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Ready.
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I had a third one I cannot find. I forgot the guy's name and everything. All right. Anyway, I got this. Here we go. Brady, my son is 6ft 2 inches tall, and he's a lean strong, 166 man pounds. He is 14. Uh, he just quit baseball and says basketball is dumb. He doesn't even watch football with me. But this kid is a budding meal ticket. His main interest in life isn't even gaming. There's a future there. You know what he likes the most? This hurts. Poetry. You heard me. I don't know how to encourage both of these things. I want to force one down his throat and nurture the other. Give me some help here, Seth. It's too good to waste. Wow. You have the only teenage kid in all of America that doesn't want to be famous. Wow. Poetry. Who got to him, man?
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Yeah.
C
Which one of his twink friends got to.
D
Where did the poetry start?
C
Wow. I mean it's. It's nice. Hey, I got an idea. How about you try to talk him and say, hey, your poems are great. Why don't you write your old man a poem about football and like make him take his passion and put it towards like say your pro. Call it pros. They like that. Your prose is so just mouth wateringly delicious words that taste like food. Will you watch this game with me and then write a poem about it and then make them watch a game with you and write a poem about that? That's not bad because then he'll get passionate about both. This is good.
D
You could also share the fact that they. There's plenty of sports that they can prayer.
C
I'll compare.
D
They do a. You compare to poetry? Well, no, that's the way that when athlete works.
C
It's ballet. Yeah, but yeah, you'd have to put that into words. That's what I'm saying.
D
Yeah.
C
Have him put into words that he.
D
Is the performance of a player.
C
Yeah. Yeah. I want you to write a poem about this. This person's game. Give him little assignments. He's like, ooh, I love pros. And then get him in there to do prose. Poets like saying prose. I even know what it means. Or get used to this coming out of the bedroom. 93 3. Write a poem about that. Yeah, I like that idea. Make him watch with you and then have his little.
D
That's a tough.
C
Because he twinky notebook.
D
He's just now decided at 14. So he'd been playing.
C
Well, I mean that's about time when kids stop trying sports, like they'll. You know. 14 is when you're like, do I want to keep pushing? This is g. He doesn't have it. He doesn't want it. But six two, one. 66 and 14 and he's a chiseled. That's got to suck. That's got to be rough. I think that's a good plan. How would you force sports down his throat?
D
Brady, you can't.
C
Yeah, you can. It's happened several times. Take him to a Mercury game.
D
Never works if you want him to. When does it work?
C
Already going that way. You know what? How about that? Brett might be right. Instead of trying to make him like sports, try to take your passion away. And nothing strips the passion from a man faster than going to a Mercury game live. Brilliant idea. You'll never like basketball again. God forbid you start watching that girls soccer. Oh, they have penalties for complaining. It's brutal. Right. Well, good luck with your strapping young twink poetry boy.
D
Yeah, make sure he gets into Brit lit or whatever and get some scholarships.
C
Yeah, well, look, Keats and Shelly aren't going to be. They never made money while they were alive. Your kid's going to. Maybe he's great at it, but he has to die for him to be valuable. Ryan says, tell dad to find out what other theater girl got him into this that he's got the hots for and squash that. Yeah, that's true. Break up his relationship. I wrote poems. They weren't good. There were a lot of them about the love of a female. Specific parts of her body that I thought would make her excited to read. They weren't dirty, either. That's the worst part. Brett always smiles when I tell the story about my vaginal prose book that got stolen. Here we go, Brady. Next one says, dear Brady, take your.
D
Love of sports away. You still did poetry.
C
You know what? There was a time there I didn't think I had any love left. And I poured my heart out into those vagina poems because really, deep down, if I think about it.
D
But those weren't heartbreak poems.
C
Yes, they were.
D
Poems of love.
C
No. After Charles. No, no, no. There were some in there that were like, maybe, but when.
D
This is what I would like to do.
C
Or this wasn't. No, it was. It was beautiful. It wasn't about, like. It wasn't graphic. It was poetry that was in honor of all she'd given me down there. Like the way that thing changed my life. Because it did. Because prior to that thing, there weren't those. Then I found that thing for a couple years, and I'm like, I'm not going to be able to breathe if I don't have that hanging around. And then I realized, oh, wait, everybody's got one. Poor Dan.
D
And did you want to share that with her? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
C
And that was the goal. That was going to win her back when she got a full five subject Mead notebook, each page covered in poetry about her vagina. But then you realize, what woman would like that? Because it had nothing to do with her personality or anything. It didn't. It didn't once compliment her for her ambition.
D
Imagine if it worked out. Your plan worked. And years from now. This is some letters from your father.
C
Oh, father. That still wouldn't have changed.
D
You would have had kids.
C
You think I'd have still wanted the vagina after that thing? No. Look, when it starts getting useful for other stuff, I'm not interested. Oh, yeah, no, no, no, no. I like the look of an oven in a kitchen, but I don't ever use it. I still door dash, so I keep it convenient. The second she starts using that for evil, it's no longer the book of poetry goes in the fire. But when you think back, you're like, I think she's really going to know how much I miss her and love her. All I was writing about was, I just need. I need that back. You can. I don't care what your personality is. I had no. No connection to her as a human outside of that thing.
D
It's amazing because even after, you know, writing one, sometimes that helps you, like, you go back. You're like, no, I'm not going to share this. No, you kept going back.
C
No, I had a. There were themes. Each subject had a new kind of. I was on four. It was. I was going to fill it and give it to her and she'd have been like, what the. No one was gonna read that. Even the guy who stole it probably threw it out. He's. He missed out. What if you find out the guy who stole that book out of my. My Jeep, went on and like, married Margot Robbie. Oh, using all my. My words. I'm a wordsmith. Or dua. Oh, God, that guy got dua lipa because of my book of vagina poems. And again, it sounds graphic and. And blue, but it wasn't. It was really good stuff. I wasn't rhyming sky high. My. Like, I'm Lenny Kravitz. They were like some real work in this John Morrison over here. Yeah. Yep.
D
Your pros was strong.
C
Pros was powerful. Keith Shelley Holmberg. Look it up. Dear Brady, my wife spent 100,000American dollars on her health last year. And he has health in quotes. And she's not better from anything. She has all the same Things she had a year ago. In fact, from the year before as well. There are two cabinets in my house. They're like a pharmacy of holistic pills and supplements. She goes to what's called a wellness doctor. We've talked about this twice a month. 450 a throw. She's only 38 years old. How bad can she be? I think she's fine. She has headaches every once in a while and skin problems that erupt on her legs. I've told her to go to a real doctor. She won't do it because what she has is that thing Toledo's got. But it's not.
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We don't even know.
C
Africa elbow. Yeah. It says not even noticeable though. She feels it under her skin. I told her that I'm cutting off this gravy train of medical money. We have insurance, but none of it covers this. She says I don't care about her health. I think she's addicted to being unwell because she's not sick. She's been told about endometriosis in her family, so anytime she gets a stomach pain, she blames that. Even though 4 of her wellness doctors have said she doesn't have it. So the very doctor she's investing in told her not. She's not got it. It's like she's rooting to be sick. How do I stop this money cut to my jugular and still care about her? It's starting to make me wish she did have a disease. So I at least knew what to say. Brian. Oh, boy.
D
Write the final check this year.
C
Got it off all birds. Morning sickness. Disgusting. They smell, they're sticky. They say things that are horrible. Holmberg's morning sickness, you're saying dry it out.
D
You know, does she go to her leg? It's amazing.
C
Yeah. I bet she's got one. 38 is usually when the wellness thing.
D
Is it's definitely thrived.
C
You can't talk to women about this and say you guys are addicted to wanting to be sick. They feel fine. They go to the doctor. No man understands that. No, you feel good. No, you especially. You went through it. His ex wife loved going to and. But the problem with her was she always got something. She literally. Oh, well, maybe not, but she had a lot. Was it all right?
D
I'm a. I'm a believer.
C
No, it wasn't 100 grand. No.
D
You know that. That's how powerful the mind is. Completely. Someone thinks now I'm not seeing it and I know I'm going to get something.
C
You're Going to get something, right? It's. Yeah. No, but they get like, no. Our grandmas were tough. My grandma smoked 400 cigarettes a day, took some bare aspirin in the morning and swore that that was going to keep her healthy forever. She lived to be, like, 86. She didn't have any supplements. There wasn't a cabinet of anything in the house to keep. Now, granted, I wish we had a code. She looked horrible. I'm not going to. L did look absolutely terrible in the.
D
Situation, like, for this guy. I wish he could call, you know, not making it obvious, but like, Dr. Placebo. This guy is like, I got these things for you.
C
Hey, this is a good idea.
D
It's a placebo effect where he's, you know.
C
Well, I think that's what most of those supplements are. But if she's not feeling better, well, I do. This is what I don't get, 100 grand. If you don't feel better after the visit to the doctor, why go back? If this one time. I go back once and go, hey, it's not right.
D
The headaches won't go away. Yeah.
C
If it's a year and a hundred grand and you still have the same stuff, you gotta start. The problem is those doctors will give them, like, 14 different things to buy, you know, the lotions and potions that they have to take. And then they got to like, I am Newt and wizard stuff. And then they, like, if they miss a day, the doctor has them convinced that they have to start all over. If you miss your pills, it's like, it ha. If you're not consistent, it's another 450.
D
And I can tell. I can tell when I'm. I'm out of the pills.
C
Here's the thing, ladies. And this comes from all guys, because we talk about this stuff, we don't get it. We want to be surprised.
D
We're not far from the. I mean, it is different.
C
We are. We go when we're sick. We don't go when we're not. A checkup.
D
I know, but maybe things that are feel good or, you know, like what? I mean, we got down to where you wear those. Yeah, I did it. The bionic band. Yeah.
C
That's just a scam you're falling for because you're hoping for a quick fix so you don't have to go to the doctor. Yeah, that's what dudes do. Rub a little dirt on it. See if that helps. We do a bunch of things on our own. If you, as a man went to a dude who charged you $450 for the bionic band.
D
Yeah.
C
And it didn't work. And then you went back to him and said, you need another one. You'd say, no, a better version for a hundred grand version right now ready for you. $100,000 and you don't feel better and you want to keep doing it, cut it off. Because it used to be called being a hypochondriac. Now it's just called being healthy. Because they've got a snow that the more you go to a doctor, the better you'll feel. And that's the opposite the do like dudes have done for years, Dodge that doctor. They have to put commercials on TV to tell guys, go to the doctor. We don't until it bleeds or we can't use it anymore. We're not going. Nope. Because I don't want bad news. You made it this far.
D
Yeah.
C
You go get your checkups.
D
The rationale?
C
I'm fine right now.
D
Yeah.
C
I've never heard a woman say what I say all the time. And I've heard other guys say, well, you know, this is getting a little long anyway. I'm ready for credits to roll. If that's it. It's it. I'm not saying if it's my time, it's my time. But like, yeah, whatever. What I don't know can't kill me is that's my medical advice to everybody. If you don't know about it, it can't kill you. The minute you know about it, guess what? That's all you're gonna think about. Stop going. This is great advice to the doctor for no reason. If it ain't bleeding, swollen, and that's after three or four days. The swelling won't go down for three or four days. And if you can't use it, those are the reasons to go. If you feel good and you're going to someone who's not even a real doctor, they're going to make you pay for something. No. No holistic or wellness doctor has ever said, hey, you're ship shape. Get out of here. They've always got something to sell you.
D
That research that was on the.
C
You know better than anyone. And again, going back to Brett's thing, as bitter as he may be, she always came out with like a real operation and like, like your ex maybe talked herself into being sick a lot, but she had boots and operations and cuts. A wellness doctor will never tell you there's no reason for you to come here. A real doctor might, but a Wellness doctor won't. I don't understand it. No, man does. We try to be supportive, but if. If it ain't working, we're solvers. At some point, you're just like, all right, then, whatever.
D
Well, I can't help. I've recommended it to a couple, you know, Check this out. If nothing else is working, it's like you're trying to find that thing that. That will help them because obviously, sure, I'm not helping with my suggestions or whatever.
C
You know what's funny? If you say, go to a real doctor, they scream, oh, you're an ass. You're an asshole. Yeah, you're a complete asshole. It's like the dudes know, like, they just give me pills. I'm like, that's all you take? It's the other guy's just giving you pills, too. Yeah, but then when bad pills, like, I don't know if I didn't go to school for that.
D
And it's hard not to feel that that's a can of worms as well.
C
Don't even bother with it.
D
Test happy.
C
I want you to be healthy. But if you spend 100 grand and I'm going through my taxes and my annual expenses and you're not better, we're redistributing that somewhere else. That's going to a different thing. You're no longer allowed to go to that guy. And if she yells at you, just go, hey. Then you pay for it. Just call Cordone. Cordell, this guy says my wife had legit cancer and racked up some serious medical debt. Tell that dude to stop paying the doctors and take his wife's name off the house and cars and everything and file for bankruptcy in a few years. Her name's not on anything, so they can't take it from you. That's if it goes to collections. They keep calling. Just ignore them. That's my experience. Great man advice right there. Ignore it like the Book of Mormon. Turn it off like a light switch. Just go, click. I'm not saying our ways right, but it is better because you know how much money I spent on doctors last year? Throw a number at me. Lower Bob.
D
Three grand.
C
Lower Bob.
D
Zero.
C
Zero dollars. Zero dollars. Guess how much I plan on spending this year without injury. I'm holding up the same zero. There's a lot of boys out there jealous of that number. Yeah, I'm not going out there. Something has to happen. Brady had his kidney get sucked out last year. I don't see a pile of pills in front of you. And Crying. You powered through it, man. Man up. My grandma didn't have pms. She acted like a C word. The week before she was going to be a C word. My grandpa told her, knock it off. And she did. The good old days. The good old days. Knock it off. I've got pms.
B
I'm.
C
Next week I'm gonna be a complete. So I get to do it before I'm prepping. Keep it up, you're gonna have five across the mouth. Yeah. Even if you're gonna be doing this without any money and all alone.
D
No.
C
And then they just powered through. My grandma would grab her bears, aspirin, some cigarettes. Again, I will say to the ladies, Isabel did not look good. She looked like she was 85 when she was 40. So there is something to the, you know, maintenance program there though, just like.
D
To, you know, if you could figure out a way to say, you know, after the hundred grand and there hasn't been much in the results department, it's. Would you agree with that? Let's reassess it.
C
Let's say, Brady, it's gambling. And she finds out he spent $100,000 and had no wins. You think she's going to foot that bill next year if she's paying for everything?
D
No. No.
C
There you go. Without results, you cannot keep going. I saw pictures of my grandma the other day and I was probably 5 or 6 and that put her at age 49. She looked like she was 100. Like there wasn't a picture of my grandma where she didn't look like my grandma. Like there was never like, wow, she looks young. She, when she turned 20, put that weird rose colored shirt on and those black pants and she had two of each, swapped them out every day, same clothes every day, same everything. She always looked the same. It's Last Action Hero. It was exactly that closet. Her closet was like two.
D
Two.
C
Shirley showed up. Shirley looked like herself. There was never a chance and never changed. Even when she got old, the hair stayed black. She just looked like grandma all the time. She aged into being 80 and by the time she was 80, you're like, she looks good. But that took 80 years. Then she dropped off like, wow. Right when you caught up to how you've looked your whole life, you're done 100 grand on pills. Jesus Christ. 100 grand. You better have something removed.
A
He's putting up with it too, though.
C
That's. Man, there's a little of that, you know, you say Cordell. Cordell Brady actually says that that was your first suggestion write the check. Here's 100 grand for expenses. I'm out. I'm gonna go find one of them healthy broads.
D
Or that's her hobby.
C
It's a hobby. You've got too much, then. Definitely broke the check. Get the hell out of there. Too much expendable cash. Hundred grand. Make her get a job and pay for that herself. And then she'll start feeling better, I betcha.
D
At least you know LeBron. LeBron spends 2 million on himself. But there's a return on that.
C
It's. It's a drop in the bucket compared to what it's bringing. James Harrison used to do that. Spent $2 million on himself. But that his body was his job. Yeah, if her body's her job, that's called prostitution. There you go, Brady. You solved it today. I agree with what you mouthed out. When didn't say on the air what a C word. That's what Brady thought. There you go. That is what Brady did. Everybody. It's 98, Arizona's most powerful, powerful rock radio station.
Episode Title: WWBD - His Tall 14yo Son Told Him He's Done w/Baseball And Basketball And Only Enjoys Poetry - His Wife Is Addicted To Going To The Doctor Even When Nothing's Wrong
Podcast: Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona
Date: January 20, 2026
Main Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness delves into two listener dilemmas: a father struggling with his tall, athletic 14-year-old son quitting sports to focus on poetry, and a husband worried about his wife's costly addiction to holistic medicine and wellness doctors. The show brings its trademark irreverent humor and candid, offbeat advice, with the hosts riffing on fatherhood, masculinity, and modern “wellness” culture.
Listener Letter:
A father ("Seth") writes in distress—his 6'2", 14-year-old son, described as a potential "meal ticket" for the family, has lost interest in sports (baseball and basketball) and now only enjoys poetry. Seth asks for advice on whether to push his son back toward athletics or nurture his literary side.
Shock and Humor
Advice to the Father
Relatable Experiences & Realism
Personal Anecdotes
Listener Letter:
A husband writes seeking advice after his wife spent $100,000 in a year on “health,” mainly involving wellness doctors and supplements, but with no improvement. He wants to cut the budget while still appearing supportive.
Satirical Take on 'Wellness' Culture
Comparing Generations
Placebo Effects and Escalating Costs
Male Perspective on Health Spending
"Who got to him, man?" (Holmberg, 02:57)
On the poetry-loving son.
“How about you try to talk him and say, hey, your poems are great... Will you watch this game with me and then write a poem about it?” (Holmberg, 03:17)
Blending sports with poetry for bonding.
“If you feel good and you’re going to someone who’s not even a real doctor, they’re going to make you pay for something. No. No holistic or wellness doctor has ever said, hey, you’re ship shape. Get out of here.” (Holmberg, 16:52)
On the holistic medicine racket.
“I just need. I need that back. You can. I don’t care what your personality is. I had no... No connection to her as a human outside of that thing.” (Holmberg, 08:58)
On misguided attempts at romantic poetry.
“Zero dollars. Zero dollars. Guess how much I plan on spending this year without injury. I’m holding up the same zero. There’s a lot of boys out there jealous of that number.” (Holmberg, 19:34)
Bragging about not going to doctors.
The episode is marked by irreverent humor, bold takes, snarky insights, and an underlying vein of real-life experience. The hosts don’t shy away from politically incorrect jokes and sarcasm, but underlying it all is a candid, if unorthodox, attempt to offer real advice.
| Segment | Main Issue | Hosts’ Advice/Commentary | Timestamps | |------------------------------- |------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------------- |-------------| | Teen son quitting sports | Dad torn between sports/poetry | Blend passions, set fun assignments, don’t force sports | 02:00-06:00 | | Misguided romantic poetry | Holmberg’s anecdotes | Laughter at misplaced efforts, lessons in self-awareness | 06:00-10:00 | | Wife's wellness addiction | Financial & emotional toll | “Cut her off,” compare to male approach, generational talk | 10:05-23:10 |
Recommended For:
Anyone navigating parental expectations, marriage finances, or skeptical of modern health trends will find catharsis (and plenty of laughs) in this episode.