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5 min readThe Fifth Hour: Maller Kentucky Pizza
Ben Maller opens with a confession: adulthood is mostly about collecting things. Not junk in the garage, but people. A plumber guy. A car guy. A tax guy who examines your financial paperwork "like it's a crime scene." And if you're lucky, you get the most important one of all: a guy who knows other guys. Maller is not that person. He describes himself as the opposite — the man Googling how to fix a leaking sink at 2 a.m. while water shoots across the kitchen, the man who decided Bitcoin was a fad right before it became a fortune. "I am a one-man traveling road show of the backfires and a little incompetence here, there, and everywhere."
But every once in a while, Maller says, he stumbles into competence by borrowing someone else's. That is the organizing idea of this episode: everyone needs a dude — the character from The Big Lebowski who doesn't panic, doesn't scramble, just abides. And for Maller's first meet-and-greet of 2026, that dude was Andy Furman, the longtime Cincinnati sports talk host and Fox Sports Radio colleague.
The Dude Who Gets It Done
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:59) **Adulthood Means Collecting "Guys"** - Ben opens with a monologue about how adulthood requires accumulating specialists: a plumber guy, a car guy, a tax guy, and most importantly, a guy who knows other guys.
- 2 (06:31) **The "Dude" Who Made the Meet-and-Greet Happen: Andy Furman** - Ben introduces Andy Furman, the honorary mayor of Cincinnati, as the "dude" who connected him to a venue for the 2026 Maller Meet and Greet.
- 3 (08:42) **The Venue: Strong's Brick Oven Pizzeria in Newport, Kentucky** - Ben announces the location for the meet-and-greet: Strong's Brick Oven Pizzeria at 708 Monmouth Street, Newport, Kentucky, zip code 41071.
- 4 (14:30) **The Vibe and Menu: Garlic Mashed Potato Pizza and Apple Pie Pizza** - Ben describes the restaurant's old-world Italian recipes and rotating brick oven, then dives into the dangerously tempting menu.
- 5 (16:13) **Event Details: April 25th, 2-5 PM, Three Hours of "Controlled Anarchy"** - Ben lays out the logistics: the event runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on April 25th, and he will be wearing a shirt that says "approachable, but not too approachable."
- 6 (17:26) **The Reason for the Event: Dick from Dayton** - The main inspiration for the meet-and-greet is Dick from Dayton, a caller who has been phoning the Ben Maller Show for over 20 years.
- 7 (18:14) **The Social Experiment: Who Will Show Up?** - Ben frames the meet-and-greet as less a formal event and more a social experiment, admitting he has no idea how many people will attend.
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Show Notes
Ben goes back into the audio dojo to give global exclusive details on the Cincinnati Meet & Greet. Be one of the first people to hear all about the biggest social event in Cincy since Marge Schott paraded her dogs around Riverfront Stadium. Ben also reminisces about a classic MLB body slam of Barry Bonds.
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