02-25-26 - BR - WED - Announcing Details On Our HUGE Contest Starting Today - Brady Struggles To Say Similarly In Circumcision Story

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Episode Summary

Podcast: Holmberg's Morning Sickness (98KUPD, Arizona)
Date: February 25, 2026
Episode: 02-25-26 – Announcing Details On Our HUGE Contest Starting Today – Brady Struggles To Say Similarly In Circumcision Story
Host(s): John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo

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Brief Overview

This lively episode centers around the much-anticipated announcement of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness’s "HUGE" new contest, offering listeners a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see Metallica at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The crew banters about the contest details, share playful ribbing regarding eligibility, and sprinkle in their trademark humor—especially as Brady hilariously struggles with the word "similarly" during a news segment about circumcision rates. The show also features the unique camaraderie and rapid wit that make it a local favorite, with the team riffing on outrageous news stories, listener emails, and their inside jokes.

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Main Segments & Key Discussion Points

1. Pre-Contest Anticipation & Banter

[01:19–04:09]

• John hypes up a special, "life list" prize for the upcoming 25th anniversary.
• Brett and Brady hint at what the contest might be, teasing listener guesses from emails.
• John: "This is the best prize we've given away ... That's not it ... And then I'm like: Can I be part of this? ... They're not giving it away to radio [or] media people. It is strictly for whomever wins it."
• The crew jokes about recruiting friends (even non-listeners) to help boost participation, making fun of "country music people" for comic effect.

2. Contest Details: The Metallica Sphere Trip

[14:22–19:44, Announcement at 14:22, Key Details from 16:48, Correction at 24:30]

• Major Reveal: The contest is for “Metallica Disappear to the Sphere”—two tickets to the first two Metallica shows at Sphere Las Vegas, hotel for two nights, plus $200 for fuel.

• Contest mechanics: Hourly code words, submit via the 98KUPD app or website.

• John highlights the exclusivity: “Thousands of dollars in tickets ... strictly just for us ... Only way in is to win.”

• The show marvels at Sphere as a venue: “The room has the most amazing sound I’ve ever heard… Mind blowingly different than anything you’ve ever seen.”

• Correction: Metallica concert dates updated from September to October 1 & 3 (see [24:30]).

  “So you don’t get to see them on the 24th and 26th. Scratch that right out. The winners will attend the first and third show—so October 1st and 3rd.” – John & Brett ([24:30])

• Playful suggestion: the hosts offer to take winners out to dinner during the off-day.

  "If that's interesting to you, we'll let the winners decide: Want to have dinner with the boys between two shows? Not really? Okay, thanks. Saves us some cash." – John ([21:54])

3. Listener Engagement & Radio Industry Inside Jokes

[04:16–08:58]

• John urges listeners to create group chats and recruit friends—even those who "hate the station"—to enter code words, poking fun at country music fans and station management ("Radio Bobs").

• Lots of inside radio humor: radio’s "plagiarism culture," mocking management cluelessness, and celebrating 25 years on air without being fired.

  “It’s part of our 25th anniversary ... the people who gave us this are doing it like, hey, John’s been doing this 25 years ... This is pretty awesome.” – John ([05:44])

4. The Brady Report: News, Fun Facts, and Brady’s Linguistic Woes

[10:54–14:16]

• Brady delivers his signature offbeat news.

• Fun facts:

  • 700 grapes in a bottle of wine.

  • Circumcision rates by country ("similarly" mispronounced).

  • Notable exchange: Brady’s repeated, failed attempts to say "similarly," leading to playful mockery.

    "Similarly. Similarity. Similarly." – Brady, struggling ([11:34–12:09])
    "Do it. No, do it. ... Nope." – John, egging him on ([11:54–12:01])

• John riffs on religious dietary rules and pigs ("pigs got such a raw deal in the biblical thing"), with Brady chiming in on biblical stories ([12:28–13:08]).

5. News Bits & Viral Oddities

[23:53–36:12]

• The show cycles through bizarre and humorous news stories:
  • Cop catches a suspect hiding in a garbage can (“Oscar the Grouch”).
  • Study: Nevada most deceitful state, AZ at #8.
  • Underwear hygiene: replace every six months.
  • Liquid Death debuts a Bluetooth urn for ashes — leads to dark jokes about playlisting for the afterlife.
• Brady videos section: grotesque medical oddities (huge tongue, elephantitis), referenced with offbeat humor and audience queasiness.

  "It's like a human hand lives inside his mouth." – John ([33:09])

6. Listener Emails, Recaps & Hot Takes

[36:12–End]

• The hosts react to incoming listener texts, with playful banter about rigging the contest and who they'd take to Vegas.
• Recap and reiterate of contest word: "Master" for the 8 a.m. entry ([20:41], [39:44]).

  "People are taking your suggestion to heart—our own text system is a part of group chats: 'Guys, the word is Master.'" – John ([39:44])

• Discussion on Metallica’s enduring popularity, Sphere as a bucket-list venue, and the exclusivity of this prize.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Contest Anticipation:

  "I've been holding this for over a month ... that's the best prize we've given away ... I'm gonna start handing it out a little bit." – John Holmberg ([01:41–01:39])

• On Recruiting Friends for Contest Entries:

  "If you got that listens to country music in your group, just tell him ... just don't monkey around with the country people." – John ([04:16])

• On Sphere and Metallica:

  "I've only seen the environmental movie. ... The room has the most amazing sound I've ever heard ... This is awesome and I love that we’re doing it." – John ([16:53–17:23])
  “If you have not been in Sphere yet in Vegas ... it’s such a cool venue and so like mind blowingly different than anything you’ve ever seen ... Get a couple buddies to kick in. This is going to cost you nothing.” – John ([18:47–19:44])

• On Radio Management:

  “Make the Bobs dance. ... They always say something stupid after and then in the end we all are winners and it gets us out from under them saying ‘We need more ideas.’ ... Radio is the last bastion of plagiarism that still is like high-fived.” – John ([06:00–08:58])

• Brady’s “Similarly” Meltdown:

  "Similarly. Similarity. Similarly." – Brady, repeated failed attempts ([11:34–12:09])
  "He's not gonna do it. Hurdles too hard." – John ([12:03])

• On Underwear Hygiene:

  “Who keeps their underwear around for that long?” – John, incredulously ([24:07])
  “Doctors generally recommend replacing underwear every six to nine months because washing them doesn’t remove everything.” – Brady ([24:08])

• On Medical Oddities (Brady Videos):

  "The man has a Carl Budding package for a tongue ... It's like a human hand lives inside his mouth." – John ([32:48–33:09])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:19–04:09] – Teasing the contest, team banter
• [14:22] – Major contest announcement (“Disappear to the Sphere”)
• [16:53–19:44] – Sphere as a venue, prize specifics, entering and spreading the word
• [24:30] – Correction of contest dates to October 1 & 3
• [10:54–14:16] – Brady Report, fun facts, the "similarly" struggle
• [23:53–36:12] – News stories: “Oscar the Grouch,” cheating states, underwear hygiene, Bluetooth urn
• [32:26–36:12] – Brady videos: shocking medical cases, light-hearted banter
• [39:44] – Reminder and wrap-up on contest code word ("Master") and listener emails

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Episode Tone & Style

The energy is high, irreverent, and delightfully chaotic. The crew constantly interrupts one another for the sake of a punchline, a zinger, or to escalate the running jokes about listeners, colleagues, and recurring characters (e.g., "Rachel the Hut"). The episode’s humor is both self-deprecating and audience-inclusive, with a firm sense of regional pride and radio industry lore.

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Summary for New Listeners

If you missed this episode, you missed:

• The reveal of an exclusive contest to see Metallica at the Sphere in Las Vegas (two shows, hotel, gas money—no radio insiders eligible; open only to listeners using secret code words announced hourly).
• A classic “Brady Moment” as he spectacularly butchers the word “similarly,” leading to a round of merciless (but loving) crew ribbing.
• Rants about the quirks of the radio industry, hilarious news tidbits, and listener-driven jokes about everything from underwear hygiene to pig-hating religions and medical sideshows.
• The infectious, bantering camaraderie that has kept the Morning Sickness crew atop Phoenix radio for 25 years.

Key takeaway: LISTENERS: The code word "MASTER" gives you your shot at a trip to Metallica at Sphere. Get those friends (and even haters) involved, and good luck!

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Transcript

[Brett Vesely]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

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[Brady]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Brett Vesely]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

What the hell is wrong with you?

[John Holmberg]

I had to tell you. We're just. We're 10 minutes away from me doing this announcement thing, which I think is. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Brett Vesely]

Hour 10.

[John Holmberg]

Huh?

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, no. 8 o'.

[John Holmberg]

Clock. Yeah. Yeah. What the hell?

[Brett Vesely]

I'm behind now, too. Sorry.

[John Holmberg]

What are you, Pacific time?

[Brady]

You promised me 7:47.

[John Holmberg]

No, I told you. And it's 7:47:48. And I'm telling you right now, I'm gonna start handing it out a little bit.

[Brett Vesely]

Larry's losing it.

[John Holmberg]

Larry's. I'm losing it. I can't have all. I've been holding this for over a month. I was in the room when this went down, and we looked at each other like, yeah, I can't believe. God damn it. We got my eyes driving me nuts. This bubble has shrunk down and that's all I see. Anyway, so I was in the room and the guy on the phone was talking to the Larry's, like, you're not gonna believe what they're offering us. And I'm like, oh. And sure enough, he started to rattle off thing. And I'm like, that's the best prize we've given away. And he goes, that's not it. Like, oh, oh, oh. And then I'm like, can I be part of this? They're like, no, you can't. Like if you want to. They said, like, if you want to try to get in on it, you're on your own. But we're not. That's not for. They're not giving it away to radio people, media people. It is strictly going to be for whomever wins it from us. That's it. Oh, it's. And I just want to see it. It's, it's. Everybody's got this on their list of things right now, and this is the ultimate way to play along. We got nine more minutes before I can start barking them out. Let's talk amongst yourselves.

[Brady]

I. I got a guess, but I don't want to say it.

[John Holmberg]

You'll write it down.

[Brady]

Okay.

[Brett Vesely]

There's a couple guesses that came through. A couple of the same ones.

[John Holmberg]

Well, I have noticed on the Internet there's been a couple little pops and leaks about what the announcement is that we can't supersede. I guess that's how you'd say it, that I can't jump ahead of what's being announced there. So everybody's finding it now.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[Brady]

What hours.

[John Holmberg]

Just throw that out.

[Brett Vesely]

We just had a couple emails saying the same things.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. So it's, it's, it's sneaking. Pretty cool. It's sneaky. Oh, and wait. Wait until you hear.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, wait, there's more details.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, this is like Ronco. Huh? A new car. No, it's not. It's.

[Brett Vesely]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

But wait, there's more.

[Brady]

It's slices, dices, cut, grates, chops.

[John Holmberg]

But wait, there's more. Yes. Brett and Brady have written it down. And did you get from the emails and stuff? Brady, where'd you get your guess? You just.

[Brady]

I just was.

[John Holmberg]

No kidding.

[Brett Vesely]

I got multiples emails on that.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. So it's a thing now. That's like becoming a deal. Oh, it's pretty awesome. And we'll have an 8 o' clock code word. So get on the app, get ready

[Brett Vesely]

on the web or it's going to be on the app. Right.

[John Holmberg]

And the web.

[Brett Vesely]

Okay. And the web. Okay. Because there's people asking where am I going to enter this word for whatever?

[John Holmberg]

98kupd.com I've been giving you the idea of getting a text thread together with a bunch of people whether they listen or not. If you got that listens to country music in your group, just tell him. He's going to struggle with it because he's not smart. But you got one of them country retards and you throw over and say hey Clint, I need you to download the KUPD app. I don't listen to that rock music. You know, I'm like yeah, I didn't. I don't care what you listen to, Clint. I need you to download this. And every time I send you a word and say put it in the. You have to find maybe country music people aren't the best example because they're gonna. You're gonna just be working real hard for that. So get some people with average to above average intell. Just don't. Don't monkey around with the country people.

[Brett Vesely]

Since we're not allowed to win. Can Dale win? He's a country guy. He's, you know.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I think so. He's affiliated somehow. So I'm not sure if he's actually allowed to say.

[Brett Vesely]

We can hit him up.

[John Holmberg]

But get everyone that you're that loves this station hates. Doesn't matter. Rachel can do it. Rachel the hut can even be part of putting the word in for somebody. I'm not doing it because. All right, fat ass. Never mind. Not you. I dropped my phone in the fryer again.

[Brett Vesely]

Andrew wants to know is the two season tickets to ride the dolly steamboat.

[John Holmberg]

Yes. Yes. And Brett will be. Brad is actually driving the boat. We put a hellcat engine in the steamboat. Yeah.

[Brett Vesely]

You're see Titanic part two.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Oh man.

[Brady]

I will sink that two hour tour in 15 minutes.

[John Holmberg]

He does the two hour tour faster than anyone in the history of the steamboat. Yeah. Just a few minutes away, but yeah. So get your friends in on it. Get the words I'm going to give you at 8:00's coming up. Now here's the thing. It's going to be 8:10 when this opens. 8:10. So I'll give you the word appropriately. We're gonna get into the Brady report and do this. But just be. Be ready and get your friends on this. This is a good thing. And again, thank you to all the people who have already pre hated at my. At my request to email in and go. That's it. What a stupid thing. You don't know what it is, but you're still. Look, there's gonna be people who think it's dumb. You're wrong. It's. It's so cool. You're going to be a hero, and it's just such a neat thing. Ah, can't wait. All right, so we'll get that together for you, but get all your friends in on it and get this thing together. And again, help us with our. I mean, the. The Radio Bobs won't know what hit them. They had nothing to do with this at all. But they're going to take loads of credit for it. And it's part of our 25th anniversary to get prizes like this. That's the thing I want to say more than anything is the people who gave us this are doing it. It's like, hey, John's been doing this 25 years and we want to be. And give you an exclusive thing for that. It's. This is a remarkable thing that we're getting just because we haven't been fired for 25 years, essentially, what happened here. This is pretty awesome. So part of our 25th year, we're going to be churning out cool stuff like this, and it's going to be great. So I want to scream thank you to those people, but I can't do it because not yet. It'll give up who and what and unexpected completely. Jim Brewer's gonna love this when he comes in here. He's gonna love this. So it's pretty great. So hop on that thing, get the downloads. Our Bobs, our idiot Radio Bobs that, you know, I heart us, all the dummies that run radio and have been doing so into the earth for the last quarter century, allowing shows like this to continue without firing them. They won't understand why, but our numbers will increase like crazy if you do my way. Just get people who don't listen to download the app and then they'll have all sorts of crazy, like, theories as to why it worked and what they don't know what they're talking about. And it's going to be fun radio later when I'm like, oh, I heard in a meeting that one of the Bobs said that this is why this happened, but they don't know. And they spent like $20,000 on research to say, well, this is what happened when that. No, it's a bunch of people who don't listen to the station downloaded it because we got you guys to do that. Help us out. Make the Bob's dance. It's hilarious when they do. They always say something stupid after. And then in the end we all are winners and it gets gets us out from under them saying we need more ideas. We don't tell them this stuff. It just happens. And then they're like, well, when we had our meeting, you were supposed to give us ideas and why didn't you give this to us? Because you'd have given it to like eight markets and ruined it. Cuz you radio is the last bastion of plagiarism that still is like high fived. In St. Louis they do a bit called blah blah blah. You should do that in Phoenix. And then one of the cruddy Phoenix stations does it. Like you guys are doing that. That's stealing. Not in radio.

[Brady]

We don't have an arch.

[John Holmberg]

It's sharing. Anyway, I'm holding, holding the paper. It's got all the info on it right in front of me.

[Brett Vesely]

So keep stretching for four minutes.

[John Holmberg]

Four minutes. No, we'll get to it. Brady is here to all the news. We're just going to interrupt Brady like an Amber alert.

[Brady]

Make sure it's a good little sounder that interrupts it if you can.

[John Holmberg]

I think we need like a horn chirp. Yeah, no, no, that's not. That's not loud enough. I don't know if I have a good enough. Like I have like foghorns and stuff. I'll do that. I'll just start foghorning you out of your job. We'll get some of that together. Is that it? Let's see if I can find that. So let's go through my list of. No, no, no. There it is. Okay, this is what we're gonna do. I don't know. That's when I break in. Okay. That's when I break in right there. Or maybe just have some sort of. It's a little. That's a little down. Everybody move.

[Brady]

Hit them all.

[John Holmberg]

Tuscan Raider. No, I don't know.

[Brett Vesely]

That's Rachel.

[John Holmberg]

No, that's Rachel. Yeah, Rachel's at the drive through and they're taking forever. Hurry up, Dutch brother. She's starving. Don't forget to put the bean on top of the cup. I like to eat the bean. Anyway, it's time for Brady to give you all the news that only Brady knows. And we call it the Brady Report. It's brought to you by our friends at all Pro Shade Concepts, Arizona's best patio shades. I say it all the time. 20 years of shade means two decades of quality and custom installed patio shades awnings and sunscreens. They've been doing it for over 20 years. And I, for personal reasons, like to think if you've been doing something for longer than 20 years, you must be pretty good at it. So darn it all, they must be good at it all. Pro Shade Concepts will take care of you. They got free installation on everything they do and estimates that come your way and make you realize they're working with the best. AllProchade.com they'll put you in the shade where you belong. Brady reported.

[Brady]

Good Wednesday morning to you. Phoenix. Hello world. Happy National Clam Chowder Day.

[John Holmberg]

That's too hot. Maybe back east. That's a good idea. That sounds awful. Tommy. A bunch of dairy based soups with clams in it. That's 90 degrees.

[Brett Vesely]

No Boston people too though.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

It's also chocolate covered nut day.

[John Holmberg]

That's pretty good. Rachel. Blazer Breeze Rush those. Rachel's probably already broken a record.

[Brady]

A couple of bases. Fun facts. About 700 grapes go into a bottle of wine. It's around 3 pounds.

[John Holmberg]

700 per bottle.

[Brady]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

Wow.

[Brady]

An estimated 80% of American men are circumcised. But the rates vary widely from country to country. 99.9% in Morocco are cut. Yep. Similarity. Similarity.

[John Holmberg]

Similarly. Do it.

[Brady]

The no.

[John Holmberg]

Nope. Do it.

[Brady]

And similar.

[John Holmberg]

Huh.

[Brady]

And similarly.

[John Holmberg]

Nope.

[Brady]

They're high rates of Muslim.

[John Holmberg]

He's not gonna do it. Hurdles too hard.

[Brady]

And similarly.

[John Holmberg]

It's a thing you're getting is now. Now. I don't know what's right now. It all sounds crazy but most Muslim

[Brady]

majority countries are 90, 92%.

[John Holmberg]

Cut.

[Brady]

Cut. The flip side. Europe are the most not circumcised. It's almost less than 20%.

[John Holmberg]

You know what's weird? I was this. I was thinking about this when the Muslims and the Jews and all that while I was down face down in that couch for a week. Your God and their God both hate pigs. Like a lot. Why did he invent pigs? Like the Muslims hate pigs. They're gross dirty pigs. Yeah. They invented a Rachel's. And then your God hates pigs. It's really weird that pigs got such a raw deal in the whole biblical thing.

[Brady]

But I don't know. Here's the question. And I don't know the answer.

[John Holmberg]

Both of them.

[Brady]

I don't know how accessible pigs were.

[John Holmberg]

They were in the Bible a lot. Like don't touch those. And then Spain.

[Brady]

I remember. You know, there's a story where the pigs go over the cliff. He sure cast a demon into the pigs.

[John Holmberg]

I know they hate Pigs. Both sides. Morning sickness. Hey, it's Larry McFeely here with my friend Wayne from AMCO. Wayne, it's tax time you filed and your refunds burning a hole in your pocket. That's right, Larry. Before you book a trip or buy something shiny, please remember your car. Tax time's the best time to take care of all the car repairs you've been putting off. Sure, because nothing kills a tax refund buzz faster than a surprise car breakdown. I'll say. If your car's been acting up, now's the time to handle it. Should we wait for our refund before getting repairs? No way. Amco payment plans let you get repairs now and pay when you get your check. Google AMCO for your nearest location. That's amco double A, MCO transmissions and a whole lot more. All right, HMS Podcast, time again to let you know where to go for

[Brett Vesely]

some great comedy in the Valley this

[John Holmberg]

week downtown at Stand Up Live. Get out and see the comedy of Moshe Casher and the up and coming Ari Maddie. Up north Desert Ridge, you'll get Josh Wolf and SNL's Tommy Brennan and East

[Brett Vesely]

side of the Tempe Improv.

[John Holmberg]

Don't miss the very funny Sam J. And more Josh Wolf.

[Brett Vesely]

For the complete lineups and for tickets,

[John Holmberg]

go to standuplive.com desertridgeimprov.com and tempeimprov.com Holmberg's Morning Sickness and we could unite over this. There we go. I had to wait for the eight seconds after. See what I'm doing to make sure that they all got the delay and people aren't looking at their clocks going, shut up. Here it is now, the announcement that's being made nationwide right now, and some of you have guessed it, is that the greatest rock band that that's alive still performing and killing it is Metallica. Now you're like, oh, I've seen Metallica before. They are performing at Sphere Las Vegas for select date September 24th to October 24th. And the show is called Metallica Life Burns Faster. So they have tickets going on sale here, Pre Sales on March 3rd. You can go to 98kupd.com check that out. Good luck with that because already there were rumors that this thing was going to be three grand a ticket, not necessarily face value. Yeah, it's gonna sell out. Yeah, like it's going to sell out. So here's what we got. And this was just for us, which is so cool. And thanks to Q Prime. Aaron, my God, sitting there. Metallica disappear to the Sphere contest. Metallica's playing Sphere in Vegas and we're gonna send you not to the first show, but to the first two shows, man. You get two of these. This is thousands of dollars in tickets to the Sphere in Vegas. We're going to put you up in a hotel and you get $200 in fuel so we can get there. Too many of you have felonies and too much stuff. We can't get you on airplanes. So we wanted, we wanted to get you up there. There's way too many F4s. We got too many barriers and legal things to jump over. Each hour, I'm going to give you a different code word to enter for your chance to experience metallica at Sphere. September 24th and September 26th in your hotel with your fuel. And also, you can do this. Like, let's say I win it, right? And I take Brett. Brett wants to go on the 24th. That's a Thursday deal. Like, you know what, I'm going to hook Brady up for the next day. You get a dudes trip up there.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

A bunch of you heading up, doing your thing. I'm going to, but I'm not going to the concert because I can't get any tickets. I could buy them, but that's maybe. We'll see. But if you have not been in Sphere yet in Vegas. Oh, yeah, I've only seen the environmental movie. I didn't see a concert there. Our old tax guy, Steve saw the Grateful Dead there and I'm like, he likes them, so it worked for him. I know people who saw the Eagles. Metallica is a different animal. I actually met somebody who saw John Summit there, the dj.

[Brett Vesely]

Oh, really?

[John Holmberg]

He did seven shows in seven days and sold them out in under a minute. All seven. And the thing holds like 15,000 people. It's huge. You haven't experienced the sound of a room that is like that. The room has the most amazing sound I've ever heard and let alone like what you're seeing. So this is awesome and I love that we're doing it. So I'm going to give you the word in about six minutes so you can get it together. Actually, I can tell you now, but you can't really get it going until our website kicks off. It's on our website probably right now, but then the code word starts at 8, 10. And I'll just tell you right now, early on it's master. So you can get, you can get on your text thread with all those people you've asked to download the app or get on the website and put Master in for the 8am word. This is pretty great. And Metallica has kept this dead quiet. I remember the last interview a month ago. They're like, the cost of that. But we couldn't do it. We could not put that together for the cost and what we'd need. And it's going to be them raw on the stage with all the shenanigans that goes on behind him at Sphere. And I'm telling you, having just spent the 80 bucks to go watch the movie in that thing, I'm not joking. I probably, for the right show would go up as high as 2,500 bucks to see a show I want to see. There it is.

[Brady]

It's.

[John Holmberg]

You just don't get it until you're in there. It's such a cool venue and so like mind blowingly different than anything you've ever seen. So head on up there and do this. But you gotta, you gotta get it. September 24th and the 26th, you get tickets to two shows. We'll put you in the hotel and give you 200 bucks in fuel. That should get you back and forth. It wouldn't have under Biden. And to Biden, we'd had to give you $30,000 in gas because gas prices were so high.

[Brett Vesely]

Now unless you got a hellcat, it might not.

[John Holmberg]

Well, right, well, a hellcat will get you there like seven or eight. Stop. But Brett, under Biden, gas was $63 a gallon. People forget. And now it's 11 cents for a full tank. I'm the greatest gas president that's ever lived. But 200 bucks in gas, pretty good. You know, we're covering that nut for you. Get a couple buddies to kick in. This is going to cost you nothing.

[Brett Vesely]

And again, everybody, it's on the app and on the website. Don't email it into the info box that you've been doing. I'm getting them buried with it right after.

[John Holmberg]

And the website and the word for 8 o' clock is master. Master. We kick it off with that one. Maybe the very first person that enters will be the very last person standing. Like the olympic hockey game. USA's first shot went in. USA's last shot went in. Those the only two shots that went in. It's got to be a record. That's got to be some sort of weird stat. First and last shot taken were goals and that's all you needed. It's an amazing thing. Master. Let's hope that the very first person that gets in wins this thing. I am Thrilled about this. I think this is the neatest thing in the world to have done because it's so exclusive. It's going to be so hard to get these. These tickets now. I say that and come August, they'll be like, nobody's buying them and just giving away like crazy. But I doubt that's going to happen. This thing's going to sell out. It's going to sell out now. Like when they. They've opened it up March 3rd for pre sale. It'll be sold out March 3rd before

[Brett Vesely]

the end of the I just got official word code word is live right now.

[John Holmberg]

It's live. Master texted him, put it in there. Get it together on your app. Tell your friends to download the app. Get them involved, tell your family, wake the neighbors, phone the kids. Anybody in your office. An old man in the corner is like, hey, Alabaster, will you download this app? And every once in a while put the word in or say, okay, what?

[Brady]

I win. What?

[John Holmberg]

I did. $50. Wow. 50American republics. I don't know what you call money for him, but greenbacks. Yeah, you get some green bags at the end of this. So good luck to all of you. I love this prize. I think this thing's going to be awesome. Sending you the sphere twice. It sucks we can't get in on see Metallica. I know. That's the first thing we asked, like, do you get any media passes or radio tickets? And he's like, no. So I don't think we didn't sit there for 40 minutes after that call and try to figure out a way we could weasel in on this. We tried.

[Brett Vesely]

It's our 25th anniversary.

[John Holmberg]

I agree. We tried nothing. So I even said, I'm like, how about this? I'll fly. How about this? I'll even throw this in there. I'll fly up there and take the winners to dinner on the off night. Nice, huh? Yeah. You guys in? Let me do that.

[Brett Vesely]

I'll go.

[John Holmberg]

That'll work. We'll pop up there, have dinner with the winners on a Friday. If that's interesting to you, we'll let it. We'll let the winners decide. You wanna have dinner with the boys on the night between two shows? Not really. Okay, thanks. Then it saves us some cash. But, you know, and I would go up there and just interview them going in and interview them coming out because I don't get to see it unless I sell some plastic Nagel.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

My bone marrow to somebody. Great deal, though. I don't know what the tickets cost yet. I Don't know what that is, but this is a super awesome prize. So very exciting. Two nights, you get to go to two of them. And there's only going to be like six shows through the month. But I would imagine that because it's set up, it'll be. They'll come back the way the Eagles did, you know, they'll come back in a few months and do it again. It'll be like a little residency that shows up for a month at a time.

[Brady]

The Sphere would want is like a rotation every year. Metallica would want four or five of these bands like Metallica that.

[John Holmberg]

Well, I already know John Legend or John Legend. John Summit was a million dollar price tag for him and his turntable to show up. And he did seven nights in a row. And they were like, we're going to make that money back. And they did. I know the girl that was our cabana hostess last time I was there for my birthday. She's also a waitress at Sphere for the concerts. And she's like, I hate the Grateful Dead crowd. Although they drink like crazy, the Eagles crowd never stands up. And she kept saying, oh, they can't. We need a party. We need people who stand up and. And go. She goes. Because all we get right now is a bunch of old people sitting down. And so I'm like, Metallica would. And that was what she said. A show like that Tool was one I thought would do it too. And that was.

[Brady]

They're working it out.

[John Holmberg]

So this is a good one. So we'll get you up there. Master is the word. I've gone on long enough, Brady. Get back to your work.

[Brady]

A writer from the Guardian is going viral with a story on how underwear doesn't last as long as you think.

[Brett Vesely]

What?

[Brady]

Some experts claim you should replace old underwear every six months.

[John Holmberg]

Six months?

[Brady]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

Who keeps their underwear around for that long?

[Brady]

After 50 washes, doctors generally recommend replacing underwear every six to nine months because washing them doesn't remove everything.

[John Holmberg]

Everybody's so goddamn dirty. How about wash your ass in the shower and keep your underwear fresh?

[Brady]

But that. Not only that, it. Viruses and funguses.

[John Holmberg]

I know the rust butts.

[Brett Vesely]

We had one tiny change with it. Larry just messaged us. The dates for Metallica at Sphere will now be October 1st through the 31st. I was just looking at winners.

[Brady]

Will the.

[Brett Vesely]

The winners will attend the first and the third show. So October 1st and October 3rd.

[John Holmberg]

Well, of course that's.

[Brett Vesely]

There we go.

[John Holmberg]

It's not right on my page.

[Brett Vesely]

Well, he just text me. I guess it just yeah.

[John Holmberg]

So it's. If the first is the first show, the third would be the second show. Probably.

[Brett Vesely]

I would imagine they're taking a day off.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I would think so. But you get to see that. So you don't get to see them on the 24th and 26th. You scratch that right out. Yeah, they won't be there. Do you ever have anything? It just is what it is. Always a correction.

[Brady]

A cop in Ohio. Oh. Pulled somebody over and the driver ran off on foot. The officer lost the guy for a while, but hung around in the area. As luck would have it, the cop was behind a garbage truck when a sanitation worker wheeled a trash can over to the truck. The worker opened up the lid and freaked out because there's a person inside. Guy popped up, officer saw him, the chase was on, didn't last too long. Officer ran him down, got him. They're calling the criminal Oscar the Grouch.

[John Holmberg]

Of course they are.

[Brady]

27 year old Jonathan McMillan.

[John Holmberg]

Dumb.

[Brady]

A study looked into the most deceitful states where residents lie, cheat, scam and steal the most. Number one, Nevada.

[John Holmberg]

All right.

[Brady]

Number two, Rhode Island. Number three, Florida. Number four, Delaware. Five, South Carolina and Alabama. California. At number eight, Arizona.

[John Holmberg]

There you go. We're on the list.

[Brady]

You go.

[John Holmberg]

Nice job, gang. Way to gonna put yourself on the map.

[Brady]

Nevada, with 1 in 5 residents admitting they lie often. And almost 60,000 reports of fraud per year.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, people lie every day. What was that thing? It was like on average, it was like 17 times at work and 30 times a day. You tell some sort of a. Not truth.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Kyle says, john, how about this? If I win, you buy dinner on the off night, you get the ticket to the second night. Okay. Is it bribery? I think maybe I'm part of a bribe there. That I would be the one saying I'll buy you dinner. But I'm not saying that you take. You take anybody, Kyle. Whomever you choose. Especially if it's me. This episode is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Do you ever find yourself playing the budgeting game? Well, with the name your price tool from Progressive, you can find options that fit your budget and potentially lower your bills. Try [e-mail] Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates. Price and coverage match limited by state law. Not available in all states, day or night. VRBoCare is here 247 to help make every part of your stay seamless. If anything comes up or you simply need a little guidance, support is ready

[Brett Vesely]

whenever you reach out.

[John Holmberg]

From the moment you book to the moment you head home, we're here to help things run smoothly because a great

[Brady]

trip starts with the right support.

[John Holmberg]

And hey, a good playlist doesn't hurt either. Holg's morning sickness. Here's video of Brady's. Oscar. The grass. Oh, you got him. It doesn't have any sound. Okay, so it's just from the police dash cam. Just following the trash truck around. The guy's throwing the garbage in. Old school opens. What? There's a feller inside there. Look at him. Here he is. Yeah. Is it Saul? Better call Saul. There goes Oscar. Why in the. Hold on. This seems set up to me.

[Brett Vesely]

This is set up. Why was there a cop sitting there watching?

[John Holmberg]

Hold on.

[Brady]

In the area following the trash.

[John Holmberg]

Time out. Why? Why are the trash guys taking these pickup bins by hand?

[Brady]

That's how they do it.

[John Holmberg]

No, they don't.

[Brett Vesely]

Those big ones.

[John Holmberg]

Those big ones are not getting picked up.

[Brady]

It's got the.

[John Holmberg]

It's got the kick up tailgate is what those back ones do. So they have to. That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen if that's true. Because that one that we're looking at, that's not being picked up has marks from the arms. I don't buy this.

[Brett Vesely]

You're questioning Oscar the Grouch.

[John Holmberg]

I'm questioning this whole entire thing that nobody in their busted. Nobody in their right mind would put those 50 gallon drums outside and have one trash man go to pick it up and put it like it would. It's. You'd never get the trash picked up. That would take forever.

[Brady]

They used to have to go up.

[John Holmberg]

They used to go. Because they driveway. I know. It used to be different. And then guess what? They're like, this is taking forever. We got to change it. And they invented the arm. And they put those barrels out so we all could have more trash rather than 15 cans. And the dudes had to throw it in. And it also used to be three dudes hanging onto a truck. One driving and two dudes running from side to side. They don't do that anymore.

[Brady]

They still do that in U.A.

[John Holmberg]

no, they don't. It doesn't make it.

[Brady]

And they're in. They're in a tie and jacket.

[John Holmberg]

It's an announcement that they're stupid and they won't progress. Dexter says, john, why don't you stop like you used to and just say it's Ohio. It mothers that we could go viral.

[Brady]

That's how they roll in Cleveland.

[John Holmberg]

They're retarded in Cleveland too. Another guy said, eric says, if I win you're invited. I can't rig the contest. So if you're. If. If you win, it will be completely legitimate. If you want to still take me, I'm in. If I was going to rig it, I wouldn't choose a dude named Eric. I'd have, like, someone named Rachel. Yeah, I have Rachel. Because two good things about that we already know. Rachel can't fly the plane, can't handle it.

[Brett Vesely]

C130.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. And then we just. We private. We put her in the back of a moving van, and we get up there and have a blast. I heard that Rachel carpool. The carpool guy that emailed said, I'm with Rachel right now. It's the same guys that did the. That stopped the Amber alert the other day. Rachel's in the back of the moving truck. Camelback moves. Yeah. Those guys just pulled up and said, hey, we're carpooling. We're getting Rachel to work today. She does her tricks. At 12, 12 30, 12 50, and 1 10.

[Brady]

Next Tuesday, McDonald's rolls out their biggest burger ever. Here we go. The big arch Burger. I was gonna say deluxe.

[John Holmberg]

He had a hiccup in the middle. I think Brady ejaculated. That tickled my tummy. I've talked and my naughty bits made spills.

[Brady]

It's only 1057 calories.

[John Holmberg]

Mom. My pee pees got the flu. It just threw up.

[Brady]

This is kind of cool. Liquid Death and Spotify are selling a new Bluetooth urn with a speaker in it so your ashes can listen to your favorite tunes. Went on sale yesterday@liquid death.com Spotify. Each Eternal Playlist earned costs $495, so you can put whoever's ashes in there.

[John Holmberg]

Cool.

[Brady]

And the speaker's on the lid. You close the lid. It just plays it for the.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, right inside there. Yeah, for the dead guy. What a waste of time.

[Brett Vesely]

Imagine if one of your friends was just a dick and played show me your fish over and over. Eternity.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, all right. Well, shut the lid. Every time we walk by the grave, you can hear that kind of muted sound. I would jump right in the grave. All right, I'm out. I'd get out of the box and kill myself.

[Brady]

I got two quick Brady videos.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, God. Oh, no.

[Brady]

Wow.

[Brett Vesely]

I'm already excited.

[Brady]

Medical maladies.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, it's purple.

[Brady]

We got purple tongue.

[John Holmberg]

I enjoy when Brady's. When Brady's God hates humanity videos comes up. Makes him have to face realization that God doesn't care about touchdowns or people.

[Brady]

Giant purple tongue, man.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, my Lord. The man has a Carl Budding package for a tongue. Extremely extreme. These large arteriovenous malformation.

[Brett Vesely]

Are we at Brady Silver restaurant?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, the Brady, that's after the Szechuan noodles. You eat goat with that guy?

[Brady]

It's also sticking out more than a foot.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, he can put his particle. Oh my God. It's like a human hand lives inside his mouth. It sticks out. It looks like it's about really large. Four pounds. Like a jellyfish. It reduces in size. Huh.

[Brady]

What are those?

[John Holmberg]

Oh, my God. You squeeze it and the tongue. The tongue fatness goes back into his throat. Well, you know what I love about this? You know what I love about this doctor's office.

[Brady]

It's.

[John Holmberg]

He's sitting in a chair. It's like wooden. With like a cloth. It's like grandma's dining table. An antique chair. It's an ugly antique chair. This dude combs his hair. I don't understand why you still try to look.

[Brady]

Someone suffers some restless leg syndrome.

[John Holmberg]

Because I've got like stuff obviously wrong with my face. Like, you look at my face, you're like, it's not. But it's not so bad that I should stop trying. But if my tongue looks like that, I'm not getting my hair cut again. I'm doing that myself. I'm not gonna just take a little off the edges. Like, why don't you ever say that about your tongue? Decent looking until that. And then when his huge giant. It looks like a tongue is what they call that pork. And if you see when I press it or. You used to make those all the time. Like a slab of. I don't know what it is a big old.

[Brady]

Like a liver.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, it looks like a giant. Whatever they call cow tongue. It's a liver. Brady's right. It looks like a liver falls out of his mouth. Look at his hair is nice. He's got nice eyes. I mean, just imagine you're the Tinder date and he shows up like he's good looking. He's got a little lump on his neck. Got a glandular problem. Oh, some chicks might be into that big old tongue though.

[Brett Vesely]

That might fit Rachel.

[John Holmberg]

Here's Rachel's legs. Another video. Big fat legs. What's this? These are. This is grotesque. Elephantitis of the feet and legs.

[Brett Vesely]

Resting leg syndrome. Right?

[John Holmberg]

It is. This is what Rachel's future looks like. Resting leg syndrome. Rachel the Hutt is probably like warts on the.

[Brett Vesely]

Just rub some ranch on it, it'll be fine.

[John Holmberg]

But Brady, she can't keep a relationship because those giant ham hocks are restless, that's why. It's not cause of her personality. She's ugly. Edison. That is a lot of fat.

[Brady]

Do you think the. The pedicure is gonna help?

[John Holmberg]

It's all giant warts that have caused it. Just looks like that is. It looks like Dig Dug swelled this dude up.

[Brady]

Yeah, that's perfect.

[John Holmberg]

Right before he popped him. He just waited for a second. Wow. Yuck. All right. Oh, Miguel, who was on our 21st birthday, 22nd year trip, said, oh, hell yes. Another Vegas trip. I'm winning again. F. Brenda, though. I'm taking one of you boys. Cocaine and hookers. Vegas. That's right. He's not taking his little tiny wife. F. Brenda. I say.

[Brady]

Hey.

[John Holmberg]

So far, nobody's emailed and said this stupid. We kind of beat it. We beat you to the punch. Let it get it out of your system.

[Brady]

Let me check text.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, there's gonna be some.

[Brett Vesely]

But there's gonna be some dick in there.

[John Holmberg]

This is pretty good, man. I like this. All right. Yeah, so far, everybody's excited. Whatever. John, Metallica just announced another round of shows in a brand new venue twice

[Brady]

the size of the sphere.

[John Holmberg]

It's called the Rachel. Oh. If you get inside the Rachel, the light show, the enormity of her intestinal tract. It's so good. That's my favorite track is their intestinal one. It's a good one. Brett, what do you got?

[Brett Vesely]

All right, we're a little light, but we'll do it up. This is just a video of. Of doordash from Brady's restaurant.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, no. All right, we're in a dash cam. We're looking at a car that's got a.

[Brett Vesely]

A landmine attached where the.

[John Holmberg]

Where the hitch is. It's a landmine attached to this. Is this gonna go off?

[Brady]

That's cool.

[John Holmberg]

Nothing about that's cool at all. Make a left. Unless that's Rachel's car, I am against that.

[Brady]

All right.

[Brett Vesely]

And here's one of. Well, Canada lost.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah. This guy's the Canadian people. After watching the hockey game, he chainsaws the TV after whatever the USA beat this maple syrup sucking pile of garbage. We went win, you lose. What a dump he lives in. He's probably ice.

[Brady]

He's got the old empty cool tin.

[John Holmberg]

That is what it is. It's his ice fishing cabin. It's my ice fishing cabin. Can't believe we lost them, eh? You lose to us at everything. And now hockey. What do you have to live for? Canada.

[Brett Vesely]

We've seen one similar to this, but here's another OSHA video.

[John Holmberg]

Okay, we got the overhead show. Oh, my God. This dude's just standing there. And now it's raining, man.

[Brett Vesely]

Here he goes.

[John Holmberg]

He's standing over some open hole at some factory that does God knows what. And then Squid Games. Boom. It explodes. Here's a guy just gets blown up.

[Brett Vesely]

All the pieces just land.

[John Holmberg]

And then Chunks of Asian, which is my favorite album from Live Flies Everywhere. My God. Remember when Chunks of Asian first came out? Secret Samadhi and Chunks of Asian. I couldn't stop listening.

[Brett Vesely]

And we'll just end with this life on the farm.

[John Holmberg]

Oh. Or is a lady as a kid. It's a little kid. Oh, and a cow just craps on a woman's head.

[Brett Vesely]

Orange.

[John Holmberg]

And he's aiming it at her. Oh, well, that's what you get when you. When you deal with the ass end of a cow. You say mess with the horns, but I'd rather mess with the horns than that. Oh, ringing it out. Get out of there.

[Brett Vesely]

Nice cans, though.

[John Holmberg]

She's beautiful. What's she doing in there? Why is she in a row of cow ass? And she's just hooking up the milkers and she's doing it from behind. Rule one, never stand behind a cow or a horse. Oh, my God.

[Brady]

Caramel delay.

[John Holmberg]

You know what?

[Brett Vesely]

I just always sounded like Rachel.

[John Holmberg]

I wish it was. Yeah, Rachel crapped on that poor, beautiful woman. Why would you do such a thing, Rachel? It's my restless cow legs.

[Brett Vesely]

That's all we got.

[John Holmberg]

All right. I like that one. All right. There you go, Ma. Is that right? Master. Sorry, Master is the word. Master is the word for eight o'. Clock. Master. People are taking your suggestion to heart because you know how many group chats our own tech system is a part of? Guys, the word is Master.

[Brady]

The word.

[John Holmberg]

Okay, that's perfect. So they're telling each other, and they already know Master is the word for eight o'. Clock. Nine o'. Clock. I'll give you another one. And we'll get that going at nine. This is pretty awesome. So you can go see Metallica at Sphere in Vegas, which is un real two times. It says, says Metallica may be getting long in the tooth. They may be the new Kiss because they put their name on everything. The difference being, everything's profitable. The shows may all be the same, but God damn it, they have mastered it. This promo is amazing. I agree. This is a really good one. And Sphere alone is something I'd even maybe consider going to see. Ah, not the Grateful Dead. But like the eagles I'd probably go sit and watch the boring concert they're a drag you two I almost went to to I've heard the visuals of the eagles actually I want to go see the wizard of oz though they they interactive leaves and stuff and your seat vibrates or whatever oh yeah oh you've not heard anything close wow than what you hear and that was just me seeing the movie I can't imagine

[Brett Vesely]

what the concert Brad said I mean metallica is cool and all but I'm entering to win dinner with youberg well

[John Holmberg]

maybe if you win we'll figure it out. This is awesome so just disappear to the sphere that's what we're doing. Master is the word you are getting in on the app in the 8am box. You can do it on our website 98kupd.com as well. There you go. There goes your Brady report. Good luck. Arizona's most powerful powerful rock radio station.