07-11-25 - Sales Staff Ruining Our Charity Events - New Phone Cover Actually Gets Sunburned - AI Has Figured Out How To Give An LSD Trip w/o Taking Drugs - John Gives A Woodpecker Update - John Didn't Help Stranded Motorist Too Hot

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona
Episode Summary: July 11, 2025
Host: John Holmberg
Co-Hosts: Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo

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1. Sales Staff Disrupting Charity Events (00:00 - 07:00)

In the opening segment, Brady Bogen passionately addresses the ongoing issue of sales staff interfering with the charity events organized by the station. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining the integrity of these events and discourages listeners from engaging with persistent sales calls.

Brady (01:00): "Don't let it turn into this. They're under some so much immense pressure for whatever reason that they start to call up our charity people... Just say no."

Key Points:

• Operation Hydration and other charitable initiatives are being undermined by aggressive sales tactics.
• Sales staff are portrayed as overzealous, treating charity events like timeshare pitches.
• Brady urges donors to ignore sales calls, highlighting the conflict between charitable giving and corporate sales objectives.
• Brett Vesely adds humor to the situation, illustrating the absurdity of sales representatives overstepping boundaries during charity events.

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2. Innovative Phone Covers That "Get Sunburned" (07:00 - 16:00)

The conversation shifts to the latest in phone accessory technology. Brady introduces a novel phone cover that mimics human skin and reacts to sunlight, effectively “sunburning” when exposed for extended periods.

Brady (08:19): "They wrapped telephones in this synthetic thing. It's awesome. It feels like human skin."

Key Points:

• The new phone covers are currently available for Google and Samsung devices, with an iPhone version anticipated.
• Brady and Brett discuss the aesthetics and functionality, debating the practicality and potential social implications of such designs.
• The covers change color based on sun exposure, serving as a reminder for users to protect themselves from excessive sun.
• John Holmberg jokes about the unintended racial connotations that arose when trying to diversify the skin tones of these phone covers, leading to unnecessary complications.

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3. AI-Driven Virtual LSD Trips (16:00 - 22:00)

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to a groundbreaking advancement in AI technology: the ability to simulate LSD trips without actual drug consumption. Brady delves into the implications and potential societal impact of this innovation.

Brady (17:44): "AI is basically like, here you go. We've eliminated the chance of a murderous nightmare and given you nothing but pleasure."

Key Points:

• The AI-driven experience offers users the hallucinogenic effects of LSD in a controlled, drug-free environment.
• Brett raises concerns about potential addiction, to which Brady responds dismissively, contrasting it with existing addictions like the Internet.
• The technology utilizes VR goggles and immersive content to replicate the psychedelic experience accurately, as validated by long-term LSD users.
• John Holmberg muses about the future of such technology, comparing it to other virtual experiences and pondering its integration into daily life.

Notable Quote:

Brady (19:50): "And it’s like the way porn goes... All other streaming things will be like, that's going to be the future."

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4. Woodpecker Update: The Baby Bird Saga (22:00 - 32:00)

Shifting to lighter topics, Brady provides an update on a local wildlife incident involving a baby woodpecker in his backyard. The segment blends humor with genuine concern for the bird's well-being.

Brady (28:10): "So yesterday, the little woodpecker, its mother stood in the palm tree above it, screamed, and the woodpecker bounced its way back up... trying to fly."

Key Points:

• A baby woodpecker has been struggling to leave its nest, causing disruptions and raising questions about wildlife management.
• John Holmberg humorously suggests unconventional methods to aid the bird, while Brady shares the challenges faced in helping the distressed animal.
• The story serves as a metaphor for broader themes of responsibility and intervention, delivered with the show's characteristic humor.

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5. John’s Encounter with a Stranded Motorist (32:00 - 38:00)

In a candid and slightly controversial recount, Brady narrates an incident where John Holmberg failed to assist a stranded motorist during extreme heat. The story highlights personal accountability and community responsibility.

Brady (34:21): "What an angel."

Key Points:

• Brady describes how John observed a struggling motorist but chose not to intervene due to the oppressive heat.
• The narrative sparks a discussion on the moral obligations of bystanders in emergency situations.
• Brady juxtaposes the incident with past experiences of helping individuals, underscoring the complexities of deciding when to assist.
• The segment concludes with humorous banter between the hosts, reflecting on the balance between personal comfort and altruism.

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Conclusion

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness weaves together serious discussions on charity and technological advancements with lighthearted tales of local wildlife and personal anecdotes. Brady, Brett, and John engage listeners with their candid conversations, humorous exchanges, and thought-provoking insights, maintaining the show's reputation as Arizona's #1 morning radio show.

Notable Moment:

Brady (38:18): "It's 98 KUPD. Wake up. Hey, it's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually."

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Transcript

[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

Convers. Morning sickness. You've been deceived by an agent of Satan himself. He's evil. Sitting right here. Come on. No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. 98. Good morning, everybody. Hello there. Welcome to Friday. It's seven giving away free stuff. Like, I'm sure 7 11. Oh, that's free Slurpee. Crazy 711 day. Hi there. This is the morning sickness. My name is John. There's Brady. There's Brett. There's Big Dick Toledo. And off and running for yet another glorious day. And let me say this, to start the whole show. If you are one of the people who have been donating to Operation Hydration, one of the. Well, we have that Saya trucking company you had. Winston. Water coolers. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

American mailbox.

[Brady]

American. The guy's dropped off money and someone from our sales staff just go, probably call you. Ignore it. Ignore it. They're going to ruin it. It's a charity event. Don't let. Don't let it turn into this. They're under some so much immense pressure for whatever reason that they start to call up our charity people who are so sweet and start to barrage them like we're a timeshare. I will apologize in advance and just say, just. They're very nice people, but just say no. Just. That's all I can tell you. I know I'm going to get yelled at for this. I'll write a check. I don't care. I. It's. That's fine.

[John Holmberg]

Unless it's Toledo or Ben, don't answer the phone. If it says kupd, it says kupd.

[Brady]

Yeah, it's going to be one them. Yeah. And you're going to be in a Ramada Inn for four hours, like, watching a movie. Like, just don't. We want you to continue to be incredibly gracious and giving and one thing that ruins that is sales. So this is a charity event. This is not us trying to make money. So please ignore them. I know our company wants. It hates me doing this. Don't care. When you. When you're. When you're pressed so hard by your company to do charity work, and they love when you do. And they then. And they get. They get trophies and stuff for this. And I don't understand why they. They go to, like, events to try to win trophies.

[Brett]

Incentives. Steak knives, BMWs.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah. Throw Some stuff in. But they literally have an event every year for the radio executives to go up and have. I'm turning into Corolla. You know, these idiots, they run radio. They. They have this event every year where they pat themselves on the back for. For all the we do on the air. And then. And then they ruin it and we have to fix it. So I'm doing it before they ruin it. If anyone from sales calls you about your charitable donation and how they ignore.

[Brett]

Them, I'm not sure who it was, but I got a call yesterday from our sales. Can I speak to the owner of Brady Sauce?

[Brady]

Speaking.

[Brett]

Hey, Heather.

[Brady]

What's up? How do you know me? I'm standing next to you. You called me, literally at your desk. Anyway, that's not too far from.

[Brett]

That's weird.

[Brady]

I won't give him any. I got into a fight yesterday, like, a funny fight, but it was like. They're like, what's the name of that company that drops off? I'm not telling any of you vultures. There's no way. No, we could get them for. I'm like, you're not getting them for anything. They're generous, kind people. Don't ruin that. Our advertising is amazing. If you want to advertise, that's different. If somebody says, time, place and time, there you go. Place and time. You don't fleece people at charity events for more. They already gave. They're giving. You don't ask Santa for more and then, like, make him pay. If they want to, they'll come. Come to you as advertisers, not as donors. Go to enough charity events. The last thing you need is them hitting you up again after you already donated. So I'm putting that out there right now. Stop it. Stop wrecking our event. Go to your stupid Crystal Ball award or whatever that thing is and start to scream and yell about how unbelievably charitable your radio station is. And keep in mind, it's me, mother. I don't get an award so I can ruin this. Stop wrecking our stuff.

[John Holmberg]

But, John, it's a slump buster they're trying to break.

[Brady]

I know, I know. The sales people, they're on their way. Their leader. I have to say it. I've been doing this too long. I've watched this happen too many times. When they started in yesterday, we had too many. And this. This. This is a tribute to how generous our audience is. So many people came here yesterday to drop stuff off the screen play. I'm terrible with names. Kalito's got A list I don't have in front of me, but they dropped off, like, 20 cases of water. We had six pallets of water from that. Cox. I don'. It wasn't Coxwell, was it? Irving. Irving Cable. Yeah. You got it. Thank you. They came by, dropped off. These guys dropped off 30 cases from. The hell is it Screen Unlimited? Countless amounts of people show up. Seya again. We didn't get to them yesterday. The trucking guys, they're. They're coming in with, like, semis and dumping stuff off here. And our sales staff is like, what is going on out there? They got enough money for that charity. They got enough money for us. I'm like, stop, stop. So you'll get calls from all these wonderful people. You're gonna get calls from our sales team. Just ignore them. They're very nice. They're very. And if you're interested in advertising, sure, go. I'm interested in advertising. Don't hit me up about, you know, charity stuff. I hate it. Oh, I hate it. Chuck used to drive me nuts with that. You got a $20,000 donation from someone for Lost or Home Pet Rescue? Yeah. Does he have any money for advertising? Like, no. He gives it to charity. He doesn't? No. Clearly, his business is skyrocke. He's got 20 grand in his pocket to give to a charity. That means he should. He doesn't need to advertise. He's doing pretty well. You're never doing what he call him.

[Brett]

He makes rockets.

[Brady]

And then the last thing they want to do is hear from you is because every time they do, you call them and try to hit him up for more dough. Let it calm down a little bit. So I had to get that out there because it's driving all of us nuts. I heard Brett bitching to Toledo that couldn't even get out there. People just like swarming them like bees on dropped ice cream. Anyway, so we love our sales. They drive us nuts sometimes. And occasionally, on their massive quest for the mighty advertising budget, they lose sight of what's going on. I'm not going to. I used to get in trouble all the time for saying, hey, KSLX is doing a great thing, I would say, about, like, Kez. I still think Kez got the best charity thing I've ever seen. If they're still behind it, I'm pretty sure they're. Channel 3 does the Christmas angel program. I think that's the most unbelievably generous thing that the city does every year. Love it. Absolutely love it.

[Brett]

Sounds great on the radio.

[Brady]

But when I say, hey, go give to them. I used to get. Get it. Why are you telling people about it? Because it's beautiful. It's a wonderful thing. It's the competition. There's no competition with orphans. You don't go there. Goddamn orphans aren't as good as our goddamn orphans. Like we're not gonna fight. I got a call from a lady named Susan asking me to help with her slump Buster. Is this. Am I to believe this is sales related? That's the it's our time broad. Yeah, it is. Yeah, that's her. It's our time. So. Yeah. And then they start yelling, we got to do more charity stuff. We got to win an award. Who gets that award? Well, we do. The people who didn't do anything. Yes. Doesn't that make sense to everyone else? I guess. Do I get to go to the awards ceremony? No. It's all the way in Vegas. We're not going to pay for you to go to Vegas. We go.

[Brett]

It's in Cabo.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

That's always the screwed up part.

[Brady]

And so I got. If I'm not benefiting from it and I got to pay for things that I'm going to start spewing the truth. You take that to the bank. All right. I got this email. We got to solve this guy's life right here real quick before we get to anything else. This is a. This is a. Legitimately. I might actually wait on this. I'll wait on this thing. I'll wait. I'll hold on. I'll ice it. Cuz I think it's. It's. Yeah, it's got some legs to it. And I'm. And I. We need to help this guy for sure. And I think he definitely needs us. I did see yesterday and I want this. And I. And I don't know how to order it. That they're now wrapping telephones in this synthetic thing.

[Brett]

The skin.

[Brady]

Skin. Did you see it sunburn and it burns in the sun. What? Oh, it's awesome. It feels like human skin.

[Brett]

But ones I saw though aren't iPhone cases.

[Brady]

Yeah, I know. They're for Google and they're for Samsung. Yeah.

[Brett]

Is that the only one? They got to be.

[Brady]

They'll get to it if those guys. That's why I'm going to the Google. Samsung people need to get on this and make this a big deal. So the iPhone people. The first time you've ever been better for real. Like you guys say you are. But if you're a green bubble, you're poor. That's all we think as iPhone users, we're like, oh, you're a green bubble. Sorry, things are going your way. And you guys, my wife. It's a much better system, and it's okay. You keep telling yourself that. Green bubble. And. And then I'm assuming you have to go drive for Uber at night. I do. Go ahead and get out there and do your thing. But this is the first time ever I'm like, damn it, I want that skin thing. And it's also for people. I was reading about it. The benefit is. Is it for white people or people with.

[Brett]

What?

[Brady]

Yeah, because knowing if you're getting too much sun. Yeah. Because if your phone starts turning colors, it's like, so are you, by the way. So your phone'.

[Brett]

God, you can put some suntan action on it.

[Brady]

You could. You can lube it up a little. And it feels. Evidently, I gotta get a hold of.

[Brett]

I don't think you have to. It just. It burns.

[Brady]

It's something. But if you're looking like, oh, gee, jeez, this thing's catching too many rays, and that means I gotta cover up or I'm out here too long. Phenomenal idea. Just an absolutely great idea. Plus, it's just creepy enough to be neat if your phone feels like you, you know, skinned a person. If you've got, like, Jane Gum. Silence of the Lamb's ph Phone. And you've got a skin phone. Oh, baby, that's cool.

[Brett]

I think it'll catch some heat because. Okay, cool. It's only in white.

[Brady]

Good point. It's an excellent point. Yeah. It's like pantyhose used to always get like. Yeah, that is a legitimate concern, though. Back when pantyhose were a thing and black ladies were like, this is nude. Not when I'm nude. It's like, what is this like? Yeah. So they had to change some of that up. Yeah, I guess that's true. You have to have.

[John Holmberg]

So you gotta shop ethnicity and you're a phone case now or what?

[Brady]

Ethnicity. Get the word right.

[John Holmberg]

I'll go with the white skin there.

[Brady]

That's what my. I have a feeling, like, most whites with emojis found the black.

[John Holmberg]

The black middle finger and everything went with those. That's true.

[Brady]

All the whites. I think if there were black skin phones, most wacky whites would have their black skin phone. Yeah. You're probably People like that.

[Brett]

You get in trouble.

[Brady]

Yeah, well, they'd be. They'd start making jokes. You see the rest of them like, things like, they did this Themselves that they skinned a man and the south would be. They. They'd have. Then they start. Yeah, yeah. They'd start liking it, too. You're right. We can't do it. Never mind. Whole idea is shot. Sales must have gotten involved. God damn it. It's over. Ruined it.

[Brett]

And then you got the. The guy that's going to have this phone case.

[Brady]

Like.

[Brett]

Damn it.

[Brady]

What happened?

[Brett]

My phone turned into an Indian.

[Brady]

It's red. And. Yeah, now he's mad at it. Yeah. Never mind. I thought it was a great idea when it was just white. The people of color ruined it. Isolate that. You're right, Brady. Damn. Look out. And you know who really ruined it is Brett and his friends already. Well, because you guys would have walked around with the people of color phone skins and laughed and giggled and made it a thing. Look at that.

[Brett]

Had a name for your phone.

[Brady]

Isn't that. It does have mocha.

[Brett]

Okay.

[Brady]

And kind of beige and then like a Nordic. The person on the right. That phone shouldn't be out. When the sun's out, that thing is toast. That's not gonna make it through a Phoenix day. But that feels like skin. And I don't know why that appealed to me so much. I thought that was neat. But now Brett ruined it by saying he wants one and then he can't even say the word ethnicity. He's got other words for ethnicity. Oh. Anyway, I thought that was a cool idea, but. Hi, I'm Richard Karn, and you may.

[John Holmberg]

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[Brady]

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[Brady]

Get copperhead.com,.com Holmberg's Morning Sickness. As we. As we hash it out here on the air, you realize how quickly whitey would ruin that thing with making everything racist. Way to go, whitey. Yeah, I don't even like. The second you know your friend, like, fires over the black middle finger on his phone, you're like, oh, no, I have like. And most of my friends say, I better change mine. The best one ever was Baxter. All of his emojis are little Asian girls and it is creepy and hilarious. Like it, it takes me by surprise every time. And he somehow or another has real big ones. Like his emojis come through and almost take up your whole screen. And like the laughing face is a little. It's. He's got the hat and every. I don't know where he got all these. It's hilarious. So. But you know, little rosy cheeks and the makeup and it's. But that's. It's racist because they let us. And, and what we've learned from the Internet and everything else. If you let whitey kind of dabble in it. Oh, he will. He'll find it hysterical every time. So nevermind. Thanks a lot, Fred.

[John Holmberg]

I wonder if Maryvale uses the white metal fingers and stuff.

[Brady]

Yeah. Do black people think it's funny when a white middle finger comes up or are they just so used to it in Maryvale that's not funny to them anymore? I wonder what their joke is with emojis. I don't know. I don't either.

[John Holmberg]

Thunder horse calling.

[Brady]

Yeah. Cause I don't know do. I don't do it because I'm a decent human being. I don't flip people off with emojis too often or use the, the black fist to pound it out or the p. Thumbs up. Thumbs up? Yeah. All mine are white, but I don't know, is it like when you're listening to rap and there's an N word in it, you won't listen to that around your black friends. Is it the same thing with your emojis when you're one of those jokesters? I don't know that you send your black emojis to all your white friends, but to your black friends. Friends, white emojis. And do you have black friends? Probably not. So most of them probably don't.

[John Holmberg]

So I wonder what you send.

[Brady]

I do.

[Brett]

I send them.

[Brady]

I don't send emojis. I'm a man.

[John Holmberg]

I don't know when that's on the white ones. To them.

[Brady]

No. My dad started sending emojis to me and I realized my dad, emojis are.

[John Holmberg]

I get to thumbs up all the time from my dad.

[Brady]

I'll occasionally thumbs up or heart a comment like, yep, love it, thanks. Or you know.

[John Holmberg]

Or the laughing thing.

[Brady]

Yeah, yeah, usually. Haha. Yeah. But I don't do the. I don't do the wacky, you know, little happy face crying and based on like how many I send is how hard I don't get it. I just like, good one. There needs to be just one for people like me. This goes a good one. Yeah. The five or six little yellow balls with tears coming out of their eyes and like. Okay, you laughed five out of how many? I don't understand. Okay, yeah, I think LQ needs to be one. I laughed quietly. I didn't laugh out loud. I wasn't rolling on the floor. No one's ever done that. I just write IP'd. That's usually my things. Like that one got me. I peed a little. So I wonder. Yeah, I just got a Swiftbird. Just sent me a. That's kind of a neat one. Nice job, Swiffer. It's a black middle finger and then a heart came out of it and floated across the screen. I don't know how you did that. That was neat. Kind of like that. What if. Yeah, okay. This one says, it's like the letter.

[Brett]

Got from the listener. Forget his name.

[Brady]

J, Fo or finger.

[Brett]

And then I love you, man.

[Brady]

Yeah. Y. Yeah. Hey, you're the best radio host I've ever heard, you miserable piece of puke face bastard. Hey, thanks buddy. Anyway, and then I saw another thing and this is, this is exciting to me. Uh. Oh, you're not reading it. Don't read them. Don't read them. Don't read your. Your emails stay on your screen.

[John Holmberg]

But Stephen, funny.

[Brady]

Good job, Stephen. Off the air lq, when this becomes a permanent podcast and we're, we'll do a few of those but you're not allowed to do that here and I'm uncomfortable with it. I saw something yesterday that I think is the feeling. I think there's certain times when you look and go, what's the next Apple? What's the next IBM? How do you get on the ground floor? This is it. This is absolutely it. I was watching a late news thing last night. It was middle of the night. I'm watching crazy. The AI has figured out how to take you on an LSD trip without any drugs. And LSD users are like remarkably accurate. Like they tested it out on LSD people and it's like everything they've ever known about what an LSD trip is, AI is that they can take you on rides that you will. That you can go on trips safely. Because what the one thing evidently LSD has, and this is what's kept me away from any hallucinogenic, is the quote, bad trip. You don't know when you're going to go on a bad trip and do to freak out and have like, it's like being in a nightmare you can't get out of.

[Brett]

And they figured out just good trips all day.

[Brady]

Well, it's AI. So AI is basically like, here you go. We've eliminated the chance of like a murderous nightmare that makes you scared of this and given you nothing but pleasure. And. And they had VR goggles, but then a couple of them had just opportunities to go on these trips. I don't know how they did it. They didn't inject them or there was nothing inside their body, but like, you know, they went on these immersive, unbelievable things. That's the future. As much as we love drugs in this world and LSD's been around forever and people eat drugs. The older I get, the more I realize I have been the oddball. You're the oddball. But most people do something if it's weed. I have people that. I never would have suspected that knock out coke now and again, never would have thought of it. And they're like, oh, yeah, that's just a little. I do that every once in a while for fun. I'm like, I never would have known. So we're always looking for something. And look, don't Pollyanna this and say they're losers. Because drinking is just as bad. Like, anytime you're trying to get a buzz or a little something on us, we all love it.

[Brett]

People have bad trips. Drinking.

[Brady]

Yeah. Oh, sure. Drinking's a depressing.

[Brett]

Depends on how you react.

[Brady]

It's a depressing. It's. Everybody kind of has, like, less than. I mean, you can have fun buzzing when you overdo it or you're a bad drinker and you keep going. Oh, absolutely. Drinking is probably the worst one. And it's not even bad for the drunk. It's bad for everybody around him. That's what's worse. At least LSD is usually only bad for the dude on the trip because he's sitting in a room with a lava lamp by himself. But we love it. So this company is going to try to mass produce LSD trips. And like, there's the future. It's. That's it. Because we can sit and go, wow, it can do law for us or it's gonna do medical stuff. Once this company gets hold of how to take you on an LSD trip, all the medicine and lawyers and everything else, they'll hop on that technology. This is the future. I don't have a name for you and I need it.

[Brett]

But is that any better?

[Brady]

What do you mean?

[Brett]

I mean, because will that become an addiction?

[Brady]

Of course not. But at least it's not. Oh, the Internet already is an addiction. It's worse than everything else. So once we start going on trips.

[Brett]

That thing could be more dangerous.

[Brady]

I'm not talking about whether it's healthy or not. I don't give a flying.

[Brett]

I just thought about you. Like if you're curious, at least there wouldn't be. But there still is an addiction part.

[Brady]

Dennis Miller said it in 1991 when we have virtual reality sex at our. And you can rent sex with a supermodel and you don't have to leave your house. It's going to make crack look like Sanka. It's. That is going to be the new addiction. It's a dopamine. And everything you're doing, your, your brain will produce drugs. That's what you're trying to get the drugs to do is release extra of what your brain's got. But this is the future because it's. It's like the way porn goes. Hey, we came up with a new streaming thing. All other streaming things will be like, that's going to be the future. And they climb on board. This will be it. And I had, I tried to find something about it and it. Little bits, nothing major, but it was basically an article that kind of went on, but it didn't give the. It says if you've ever tried to. If you ever fancied the trialing the effects of acid without actually taking the drug, there's a video now that does the trick for you. A host of people that have promised the short clip gives an accurate idea of what the typical psychedelic experience looks and feels like. So get ready to satisfy your curiosity without worrying about having it in your system. The only problem is now you can do it. Be addicted to that and it's not testable, so you can do it Work says most people who dabble in acid do. So they enjoy the hallucinogenic properties. And this thing can mimic that pretty darn close. It didn't give the name of the company that's doing it or the people that are about to release it, but it's an LSD trip that's going. And they're. They're showing it to LSD people. That was the thing in the news. They were showing it to LSD people and they're like, it's perfect. The first guy who's been doing LSD since the 70s, like that is perfect. Yeah. I remember he goes, that's one of the. And it wasn't like it was something he'd already seen. He goes, that's exactly the experience. And you can put it up on a TV screen and make me feel like, yep, that's. That is. That is the calming influence and the wonderful trip that you'll go on every once in. They're not all the same for everybody. But he's like, that would be a lovely. A lovely drop for him would have been this thing he. You guys just put out an absolutely lovely thing for. For. And then other LSD users like, this is great. So keep your eyes open. And if you've got a financial advisor, Jeff, if you've got a financial advice, we get Jeff Jr. On this. Trajan, drop everything and find out who's about to sell LSD trips through downloadable content. That is the future.

[John Holmberg]

You just put the meta goggles on like you're watching porn and it's the.

[Brady]

One dude had had goggles on. And that never took because it's clumsy. Like, I've even had that. And it's just weird. It's pretty awesome, but it's clumsy. Like, you got. You've got. You've disappeared from society. The first few people that watched this watched on VR goggles and they were really happy about it. But you can. And it isn't cartoonish and weird like the little clips they were showing. I'm like, wow, that's different than the, you know, the. The Rob Zombie video that makes you feel like you're in some sort of psychedelic thing. It was interesting what they were doing with people and the shapes of faces and like these melting things. And it wasn't constant the way they do, the way they try to tell you. And I've never done it, so I don't know what it is. But they're always like. You'd think you're just constantly in a, you know, a dolly painting where everything's melting and you're running and you're scared and there's an Indian and all that. It's not that there's a lot of calming things and then just weird stuff starts to happen. So it's accurate. So the next guy just watched on a big tv and it was one of those rounded kind of a imax. It was huge, but it was. And he sat in the chair and he goes, this is remarkable. As this is. This is exactly the experience. Like, this is. This is what your brain does. This is perfect. And he was going on and on about it and then, yeah, so that'll be the future of everything. And I for one, can't wait because I Don't I want to know. Look, too many people we talked about a little bit yesterday risk everything to try, like mass and coke and heroin and whatever. And I know it, but it. Or too many people do it for it to suck. It's the stuff it does to you after. So if they can figure out a way to just make you have that buzz and then. And then you're fine. It's still going to screw some people up, but at least we all get to kind of go, oh, well, that's neat because I'd like to know what it's. I want to know what the. We had that guy on when I had him. I had people call him, like, I don't care. Get it? I watch. I watch people on fentanyl and they just look like they're sleeping and they're miserable. It looks awful. I watched train spotting. There wasn't an ounce of that that looked appealing to me. Why in the world would you ever say, yeah, let's try that. What have. What have you seen that makes you say, that's something I want to try? And everybody who's ever done it is like, it's the most remarkable thing my body's ever been through. You're just laying there. It's like, yep, you have no idea how good. My uncle, my cousin was a big drug addict, used to say, if you like sex, it's like 20 times better. And he said, but it's just not worth it in the end because your body's gonna close up. And I'm like, well, yeah, I'm not doing it. That doesn't like. That's the. The risk rewards not there. If it's on tv. Oh, baby, I'm doing it every day. It'll be fantastic. You'll never see me again. Holmberg's morning sickness. And chemically, I'll be okay. My brain will just be all screwed up. But that's the future. And I'm. I'm probably not going to do the drug trips on tv. I'm just going to sit and smoke cigars and light hundreds on fire while all you people do it. Because I'm going to figure out how to invest in this while it's still on the low floor. This guy says, as an LSD person here, I can tell you that this product is just going to be like that sex helmet thing in the movie Demolition Man. It's not the same. Well, financially it will be. When all of the people who don't know different than you want to dive in, give it a Try. Yep. That's a fact. You're right. It's probably not the same. It's probably the synthetic version of what you do. But for people who like me, who are scared to death of the real thing, I'd give that a run. What are you guys doing? Be all over that. So if you guys figure out the name of the company who's putting this out out or whatever, or if I find it, trust me, I won't say a word because I want it all for myself. But if you guys figure it out, let me know. It was a really just. And again, when you watch TV in the middle of the damn night or you start digging through your phone and Neil DeGrasse Tyson videos start messing with you, and the next thing you know, you start seeing these things. Oh, it dives. It's. It's pulling me down. And technically, I'm already on an LSD trip every time I watch Neil Degrasse Tyson and I can't stop. Or it takes me down a road where I'm like, oh, I'm in the. I'm in the hole. That's a trip in itself. Like, the Internet takes me on trips all the time. So to be some sort of, you know, pearl clutching Pollyanna, that goes, I can't believe this is something. You do it every day. You do it every time you're on Instagram. Instagram is a dopamine releasing machine. You're on drugs when you're on Instagram. When you're scrolling, it's. It's perfect. Prove it. Anderson Cooper was on 60 Minutes that time. They took his phone away and turned it on, and it was out of reach while they talked to him. And then someone intentionally kept texting him while they measured his. They were pretending they were doing another stress test on his body, but they would ding his phone from across the room. His whole body would react like he'd been. Yeah, like he. Like he was getting doses of Herald. Like his body was releasing. Like, I gotta know that. And you'd get these huge, like, what's happening? And your body was releasing a chemical from a ding on your phone. So to act like, you know, it's. That we're not capable of this or we're not all on drugs in the first place. We are. We are absolutely on drugs. And it's. It's just not getting into our veins or we're not smoking it or snorting it. We're holding it in our hands and we're thumbing it up and down. That's a Big drug. We all act like we're not. I would never.

[Brett]

Got two questions for you.

[Brady]

What do you got?

[Brett]

What's the update on the baby woodpecker?

[Brady]

Oh, yeah, you're very curious about the wildlife. Well, I went, I went back to the house yesterday to find my lawn guy, Al, in the front yard. And I said, how's it going, Al? And I've got a sprinkle. Of course I do. It's 130 degrees outside of the course. I have an underground sprinkler line that's not working. He goes, john, all your plants up here are starting to. Starting to crisp again. I noticed that the other day. I was like, I turned up the water and he goes, nope, not going to work. That underground line right there. They got to come out. Oh, yay. And he goes, wasn't allowed in your backyard today.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, she at the.

[Brady]

Shut it down. Yeah. Evidently you got a bird back there. I'm like, all right, nice.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, just give her the leaf blower, then put her to work.

[Brady]

And I said, I know you're running late, but if you want to go back there now that I'm back, you're more than welcome to go anyway. The Berg. So those who don't know, yesterday, a baby woodpecker was sitting in the backyard and the world stopped at my house. I had to stop working. There were phone calls I had to make to yard people that made sure that because of this four ounce thing, the entire backyard could not be leaf blown. It's just not a thing. We couldn't have possibly put a little shoebox over over it and said, just avoid the shoe box. But no. So yesterday, the little woodpecker, its mother stood in the palm tree above it, screamed, and the woodpecker bounced its way back up into the little house in the palm tree, which is a good move, and then fell out again. Trying to. He's trying to fly. He's like the weakest one.

[Brett]

So he's close.

[Brady]

He's not even close.

[Brett]

Okay. Then he's getting pushed out.

[Brady]

He's a rock, this dude.

[Brett]

There's another one in there.

[Brady]

I'm not sure he knows he's a bird. Like, there's. The other ones are. The other ones are gone. I think they're out. I think they got jobs and whatever this one is, Toledo's son, it just won't leave the house. It's not really doing anything. It can't. It's not spreading its wing. I call it Alex the Woodpecker because he just won't leave the house. He tried to be out on his own for a while, and his parents still had to go get him. So, yes, the update on the woodpecker is that I have a ton of leaves in my backyard because Al couldn't go back. That's the update. He'll be fine. Or not. Not.

[John Holmberg]

Told you what to do.

[Brady]

I look.

[John Holmberg]

Strapped a leaf blower to her back and put her to work. It was her idea.

[Brady]

I should have asked Ali. I said, hey, can I borrow that leaf blower for 24 hours? What are you doing? Put this on your. Put this on your back.

[John Holmberg]

You effed it up clean off my basketball court.

[Brady]

I'm not going out there. It's a million degrees. Well, now the birds out there all the time. And she said. She goes, I watched it climb the tree. And then the mama bird was up there and. And it fed it, like. How long were you standing outside? Are you okay? I watched through the window. Oh, God. It's like a movie to you.

[Brett]

Could be a bird walk.

[John Holmberg]

Got time to lean, got time to clean. Get to work, sister.

[Brady]

You know what? I should have married you. If it wasn't for all the hair and poop, you and I would be a very happy couple. I came home and I'm leaning on a thing, and there's Brad's. What are you doing? I'm watching these beautiful birds, honey. Isn't it amazing? Not amazing when I can see that, you know there's dirt all over the floor. You got time to lean, you got time to clean. I'm gonna treat her like I'm running a Bennigan's anyway. What are you doing? You're there bird watching all day long. I'm busting my ass at work all day long. Telling fat jokes, doing my thing, dealing with sales. Home to you, and you're looking out a window at a goddamn woodpecker. Let me show you a cartoon. Woody and the bald guy. It's just like being here. He's a rag and a mop. Get the word clean, you. I'm gonna kick you out of the nest anyway. Thanks for asking, Brady. The woodpeckers and I can't keep up to date with all woodpecker activities. Just the ones that have decided to make my backyard their home for a while.

[Brett]

See those two often?

[Brady]

Often. I see him every goddamn day. Constantly. All over.

[Brett]

Well, I don't see the babies.

[Brady]

Yeah, you know why I don't see them? Cuz I don't give a about woodpecker bait. I wouldn't know. It was A woodpecker bait. Just a bird that fell out of the nest. And I look, and if the parents don't care, why do I? It's like me driving down to Tucson to pick up Toledo's kid. I'm like, if they don't want to do it, how did I get on the hook? If the woodpecker baby mama doesn't want anything to do with it, who am I to get involved in their lives? I'm not doing that. If I see Michael and Troy in the cul de sac and one of them standing outside crying, I'm driving away. Yesterday it was.

[Brett]

I don't know if a twink fell out of a tree.

[Brady]

Well, if a twink was in a tree, I'd look at that. If he fell out, I'd drive away before I get blamed for pushing twinks out of trees. What were you. Mr. Holmberg? It was watching. You didn't help. Twinks and trees. What are you gonna do? I didn't. I wanted to see what they were gonna do next. And one fell out, and you did nothing. All right, I'm getting out of here. I had no. I didn't see a thing. Those two gay guys in a tree. That's surprising to all of us. Yesterday, I was here a 52nd street, and Thomas and I was having lunch with Shan, man. So I was gonna meet up with Shan, man, and I was running early, and I text him. I'm like, hey, man, if you want to meet, I'll be there 15 minutes earlier than I thought, if you want. He goes, okay. Like, cool. I think it's Thomas. I don't know which one it is. Right past the. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know where it is. 52nd Street. Thomas or Osborne. I always get those confused, dude. In the light ahead of me, he's at the red light, and then it turns green. He doesn't go. And I'm about to do the horn because I think he's texting. And he gets out of his car, and I'm like. And then he just kind of grabs the door that's open, and the frame of the windshield starts pushing. Starts older fella, and he's not good at pushing his car. And you know what my first reaction was? And thank God for technology. I looked at him and I'm like, oh, this is going to take a minute. And I thought I could ram him, but it was like, help nudge it. Yeah. And then I looked down at the temperature gauge inside my car, and it said 114. I'm not getting out there.

[John Holmberg]

You're on your own, pal.

[Brady]

That's pretty much what I did. It took him about four and a half minutes and two cycles to get the car through. I just waited. Ooh. I felt bad for him, but I'm like. He was trying to. I'm like, first off, he was dumb. You go straight, you push straight. He's trying to turn and push and turn, and he's trying to make a left. Like, this is going to take you a half an hour. And if you're listening out there. Yeah, I was the guy in the black Jeep behind you. Just not doing anything. I'm sorry. It was way too hot to help yesterday. Kind of.

[Brett]

The black jeep is behind me. Bunch of baby ducks on.

[Brady]

Nothing you can do about that. It's not my fault your car sucks. I'm sorry. If my Jeep broke down, I would. I'd put the winch on a tree and I'd tug it across the road and I'd be like, I'm out of everybody's way. I didn't honk or bother him.

[John Holmberg]

Weren't hanging out the water.

[Brady]

Come on, grab some. Let's go. Let's go.

[John Holmberg]

Places to be, pal.

[Brady]

I couldn't get around him because he was so slow. Once he got a little momentum and then, evidently, and I didn't know this, every intersection has a little bulge in the middle for drainage so they don't pool water. And he hit. You can't see.

[Brett]

It's like a mini.

[Brady]

Yeah. But it started rolling back a little. And I watched him dig in. And I didn't do anything. If it was. If the weather was more cooperative. It's the cold and flu season. I'm not getting out of there. Have you heard of COVID I'm not doing this. But I waited for him to get just out of the way. And by the way, I wasn't the only one. Everybody was going around me to the right and getting through, Going right by him. And at least I had the decency to sit behind him. Like, I'm going to wait this out. I was behind you in line.

[John Holmberg]

What an angel.

[Brady]

We're in this together. I'm not getting out. We're in this together. He got out of the way. I even waved to him. That's how generous and kind I am. Sales went up and tried to sell him something. It was amazing that they were like, oh, wow.

[John Holmberg]

Need some tires, need gas.

[Brady]

This dude needed a car.

[John Holmberg]

Need a new engine.

[Brady]

It's a yellow something. Or other. I don't even know. It was one of like. Like one of them Russian. Like when, you know, Russian presidents drive around, you're like, what is that car? Like, they've got squares today. That's exactly what this was. Only it was like sun yellow. So I'm like, I'm not. Look, no offense to anybody out there with a sun yellow Russian diplomat car. I'm not gonna dabble around with poor people like that. That's. There's. He's gonna end up asking me for money. There's next thing. And again, I've been burned by helping individuals. I'll help charitable events. I'll help companies and stuff like that. I. I love that. But every time I've ever tried to help someone one on one, for the most part. That one guy that was going to kill us with cocaine and a baseball bat. And all we did was put my friend and I pulled over and said, do you need help? Yeah, you farm boys want to help me out? Like, what farm boys? What? He gets in the jeep with us because you guys. You guys need me to pay you anything. Like, we're good. Just take you up to Circle K and you do your thing. You do. You guys want some coke? You farm boys do some coke? We're like, oh. And we dropped him off and drove away.

[John Holmberg]

Hillbilly Payson or something.

[Brady]

It was in Mesa. Oh, wow. And yeah, it was before it was super developed. So this was probably out by Ellsworth Elliott area. There was like one Circle K, and he was just standing on the side of the road. And we're like, we should help. Because somebody had just helped us at the river. So we're like, we should pay it back. Pick this dude up. And all he wanted to do, he's just bags of cocaine in his pockets and we're driving around for five miles looking for a convenience store for him. You farm boys want some coke? We're not farm boys. Why do you say that?

[Brett]

You're out here.

[Brady]

Yeah. You're out in the farm. I figured. Yeah, it's like 10 at night. Nobody's farming right now. If I was a farm boy, I'd be in bed getting ready for tomorrow's harvest. Quit calling me to wait for. Wait for me right here. I'll be. I'll be right, right back. Farm boys. Mark just goes, go, go, go, go, go. And we drove away and left him.

[John Holmberg]

We gotta get up early to milk the cows.

[Brady]

We'll see you later. Yeah, I heard the daisy is crying there's something wrong at the barn.

[Brett]

Then we drove away from Sam Kinson.

[Brady]

It was a mess. Let's get us a wake up song. Five, eight, five nine, eight hundred. A good one and we'll scream it together. It's 98 KUPD. Wake up. Hey, it's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees. I have heard enough of this.