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​The Banned Howard Stern Book + Trump vs. Pope

Opie Radio

Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Comedy, News, Society & Culture

4.04.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

​After 4 days off, Opie and Ron the Waiter are back to tackle a world gone sideways. Donald Trump claims that viral photo of him looking like Jesus was actually him as a "Red Cross worker"—we aren't buying the excuse, but we’re definitely riffing on the absurdity. Plus, we look at the failed ceasefires, why politicians are too busy "hooking up" in D.C. to get anything done, and the strange beef with Pope Leo.​

THE BIG STORY: Opie goes behind the scenes of the Opie & Anthony era to reveal the time a book project was killed by the suits. The ultimatum was simple: "If you write about Howard Stern, you will be fired." Hear the full story of how the company protected its biggest star at all costs.

Topics & Keywords: Opie and Anthony, Howard Stern, Radio Stories, Trump vs Pope, Pope Leo, Red Cross, NYC Comedy, Podcast Stories, Radio History, Ron the Waiter, Washington DC Politics

Transcript

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0:00.0

better acquaintances than friends.

0:02.0

That's what I think, Ronald, okay?

0:04.1

Being you are going to be acquaintances, not friends.

0:06.2

You're your only child.

0:08.5

I think you feel uncomfortable when people ask stuff like, how are you, Ronald?

0:14.4

That's what I think.

0:16.9

I don't know how this fucking brother and sister bullshit works. It's fucking, it's in early the morning. Hi, Ronnie. Oh, my God. Who are you? What are you, a fucking alien? Leave me alone. If we're doing this, I want to say stuff like, hi, Ronald. Haven't seen you in a few days. How are you? And then you're like, fine, fine, fine.

0:39.3

Oh, my God, human contact, fine, fine, fine.

0:41.3

For fucking days.

0:43.2

Two, three days.

0:45.4

And I do, hi, Opie, how are you, good morning?

0:48.5

Apparently, that's not enough for you.

0:50.6

You need, like, you wanted me to truly miss you like, like a dog wave in its tail.

0:56.8

Well, that would be nice, Ronald. All right. Listen, we, we've already begun, believe we

1:00.8

not. It's the OP radio podcast. This is my friend. It's Ron. It's Ron, Ron. It's Ronny

1:08.4

babes. It's Ron Da Wader. It's, uh, it's Boston Buddha. Ron. We don't care about your

1:15.6

Harry Potter. Fucking, it's the Hebrew hammer. That's right. All right. Uh, but, man, we have my adult stage name,

1:24.8

if you know what I mean. I see. We haven we haven't been on since uh we did one of these

1:29.5

with uh once a week tony who uh who bailed on me yesterday he he had a big opportunity rod you

1:36.1

you you're you're a very busy man on the weekend you work your ass off at the bohemian beer

1:41.3

garden so on monday i'm like you know ron take mondays off if you have to. Let's make this easy for everybody. I know you do. Let's make it easy for everybody. So then I went to once a week, Tony. I'm like, Tony, this is your big opportunity. You could be twice a week, Tony. And he goes, nah, I can't do it, bro.

2:03.0

So, that's right.

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