Today’s Bubba the Love Sponge® Show gets deeply personal as Bubba finally confronts the fallout from "Big Hands John", a longtime fan who returned merch and mailed in a five‑page handwritten rant decades in the making. From a Christmas call gone wrong to old wounds dating back to the ’90s, Bubba weighs whether one heartfelt apology can undo years of slow-burning resentment. The crew debates handwritten letters as emotional weapons, decides to display the returned gear, and reflects on “death by a thousand cuts” in fan relationships. Then, Bubba pivots from feelings to frustration, sharing his disastrous Best Buy call‑center experience that proves even voicemail can be comedy gold.

The Bubba the Love Sponge® Show goes global and a little political as the crew dives into breaking news of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s dramatic capture by U.S. Special Forces. Bubba and the gang dissect the courtroom showdown ahead, from trial tactics and witness credibility to how the case could explode into an international oil and dollar war involving China and Russia. Back home, tension flares after a vandal is arrested for smashing windows at Vice President J.D. Vance’s residence. Between global chaos and Bubba Army business, new payment options, memberships, and BubbaArmyHQ perks, it’s a high-stakes mix of geopolitics, law, and raw talk radio heat.

It’s a heavy-hearted yet fired-up morning on The Bubba the Love Sponge® Show as the crew pays tribute to boxing legend Antonio Tarver’s late mother and opens up about grief, aging pets, and real life catching up. Dan faces the heartbreaking truth about his dog’s decline while standing firm that he won’t perform the euthanasia himself. Between tears and talk, Bubba’s crew gears up for the upcoming pig roast, Bubble 199, and barp festivities, rings ready, tent incoming. The guys also dive into NFL coaching chaos, Pete Carroll out, Tom Brady stepping up in Vegas, and rip into college football’s NIL madness for turning loyalty into a paycheck. From loss to locker rooms, it’s raw radio therapy served Bubba the Love Sponge®-style.

Tensions boil over on today’s Bubba the Love Sponge® Show as Bubba faces the fallout from one fiery listener blow‑up after a $300 donation joke goes sideways. A faithful fan returns merchandise and a five‑page handwritten complaint, with a page-6 kicker. Now it’s up to Bubba to read every word live on the Clem & Cush podcast and attempt to win him back. Meanwhile, the crew swaps gifts, debates baseball gloves, brainstorms the new “Catching UP with Dan” podcast concept, and tackles tech gremlins on Rumble. It’s part confessional, part clubhouse chaos, and 100% classic Bubba the Love Sponge® drama—don’t miss it.

Bubba goofs on Seth as he awkwardly plays catch with Dan at his house. Bubba sounded "Left Out", then dares Seth to shoot his shot for free Botox.

Bubba kicks off the hour with raw studio banter and a fresh round of Bubba Army fundraising, shouting out PayPal, Venmo, and Cash App while breaking Dan’s balls over a jaw-dropping $70,000 spend that’s still stressing everyone out. The crew pivots into New York politics, tearing into the new mayor’s inauguration, wondering how a city of roughly 8.2–8.3 million people ends up with about a million votes deciding the race, and parsing the oath of office for Zoran Kwame as a symbol of where the city’s headed. They chew on what his win says about the Democratic Party’s tug-of-war between moderates and the far-left, then close by comparing their own donation grind to a PBS-style pledge drive, with a tongue-in-cheek nod to a reported $199,000 haul for PBS News.

Bubba and the crew get uncomfortably real as Larry lays out how one brutal slip on the ice left him barely able to walk, with an MRI showing multi-level lumbar damage, a loose disc fragment, spinal stenosis, and nerve root compression from L3 through S1. They talk through his game plan of injections, stretching, traction, and physical therapy to dodge the knife for as long as possible, while everyone reacts to how close he came to total shutdown. The conversation then swings global as the show breaks down reports that Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro has been grabbed by U.S. forces on narco-terrorism and weapons charges, noting how China, Russia, and North Korea backed him while China bought up Venezuelan oil. Bubba’s crew compares the move to the Noriega era, walks through what a federal arraignment and trial could look like, and wonders whether Maduro ends up convicted, flipped, or folded into a historic plea deal.

Bubba and the crew unload on Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, blasting the heavy political tone and saying the laughs just aren’t there like they used to be. A holiday story about a high-dollar Louis Vuitton gift exposes family tension, jealousy, and how one over-the-top present can wreck the whole gift-exchange vibe. The conversation then shifts to global stakes as they talk through the indictment of a Venezuelan leader on narco-terror, drug trafficking, and weapons charges, teasing a future deep dive into how the U.S. capture went down.