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Toledo
You thought that was funny?
Eric
You were laughing like a hyena when he said it. What the hell is wrong with you? PD got an email from a guy that said, did your boss really come in and tell you that you shouldn't associate with the company? Oh, yeah, no, that's not. That's been. That's common. That's okay. Or that's something I don't disagree with.
John Holmberg
Day in the life.
Eric
It's a day in the life. Yeah, he did. Of course he did. Dancing behind a man with no arms and he can't go running around with. But I'm not allowed to own, like, a company attire, like, to everybody. I think everybody else other than this show has, like, a. Hubbard had that rule, though.
Brett
If something happens, you know, whatever we're Beth from.
Eric
Oh, yeah. I said, well, look, we've had.
John Holmberg
So they unzip us, and then when they know we're not competing with them.
Eric
Yeah, once. Yeah, once they cut your pants off in the accident, they realize this isn't best. This guy. I look like Trump from the South Park. Yeah, no, we've. I mean, we've made it very clear where we work. So when you get a problem, just write them a letter. I mean, us. Yeah, no, that's. It's very common. They look at the other stations and they're happy. They look at us and they're like, ugh, they win. We're doing it every way they hate. They've made that clear. I'm fine with it. Stick around, do our gig. It's what we've been doing. I tell Kevin Ray that all the time. You need to leave. Why? You just do brand liability. I'm not allowed to tell people where I work just because some of the jokes I say and you need to go. Suns will fire you. My company ain't gonna back you up. Don't worry about it. They'll actually throw a letter to me saying you do suck. I've seen knows. I'm not worried about it. I'm used to it. Brady, are you ready? Ready. All right, my friend. It is time now for Brady to solve all the world's problems. We call this what would Brady do? And it's brought to you by our friends at MMP Guns over there. We talked to Byron and Eric at the. At the baseball game the other day stuff to get my. It's not available. My Steeler stuff. I was worried it's not available for another week.
John Holmberg
He's gonna put that on the shelf here.
Eric
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Brett
We nice reviews coming from the Diamondback game last week.
Eric
Oh, all those people love the clients. Love us. They love us. If we could only get the company to feel the same anyway. Well, they'll just keep cashing those checks. So will I. But anyway, MMP Guns and the guys over at Mo Money Pond, 12th street and Indian School, they're the best and they were super nice and it was awesome to see them last week. And of course a reminder that the MMP gun stuff's going on. You can get all of your needs. I am going to go get that little loader. Everybody keeps telling me about that to get that magazine that I can't figure out how to load that man. I watched a video on that. That's everything. That's my problem. And evidently all these dudes that were making fun of me. That's a problem with magazines. It's very common that there's the springs too strong when you first get the gun and it starts shooting them back out. Not like shooting a bullet, but you know what I mean. This little dude just hit a little button and it puts it all in there for You. So I'm gonna go down there and grab one of those. So they got all that and more MMP guns. Mo Money Pond, 12th street in Indian School. Are you ready, Brady? Yep. I got two. I like these the most. It says, dear Brady, evidently my wife had an eating disorder. She was diagnosed by a. And in quotes, doctor a while ago. I, however, disagreed because she wasn't puking or starving herself. Her relationship was with food was weird, but so is mine. I didn't think it was going to end poorly. She went to this doctor. Well, she stopped the disorder, evidently, because she ballooned up 45 pounds in the last month or so. She looked so much better back when, quote, the disorder was in play. The doctor she went to wasn't a real one either. It's a natural path and medical life coach. My wife just didn't want to maintain the lifestyle that was keeping her weight at a good spot. The woman diagnosed her. I read one of the notes, and on one of the notes she wrote, you don't need to starve yourself to make your man happy. How do I break these two up? Yeah, it will make him happier. How do I break these two up and make my wife skinny again and make me happy like in the olden days when she loved me? Stephen. Oh, tough one. How do you break up?
Brett
Too late, my friend. Too late.
Eric
You know what? I'm gonna go with Brady on that.
Brett
Hopefully, you know, what you want to see is she's like, you know, put the 45 pounds on. That's how much.
Eric
Yeah.
Brett
That she's, you know, wants to do something about that. Because if. If he's saying that the reason why she was keeping off because she was working out and doing stuff like that, you probably wanted to still continue that. But if she's giving that up, I. I can't believe that natural path would still say, oh, you know, stop your workout.
Eric
Right, right. But she's. Yeah.
Brett
To me, because the naturopath would also say, well, 45 pounds, that's not healthy.
Eric
No, not in that kind of time. Unless. Unless now. Look, eating disorder is very serious. Right. So I don't know if your wife was, like, down to Auschwitz levels.
Brett
Yeah.
Eric
Right. And you're like, okay, she need to put 45 pounds. From what it sounds like. Yeah, what it sounds like she was maintaining it and struggling and fighting what she wanted to eat and probably not happy. And found someone that told her that. I saw an article I told you about this morning where there's a group of women that are angry that Vogue used An AI model for the. I think it was the very first time they used an AI model for the COVID I think it was the COVID and then a feature and it's like, oh, the standard of beauty. Like she represents. Yeah, because it's like you're not competing with her. She doesn't exist for real. This is. This is fantasy. It's like trying to say, stop dreaming.
Brett
I wonder if they did it just to say, like, this is the AI, you know, it's a vogue.
Eric
It's cheap.
Brett
Making a point on saying, you got to pay some.
Eric
You don't have to pay anybody and you don't have to deal with people going, oh, the standard. But you're. She's starving herself. No, it's not a real person.
Brett
I could see if they're bent out of shape and saying, well, now you're replacing.
Eric
No, but women feel bad when they see even the fake girl who looks like Jessica Rabbit. Right. Made them mad. Barbie made him mad. It's an unhealthy standard. But then when we hated. This has been my mind blowing thing about Barbie forever. Look, I was 35 years of Barbie being a bitch, ruining children. Remember that? It was every year. It was like these women that come out and go, ah, she represented an unhealthy standard and created bulimia. And if it wasn't for Barbie, there would have been a movie came out. Every one of these broads dressed up in pink and went to it. I never understood that. Barbie should have been picketed like Simple Jack. Like, I thought we hated Barbie. The movie came out like, no, she's been awesome. What a great part of our lives. And Margot Robbie as Barbie. Of course you want to talk about an unhealthy. Like, if you're. There's the problem. You got to stop comparing yourself to Margot Robbie. It's never going to happen.
Brett
That would be the Harley Quinn.
John Holmberg
I'd stop that immediately.
Eric
How much rope you jump? It ain't having him. I don't look at Jason Momoa and go, you know, just a few more sit ups. Nope. He's just genetically got the gift I don't have. I have to make up for it somehow. I haven't figured it out yet. I'm working on it. But I don't blame him or people making him, like looking at him and saying, well, there's the standard. I can't keep up with that. It's not fair. No one should look at that AI girls. But that's what this guy's basically saying. I don't Know what the eating disorder was? But the second she went to a life coach, it sounded like she was looking for somebody to tell her, why are you working so hard on making him happy?
John Holmberg
Well, she went to a life coach. She should go to Cordell. And Cordell.
Eric
That's right, he should. Yeah, because. Yeah, exactly. Those are your life coaches.
John Holmberg
There you go, there's your choice.
Eric
But yeah, the. She was looking for somebody to tell her that it was an unhealthy Life coaches. Yeah, life coach. Even Paul comes just wandering and just get rid of the life Coach. Hacking on 45. A big A deal as you think. Paul, from his, his stances. I don't know what he weighs, but it's up there. He said packing on 45 pounds is nothing. You can do that in a weekend. It's true. But no, I. It's. It's the woman blaming you for her not wanting to be like she wants to do whatever she wants. So she made it medical. I don't want to do this anymore. I don't want to die. And I don't blame you, but if you don't, you don't blame the guy. It's not his fault. Take some accountability. Look at yourself and say, you know what? I don't like this. I want. I'd rather be fat than work this hard. That's fine too. It's not always an eating disorder when you look good. But I think that's an unhealthy standard that's been started by women who don't look that good that it happened. Megan used to talk about this at her old work all the time. She worked out a lot. She was in great shape. And all the girls at that place were a little bigger. A couple of them weren't, but the ones that were. And if she ate pizza or a donut, you're gonna go throw that up in a little bit, huh? It's the only way you can look that way. And she flipped out on him one day. You know what? I work out six hours. When I'm not here, I'm busting my ass at this other place, just working out like crazy. That's why I can eat this. I do it so I can eat anything I want. And they were mean. Immediately you look good. You have to have an eating disorder because the other people don't have any self discipline. They don't have any ability to say, oh, it takes work. I'm not doing that.
John Holmberg
She should have told her life coach.
Eric
Yeah. And then a life coach says, you know what? Being Being fat isn't your fault. You're trying. That's the way you're supposed to look. It's your husband's fault. No, it isn't. However you look and feel about yourself is only you 100% across the board.
John Holmberg
Yeah. So don't worry about a beast.
Eric
Yeah. Enjoy your cake, beast. Hammer that down there. Beast not wrong. Eating disorders are nasty if they're real. A naturopath is going to do it.
Brett
Yeah, sometimes. And get you on. At least on the nutrition side of it.
Eric
Well, I like what you said. Like, it's true. Like, okay, I might have been going the wrong way with losing, but putting 45 on in a month, that seems like a needing disorder. The other direction, I don't. I think that's a disorder as well. John holmberg's morning sickness. The 98 kupd. It's john holmberg here, and it's time to talk about TVs Doug Hopkins of my home group and doughhopkins.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. You get $5,000 guaranteed. Your house is sold. Start the process online right now@doug hopkins.com or grab that phone and sing Hopkins 1-800-now. Holmberg's Morning Sickness. Dear Brady, can you please tell John to stop telling women at the only men worthwhile are ones with planes. That happened earlier this morning, and I stand by it. The only ones worth are mouth hugs. Are successful men's. I. I mean, I kind of agree with him, but my wife is working side by side with a man who owns a plane. And it's brutal. She comes home talking about his day. He's everything I'll never be. If she starts hearing that. My favorite show that she does not like but like, yells at me for listening to you guys is saying this. She's gonna leave. What would Brady do about making John saying crap like this? Alex. Yeah, Brady, Go ahead. Put a stop to that. There we go.
Brett
If you love something that much, you have to let it go.
Eric
What do you mean?
Brett
She falls for the guy with a plane?
Eric
Yeah, you weren't.
Brett
So be it.
John Holmberg
You can't compete.
Eric
All you got to do. This is dumb, dude. Embrace it. Start being friends with a guy with a plane occasionally. Let him know, hey, if you want a piece of that, the other thing is staying good with that. There's no if.
Brett
You're looking at the stats and how often that happens.
Eric
It's so rare. Yeah, I wasn't talking about men. I was talking about women. Why are you blowing the likes of Brady, Brett, and John? And again, Toledo gets blowjobs. What? Credit score. 570. And you're willing to put that in your mouth? Are you crazy? There's guys with planes. There are single men with planes. That's all I'm saying. Heck, there's married men with planes. It doesn't matter. Hug them. Your wife is with a dude with a plane. Now you're talking about what's an unfair beauty standard for men. We see that and go, oh, boy, I can never do this. I better step it up. And instead of being mad at him, be mad at yourself. Come up with a new plan, which is? You start blowing the guy with the plane before she does. Dudes with planes get BJ's. Am I wrong? Ronnie starts hobnobbing around with some guy who's got a couple of planes. What's your first thought?
Brett
If that's what.
Eric
No, no.
Brett
If you're choosing that. All right.
Eric
Incorrect.
Brett
Your first.
Eric
Jesus, Brady. You. You would blow the dudes at Seven Brothers for a couple of burgers. You had 10 of them in front. You'll do anything for that. You start getting free flights back and forth. She's finally getting a job done. You want your man to be happy? Access to a plane. The problem is women never take us on that ride. She'll just leave for the guy with the plane. That's why you got to let him know it's okay. That old man in Vegas years ago that used to always ask Megan to come to his mansion in Houston, and I asked him, can I come, too? I'll stay in the back. If you'd like to come see the property, I'm like, I would love to see it. I would, actually. If she's not gonna get things done, just come down to the guest house. I'll knock you down.
Toledo
That's gross.
Eric
Like, I'm gross. That guy's awesome. You need to do something about this. There's drive by. You say it all the time. Drive by the other side of Camelback Mountain, going on Lincoln. And I'd point up, and I'm like, why you're with me is beyond me. Go knock on any of these doors. Just goes. There a single guy inside here? Yes, there is. I'm Here, and I'm ready. And they'd be like, awesome. You live in a beautiful 12,000 square foot place overlooking the deal. You could have been Steadman and I would have been Grime.
Toledo
Oh, that's not that.
Eric
I'm like, no, I'm just saying you have that ability. You don't realize the power you have. You're wasting it.
Toledo
That's dumb.
Eric
And then she made the fatal error of saying, well, I mean, if it's.
Toledo
Just about that, I mean, I know what you would really like. It's just to have like a gaggle of sorority girls at your beck and call.
Eric
Yep.
John Holmberg
Right.
Eric
And where's the problem?
Toledo
Well, I mean, if that makes you happy.
Eric
Well, you're not really interested in my happiness then, are you?
Toledo
You're an idiot.
Eric
If you really were here for what makes me happy and you knew a sorority that was interested in me, I think it would be your job. I mean, it's just my birthday. If you said, I got you a whole sorority, that's pretty awesome. But all that would happen then would be the sorority people would see me and go, no, there's dudes out there with planes. And Jonathan did say, though I thought Toledo only got to watch Blowjobs now. That is true. You know what? That we can take him off the list. Brady says, let her go. I say, embrace the dude with the plane, get in there first, make him your best friend before she does it. She won't share. Do you think Ronnie would be mad.
Toledo
If you're like, hey, guess what I did today? I don't know.
Eric
What is it?
Toledo
I met a guy with a plane.
Eric
Ooh.
Toledo
Yeah, we get flights anywhere we want now. How'd you pull that off? I'm going to blow him every Friday, and I'm going to do it great. Much better than you.
Eric
Do you think she'd be like.
Brett
She wouldn't be happy.
Eric
She'd be on that plane.
John Holmberg
Oh, she'd be all about it.
Eric
She's not doing the work.
John Holmberg
You're doing the work.
Eric
Later, you guys would be flying somewhere in a family vacation and you'd have, like, a little tuxedo, and you'd be all proud of yourself. She'd be on that.
Brett
Thank your father for this flight.
Eric
I told you, don't have to tell a kid. What are you breaking the news to her for? Keep it down.
Brett
Don't say that.
Toledo
Your daddy is friends with the owner of the plane. It's all you need to know.
Eric
And later in life, I'll tell her at your funeral. You know, I used to get all those free flights. Embrace it.
Brett
Now, if she's giving out my formula.
Eric
Because I'll tell you this. When she starts blowing the pilot or the plane owner, you're not getting on that plane.
Brett
You're not going with one person on that flight.
Eric
You're not going with. You're not getting invited. We would invite you if we started blowing a plane owner. Don't get me started. Dear Brady and John and crew. My sister is married to a scumbag. Used to be a prominent man in town. Now he's serving six years in a pokey. Oh, my God. I went to jail. He denies everything that's happened, but he had eight people come forward. He's done terrible things on my sis. I've caught him with another woman before. Wow. She has her blinders on, completely in denial, standing by him. I want to need to convince her to leave him while she has the chance, but she's not hearing it. Our relationship will end when he gets out. I'll lose my sister forever. How do I convince her that she has no life with this man? Love, K. I'm gonna give your real names.
Brett
You can't, my friend. Sorry. But you got a little time in your favor. I mean, six years. Yeah. You got.
Eric
You can slow burn this guy out of it. Also introduce her to a guy with a plane. What's she doing with a jailbird, for God's sake?
Brett
You're one plane away.
Eric
You're one plane owner away from your sister. Forgetting all about Jesse James. Terrible. Somebody. Wait. You got somebody in jail you're waiting on. Did you not hear me about the plane?
Brett
Maybe the dude has a plane.
Eric
It might be worthwhile for her time out. Sons. Brady. Nailed it.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Eric
If that guy's got a plane, you sit back.
Brett
And that's why he's loyal.
John Holmberg
You wait it out.
Eric
Allowed him to do whatever he wants.
Brett
I'm fine with the other five.
Eric
That's right.
Brett
Just as long as I get my flight hours in.
Eric
If he's got eight assaults under his buzz, I get out in six years and he's got a plane. He's like, I don't think he did it. Pretty sure he's been innocent. He's been framed. Yeah. Kevin, email me back and tell me if this dude's got a aircraft and not that Beechcraft nonsense. Those things are kites. I want to leer.
Brett
Yeah, but if it ends up, you know, he's been nothing but a bad boy his whole life, then, yeah, if he's.
Eric
Yeah, if he's in and out of the joint. He's struggling to make ends meet.
Brett
You can say your piece, but it's gonna be up to her.
Eric
I'll take the plane.
John Holmberg
Epstein had a plane?
Brett
An island.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Eric
Dude took advantage of a lot. He just had. He was also horrible. Like, deep down, like, worse. People stood by him, though. He was the dark. Everybody keeps showing old videos of him.
John Holmberg
He had a plane.
Eric
He. Of course they did. He was immediate. He was a. The real estate and media darling of New York.
Brett
Introduced people. Everybody.
Eric
People can act all, you know, oh, I can't believe you're in a picture with him. Everybody was in a picture with that guy. I'm not saying they were doing anything, but. Or they knew everybody was in a picture with that guy.
Brett
Such a good friend of one of his buddies took 8.287 million, and the guy doesn't want it.
Eric
Yeah. How about that? Look, you keep your quarter of a billion. I've got plenty. I'm pretty much forgiving that guy for a lot of stuff for a while. Until it all. Till it all, you know, is he can't do it anymore. Dudes with planes. Changed my brain this weekend. Got a guy with a plane. You gotta be good friends with him. Wives, it's your duty if you want your family to be happier. If Brett had a plane, if you be blowing bread every day, we'd be flying all over the place. Hey, Brett, I want to go to Cancun. And Brett would be like, well, I think we both know how we get to Cancun. Yes, we do. It's 9:36. Well, there you go. Lunatics, all of you. If you've got a guy in jail and you're waiting on him, come on. If he comes out and it works out. But if he's six years away, you're no hero. Six year gaps of my first thought is, I don't want anybody waiting on me. They're gonna just be bitter when I get out. They're gonna be so resentful that they had to sit and wait for my six years.
Brett
You earned something pretty good there.
Eric
Oh, you did something nasty. He did.
John Holmberg
He had a plane.
Eric
Stop it. What are you ruining my plane argument for? Plenty of great men have planes. You know, you probably let the power get to your head a little bit. OJ Had a plane. No, he did it. There's no way. There you go. That is what Brady did. And you fixed them all today, Brady. A lot of lunatics. It's 98. Arizona's most powerful, powerful rock radio. Station.
John Holmberg
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Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona
Episode: July 28, 2025
Title: WWBD - He Found Out His Wife Had An Eating Disorder - She Asks Us To Stop Saying Men w/Planes Are Better - His Sister Is Married To A Scumbag In Prison
Release Date: July 28, 2025
Introduction
In the July 28, 2025 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on 98 KUPD, host John Holmberg, along with co-hosts Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo, delves into two compelling listener stories. The episode titled "WWBD" (What Would Brady Do) tackles sensitive topics ranging from personal relationships affected by eating disorders to the challenges of having a family member entangled with the criminal justice system. As always, the hosts blend humor and candid discussions to entertain and provoke thought among their Arizona-based audience.
Listener Case:
A listener named Stephen reaches out with a troubling situation: he discovered his wife had an eating disorder, diagnosed by a naturopath and life coach. Despite her recent weight gain, she claims the disorder has ceased, attributing her weight maintenance to unhealthy lifestyle choices aimed at pleasing Stephen.
Key Discussions:
Nature of the Disorder: The hosts grapple with understanding the nuances of eating disorders, emphasizing that significant weight fluctuations, whether loss or gain, can indicate underlying issues.
Impact of Artificial Beauty Standards: The conversation shifts to societal pressures, referencing Vogue's use of AI models and its backlash, highlighting how unrealistic standards can exacerbate self-image issues.
Responsibility and Accountability: The debate centers on personal accountability versus external influences, questioning the extent to which partners should be blamed or held responsible in such scenarios.
Notable Quotes:
Eric:
"Eating disorders are nasty if they're real. A naturopath is going to do it."
[Timestamp: 11:18]
Brett:
"If you're choosing that. All right."
[Timestamp: 19:41]
John Holmberg:
"She should have told her life coach."
[Timestamp: 11:02]
Listener Case:
Another listener, identified as "K," shares his distress over his sister being married to a man incarcerated for serious offenses, including allegations from eight individuals. K fears that his sister's unwavering support will lead to irreparable damage to their relationship upon his brother-in-law's release.
Key Discussions:
Persuading Loved Ones: The hosts explore strategies to convince someone to leave a dysfunctional or abusive relationship, contemplating the effectiveness of direct confrontation versus indirect methods.
Embracing Better Opportunities: A recurring theme is the idea of encouraging the sister to seek better relationships, metaphorically suggesting "men with planes" as a symbol of stability and success.
Humorous Yet Insightful Advice: While the advice often veers into humorous territory, it underscores the importance of self-worth and not settling for less in relationships.
Notable Quotes:
Eric:
"You're not getting on that plane."
[Timestamp: 13:37]
Brett:
"If you're choosing that. All right."
[Timestamp: 19:41]
Eric:
"You're not really interested in my happiness then, are you?"
[Timestamp: 16:24]
Conclusion
Throughout the episode, Holmberg's Morning Sickness masterfully balances serious, real-life issues with the hosts' trademark humor and candid banter. By addressing topics like eating disorders and challenging familial relationships, the show provides both empathy and unconventional advice, resonating with listeners who seek both understanding and entertainment. The episode culminates with promotional segments for local businesses, maintaining the show's community-centric approach.
Notable Moments:
Humorous Interlude:
Eric jokingly suggests unconventional solutions to relationship problems, such as "blowing the dudes with planes" to outshine them, blending humor with the discussion on self-worth.
Insights on Beauty Standards:
The hosts critique the use of AI models in fashion and media, arguing that such practices contribute to unhealthy beauty standards and negatively impact individuals' self-image.
Final Thoughts
This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness exemplifies the show's ability to tackle sensitive and complex issues with a mix of humor, sincerity, and practical (albeit unconventional) advice. Listeners are left reflecting on the importance of self-respect, the impact of societal pressures, and the complexities of supporting loved ones through personal struggles.