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Still streaming Homburg's Morning Sickness online at 98 KUPD. Good morning, Everybod. Hello there. Welcome to Wednesday. It is 5:45. This is the Morning Sickness. My name is John Holmberg. There's Brady Bogan. There's Burt. There's Toledo. We're ready to go. Brady's back from his half day yesterday. EKG went well. It did, yeah. He started to fire off proud, terrible blood pressure numbers. But you seemed happy with him, so I guess that's good. And they're gonna still put you under? Yeah.
Toledo
Yeah.
John Holmberg
Okay. Good. Good news. No news from the doctor that said, but. Or did you hear anything? What was the. What was the most negative thing he said?
Toledo
Cut back on sodium.
John Holmberg
Sodium's gotta go. Yeah, salt's out. What's in your cup?
Toledo
Go. Not go. Cut down on your sodium.
John Holmberg
Why was. Why, why you don't go? Why?
Toledo
Because I'm retaining.
John Holmberg
No, no, I'm asking, why not cut it out. What does cut back to you?
Toledo
Too good to cut out?
John Holmberg
See, this is a problem, Brett. This is why the real friends have to stop.
Toledo
I think it's impossible.
John Holmberg
No, it's salt and everything. We have been to the moon, my friend. Nothing is impossible.
Toledo
You need some salt.
John Holmberg
No, you don't. You'll be okay. Listen, the doctor told him, cut back on salt. He says to us, well, you need salt and it's also impossible. Why don't you give it a try? Living a salt free life is possible. Water.
Toledo
Drink lots of water.
John Holmberg
Chicken. No salt. You've eliminated salt from your life.
Toledo
You've eliminated.
John Holmberg
You've eliminated salt from your life.
Toledo
You're saying right there, he's crying. Eliminated life.
John Holmberg
That ain't living is what you're saying. Yeah, okay, but you can. It is very, very possible to eliminate salt.
Toledo
Yeah, man, I think I'm losing my voice.
John Holmberg
I think you are, too. I don't know what's going on. Yeah, it's all that salt. I think he's overdone it. What's in your cup?
Toledo
Green tea.
John Holmberg
Okay. I don't know. The sodium. That's right. You know what? It's almost vegetable of the liquid green.
Toledo
Tea with a couple scoops of salt.
John Holmberg
Yeah, of course, you can't. Well, it's almost impossible. I have on my drive in, people just throwing salt at me. It's impossible to avoid it. You son of a. It's all they said. Cut it back. And why wouldn't you. Why don't you just go, you know, let's try life without salt for a little bit. We're keeping our eyes on you.
Toledo
I've been pretty good.
John Holmberg
No, no, you haven't, because you're arguing with me. And if you're like, I gotta get rid of salt, that's. You're right.
Toledo
But then I can tell in the.
John Holmberg
Last three weeks you got fat ankles like a woman.
Toledo
No, not as bad.
John Holmberg
What's happening to you?
Toledo
I don't Know, it's just fading all of a sudden.
John Holmberg
Did they do a throat test yesterday? They dropped something. You're. No. You just don't have it. All right. I don't like the future here. Brett doesn't look too good for screwed. All right, so let me. Sodium's go. Write that down. We'll be the ones that pay attention to him. Sodium's got to go. What else did he say? Something else had to happen yesterday.
Toledo
Well, it was Dr. Miller.
John Holmberg
She. She. Well, all right. And she was just a second opinion, I think.
Toledo
Yeah. I don't believe the broad.
John Holmberg
Now he's making some sense. Go ahead, Toledo.
Burt
So you're going to watch us eat tomorrow at Viet Shack?
John Holmberg
Yeah. Are you going to VH Shack tomorrow?
Toledo
Oh, yeah. Because they're.
John Holmberg
That's all salt.
Toledo
Yeah, well, he's famous for playing plan that outing.
John Holmberg
It's so what you can unplug. Okay, here's the problem. When your doctor. When Mrs. Miller said, God, I wish it was a man, because he's. What's a girl doctor? They're always talking about bloating and swollen ankles. That's what she meant when she said cut back sodium. No more trips to Viet Shack. That's essentially for the operation. No, no. Yes, that's exactly right. Which is coming up. Not the day of like, between now and then, and then after. You should get used to it because you shouldn't have any salt after. Jesus Christ. His child. Yeah, Via checks off the list. He can have it.
Toledo
Oh, yeah. We're all gonna have it.
John Holmberg
No, we're not. You're not. Why would you do this? She just said stop it.
Toledo
No, she didn't say stop it.
John Holmberg
What'd she say? Cut back on sodium. Yeah.
Toledo
Yeah.
John Holmberg
Viet Shack is all salt.
Toledo
Okay?
John Holmberg
So cut back on that day. No, it's not all salt. That's all that is.
Toledo
No.
John Holmberg
Yes, it is. There is salt all over those foods. Yes, it is. Yeah, it's not. You're thinking of the stuff out of the shaker.
Toledo
No, it's not.
John Holmberg
Everything. Sodium, salt and everything. Yeah. So don't eat the stuff that is.
Toledo
Drink a lot of water.
John Holmberg
No. You don't know. Your kidneys don't work. Your kidneys don't work. That's what washes. It's not working. Oh, my God. Well, you go over there and punch him in the head. Avoid salt, but also avoid breaths. Back of his hand. City of Phoenix. Can you feel my pain here? Is trying to be the good guy. Trying to be the one that you guys need to Keep an eye on him too. If we see Brady in the wild, smack it out of his hand and give him a piece of chicken. Dry, saltless chicken.
Brady Bogan
Oh, that's terrible.
John Holmberg
Well, no, you can make a nice little. You know, you can put some stuff in there that makes it salt free.
Brady Bogan
Talk amongst us because that's terrible. Come on, you know that.
John Holmberg
Oh, I'm not gonna eat it. But the reason why is because I don't go to via check when the doctor says, you know it's killing you, right? And it's like, yeah, but if I drink enough water. That's not how it works.
Toledo
See you tomorrow.
John Holmberg
You can go see tongue. If you'd like some sodium, you can lick Tong's arm because he's got some on there. Like you do it like. But you're done with the. What are you going to order over there? Do you know Asian food is like the like highest in sodium of all of them?
Toledo
Might get the. Yeah, I do.
John Holmberg
Okay, well then what are we doing?
Toledo
But they're also. They do have some low sodium stuff. Vegan options.
John Holmberg
You're not getting vegan options.
Toledo
Come on.
John Holmberg
You. This is. You're lying to yourself.
Toledo
Spring roll.
John Holmberg
Yeah, Those are loaded with salt.
Toledo
No, they're not.
John Holmberg
Yes, they are. Now compared to most foods loaded with salt just less than what normal at his place is. This is less than the piles of it we put in. The normal food doesn't make it.
Toledo
Bring roll. Shrimp.
John Holmberg
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. There are literally like salt free seasonings used. You're going to start. No, no, like these as maybe as one that's loaded with some sort of other thing. Oh, for Christ's sake. Anyway, we're trying. We're trying to help. We're trying to help. That's the thing. Nobody's trying to hurt you here. Trying to help you here. Sodium's the worst thing you can do to yourself right now. You got two weeks, man. We got to have you back here. Don't get the menu.
Brady Bogan
We're just trying to help him out here so he can figure out what he's doing.
Toledo
Look at the spring rolls.
John Holmberg
I know we can. Look and look at him. He just got a little hard on. It's like a Johnny Sins movie to him.
Brady Bogan
Well, let's see if we can find something that's.
John Holmberg
No, you're in sodium. Don't take him there. Why are you doing. You're not helping me. It's Bon Jovi. Where's. Yeah, Jimmy Bon Jovi. He goes to Japan all the time. The Guy's a salt lick. Where's Ronnie in all this? Tying you to a bed or something?
Brady Bogan
Stir fry veggies with tofu.
John Holmberg
That I arranged all this like this big Viet check meeting of the mind. Wait, hold on. It's you. It's you. This moron. Brett. Jimmy Bon Jovi. Yeah, yeah. And who? Tom?
Toledo
Anyone else?
Brady Bogan
You guys.
John Holmberg
That's the crazy Go. And you're saying. Oh, it's just this brain trust can't.
Toledo
Break up a birthday special for Brett.
John Holmberg
Brett can do that on his own. Give him. Give him $15 and he'll go over there to Vietnam. Very reasonably priced Viet shack. People who love you are the ones who care about you. Not eating that stuff. You think it's the other way around. Well, they're being jerks. No, he can get numbers. Don't do this.
Brady Bogan
Goy noi goy. Send. Lotus root salad.
Toledo
Yeah, that's a good one.
John Holmberg
The root salad is it. I bet you it's loaded with something.
Brady Bogan
Shrimp, pork, lotus roots.
John Holmberg
Oh, yeah. Pork is no salt. Carrots. They're not going to salt that.
Brady Bogan
Served with house chips and fish sauce.
John Holmberg
There you go. Oh, sure. House chips, pork, you'll have some salt.
Toledo
And the fish.
John Holmberg
I hate them. I'm starting to hate him. I'm starting to think that again. I said it yesterday. I might say it again. Go. Cancer. All I'm trying to do are these to make. These are the items.
Toledo
Those are average restaurant spring roll.
John Holmberg
Average restaurant spring rolls is 1500-2300mg of sodium.
Toledo
Is that the clear noodle wrapped?
John Holmberg
That's average.
Toledo
Not. Not to deep fry.
John Holmberg
Why risk it, though?
Toledo
You see it up there?
Brady Bogan
Just lettuce, mint, basil, Rice noodles.
Toledo
That doesn't have.
John Holmberg
Okay, then don't. But just don't get it.
Burt
Are you not dipping it in sauce?
Toledo
You don't. You gotta eat it without the peanuts. Dipping in the peanut sauce.
John Holmberg
What sauce are you doing? Yeah.
Toledo
Oh, yeah. That's how good it is.
John Holmberg
All right, I'm calling Bull. There's no way.
Brady Bogan
I need to borrow your meta glasses tomorrow.
John Holmberg
Absolutely. I will load this and just watch him. Just one. I've had four glasses of water. F. John. And then he'll go to Wendy's and get himself a slushie on the way home and a polar pop halfway there. Why risk it?
Toledo
It's not risking it.
John Holmberg
It is.
Toledo
No.
John Holmberg
You are in risk mode. Wake up.
Toledo
I am not.
John Holmberg
You are. Clear. No, you're not. Yeah.
Toledo
KG was fine.
John Holmberg
You're cleared to go in surgery to have A kidney removed and your other kidney doesn't work.
Toledo
It'll work better.
John Holmberg
It'll work better if you just avoid the sodium. I'm going home. I'm the only one who loves this guy. The only one who cares. And I'm gonna get the bad rap. What an asshole. No. The only one who cares. You're not cleared. You're cleared for surgery. Let's get you on the ball here, son. Can I get some tough love from this? It's your fault. You're worse. What did I do? You're going. You need to go. You know, this isn't a good idea. You know, if I. If I had a friend who was like, I get real nauseous and sometimes I pass out and my heart stops on roller coasters. You don't take him to Six Flags.
Brady Bogan
I'm going to make sure he doesn't overdo it. So. You're welcome. Thank you. You know.
John Holmberg
Come on. Idiot. What a guy. That I am. Right? You're all screwed up and you're just a jackass. Unbelievable.
Brady Bogan
I want to make sure the little guy doesn't overdo it.
Toledo
Appreciate the little guy.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Yeah. Then get that too often. Now you made him feel. I better fill up. I'm. I guess I'm shrinking. Yeah. Your doctor didn't tell you? Hey, you're great. This is great. We can't wait to get in there. You're clear for surgery. Do whatever you want. She said cut back on sodium. That's the new rule for you. Yeah. Every day. Have no sodium until you're just not. You don't want it anymore. And then your kidney will be. Then you will have that kidney jump up and do its job.
Brady Bogan
Well, see, now the listeners are buying that. Hey, guys. Danny's has low sodium seasonings and Kingsford has great no salt seasoning. Hubby had kidney cancer and one kidney now.
John Holmberg
And what do you have to do? Cut out salt? She said no salt seasoning.
Brady Bogan
She said low sodium.
John Holmberg
Did she say anything about via check? Spring rolls and water.
Brady Bogan
But I'll ask Sarah about that good.
John Holmberg
Low salt pork options compared to these salt options. That's like when you go to the store and it says, you know, low fat. It like lays low fat. Low fat compared to what they have. It's lower than the pig fat that they've got. It's not low. Like none. Unbelievable. I'm trying. I'm doing the best I can.
Brady Bogan
This guy says, oh, my God. Anything Vegan options has more salt.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Oh, you know, they got to make it Taste good. And he's right. He's not wrong when he's. Sodium and salt make things better. That's why it's in a lot of stuff. You see, you need somebody to go to the doctor with you to hear things better than, everything's okay. We're ready. Because the only option yesterday was, yeah, well, let's just make sure. The only everything's okay yesterday was to get you on the table. She also said, you're gonna find something.
Toledo
It's good. You're down £14.
John Holmberg
That's great. That's where you were supposed to be doing good on you. That's awesome. That is good. Now, she also told you ready to rock top. She did not at any point say, everything's good.
Toledo
I'll never hear from her again.
John Holmberg
That's right, because her job was to make sure you're not going to die on the operating table. As she said, you're probably going to make it. That was her only job yesterday. Good job. You're losing some weight. You're probably going to live on the operating table. That doesn't mean everything's good. Morning sickness. 28.
Toledo
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John Holmberg
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Toledo
And afterwards she said, we're looking good, kid.
John Holmberg
Is that what she said?
Toledo
No. Yeah, but they do say that, like, oh, we'll get through this.
John Holmberg
Of course.
Toledo
Yeah.
John Holmberg
You're gonna make it. But it doesn't mean it's roses. What's.
Toledo
The other thing is weird.
John Holmberg
When you're walking around there, all those cancer people.
Toledo
Yeah. And you're like, you win Him. The guy tells me, like, I didn't know what he meant right off the bat. Took me just a second.
John Holmberg
Yeah, they're all. They're all in mode.
Toledo
Yes, I am.
John Holmberg
I'm trying to pump you up and get you in mode. You got to get in mode. Like they are.
Toledo
They're fighting, always winning.
John Holmberg
They're. Yeah. That. That dude that said that to you looked at you and he already assumed you were really sick just by the look of you. And that's normal. But he said, hey, you winning, buddy? Like you're doing what you're supposed to be doing. The no salt. You're back on the ball. What? Get out of here, baldy weirdo. Jesus Spray had a beef stick in his hand. What are you talking about? It comes from a place of love, Brady.
Toledo
I understand.
John Holmberg
It comes from a place of love. Christ on a crutch. Oh, we got. Oh, no. I don't even want.
Brady Bogan
They're on you now.
John Holmberg
Me. Hey, Juneaus, leave the fat man alone. He's already got two broads. He's got a third negative. He doesn't need to add a Jew broad to his life. All right, you know what? You know what's going to happen then when he drops dead because he can't stop staying away from, you know, Mrs. Dash's low sodium options, and everybody's like, wouldn't you say anything? What happened? Let this. Let this record stand. You're killing him.
Brady Bogan
I'm not killing him. I'm going to make sure he doesn't overdo it. I don't see you stepping up trying.
John Holmberg
To help going at all. What are you doing? I'm not going. I'm just gonna go regardless.
Brady Bogan
So he needs a guardian, a chaperone.
John Holmberg
And you're that guy. Yeah, that's me. You're a jackass.
Brady Bogan
Well, come with me, then.
John Holmberg
Let's go. I don't want to go there.
Gecko
Well, come on.
John Holmberg
Too much salt for me. Where would you like to go?
Brady Bogan
Yeah.
John Holmberg
Huh?
Toledo
Real.
John Holmberg
Real friend doesn't want to go. Okay, let's go to a place that doesn't kill him. How about that?
Toledo
All right.
Brady Bogan
Where would you like to go?
John Holmberg
Let's go to. How about we go to salad and go?
Toledo
That's fine.
John Holmberg
Okay. And I'll order for you.
Toledo
We're Going to Tong tomorrow planned.
John Holmberg
Well, you can't just call Tong and go, hey, man, got some bad news. I'm not supposed to eat a lot of stuff. No.
Toledo
Not allowed.
John Holmberg
You're not allowed to tell Tongue he's got reservations. You got reservations for a strip mall, and I'll Vietnamese restaurant charged that. You just. What is like, yeah, this guy Tong would be you. You lose friendship with Tong if you just go, hey, can't make it today. Yeah, okay. He's not a very good friend. He's a crap friend. And Tong can eat all the salt he wants. That's just awful. Can't. I told Tong I'd show up like his business, and maybe he would maybe talk. Oh, we go out of business.
Toledo
If Brady don't bring paper, he'll say pho.
John Holmberg
Oh, no. But brilliant makes special pho for you. Sorry about that, Tom. Doctor says you're bad for me, but I like a bad boy. I'm coming over. I'm the only one who cares. The only one who cares. You guardian. I what?
Brady Bogan
Who's more trustworthy than me? Come on.
John Holmberg
I can trust you to, like, laugh the entire time that he's dipping into that goo and then taking a sip of water like he's counteracting things.
Toledo
Neutralizer.
John Holmberg
Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Because you have this. You have the counterbalances, the medical training of somebody from the 1300s. Just drink some water and have these leeches bleed you anyway. Well, I tried. Does Ronnie know you're going to be at shack tomorrow? Nope.
Toledo
Who?
John Holmberg
Another one who tells him. You shouldn't do that. All right, that's it then. I'll just pull back and watch you. Watch you sit back and go, yeah, I'm done. Can you drive me to dialysis? He'll say. And I'm like, no, because you're gonna want to stop at Viet Shack afterwards because you think dialysis is a daily cure. Nope. You're out. That's it. As we get closer to the day, letting you and Brett can go over to the salt mines and start rolling around.
Brady Bogan
I'm stopping him. I'm slowing it down.
Toledo
I wouldn't mind working in a salt mine.
John Holmberg
I bet you would. Said. Here's what Brett just said to a drug addict. I'm going with him. Make sure he doesn't smoke all the crack. He just needs a little crack.
Brady Bogan
There you go. See?
John Holmberg
He's the crack.
Brady Bogan
You can't cut him off cold turkey.
John Holmberg
You know, that's the can't. He's got to want to and you and Jimmy. That's just it.
Brady Bogan
He doesn't want.
John Holmberg
And this weird affair with Tong that I don't understand. I told Tong he owns a restaurant. You can't piss those guys off. They'll cut you off. Didn't want to talk about this all day. Worried about you. I care.
Toledo
You don't need to worry.
John Holmberg
No, I do need to worry about. You need to start worrying about you. You do need to worry about you.
Burt
As always, there's a however in everything we present.
Brady Bogan
Brady.
John Holmberg
Okay, so the recommended daily sodium intake for adults is 2300 milligrams. Did you hear that the spring rolls were on average like 26.
Toledo
He was looking at the deep fried spring rolls.
John Holmberg
All right, so. Okay, so you get. So you say you get half of that. That's 1300. That's right on the bottom end of what? Your daily recommended intakes. That's the only thing you're going to have tomorrow total. As a. As a spring roll.
Toledo
No, you have a lot more than that. There's two spring rolls.
John Holmberg
Important to note that these recommendations are based on a healthy diet and do not take into account individual health conditions or medical needs.
Toledo
You can hit 2300 milligrams pretty quick, right?
John Holmberg
And you're not supposed to have much of any.
Toledo
Not true.
John Holmberg
Really? You're normal. Let me. Let me reread that.
Brady Bogan
Dr. Bogan.
John Holmberg
Individual health conditions or medical needs. You're. You're the same as everybody else.
Toledo
Sure.
John Holmberg
What? What?
Toledo
First of all.
John Holmberg
First of all, you're not the same.
Toledo
It's. The kidneys did not go bad because of diet.
John Holmberg
They're not gonna get better. I know. And you have to make sure that.
Toledo
You kidneys filter the stuff.
John Holmberg
Your diet will help you.
Toledo
High sodium.
John Holmberg
Diet.
Burt
What do you think?
John Holmberg
Oh, my God. Formulate it for. For us. If.
Burt
If the guideline is 2000 milligrams of sodium. When your doctor says cut back on sodium, what do you think that me that means? Like, what's the number of sodium anymore?
John Holmberg
What's the number? Do the best.
Toledo
2300.
John Holmberg
No, people don't cut back. No. It basically says just try to avoid it completely, but. But not keep it at a high number. Not keep it with regular.
Toledo
If you want to. You know, if you can cut down on your sodium intake to zero, which would be like, you know, there's all sorts of stuff like you said, eating.
John Holmberg
Out or to zero qualifier there.
Burt
You always say, if your doctor seemed to say no, you need to cut back.
John Holmberg
You're no longer one.
Toledo
Well, then that's Incorrect. They're not saying okay, these are things.
John Holmberg
I'll help is why people need to go to the doctor with you losing. We will help huge. That's great. And what do you do? How do you lose weight?
Toledo
Cutting back.
John Holmberg
How do you lose.
Toledo
Salt will help.
John Holmberg
How do you lose weight? Diet. What does the doctor said about your kidney portion? The diet does matter. Don't use the d. Your kidney may not.
Toledo
Diet can help is what they say on the kidney thing.
John Holmberg
Absolutely, absolutely.
Toledo
A diet can help. It won't make a difference. Your kidneys are getting. You could continue your life afterwards. Your kidneys are going to fail regardless.
John Holmberg
You're going to speed it up though.
Toledo
There's no. It won't speed up.
John Holmberg
It does so there's absolutely nothing that you can do anything. Why are you losing weight then?
Toledo
Because going into the operation it's better.
John Holmberg
To go in and have an. So you're telling me if I went to you after this operation your doctor would be like let's get pizza.
Toledo
What I'm telling you is no, you'd go I'm you having a hard time. But what I am telling you is just like you're pressing.
John Holmberg
I know. No, I'm not pressing buttons.
Toledo
Semi joking about like I guarantee.
John Holmberg
I know I'm gonna have a. I guarantee you. Your doctor is telling you your diet has to change after this.
Toledo
They have not said so.
John Holmberg
You have. You will completely continue the same way.
Toledo
Well, I again this was talking to the pre surgeon side of it. Nephrologist. I talked to him last week.
John Holmberg
You got to get people to go with you.
Brady Bogan
He wouldn't let us go yesterday.
Toledo
We're going to lose some weight. That's great.
John Holmberg
That's all.
Toledo
Some weight. That's great.
John Holmberg
Good diet. Good diet. That's always better. That's right. Yeah, there you go. You said it yourself, that helps. And you do that and that's a better diet. Both doctors healthier diet means your kidneys won't struggle as hard because they're already in trouble. When you've got heart disease they tell you avoid like eat heart healthy and be smarter. And even though it had nothing to do with your diet going in sometimes it definitely, you know, it's like the blood pressure thing. If you're. If your family has it, why add to I got it no matter what so I might as well make it worse. Yeah, that kind of thing.
Brady Bogan
This guy's got the spring roll truth because he's married to a Vietnamese woman.
John Holmberg
Spring rolls.
Brady Bogan
That's the second one.
John Holmberg
I like this one Though it says be careful. I knew a guy who quit drinking and smoking in the same day and died one week later. You're gonna kill this guy before the kidneys do. It says married to a Vietnamese woman. I can attest to what Brady is saying about the spring roll. It's correct. Spring roll he's referring to usually has a steamed shrimp or a slice of pork. The rest of it is transparent rice paper, usually with herbs and basal mint. Yeah, like a fruit and a mango pineapple. You're not eating these.
Toledo
Delicious.
John Holmberg
I'm not going to lie when they say they're boring as hell. There's no way Brady isn't dipping that in the high sugar sodium peanut sauce, which is the only thing that makes it taste good. That is true. Those things are mush. Poop.
Toledo
Just stay away from hot sauce is low in sodium.
John Holmberg
I want to go to your next doctor's visit and just go. Just do a lot of the shoulder things like see Mr. No way. Doctor's like, well, you got kidney failure. There's nothing to do about that.
Brady Bogan
Can we do a remote from Dr. Patel's office or Dr. Miller or whoever?
John Holmberg
You might as well just.
Brady Bogan
I mean, we'll go live from there.
Toledo
Surgeon.
John Holmberg
There's always Kapoor. There's no avoiding that. Now. When you said it's not eating sodium is impossible, you were wrong. But going to the doctor and get an operation without a Patel, that is now, that's incredible.
Toledo
Well, I wouldn't.
Brady Bogan
I wouldn't get an operation if there wasn't a Dr. Patel somewhere in the line somewhere.
John Holmberg
Yeah. I hadn't seen a Patel. I'm not going to trust 100%. There's no way your doctor said. Yeah, it's just. It's natural.
Wayne
You can do it.
Brady Bogan
Dr. Smith, not next.
John Holmberg
Your diet has nothing to do with it. No, that's not true at all. No way. No way. That's it. I'm going with him. Next time you're coming with me. We're bringing that goddamn Johnny Bon Jovi. Drag his ass over there. See what you're doing. Yeah, Tong, you're coming too. I want to go. I got be in the Torah. Get in the car. Tom.
Toledo
Tom, cater.
John Holmberg
So I can just get whatever I want at the hospital.
Toledo
The doctor said, why don't you bring over a platter?
John Holmberg
Kidneys are gonna fail either way. I might as well drive them out faster. Christ, I guarantee if I went to the doctor's operation. Oh, we got a big buffet when we wake up. He gonna be shocked. Surprise. Already low. Sodom option. You're an idiot.
Toledo
You have some visitors. Yeah, who's someone? Said like seven brothers.
John Holmberg
Steam trays and hot plates. Move out the way. God, this place crowded. How many people need to be in here? It's only one kidney, John.
Brady Bogan
I wish I could not give an F about myself, though, at the level that Brady does.
John Holmberg
It's hard to watch. It is hard to watch. It is hard to watch. We'll get him through it.
Brady Bogan
But that means seven brothers is out now.
John Holmberg
Oh, because that's way out. Nope. All right, well, let's get Kirby on the ball to get you a good kidney so you can keep ruining things. Let's pop one in there, talk to Kirby, because otherwise you want it around. With this dying kidney and this attitude, it's going to be another, what, month and a half for that? One's got to go, and they just start loading you up with pigs parts.
Toledo
Had a guy over yesterday afternoon was cleaning the carpet in the tile floors, and he donated his kidney out of blue. Yeah, I gave it to my nephew.
Brady Bogan
Did you get one?
John Holmberg
Yeah. Oh, what are we doing?
Toledo
I. I was just asking him about the whole procedure and everything. It's like his nephew had, you know, pretty young, 22 years old, and he's like, honey, I'm giving my kidney.
John Holmberg
What?
Brady Bogan
All right, you better hit up those two broads you live with and get one.
John Holmberg
Well, you know what? Then I'm going to change my attitude completely. Now, the Brady's doctor said what she said, which is nothing. There's nothing you can do about this at all with your diet. Let's. Let's change tomorrow's water drive to a big pork rind drop off for Brady tomorrow. I didn't have as much as he wants. It doesn't matter either way. Holmberg's morning sickness.
Brady Bogan
We should go to Vegas and go to that salt place.
John Holmberg
Oh, Salt Bay. And just drop it down. Oh, my God. It's a great idea. I mean, every doctor's told him, doesn't matter.
Toledo
I'll check it out.
John Holmberg
Yeah, you should. You should check it out. We'll get your little IV stick. Walking around with that fluid that. In your port, in your side that you're gonna have to have.
Toledo
Keep it flowing.
John Holmberg
It'll be adorable. Keep that port going. Cause you know your water's gonna. You dumb mother. So what happens when you spend a lot of time with somebody and after a while, you just watch them, you know, deteriorate and look you in the eyes and say, I don't care. I don't Care, he says, crying out loud.
Brady Bogan
This guy's wondering why Ralphie hasn't been summoned down to help Brady out during this conversation.
John Holmberg
Oh, my gosh, Ralphie.
Toledo
Yeah, he'd have some great advice.
John Holmberg
He used to always tell me stuff like that.
I
Don't have to worry about that. Look, I had gotten to a car accident when I was 16. My weight is because I'm depressed.
John Holmberg
My God, depression is so fattening.
I
I don't eat a lot, Johnny.
John Holmberg
Oh, you don't? Then how are you £700? Depression, okay, that you just pile it on.
I
Doctor says it has nothing to do with my food intake. It has everything to do with my.
John Holmberg
Body'S ability to digest all the food you put in it. Are you hearing yourself? I remember telling him in Vegas, two months before he died, I'm gonna get.
I
Bigger and bigger because that you brought making me so depressed.
John Holmberg
Because you eat when you're depressed.
I
Now that has nothing to do with it.
John Holmberg
You see me at dinner like Ralphie. I've seen your hotel room. You order takeout. You don't eat in front of people.
Brady Bogan
Oh, is that what his thing was?
John Holmberg
That was his thing was he would sit at a dinner and you're like Ralph, he doesn't even eat much. You go to his room, takes everything to go well. And that he would take everything off the table to go and then order food all night.
Brady Bogan
Oh, just room service.
John Holmberg
The day he died, they got up at 4 in the morning to go get jack in the box. He had pneumonia. Nothing better for you at four in the morning when you're. When you get pneumonia and you're not doing well is a couple of breakfast jacks and some. He was in terrible diet. Every time I talked to him about it.
I
Now it has nothing to do with it. Are you right?
Toledo
This is.
I
This is depression.
John Holmberg
Yeah, that's right. As you swallow all that depression, it's loaded with fat. Oh, I'm gonna hit him. And I'm gonna hit Ralphie too. Well, anyway, when they're dragging you out from under the bed. Well, I guess. See I told you so part. Maybe you get caught up in Gilbert in one of these. Is Kirby involved in the senior assassins? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Toledo
She played last year.
John Holmberg
Not video.
Toledo
Yes. We go out and you're squirt gunning each other.
John Holmberg
Cops are going to start shooting your kids. Do you know about that? The cops are like, we're going to start shooting them. They're painting their guns black. They walk around and shoot each other with water guns.
Toledo
She didn't do that.
John Holmberg
Yeah, well, they're starting that now. So. This is the stupidest game ever. These little handguns they're running around with in the middle of the day, they.
Toledo
Win $4,000 or $5,000 that you pay for your team, and you just wander.
John Holmberg
Around life and shoot.
Toledo
No, it's. You do it in your class.
John Holmberg
Your senior. Well, they were doing it in neighborhoods and at a grocery store. So it's expanding because, you know, they don't know boundaries.
Toledo
Yeah, well, you're not. The rules are, like, you can't take anyone out on school property during school hours.
John Holmberg
Right. So every school that's afraid of school shootings is allowing senior assassins.
Toledo
As far as I know.
John Holmberg
I mean, they're letting them run around with guns.
Toledo
If they stop it, I'm totally fine with that, but Kirby's done it two years.
John Holmberg
But nobody sees a problem with kids with fake guns that look pretty real running around a school.
Toledo
They've been. I mean, like I said, they've been doing it for years. And they're like.
John Holmberg
Again, though, like, now that it's becoming a thing to where it's like, all over again. That. That doesn't seem.
Toledo
It's been a thing for a while. And, you know, obviously that hasn't been the. The case.
John Holmberg
Yeah, it says it spans all Gilbert cops as it has been going on for a while. It spans wherever they can walk, run, drive, or ride in the town now. So they run around outside doing it. They're running around everywhere but the school.
Toledo
There was a kid parked outside of our house. Kirby couldn't leave that. You're, you know, you're in safe zones. They have all these rules except the.
John Holmberg
One, which is don't run around with a gun. The cops are going to shoot you. That one seems to kind of go away from them.
Toledo
That. That is a reminder of. I tell her that.
John Holmberg
I'm like, don't do it. This is the stupidest game I've ever heard.
Toledo
You realize what some of the. It's mostly the boys.
John Holmberg
Did you buy her a handgun of water?
Toledo
No, she has a. She bought her own squirt gun.
John Holmberg
She walks around life with a squirt gun.
Toledo
It's mostly like a super Soaker.
John Holmberg
Yeah, but like, every day she's got a super Soaker just in case.
Toledo
No, you. You're. As I remember, you're safe. If you wear water wings. You can't. You can't be shocked.
John Holmberg
Imagine curtain Dan on this. Oh, my God.
Toledo
They've got the rules where there's, like.
John Holmberg
You know, who doesn't the parents in Gilbert fires. The parents in Gilbert don't have rules. You're not back in. That's the weirdest and stupidest thing ever. They walk around with water guns trying to eliminate their friends.
Toledo
You have to film the assassination.
John Holmberg
This is a whole group of people who are evidently scared to death every day. They've got mental disorders, They've got pills they have to take for all the sadness and all the fear that they face of school problems and shootings. And this is the game they come up with.
Toledo
Well, it's definitely not that way at the Kirby School.
John Holmberg
What do you mean?
Toledo
As far as the way the kids handle them.
John Holmberg
Oh, I know, but I'm just saying in general that kids are the first thing they do. They learn how to manipulate the parents into thinking, I need. I'm so worried about my safety and all that. They're all scared to death of horrible things.
Toledo
It is an interesting.
John Holmberg
It's a terrible idea.
Toledo
Point of the Gilbert goons and all this.
John Holmberg
Right. You're scared of all the kids.
Toledo
Okay. With this game here.
John Holmberg
The teens are out of control and.
Toledo
Walk around with handguns, shaking my head during most of this when it was coming down that Gilbert has a real problem with gang fights and.
John Holmberg
Right. And you're running around letting them shoot it. Practice shooting.
Toledo
Yeah. They're playing assassin every year.
John Holmberg
You've got he's an assassin training mode.
Toledo
I can't believe you wouldn't say, oh, what are we teaching?
John Holmberg
Well, that's not their job. It's the parents. Parents jobs.
Toledo
That's what I mean.
John Holmberg
Yeah. Every parent should be like, we're not. You're not involved in this. If you get squirted, you get squirted, but you're not playing.
Toledo
Parents help out.
John Holmberg
I know. And that's what the kids. The kids on the news last night were like. Yeah. If you paint it black, it's easier to hide. Well, now it looks like a nine.
Toledo
That's dumb.
John Holmberg
Well, it's all done. Yeah, kids are dumb. Kids are dumb. Like, I mean, like, water gun fights happen in backyards. Yeah. Now they're running. They're sneaking up on each other. So you get a kid with a gun in his hand in a crouch position at the Albertsons parking lot, and he was running up behind somebody and they blurred the kid's face out and he just shoots away like that was on his TikTok. And they're like, this is a problem.
Brady Bogan
Do they play that in Maryvale?
John Holmberg
Because if Brett saw. No, they don't play that in Maryville. I guarantee you they're not doing much water gun assassinations in Maryville. If Brett's in the parking lot, he sees a dude with a gun in a crouch behind a bush, running up to a girl at the door, and he draws on her. This dude I'm pulling might finish. And parents are like, it was a squirt gun. What's wrong with you? They're just. No, it's your fault. It's the parents of. It's their fault. You're right. It's happened in Maryvale. Yeah.
Brady Bogan
Bring the goons over the Maryville and play that game.
John Holmberg
Have them.
Toledo
They might. They might.
John Holmberg
Oh, that.
Toledo
Yeah, it's big high school game.
John Holmberg
Maryvale's not playing the squirt gun game.
Toledo
No.
John Holmberg
Nobody's drawn fake guns in Maryvale. They just are like, this is. We're gonna go to work. You get it too confused. You got your real gun on your left hip, your fake gun on your right. You're gonna end up shooting somebody. And besides that, they would assume that the kids in Maryvale are going to school. That's ridiculous. They'll drop out. The point of having a Maryvale education, it's insane. Plus, most of the seniors in Maryvale have to go to work in the morning. They're like 24 years old anyway. Yeah, I was watching that in the news last night. I'm like, this, this. Shouldn't this just. Parents are the problem. Like, they're like. The cops are like, what should we do? Like, you do your job. Like you. Anybody drawing a gun on someone else, the cop's job is to take them down. Yeah, and your kids are weird. If they're 17 and walking around with super Soakers at the store. That's just strange. And then you. How does it end? Like, all the kids have to be dead now.
Brady Bogan
Who wins?
Toledo
Last man standing.
John Holmberg
How do you do that?
Toledo
Or person?
John Holmberg
So it's the Hunger Games. So they make an announcement on TikTok. Oh, I just got exactly so and so. You're down to blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Toledo
But I think they're allowed one or two buy ins, like, so it never once.
John Holmberg
Where does the money rest? Is there a commissioner? Because if it's Toledo, you're never going to see it.
Toledo
Two commissioners. Or there might be three.
John Holmberg
Man, your kids are dumb. Every one of them is a crazy thing. Well, when Brett shoots one of your kids out there because you're close to Gilbert now, you might be at one of those stores and Brett's been dying to draw on somebody for years. I know that to be true. He's a Jedi. Yeah. Watch the one last night. The kid in the news, he was literally sneaking around in a parking lot, runs up behind a bush, comes shooting out of the bush and fires right in this girl.
Brady Bogan
Somebody is gonna get shot.
John Holmberg
Somebody's gonna get shot. And then the parents would be like, this is insane. Everybody knew about assassin's water guns. Why are we so awful to our kids?
Brady Bogan
This is the first I heard about it right now, so I didn't know.
John Holmberg
I've been going on because we don't.
Toledo
Have to for years.
John Holmberg
Well, it's the parents fault then. That's been going on for years. To come up with a better game, like throw rocks at each other like we used to. That's fun.
Brady Bogan
Go play in Maryvale.
John Holmberg
Yeah, we gotta. We need to. You know what they need to do? I don't know if they still do field trips at schools where they. Instead of taking your museum, they do take you over to Maryvale and just go, hey, kids, want to play guns today? We're going to play in Maryvale. I bet you're not so cavalier and brave running around the Albertsons in Maryvale with your gun drawn so you can squirt Braden in the face. Yeah. And Kirby's still doing it.
Toledo
Yeah.
John Holmberg
So she'll grab her Super Soaker and go.
Toledo
You gotta. You have to have a partner and not everyone.
John Holmberg
Do you ever drive her around for this? Have you done that in the past?
Toledo
No.
John Holmberg
No. Okay, good. Yeah. Because that's.
Toledo
I've just had a kid, you know, he's. Like I said, there was a kid that was trying to get her outside of her house. Like she's not coming out of shot on that full time to go. And then one time another group came by trying to get the neighbor's kid and Kirby.
Brady Bogan
You got drive bys in your neighborhood too?
John Holmberg
Yeah. Water snoke drive bys.
Toledo
That's the other thing. I think that's. I. I tell her too, when they're doing these things. They're driving.
John Holmberg
Yeah. So there's stupid driving going 100 parenting issues here. Shooting at windows. So you're telling me they're leaning out windows with guns, firing at each other?
Toledo
No. Yeah. You can't shoot someone in the car.
John Holmberg
But if they're walking down the street. Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. It's Ricky, for God's sakes. And so you're basically making them.
Toledo
Could hit them from.
John Holmberg
Right.
Toledo
Yeah. The car.
John Holmberg
You're making them unafraid. Of a barrel of a gun coming out of a car. It's a game. It's fun.
Toledo
No, they. They. It's actually good training for that.
John Holmberg
Is it?
Toledo
You run.
John Holmberg
You see? Supposed to do that anyway. Hopefully. All right, well, I'm just happy I'm A, not there and B, don't have any of those little rats.
Brady Bogan
Thank you, doctor Lynn.
John Holmberg
Thank you, doctor Lynn. A real hero for two thirds of us in this room. He would be for you if you listened to him at all. But you didn't. Dr. Lynn's the one who found Brady's issues in the first place. What a. What a. What a world. Yeah. Maryvale road trip needs to happen. These Gilbert. These tough Gilbert kids need to be like, let's go to a Maryville road trip. Let's just go. Just walk around, play your game here, see how that goes.
Toledo
Skip the dairy farm field trip.
John Holmberg
Yeah, the dairy farm's not important anymore. He'll figure that out later.
Brady Bogan
Yeah, this fool parking is Tesla next to my Impala.
John Holmberg
It's like, yeah, it's like. It's the reason why those Christian schools all play each other. And you have to drive to show low to play another one. They're not going to go over there. Let's take on Maryvale's football team's like, mm, they're all 30. You don't want to play them. Those guys are semi pro. Nobody wants to play Maryvale. If you can get them off the schedule, you will, because you don't want to go there. You might beat the team, but you're in Maryvale anyway. Well, tried to solve some of the world's problems. No one's listening. Everyone does what they want. Give us a wake up song. 585-9800. A good one. Low sodium preferred. It's 98 KUPD. Wake up. Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. Head fully erect.
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Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona
Episode: August 13, 2025
Host: John Holmberg
Co-Hosts: Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Air Time: Weekdays 5:30a-10a
Release Date: August 13, 2025
In the August 13, 2025 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on Arizona's #1 Morning Radio Show, host John Holmberg engages in a heartfelt and humorous discussion about his co-host Brady Bogen's recent health challenges. The conversation delves into Brady's doctor's advice to reduce sodium intake and his reluctance to heed this recommendation. Additionally, the episode tackles concerns surrounding a local "Senior Assassin" game where children play with fake and water guns, raising safety alarms within the community.
Brady's Medical Update:
The episode opens with John Holmberg providing an update on Brady Bogen's health. Brady recently underwent an EKG, which revealed concerningly high blood pressure numbers, though overall, he seemed in good spirits. Holmberg notes, "Brady's back from his half day yesterday. EKG went well. It did, yeah. He started to fire off proud, terrible blood pressure numbers. But you seemed happy with him, so I guess that's good." (02:18)
Doctor's Advice – Cutting Sodium:
John Holmberg presses Brady about his doctor's stern advice to reduce sodium intake. Despite the clear medical directive, Brady remains skeptical and resistant. At [02:31], Toledo (Dick Toledo) succinctly summarizes the doctor's message: "Cut back on sodium." Hollyberg challenges Brady's denial, engaging in a spirited debate about the feasibility of a low-sodium diet. Notably, Holmberg asserts, "Living a salt free life is possible. Water." (03:20), emphasizing that dietary changes are manageable with commitment.
Brady's Denial and Holmberg's Concern:
Brady's reluctance to reduce sodium intake leads to a humorous yet poignant exchange where Holmberg expresses frustration, stating, "This is a problem, Brett. This is why the real friends have to stop." (02:55). The conversation highlights the tension between Brady's denial and his friends' genuine concern for his health. Holmberg continues to advocate for seriousness, remarking, "Your kidneys don't work. That's what washes. It's not working." (03:03).
Attempts to Encourage Brady:
Throughout the segment, Holmberg and the team brainstorm ways to help Brady stick to his dietary restrictions. They discuss the challenges of avoiding high-sodium foods, especially when dining out, and the practicality of substitutions. At 07:14, Toledo agrees to support Brady by saying, "I'll ask Sarah about that good.", indicating a plan to involve more support in Brady's journey to better health.
Final Thoughts on Brady's Health:
As the discussion progresses, Holmberg becomes increasingly exasperated, urging Brady to prioritize his health over temptations. He poignantly declares, "You're cleared to go in surgery to have A kidney removed and your other kidney doesn't work." (11:12), underscoring the seriousness of Brady's condition. The dialogue blends humor with genuine concern, reflecting the dynamic camaraderie among the hosts.
Introduction to the Issue:
Shifting gears, the episode delves into a troubling trend among local youth: the "Senior Assassin" game. This activity involves teenagers wielding fake or water guns, simulating real-life shootings, which has raised safety concerns in the Gilbert community.
Description of the Game:
John Holmberg describes the game, highlighting its deceptive nature and potential dangers. At 31:41, he explains, "They walk around with water guns trying to eliminate their friends." The hosts discuss how the game mimics actual violent scenarios, leading to confusion and potential real harm.
Safety and Community Impact:
Toledo and Brady express alarm over the lack of appropriate boundaries and regulations surrounding the game. At 32:17, Holmberg criticizes the nature of the game: "You're making them unafraid of a barrel of a gun coming out of a car. It's a game. It's fun." This reflects the hosts' concern that such games desensitize children to violence and create unsafe environments.
Parental Responsibility and Supervision:
The conversation underscores the role of parents in monitoring and guiding their children's activities. Holmberg asserts, "That's the parents' job." (35:01), emphasizing that parental involvement is crucial in preventing potentially harmful behaviors. The hosts lament that parents may not be adequately addressing the issues arising from these games.
Potential Consequences:
The discussion speculates on the possible outcomes of the game escalating into real violence. At 37:09, Brady warns, "Somebody's gonna get shot.", highlighting the inherent risks of such unsupervised and violent play.
Community Response and Solutions:
Holmberg and his co-hosts call for community action to curb the trend. They suggest measures such as increased supervision, stricter rules, and educational initiatives to inform both children and parents about the dangers of such games. The episode concludes this segment with a call to action, urging listeners to take steps to ensure the safety and well-being of their community's youth.
John Holmberg:
Bret Vesely (Toledo):
Brady Bogen:
The August 13 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness masterfully balances humor with serious discussions about health and community safety. John Holmberg and his co-hosts navigate Brady Bogen's health concerns with a blend of camaraderie and urgency, while also addressing the alarming trend of violent play among local youth. The episode serves as both an entertaining and thought-provoking listen, encouraging listeners to engage with important issues affecting their lives and community.
Health Awareness: Importance of adhering to medical advice, particularly regarding dietary changes to manage health conditions.
Community Safety: Raising awareness about potentially dangerous trends among youth and the critical role of parental supervision.
Host Dynamics: The episode showcases the strong bond and genuine concern among the hosts, illustrating how humor and friendship can tackle serious topics effectively.
Note: For more engaging discussions and community insights, tune into Holmberg's Morning Sickness on 98 KUPD or visit www.98kupd.com.