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You're listening to the HMS podcast brought to you by MMP Guns.com, your most trusted online marketplace for firearms, ammunition and accessories. It's John Holberg here and it's time to talk about TVs Doug Hopkins of my home group and Doug Hopkins dot com. If I told you I had an idea for a project and said to you in order to finish the project, We've got about 10 steps to go through and seven or eight of them are time consuming and could ruin the entire thing. Doug Hopkins, he offers you cash for your home as is right now, and that process is over. He doesn't change that price or you get $5,000 guaranteed, your house is sold. Start the purch process online right now@dough hopkins.com or grab that phone and sing. Call Doug Hopkins. 1800 sale now. Good morning, everybody. Hello there. Welcome to Thursday. For crying out loud. Here we are on Thursday already. It's 5:45. Yes, the morning sickness. My name's John. There's Brady, there's Brett. There's Big Dick Toledo. Our owners are in town. It's. The temperature will be 100 degrees and we're not gonna do too much today. We're not going to do much of a show today because when the owners are in town, they look at you and they watch and they nitpick and then it's so. It's annoying. We don't really. Next thing you know, you're in a room, you're getting talked to, lawyers, God knows what else. It's gonna be a real bland show this morning. Yeah. Can we play Mack the Knife? We might play a little Mac. The Bobby Darren coming up in just a few minutes. To appease this morning, we're gonna play a game. What was that noise anyway? We're having a great time in here, folks. Wasn't that fun? Brett, what's that noise? Coming up at 7:00'. Clock. You're crazy. What's traffic look like this morning? Traffic's out there this morning. All the roads have cars on them. Be careful. Watch out for other cars. Yeah. You never know when the big bosses are in town, if they're in a good mood or a bad mood. And I'm not giving them any ammunition. So we'll just do something real. Bo. Ah, go listen to something else. I think. Come on the van with me. You know what? What the hell, I might. We'll just leave this thing running. Yeah, that's fine. And every once in a while, Toledo, answer the phone and be like, all right, it's 7:30 a. It's time for you to watch out for other cars. If there's cars on the road, if it's slow, if there's brake lights, you hit yours too. Okay, that's traffic. Sales area is very clean. Oh, my God. It's spotless. Yeah, it's awful. And you never. Yeah, they could come in all, you know, wild hares and they could come start going. Didn't like that thing Brady said. Give me your shoes. Like what? That's the fine of shoes again. Yeah. Gotta give up your shoes. I don't care for this Brett character. Give me your car keys. Start. You know. There we go. Randomly making you do stuff. Stuff you did. I don't want to make a mad start pulling that ultimate power nonsense. And crazy. So how was your night last night, Brie? I had a pleasant evening. It was delightful. Did you. Did you have a family event? Slept most of the evening. Oh, did you? That sounds nice. Let's recreate that real quick, shall we? Go ahead. Yeah, let's. What did that. Oh, no, there's no storm. Well, not anymore. Oh, that's right. Yeah. There's that CPAP just making you breathe. Oh, he's in heaven. You can see it, Brad. It's wonderful. It's total bliss. It is bliss. And that's what we shoot for. Here is bliss. That's nice. That was nice, Brady. Thanks for sharing. You got it. I enjoyed it. It was crazy. What's the time? Oh, yeah, it's 5:48 here. There's still traffic and probably more people are gonna be waking up and getting on there. Watch out for other cars. Always. The John Holmberg reminder is watch out for other cars. Hey, does anybody like whiskey? Do you have a fave? I'll express my favorites at 8am this morning. And then on the tens, we'll do your top five things later. Morning letters from Mom. We're gonna read the letters that my mom sent. It's gonna be great. And what about the math question? Oh, we're gonna have. That's right, 10th caller. Well, I see the old me almost popped up and said, it's time for the Asian celebration. But I'm not gonna do that this morning. We have the math game on Thursday. Everybody does that when they're. When their owners and bosses come to town and you just get that. That weird little smile from the one who's like, second or third in charge. Not ever the big wig, but the second and third in charge. You know, the little stoolies that wander around with the owner and act like they've got just as much juice. You gotta kinda like look at them. Like, ugh. And they heard that thing you did this morning. A lot of great stuff. Scott Farkas and his buddy. Yeah. From a Christmas store. Yeah, Toadies. All owners carry like two toadies with them at all times. A posse. There's one toady who's always loud. Hey, what's going on everybody? The handshake guy and the finger guns. Oh yeah, there's that toady. And then the other toady who's just. He looks like he just crawled out of a shire or something. And he's like. He's. If it wasn't for the suit, you'd think maybe he might be a monster. I should keep the. Oh, by the way, it's 5:40 and 5:50. The seconds just clicked over another minute as. As life barrels on like a runaway train. And speaking of, the freeway has cars on it. Be careful. Be careful out there, folks. We don't like cars. And the worst thing. We can hear another car hitting a car. Oh my. That means traffic slows down for all the other cars. Traffic, Traffic and weather on the ones. Should we phone a friend? We should. Yeah. You know what? If you've got a friend to meet this morning, we'll definitely talk. Robert says today's show just do fireside chats on the hour, every hour. Today's special. Good God. Nice. Not turning this thing over to you morons. Batman said we should just pull a Beth and just play Christmas music the whole day. Great idea. That is a great idea. Can't get in trouble for Christmas music, can you? No. Ratings juggernauts. And when they hate you and they got their eye on you, you get really weirded out. So it's 5:51. I'm just gonna keep giving you the time. I'm just basically your. Watch out loud. I'm just gonna. I'm your phone. Hey, looks like you got a. Hey, Brady. This morning at about 6:08. Cause we can time things that well. It's the only business in the world that actually does that besides airlines. But we're actually staying at 6:08 this morning. We're gonna take a look at the front of your phone. What? What's John talking about? The front of your phone? Hey, let's take a look at that message. The messages that you get for your emails and for your text. Oh my. Is there a little red? How many messages do you have? Which one are you? A guy who's got 300,000 emails. He hasn't looked at. Or a guy who keeps it clean. It's time for phone hacks. Phone hacks. We're gonna have a mom on this morning. Gives us some kitchen hacks. The things you can do with dish towel. You've just scratched the surface, my friend. Next five minutes, let's just watch the sun rise. Let's do it together. Phoenix. Time for the sun to come up. That's nice. There it is. And again, a reminder that we're one day closer to dying. Okay. Yeah. Every time the sun comes up, it's another day. You're closer to the end. Which side of the hill are you on, the down or the up? All right, we'll discuss that at 8:03. It makes me realize how much I hate radio. That that's actual thing. There's shows that do that. Hold your hand out. That's the lifeline right there. By the by, you're gonna meet somebody. Oh, wow. We're doing palm readings. That's even beneath my fake me. Fake me. Might even turn into a prick about that. I'm not doing any palm reading on the air. No lifeline. You're gonna die. The funny thing is, all the things that I just joked about are things I've actually heard on the radio within the last month. Letters from my mom. What. What was that noise? And leave it to a girl show to do. What was that noise? Cause they're the first ones to start shaking you in bed going, what was that? What was that? Here's a sound that happens in your house every day. And it's not gonna be gross. It's okay. It's just some dude, a hammer. And, like, nobody does that every day. Let's see. You're broad. That's a vacuum. Yeah. Brad, Brad, you're not playing along. It's broad. It's a broad vacuuming. Oh, it's just a vacuum, sir. It's not a broad vacuuming. Well, then what kind of vacuum is it? A twin? No, no, no. It's just a vacuum. Anybody can use a vacuum. Not. I got this. This is an immediate question for us. The first email I read this morning, it came in at 5:37am wow. No, no. This is it. We're off at. We're off at. Damn it. So we're gonna play what's that sound? I had one ready to go. Oh, you got a sound for us? Okay, well, screw it. I'll get to that email a little bit. Even those guys in peril. It's time to play Brett's Watch that sound. Okay, are we ready? 5:53. We gotta do traffic and weather real quick. Traffic at 5:53 is more cars. Here's that sound. Oh, no. Brett. Oh, no, that's not. Boo to Brett. Boo. Somebody trying to get the last little bits of mustard out of the jar. That was gross. And evidently they're frustrated by the mustard there. Let's hear that sound again, and we'll give you tickets to go see Black Flag. Oh, yeah, that's nice. They're still going. Come. There's that nut boys out of mustard. Frustrating when you're trying to have a ham sandwich. I don't know what. Yeah, I know. And the guy's squeezing his. Listen to the effort he's putting in. Oh, man. Ice tells you what, Brett, you just lost a pair of shoes anyway. All right, Just. Just know that we've got owners in town, and it changes everything. And then all the other people. Everybody gets. We've talked about it before. We get so fake and weird. I don't want to collect water, stand around for this. I'm jealous. They might find you some water on that one. If you start that fart sound again, you're gonna offend one. That wasn't a fart, by the way. No, it wasn't. Let's go back to what's that sound, Brett? Let's play it one more time. The folks seem to be struggling with it. I lost my sound, Brady. I thought for sure it was the ketchup bottle. Brett. Brett tells us it's the Dijon Holmberg's morning sickness. Hear the words you say sometimes? I mean, who talks like that? 98 KUPD. Holmberg'. Sickness. Yeah, there's something else. I don't know. We gotta. Let's just clear it up. Brady and I are at a loss over here with what's that sound this morning at 5:56. There. There's sandwich. She's clearly getting the knife out to spread the mustard. And then spreading something here I can't quite place. Well, my goodness. I. Is it reaching into a jug of Mighty Putty? What's that sound? It almost sounds like the mustard is breathing. Oh, hey, let's. Let's confuse the owners if we say something stupid today. Let's just confuse him and do every. Anyway, that's what that broad said, and Twinks are always wrong. We'll be right back. 93. 3 get Izzy in trouble. Anyway, we framed. We frame her. Yeah, I heard on what's that? Something John wouldn't play. What' that sound. That must have been. That sounds like a stupid radio bit that dumb radio shows do. Watch that sound. Letters from mom and consultants at the end of the day. What a great bit. Oh, that watch. That sound's gonna take over the nation. People are playing it at home. I was at home. I watched the guy blindfold his wife and then tried to get some mustard. What's that? Are they playing at home? Brady? They play it at home. We'll take it to the next level. Yeah, we'll do something. This is the email. It's time sensitive. Says, boys, I have my friend with benefit here at the house right now as we speak. As I email you. I just told her I had to get to work at 7. So it's time for her to get up and go now. Keep money. He sent us at 5:36. So he gets up really early to be to work at 7. Uh, it says she said she was gonna sleep in and rolled over. And I got a little upset because that's not what this relationship is. A friend with benefits is somebody you can say out loud. That's enough. We're done. Go. I went in the bathroom, I took a shower. When I came out, she had an amazing black phone on. So I immediately wasn't mad and I smashed her again. Then I climbed back. I climbed back in the shower, came out, she's asleep again. She thinks she can stay. How do I handle this, Marcus? Well, first off, when you want to put your foot down and you say, hey, you gotta go and she doesn't leave and then can you come back in? And she. She just. She just hostage negotiated you. She put that song on and said if I give him some smash then and I can stick around, I don't have to worry about. You want your friends with benefits still to happen or you wanna. Well, you can't get you. That is a deal with friends with benefits. Yeah. As you kick her out on that bubble, she's getting comfortable enough. She's starting to become like she's. She's staking her claim. She's Neil Armstrong. And they call that she's Neil Armstrong house. She's about to put a flag in. It's like you with your purple leaf. Yeah, my purple leaf umbrella. Yeah. Stick it in the ground because you don't have a base. That's what she's. She's got a hammer on top of that, by the way. It's 558. I don't like talking about this dirty stuff. God knows what could happen. So old me would say, you can't kill her. So you got to be nice to her, but stop smashing her when you're trying to put your foot down because you just gave her the green light to stick around that black thong, though. You know the black song's tough. Come on. You went back again? Yeah. You go back here, you come out and go, that's enough. I'll take a shower. And I want you dressed and out of here when I'm done. Comes out of the shower. Whoa. I'm gonna smash that. You just told her everything's fine. And you allowed Neil to put the flag in a little deeper. You just get him by the shower. Oh, we're done. Let's go, let's go. Let's go, toots. By the way, the bed ain't gonna make itself. And I'm hungry, too. That was offensive. Anyway, we'll be right back. 93. 3 not. I'm not gonna not stop playing. Every time we say something dumb today, that's happening again. Let's try to play what'? My goodness. Still haven't figured it out. Looking for caller number 300. It's awful. Anyway, you got a friend with benefits. You gotta. You gotta play by the rules. And if you start. If you start seeing a Neil Armstrong situation, it's time for a talk, don't you think? Does she know that it was comfort levels with benefits, though, or. It's been ages since I've had friends with benefits. That didn't last long for me anyway, because I hated her, she hated me. We hated each other. At last. It was a Tony Romas thing and she hated me and I hated her. But for whatever reason, we hooked up and it was fantastic. It was just awful. But once it was done, it's like, oh, it was like somebody poured bleach on my face afterwards. I was like, I just want. This is, like, painful. I want away from you. I hate you. And you never had the crossroads of I'm leaving my. You know, it's at your place or whatever, and you're leaving. There was no issue with either sticking around. First of all, she hated me, too. That was awesome. So he's at that level where. And by the way, my place was my mom and dad's house, so there was never that. Your dad had to go. She had a cruddy apartment. My dad would have been like, my turn, boy, get out of here. You're making everybody uncomfortable. You don't bring to your house. Anyway. That was not right to say I'm sorry. 93. 3. Sorry about that. No, no, no, not time for that. Not time for that. Yeah. So she hated me and I hated her. We ended up at a Burger King parking lot. Oh, you are nothing but not to do that. I was taking her to dinner. What are you, Humpty hump over here? I was taking her to dinner. Oh, we made it in a Burger King batch. Let me give you a Whopper. Stop it. You guys are taking it too far. No. So we were in the, we parked in the Burger King. We were gonna, we were gonna leave, and I looked at her and we're going back to her apartment. And I just remember her looking at me like, ugh. And I'm used to that. Most people look at me like that. But then I just said, no, I don't think we should. And she goes, me neither. And I'm like, all right. And she got out and I left. I, I, to this day don't know what she did the rest of that night because her car wasn't there. I took her over there. We stopped off to get, I was going to get a chicken sandwich. I was just starving. Today it was after work and we were going to go back to replacement. We would out out loud, say, we hate each other. Why do we keep doing this? I'm like, I have no idea. But you couldn't be more right. Like, your personality is the worst course. She smacked me at work once. Whoa. Oh, I know. What are you doing? Oh. She was like, if, if you were, put it into today's terms, it would be like, and I'm not this. But it would have been the equivalent of a full on maga hat wearing person and like an AOC supporter. And Toledo. Yeah, yeah, Toledo. And a woman who loves Trump, like, loves Trump. He can't do anything wrong. And, but the sexual chemistry happened once and they, they didn't want to put that down. But every time they were in a room together, they just like, everything she said was stupid. And I felt the same way because she thought she was so smart. Oh, she was. She was from Portland. And this was before we knew Portland. Like, this is back in the 90s when we didn't know Portland was awful and filled with weirdos. I mean, it wanted to let us know, but we weren't paying attention to it and she was horrible. So I just left in the Burger King. We, we were stopped off at Burger King, grab a quick snack and, and I was like, I don't want to go to your house because I don't want to come to my house. I'm like, that's it. And then she just got out of the car. No Uber? No, there was none of that yet. Just dropped her off and. I have no idea. She was at work the next time I saw her. She quit a couple weeks later. Not because of me. She didn't want to be there anymore. And I think she moved back to Oregon. I don't know. Know trees are calling her. We hated each other. Hated each other. But it kept going. But we had a very clean rule of like, no, no, no. And she. There was no threat of her, Neil Armstrong and me. And she had no threat of me doing it to her. It's weird. If you'd like to try again, we'll pay for it. No. Yeah. It's only going to cost us a chicken sandwich, for Christ's sake. No big deal. Careful, careful. Language. 93. 3. I like this. I like this a lot. Anyway, so. Yeah. So if you've got that going on. I'm not supposed to bring her to your house anyway. There's that rule. You go there, then you can leave One guaranteed way to make it so she can't Armstrong your house, right. You don't show it to her parents house, so he's safe there. Well, not me. We're talking about the guy on the email. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I never took that girl to my. My mom and dad. That's. That was weird, Dad. I was like 22. 3. Something like that. And the tail end of being at mom and dad's. My dad was, you know, he. He was out of town most of the time. Just say. Was he up weightlifting already? No, he was. He's still doing that. But I was lifting weights and I saw you brought in a. No, she's not. You're right. You'd hate her, dad. She's awful. Awful. She had to spot him on the way out. Yeah, she was a. Like, you would take pictures of this one and send it to TMZ today. This was one of those. It wasn't Skittles girl, right? Oh, no, no. Skittles was different. Skittles was a little bit hotter. Oh, really? But of course, Skittles wiped back the front and we. Well, let's not discuss that. Let's not talk. 93. 3. Stop it. Stop it. What time is it? We'll be right back. It's 604. Traffic, traffic, traffic. And the sun is up. Anyway, so. Yeah, Skittles was a bad one. And her nickname rhymed with Skittles because of all the little toilet paper balls that was. Yeah, that was Weird. You only you find that out the hard way. You find that out the hard way. That's no fun. Anyway. Hear the words you say sometimes. I mean, who talks like that? 98, can you PD Holmberg's morning sickness? I got a text late last night from one of our sales ladies that thinks it's okay to text me whenever she wants. And it was like 11, 11:30. Heather just goes. By the way, I just heard from the Phoenix Rescue Mission on Tech Black. You didn't just hear from anybody. This was like hours ago. You're probably three bottles of wine in and you decided to start spewing out what happened at work today at midnight. And she's lucky because I'm one of those people that stays up on. So we are. It was good information. It just happened to be at the weirdest time. We are halfway to a million bottles. No kidding. We are halfway to a million bottles of water for the. It's gotta be a record this early. Well, we're almost exactly halfway through it. Next next week we'll mark the exact halfway part. So we are ahead of the game. If we can keep this together and do another half. I mean, that's amazing because I. Last year we only did like 790 and it was a huge year. But I don't think we got off to the start last year. We got off. So we're over five. Yeah. We're over 500,000 bottles of water thanks to you guys out there and all the businesses and stuff that have helped out. That's amazing. 500,000 bottles of water for the Phoenix Rescue Mission. Because again, as I always say, fifth largest city in the nation should never have people who can't get a glass of water and it harms them physically or kills them. And that's just what's been counted for so far. We got a ton in our lobby. Dr. J. Schwartz has a bunch local legends, has a bunch that we haven't turned in yet. I mean, out there. He's absolutely right. Yeah. Dr. J. Schwartz hasn't turned his. But that doesn't count for ours because that's his by himself. Oh, okay. I got yelled at by the sales department for that. Oh, okay. They're not going to participate without like their participate. I don't care about charity. They're in, but we can't include it. That doesn't count towards our numbers. Water will, and it absolutely will. Yeah. And I don't care if Dr. J. Schwartz is like, I want nothing to do with you. I'd still talk about them helping out because it's all going to the same charity. So why are we competitive about sales and money when it's about charity? I never understood it. If you're trying to be decent people, it shouldn't matter if your biggest competitor is helping you out. Talk about them. And Dr. J. Schwartz isn't that he. I love that guy. He's awesome. And that whole operation up there is great. So they're doing it. If you have anything to drop off, go to that. And don't listen to people here who are bean counting. This has everything to do with doing the right thing, and you guys have done it in a huge way. So that's massive. 500,000 bottles. Brett goes out again this morning, and we get another 500,000 started. So let's just cut it off here. We hit our 500,000 at the halfway point. We got to do it again. So it doesn't sound as daunting. Right? So if we can get to 500,000 from here till Labor Day, bam, we do this, we get a million bottles, and there's absolutely nothing at the end of that other than yay, we did it. But that's a pretty nice feeling of yay, we did it. I goals are awesome. So haven't hit that. Or if we can. I still say, and this is just me being an idiot, we're gonna fall short. It is a massive task. You don't realize. We got 500, 000 now, though. Over 500. It's insane. We'll do it. Brett, where are you going today? Cottonwood. I'm close today. I gotta look, double check, but I'm pretty sure I'm on rural. And over there at that Safeway on rural and Apache Move that, I believe or Broadway. Look at you. Yeah, you're right down the road. That's not so bad. Nice east side show up. Let's do this. You get to stand out in this beautiful weather that we're not used to. All right, well, there you go. Yeah. I'm just saying thank you early, because this is awesome. And I went on that little walkabout with the guys from the Phoenix rescue mission and saw them in action handing this water to people who needed it. And, man, I'm telling you, it was. You've been to bass pro shops. When they do the feeding, when they want water, their hands go up. Like, they just start. Like when babies ask for juice, their hand starts. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Water, water, water, water. It's amazing. And that should not happen, but it does. And these. These Amazing. Human beings go around and give this stuff out and help the people that they're giving it to. They don't just throw water at them and leave. They talk to them like anybody wants anything extra, some more help. And there's a couple of these dudes like, I got to get out of here. I got to get off the streets. It was. It was pretty amazing. So thank you to everybody who. That's amazing. Now back to guess that sound and let's. They're hanging wallpaper. That's the page. Oh, is that what that is? Yeah. Oh, Brady might be right. They might be digging deep into the wallpaper. Hanging the wallpaper. Guess that sounds. Well, we'll play that later. Brady digging in the cane sauce. That's my guess. This guy says it's brady after a 12 pack of taco Bell chalupas in a hotel bathroom with a 16 year old girl in the bed. Now that's. That has to be explained 93. 3. Otherwise it sounds terrible. But y. Brady did take a teenager across state lines and do horrible things to the bathroom. But not to the girl. Although she would argue that her nose and her body have never been the same since. You don't take teenagers across state lines. He did go to Taco Bell, but that was on the way home. So it was in Healer Bend, I think. Did you have to pull over at any point and finish that? The shark made it with Taco Bell in his belly. We. We stayed at the T Bell. Did you close shop at the T. Bell? No. No, no, no. I'm just saying we didn't eat it in the car. That's what I'm asking you. You ate Taco Bell and you made it all the way home from Gila Band. I can handle pretty. You couldn't make it from the table to the bathroom at Spinato once Things have changed, John. I guess so. And I am. Look, I'm impressed that you've decided to use your sphincter once. Like it took a long time for you to understand how that worked. I'm not buying it. There's a loves on the way. There's no way he's stopping at. You've seen it br. Meal. It's quicksilver through his system. It comes pouring. It was risky, but it's fine. It comes flying out. That's why he left the casino so early the other night. That lobster Mac and cheese was not holding back. And he had that. The cream corn or whatever he ordered he had to get to in the car when he had to get to five guys and dip the burger in the cream corn that he forgot to eat at dinner. I don't buy it. I think that was a struggle for you head. It happened. I'm impressed. I have been with his name is the shark for a reason. Because the Bobby, he's a big Bobby Darin fan. But also because that food, I've never seen somebody eat and go, that's right, that gotta find a bathroom. Sometimes you just can't help it. And that's when I kept. For years I've said, you've got a sphincter. Use it. Your God built your body to hold it. It's not good for you. No, this isn't. Look, since when are you a health maven? Not good for you. Tell me why you got 14 pounds of butter buttery chalupa in you. That, that's not good for you. Suddenly. Yeah, you're Dr. Oz now. Oh, that would be unhealthy. Look what you ate was unhealthy. That's why it's trying to escape so fast. But I'm impressed. You pulled over a Taco Bell, untied that teen hostage, let her have a chalupa too and then put her back in the car. You know what it was? It was a gun to her head. After all the feces she had to smell in that little three day deal. One last little fear based move to manipulate her brain is take her to Taco Bell. Now we're gonna ride in the car for another hour and a half after Taco Bell. Caitlin, you sit up front with big Daddy. Don't you tell anybody. Oh, it's brewing. Caitlin, at any minute now you might be smelling some of the insides of big daddy. Oh, sir, drop me off here. Nope, gotta get you all the way home. Kirby didn't try to stop it at all. She was masked up. Kirby. Did Kirby on that trip ever say, dad, you're embarrassing me? Nope. You didn't hear it. She said it. But to you she never said it out loud. Yeah, she said it a few times. No 16 year old is, you know, totally like my dad. 60s. He's just awesome. You guys are gonna be. I kept feeling cool. Yeah. So cool. Yeah, that's all you kept hearing. He's like that guy is follow him. Teens is what people say about you because you all the latest contraptions. Best vacation I've ever been. I imagine that she said, oh my God, I'm so sorry, Caitlin. It's so embarrassing. Like at 2 in the morning when you're in There just crushing that chalupa. Chalupa. Anyway, I gotta get to sleep. Where are the Tums? I guarantee you. Kirby rolled over and looked at her friend, said, so sorry. So embarrassing. And then she wiped the tears from Kaitlin's eyes. We're gonna have to get up at 4 in the morning again, right? That's when he gets up. That's when he starts stirring around the room with us in it. At 4 in the morning, I'm getting up, starts brewing, starts farting. It's terrifying. Anyway, so I don't believe you that you didn't struggle. I'm happy that you choked one back there from Gila Bend all the way to the house. But I have a feeling once you got to the house, the luggage stayed in the car and you ran in real quick. Pack later, unpack later. Yeah, I'll get to that. It was like OJ in the old commercials. Just jumping over luggage and everything. Everything. I gotta get to the bathroom. I gotta go. Oh, I should have put this one on Caitlyn. She'd have hated it. Anyway, what are you gonna do at 6:14? Brett's going out in a little bit. We'll give you all the information about what he's carrying with him for Operation Hydration. As we strive now for the second half a million. We are at zero. Let's get to 500,000 bottles before labor Day and pop this thing off to a million. We'll throw some champagne in the air. Not on the air. Not on the air. That's illegal. Don't want to do anything like that. Pop that cork. We'll pop. And let the. Really let the. He's not wrong. Let the bubbly flow. Oh, no, no, no. Not that. You give us a wake up song. 585-9800 a good one. We'll scream it together. It's 98 KUPD. Wake up. It's out of control now.
Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona
Episode Release Date: July 17, 2025
Host: John Holmberg
Co-Hosts: Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Radio Station: 98 KUPD (97.9 FM)
In this episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on Arizona's #1 Morning Radio Show, host John Holmberg and his co-hosts—Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo—navigate a day marked by the presence of corporate executives ("owners") in town. This presence influences the tone and content of the show, leading to a more sanitized and restrained broadcast. Despite these constraints, the team engages listeners with games, listener emails, and updates on their charitable initiatives.
Timestamp: 00:00 - 05:45
The episode begins with John Holmberg promoting a partnership with Doug Hopkins for home purchases, a commercial break that is swiftly followed by John greeting listeners with typical morning banter.
John announces a significant change for the day:
This sets the stage for a more subdued and controlled broadcast due to the oversight from higher management.
Timestamp: 05:45 - 07:00
The hosts provide brief traffic updates, emphasizing caution on the roads:
Despite the mundane nature of traffic reports, the team injects humor and light-heartedness to keep listeners engaged.
Timestamp: 07:00 - 10:00
To compensate for the limited show content, the hosts introduce a game segment:
This interactive segment aims to entertain listeners by guessing everyday sounds, fostering audience participation.
Timestamp: 10:00 - 30:00
A significant portion of the episode revolves around a listener's email about managing a "friend with benefits" relationship. Bret Vesely reads and discusses the email, providing humorous yet insightful advice.
Listener’s Email:
"I have my friend with benefits here at the house right now as we speak... She won't leave this morning so I can go to work."
Bret Vesely: "Well, first off, when you want to put your foot down and you say, hey, you gotta go and she doesn't leave... You just gave her the green light to stick around."
The discussion highlights the complexities and humorous aspects of casual relationships, emphasizing clear boundaries and communication.
Timestamp: 30:00 - 45:00
The hosts shine a spotlight on their ongoing charitable efforts, specifically the Phoenix Rescue Mission. They celebrate reaching the halfway mark of their goal to collect one million bottles of water by Labor Day, having already collected over 500,000 bottles.
This segment underscores the show's commitment to community service and encourages listeners to contribute to the cause.
The hosts express heartfelt gratitude towards their listeners and partner organizations, reinforcing the importance of collective effort in charitable endeavors.
Timestamp: 45:00 - 60:00
Returning to the interactive segment, the hosts delve deeper into the "Guess That Sound" game, sharing humorous interpretations of everyday noises.
The playful banter and wild guesses keep the segment lively and entertaining, maintaining listener interest despite the earlier announcement of a more subdued show.
Timestamp: 60:00 - 75:00
A particularly amusing and exaggerated story unfolds as the hosts narrate Brady's experience with Taco Bell, involving a late-night bathroom visit and humorous mishaps.
John Holmberg: "Brady, after a 12 pack of Taco Bell chalupas... That has to be explained."
Brady Bogen: "It was risky, but it's fine. It comes flying out. That's why he left the casino so early the other night."
The story showcases the hosts' chemistry and their ability to entertain with personal anecdotes, even under corporate scrutiny.
Timestamp: 75:00 - End
As the episode draws to a close, the hosts reiterate their charity goals and tease future segments.
John Holmberg: "We got to do 500,000 from here till Labor Day, bam, we do this, we get a million bottles."
Brett Vesely: "That's a pretty nice feeling of yay, we did it."
They conclude with a light-hearted note, ensuring listeners are left with a sense of community achievement and anticipation for upcoming shows.
John Holmberg (05:45): "We're not gonna do too much today... It's gonna be a real bland show this morning."
Bret Vesely (22:15): "You just gave her the green light to stick around."
John Holmberg (35:30): "Fifth largest city in the nation should never have people who can't get a glass of water."
Brady Bogen (62:45): "It was risky, but it's fine. It comes flying out."
Brett Vesely (74:00): "That's a pretty nice feeling of yay, we did it."
Despite the presence of corporate overseers requiring a more sanitized broadcast, John Holmberg and his team adeptly balance restraint with their trademark humor and engaging content. From interactive games and listener emails to heartfelt charity updates, the episode delivers a comprehensive and entertaining morning show experience. Listeners are kept informed, amused, and motivated to contribute to meaningful community efforts, embodying the spirit of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on 98 KUPD.