The Ben Davis & Kelly K Show

Cody rolls into our DMs with a very strange and random question for the show.

File this Setting the Bar story under you are what you eat! If you can manage to make it through the day without eating hamburgers, cheese, and butter causing you to literally turn orange… you’re doing OK! Source: https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/health/bizarre-side-effect-of-extreme-carnivore-diet-leaves-mans-hands-covered-in-yellow-nodes/

The owner of a precision grading company in North Carolina named Jake Jarvis has been doing free construction work ever since Hurricane Helene tore through in September. STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/contractor-still-working-to-help-hurricane-victims-for-free/

It's the game where Ben & Kelly toss jokes back and forth until someone laughs... it's You Laugh You Lose brought to you by the Caravan Comedy Club!

I’m going to tiptoe here, because I don’t want this Setting the Bar story to make you think I don’t care about the needs of a new mother…. but…. Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@tufftittysaidthekitty/video/7462111972163734827

In a new study, 32% of Americans say they feel completely comfortable both pooping and passing gas in front of their significant other.

We always say that sometimes the reason you see ridiculous warnings is because enough ridiculous people did it that it required attention. Well, this Setting the Bar story is celebrating the people who helped make this new policy on Spirit Airlines a reality! Source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/travel/spirit-airlines-dress-code-removal/index.html?ICID=ref_fark

Who cleans up after an accident?

More couples are choosing to live apart while remaining committed, claiming it strengthens their bond.

What’s the awkward way you, or someone you know, got fired?

Our listener, Jacki randomly sent us a bunch of "facts" that we thought we'd share. No clue if they're true.

Group Therapy is tricky for Angel who was in a fender bender with a friend who hit her car, and now wants to cut some corners in getting repairs. We got a DM from "Dave" whose girlfriend has chronic ailments, but makes miraculous recoveries when there is something she wants to do. Is she doing it for attention or is it legit? And in the search for love, a hottie has stolen her latte...and her h...

A dad has donated his kidney to save an 11-year-old girl who reminded him of his own daughter, who passed away. FULL STORY: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dad-gives-kidney-to-little-girl-after-daughter-dies-following-her-own-transplant/

When an Oklahoma basketball player collapsed on the court recently, a player from another team stepped in to save his life. FULL STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/high-school-basketball-player-saves-an-opposing-player-during-a-game/

Aaron didn’t want to miss an opportunity to have a little fun. No crime in that, right? Except when “have a little fun” means to take a joy ride in an excavator that you don’t know how to operate… it turns into a Setting the Bar Story! Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/man-pleads-guilty-after-driving-excavator-into-vehicles-buildings-at-winnipeg-water-treatment-plant-1.7436629

“David” is having an issue with his girlfriend and her constant need for attention turning into his biggest headache?

If you walked into a room with 1,000 single women how many of them do you think would be attracted to you?

Angel is having car trouble thanks to her friend and now is feeling guilt for taking her car to get fixed at “her mechanic”

Those chance encounters with someone you’re interested in that failed to turn into something more. That’s where Ben & Kelly come in! They scour the internet looking for people who just need that 2nd chance. It’s the weird, the wild, and the desperate… it’s Missed Connections!

Think before you ink is the saying you hear before getting a tattoo… maybe you could say this lady had never heard it before… but her husband is a tattoo artist! Source: https://nypost.com/video/tattoo-artist-inks-wife-with-rip-tiktok-only-to-learn-the-us-ban-has-been-lifted/

We got an update from a listener who needs help giving her unemployed hubby a jump start back into the workforce and away from gaming with buddies all the time. Then Kate Winslet got us talking about irrational fears, and we discuss awkward conversations about money and learn how to survive being buried alive???

18-year-old Brandon Malone and his girlfriend had gone to the dock at McNeely Lake Park in southeast Jefferson County to watch the sunset when they heard cries for help from about 100 yards away. Two teenage girls had broken through the ice FULL STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/louisville-teen-rescue-girls-from-frozen-mcneely-lake/

Kevin Ferman has been picking up Uber riders all over Colorado for over 10 years, but he started bringing his dog Bowie along on his rides after adopting him 2 1/2 years ago. VIDEO: https://www.wdjx.com/uber-dog-is-charming-the-internet/

A mom got a pricey surprise after her daughter was invited on a friend's family vacation. Source: https://people.com/mom-charged-after-daughter-invited-on-friend-s-family-vacation-8775221

More of your irrational fears!

Our listener wanted to remain anonymous reached out by email frustrated that her unemployed husband was lacking motivation to find a new job, and was gaming all night and kind of checking out of the marriage too.

Kate Winslet is terrified of COWS and more of your irrational fears! Source: https://ew.com/kate-winslet-reveals-her-fear-of-cows-8777061

TikTok was down for less than 24 hours this weekend. How did America's youth react? At least one 19 year-old did not take it well and is the star of our Setting the Bar Story! Source: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2025/01/19/tiktok-ban-cited-in-arson-of-us-congressman-glenn-grothmans-office-in-fond-du-lac/77825530007/?taid=678d0fef52f7720001222e4b

A woman went viral for her tirade that male grocery delivery drivers usually get orders wrong, which started a hilarious convo about that very subject! We got an update from "Anna" who is pregnant by a one-night-stand shortly before starting her relationship with her BF. He thinks it's his and she finally told him the truth. What's his reaction? Plus #DadJokes and Carden Circus tickets!

A TikToker from Michigan named Andrew Hudson is going viral after he bought an old digital camera for $5 at a thrift store and the SD card was packed with photos. He tracked down the original owners, Cathy and Tom. FULL STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/tiktoker-finds-1700-photos-in-a-thrifted-camera-and-hunts-down-the-owners/

A new deadly spider species was discovered! Source: https://www.newser.com/story/362565/new-big-boy-variety-of-deadly-spider-found.html

It's the game where Ben & Kelly toss jokes back and forth until someone laughs, it's You Laugh You Lose brought to you by the Caravan Comedy Club!

A 13-year-old's bucket list is going viral online. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1i2t7r5/comment/m7hbyhe/

Any doctors know why all the bananas Ben has smell and kind of taste like oregano?

You have 60 seconds to balance your time with your pop culture knowledge!

We talked to Anna earlier this week and she had not told her boyfriend she wasn’t having his baby, it was instead, the baby of a one-night stand. Will coming clean completely destroy their relationship? Here's the UPDATE!

Some responses from Instacarters who got their order wrong because of a guy

Can you spot the difference between when you go to the grocery store and when your husband or boyfriend goes? Well, Sammi can and thinks the only way to get it right 100% of the time is to remove the “guy” part of it! Source: https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/lifestyle/instacart-customer-wants-only-female-shoppers-after-order-fail/

A new study shows that yes your parents do have a favorite child. The research says that if you're a daughter, the oldest, and are responsible, the likelihood of you being the favorite is much higher. Source: https://studyfinds.org/parents-really-do-have-favorite-child/

Plus TBT, space learning and Carden Circus tickets, plus a brief update from "Anna". Did she tell her BF the baby isn't his?

3-year-old Evie had a special message for her dad as he stood at the end of the aisle waiting for his bride, her "mummy"! VIDEO: https://www.wdjx.com/adorable-3-year-olds-message-to-the-groom-brings-tears/

We had some fun with the silly ways you've injured yourself!!

Space Files: We now know what a meteorite sounds like when it strikes earth! Source: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2025/01/unprecedented-video-shows-falling-meteorite-records-sound-of-impact

If you can manage to make it through the day without getting your nose ring caught in your office chair leading to a wild rescue… you’re doing OK! Source: https://nypost.com/video/woman-wheeled-to-fire-department-after-getting-nose-ring-stuck-in-office-chair/

You have 60 seconds to balance your time with your pop culture knowledge! Answer the 10 questions in 60 seconds and win a 4-pack of tickets to Carden Circus.

“Gina” is ready to start a new life with her boyfriend, but her family is pulling out all the stops to keep her—and her son—from leaving. How do you choose between following your heart and keeping your family happy?

I realized that my pets are maybe some of the most spoiled animals on the planet. They are 100% the most spoiled in our house.

No one likes being BLINDED on the roads at night, especially if a person DOES have their high beams on… and here’s an example of how not to deal with it in our Setting the Bar Story! Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/driver-angry-high-beam-headlights-arrested-san-mateo-ramming-car/

A video from last month's commencement at U.C. Berkeley is going viral because one of the graduates' names sounds like it's not safe for work. Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD-v6h_OTLt/

"Anna" is pregnant and her boyfriend thinks it's his (it was a one-night stand right before they started dating). Does she come clean (YES!) and how? A follow up is definitely needed and we discuss nicknames for landmarks or areas that only locals know!