Podcast Summary: Holmberg’s Morning Sickness – Arizona

Episode Title: 01-21-26 - Alex Emails In That He Trains In The Blade And Wonders If Those Girls Could Play In WNBA - New Segment 'This Bitch Here'
Air Date: January 21, 2026
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo

Episode Overview

This episode showcases the irreverent and often controversial humor of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness. The crew tackles two main discussion threads:

1. An email from Alex about recruiting athletic “Blade” streetwalkers for the WNBA.
2. The debut of a tongue-in-cheek segment titled “This Bitch Here,” focusing on a Florida woman's lawsuit after her IVF treatment resulted in a baby with unexpected Asian features.
   The show blends dark humor, satirical social commentary, and personal anecdotes, staying true to its aim to entertain, question, and occasionally disturb listeners.

Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Alex’s Email: Recruiting WNBA Talent from “The Blade”

• [00:08 – 03:08]
• Alex writes in that he’s been training in "the Blade" district (notorious for prostitution), observing that many women there are “tall and super athletic.”
• Holmberg riffs on the idea, picturing a WNBA team built from streetwise, tough women with raw athleticism, suggesting they’d be unbeatable defensively, even if not the highest scoring:

  “Wouldn’t be high scoring, but who cares? You go 40 and 4 with 135 scores. Those bitches would be maulers like the Bad boys and Pistons and Rodman...” – Holmberg [01:03]

• The crew jokes that if these women kept “their side hustle” during the off-season, they’d have the ultimate multi-tasking team.
• “She’s from the University of Blade” could become an ongoing inside joke.
• All agree it’d be entertaining:

  “I'd watch that… her whole team is former prostitutes. Right? And then a couple shooters from college.” – Holmberg [02:08]

2. Debuting “This Bitch Here”: The IVF Mix-up Lawsuit

• [03:08 – 15:17]
• Holmberg introduces “This Bitch Here,” a running gag segment for outrageous stories.
• A Florida woman sues a fertility clinic after her long-awaited IVF baby is born with “Asian” features, later confirmed with DNA testing as unrelated to either parent.
• The hosts speculate wildly and sarcastically, questioning the plaintiff’s account and jokingly suggesting an affair or that her partner isn’t the father.
• Holmberg lampoons the cost of IVF (up to $70K), and the idea of wanting a “DNA match”:

  “I don't want to take that from anybody, but my God, all that thing's going to do is drain another 80 or 90 grand out of you before college anyway.” – Holmberg [03:58]

• The show delves into the economics of donor eggs, joking higher prices are for better looks or “rarity,” with Brady invoking eugenics and population percentages:

  “So you’re saying that’s eugenics then. We’re trying to make more Japanese people so they’re more expensive.” – Holmberg [08:41]

• The group mocks the escalating lawsuit and attitudes—“It's not our baby… want a refund?”—as racist or arrogant:

  “Isn’t it racist to want extra money because it's not ours?… Science made a goof. Sorry about that. Did you get a baby or not?” – Holmberg [11:54]

• Comparisons to buying the “wrong color car” or “burnt potato chips” springboard more jokes.

Notable Quotes:

• “You can still do it with a brown one. Racist.” – Holmberg [12:53]
• “Is your wife around at all? I would like to speak. Don't you answer her phone for that doesn't make me going to fix that.” – Holmberg, riffing on the possibility of an affair [10:36]
• “What’s the money-back policy on this?” – Brady, satirizing consumer attitudes toward IVF [13:30]

3. Parenthood, Adoption, and Family Trees: More Satire

• [13:05 – 19:10]
• The hosts joke about the attachment to “biological” children and how adopting or accepting the “wrong baby” shouldn’t be a big deal.
• “If you want a kid, just make the swap. Toledo’s boy for that new little Indian…” – Holmberg, on jokingly trading children [22:44]
• They riff on the stereotype of Indian children excelling in academics and careers, contrasted with “dumb white kids” saying things like “low key” and “bruh.”

Notable Quotes:

• “She got Chevy Chased… she wound up with the family Truckster.” – Host, referencing the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies [12:55]
• “If it turns out that neither of them are… adopt a baby.” – Brady, considering alternative options [13:10]
• “White people don’t… if you watch a little Asian porn, you realize that a crying infant and an orgasming Asian woman sound exactly the same.” – Holmberg [26:04]

4. The “Rico Blaze” Character & Comic Relief

• [27:18 – 31:33]
• The crew break into a running bit about the fictional “Rico Blaze”—an uber-fertile lothario responsible for mysterious pregnancies around fertility clinics (and, formerly, a cop with “side gigs”). This both pokes fun at the unlikely IVF mix-up and serves as raunchy comic relief.
• Bret, Holmberg, and Toledo improvise wild “Rico” lines:

  “I'm so goddamn potent. I walk by a fertility clinic and the eggs get pregnant.” – “Rico Blaze” (Holmberg) [27:32]

• The character’s exploits—fertilizing “half of Florida”—become an ongoing inside joke; tales of Enterprise rental cars and cruise ships pile on absurdity.
• “Police are coming. And so are you, baby.” – “Rico Blaze” [28:41]

5. Musical Interlude & Beyoncé Anecdote

• [32:25 – 34:39]
• Song selection is inspired by earlier talk about “booty” and Destiny’s Child’s "Bootylicious."
• Holmberg shares a backstage memory of meeting a young Beyoncé, reflecting on her beauty compared to co-hosts’ memories of “the most beautiful women in real life.”
• The show closes out with playful bragging about the hosts' brushes with celebrity and the wonders (and “artistry”) of real versus manufactured beauty.

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the “Blade” as WNBA Talent Pool:

  "You want to see one of those girls get a little uppity on the court and have one of your Blade hookers come off the bench and get in her face? That's going to quiet her down quick." – Holmberg [02:33]

• On IVF Mix-Up Outrage:

  "This here, man. Lawyers are like, neither of them are the parents. Well, that's not possible. The balls in this broad. That's what I said." – Holmberg [06:28]

• On Cost and Rarity of Donor Eggs:

  "You're that 2am Pig… you know, that's a twenty thousand dollar egg. You wander in there looking good, it's like that's a sixty thousand dollar egg." – Holmberg [08:17]

• On Race and Medical Mix-Ups:

  "Isn’t it racist to want extra money because it's not ours? ... Did you get a baby or not?" – Holmberg [11:54]

• On Stereotypes of Adopted Asian Daughters:

  "You got a built-in scholarship. That is true. I think I'd rather have an Asian girl than a ... dumb white kid who's gonna say bruh and low key constantly." – Holmberg [19:10]

Tone & Style

• Unapologetically irreverent, edgy, and packed with rapid-fire banter.
• The humor can lean crude, with a satirical edge that often toes the line of political correctness.
• Direct, conversational, and riff-driven, with each host playing off the others’ ideas and one-liners.

Episode Timeline

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|--------------------| | 00:08 | Intro to Alex’s Email – “The Blade” as WNBA recruiting grounds. | | 02:33 | Discussion turns to toughness and utility of “Blade” athletes. | | 03:08 | New segment: “This Bitch Here” – IVF mix-up lawsuit story. | | 06:27 | Hosts question lawsuit, speculating about affair/clinic mix-up. | | 08:17 | Cost and pricing of eggs and sperm, “eugenics” jokes. | | 11:46 | What’s the “refund policy” if your IVF baby “isn’t yours”? | | 14:05 | More jokes about returning babies, “burnt chips” metaphor. | | 15:17 | Stereotypes about academia, swapping children, adoption. | | 22:49 | “This Bitch Here” as a recurring bit. | | 27:18 | “Rico Blaze” calls in; comic riff about fertility. | | 32:25 | Musical break – Destiny’s Child “Bootylicious” & Beyoncé backstory. | | 34:39 | Reflections on real beauty and the show's local radio legacy. |

For listeners new to the show:
Expect fearless, boundary-pushing humor mixed with satirical takes on bizarre real-life events—all filtered through the distinct personalities of the HMS crew. If you don’t mind roast-level banter and finding comedy in the absurd, this episode delivers classic Holmberg storytelling and group chemistry.