Prisoners Fight for Freedom w/ Carl Ruiz Vice Henley - Best Last Year of Radio

Opie Radio

Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Comedy, News, Society & Culture

4.0 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Opie, Carl Ruiz and Vic Henley talk about the wild world of Thailand's Prison Fight program, where murderers and hard-core inmates battle in Muay Thai rings for a shot at royal pardon and early release—complete with a white Wisconsin fighter who could keep a killer locked up. They break down the shocking rehab stats (only 5% return), the brutal eight-limb reality of the sport, and why this brutal system might actually work better than America's endless appeals. Catch the full raw, unfiltered reaction plus wild tangents on death penalty chemicals, Aaron Hernandez's final notes, and NYC escape fantasies—don't miss this chaotic, eye-opening episode.
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0:00.0	Opie is here and his show starts now.
0:07.0	La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la commercial? I don't know. But it was not commercial. I know Anthony Bourdain uses that as his theme song. That's not his theme song. Oh, that's not his theme song. For the CNN show? For the promo. For the promo. All right. Well, whatever. I saw Anderson Cooper driving here today. Did you really? Yeah yeah what a small little guy. He's not small. He's checked. Chacked. La, la, la, la, la, la la la. La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la he looks it too you think he looked 70 you were seeing one to shirt off? He looked 70 since his 30 today. Oh, he looks it, too. You think he looks 70?
0:55.1	You were seeing him to shirt?
0:56.0	He's 70 since his 30s.
0:57.1	Yeah, exactly. E-Roc's right about that. It's like he was in a fire. No, now he's finally starting to look good for his age. When he was 30 or 40, he looked like shit. But now, he looks good for 70. I'll tell you right now. He was Mona's father on Pete and Pete.
1:11.3	That was a huge show on Pete and Pete.
1:14.6	That was a huge show in the 90s.
1:15.9	It wasn't a huge show.
1:18.9	If I don't know about it, it wasn't a huge show. All right, anyone listening, call in and tell OPE if that was a huge show, the adventures of Pete and Pete.
1:22.9	What made it a huge show?
1:25.0	For a younger generation, it was a huge show.
2:01.8	So you tell me he looks great there? That's 70, bro. But he looks like he's on fire. He looks like he's a wrestler. He needs to retire. You're not even going to be walking around at 70. I don't want him. My life is fucking a nightmare. Your life is not a nightmare. You're on a fun radio show. You own a couple of restaurants. I do. You get to go on the food network. You go on Guy Fieri's private jet from time to time. That is nice. How bad could it be? Yeah, you're right. It's pretty good. It is pretty good. Yeah. Everyone just focus on the negativity and the bullshit.
2:02.7	You got a good life.
2:03.5	I do.
2:05.5	But I'm not happy.
2:06.7	I still fucking hate people.
2:07.4	Why?
2:08.1	I don't know.
2:08.7	I enjoy it. Is it a New Jersey thing?
2:10.8	It's a tri-state thing.
2:11.8	Is it really?
2:12.9	You know what's really making me angry?
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