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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ben After Dark: Be Mine (Or Be Destroyed)

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The combination of Friday the 13th and Valentine’s Day weekend was the only sign we needed to launch season two of Ben After Dark. Ben returns with his trusty sidekick Savy and releases the rage with Ben Destroys, unsolicited recommendations from Clay Travis, and it wouldn’t be Valentine’s without a visit from Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger. For the full episode, subscribe to DailyWire+ https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe -- -- -- Today's Sponsors: Helix - Go to https://helixsleep.com/ben for an exclusive offer. Boll & Branch - Get 15% OFF your first set of sheets plus FREE Shipping at https://bollandbranch.com/BAD use code 'BAD' -- -- -- SUBSCRIBE to the NEW Ben Shapiro Clips Channel: https://youtube.com/@BenShapiroClips?sub_confirmation=1 LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos daily: https://youtube.com/@BenShapiro?sub_confirmation=1 Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dwplus.watch/BenShapiroMemberExclusive -- -- -- DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 🍿 The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+ Watch now: https://dwplus.watch/ThePendragon Subscribe here: https://pendragonseries.com ✨ Get 35% off an annual DailyWire+ Membership or choose the Pendragon Pass and get 3 months of DailyWire+ for just $30 with 1 month free. With the Pendragon Pass you also receive exclusive Pendragon collectible cards and automatic entry to win a trip for 2 to Budapest, one of the primary filming locations of the series. 🔥 Friendly Fire is here! No moderator, no safe words. Now available: https://dailywire.com/show/friendly-fire 📘 My book "Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/LionsandScavengers 🪒 Stop giving your money to woke corporations that hate you. Get your Jeremy’s Razors today: https://jeremysrazors.com 👕 Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://dwplus.shop/BenShapiroMerch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:25.0

Weird choice. Well, he finally got Jussie Smolet's sandwich. We missed the annual announcement from Pantone naming the color of the year. It was cloud dancer, as we had all predicted.

2:30.5

George Foreman died. Claire Obscure Expedition 33 was unanimously named Game of the Year.

2:35.8

Sorry, Arc Raiders.

2:37.3

And people apparently care about gay athletes now.

2:40.3

It's weird that they pick hockey for that one.

2:43.6

Justin Trudeau finally did something more embarrassing than Blackface.

2:47.2

Oh, no.

2:47.8

Fair.

2:49.0

A 45-year-old woman in Carlsbad, California broke a world record by inserting 711 golf

2:54.2

tees into her hair.

2:56.4

What?

2:57.4

Why?

2:58.4

Why?

2:59.4

Well, part for the course.

3:01.8

And pennies were canceled.

3:03.5

That's it?

3:04.5

Okay, sounds good.

3:05.5

Oh, wait.

3:06.5

One more thing.

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