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The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller

Making the leap from radio to digital is now a reality for Ben Maller as he does it right before your eyes. The overnight host on FOX Sports Radio is double-dipping by featuring a weekly podcast with unique content and entertaining guests that can not be heard on his radio show.

Podcast · By Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts · American English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
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Sep 6, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 6, 2026

    The Fifth Hour: Round Robin Mailbag (opens the original)

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    It’s the first-ever Round Robin edition of the Sunday Mailbag—because apparently answering emails now requires a committee. Jay T "The Wingman" from the Smoky Mountains, Weedman Hippie from Hollywood, Florida, and his trusty sidekick Lisa from Long Island join Benny to chop down the mighty tree of P1 questions from the Maller Militia. The gang tackles Snoop Dogg’s ice-cream dream job—which Weedman has naturally decided belongs to him—melting in Texas, 70,000 pints of beer disappearing, favorite

  2. Episode · Sep 5, 2026

    The Fifth Hour: Gastronomic Voyeurism (opens the original)

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    It’s the Saturday Fifth Hour, your audio tailgate before college football goes completely off the rails! Benny celebrates an 11-year-old girl bullying a key figure in American history into a makeover, then unveils Benny’s Big Board: Lane Kiffin Exit Edition. This is NOT a list! Two decades of HR violations, ranked for your listening pleasure. Plus, Vegas leftovers featuring the Mona Lisa of mutilated spuds, gastronomic voyeurism, and a glass-shattering good time with Benny the Bootlegger. Anothe

  3. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    The Fifth Hour: Like Opening a Giant Box of Crayons (opens the original)

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    Benny takes you behind the curtain for The Post Game show from the Great Maller Meet & Greet in Sin City! The Maller Militia assembled from parts unknown, and Benny got perhaps the strangest gift in meet-and-greet history. There was also a postgame party plan involving aquaman that died on the operating table. Plus, more yapping about Kawhi Leonard’s Clippers punishment and the hodgepodge of Hollywood cinema that defines the Kawhi era. Babushka's are studying at Maller University, a celebrity ca

  4. Episode · Aug 30, 2026

    The Fifth Hour: White Whale (opens the original)

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    The Sunday pod throws you a curveball—we’re putting the usual mailbag in mothballs for a week. Why? Because we’re still basking in the strange, slightly sticky afterglow of Saturday’s big Maller Meet & Greet in Las Vegas. Benny opens the case files from the Maller Bureau of Investigations, where an unofficially deputized P1 went above and beyond in the years-long hunt for our elusive White Whale. Captain Ahab had the ocean; we apparently have sports-radio archives and people with way too much fr

  5. Episode · Aug 29, 2026

    The Fifth Hour: The Gremlin Manifesto (opens the original)

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    Ben Maller gets you ready for the Comic-Con for people with insomnia, otherwise known as the Maller Meet & Greet in Las Vegas—because apparently strangers from overnight radio gathering in a bar is considered a social event. Plus, Ben unveils The Gremlin Manifesto, a tale as old as technology itself. After another romantic dance with the tech gods ended with equipment going haywire, Ben was forced to launch a one-man counterinsurgency from the old country. Nothing dramatic, just a grown man figh

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