store heckler (19:54)
• "You don’t want to fight a horny Asian. That’s how you catch it." — Sydney Gantt (23:34)
• "You believe in come karma?" — Ryan Shaner, on cosmic comeuppance for grave misdeeds (41:35)
• "If I woke up one day and had that feeling and I didn’t have the balls to kill myself, I would beg someone to kill me." — Zac Amico, on the incurability of pedophilia (40:45)
• "Amish midgets probably grow way better beards than me." — Zac, lamenting midget facial hair (65:41)
• "That's almost worth it, just so you can tell people your dick's a deadly weapon." — Zac Amico, on the janitor's criminal charge (69:09)

Timestamps for Major Segments

• [00:49] Show start; introductions, pee stories
• [03:51–05:12] Ryan’s “fermented pee bottles” confession
• [10:31] The Arnold Palmer urine prank story
• [12:35] Zac’s college “pee in the tub” anecdote
• [17:29] Viral ‘multiverse’ man at QuickChek video breakdown
• [30:06] NYU student’s butt-slapping assault; criminal history discussion
• [36:42] How to deal with serial sex offenders — ‘sex predator island’ bit
• [47:00] Royal inbreeding, Spanish king
• [53:53] Inbreeding in modern religious communities
• [61:53] Amish inbreeding/“sick bodies” myth
• [66:03] Houston janitor pee-bottle story
• [70:00] End plugs and promotions

Language & Tone

• Crude, irreverent, and darkly funny.
• Frequent banter—one-upmanship, gallows humor, and playful vulgarity.
• Uncensored, open dialogue on taboo and controversial subjects, blending shock comedy with genuine takes.

Guest Plugs (End of Episode)

• Ryan Shaner:
  • Book: Solomon (Instagram link; Shopify site; book signing at Helium Comedy, Dec. 8)
  • Podcast: “The End with Ryan Shaner”
  • World War Fun (co-hosted with Sidney)
• Sidney Gantt:
  • Instagram/Twitter: @sidneygantt
  • Appearing at Helium Comedy for the Solomon signing/show

This episode delivers a potent dose of chaotically funny, uncensored morning talk—equally suitable for bad influences, those nostalgic for radio shock jocks, and anyone with a strong stomach and a dark sense of humor.