Bubba the Love Sponge® Show

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BTLS | 6AM TH. May 14 - Stones, Champagne Joe's Wild Vegas Run & Urban Legends May 14, 2026

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The Bubba the Love Sponge® Show opens with a quick kidney stone update (still stuck, still painful) before diving into classic pre-internet urban legends like Rod Stewart's stomach-pump story and the Mikey from Life cereal Pop Rocks myth, debating how rumors spread nationwide via phone and word of mouth. Then comes the main event: an epic 1997 Vegas trip with Tampa betting legend Champagne Joe, who rolled with bank bags full of cash, comped MGM suites with butler service, placed $1,000 roulette bets and $100 slot pulls, and walked away with roughly $100k profit. Hosts break down casino comp mechanics (how pit bosses track average bets and hours played), gambling tax laws then versus now (offsetting losses dollar-for-dollar vs. today's limits), and Joe's preference for carrying cash in checked bags to dodge reporting. Plans to track down Champagne Joe via Warren at the Dollhouse and the Cuban Domino's Club for a future podcast episode, plus promises to reveal the trip's wildest party stories next time.

BTLS | 9AM Wed. May 13 - Shiloh's $11.8M Mess & Jerry Jones Under the Microscope May 13, 2026

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The Bubba the Love Sponge® Show preps listeners for a massive investigative sports story dropping Monday via James O'Keefe Media Group, with a live reaction show Tuesday where the crew will confront those caught on tape. Deep dive into Shiloh Sanders' shocking $11.8M civil judgment and bankruptcy filing tied to a school security incident, plus what it means for his draft stock and Deion's family. Heated debate over Tucker Carlson clip ownership, fair use battles, and Sebastian Gorka calling media figures domestic terrorists. Iran tensions, $5 gas in Dallas, and Spirit Airlines shutting down over energy costs. Plus: Netflix Cowboys documentary reveals Jerry Jones' ego problem, Seattle franchise sale struggles, and classic stories about Hulk Hogan restoring a 1968 Charger with Gene Lasker. Alex joins us next week for the big reveal.

BTLS | 8AM Wed. May 13 - Goats, $43K in 30 Days with AI & Chicago's Mayor Under Fire May 13, 2026

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The Bubba the Love Sponge® Show kicks off with heartwarming goat stories before diving into a jaw-dropping claim: one AI-generated persona made $43,000 in just 30 days using four video files and a MacBook running Claude AI, with a top fan spending nearly $2,000. Hosts get fired up about replicating the model with green screens and multiple AI performers, sparking talk of quitting day jobs to "print money." Then it's straight into explosive political commentary as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson faces brutal press questions about race-based hiring, defunding police, and developer contracts. Plus: Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan flee New York for Texas, and a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader allegedly hires a 14-piece marching band to stalk her ex for nine days. Catch all episodes on-demand at BubbaArmyHQ.com.

BTLS | 7AM Wed. May 13 - Courtroom Justice & Parking Lot Stabbing Shocks Charlotte May 13, 2026

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The Bubba Show tackles skyrocketing commodity prices and fertilizer payment defaults before diving into a shocking Harris Teeter parking lot stabbing of a pregnant woman, an arrested suspect named in Florida. Hosts react to viral courtroom videos where tough judges reject plea deals and hand down 25-year sentences for violent crimes and sex offenses. Personal stories of armed self-defense, a Tractor Supply hero manager, and why situational awareness matters more than ever. Plus: Alex Stein joins at 9:15, and the crew promises to deliver a care package to a loyal listener.

BTLS | 6AM Wed. May 13 - Kidney Stone, Studio Move, and Saturday's Big Push May 13, 2026

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Bubba the Love Sponge® battles a kidney stone lodged in his urethra while orchestrating a studio move with a hard June 15 deadline, weighing whether to tough it out with fluids and track-day vibration or let Dr. Dan numb him up and run a scope to yank it, as the crew maps out Saturday's heavy lift: Bobby hauling containers and scrapping two, Todd bringing a low-boy for the 133-inch shed, mounting fresh tires on the worn-out merch trailer before dragging it past AC units and water pipes, renting a box trailer with a lift gate for stage gear and counters, and trying to sell the Daryl amps to Dean Guitars so they don't have to move them, all while salvaging fifteen years of copper, fireproof drywall, and high-end soundproofing from the old build.

BTLS | 9AM Tue. May 12 - New Gymnastics Abuse Case, and a Tampa “Influencer” Busted May 12, 2026

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On this episode of the Bubba the Love Sponge® Show, the crew revisits the Larry Nassar fallout and Michigan State’s roughly five hundred million dollar settlement with 332 survivors, then rips into fresh USA Gymnastics headlines about coach Sean Gardner pleading guilty in Mississippi to three counts of sexual exploitation of children after secretly filming girls as young as six changing at the gym, before turning to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd’s “Polk Around and Find Out” human trafficking sting that nabbed Tampa MAGA fitness influencer Craig Long as one of 266 arrests after he allegedly offered a hundred bucks to an undercover decoy posing as a sex worker and sparking a fiery debate over entrapment, charging decisions, and how far stings should go.

BTLS | 8AM Tue. May 12 - Scientology, a Secret Autopsy, and Brooke’s NDA Nightmare May 12, 2026

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On this episode of the Bubba the Love Sponge® Show, the crew dives into a suspected Clearwater cover up around a high profile death, asking why the autopsy still is not public ten months later, why the decedent’s own doctor Gerald Fitzgerald supposedly did the postmortem instead of an independent medical examiner, and why the daughter Brooke has to sign an NDA just to see how her dad died, as legal counsel offers to review any nondisclosure, urges her to keep formally pressing the city for records, and pushes for a truly outside forensic pathologist from somewhere like Orlando or Hillsborough to go over whatever Clearwater and the Church of Scientology might be trying to keep out of the light.

BTLS | 7AM Tue. May 12 - “People of Color,” Viral Teen Violence, and Sapp’s Circus May 12, 2026

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On this episode of the Bubba the Love Sponge® Show, the crew spins George Carlin clips about labels like people of color, African American, Native American, and Indian into a rant on modern identity politics and cancel culture, tears into a sick viral video of teen girls beating a mom while a kid gets kicked in the head and demands cops and prosecutors actually chase these kids down, rips Warren Sapp over his Hollywood City Hall records stunt and June court date as they talk about how a guy who made around sixty million in the NFL is now burning his legacy arguing with clerks, and runs through a growing stack of teacher sex bust headlines while tossing in hot takes on Iran and nukes before the break.

BTLS | 6AM Tue. May 12 - Bubba’s Might Need a Urologist With Pliers. May 12, 2026

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On this episode of the Bubba the Love Sponge® Show, Bubba tells the story of his latest three week kidney stone nightmare after a lifetime of 14 to 16 stones, from fainting at a dealership and ending up in the ER with IV narcotics, CT scans, and an eleven millimeter rock years ago to now feeling a seven or eight millimeter stone stuck in his urethra, peeing coffee colored urine with a split stream, and trying to flush it with insane amounts of alkaline water while the in studio doctors explain exactly how the kidney to bladder plumbing works and what it would look like for a urologist like Dr Mark to numb the tip and go in with a grabber if it does not pass on its own in the next day.

BTLS | 9AM Mon. May 11 - Horror in Denver and Teen Takeover Beatdowns May 11, 2026

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On this episode of the Bubba the Love Sponge® Show, the crew breaks down the insane Frontier Airlines disaster in Denver where a man jumped a perimeter fence, ran onto the runway, was struck and at least partially sucked into an A321 engine on takeoff to LA, forcing the pilot to abort at rotation, stomp the brakes, blow the slides, and get 231 people off the jet while Denver Fire knocked down an engine fire and a dozen passengers ended up with minor injuries. They then react to brutal Florida crash and teen takeover videos, including a Tampa Curtis Hixon Park “takeover” that ended with 22 arrests in about 15 minutes after cops rolled in with bikes, patrol units, and air support, and they go off on parents, phones, and why kids feel emboldened to film beatdowns instead of fearing consequences.

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