08-07-25 - Ryan Emails That He's Been At His Job 7mos And They Have Called Him Brian The Whole Time - Brady Announces He Has Kidney Disease And Is Having A Tumorous Kidney Removed

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona Podcast Summary Episode Date: August 7, 2025
Host: 98 KUPD | Hubbard Radio
Episode Title: Ryan Emails That He's Been At His Job 7 Months And They Have Called Him Brian The Whole Time - Brady Announces He Has Kidney Disease And Is Having A Tumorous Kidney Removed

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1. Listener’s Personal Struggle: Ryan vs. Brian

Timestamp: [03:05] – [10:08]

The episode opens with a poignant listener email from Ryan, who has been mistakenly called "Brian" at his workplace for seven months. This misnaming has significantly impacted his self-esteem and sense of self-worth. Ryan shares his frustration and seeks advice from the hosts on whether to continue tolerating the error or to confront his coworkers to have his name corrected.

Notable Quotes:

• Ryan: “[...] for the last seven, I've been working at a new place and I'm essentially the office manager. I haven't made any friends yet. My name is Ryan.” [03:05]
• Larry McFeely: “Ryan, Brian. What's his name? Ryan or Brian. I forgot. I gotta look again. It's Ryan.” [06:04]
• David: “Somebody's holding a deep seated hate for all the Ryan's there at this company. I guarantee you there's five other Brian Ryan's there.” [15:12]

The hosts engage in light-hearted yet supportive banter, encouraging Ryan to assert his true name to regain his self-esteem and improve his workplace interactions. They discuss the psychological aspects of being persistently misnamed and the importance of self-advocacy.

2. Brady’s Health Announcement

Timestamp: [37:49] – [58:43]

Midway through the episode, Brady, a key member of the show, breaks the news about his kidney disease. He reveals that he has a sizable, treatable tumor on his right kidney and will undergo surgery to have the affected kidney removed on August 20th. This announcement brings a serious and emotional turn to the episode, contrasting the earlier humorous exchanges.

Notable Quotes:

• David: “I have a tumor on my right kidney. Cancer softball size tumor on my kidney. The good news is it's treatable. Yeah, I have to get my kidney removed.” [37:49]
• Larry McFeely: “We're all taking that week off in support and unity of Brady having to go through this.” [38:01]
• David: “I also have cysts on my kidneys which is called polycystic kidney disease. [...] but I'm saying you don't. You could.” [39:12]

The hosts express their solidarity and support for Brady, discussing their own experiences with health issues to provide empathy and understanding. They touch on various aspects of dealing with cancer, including the emotional toll, treatment processes, and the importance of community support during such challenging times.

Support and Solidarity:

• The team plans to take the week off to support Brady during his surgery, emphasizing the importance of unity and compassion in the face of personal health battles.
• They share personal anecdotes about their own health struggles, creating a space of shared vulnerability and mutual support.

3. Emotional and Humorous Balance

Timestamp: [10:30] – [22:57]

Throughout the episode, the hosts balance serious topics with humor, maintaining the show's characteristic entertaining and light-hearted tone even when discussing heavy subjects like cancer and personal struggles.

Notable Quotes:

• Larry McFeely: “He doesn't seem to balk at it. The IT guy's gonna go. What?” [13:00]
• Ryan: “John, I have prostate cancer, chronic lymphatic leukemia and multiple myeloma. It's a heavy load most days.” [33:01]
• Larry McFeely: “You're a dying man. They need to find each other, make some sort of suicide pact. Don't say that. Brian Ryan will do it.” [35:52]

The hosts use humor as a coping mechanism, making light of their situations to maintain morale and keep the conversation engaging. This approach helps in addressing difficult topics without making the conversation entirely somber, allowing listeners to connect on both an emotional and entertaining level.

4. Community and Listener Interaction

Timestamp: [24:27] – [51:53]

The episode highlights strong community interaction, with multiple listener emails and supportive messages being read and discussed. The hosts encourage listeners to share their own stories and support each other through shared experiences.

Notable Quotes:

• Ryan: “Tell Ryan Brian that the next time someone in the office starts getting a little too chummy with them, tell him to call them by the wrong name to let them know that he doesn't really care about them either.” [17:27]
• David: “She was falling in love with. That's. What is. That's not Munchausen's.” [61:05]

The hosts foster a sense of belonging and mutual support among listeners, addressing personal issues and encouraging open dialogue about mental health and personal challenges.

5. Conclusion and Upcoming Plans

Timestamp: [57:08] – [61:56]

As the episode draws to a close, the hosts discuss upcoming plans, including taking the week off to support Brady during his surgery. They reflect on the resilience of their community and the strength they draw from each other in facing personal and collective challenges.

Notable Quotes:

• Larry McFeely: “We are taking that week off because in solidarity, there's no way I could do this show while Brady's getting his kidney removed.” [56:53]
• Ryan: “Brady, I wish you luck. My husband had a tumor on his kidney bigger than his kidney in 2020. [...]” [48:17]

The episode ends on a hopeful note, with the hosts reaffirming their commitment to each other and their listeners, promising to return stronger after supporting Brady through his medical journey.

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Key Takeaways:

• Personal Struggles: The episode poignantly addresses personal struggles with identity misnaming at work and serious health issues like kidney disease and cancer.
• Community Support: Emphasizes the importance of community support and solidarity in overcoming personal challenges.
• Humor as Coping: Utilizes humor to balance and cope with heavy topics, maintaining an engaging and relatable atmosphere.
• Upcoming Changes: Hosts express plans to take time off to support a member undergoing surgery, showcasing the show's commitment to its community.

Overall, this episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness masterfully intertwines humor with heartfelt discussions on personal and health-related struggles, fostering a strong sense of community and support among its listeners.

Transcript

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[Larry McFeely]

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[David]

The Dragon.

[Larry McFeely]

Dragon Bravo. Which is the Dragon Bravo Fire. I saw it from the air when I came back from Vegas a couple weeks ago. It's gigantic, but it's not really threatening anything yet. It burned up that one lodge, but outside of that, it's just burning up a bunch of land. It's huge though. There's a natural break there. Once it gets to the canyon, we're fine. Push it the other way. But it isn't good. It is huge. When you fly by it and you see how much area it's taken up and you know exactly what it is. It doesn't look like clouds. It's weird. But they named it a cool name though. Dragon Bravo. Like that's a TV show I would watch when I was a kid. Time for Dragon Bravo with Johnny Dragon and Dave Bravo. Yeah, Dragon Bravo are awesome. Listen to this email, David. This is sad. You guys ready for a sad man? Sad listener?

[David]

Cue the music.

[Ryan]

Where's this?

[Larry McFeely]

Maybe I should. Yeah, we should. I'm sad. I don't know if it's gonna make us cry, but it's certainly sad. Hey, guys. The email's just, like found. Hey, guys. I'm a passive person, so even writing this email is tough for me. The other day I heard John say he goes and sees a therapist, which makes me feel better because I do too. For the last seven, I've been working at a new place and I'm essentially the office manager. I haven't made any friends yet. My name is Ryan.

[David]

Hi, Ryan.

[Larry McFeely]

Everyone at work calls me Brian.

[Ryan]

What?

[Larry McFeely]

Brutal. Come on. I've allowed it so long that now they just gave me a new work email and it's Brian C at Company now. Come on. My name plate that they gave me for my desk says Brian. My therapist says it's a matter of self esteem, self worth, self value, and respect to finally tell all these people what my name actually is.

[Ryan]

What's the name on his check? Is my question.

[Larry McFeely]

That's. That's a great question. I was supposed to do this for the last two weeks. I just haven't mustered up the courage. So I'm asking you guys think it's just easier to let this go? No.

[Ryan]

Sorry. I should be laughing.

[Larry McFeely]

Should I just become Brian? I mean, I already feel like an outcast every day. Being Ryan hasn't worked for me. Won't this just make all my co workers feel bad and hate me? What's the harm? It's pretty close.

[Ryan]

Find Larry.

[Larry McFeely]

I know. I can hear Brett already. I'm such a pussy. John, thanks for saying you go to therapy. It actually made me feel okay. That someone who seems to have such a strong and confident presence would admit to this. Signed Ryan or Brian. Poor bastard. You gotta grow a pair there, son.

[Ryan]

Really grow a pair.

[David]

You're not gonna. And I don't think you're gonna get fired.

[Larry McFeely]

No, you're not gonna get fired.

[David]

And if you do.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, it would be tough though, if you weren't a magnetic person. Didn't have that giant personality to go wandering around desk to desk going, you guys have been doing. My name's actually Ryan. Can I get a new plate? Shut up, Brian. Sit down.

[David]

Yeah, if it's one of those places where they have fun with it too.

[Larry McFeely]

Like, oh yeah, if it's us.

[David]

Yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

And we found out Thriller's name isn't Corey, it's Tori. And we've been calling him the wrong thing the whole time. Like, shut up. You're what we want you to be.

[Ryan]

Ah, Ryan.

[Larry McFeely]

Ryan. What's orange and sits on my porch? My Ryan. And I'll call him anything I want. It's. It's sad. Ryan, Brian. What's his name? Ryan or Brian. I forgot. I gotta look again. It's Ryan.

[David]

It's Ryan.

[Ryan]

So correct me if I'm wrong. DC's only been there for two weeks.

[Larry McFeely]

Or this is seven months. Seven.

[Ryan]

What was the two weeks?

[Larry McFeely]

For the last seven months I've been working at a. Well, his therapist for the last two weeks says, get your ass in there and tell these people. So for two weeks he's gone in going, today's the day. Today's the day. Today's the day. Brian, get me some coffee. Yes, sir. Oh, this is awful.

[David]

I've done, you know, I've done it before where someone, you know, oh, you're Grady or something like that, you're like, there's times you just let it go.

[Larry McFeely]

Remember when Ray, that golf guy is coming to go, Brady Brogan. You call him Brady Brogan all the time. I get homegrown constantly. But if everybody around here didn't know my name, I'd have like a. All right, knock it off. Like, this is pathetic.

[David]

And it's different if it's, you know, someone's like, hey, Mike, how are you? It's Michael.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, and I go to a therapist to about work because it sucks. Like, I like you guys and I like this show, but I mean, for the most part, you're not going to.

[Ryan]

Therapy to no improve yourself.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, yeah, no, I am. I am.

[Ryan]

Just pick up your own self esteem. Coping like Ryan, that's it.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, that's no I honestly. Therapy helps with that too. Like, there's. Oh, look.

[David]

Helps you understand.

[Larry McFeely]

No one walks through this world with no doubt.

[Ryan]

100.

[Larry McFeely]

No. Except Blake Shelton. He's got the lead singer. No doubt. He can't help it. But I'm saying nobody walks through this world without a doubt in their mind about themselves. Everybody. Ryan, Brian. Listen, listen little. Here we go. There are people who seem confident who aren't, and people who are confident who still have doubts. What I'm saying to you is everybody has a lack of confidence somewhere in their life. Everybody's fragile, but none of us are as big of pussies as to wander through work at seven months with being called the wrong thing.

[Ryan]

So you just gotta.

[Larry McFeely]

There's no harm.

[Ryan]

How many interactions does he have in this office on a daily basis?

[Larry McFeely]

He's the office manager. It's constant. They got him a name plate.

[David]

Somebody comes up, he might not.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. But they got him a nameplate. There you go, buddy. There it is. Brian.

[David]

That's the problem. His interaction is. It could be minimal. And so he's like, I'm just not gonna. I think it would be so liberating in a way. And the totally. You think that weight off your shoulder if you just went in there.

[Ryan]

You know how it is here. Sometimes you think he's just dude to a lot of people. Hey, man.

[Larry McFeely]

Hey, dude. I think he's Brian because he's just deals with it. This guy says, God damn it, Ryan spirit. Speak up. You timid a hole. You're giving all us. Ryan's a bad name. We always deal with this Ryan, Brian problem. Being called Brian is a metaphorical backhand. It needs to be corrected. Yeah. Because there are probably a few people who are like, is it Ryan or Ryan?

[David]

He's gonna hear from the Ryan, Bryan. He's gonna hear from the Craig Greggs.

[Larry McFeely]

Craig Greggs. They have it just as bad. But Craig Greggs have gotten to the point where, like, it's Craig with a C. It's Ryan. There's no B. That's all you have to say. And you don't have to be a dick about it. And I don't think he has the capabilities of being one. But you need to go into the office today and go, guys, this has been kind of funny. For seven months, I've let this go. My name is Ryan. Make it fun. You're still going to be nervous because you're not good with people. But this is seven months of working in a place and they. They're getting you.

[David]

And it's new emails.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. Oh yeah. It's eating you.

[Ryan]

John. I'm sorry to do this to Brian, but please, as a psa, please let everyone know that not all Ryan's are depressed.

[Larry McFeely]

No, no, all Ryan's are pussies. That's why we call you Brian because we just. We wish you were someone else.

[Ryan]

No, no, we're not going to give you the info where he works.

[Larry McFeely]

The worst part is. No, I'm not going to tell you that. The worst part is, is that when people go, all right, what's your email? It's B. Ryan for no reason at all with an I, not a Y. B. Ryan at isoc. That's tough. There are people out there who are just non confrontational to a point of being afraid of losing their job or pissing off the wrong person or they're not. You know, like you said, I haven't made any friends. Oh, Ryan.

[Ryan]

John, it's a different generation. Ryan's story reminds me of my grandfather. He used to go to the little corner market at the end of our block nearly every day for almost 30 years. The owner of that store called him Roy every time. Grandpa never corrected him once in 30 years. His name is Don. No idea why he never spoke up.

[Larry McFeely]

I think I called me Mike for a while and I still don't know why he did that, but it was.

[Ryan]

I just don't even look like him.

[Larry McFeely]

Why do you. I. Yeah, I didn't think so either. I'm like, why do you call me Mike? For what My name is John. And the guy goes, how did I miss so badly? I'm like, I have no idea what you knew it for. Like I thought you were kidding at first, but you need to go to Brady's.

[David]

A lot of guys.

[Ryan]

My man.

[Larry McFeely]

My man. Magic man.

[David]

Take it from big food.

[Larry McFeely]

That's right.

[David]

Correct your name.

[Larry McFeely]

Grady Brady. Happens a lot. But if the whole building that you work.

[Ryan]

Bradley.

[Larry McFeely]

Thought your name was. Yeah. Was Grady.

[David]

Yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

You'd make a.

[David]

You can say Brady and they'll say, you know, a name for your order or whatever.

[Ryan]

Right.

[David]

And it'll be Bradley Brandy.

[Larry McFeely]

Nicholas makes a good point every once in a while. Pretty awesome. And by the way, that's what I'm going to call you now. And I don't care what. You're correct. That's happening. This one says and it's kind of true. Does he own guns? This is how active shooters are born. They sit quietly and tolerate. This is the Milton in the office. My name is. My name is. My name Is not Brian. It's Brian but you good. But nobody's paying attention. This is bad.

[Ryan]

I call bs. He's a manager.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, he's an office manager. He doesn't manage people.

[Ryan]

He's a secretary. Receptionist.

[Larry McFeely]

All right, let's not beat Brian Ryan up too much. He's got a girl's job missing the boat here, gentlemen. We're missing the boat on how sissy his job is too. Let's not start bashing him around for having a pussy job as well.

[David]

This can be corrected.

[Larry McFeely]

Like when they hired you, did you. Did he go, all right, you hired Brian? And you just go, ah, Close enough.

[Ryan]

Jesus. Who's this guy's boss? PC principal.

[Larry McFeely]

That's a South park thing. This one says Ryan or Brian or whoever the hell you are. Go find your wife's purse, find your balls, and borrow them. He doesn't have a wife. Are you kidding me? That would require talking to a lady. I'm worried about you. But it is kind of how active shooters start. And I don't want to get into that conversation again that starts costing money. But, yeah, just email me Brian Ryan. I'll look for your email. Brian C. He's got to make him change the emails.

[David]

It's almost tense. Like, you want to go. We'll call your company. Hey, by the way, you have an employee.

[Larry McFeely]

That's not a bad idea. Yeah, give us your number. We'll fix this. Let me talk to your boss. You pricks have been calling Ryan Brian for seven months.

[David]

You know his name, did you?

[Larry McFeely]

And, yeah, and I know a couple. You know, like, there's hr, definitely somebody in. In the processing department that gets his checkout every day. Why do we call him Brian?

[Ryan]

He had to show you paperwork to get the job.

[Larry McFeely]

He had to fill out a paper. He had to say his name, show.

[Ryan]

You his id and then when he left.

[Larry McFeely]

All right, everybody, this is Brian. That's had to happen. Aren't you hired? Let's go introduce you to the staff. Everybody, this is our new office manager. His name's Brian.

[David]

And for all they know, they nothing. They're just like, wow. His name's Ryan, but he likes to go by Brian.

[Larry McFeely]

He doesn't seem to balk at it. The IT guy's gonna go. What?

[David]

It changes.

[Larry McFeely]

Stupid email move. Great. Whatever, Brian. Man. Mike, this guy says my name's Otis. I've been called Owen, Oliver, Oscar, Otto, Opus, Rico, Iggy, and many more. I don't understand it. Otis is not hard to remember, but it is my name, and Otis My man. Otis Redding. That's what I'm named after. Why can't they remember?

[Ryan]

You gotta have a good 70.

[Larry McFeely]

You just have to have a good time with it. Yeah. Oh, that's the thing. This guy says I once made this mistake with a friend of mine. I introduced him to another person. Is Brian. His name is Ryan. He quickly responded with yeah, it's, it's Brian. But the B is silent. It's a good line right there. Good one. Do that. You're screwed.

[Ryan]

Guys, this may surprise you, but I'm a Kyle and I get Tyler all the time. You need to correct people.

[Larry McFeely]

I remember my corporate email is D. Bogan. Well that's your name.

[David]

I know I'm the chick, but. But the station email has always been.

[Larry McFeely]

Right because we go by Brady for the people. It'd be very confusing to have a David.

[David]

But I didn't, I didn't know that when I was trying to get in.

[Ryan]

And it's D. Bogan also because that's his official name.

[Larry McFeely]

So when fills out papers, it's deep. Like that's where your checks probably say.

[David]

David Bogan and I. Yeah, yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

Nobody understands why Brady is Brady. Even his parents don't understand why his middle name was the one they used. They named him David for no reason at all.

[Ryan]

John, I'll tell you what's happening. Somebody's holding a deep seated hate for all the Ryan's there at this company. They do this every time they hire a Ryan. I guarantee you there's five other Brian Ryan's there. Somebody's holding some deep seated hatred. I don't know, conspiracy theory.

[Larry McFeely]

It's no, no harm no foul today off of your email that says Brian Cblah, blah blah. Fire out a mass email to everybody in the company and just say hey guys, it's been seven months. I don't want to stir it up, but you might notice that this email is coming from someone named Brian. That is not me. My name is Ryan. You guys have all called me Brian for seven months and I just didn't correct it because it got out of hand. Hey Byron, I heard you have something to announce from MMP Guns.

[Byron]

Brett.

[Larry McFeely]

I sure do.

[Byron]

It's MMP Guns. Customs MMP Guns is creating some amazing firearms. We offer polishing, plating, bluing, custom laser engraving, laser stippling, cerakoting and performance upgrades. We do everything in house with our master trained craftsmen. You can select our designs or make up your own.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, can you do this to my gun?

[Byron]

We can do it to nearly any firearm doesn't matter where you live. You can ship it to us or we already have completed firearms in inventory daily with no wait.

[Larry McFeely]

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[Ryan]

Tell Ryan Brian that the next time someone in the office starts getting a little too chummy with them, tell him to call them by the wrong name to let them know that he doesn't really care about them either.

[Larry McFeely]

Or get involved when somebody comes in. I don't know what you do, but somebody comes into the building and then they introduce, introduce yourself, hi, my name's Ryan. And have another co worker here. And then they'll go around going, do you know that that Brian dude is named Brian? They'll fix it themselves. But the fact that you left the nameplate on your desk that says Brian and you just didn't throw it out.

[Ryan]

And not only that, this guy brings up a good point. Dude corporate email has signatures. So his signature says Brian in his email, but Ryan on his signature.

[Larry McFeely]

I don't know how much the Office manager's doing, as opposed to like, gotta make.

[Ryan]

Orders he's gotta put in.

[Larry McFeely]

Nobody's paying attention to that. But the guy you're ordering.

[Ryan]

He's ordering sharpies.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, but that's to the sharpie guy. Nobody in the office is paying attention to Ryan Brian's orders.

[Ryan]

That's probably fair.

[Larry McFeely]

No, you got to go in there and fix this. It is. Your therapist is right. It's a matter of self worth.

[Ryan]

Go to Office Depot immediately, grab a bunch of those name tags and say.

[Larry McFeely]

My name is Ryan R. Or scratch the bee out on that name thing. They. Here you go. We all chipped in. We thought this would be nice. Piece of black tape over here gives you. I've never been given a name thing for my desk.

[Ryan]

Yeah, yours has somebody from corporate on it.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, I put Cara Rominski's on there just to give the office back when I was planning on leaving. That's really technically her office. But she's never here because she works somewhere else, like she's only supposed to.

[Ryan]

Have we ever met her? Is she real?

[Larry McFeely]

She's never been here. They gave her an office. She's never been in the building. I think maybe once when we first opened, Covid made it so she doesn't leave her house. So that's my office for now. I got another email. This is a. These people. I tell you what, Brian. Brian, get out there. And yes, if you're seeing a therapist, it doesn't mean you're all goofed up, so don't think that way either. He's got some stuff to sort out. You want a stranger to help you who's got a little training? Katrina's amazing.

[Ryan]

Jesus Christ, Brady. I apologize. What the f. Did I miss? I've listened to you guys since 2009. You're telling me your name is David?

[Larry McFeely]

We've been mispronouncing it this whole time. I'm named David Brady. That's the reason why. Let's go with it. Mount's always makes David sound like Brady, so we just run with it. B. Ryan.

[Ryan]

To be fair, John, do you know how many years I actually thought Eric's last name was Bergeron?

[Larry McFeely]

Well, you know, that's. That's a trick we play. This Michael says, tell the dude to man up and correct these people. I get called Mike all the time. And I'm aware my email says Mike, but I'm Michael and I will correct you every time. Especially people I don't like. To me, that's a little pricky. Michael and Mike are the same. But I do understand that if they don't know you. Yeah. If they don't know you well, and they start calling you Mike right off the bat, you're like, no, it's actually Mike. Like, my name is John, but if it was Jonathan, and I made a point to be Jonathan, to differentiate. Is that your name is your moniker. It's your differentiation to anyone else, let him know.

[David]

It's Greg, but they're calling you Gregy. It's Greg.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, Greggy.

[Ryan]

It's kind of what this guy says. I worked for a company that had another Ryan in the building. They called him DUI Ryan. I was non DUI Ryan.

[Larry McFeely]

You're Dewey and you're Ryan. We got too many Ryans now. That's an email Brian could put out in the office. We've got too many Ryans here. So I'll continue by Brian.

[Ryan]

Oh, no. And then there's this one. We had a guy from Africa named Mabutu that worked for us. Some people didn't even try to learn his. They called him Bluetooth.

[Larry McFeely]

Oh, don't do that. Bluetooth. I like that better. I like that a lot. And then eventually, you know what's going to happen with my Bluetooth? He's going to come into the office and go, I am the captain now. That one gets me in trouble. This other email I got, this is, we got another one. I don't care. Says, boys woke up Tuesday to a note on the counter at home. The wife has left me. I am joining the ranks of als. Matt and that dude who died of cancer. What was his name?

[Ryan]

Gary.

[Larry McFeely]

And Gary. That's right. I was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May. The note said, I love you, but you need someone stronger. I can't watch this anymore or be part of it. And she moved in in her hometown with a guy from her high school.

[Ryan]

Oh, I get getting out, but jump right into somebody else's arm.

[David]

She's already out.

[Ryan]

She was already out.

[Larry McFeely]

It says, sign Jonathan, the dying man. Who's okay with it? Not really. This does suck. But you guys keep me laughing. Then it says, this is the best P.S. i've gotten in a while. P.S. a couple years ago, I was a Nielsen Meter guy. Guy. You're welcome. I know. I'll talk about whatever I want. Nielsen Meter guys, they carry those meters around. And we get ratings from them. We're not allowed to talk about it. It's such a. It's such a dumb fight club rule in radios. Like, if you're One of the Nielsen family members and we meet you. We have to run the other direction.

[David]

Don't look at him.

[Larry McFeely]

Don't look at him. Don't look him in the eyes, Marion. Hey.

[Ryan]

You hypocritical assholes. You called a guy Chuff in three hours.

[David]

I was just gonna bring that up.

[Larry McFeely]

But he was foreign. It was an easy out, and Chuck tried to correct.

[David]

He said his name.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, he did try to fix it several times. It's Cha. We know. Hit your ball, Cha. No, we know. Hit the ball. Ch. Jesus Christ. This guy's pushy about telling us his name over and over. It was Joe. We didn't know he had a thick Chinese accent. He just wanted blue jeans and Marlboros. That guy. You keep him happy with blue jeans and Marlboros. Brady can back me up on that. That dude. I've never seen anybody smoke like that in my life. That dude was a factory of cigarettes. Good shot, Cha. It's a Cha. We know. Hey, cha. Celebration of you 17.

[David]

That bag tag rolls around like there.

[Larry McFeely]

I think Brady saw it. What is it? Look at the bag tag. Joe Chan. God damn it. What have we been calling him? Chuff for the last three hours. We used his name so much, too, because we thought it was a dumb name. Excellent. Cha. Cha. It's Cha. Yeah, I know. Come here. It's right here, actually. Pretty good drive. Cha. They said Cha. Yeah, that's chess ball.

[David]

Quit it, Cha. You want the flag in or out?

[Larry McFeely]

Hey, Cha, over here. It's Ch. Okay. You really love your name. We get it. Brian could take a lesson from Chuck. I mean, Ryan. I'm already calling him Brian. Anyway, this guy says, can you guys get me abroad? Who wants to bone a dude who has 10 months to live? I don't have time to be sad about this.

[Ryan]

Ten months?

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. Pancreatic cancer.

[Ryan]

Yeah. No, that's what got the swaz, Right?

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. And he lasted a while. Got the Trebek, too. That. That one's the scary. Oh, boy.

[Ryan]

That one in prostate, right? Or is prostate the one you can.

[Larry McFeely]

Easy peasy. Yeah. Nothing to it. Like 95 success rate. So catch it. Pancreatic's getting better, but it used to. That used to be, like, I.

[David]

Like 95.

[Larry McFeely]

It was, like, bad. Yeah, that dude I met who got pancreatic. If you get cancer diagnosis, just be grateful it's not that one. Keep it out of there. And if you've got it right now, this guy's right. No need to dwell on your stinking wife being a jerk. I'm not gonna set you up with anybody. Yeah, yeah.

[David]

Can you get me a.

[Ryan]

No.

[Larry McFeely]

I don't know how much money you've got, but prostitutes seem to be the answer. And they're all over Instagram.

[Ryan]

Life insurance was up to date.

[Larry McFeely]

The good News is, In 2025, all young girls who look good are also prostitutes, as it turned out. I've learned that escorts, yeah, they're everywhere. I didn't know that, but I learned that from a friend of mine. I'm like, is that a real thing? And he uses them like. Like crazy. Because he's like, I don't like women enough to have them around. They just complain about everything and ruin your life.

[Ryan]

Conversation we had yesterday. If you're single and you've got money, why would you.

[Larry McFeely]

Oh, yeah, and he does. And he's like, why in the world would I ever lock one in? She's just gonna want half of my stuff or argue that she gets some no matter what. I gotta file legal paperwork to divide things before we even get going. So he just hires him. He gets the transactional part out of the way right away. And that's what I would do if I had pancreatic cancer and I was this guy and his wife left him. By the way, your wife is a C word. All she had to do was stick it out for 10 more months.

[David]

Yeah, well, like. Like we were saying that was. She was gone earlier.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, sure.

[Ryan]

Maybe keep him in the fold. You could be there for 10 months.

[David]

She feels this would be the best exit.

[Larry McFeely]

She's wrong.

[David]

I know.

[Larry McFeely]

Best exit time is to. Whatever she was doing. She's like, look, give me a year. He's not gonna be here in a year. I gotta watch this guy, you know, disintegrate in front of how much she was. No, that's what a coward she is. It has nothing to do with her liking the other guy more. Even if that guy. I wouldn't even say that. She probably. She might not have a. A relationship with another guy. She's just a coward. She can't be with somebody who needs them for 10 months. All he needs is somebody by his bedside hanging out with him, being nice. Don't give me any guff. I got pancreatic cancer. You take the trash out. If. I swear to God, if I got pancreatic cancer, that's all I do. Are you gonna ever get to that garage? I just point to wherever my pancreas is right now. I don't know, but if I had it, I would. And I just Point right to my pancreas and go, mmm, no. Are you gonna get this garbage out? Oh, no. Pancreas. Point. Is this your pancreas? It's under your ribs. The front right, that's your gallbladder. The front left kidneys in the back. I know where those are.

[Ryan]

Funny you mentioned, John. I just dropped off a 19 year old prostitute. Uber driver.

[Larry McFeely]

They're everywhere. I personally find it creepy and weird. Yeah, you know what if I had pancreaticate yet? Wow. That part I find awesome. The prostitute part is gross. Yeah, because it's just corona after corona scooping out the last. Well, it is.

[Ryan]

I know.

[Larry McFeely]

Anyway, now I'm not gonna set you up with anybody. And I know you can't go to the bars and stuff and pick up chicks. So my suggestion is you gotta pay to play dudes.

[Ryan]

I know you're not professionals, but on the cancer scale, is leukemia or multiple? Multiple myeloma.

[Larry McFeely]

Bad is not good, right? But you can get out of it. I think pancreatic is.

[David]

You need a lady too.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, Cancer whore program we're putting together right after summer and we get this operation hydration out of the way and we're gonna unload some of that hydration onto you. Tell that dude with pancreatic cancer to sell everything. Pull your 401k. I just learned that about your 401k. You get a terminal illness, there's no penalties, you pull out of it. Yeah, I guess that's a benefit of getting pancreatic cancer. Bang everybody you want. Raw dog, Em, what's the worst case? You get the aids. Big whoop. Yeah, that's true. You can bang gross chicks like crazy. Not worry about herpes or warts or aids to test out heroin. See how that feels. And I think I've talked to people. Dude I talked to a long time ago, had pancreatic cancer. His name was Charlie and everybody called him Chuck. I don't know if he wanted to be called Chuck. On the Ryan Bryan argument. I'm not sure he liked that. But he. Yeah, he just stopped smoking one day and he smoked three packs a day. He's like, I'm just gonna quit. Next day. He was as yellow as the sun. Never seen anything like that. Color change. He goes, something's wrong. Jaundiced. Went to the hospital, diagnosed him pancreatic cancer and was gone in 90 days. But the first 30 who's in the hospital, he came back for like 15 days. He was back at work, shell of himself, weak, just didn't look right. But you know, he just wanted to be with people. We were all nice to him. And I'm like, hey, man. Because you start to accept it as a friend, and I'm kind of that blunt friend that goes, dude, reality is what it is. Let's play a little bit. And I'm like, why don't we go out and get you some dirty Haitian AIDS hookers and just put one to town and do some heroin? And he started laughing. He goes, the heroin's a yes. The hookers are a no. My dick will never work again. Like, really? He goes, I'm on so much stuff right now, I can barely pee me. Like, oh, all right. Well, you still got fingers, right? And he would just have a laugh. And then he was dead, like, 30 days later, I think. Creat.

[Ryan]

Oh. They says, gentlemen, unfortunately, prostate cancer is bad, too, because you lose the ability to use your penis.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

What's first is you can't have sex because they damage the veins down there in order to try and attack the prostate.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. They make it impotent. And a lot of times you got to wear a diaper for the rest of your life.

[Ryan]

Oh. Oh, man.

[Larry McFeely]

So that's why I'm not getting checked. Because if they find it, why would I do. Why would I want that life?

[Ryan]

Oh, my God.

[David]

I've had. I mean, I know a couple people. One of my friends had, you know, prostate cancer. They treated it, and he's.

[Larry McFeely]

Sometimes. Yeah, sometimes you sail through.

[David]

I mean, if it depends on where you're getting it. That's why they're always saying early detection.

[Larry McFeely]

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[Byron]

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[Larry McFeely]

Wait, there's no backorders?

[Byron]

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[Ryan]

Sounds simple.

[Larry McFeely]

That's why I always go to MMP.

[Ryan]

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[Larry McFeely]

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[Mo]

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[Larry McFeely]

Homburg's morning sickness.

[Ryan]

Hey, Ryan. Brian. Listen to this, guys. I have prostate cancer, chronic lymphatic leukemia and multiple myeloma. It's a heavy load most days.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, yeah. So Ryan Bryan's got nothing. Well, don't compare problems.

[Ryan]

I wasn't just saying Ryan Bryan.

[Larry McFeely]

Ryan Bryan's name is his cancer. That's the worst thing he's going through. You can't collar call us with your disease. Read Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning and realize that when Victor Frankl said someone complaining to me, I can't constantly compare their problem to what I've been through. And he went through Auschwitz. And he'd hear somebody going, oh, this hangnail's ruining my day. And he'd be like, you have no idea what pain is. He realized it isn't about that. This is the worst thing this person's dealt with. That's their Auschwitz. As meaningless as it is to me, that's the most they've ever felt. So don't discount that. Ryan Bryan's going through a thing. I know to someone with cancer, it seems trivial and Meaningless. But it's the worst he's been through, and maybe that's the worst he ever goes through. And he should be so lucky. That terminal illness 401 thing is. Good point. Batman says, don't we all technically have a terminal illness? The rule for your 401k, boy, this is a guy who's in his 50s. The rule for your 401k is. Trust me. I've looked at pulling it all out to see where I stand. Can I get out of this whole myth if I pulled it? What's the 10% plus the 40? You have to have a terminal illness that a physician says you will more than likely not last longer than seven years. Years. Then you can pull your money.

[Ryan]

Multiple myeloma is different than melanoma. Melanoma is skin cancer. Myeloma is bone and organ cancer of the abdomen.

[Larry McFeely]

It's time for cancer chat. Where's my slide whistle? Wahoo. Anyway.

[Ryan]

Oh, that was the wife who told me that the first prostate cancer is bad guys because you can't have sex. Trust me, I know. I'm leaving my husband because of it. It took six years of not doing anything, but I'm leaving.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, she stuck around till he, you know, was cancer free. His dick doesn't work, and she needs some dick. She's kind of slutty.

[Ryan]

Yeah, a little bit.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, hey, let's get her with. With pancreas.

[Ryan]

Boy, she says it's too hard when you lose intimacy between each other. I can't stay.

[Larry McFeely]

Okay, then this. This lady needs to go over to the pancreatic cancer guy while his dick still works before the medicine kicks in and give him a couple of runs before it's all over. Yeah.

[Ryan]

How quick does that happen? Like, right away.

[Larry McFeely]

Now, are you being fair, lady? Have you kept it tight or are you kind of piggy too? Have you let yourself go? Because it's hard enough for him to get a heart on, especially if he's looking at a checkerboard cottage cheese machine on the backs of your thighs. If you're not tight, you can't yell that his dick doesn't get going anymore, no matter what. This is a sad, sad morning, man.

[David]

What happened?

[Larry McFeely]

Said thanks for depressing the hell out of us this morning, John. The cancer dude, Brian Ryan. They need to find each other, make some sort of suicide pact. Don't say that. Brian Ryan will do it.

[Ryan]

This is giving me flashbacks to fight club. Guys. I want to just go and join a meeting that I'm not a part of.

[Larry McFeely]

His name was Brian Paulson. His name was Brian Paulson.

[Ryan]

He had.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. Anyway, what are you gonna do?

[Ryan]

Oh, 20 years total, guys. She goes, no, I'm together. 5 11, 150.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah.

[David]

Solid.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, that's good. Well, then you should go. This guy's not giving you the goods. He's not helping. Like, he's not like that. There goes that woman argument. If I was in a wheelchair, would you stay with me forever? This lady's like, screw that. If I'm not getting any D, I'm out. Women lie about stuff like that, although they. They do show. They show up more often for those kind of things than men do.

[Ryan]

Man. John, if we were getting ratings for.

[Larry McFeely]

Cancer people, we're killing it with cancers, man.

[Ryan]

Everybody texting in.

[Larry McFeely]

You know why? Because their lives suck. And this is like an uplifting moment. Well, leading the league. It's crazy.

[David]

Such a topic.

[Ryan]

Hey, can we get.

[Larry McFeely]

So hard not to talk about. You can if you'd like. If you want to. We can bring it out. Yeah. But. Yeah, it's up to you. I would have waited, but you can do it. We've got it. We've got it hovering in the room. We talk about it very freely.

[David]

Yeah. I was diagnosed a couple of months ago.

[Ryan]

There she is.

[Larry McFeely]

Let him talk, for Christ's sake. Hold on. This moment Brady's having, decides to show a picture of this. I don't think she's pretty high. Yeah, you got to go. She's got to get some D. All right, go ahead, Brady. Before Toledo interrupted. Hold on a second.

[David]

I have a tumor on my right kidney.

[Larry McFeely]

How about that?

[David]

Cancer softball size tumor on my kidney. The good news is it's treatable. Yeah, I have to get my kidney removed.

[Larry McFeely]

How about that?

[David]

August 20th.

[Larry McFeely]

We're all taken that week off in support and unity of Brady having to go through this. And he's been going through it for a little bit bit and kept it kind of quiet just to be, you know, like, well, let's just see where we're going with this first. But it's starting to look, like, treatable. All this, like, treatable. A lot going on.

[David]

And there's more probably five months.

[Larry McFeely]

You know where my guilt comes from with this is when you started to tell me you were going to the urologist and you had to go back the next day.

[David]

And I'm like, oh, yeah, we talked about it.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah.

[David]

And I jokingly talked about, you know, with. I've met with multiple doctors on it and telling people, like family members and stuff how it went down. I Go. You know what's funny is we were.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah.

[David]

You're like when I said I had to go.

[Larry McFeely]

That you don't go to the three days out of your ratings goal. Yeah. And it might be. Which is great. But the good news is sweet. Sweet. Brady is going to get treatment and he's going to be on the right path.

[David]

And I can tell you from the experience, it's just a. I get an ultrasound done every year because of kidney stones. Just checking that. And I also have cysts on my kidneys which is called polycystic kidney disease.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah.

[David]

And a lot of people can be have that. 80% people can live their entire life with cysts on their kidneys. Nothing happens about 20% it can bother the function.

[Larry McFeely]

It does. And that's where you're at on top of the tumor.

[David]

I do have that. Polycystic kidney disease in the functioning of the kidneys is you know at right now 30. Which is fine. I don't have to go on dialysis. It's not fine. But I'm saying you don't. You could. I could live. You can live on 30 function.

[Larry McFeely]

You're gonna hate being around me because I'm gonna take your rose colored glasses off now and again. When you say stuff like that. It isn't fine.

[Ryan]

It's fine as well.

[Larry McFeely]

Get you by.

[David]

Correct.

[Larry McFeely]

You gotta climb over that hill. Yeah. Yeah.

[David]

And there's no real symptoms. But I'm. I'm saying it's a freak accident that we. Not really accident. But I got the ultrasound in December and the urologist, Dr. Lynn said, hey, there's a little shadowing on the right kidney.

[Larry McFeely]

Let's take a look.

[David]

I'm not sure what it is, but just in case, let's get an MRI on it.

[Ryan]

So the tumor, you said. So that's bigger than your kidney? The tumor is bigger than your kidney.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. Wow. So there's some weight on this. You know, not brady. I wasn't making a fat joke. I'm just saying there's some weight on this.

[David]

Hopefully I'll be a little bit lighter.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, I would hope so. Yeah. One kid like whatever those way and then a softball sized tumor. Which is surprising that that can happen.

[David]

Yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

That's just. That loads up in there like that. But yeah. So you know all this cancer talk and all this stuff.

[David]

But when you know it's kind of one of those things where people say get this check like early detection. You hear stories all the time like I went in for this.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah.

[David]

And they discovered it right there. And you know, you always say I'm not. That's fine.

[Larry McFeely]

I'll check the other stuff. My buttholes. My buttholes. For me.

[Ryan]

You John Coffee, Brady Bogan. How dare you.

[Larry McFeely]

That's right. You guys did it. He sucked up all your pain and it went right to his kidneys. You cancer havers no more.

[Ryan]

What would Brady do?

[Larry McFeely]

That's right. You took all your sinning and you John Coffee to him. Dog tired boss. That's what he's doing right now. All of your weirdness. All those videos Brett shows. By the way. Happy birthday, Brett. Real fun. Yeah, but what a celebration. What a celebration we're having. Guy. That's crazy.

[David]

So I will need a kidney eventually.

[Larry McFeely]

Oh yeah. Oh, there's the other thing is we're going to have a big contest here in the air for you guys can help Brady get a kid. Oh, the.

[Ryan]

The ghoul kidney search.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, the pancreatic cancer guy's not using his.

[David]

There you go, candidate. You know what? You're going to get a $100 gift certificate.

[Larry McFeely]

You selfish son of a. You're going to.

[David]

You're going to get a $100 gift certificate to Oregon Stop Pizza.

[Larry McFeely]

Is that true? No.

[David]

Yeah. Yeah, I would.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, yeah, you'd give them a note.

[David]

A buddy of mine suggests at least you could do give him a certificate to Oregon Stop.

[Larry McFeely]

A hundred bucks though. I mean, you know, let's boost it at least a thousand dollar party for.

[Ryan]

The office to bring back that Porkopolis black card.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. Yeah. This one says biggest advice to you, Brady. I had almost a similar thing in recovery. You have to eat properly. No fast food, no burgers, strict diet. Last thing you want to do is be constipated. It have digestive issues or start messing with that again.

[David]

And I have not enough. I've had no symptoms, which is weird. Yeah, I mean like people are talking about that the main things, you know, on the kidneys like potassium and ibuprofen are no no's.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, you can't do that. Your body can't process it. Right. It screws everything up. Well, we've. We've known this for a little while with Brady. Like. Yeah, I would have figured you'd have waited till the actual surgery to make sure you get through it. But now with all these people, everybody's got it. You're not alone. That's a good thing. On the sidelines going, yeah, you're not alone, my friend.

[Ryan]

You'll hate this comment, but thank you guys. This morning has made me really. And I mean, really appreciate my life.

[Larry McFeely]

See, that's good. That's why we're here.

[David]

There you go.

[Larry McFeely]

Think about it. You could be Brady. Your life is not going so bad. Well, the good news is everybody loves. We all love Brady. So it's gonna be hard to lose him. But when we do, we'll all know that together, we loved him. But you'll be fine.

[Ryan]

I have to say, I've never looked more forward to a Brady report in my life than this morning.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, this morning could be the last. That's what we keep. And that's the worst thing you're in a room with. Yeah, Brady's been taking a kidney beating since he. Oh, Jesus Christ, Brady, I have to ask.

[Ryan]

Oh, come on now. Since you're facing death, do you regret not drinking and enjoying life a little bit more?

[Larry McFeely]

Oh, he's gonna pick it up. Kidneys out. There you go. Yeah, so now we got to throw that in for Saturday celebration. Brett's birthday, Cinco de Brett, my birthday. And then Brady's possibly last one with us. Those last ones. Say goodbye to that kidney, all right? Cuz we're getting rid of one of them, the dumb one. And you'll be fine on that. This email just says, what the hell just happened? So everybody goofing around about cancer. Then Brady says, I've got it, too. I missed the lead to this story. Rest in peace. Grade.

[Ryan]

Brady. If recent history shows, you'd better talk to Larry and see about all the new David Lee voices that he has ready to go for you.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, Larry's. I. I actually made that joke when Ozzy died. I'm like, you got any for Brady and me? Like, who else are you cursing with death? But yeah, the good news is we can joke about it, because everything you've told us so far, the doctors have said, yeah, a little scary, it's not fun. But. But we'll get you through it. Yeah, we'll get you through it.

[Ryan]

How about this one, Brady? I don't know what kind of rate you're getting, Brady, but I'm a veterinary surgeon. I'll take out that kidney for a discount.

[Larry McFeely]

Tell you what, do it. Because those guys are amazing. And all the doctor meds and vet meds and stuff, having five dogs and knowing that every time I get medicine for my dogs, I go to the same pharmacist. I'm going over the CVS and it's the same thing. I have to go get needles for my diabetic cat. And I'm like, I need to get some needles. And they're like, oh, what's the name? And I'm like, elgato Holmberg. And it's. His name is on the thing. And I'm like, you guys just do. Vet meds are the same as people meds. He goes, it's the exact same thing. Like, well, then why do we go to doctors all the time? Vets will be a lot cheaper. Take the. Take this guy's. Take advantage of this. Get his number.

[David]

Mine is laparoscopic surgery.

[Larry McFeely]

Vets can do that.

[David]

AI.

[Larry McFeely]

All AI.

[David]

Yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

They're going robots on you? Yep. Is that. Is it a discount to be a guinea pig?

[David]

No, I guess it's. They've been doing it for.

[Larry McFeely]

No kidding. That's what everybody says. And I, you know, Kirby, give Pop Pop your kidney. That's the thing. I'm an active 27 year old male. I rarely drink. I run every day. I'll give Brady a kidney for Pantera's grand prize. Oh, is that Palladio? Is that.

[Ryan]

I don't think so. Isn't that money?

[Larry McFeely]

Is life saving kind of overlooked by the FCC rules? I think that would be nice. I'd gladly give that guy the Panthera. Wow, that's a good kidney. Doesn't drink. He runs. That kidney will go in your body and go, what the hell's been going on in here? Why choose a sleep number smart bed?

[Mo]

Can I make my sight softer?

[Larry McFeely]

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[Larry McFeely]

Richgirlsommar Holmberg's Morning Sickness.

[Ryan]

God damn it. Once again, I'm typing this through some tears. Can we get back to counting how many goddamn bottles we have?

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, we're gonna need them all to tip them out for Brady because he doesn't drink, so. This one's from a homie. If he dies, we'll feel terrible about this conversation, but right now. And we could all die.

[David]

Yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

Just have to go into it with a positive outlook. Brady's rose colored glasses come in handy right here.

[Ryan]

Brady, I wish you luck. My husband had a tumor on his kidney bigger than his kidney in 2020. Don't say had it removed. The surgery, I will tell you, is rough. And then he went through chemo. He's doing great now.

[Larry McFeely]

You don't have to do that. That. No, because not anywhere else, at least as of now, no.

[David]

And the only reason that there is a. There was an option. You could just remove the tumor. Yeah, but since I have the cysts on there and it's polycystic that he goes, you take it off, your kidney is eventually going to fail.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah.

[David]

So just.

[Ryan]

Jesus, guys, I was bummed out. I blew a tire yesterday. Yeah, I'm gonna shut the F up now and go pay for my new tire.

[Larry McFeely]

Well, don't go to Guadalupe because that tire shop's not there anym. Right. It's a restaurant. Old tumor. Tumor ass over here. Told you about it. Anyway, we all are in this corner.

[Ryan]

We're.

[Larry McFeely]

Fix that and don't stop it. It's too early. It says Brady expiring. Hey, Grim Reaper. If Brady dies before October, you have to sing Celebrate Me Home at Night of the Living Dead. You think we're still going to be doing a lot of, like, wacky concerts? Of course we are. Like that week. He's not gonna die. Just gonna come back shorter with moonface from all the prednisone.

[David]

Oh, God.

[Larry McFeely]

No one will notice.

[Ryan]

Another texture. I joined late. What's this about a free organ stop?

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, free organ stop. Pizza cards. Brady's giving them out for people who are willing to donate. But there you go. And I told Brady this, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. I would do anything for you. Except a kidney. And that's where we draw the line of our friendship. I'm not a match. Mine are for six foot motors and wouldn't fit. Probably just clog up the hitch in the lungs. You'd be breathing funny, though. That's not good. It's not good. Well, thanks for sharing, Brady. I know that's not fun, but this one says, jesus H. Christ. I tune into this show to escape my problems, not hear yours. Where's the farts? Thank you for being so empathetic.

[David]

Give us five minutes, we'll get back to it.

[Larry McFeely]

Don't worry about it. Can Brady say the phrase must be nice to have a working kidney? Back to Cha Ching Chavez. That's true. It's a good point. Let's get him again. Cha Ching kidney.

[David]

I got two.

[Larry McFeely]

Nice, nice Cha Ching Chavez.

[Ryan]

Anyway, I think this guy got a kidney transplant, Brady. You cannot have any phosphorus. So that means no dairy and a lot of fruit and ever again.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. This isn't worth it, man. He's shaking his head already. That. That is not. You can have dairy. Yeah. Why? Well, this guy's gone through it. Says you can't if you very strict again. Have you looked into this?

[David]

I've talking with the doctors right now. I mean, it just says you better ask.

[Ryan]

You cannot have anything greasy or you will constantly s your pants. And when you're not essing.

[Larry McFeely]

You're doing that now.

[Ryan]

You'll get constipated by the medicine.

[Larry McFeely]

I've been doing that for 20 years.

[David]

30 for a while.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, but you're. Yeah, but you. You know that it's going to be a little worse. Like right now. You've no sense. By the time.

[David]

I'm not planning on going heavier. Food's not going to be expanding. More stuff.

[Larry McFeely]

Big food shook his head at the dairy thing as if to say, you're out of here. I'll eat what I want. That's the danger of this. The same as the blood pressure deal. I know you're predisposed to it, but you decided to go ahead and step on the gas, too.

[David]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

I have the feeling his doctors heard that too. You can't have dairy anymore.

[David]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. You got it.

[Larry McFeely]

Everybody's been telling me how bad food is. Come on. Yeah, the AI surgery makes decisions based on probabilities. That thing's gonna take one look at Brady's insights and sew you back up. Stop it. The man just poured his heart and kidneys out onto the table.

[David]

Pull it out, Grok.

[Larry McFeely]

Be nice to him, for Christ's sake. I just tuned in Is Brady dying? That would suck anyway. I'll trade him one of my kidneys for a truckload of that sauce. He's got a trouble and the promise that he becomes vegan for one year. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ryan]

Everybody go to the cookie window today in Brady's memory.

[Larry McFeely]

That's right, get cookie window and give your. Give your pets a hug in honor of Brady. It's not fun. Guy says you make it sound funny and that's what really helps. Truth of the matter is when you're losing a body part, you're on your way out. I always thought it was funny. You people are not bedside. Manner of the KUPD audience is horrible. I thought we were rough on you with the jokes. Jesus Christ, Brady.

[Ryan]

I had my left kidney removed two years ago due to a cancerous tumor. The recovery sucked. They cut me next to my belly button. Felt like I was kicked in the stomach by a donkey for weeks.

[Larry McFeely]

This guy, like, you know, Brady did not listen to that doctor 100%. When he went over the post op diet, he downloaded the info he wanted to hear. That's a tendency of yours. And that's why tough love me is like, no, he said no dairy. He said no. He didn't say, put the ice cream down. And I don't want you pooping your pants in here. You're gonna eat nothing but celery. That's it.

[Ryan]

Leave it to Brady to one up on Brett's birthday.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, you like attention, Brett. Hold my beer and my kidney anyway. All right, we'll get a wake up song.

[Ryan]

So Homeburg is meatloaf this morning. I'd do anything for you, but I won't do that.

[Larry McFeely]

I'm sorry. All my stuff's staying inset, but I'm too tall for Brady. Like, that's like, it wouldn't work. It's like lining up genitals.

[Ryan]

Hold on, hold on a second. Didn't we just go through a week of bull sessions? Shouldn't that have cured. Cured that cancer?

[Larry McFeely]

Oh, that's right. Or the bull.

[David]

I didn't though.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. Oh, that was busy eating ice cream. Last bowl, final bowls of ice cream. He was making that bowl sing though, by the end anyway. Yeah, another guy said I had it too. No dare.

[David]

They've been telling me that for years.

[Ryan]

As I'm holding a pizza.

[Larry McFeely]

This is the worst one I've read so far. It's a picture of Drago from Rocky 4 and it says, if he dies, he dies. And then it says, go blue. Wow, that's solid. I could Guess it's Churchill. He's a Michigan fan.

[David]

He's relentless.

[Larry McFeely]

If he dies, he dies. Go blue. What an asshole. Well, I'm in your corner, Brady, for everything. Except that whole transplant. That sounds crazy. I mean, if it came down to it, they're like, you're the only one. I'd probably give you one.

[Ryan]

I've seen this before. How long after Brady goes do we start calling the show John and Friends?

[Larry McFeely]

Oh, it's happening. Yeah, it's. I'm Bess. I killed one of my own. It's incredible. Yeah. This one says, brady, you have the best job in the world to get through this. 23 years post breast cancer, tumor, and mastectomy. I am a firm believer that laughter is the best medicine. John and the boys. Keep it up. Make him laugh. He'll be fine. Yeah, while he's still here. We'll try. It's not easy. He's a downer. He's a real downer. Wandering around with all these lumps.

[Ryan]

Seriously, Brady, how much info has Kirby given you on medical marijuana right now?

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah, you should talk to her for a little bit. Bit. Hey, man, you don't need. Dare you, man. All you got to do is hit the bong, man. Come on in here and roll up the rug. Anyway, Brady, we tease because we love. And we've got to get used to it. Got to find the jokes now because eventually we're going to have to never stop. No, it'll never stop. We can't do it. What's the. Well, we got Action Ride Shop. Bringing you this incredibly upbeat. But that is big.

[David]

We got it out of the way.

[Larry McFeely]

In all seriousness. Yeah, that was. That was a. That's a big moment. So you are loved. You know that? And we'll take care of everything we need to while you're not here. Actually, we are taking that week off because in solidarity, there's no way I could do this show while Brady's getting his kidney removed. And then he. Let's say he drops dead on the table right when we're in the middle of Brett, who can fart louder. Yeah. And then it's like, oh, Brady, just like. We can't have that happen. So that week is going to be. Be a quiet one for the show as we all sit back and going to Labor Day. Yeah. And then goes right into Labor Day, and then it pops back, and we'll probably do a Tuesday or Wednesday without you. And then you're going to come back, and it'll be a big celebration, a parade. I Was expecting maybe to tell the. The masses of your masses. Like the couple of days before we went out. This is fine, though. Whenever you're comfortable with it. That's how I feel, man.

[Ryan]

And it's thanks to our terminally ill listeners.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. For bringing it up and breaking. I mean, you're terminally ill. He can be treated.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

So winner, winner, kidney dinner. You don't get to keep it or see it. Have him take a picture at least. Right. My.

[David]

What is funny in a way. I'm getting the operation on my brother's birthday, and I told him his present will be in the Mail on August 27.

[Larry McFeely]

Bloody lump of kidney. That's pretty.

[David]

And he's a science teacher, so if.

[Larry McFeely]

I carve that right up. That's good stuff. The Wake Up Song is brought to you by our friends at Action Ride Show Shop. It's over there on. Well, that's a transition, wasn't it?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

I had to get to the billboard. It's over there on Gilbert and 60. And then, of course, McDowell and Power. You get out there and grab all your stuff for biking. Brady's can't bike. Or, you know, go hiking. Brady can't hike anymore either. There's an Action Ride shop. Have wheelchairs. Maybe we can get a couple of those out there and get you trikes.

[Ryan]

They do have trikes.

[Larry McFeely]

I don't want you pedal electric. You pedal shoots right out that hole. We don't want to. You'll crap your pants. Don't say that. No, you can't for a little while, then you can. But don't start saying, I'll get on yet.

[David]

I got a couple of weeks.

[Larry McFeely]

Ride your bike over to the ice cream shop and screw this all up again.

[Ryan]

If anybody's attitude is gonna power right through this, it's his.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah. What? You've got ice cream all over your face. No, I don't. Ah, come on. What?

[Ryan]

And you're gonna be here, rooster tailing.

[Larry McFeely]

Look who showed up. Rooster tailing up, his back looking at us going, look who showed up. I got the cancer. What do gonna do? Stop eating all that ice cream?

[Ryan]

Must be nice to have two working kidneys.

[Larry McFeely]

I'm sorry. I don't walk around without crap in my pants. Must be nice, Rockefeller. I don't know what that means. Stop eating that ice cream. And Adam says, dibs on Ronnie after Brady dies. All right, that's enough.

[Ryan]

There's a lot of those.

[Larry McFeely]

I avoided those. None of you bastards are allowed near us anyway. Give some kidneys to be sent to 1100 Street.

[Ryan]

Well, the songs start out for Ryan. Bryan. Say My Name by Destiny's Child. Ryan Brian. Birthday Death Day by death clock for Brett 2 Live Crew. Throw the D for Brady and Brett. For those about the rock, we salute you. Shut up. A you face for Brett.

[Larry McFeely]

Just thought of something. The way this company works. Brady, I'd like to volunteer Hubbard Broadcasting's money to pay for all of your stuff.

[Ryan]

Awesome.

[Larry McFeely]

You know what? I think that's a good idea. There you go. Hubbard will take care of everything you need. In fact, I'm gonna give you Dave Bessler's kidney. I just volunteered that. If Bessler just gave you a kidney, I'll have him send that right over.

[David]

That's a powerful kidney.

[Larry McFeely]

That's a nice thing to do to just. You can. He doesn't know it, but, ah, it's the way it works. Sorry, buddy.

[Ryan]

We Die Young by Alison Chains.

[Larry McFeely]

Don't do that. That's a great song. And he's not young, so it doesn't count. Oh, it's not fun. Yeah, I. I actually. I do like that song quite a bit, though.

[Ryan]

Anything suicidal for Brett's birthday? Bullet for My Valentine? No. Easy Way out, the remake.

[Larry McFeely]

By the way, Paula Proc, who's listened to us? I believe she was the one who. I wish it was her daughter. Daughter had cancer for, like, four years.

[Ryan]

Oh, Jesus.

[Larry McFeely]

And she says, and your show has had cancer a lot longer than Brady. Yeah. Here we go. It's been sitting across from me the whole time. It's very true. You pick one. I like the We Die Young. All right, we do that. It's a great song. Allison, change. We're very late because Brady pushed the. And now we got to get commercial. Got to catch up. This is all. I'm getting texts from my friends going, so that week you're off when Brady's getting his surgery, heading to Vegas. Yeah, I'm gonna take advantage of my time off. I mean, I'm fine. No, Jordan. Yeah, says Brady. You must Hang on. Something happened to me this summer, and I need to spend more time with you, son. Caitlin. Oh, my God. She's got that Munchausen thing.

[David]

Oh, my God.

[Larry McFeely]

She's the prisoner of her own captor, and she's falling in love with. That's. What is. That's not Munchausen's. What's that one called? When you fall in love with your. Your captor. I forgot. It doesn't matter. Anyway. Caitlyn loves you. We all love you, Brady. That's the way it is. Be nice to Brady. Stop being dicks on the thing. Stockholm syndrome. That's right. It's Alice in Chains. We die young. It's 98. It's not weird. It's pretty cool actually.

[Ryan]

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[Larry McFeely]

I have heard enough of this. So you pj. Oh, what you eating?

[David]

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[Larry McFeely]

Wow, that sounds amazing.

[Mo]

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[David]

I'm sorry, but no. But you can't split the banana split.

[Mo]

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[David]

Not even a crumb.

[Larry McFeely]

What if.

[David]

No, please.

[Larry McFeely]

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[Larry McFeely]

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