#523 - The Pocket Is Hot

Summary of #523 - The Pocket Is Hot

by Santagato Studios

1h 12m•October 6, 2025
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Episode Summary — #523: "The Pocket Is Hot"

Santagato Studios — The Basement Yard

Overview

This episode is a freewheeling, comedic conversation among the hosts in the Basement Yard format. The group bounces between nostalgic pop-culture riffs (90s/2000s fashion and TV), food obsessions (pizza bagels, pizza rolls, Hot Pockets), ridiculous brainstorms (novel ice cream flavors), underwear/sexual-kink banter, and normal podcast housekeeping (sponsors, live shows, Patreon, merch). Much of the episode is humorous riffing, trade-of-jokes, and food- and nostalgia-driven tangents.

Note: explicit sexual humor and NSFW references throughout.

Key Points & Main Takeaways

  • Opening banter covers clothing/appearance (a “very white” shirt) and moves into a long, comedic discussion about underwear — thongs, g-strings, wedgies, and why people wear uncomfortable clothes for sex/appearance reasons.
  • Nostalgia segment: 90s/early-2000s pop culture — Lita and Team Extreme (wrestling), The Cheetah Girls, Raven-Symoné, and Disney-era films/TV. Hosts use those memories to riff on teen attraction/wardrobe tropes.
  • Food deep-dive: an extended, playful, semi-serious debate about pizza bagels, pizza rolls, and Hot Pockets:
    • Ranking various pizza-bagel “pieces,” strategies for cooking/eating them, how to avoid burning your mouth, and the guilty appeal of processed frozen snacks.
    • They brainstorm a Hot Pockets collaboration (“Basement Pockets”), flavor ideas (sweet and savory — cinnamon-roll hot pocket, Nutella, meatball, high-protein options), and propose doing taste-test content.
  • Ice cream inventiveness: prompted by Van Leeuwen’s sunscreen-flavored ice cream collaboration, they brainstorm dozens of absurd/conceptual flavors (sunscreen, barbershop, grass, gasoline, pizza-bagel, Trix yogurt, Guinness, etc.).
  • Nostalgia about Axe/body sprays and childhood branding marketing; they riff about vintage scents and the marketing culture of teen-targeted sprays.
  • Sponsor and audience business: multiple ad reads (Skims, PrizePicks, Patreon, Rocket Money, BetterHelp), promo codes, merch and live-show plugs (Halloween merch, upcoming Florida/DC shows), and an ask for audience submissions for live-show interaction.

Notable Quotes & Insights

  • “It is white as fuck.” — (About a fresh white t-shirt; sets humorous tone.)
  • “Pain is beauty, baby.” — On high heels and thongs; a running gag about uncomfortable fashion.
  • “We single-handedly brought back Pop-Tarts.” — A joking claim about cultural influence.
  • “We’re the Basement Yard, bitch.” — Emphatic sign-off/brand claim during Hot Pockets pitch.
  • Practical food insight (funny but real): Bite-and-squeeze technique for hot pockets/pizza rolls to avoid scalding the mouth.

Topics Discussed

  • Underwear & sexual/wardrobe kinks: thongs vs g-strings, boxers, wedgies
  • 90s/early-2000s pop culture: Lita, Raven-Symoné, The Cheetah Girls, Lizzie McGuire era, wrestling references
  • Pizza bagels, Totino’s pizza rolls, Hot Pockets — cooking, ranking, eating techniques, flavors
  • Hot Pockets product and marketing brainstorm (collab ideas, flavor suggestions)
  • Van Leeuwen sunscreen-flavored ice cream and offbeat ice cream flavor ideas
  • Axe body spray nostalgia and 2000s fragrance culture
  • Podcast logistics: sponsors, Patreon offers, promo codes, live shows, merch
  • Miscellaneous: soda/kombucha conversation, fiber/probiotics, caloric/sodium details (Hot Pockets nutrition)

Action Items & Recommendations (from episode)

  • Sponsors & promo codes:
    • PrizePicks: download the app and use code “basement” for $50 in lineups after your first $5 lineup.
    • BetterHelp: 10% off first month at betterhelp.com/basementyard (onboarding in ~48 hours).
    • Patreon: support / get early access at patreon.com/thebasementyard.
    • Rocket Money: app to cancel unwanted subscriptions / budgeting — use the show survey to note you heard them here.
    • Skims: recommended for comfortable underwear (men’s and women’s); no direct code mentioned.
  • Visit shop.santagostudios.com for Halloween merch (episode showed a new Basement Yard Halloween design).
  • Live shows: check thebasementyard.com for ticket info and use thebasementyard.com/submit to send prompts or appear in interactive segments at live shows.
  • Proposed content ideas mentioned by hosts (likely upcoming or suggested):
    • Hot Pocket taste test / “Basement Pockets” collab: hosts expressed interest in ordering many flavors and filming a taste test.
    • Pizza-roll power hour / competitive eating video possibility.
  • Audience: submit stories or live-show prompts at thebasementyard.com/submit if you want to be part of interactive segments.

Additional Notes

  • Heavy comedic and adult-themed content — expect NSFW language and sexual references.
  • The episode includes multiple advertiser reads and asks to use codes and links; if you want the exact ad copy or codes, refer to the “Action Items” section above.
  • If you’re looking for the most “contentworthy” segment to sample quickly: the pizza bagel / Hot Pocket discussion and the ice-cream-flavor brainstorm are the longest and most idea-dense parts.

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  • Extract the sponsor copy and promo codes into a one-line cheatsheet.
  • Pull out the top 10 ice cream flavor ideas from the brainstorm in ranked order.
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