Maury Povich: You ARE the Father... of Reality TV

Good Guys

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Comedy, Society & Culture

5.0 • 23 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Mazel morons! We’re sitting down with the king of paternity tests himself, Maury Povich, and yes… things get exactly as unhinged as you’d hope. We talk about the wildest moments from his legendary run, how those iconic “YOU ARE / are NOT the father” reveals actually went down, and what it’s like being the most feared man in daytime TV. Naturally, we delve into our own hypothetical paternity scandals, debate whether we’d survive a lie detector, and get into the psychology of why people keep going on shows like his. Maury also shares what surprised him most behind the scenes and whether anyone ever actually saw their result coming. It’s part nostalgia, part deli debate, and part us asking questions we probably shouldn’t. A little Moron Mail makes an appearance, and let’s just say… the results are inconclusive. What are ya nuts?! Love ya! Write us! Send your messages to goodguyspodcast1@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram and TikTok! Sponsors: Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. Produced by Dear Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mazumranes, welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. Ben, I have a very important question.
0:06.0	Tell me, please, tell me.
0:08.1	If you were going to go back to school, what would you study?
0:13.8	It's so hard to say, Josh, because what I want to say is marine biology.
0:21.4	What are you a sitcom actor in the 90s?
0:25.5	Marine biology, Mr. Cosby.
0:28.3	That said, it wouldn't pay the bills.
0:31.6	But I would love to learn about the deep sea, Josh.
0:35.5	I would love to learn about the deep sea.
0:37.3	Also, as you know, I've been watching
0:39.1	my unbelievable documentary, PBS, Josh, okay? PBS about New York. Let me tell you, maybe a little
0:46.2	American history. I love learning, Josh, now that the stakes are so low, nobody's testing me.
0:53.3	I love learning. But yeah, I'm going to see marine biology.
0:55.6	You go back to school. Josh, what are you learning? I would be a biology. I'd want to be a physician.
1:02.1	See, that's smart. You focus on the people. I'm focusing on the mammals. Yeah, listen. Yeah.
1:09.0	What are you going to ask the porpoise if they're covered? Yeah. They're not. By the way, they're not, okay? Who's paying for that surgery, by the way? Is the government? Maybe I could get a government contract for operating on seals. That's hot. Oh, maybe there's real money. They don't have any insurance. Yes. They don't have it.
1:29.0	It's all out of network.
1:30.7	I'm the out of network.
1:32.7	Surgeon of the Seals.
1:38.2	Maybe you could take an Alex Jones turn as the Marine Biologist conspiracy theorist.
1:41.1	Like, they're turning the Seals gay, you know?
1:42.5	Yeah.
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