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BAES 167: Penn State's Frat Cocaine Ring was Insanely Dumb

The Ben and Emil Show

August 27, 2026

This week we're talking about the very funny case of the drug dealing frat brothers at Penn State who got too greedy. For bonus episodes, discord access, fan Q&A, merch, Ben's monthly playlist, and to support the show: https://benandemilshow.com/ The Chase Sapphire 100,000 point bonus is here!
Speakers: Ben Cahn, Emil DeRosa

Topics: Comedy

**Ben Cahn** (0:00)
This week, we have a very special back to school edition. Back to school edition of Ben and Emil.

**Emil DeRosa** (0:05)
You know who's not going back to school?

**Ben Cahn** (0:07)
Us?

**Emil DeRosa** (0:08)
These young men who were busted. The Dean of Penn State is going, God, I'll trade that Sandusky thing for 10 of these.

**Ben Cahn** (0:16)
He's going, what is it this time? And they're like, it's a Coke ring.

**Emil DeRosa** (0:19)
Oh, yeah, expel them, it doesn't matter.

**Ben Cahn** (0:21)
And it's no football players?

**Emil DeRosa** (0:24)
They use Snapchat and Venmo, and part of the way they got busted is because their usernames are tied to their actual names.

**Ben Cahn** (0:31)
Oh, T-Rob was fully having people Venmo, like Thomas Robinson 1560

**Emil DeRosa** (0:36)
It was just Thomas Das Robinson, or Tom Das Robinson.

**Ben Cahn** (0:39)
And just fully going on to Snapchat and being like, yo, anyone trying to do some Coke, hit me up.

**Emil DeRosa** (0:45)
He was texting his friends, please, please, I know that they're gonna offer you a deal, please don't rat on me, please don't beg.

**Ben Cahn** (0:50)
Don't rat, don't rat, don't rat.

**Emil DeRosa** (0:52)
And they all him.

**Ben Cahn** (0:53)
And they're like, I got you, bro, look at what he's saying.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:55)
Yeah.

**Emil DeRosa** (0:56)
Rejoice, everybody, that you are not these guys, because their lives are ruined.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:02)
What?

**Ben Cahn** (1:02)
We don't know. We don't know.

**Emil DeRosa** (1:04)
It's possible that innocent don't prove it guilty in the United States of America.

**Ben Cahn** (1:07)
Let's see how it all shakes out, okay? Should we talk like this the whole episode?

**Emil DeRosa** (1:11)
No, definitely not.
What's going on? What is going on? Hey, everybody.

**Ben Cahn** (1:44)
What the hell is going on?

**Emil DeRosa** (1:45)
Hey, everybody. Me, Ben, he, Emil.
Today, we tell you this week what's going on. What is going on?

**Ben Cahn** (1:52)
This week, we have a very special back to school edition, back to school edition of Ben and Emil.

**Emil DeRosa** (1:57)
You know who's not going back to school?

**Ben Cahn** (1:59)
Us?

**Emil DeRosa** (2:00)
These young men who were...

**Ben Cahn** (2:02)
They certainly are not going back to school. Busted.

**Emil DeRosa** (2:05)
I bet they wish they were doing a different kind of busting.

**Ben Cahn** (2:08)
What's the other kind of busting?

**Emil DeRosa** (2:09)
You know, nut.

**Ben Cahn** (2:11)
What's that?

**Emil DeRosa** (2:11)
Nut busting?

**Ben Cahn** (2:12)
What is that?

**Emil DeRosa** (2:13)
When you engage in sexual behavior.

**Ben Cahn** (2:16)
I bet they do wish they were doing that.

**Emil DeRosa** (2:17)
But they were busted in a different way. And I don't know if we're allowed to say this early on in the episode because YouTube likes to... Yeah, definitely not. It was...
You know the word rug? Put a D on the beginning of that, and that's what they got busted for. You know the popular drink, Coca-Cola?
It's the special ingredient that they used to put in that. And they got busted for that. It was in an elaborate ring, and it's a very fun, funny story. They are frat bros from Penn State.

**Ben Cahn** (2:46)
Fun if you're not them.

**Emil DeRosa** (2:47)
Fun if you're not them. So rejoice, everybody, that you are not these guys, because their lives are ruined. What?

**Ben Cahn** (2:55)
We don't know.

**Emil DeRosa** (2:55)
We don't know. It's possible. That's innocent until proven guilty in the United States of America.

**Ben Cahn** (2:59)
Let's see how it all shakes out. Okay. Should we talk like this the whole episode?

**Emil DeRosa** (3:03)
No.

**Ben Cahn** (3:03)
Nope.

**Emil DeRosa** (3:04)
Definitely not.
Hey, everybody, it's time for the Q&A again, so go to benandemilshow.com where you can sign up and we will be posting the phone number for you to call and leave questions and we will record them next week. Also the Costco, man, that footage from the Costco episode is crazy.

**Ben Cahn** (3:23)
It's causing a sensation.

**Emil DeRosa** (3:24)
It's a sensation. It's sensational.
Do you know who that is?

**Ben Cahn** (3:28)
No, I was laughing about your doppelganger, my doppelganger, the neo-Nazi guy.

**Emil DeRosa** (3:35)
Oh, Emil He thinks that I look like a neo-

**Ben Cahn** (3:38)
It's just, with the kind of like curved over hair and the mustache, it just kind of gets me.

**Emil DeRosa** (3:43)
Richard Spencer. He thinks I'm on Richard Spencer mode. I mean, I am a huge fan. I'm a Spencer head. But the haircut and the, yeah, there he is.

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