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Brady
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John
Great job, Katie and the hops. I'm already People emailing us said about that lady who liked Casper and wanted to bone Casper the ghost said. You know, John, you and that giant bald head kind of makes sense why the Casper couple's into you. You look, I got a little point. Casper point. I got a little more color to my skin, but not a ton. Says the lawyer and her farting husband. Maybe she's into that gas thing as, you know, sexual. Because he's constantly ejaculating Caspers all the time. That's true. He does kind of fire off little Casper ghosts. She likes things she can't. She's into that. Scott's got a farting issue, so maybe he makes those little ooh, I just ejac'd another Casper. Oh, it's so hot.
Brady
Making it cute. Ugh.
John
Oh, little Casper came out of him. I felt that one. It's in me. It passed through. You want to breathe in this Casper? They got one from Tamara. She says, morning, John. That movie Casper came out in 1995 and had Devin Sawa as the boy who was Casper before Casper died. I was 12 at the time and thought he was really hot. Okay, you can think the actor's hot. Leave out I want to bang Casper. That's like somebody saying, man, I want to bang Private Ryan. No, you wouldn't. It's Matt Damon. I get liking the actor. You can't talk me into Casper being the reason. Like that's not.
Brett
Sometimes you don't know the name of the actor, John.
John
Okay, I want to bang Ellie from Up the Debt. You know the debt Mrs. Frederickson when she dies. Oh, man. No, it's just weird. And all these people are emailing in with their DNA stories, guy says I was. Or mismatched texts or emails that went to the wrong person. Says I was banging a girl from church, and she sent me an email about how much she loved the butt stuff. Also included on that email, the pastor. Wow, that's divine intervention right there.
Brady
Wrong email.
John
Who? This thing about Casper, that was fun, too, was that the whole staff got in on the argument. So, like, everybody's coming over and putting in their two cents, and I forget. Somebody said to one of the waitresses there, kinsey Bale came by, and they said, did you see the cast room? She goes, yeah. She goes, didn't you want to bang Casper? The lawyer asked. And she goes, why would I do. Why? I don't think you can feel a ghost dick. And I'm like, kinsey Bell for the win. That's championship. Whoa. That's an answer right there. That's the championship answer. I was impressed with that one. And then she wandered off, and nobody knew what happened after that. But she said that. I believe she said, if I'm gonna. I'm gonna do that. I want to be able to feel it. I don't think you can feel ghost dick.
Brett
Papa emeritus would disagree.
John
Oh, it's different. The whole band of ghosts is different. Forget that one. Oh, this one says about the. The 23 me. It said I used to work with a woman who did DNA tests for her heritage, found out she was about 10% Native American. When she found out, she came back to work and she had turquoise on and got a custom license plate for her car that said the tribe she's supposedly part of.
Brady
She was a dream catcher hanging from the rearview mirror.
John
And she went right to Gilbert Ortega store in Scottsdale and just cashed out.
Brady
Do you get a deal if you're. If you're shopping there?
John
Good question.
Brady
Like, 10 off or something? No.
John
When the super bowl was going on, he kicked all those Indians out in front of his. I think you'll go back to your own country. I'm not sure you guys go back to your own country. That doesn't make sense, Gilbert. And then Paula, the Toledo hater, says, oh, my God, did I just hear the worst phrase ever? Clones of Toledo. They can only hope his DNA is defective due to his prostate problems that he's been talking about. I can only hope he can't do it. That's true. Does his commercial mention he's having prostate issues?
Brady
No, no, not prostate.
John
This testosterone stuff. I know. Toledo's got commercials out telling everybody at low T. And then he says, he's all juiced up again. He's been running up and down the hall quite a bit. He's sweating, he's working hard. This one says, john, I've been reading the emails about the the or the text about the government going to the wrong people and stuff. They're hilarious. But now I have to tell you my story. I was a project manager for a tech company and I started getting texts in A thread at 2am from my brother who worked with me and another co worker. And it got disgusting in nature. Very quickly, I realized I was not a known quantity on these texts. My brother and him had been talking about a project and then the next thing you know, they are exchanging dick pics with the third party, me. And I realized at that moment my brother was a homosexual.
Brady
Wow. It's a hell of a way to find out.
John
Well, yeah, by seeing his poop wiener going with another dude. Like they're comping swords. That says, I text them both. Two words, no more. My phone rang almost instantly in the most awkward call of my life, my brother explaining what had just happened. He tried to lie at first and then he just broke down. It was awful at the time, but this guy and my brother are living together now. Seemingly it's worked out. Unless you ask my dad, who hates how gay my brother is now. Yeah, sometimes when guys come out of the closet, they go full gay. Like before they were hiding it. How did you know to make dads happy and stuff says, anyway, the moral of the story is check before you hit send. That's. You know what? We're all a little haphazard with that send button. You got your wiener involved. Double check that it's not going to mom and the whore. And then this guy emails me and says, john, I just helped my son with a project he's doing about Ben Franklin and some of the founding fathers last weekend. And I hear you always saying we live in the best city ever. And I've always kind of rolled my eyes. And you've said in the past, it's the greatest time to be alive as a human being, but all we do is complain because everything's gotten so convenient. And I rolled my eyes. After this project, I realized you're right. Ben Franklin had employees whose job it was is to walk places for him. One of them was a distance guy and one of them is a short range guy. And they go from place to place. In Pennsylvania. One guy went from a place called Walnut Grove to Philadelphia every few days, sometimes on a horse. But the walkers Were supposed to walk because they didn't want the horses to have wear and tear. Tell your kids to stop complaining. It could be worse. Walnut Grove, if I remember right, we used to have a person worked here that lived there. It's. It's about 60 miles, if I'm not mistaken, from Philly. That dude had to hoof that whenever you had anything. Did they just found a boat? They.
Brett
That's going to be a. That's a six day voyage. Yeah. Ten miles a day.
John
Well, you could come out. Well, I mean, that's not like. By the third or fourth day, you got to average 10 a day.
Brett
Yeah.
John
But that third or fourth day, you got some lactic acid in those.
Brett
Probably not, you know, always flat.
John
Well, you're trying to find the flattest route, but you're right. You're gonna have some uphill downhill. It's not paved. You're running on.
Brett
I don't know if it's regular dirt. I don't know where the Poconos are.
John
In Walnut grove, but Poconos are up north. But this is like Amish country, kind.
Brett
Of outside of Philadelphia.
John
Yeah, this is like Amish country. Walnut Grove. And then it's. It's a more like central. If I may be wrong. It may be farther. The dudes used to have to walk. They had a boat they just found or they talked about that was underneath the wreckage of 9 11. Because that used to be, you know, the waterways and stuff. They used a lot of fill from one side.
Brett
Yeah.
John
Yeah. So they would. They would take part of Battery Park. The only reason Battery park exists in Manhattan is because the hole they dug to build the world trade center back in the 70s, they just put at the end of the island and built a park. It's. It's just fake. Most of Boston is all fake.
Brett
It's amazing. You see the original map.
John
Oh, it's a tiny little dot. And it's. Now it's. You know, and they built the town on it. So they found this boat in there. It was from the 1700s underneath the. The trade centers and stuff. And they said that was a boat that they had from, you know, like a voyage. They would take that thing all over that was like a car. And you start to wonder, was that faster toting around a boat than it would have been just walking the coast? Like, they couldn't have been going too far. I mean, the ones going to Europe, obviously, but if you're just going to Maryland, just walk.
Brett
The wind helps.
John
Yeah. Get a carriage, do whatever. Have the horse Tow you or a. I mean, back then you had people that you could do that and I didn't. I should email back and ask that guy. I'm like, in your project, were the walkers white? Yeah.
Brett
The other thing is the walking is like, we doing this in the winter too.
John
Oh, yeah. Whether this spring or the rain muddy any of them. Yeah, those guys were. And we sit and complain that it takes too long to get. The stupid phone gets no connection. And I drive by camelback. We live in the single greatest time to be alive. Period. End of story. Humanity has never had it easier. It's never been better, more convenient. And all we do is bitch. All we do is complain, complain, complain.
Brett
My grandfather torn belt when he drove from Columbus to yellowstone. Maximum speed, 35.
John
Why?
Brett
That's the car that. At the time.
John
How old was he?
Brett
19. Oh.
John
Oh, my God. He took one of those.
Brett
Yeah.
John
Horses were better than.
Brett
And they used to put a block of ice for the AC and it would blow through the vent as you're going through there.
John
How bad did he want to go to Yellowstone? They say things that are horrible. Goldberg's morning sickness.
Brett
Yeah. Well, the first day he did 33 hours straight.
John
Why? Driving just humping along in one of those dumpy old. Of course, I guess there's nobody else.
Brett
Out there yet but yellow. And those aren't paved?
John
No. And there's no suspension. He just redlined it all the way to Yellowstone with blocks of ice on top and no, like, spots to stop. No gas stations.
Brett
There are a few.
John
Not too many when you finally get to find them.
Brett
The further you get west anyway. Duckies are few and far between.
John
Yeah. Yeah. They didn't have any. Brady wouldn't eat snacks. Boy, could you imagine the road trip pack that had to go and those Conestoga wagons and all that. That was a different time. It's definitely different. And I'm not saying, you know, back in those days, I mean, just you got to think of, like, there is some stuff I'm not saying. You know, grandpa used to have to go 30 miles an hour to Yellowstone. Now it's. We just. We gotta stop complaining about it. Everything. We constantly talk about how it's the end of the world and this is crazy. And it's like. No, it's not. This is awesome. I have no idea how a single thing in my life works. Not a little bit. Not even the slightest bit. I don't know how anything works. This phone charger. I stared at this for about an hour the other day. What are you.
Brett
How do it.
John
Charge you. How did they figure this out? Lithium batteries. Like I don't know what that is either. I don't even know what that word means. I just know it exists in my life. It's in my consciousness. It's part of my lexicon. Are you going to look it up? Don't do it.
Brett
No.
John
You're going to read stuff and it's going to confuse you. Went to your hand brain real quick. I got nervous. Yeah, there's something to do.
Brett
My brother maybe sent a picture of his dick. He might have. Oh, my grandfather. Yellowstone.
John
Oh, you just think he has those at the ready.
Brett
Oh yeah. He's got a collection of the family photos that he's in his phone cloud.
John
Morning, Tom.
Brett
Don't know if he's up or not. It wasn't him.
John
Yeah. This one says, I'd stop saying it's the greatest time to be alive. Easiest. Absolutely. Easiness makes lazy useless people. Trials and make people strong. Resolve people. Yeah, you make good point. That is true. Easiest time to be alive should be the greatest time to be alive. We should be taking advantage of how easy it is by making hay. But what it does is create laziness. Kim's right. That's absolutely true. I'll say. Because I love being lazy. It's the greatest time to be alive. You still face your own adversity. You know, it's all different for everybody. And our advert, look. Ben Franklin gets shot into 20, 25. He's got an uphill climb. He. He doesn't understand anything that's going on.
Brett
Their anxiety was different from ours.
John
But I'll tell you this. If Ben Franklin showed up and said John explained this crazy modern world to me, he'd know as much as I did. What's this contraption? That's called a car. How does it work? I don't know at all. Oh, you get behind it and you. This is the wheel. So it's like an iron horse. Yeah, that's what they used to call him. Ben. That's good. Nice job. I forgot about that. But there you are. And then we'd be driving along. He's like, so what. What are you doing with your feet? The skinny one on the right makes it go and the fat square rectangular thing stops it. What if you do them both at the same time? I don't know. Let's try that. I think it just makes. We can spin our wheel. Next thing. You know, the only thing I'd be doing with Ben Franklin donuts in an empty parking Lot. Because that's about as much fun as I'd have with him. And then he'd be like, what are you holding? This is a phone. A cell phone. How does it work? Brett gets a racist text, and then he sends it to me. What's this?
Brett
But he would say, man, word that to me too.
John
How does it. And then next thing I.
Brady
Let me.
John
Then he just sketches it, and he's better at that than I am. Like, where's this Brett? And how is he communicating with me? I don't know. I don't know how it gets from his phone to my phone. I just accept that it does so.
Brett
I can contact the puss faster.
John
And then we're on awkwardarrangements.com. i'm like, hey, my friend Ben and I are looking for some ass. Ben Franklin. Yeah. Is she coming over? Like, yeah, what, are we over 2 pence? Like, no. It's gonna be about $400, I think.
Brett
My God, you're telling me I can get to France in 11 hours, right?
John
And we still got. And two of those hours are waiting at the airport. I couldn't explain it how, like, oh, airplanes. How do those work? You go to the airport and you get on a big tube, and it. I don't know. I don't know how any of it works. What happens when your phone stops working? We charge it. How? This wire that I don't understand, goes into another thing that I don't understand, and then it just shows me that it's got a lightning bolt. Hey, you know about that. You invented electricity and all that. And then I just put it down, and then when the red bars turn green, I know I'm good.
Brett
Those things on your feet.
John
Are you a scientist? No. Ben Franklin would start explaining this stuff to me within 48 hours of him being here, and I'd be confused. You figured that out? Well, sure. It's not hard. You just have to do a little digging. I've done none. I don't know how anything works. He'd take a car apart and put it back together. He could change my windshield wipers faster. Like, if you put it on me and Ben Franklin, who's just been shot here from the past. We're standing in the parking lot, and he goes, change windshield wipers. Go. We're starting from the exact same place. I know where they are now. The one thing I do have on him, he'd have to ask somebody, what are windshield wipers? And I'd be like, those. And the minute he saw him, he'd figure it out.
Brett
Me, I don't know. He would have to have, you know, go to the library or have the book ready where you could go to your phone.
John
No use of that.
Brett
Because all the early learning, I'm telling you I'm doing that is if you.
John
Readings, you take away the phone and you take away that and just say, figure it out. Ben Franklin figures that out long before me. Long before me. Because he used to have to do stuff. I've never had to do stuff.
Brett
Let's just dive in.
John
Yeah, let's just see what this. And he's not afraid to break things and then kind of slam them back together. It. It's weird, but yeah. So we do that stuff. It is. It's a. He's right. It's the easiest time to be alive. But some dude walking from Walnut Grove to Philadelphia just to go grab stuff for him to save wear and tear on the horses. Think of that. We don't want these horses getting worn out. You over there, walk crazy.
Brett
That's why they would do that. Even on the horses. They would do, you know, the horse would go 10 or 12 miles, then the next guy would go on another horse.
John
Different horses, break them down. You'll kill him, for crying out loud. This one. Ponies. This was People Express. Yeah, I have a feeling it was. There weren't a lot of those white kids walking, that's for sure. And then I get this sent to me again, and Brett just pointed out, I didn't know this. One of our listeners said, hey, that 23andMe thing, you know, who wants to get their hands on that more than the Italians are insurance companies, because then they can start predicting your illnesses and the likelihood of you having something will raise your insurance on the rates. Yeah, they'll get your rates together based on your, you know, markers. So you don't want them to buy it either, because they'll go through that database and start, you know, dinging you for things you don't even have yet. Because we all know they're after dough. So that's one that goes that 23andMe thinks crazy. Then I get this story sent to me. It says, DNA test revealed this, and we've talked about it. It says, Victoria Hill sat in sheer disbelief after doing 23andMe to find out her boyfriend was actually her brother. Says he sent me the screenshot with just the words, you are my sister. They're from Connecticut. She says it was a story. They'd been dating for a while. They go to 23andMe and it says you have a half sibling and a full. And they did the fertility thing. She had been conceived via fertility fraud. And it turned out they had the same fertility thing. Deliberate act of misrepresenting the source of sperms. And then it's like some sort of. It's just crooked sperm use. So it's not a federal crime either. It's nothing you can do about it. So they found out two years into their relationship, thanks to 23andMe, that that dude had been going, you know, doing his sister. Yeah. What if you found out Mathia was your sister right now?
Brett
Would you break up?
John
I think I've asked you that before.
Brady
Uh, and I don't know. That's a tough one.
John
I don't know that it's that tough. That's probably similar. Casper argument of like.
Brady
Yeah, I think. Boy, I think I'm out on that one.
John
This guy says it blows my mind that there are people like you, billions of them, meandering around cluelessly who don't look for answers. You could unknowingly have an answer to a question you've never heard. John. And I'm like, I'm curious. I have. I have questions. I just don't know how anything works. I'm like all the rest of us. And John, don't get all uppity that you can solve every issue. Mr. Eaton. There are certain things, you just accept how they work and you have no idea how. A microwave oven. You can sit and tell me, oh, yeah, does this, this. But you can't put one together. Or do. You don't know what you're doing either. Morning sickness. Disgusting. They say things that are horrible. 98. 98 updates. Holmberg's Morning Sick. All of us have that. There's probably 12 to 15 things in everyone's house that we have no clue how it works. It just does. And we accept it.
Brett
Plug it in.
John
Yeah, the plug. And I don't even know how. Truly, I don't know how that operation gets going either. How in the world does this little stick go into this little hole and then generate all that juice?
Brett
Is a three prong better than a two prong?
John
Well, there's a ground on it. Yeah, but I don't know why. I know it could burst into flames.
Brett
So then why have the two prongs still?
John
I don't know. These are great questions. I don't know. It's too hard.
Brett
The European plug.
John
Yeah, theirs is different. There's has angles and stuff. I don't know any of them.
Dick Toledo
So the two prong plug has evolved to have a fat side. The fat side, it only goes in one way.
John
Now wait a minute.
Dick Toledo
The wider on the wider, the wider. That's how they get the polarity. Right.
John
I don't even know what that means.
Dick Toledo
Guarantee the purity.
John
Okay.
Dick Toledo
You have no question, sir.
John
I have no. I have. I just accept that that works and I have no need to worry about it.
Brett
So the three prong are evened and then the ground is based.
John
You are asking and it doesn't matter. Point being. But like he said, all you're gaining here is some information. To say words later. You still don't understand it.
Brett
Yeah.
John
You don't know what polarity is.
Brett
No, I know. I know Polaris is a snow.
John
I know Polaris is. Yeah. And I believe chainsaws as well.
Brett
Yeah.
John
Side by sides. Yeah. By the way, I don't know how chainsaws work. I just know they do. I've never looked at it. Well, this mechanism causes this to fire off here and this goes there. And that's what. Yeah, exactly. I'm like on. It's working. So. Yeah. But it is the easiest time to be alive. There's tons of stuff that's going on. I don't know how it works. I don't.
Brett
My lenses on my sunglasses are polarized.
John
That's neat. You know what that means?
Brett
Yeah.
John
What?
Brett
It blocks the sun.
John
Sunglasses blocking the sun.
Brady
Yeah.
John
Fascinating.
Brady
Rainbow colored too.
John
I don't know how my glasses darken and lighten. The gradient. The gradient. I don't get it. It happens fast like this. And I know the sun makes like the light makes them. But it doesn't work in the house. If I'm walking around in a really bright room. They just stay clear. Like, I don't get this.
Brett
And you want them to go darker.
John
Not in a bright room. I look like one of those weird blind people. You know, have those half glasses.
Brett
Maybe it's the uv.
John
You don't know. You're just throwing words out.
Brett
Uv.
John
What's uv Brady.
Brett
UV rays.
Brady
Ultraviolet.
John
I know. What is that? That?
Brady
I don't know.
John
It's just words. It's a bunch of words. We know that that's a thing. Ultraviolet. It exists. What is it? On the spectrum of light? What is that? I don't know.
Brady
This whole conversation makes us sound like we're on the spectrum.
John
We are on the spectrum. It's time we all admitted it. For crying out loud. Yeah. You still have to go back to the basics. Back to the like what? Kinsey Bell said last night, you can't feel ghost dick. That makes sense to me. That that adds up. Brought the room down. It's a great line.
Brett
I'm gonna get her full name. Kinsey Bell told me her middle name.
John
Last night and I found it to be very 1800s.
Brett
That is.
John
She pointed to it is first. That's my middle name. And I said kinsey Bell. And you can't help but, yeah, lock it in. We all laughed. And then she said, you know, if I want a dick, I want to feel it. Well, there you go. Now she wasn't talking to me directly. She's talking to the whole room, which was even cooler. We have some conversations. The game down there at the Rah Rah. I believe Troy Hayden was there. He might have left by then, but this will be a news story. Oh, and then Doug Hockley.
Brady
You can't feel ghost dick.
John
Yeah, yeah.
Brady
He's gonna be reporting on this morning.
John
He's gonna put Kariba to the test. We sent a reporter out to try to get a little ghost dick. And Jerome, the ghost came back and said it's. She's. She's too loose. There's nothing I can do about it. Nobody's gonna fit in that John.
Brady
I just realized why I like this show so much. Y'all make me feel like a genius.
John
You can pretend it's just guys being honest. And you need to be honest with yourself, Cody, because there's no possible way you understand how lithium batteries charge. You don't. They get hot and then the neutrons. You don't know those words. You don't know somebody does somebody. But most of us don't. The majority of people just work the equipment. You know, I don't even know how material like how's this shirt even the thing. It's like being high all the time. When you start doing this, it's like, how is this a thing? Like it's all little tiny fibers together.
Brett
Caterpillars spun their silk to right.
John
And there's a factory. Caterpillars. That kind of makes sense to me. A bunch of seven year old Asians putting. I don't get that. Like how are you guys doing it? But I all. I'm my point being, I appreciate the ease in which everything happens, man. And you don't have to know. It just happened. I don't know how honestly any of the stuff we're doing right now is working. I don't have a clue. And I've been doing this for 25 years. How When I talk into this stick. You hear it? I have no idea. And they'll explain. FM radio waves come from a town. How does it even get. How does this get to you? I don't know how it gets.
Brett
And the guy that figured that out.
John
Yeah, A teenager invented tv. Philo Farnsworth just said, this is something that I can do. And he starts projecting images. How so? Through the airwaves. I've sat through radio people. Like, there's the weirdos here. And there's. The other thing, is, in order to really know how it works, you got to talk to the engineers.
Brady
Oh, no way.
John
I'd rather talk to murderers because I think I'd rather not know. Yeah, I think they're the same. I have never met a normal radio engineer. Those dudes know stuff that no one else knows. You can't talk to them. That's why Everybody loves Neil DeGrasse Tyson so much, is because without talking down to us, he talks down to us. You can speak to the common man. You understand how this works, right? Nope. And then he'll kind of say, well, if you had a beach ball, like, he'll do it to. Like, he'll dumb it down without being insulting. Nothing you can do. So while we're at it, just letting you know, I appreciate the world, you know, this one says all this talk reminds me of a Joe Rogan quote. Hard times make hard men. Hard men make easy times. Easy times make soft men. Soft men make hard times. That's an excellent way to put it. Joe Rogan is number one for a reason.
Brett
He stole that from Ben Franklin.
John
No one really knows how anything works. So long as our porn gets to us faster, we seem okay.
Brady
I'm good with that.
John
I am, too. I don't know when and how that's. Can you pinpoint the day you first saw porn on your phone? That.
Brady
On my phone?
John
That should have been something we wrote in a calendar or a. A diary or. Like, you're not going to believe what happened.
Brett
I can.
Brady
Where you were when you heard about. And everything else, you know, I mean, exactly.
John
We remember that. I remember exactly where I was when OJ like, did he kill her? Yeah, I remember all that. The day porn became available on my phone. And like, I don't remember. I just knew it was creeping up on me. No. And.
Brett
And you probably heard it from somebody.
John
I was thinking, pretty good.
Brett
They're like, oh, did you see this? I can get this on my phone.
John
You can? I said, I like this new segment. Have Brady come up with. Just come up with random topics that have Brady try to explain what it is. And all of us can debate on how right or wrong you may. None of us know there's stuff you.
Brett
Can just got to be confident.
John
I guess I'm not talking about being able to talk about stuff. Yeah, I can talk about anything and seem like I know a little something, but I really honestly don't understand how it works. I don't know how this radio works. I don't know how this. I don't know what's in this microphone at all to make that happen. To then go through this wire here and shoot out into the air. How. Enough. How enough. How in the. Does any of it work? Why is this thing making my voice bigger? Oh, I need some gummies. Let's just. We're just gonna ice out this morning.
Brett
Because there's no connecting wires to that car that's driving right now.
John
Nope. I don't know how it gets from this to my headphones. And I'm sitting right next to it. I don't understand any of. Doesn't make sense. The whole thing's all screwy. But I accept that it makes magic. And you're welcome. It's working out. Brett, what do you got on the big board of musical treats?
Brady
Wake Up Song, of course, brought to you by Action Ride Shop. Josh and the boy is going to take care of you at two locations now. We're talking one brand new location, which you got to see. If you're into bikes, that is the place to go over there on power Road and McDowell. Trying to get my computer going here. Plus, of course, you got the OG location right there on Gilbert Road. And Southern bikes, skis, snowboards, you name it, they got it. It's all at Action Ride Shop. Go visit the boys over there at Action Ride Shop. Two locations. Or check them out online. They'll get you all dialed in. Action rideshop.com and on all the socials on the list. Motley Crue, Ghost Inside Ghost, stp, Mastodon, Prodigy, Electric, Call Boy, Manson. Rise against because they're playing tonight with Papa Roach.
John
That is tonight.
Brett
Holy cow.
John
That snuck up on us.
Brady
I know. Me too. Yeah, prime is Avenged, Atreyu and Metallica.
John
Well, let's do a little of that Rise against today. A little concert psyching rock for this evening. They're here.
Brady
Violence.
John
Papa Roach. Tonight at the auction. They're at the. Oh, they're at the shed.
Brady
Yeah.
John
That's a good time to go to a concert March.
Brady
Yeah.
Brett
Especially, you know.
John
Oh, my God.
Brett
Maybe hit 100 today, but it'll be.
John
70 perfect once the show gets started. That's gonna be a good show, too. Rise Against Paparo tonight. You can still get tickets. They're only 35 bucks for GA so that ain't so bad. Let's do that right there. It's Rise Against Concert Psyching Rock for you. It's the violence. It's 98. KUPD. It's out of control now. 98. Can you PT?
Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona: Episode Summary (March 25, 2025)
Hosted by John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo
In the March 25, 2025 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on Arizona's #1 Morning Radio Show, hosts John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo delve into a variety of engaging and thought-provoking topics. The episode centers around listener emails reacting to ghostly group texts and concerns about DNA privacy, alongside a compelling story about a father-son project that highlights the complexities of modern technology. The hosts utilize their trademark humor and insightful commentary to entertain and challenge their audience.
The episode kicks off with John Holmberg sharing amusing listener emails about interactions with a ghostly character named Casper. These stories blend humor with the supernatural, creating entertaining discussions among the hosts.
Notable Quote:
The conversation evolves into playful banter about the absurdity of "ghost dick," highlighting the hosts' ability to find humor in unconventional topics.
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A significant portion of the episode focuses on listener emails addressing the implications of DNA testing services like 23andMe. The hosts explore the potential risks associated with DNA privacy, including unauthorized access by insurance companies and the inadvertent revelation of hidden familial relationships.
Notable Quotes:
John Holmberg (17:51): “And then I get this sent to me again, and Brett just pointed out, I didn't know this. One of our listeners said, hey, that 23andMe thing, you know, who wants to get their hands on that more than the Italians are insurance companies...”
Listener Story (19:50): “Victoria Hill sat in sheer disbelief after doing 23andMe to find out her boyfriend was actually her brother. Says he sent me the screenshot with just the words, you are my sister.”
The hosts discuss the ethical and legal ramifications of DNA testing, emphasizing the importance of understanding how personal genetic information can be misused.
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A captivating segment features a listener’s story about a project he undertook with his son, which led to a deeper appreciation of modern conveniences and a realization of how much technology remains misunderstood by the average person. This narrative serves as a springboard for the hosts to reflect on the paradox of living in an era of unparalleled technological advancement while retaining limited comprehension of its underlying mechanisms.
Notable Quotes:
John Holmberg (08:35): “They used a lot of fill from one side. I mean, back then you had people that you could do that and I didn't. I should email back and ask that guy. I'm like, in your project, were the walkers white?”
John Holmberg (12:31): “I have no idea how a single thing in my life works. Not a little bit. Not even the slightest bit. I don't know how anything works. This phone charger. I stared at this for about an hour the other day. What are you…”
The discussion broadens to encompass general frustrations with everyday technology, from phone chargers to microwave ovens, underscoring a collective reliance on tools we scarcely understand.
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Throughout the episode, the hosts engage in a philosophical exploration of how modern conveniences have paradoxically led to a lack of understanding and appreciation for the complexities behind everyday technologies. They argue that while life is more convenient, this ease can foster laziness and a disconnection from the intricate workings of the world around us.
Notable Quotes:
John Holmberg (21:14): “Everything... we have some stuff I'm not saying. You know, grandpa used to have to go 30 miles an hour to Yellowstone. Now it's... We just. We gotta stop complaining about it.”
Bret Vesely (27:57): “Hard times make hard men. Hard men make easy times. Easy times make soft men. Soft men make hard times. That's an excellent way to put it. Joe Rogan is number one for a reason.”
The hosts conclude this segment by emphasizing the importance of balancing convenience with a fundamental understanding of technology, advocating for a more informed and engaged populace.
As the episode draws to a close, the hosts transition to promotional content, highlighting upcoming concerts and events. They maintain their energetic and enthusiastic demeanor, encouraging listeners to participate in the vibrant Arizona music scene.
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The March 25, 2025 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness successfully intertwines humor with serious discussions on DNA privacy and the complexities of modern technology. Through engaging listener stories and insightful commentary, John Holmberg and his co-hosts deliver a compelling narrative that resonates with a broad audience. Their ability to balance lighthearted banter with meaningful discourse underscores why Holmberg's Morning Sickness remains a beloved staple of Arizona mornings.
Tune in weekdays from 5:30 AM to 10:00 AM on 98 KUPD (97.9 FM), the 98 KUPD app, or visit www.98kupd.com to catch more episodes.