Carl Ruiz Doug Benson Vic Henley - Best and Last Year of Radio

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 143 minutes

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The final year of my radio journey holds a special place in my heart, made even more poignant by the loss of my cherished friends, Carl Ruiz and Vic Henley. Reflecting on that time, I rediscovered the pure passion and exhilaration that drew me to radio in the first place. Amidst the chaos and challenges, we found endless moments of hilarity and camaraderie. Alongside Carl, Vic, and Sherrod Small, we shared unforgettable experiences both on and off the airwaves, our tight-knit bond shining through every episode. That year also marked Carl Ruiz's meteoric rise to stardom, inspiring me to launch the Opie Radio podcast with him. I'm immensely grateful to Erock, Clubsoda Kenny, Paul, and Louis for joining us on this wild ride. Get ready to dive into the rollercoaster of emotions—the highs, the lows, and the laugh-out-loud moments—that defined my last year in radio.

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0:00.0	Opie is here, and his show starts now.
0:05.2	Oh, my God, that song is awesome.
0:08.4	I want to thank Vic Henley for that one, man.
0:10.9	Well, you mistakenly thought today was the first day of eight.
0:13.4	Well, I was going to explain all that, yes.
0:16.4	I was trying to pick a song for today's opener,
0:19.2	and then I was going back and forth with Vic Henley, and he was humoring me because I'm like, we need a, we need a song about fooling or fools today. It's April Fool's. So we're going back and forth. And then I realized that it's, yeah, the last month of March. I thought because it was the weekend, maybe he was. Ah, no, I really thought today was... When shit falls on the weekend, the Opie story.
0:41.6	I like it, Doug Benson.
0:44.0	I'm coming in.
0:45.3	And I was going to pull one out of my ass.
0:46.8	I was going to go with sticks, fooling yourself.
0:49.7	Well, that's not bad.
0:50.8	Well, that I did respond to him in my hillbilly tangent that that would be okay because Tommy Shaw is from Montgomery, Alabama. Right. And my friend went, my friend was in military school with his brother. Oh, really? Yes. Marion Military Institute outside of Selma, Alabama. With Tommy Shaw's brother. With his brother. Because they both fucked up. And so, you know, yeah, they're just... One became a musician, the other went to the military.
1:13.7	I don't know. My friend was, you know, it was not a good time. So then when I realized it wasn't April Fool's, then I'm like, all right, we're going to do the Beatles. I've got a feeling because I know Doug Benson saw the Ron Howard documentary. Yeah, I watched it on the plane flying in yesterday.
1:26.8	Yeah, he was talking about it.
1:27.8	And then, sorry.
1:29.0	I was lobbying you to play a Weezer song.
1:31.2	Yes, you were. Ron Howard documentary. Yeah, I watched on the plane flying in yesterday. Yeah, he was talking about it.
1:27.8	And then, sorry.
1:29.0	I was lobbying you to play a Weezer song because of all the shit talk yesterday.
1:33.8	I stood by Rivers Squirrel.
1:34.7	You were Captain Weezer on the Weezer crew.
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