The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller

From hugging grizzly bears to watching Wendy’s circle the drain, the Fifth Hour takes another scenic detour through the bizarre backroads of Benny’s brain! Ben unloads a grab bag of useless knowledge featuring Tippecanoe, chocolate-covered almonds, Canadian railroads, Russian revolutions, Buck Rogers, and public broadcasting. Plus, how Magic Johnson hijacked a radio legend’s big day! Tom Brady’s million-dollar wrist candy triggers a classic Pat O’Brien Ziploc bag-o-fun. Benny also explores the doomsday menu, Cajun onion rings, and Wendy’s slow-motion trip down the fast-food toilet. History, hysteria, and hamburger heartbreak!

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From the invention of nachos to saxophones, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Meet the Press, Benny serves up a buffet of useless knowledge! Then, a Fifth Hour Pod Exclusive! The Gasbag in Chief of the Maller Militia gets dragged kicking and screaming to an adult Halloween party—and yes, he wore a costume! Maller unloads on the discrimination against king-sized customers at Spirit Halloween, where apparently being a giant is a crime. The silver lining? Benny is now qualified to work as a mechanic, farmer, or blue-collar tradesman. No experience necessary!

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The Fifth Hour mailbag welcomes two Maller Militia supervillains: birthday boy Mike the Leprechaun and Poppy from San Diego, fulfilling his lifelong dream. Aim higher, Poppy! Benny and the boys tackle personalized Starbucks, War of the Worlds panic, Vancouver outsmarting America, religious exemptions from AI, $500,000 Instagram gigs, food delivery wars, flying with dog pee, deep-fried turkey, Jake Paul, missing callers, Maller merch, pizza toppings, and Halloween costumes. It's a buffet of nonsense, served without adult supervision. The health department has been notified!

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Trick or treat! The Fifth Hour Podcast celebrates Halloween with Benny Radio serving up spooky fun facts about witches, jack-o’-lanterns, and caramel apples. Like a pinball gone haywire, Maller bounces from Nevada to Mount Rushmore, saluting George Halas, Earl Lloyd, and the legendary Houdini. Plus, a never-before-told bedraggled Maller misadventure involving one soccer ball, two innocent neighborhood kids, and a greased pig at the county fair. The pig showed more athletic ability than Benny.

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The ghosts are howling, the candy’s disappearing, and Benny’s raising hell before a Devil’s Night! The Fifth Hour celebrates Frankenstein and the 88th "birthday" of radio’s most infamous broadcast. Plus, boxing’s greatest promotional name gets its flowers, and a tribute to one of Ben’s former broadcast partners and Fox Sports Radio alumnus. This sparked a love letter to college basketball’s lost generation: philosophers, dictators, lunatics, and carnival barkers! From sunrise workouts to mafia connections, these coaching characters had it all! Enjoy the Maller storytelling that you only get here on the Fifth Hour and share...

Benny welcomes back Robbie the Mariners fan, while Scotty on the Pike makes his Fifth Hour debut. The Maller Mailbag overflows with technical disasters, tree-dwelling childhoods, unionized cheerleaders, NFL rappers, Weedman’s cellphone catastrophe, Super El Niño, Airbnb nightmares, influencer buffoonery, cafeteria cuisine, haunted mansions and the ancient art of writing checks. It's a grab bag of nonsense, unsolicited wisdom and premium-grade gasbaggery. No refunds, no adult supervision, and absolutely no quality control!

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The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller delivers three more classic chapters of Maller Misadventures South of the Border! Benny navigates Mexico City's chaotic floating fiesta at Xochimilco, complete with mariachi bands, taco boats and bumper-boat madness. Then it's ancient pyramids, mysterious civilizations and breakfast in a cave at Teotihuacan. Plus, Ben declares war on Mexican tap water, battles the fear of Montezuma's Revenge, and celebrates his triumphant reunion with the blue cup!

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The Maller Misadventures South of the Border! It's a Fifth Hour podcast exclusive! Ben Maller presents a nine-chapter audiobook chronicling his whirlwind weekend in Mexico City. From the thin air at 7,350 feet to the chaotic traffic, sizzling street tacos,  and the sprawling Zócalo, the Nocturnal Colonel trades his radio bunker for high-altitude hijinks. It's a Maller travelogue packed with culture shock, wrong turns, questionable decisions, and big-city madness. Nine chapters, one gringo, endless misadventures. Viva Mexico!

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Step right up, Maller Militia! The Sunday circus is back, and America’s Favorite Homeless Guy, Billy Blanks, AKA Weedman Hippie, returns to invade the Fifth Hour mailbag! On today’s Drive-Thru menu: missing Militia legends, Big Daddy from Memphis awkwardness, 200 years of free chips with a ghoulish plot twist, a pharaoh hiding under your home, tomato-flavored cookies nobody requested, ancient cargo, supermarket frozen heat, wealthy lazybones In-N-Out slobs, and UFOs apparently piloted by demons. What a country! It's free, no refunds, no adult supervision, just another Maller Labor of Love!

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Another day, another mechanical middle finger! On this Fifth Hour, Ben revisits the Greybeard Fonzie Fix before unloading on a Maller Mobile headlight fiasco that triggered automotive PTSD. From mechanical stupidity to historical nonsense, Marco Polo gets busted for pasta fraud, while a Founding Father brings spaghetti to America. Along the way, there's a mulligan to take, something gaudy to wear, and civilization to question. Another glorious Labor of Love from the Nocturnal Colonel, broadcasting from a secret remote location "in the air everywhere" for the men, women, and children of the Maller Militia!

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Momentum is a scam! Sports' favorite imaginary friend. The Bigfoot of athletics. Everybody swears they've seen it. Nobody can produce a body. Enough already! Benny unleashes The Anti-Momentum Manifesto in a therapeutic Fifth Hour rant before tackling more of life's absurdities.From "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" to who really said "Let Them Eat Cake"? And why was Benjamin Franklin trying to make nasty farts smell like perfume? Apparently inventing bifocals wasn't enough. Another perfectly unreasonable edition of the Fifth Hour!

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Blind Scott from Boston has hijacked the Sunday Fifth Hour Mailbag! The legendary Maller Militia wackadoodle makes his debut as Benny's celebrity sidekick from the North End of Bean Town on a supersonic joyride through the absurd. On the Maller menu: mysterious pants bulges, getting Joe Rogan money, chocolate pumpkin lawsuits, Jed Who Fled intervention, missing audio drops, Tyreek Hill drama, and scandalous locker-room legends. Plus, Dianna Russini’s comeback, William Shatner photography, Martian mystery doors, garlic-fueled romance, WoofStock, West Virginia living, and a tearful farewell to Celeste Frozen Pizza. No guardrails, no adult supervision, and absolutely no refunds! Th...

Fire up the Hot Tub Time Machine! The factory of pod is back in business with a tribute to Iron Mike Ditka! Ben revisits zany caller Doc Mike’s wild Chicago steakhouse encounters with the Bears legend, then reveals his own failed attempts to get Ditka on this podcast, landing Iron Mike alongside Maller Militia royalty like Genie in Medford. Plus, it’s a two-dog night at Fox Sports Radio! Ben meets a four-legged giant named Sticks and commits the ultimate canine betrayal against his beloved English bulldog, Moxie! Vintage Maller storytelling you simply won’t find anywhere else!

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Forget Kevin Bacon. Benny Radio is apparently two degrees from Dua Lipa, and all it took was a baseball game and a guy dressed like a traffic cone! On this edition of The Fifth Hour, Ben reveals how a random Yankees playoff game, a homemade taco feast, and the legendary Marlins Man somehow turned into a backstage drama-o-rama involving the pop superstar. Naturally! Marlins Man, the Forrest Gump of the sporting world and a senior member of the Maller Militia's celebrity wing, has done it again. Ben delivers the juicy details nobody else has, because apparently this is what...

Ben Maller does a belly-whopper into the deep end of the mailbag, where good judgment goes to die. The Wheel of Maller Militia Legends lands on Doc Mike from Chicago and Mike the Leprechaun from the Commonwealth. Doc isn’t a real doctor—he just plays one on the radio and podcasts—but his résumé includes classic Maller bits like "marrying" Spin Cycle Regina in Minnesota, presidential campaigns nobody asked for, brewing Bloody Goat Beer, the beer for losers, and delivering an alarming number of goat heads to the Cubs at Wrigley Field over the years. Perfectly normal behavior...

Benny Radio is back in the podcast dojo, providing the marginal weekend podcast content America never requested. The mind of Maller goes helter-skelter: MLB broadcasters get yearly emotional goodbye shows while overnight radio keeps spinning plates until someone builds the Panama Canal. Plus, a public-service announcement exposing Big Pumpkin and the annual slaughter of innocent vegetables. Then it’s Foodie Fun, featuring black garlic cheese curds, the Cheddar CurderBurger, and other financial mistakes disguised as lunch. Support this imaginary audio only pirate ship—it’s bonus-time Fifth Hour madness!

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Something has gone missing from the overnight airwaves—and a listener in Ohio wants answers. On the Friday Fifth Hour, Benny Radio investigates the disappearing Sweet Science of verbal boxing, taking the Maller Mobile down Memory Lane to revisit legendary audio heavyweights in the Verbal Octagon™. Big Ben reveals the secret sauce needed to develop the next generation of radio gladiators. Plus, a heartfelt salute to Mr. Belding, Dennis Haskins, a longtime friend of the show, including the story behind an unforgettable night at the legendary Dimples in Burbank. Your bonus-time hodgepodge!

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Against the advice of medical professionals and several respected audio engineers, Ben Maller crawls back into the remote audio sweatshop for another fresh Fifth Hour. Robbie the Mariners Fan checks in from Sasquatch Country, while Weedman Hippie beams in from the South Florida sunshine. The Mail Bag tackles Buckeye Benny Island Life, radio quality control, insect-soaked hot dogs, Instagram hiding, the Cookie McDouble, AI domination, ham radio, the Need for Speed, fall traditions and Anthony in Louisiana’s call blueprint. 

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Pack the car, lower your expectations and make sure your tetanus shot is current—the Maller Travelogue has returned! Benny goes wandering around the Golden State, proving California still has some gold left once you get far enough away from traffic, politicians and people charging $19 for avocado toast. It’s a “Darling” of an adventure featuring the Cathedral of Giants, 24 hours living off the grid, and the three magical letters posted on a restaurant window that scream: you have made some questionable navigation choices. Along the way, Ben becomes roadside Rip Van Maller, gets an unwanted lesson in organic farming an...

Mel Proctor invades this edition of The Fifth Hour! The legendary gasbag spins yarns about Earl Weaver, Mickey Mantle and a gaggle of sports characters like Earl Weaver and Mickey Mantle from his 40-plus years behind the microphone. Mel called games for among others, the Orioles, Rangers, Nationals, Bullets, Clippers, and even the Triple-A Hawaii Islanders, broadcasting from the legendary dump known as the “Termite Palace.” That baseball circus inspired his new book, The Destitute Darlings—the insane story of a team going broke, bouncing checks and somehow winning a championship. You can’t make this stuff up! Grab your cop...

We went to the bullpen and called in a Hall of Fame closer to the weekend pod palooza! Hollering James from Minneapolis joins Ben for a rambunctious edition of the Fifth Hour Mailbag. Legendary for his thunderous snoring and undying love of the Ben Maller Show, James is one of the great larger-than-life cartoon characters of the Maller Militia.

The boys rip open the mailbag and tackle listener questions from around the globe, traveling down a winding road of looksmaxxing, Colombian Bam Bam, toddler fight club, J-Lo lookalikes, Navy SEAL training, robotoilets, hurricane records, bad hygiene, and...

Ben is back in the audio sweatshop on a Saturday, because apparently relaxation is for other people. Wackadoodle Hollywood legend Robert De Niro triggers a trip down memory lane with some classic tales of unforgettable Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda, including a legendary afternoon at the Smoke House where everything seemed perfectly normal until, naturally, it wasn’t. Ben also asks the important question nobody else has the courage—or interest—to ask: Where is Doug? Then it’s off to the future, unfortunately, as AI golf analyst guy makes his debut and immediately books everyone a first-class ticket on the Vomi...

The band is back together! Eddie Garcia makes his triumphant return to The Fifth Hour as the dynamic duo reunites—and it sounds so good. Ben catches up with Eddie on how his metamorphosis into a full-time Pod Guy is going, life after the overnight radio grind, and the current temperature of his lukewarm Pittsburgh Steelers.

The boys also crack open the Maller memory vault for stories about some of the legendary cartoon characters and super fans who have populated the Ben Maller Show universe over the years. Plus, with hockey season around the corner, Eddie puts on...

“Mama, There Goes That Man!” Ben is back with a lukewarm edition of The Fifth Hour, joined by his Pacific Northwest pal and longtime senior member of the Maller Militia, Robbie the Mariners Fan!

Grab the scuba gear because the boys are going way too deep into the Mailbag. On the menu: NFL inflation soaring 72% in a decade, artificial intelligence eventually killing us all, the ancient history of the radio dump button, and some guy Ben and Robbie have never heard of ranking Ben’s show on the radio. Very prestigious. Apparently.

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Benny returns for your Saturday audio needs—because apparently you have nothing better to do. He breaks down the must-see college football games and recklessly tosses in a couple bonus picks against the spread.

Then, A Penny for Your Thoughts: Why is Benny vs. The Penny back on radio? Ben takes you behind the curtain for the TV negotiations, Hollywood nonsense and attempted resurrection.

Plus, what happens when the late great Barry Melrose and the Mandela Effect meet The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Sure, why not?

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On this edition of The Fifth Hour, Ben shares his memories of September 11th, including a visit to the World Trade Center just weeks before the attacks and, years later, the world’s most unfortunate hotel stay in Boston. What are the odds? Apparently much better than you’d like.

But the star of the show is the great Ross Porter. The legendary Dodgers broadcaster, friend, and mentor joins Ben for baseball, broadcasting, and never-before-told stories from an amazing career—including the MLB broadcasting record Ross owns that will almost certainly never be broken.

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It’s the first-ever Round Robin edition of the Sunday Mailbag—because apparently answering emails now requires a committee. Jay T "The Wingman" from the Smoky Mountains, Weedman Hippie from Hollywood, Florida, and his trusty sidekick Lisa from Long Island join Benny to chop down the mighty tree of P1 questions from the Maller Militia.

The gang tackles Snoop Dogg’s ice-cream dream job—which Weedman has naturally decided belongs to him—melting in Texas, 70,000 pints of beer disappearing, favorite utensils, quality documentaries, the latest Jerry Jones mosquito audio update, dumb money, no-prep Maller Monologues, favorite gizmos, and human...

It’s the Saturday Fifth Hour, your audio tailgate before college football goes completely off the rails! Benny celebrates an 11-year-old girl bullying a key figure in American history into a makeover, then unveils Benny’s Big Board: Lane Kiffin Exit Edition. This is NOT a list! Two decades of HR violations, ranked for your listening pleasure. Plus, Vegas leftovers featuring the Mona Lisa of mutilated spuds, gastronomic voyeurism, and a glass-shattering good time with Benny the Bootlegger. Another unauthorized transmission from the Maller Militia underground.

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Benny takes you behind the curtain for The Post Game show from the Great Maller Meet & Greet in Sin City! The Maller Militia assembled from parts unknown, and Benny got perhaps the strangest gift in meet-and-greet history. There was also a postgame party plan involving aquaman that died on the operating table. Plus, more yapping about Kawhi Leonard’s Clippers punishment and the hodgepodge of Hollywood cinema that defines the Kawhi era. Babushka's are studying at Maller University, a celebrity caller’s spouse gets whacked by Vegas Vic’s revenge, and she may have ridden the Vomit Comet! Plus, the sausage...

The Sunday pod throws you a curveball—we’re putting the usual mailbag in mothballs for a week. Why? Because we’re still basking in the strange, slightly sticky afterglow of Saturday’s big Maller Meet & Greet in Las Vegas. Benny opens the case files from the Maller Bureau of Investigations, where an unofficially deputized P1 went above and beyond in the years-long hunt for our elusive White Whale. Captain Ahab had the ocean; we apparently have sports-radio archives and people with way too much free time. Then there’s dinner. A simple plan. What could possibly go wrong? Everything...

Ben Maller gets you ready for the Comic-Con for people with insomnia, otherwise known as the Maller Meet & Greet in Las Vegas—because apparently strangers from overnight radio gathering in a bar is considered a social event. Plus, Ben unveils The Gremlin Manifesto, a tale as old as technology itself. After another romantic dance with the tech gods ended with equipment going haywire, Ben was forced to launch a one-man counterinsurgency from the old country. Nothing dramatic, just a grown man fighting machines that are supposed to make life easier. Ben also produces dusty official, government-stamped paperwork. Yes, apparently th...

For nine years, Bernie Fratto has been a granite countertop of weekend overnight radio on Fox Sports Radio — dependable, durable and somehow still standing after years of exposure to the radioactive waste known as the broadcasting business. A longtime pinch-hitter on the Ben Maller Show, Bernie drops by the Audio Sweatshop before taking a sabbatical from professional gasbaggery. Bernie and Ben unlock the Nostalgia Vault, dust off the broadcasting fossils and swap you-can’t-make-this-up tales from the Radio Wars — strange bosses, stranger decisions and enough broadcasting malpractice to fill a Costco. It’s a Fifth Hour exclusive! Climb aboard the Nostalg...

The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller sets sail into the murky waters of the Sunday Mailbag, with Robbie the Mariners Fan riding shotgun as the fellas swashbuckle their way through another hodgepodge of listener questions. On the menu: a Mike & Dogs invasion of the Ben Maller Show, the great Starbucks relocation mystery, Fake News, and the comedy stylings of Lucky Tony. Also, doggy diets, Piggly Wiggly problems, automobiles with enough miles to qualify for Social Security, and living that sweet lake life. The boys visit the top human zoo on the planet, activate the Marlins Man hotline, investigate why...

Ben spills the exclusive details of his long-overdue power lunch with former radio sidekick Eddie Garcia — the who, what, where, when and why of the whole operation. It required the Army Corps of Engineers, some highly questionable Maller Math and enough travel to qualify as a Lewis & Clark expedition. The destination? The Tabernacle of the Chicken Finger, where Benny reveals exactly how much power 25+ years at Fox Sports Radio gets you. Spoiler: not much. Plus, we workshop the first-ever Milky Way NFL Draft featuring the Grays, Nordics, Insectoids and Reptilians. Which alien species goes No. 1 overall, and naturally, how do...

One random night watching a Yankees and Orioles game somehow turned Ben Maller into the executive producer and kingpin of "The Maller Matchmaker: Friend Edition," a completely spontaneous and unnecessary adventure some 2,300-miles away from the People's Republic of California, co-starring Marlins Man and Sports With Coleman. Because when you see Marlins Man behind home plate, naturally the next move is to start meddling in people’s lives. Along the way, Ben plays the adult version of Where’s Waldo?, while Bob Uecker, Don King, Casey Kasem-style “long-distance dedications,” and the Pentagon somehow wander into the story. Sure, why not? Then...

The rumors are true — the man, the myth, the legend, Marcel in Brooklyn escapes the mean streets long enough to punch the clock inside Ben’s audio sweatshop for another supersized Fifth Hour Mailbag extravaganza. The boys rifle through listener questions from across America and beyond, reminiscing about the annual childhood shakedown known as back-to-school shopping, the infamous day Ben Maller was excommunicated from Fox Sports Radio for six months and 26 days, and — because apparently this is what the audience demands — more stories from the toilet. Also on the menu: Little League instant replay, the mysterious disappearance of Credit Card Gor...

Benny cracks open the Fifth Hour vault for a never-before-told tale from a sultry afternoon at Shea Stadium, when an Egg McMuffin somehow owned Mr. Met and brought the usual pregame schmoozing to a screeching halt. It’s one of those wonderfully ridiculous “you had to be there” baseball stories, preserved in Benny’s memory for nearly three decades. From there, Ben reacts to the latest gold rush for the Hamburglar, who apparently has upgraded his criminal enterprise and graduated from swiping ordinary burgers. Then it’s off to the hodgepodge, where no useful knowledge is required: honey bees come equipped...

Benny opens the vault for a never-before-told tale of a spur-of-the-moment midnight ride aboard the legendary Maller Party Bus, rumbling through deserted desert wasteland on a pilgrimage to the Mecca of multi-pump refueling. Along the way, Ben conducts an “expansion draft,” bonds with his favorite rodent and somehow turns a simple road trip into another chapter of Maller Madness. There are twists, turns and a reunion with a long-lost radio colleague, capped off by a five-star rustic dining experience — al fresco on the hood of a car in 100-degree heat, because apparently tables and air conditioning are for aristocrats. We eve...

The Sunday Mailbag is supersized because apparently nobody believes in portion control anymore, with Robbie the Mariners Fan returning to the No. 2 chair for another Odyssey through the warped mind of Maller. The fellas examine the mysterious power of Maller+, dig through the dusty archives of classic Maller Music, revisit the historic summit of Mr. T and Benny, and investigate the silent side hustle—because the best hustle is apparently one nobody knows exists. Plus, there’s a 162-year-old bottle of beer that somehow aged better than most of us, Super El Niño doing Super El Niño things...

Saturday's Fifth Hour is another wicked pissah—a grab bag of beautifully unnecessary conversation. We go ghost hunting in the bowels of FSR, wonder whether a blocked caller ID apology from a celebrity is sincere or just another Hollywood magic trick, celebrate the lifelong curse of being the middle child, and somehow connect Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jan Brady's immortal "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" into one completely unnecessary conversation. History, pop culture, petty grievances, and premium nonsense—because self-improvement is overrated, but wasting an hour with us is oddly satisfying.

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