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It's time now for Brady to give us the topic for this week's rock wars. And we're ready to go. Last place is the new rule gets the topic chosen for this week in order to balance the wins. After all the complaining last week that it was rigged, we're giving you this opportunity. And I do believe after. When did we say after? When are we going to start waiting?
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Halfway point.
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Halfway point. We're going to start weighting the wins. $10 each week for the win. By the way, I didn't get my 10 from you last week. I got one for Brady Apple. Pay that over when we're going. Brady, what is the topic this week?
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It is the state song for our new estate, Greenland.
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Oh, okay. An anthem. A state song for Greenland and how we're going to approach attacking and keeping it. My plan earlier today was to send over people of color and scare the Greenlandians the same way Mexico did and the same way in the 50s, black people used to take over white neighborhoods just to show them we do it that way and Greenland will bow to us. Plus they'll say they're racist or military intervention. Either way, from what I'm reading, we're taking Greenland. So a new song for Greenland as a state song or as a welcoming song?
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A welcoming song.
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Welcome to all right.
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What it's like living there. The appeal.
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The appeal of Greenland.
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Yeah.
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So it's Greenland over there.
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To the new state.
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It's a siren song to bring people into Greenland from Greenland, welcoming us, the conqueror.
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Sound of wind.
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Yeah.
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The conquerors of. All right. I like Brady's approach here. Greenland is now writing songs for us as we take over. A song for Greenland and whatever the hell's going on up there. If you have any suggestions, holmberg@98kpd.com or you can text 97936. We'll have Rock wars next. It's 98.
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What?
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98. No way. Holmberg's morning sickness. No. Not happening.
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No cameras in the studio.
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Mia has.
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Can we do.
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Come up to our studio and just started filming. Yes, yes. Obscene gestures. You can't just come in here and point a camera at us. That's not legal. I have to agree to this.
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Unbelievable.
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How long are you going to point that at me? What is the point of this?
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Can't you see?
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What is. What are you doing?
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Multiple angles.
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For what? I don't know. Were they doing facial surgery on me? What is this for? Say it again.
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Oh, no, that's a bad.
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. I don't agree to this at all.
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No, that's a bad idea.
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The official Hubbard website can suck my d. I don't agree to this at all. No, you gotta ask. You gotta ask me permission, and I don't give it. I'm like a Native American. You know, I'm Native American.
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We're united on this front.
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We're all a little Native American. We all took a test, and Hubbard is trying to steal our souls. And they're going against our religious freedoms.
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Why not show up?
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No employer is allowed. No, no. We'll show up. And that's the worst part. It steals our soul. They're not respecting our religious boundaries. And for that, I will sue. You have that all on tape. All right, Give that to him. No, no, no. And now you're just filming? Brady, this is so weird.
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This is creepy.
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Get out. You're creeping us out.
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We're working.
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We'll pretend later. Don't do it now. Yuck. We know you have to go. We're gonna kick me out. Get her out. John, escort this fine young lady out of our room. Right. Film John and say it's me. No one will know. Good Christ.
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Insert John for all.
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You see how she did that? She just came in here all Jack Ruby style and just started filming. Like. Can I. That she pulled the camera out first. Now I know how Sean Penn used to feel punching paparazzi. That got out of control fast. She's a lovely young lady, but that. You can't do that. John, where were you at the door? Watch that. Hubbard's official website. No, I get to pose for that. Or give them pictures that I'd like to give. It's time for Rock Wars. And that means that Brady had the topic because he was in last. Last week he chose the topic of Greenlands. A song for Greenland. Currently, whichever side you stand on or however your plan works. A song for Greenland as we inevitably force our will upon them. And I. You know, I'm fine with that. Greenland's not doing anything. Let's just take. We did it to Hawaii. Nobody's complaining about that. It's exact same thing. Just show up and this is ours now. So a song for Greenland. Brady, who would you like to go first?
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Brett, Open it up.
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All right. You know, to me I'm just figuring the other side of things and you know, the Carnival cruise boats roll in and the gates come down like when they storm Normandy. And here come all the hellcats you're.
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Stealing and Dr. Dre.
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Nothing but a G thing's planned.
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This is what they are met with. Yep, this is it. When we finally invade. That's right. This is what we're invading it with. All based Carnival cruises. All based on my plan. You are stealing my plan.
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9 volt batteries for the fire alarms.
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Ready to make an entrance. So back on up. Cause you know we're about to rip up clean version. I got Toledo. That makes you $5. Toledo. Just gotcha here. The first Toledo of the year. No, you gotta go clean. And I played it for the beginning, but I didn't. You gotta go clean version. You know better than that. Tell me that's an official Toledo.
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Wait a minute.
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No, that. No, no. That's an official. I'm making the call. That is an official Toledo. Brett is only worth $5. Agreed.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. You've been Toledo two weeks. It took him to Toledo.
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Decided on this one.
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It's a Toledo. He gave a thumbs up. He said to of all the rules that you only you. I understand if it was the wrong spot or whatever, but the only thing you have to control is. Is it arable? That's you.
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Nope.
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You got to choose songs that are.
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No, that's airable. No, you know better. Don't make it so I make you pay because this argument is terrible.
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Go ahead, John.
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You're like Julio Glacis Maid right now. You just. There's nothing. Nothing credible about it. Mine's easy. This is what the Greenlandians will feel and what. It doesn't matter. But it's just. It's Green Day. It's American idiot. They don't want to be Americans. But you know what? So what? So play this all you want.
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Hey, can you hear the sound of a stereo?
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I like this. I like this one. Join the forces of Greenland, America. Jesus. Jesus. You got two. I got hit, too. I got Toledoed, too.
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You knew that.
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I'm worth $5. Now Brady has an argument if he's the only $10 guy. If you don't Toledo him. Come on, man. Don't shake your head. You just have to own this. You've Toledoed both of us. If I have to hit the dump button and eat eight seconds of the song while it plays as I'm doing my presentation, you're Toledo. That is terrible. Well, two weeks, he's two out of two out of six, so two out of five and even hit the six from Brady. Good luck. I don't think Brady's song should be too cursed. No, no, no, no.
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I don't think so either. But we're going to take over Greenland. Let's turn this into a fantastic town. Put a casino up, get it Americanized. I went with gnr. Paradise City.
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Oh.
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Gotta sell it.
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We got people to Greenland. It becomes Paradise. Big Icy.
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Well, don't people realize when they move.
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Over there, you think they'd move before looking into it?
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It's cool.
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Ain't nothing up here is green. All right, well, there you go. All right. No Toledoing there. So Brady's only one worth 10. What are they again? We got the phones. We got. No, no phones. We got the text, email, Text, email, final call, final call. Trivia, trivia and trivia. Yeah. All right. John Gordon's not allowed to play because Brady fired him. All right? So there you go. If you want to vote homework@98kupd.com, you can vote for Brady's Paradise City, for Greenland, you can vote me American Idiot by Green Day, or you can vote.
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Dr. Dre Hellcats Unite.
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Yeah, that's right. But keep in mind, some of that wind is mine, because without my idea, you'd have never come up with it.
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Wait a minute now. You knew where my thoughts were going to go.
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You didn't know my plan for Greenland until this morning. This would have never come out of your mouth. Oh, stop. Fact. You wouldn't come up with the idea.
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No, no, no. I wouldn't have me of all people.
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Yeah, it would have been a lot different.
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Toledoing yourself.
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Yeah, you are Toledoing yourself. It's beneath you. This is something Brady would do.
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I wouldn't even go that long.
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No, I know. He wouldn't. He wouldn't do something that stupid. All right, booty hole, it's 9:40. You can vote away and you can text 97936. Get it to us and we'll find out who wins. Next, it's rock wars.
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What?
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98. No way. Homeberg's morning sickness. All right, the results portion. A song for Greenland. Because of what's going on there, everybody just assumes it's going to happen. Now, I came up with the glorious, brilliant plan of. Is it un. Gentrifying a neighborhood? I don't know what you would do. You just move in. A different race of people up in Greenland would prove themselves racist and they'd make it easy for us instead of using military intervention. And Brett stole. It's a stolen valor. And he used Dr. Dre.
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Nothing but a G thing.
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But a G thing based on my idea. So technically, it's all mine.
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No, no, no. Because your song was already in before I even put mine. So you could have went down your road.
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I didn't. I already gave that great idea. Exactly. And I. I appreciate that you are honoring me with a choice on my military.
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You can go with that. That's right.
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He chose a doctor. It's a good song. I chose American Idiot by Green Day. Brady chose Paradise City by Guns n Roses as our. Our new theme song for Greenland. And Michael has emailed in and says when you cry like a, you get no votes. Brady. When you pick Green Day, you get no votes. It's like crying like a B. Tch. I picked that greasy Italian. Thanks.
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Definitely sent that to me as well.
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He did.
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I think he said to everybody.
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No, he sent it to you. It says definitely American Idiot. No, not you. By the way, almost 90% of Greenlanders are Inuit. Yeah, but that's white. That's. That's the ultimate whites. They're so close to the Arctic Circle. I mean, we're. We're the dark ones compared to them. This one says, I vote Brady Johnson or Brett. Sorry, John Song is second best pop pop. Distant third, Greenland has no grass or pretty girls. This one says, holy hell, what's going on over there? Second rock wars of the year. And it's plunged into chaos. Stupid Toledo. And whatever the hell Brett did. Great choices. All Around John, you've got my vote. Paula says I'm voting for Green Day and I think we all get Toledoed every time he opens his whiny bitch mouth.
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I wonder which Paula that is.
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You know, I really thought Brady would try harder with money on the line every week, but nope. You made me not like Guns N' Roses for a minute. You son of a. Also, I say we sent Toledo to Greenland not just to take it over to make our lives better. My vote goes to Brett. That's exactly the song that would be playing at the beginning of saving Private Dorian as we take over. That's good too. Again, I like that solid love that you guys are running with my plan. Creating it as if you were part of my plan. I would definitely make Brett part of that cabinet I sent Brady. Ludicrous move for when we roll in and take Greenland's government to go away. And he picks Paradise City. He wants to lose this game. Ryan says I'm going with Bert. It was fast. Brett got 10 votes like really quickly. I got seven. Brady got one. Toledo, what do you have over there.
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On the dead heat between Brady and Brett on.
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Oh, how about that? All right. And then so the topics no longer have John Gordon as that final call is a possibility. So if you want to get in on that just in case it gets drawn. 585-9800 you have did we do from a hat names from a hat.
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No, I didn't do that.
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We'll do that next. All right, so get four email one through four, final call trivia and text. All right, John Gordon, pick a number one through four. Number three, he says. And number three is email which went to Brett. Brett is this week's winner. All right, $5 IO 5€10. Fine. That's how that works. Cuz you Toledo people, you're going to cover half that bill. You had to get them stymied up and try to get them to Toledo. You every once in a while, Brady, because I know that stings that you're a $10 hit this week and still great win, Brett.
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That makes you the loser this week. So you get to choose next week's.
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Am I last place?
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Yep.
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How's that work? Oh, and the thing that got chosen. Yeah, okay, that's fine. I will choose the topic next week. There.
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Is that how that works?
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So if you're.
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Well, is it whatever category if you're last place in?
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Who's last in that? Cate. Yeah.
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Oh, so you were last in email.
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I know Brady was last in emails. But this. Oh, this was email, so, yeah. Oh, boy. All right, so he gets next week again, so there it is. All right, we're gonna play it. Do you have the clean version?
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I do.
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Here it goes. Be careful, Hellcat. No problem with us.
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Are we good on spots?
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Oh, yeah, we don't have any more. I'll play them during the song. Turn down. It's out of control now. Can you pd?
Air date: January 14, 2026
Episode theme: The crew compete in “Rock Wars” to pick an anthem for Greenland as it becomes America’s 51st state—debating tactics, song choices, and, in classic HMS form, provoking each other along the way.
This week’s “Rock Wars” segment is driven by a tongue-in-cheek take on U.S. expansion: the team must each select a song to serve as Greenland’s theme as it (hypothetically) becomes the 51st state. Host John Holmberg, with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo, banter about their song ideas, the ‘plans’ for Greenland’s Americanization, and rib each other with signature irreverence.
The episode is a blend of satirical geo-politics, classic radio comedy, and music nerdery—all underpinned by the HMS tradition of good-natured bickering.
Each co-host presents their song for the Greenland anthem, with playful accusations of stealing ideas and habitual “Toledo-ing” (playing unedited songs with cursing):
| Time | Segment | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:15 | Topic Introduction: Theme song for Greenland | | 01:51 | Holmberg lays out his “colonization” plan with satirical flair | | 03:09 | In-studio camera incident; hosts riff on privacy and soul-stealing | | 05:36 | Rock Wars song picks begin: Bret goes first | | 06:05 | “Toledoing” controversy starts | | 07:07 | Holmberg’s pick and more “Toledoing” | | 08:26 | Brady pitches “Paradise City” | | 10:59 | Voting recap—listeners weigh in | | 13:26 | Vote-tallying, winner announcement | | 14:30 | Show close, play-out with winning song |