Packernet After Dark: ARIA Gets Roasted and the Economy Gets Torched
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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4.7 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Pack Nation, it's another loaded night in the After Dark phone lines — and nothing is off limits. From ARIA getting publicly buried by callers to a full-blown economics lecture nobody asked for, Ryan and the crew covered serious ground between the laughs.
- ARIA gets the hook — Multiple callers weigh in on the AI news anchor experiment, and the verdict is nearly unanimous. Ryan pulls back the curtain on what went into building her, why version one always stinks, and what comes next for the Packernet AI universe
- Lambeau revenue solutions — Garrett pitches a tiered tailgating sponsorship model, Beer Cheese Benny raises the corporate greed optics problem, and Randy from Minnesota drops the historical bomb: the Packers have been doing naming rights since day one — they're called the Packers
- JSN makes more than Jerry Rice ever did — Uncle Rico drops the stat, Ryan goes full libertarian, and somehow Jeff Bezos gets dragged into a Packers podcast
- Sal's future is being shaped by YOU — Text 608-501-0718 with your questions for Sal. An "Ask Sal" segment may be on the horizon if Pack Nation shows up
Call in, sound off, and keep those voicemails coming to 608-501-0718.
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| 0:00.0 | You feel this nervousness on the phone there? |
| 0:04.1 | Sir, I've been trying to make an urgent phone call up there. |
| 0:08.0 | I don't think it's something I want to do on an overseas phone. |
| 0:10.8 | You got to make some phone calls. |
| 0:12.8 | Hanging up the phone. |
| 0:13.7 | Prank call her, prank call it! |
| 0:16.4 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to Packernet After Dark. This is the call-in show at the Packernet Podcast Network. |
| 0:25.6 | If you'd like to call in, if you'd like to participate in the show, please feel free to do so. |
| 0:31.1 | The phone number here is 608-501-0718. New callers go directly to the front of the line. |
| 0:38.8 | We don't have any new callers today, but we've got Uncle Rico. |
| 0:43.7 | Yo, Ryan, it's your Uncle Rico. |
| 0:46.9 | Howdy. |
| 0:48.3 | I just have to say something. |
| 0:51.3 | Pack Nation, fellow Packernet after dark members, whatever we are. |
| 1:02.3 | I just got to say this kind of coming out of the closet here. |
| 1:05.6 | No, I'm not coming out of the closet. |
| 1:07.5 | Not that way anyway. |
| 1:09.1 | Not the place for that, I don't think. |
| 1:11.0 | But I do way more than take my shirt off for free weaters, man. |
| 1:18.9 | Bro, they're pretty cheap at the groceries. |
| 1:21.2 | I mean, I know times are tough. |
| 1:22.3 | I get it. |
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