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John Holmberg
The best of Home Birth's Morning sickness. This is the Big Red Radio. The best story I've heard and we've had some doozies. This one tops the lady walking in and her husband having sex with her brother. Yeah, this one we've had. That's my favorite email of the year by the way though. And that was on I believe Flag day if I'm not mistaken, or President's Day or something. It was a day off. She comes home from work a little early, he had the day off and walks in on her husband nuts with her brother. And evidently they've been doing that since the 14 year marriage began. Fantastic story. Lives in my head as something that why would you a. Why do you email me this B. And, oh, and then it went further because she had a guy from work say that she's nuts. Like, he knew who it was, because, I mean, the details of that story are pretty clear. And he's like, oh, no, no, no. I know who you're talking about. I work with the guy. She's insane. She came down to this to their work one time in a bikini and said, who wants to me because my husband doesn't know how, and tried to solicit co workers to bang her and call out, well, the husband did. He. He didn't know how because you don't have balls. I mean, he likes those. So that's my favorite story till Friday, when we're hanging out Friday at the Bisquick show. Feldman hasn't taken the stage yet. Dude behind us says, hey, Brady. Hey, Holmberg. What's going on? We start talking to him, and his friend who's with him starts saying things, and it's hard to understand him. It's like, oh, okay, something going on here. And then the. The. The taller guy goes, he's got als. It's bad. And he was diagnosed with a very aggressive. And couldn't have been more like a beam of sunshine. Yeah, he's been diagnosed with als. He's still moving around. He still got his.
Brady
Started in his arm.
John Holmberg
His friend. Yeah, his friend keeps telling him he's dying. You know he's dying. I'm like, okay, quit celebrating that he knows. And the guy's laughing, and we're joking. He's got a funny shirt. Everything about the guy was just electric energy of positivity and no sadness. So we're talking to him about als, and he's. He's talking. His friend's kind of translating, getting through it. And then his friend says, and this is the topper of the whole thing. He just caught his wife cheating on him. Like, wait, ALS guy, Lou Gehrig just caught his wife cheating on him? And he's like, yeah, he filed divorce papers today. And then his friend, of course, because that's all he kept saying was, he's dying. I know, I know, I know, I know. But let's get back to this. His wife started phoning someone out, and he goes, yeah, someone at her work. You know her. I'm like, I do. He goes, yeah, she's waited on you before. I'm like, where? I text that squirrel? I'm saying, so now, again, this is just speculation on my end. All this could be, you know. Yeah, refuted by the waitress. But they throw that bomb at me, and I'm like, what? He goes, yeah, they. Like, she's going to run off with some guy from her work because her husband's got the als. Like, she couldn't wait a year. Like, it doesn't seem like it's going to be that much longer before, you know. And that's what his friend kept saying. It's like maybe like he's got a year before. It's like he can't even chase her. He found her phone and went through it, thinking something's not right, and went through her phone and found the text messages, evidently, and filed for divorce. She's boning a guy at work while her husband has als, the Lou Gehrig's disease. Diagnosed with it one year ago. God knows how long he's got. Who knows? Maybe it'll last a while. Maybe they'll cure it, which would be great. And he's smiling and laughing. He goes, yeah, what are you gonna do? And I'm like, I guess you're kind of getting used to disappointing news. This is one thing after another kind of deal. It's like, yeah, shrug your shoulders.
Brett
You know, she could be up for.
John Holmberg
S Bag of the year with that story. That is sort of what I was thinking Friday. I'm like, maybe we nominate for S Bag of deer. But we don't know the story.
Brady
We don't.
John Holmberg
Maybe he caught ALS from copious amounts of gang banging. I don't know how you catch.
Brady
Let me tell you, it has, you know, like I said, initially, it started out in his arm.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
And I've never. I don't know, I don't have much experience around someone that has gone through als, but, man, it has taken over his body into the voice.
John Holmberg
That's what it does. It eliminates your ability.
Brady
Very hard to understand.
John Holmberg
Just makes it so you're just a little bit of brain power and a couple eyeballs after a while. And, yeah, it's. It's getting him. Right. But he's like, I'm just. And I said, how are you feeling? And he goes, amazing. Every day is a gift, especially now that he. So I even said. I'm like, is this, like, the best thing that's happened? He goes, getting rid of her is amazing. Like, that you got good news because. But who's going to wipe you? That was another question. Like, what do you got going on? Like, you. She needed to wipe you. Like, now you got. Your friend has to do it. Like, where are you going for wipeys? Because that was her job for a year. You know, clean out the sack and stuff.
Brett
There's always an answer. B.A.
John Holmberg
Day. Yeah. His name is Matt. I just got the email, said his name is Matt. And Matt was inspirationally happy at the show. And I'm not one of those people that goes, he's such an inspiration. No, he's not. I don't want what he's got. That's not inspiring at all. I want to stay away from it.
Brady
He loved every minute of that.
Brett
Cory.
John Holmberg
First thing I said to him, like, can I catch this? Do they know for sure that, like. All right. I'm just telling you, Matt, if this goes my way, if I start feeling a little ache and pain in my elbow, I'm gonna take a few steps to the left. I'm not gonna stand by you the whole night. He was awesome. But that wife of his s bag of the year. I mean, up there. Do you. And I gotta hand it to him. I got the als. I'm giving a pass to her. Yes, I get it, because I gotta.
Brady
Time to set you free.
John Holmberg
Yeah, I got it. I'm letting her stay. I'm not. I'm not at all, like, I need somebody to, like, be there in a couple of weeks just in case. I don't want to be at the house going through divorce. The last thing I want to do is have drama in my house. Whoa. Is have drama in my house at all. I want somebody there to clean the poops. And I'm. And actually, it's an opportunity for me to over ALS a little bit. Maybe I could have made it to the bathroom, but I took a dump on the hallway floor and pretended like I couldn't. She's got a spot. Clean that up.
Brett
Maybe with all the money he's saving, he can.
John Holmberg
He can upgrade. Does Judge still split? Oh, man. There's no.
Brady
I don't know about saving money.
John Holmberg
I don't know about enough grade. No offense, Matt, but you're. No. You're in no position right now to go swing.
Brett
Well, some broad could see 60 days left or whatever.
John Holmberg
There's that.
Brett
That's what I'm looking at.
John Holmberg
Does Matt have some cash?
Brett
Never know.
John Holmberg
Excellent point. But some sympathy poon, maybe you'd get some of that.
Brett
I mean, she. Don't, you know, where she works.
John Holmberg
That's true.
Brady
Yeah. So the odds of him saving money.
John Holmberg
Yeah, she's yelled at me before because I went to the Texas Grill. Megan's parents wanted to have a. They wanted. They fooled me and said, we're going to Phoenix. City Grill. Because, you know, Texas Grill tried to kill me once.
Brett
I was there.
John Holmberg
You were there, and nobody seemed to mind that she wasn't the waitress that didn't care while I was getting a Heimlich maneuver. And she still put our drinks down. That was a different level. She was the one that I went there because Megan's parents had some sort of celebration, like, meet us at Phoenix City Grill. So I started to walk there. And as I'm walking by Phoenix City Grill, I hear, hey, hey. Or by Texas Grill, I see Megan in the door, like, what? They wanted to go here instead. And I'm like, I'm going home. What? I'm going home. That place tried to kill me. And I wouldn't order food. And when I left, a lady came over and said. I think she said husband. I don't remember if his boyfriend. He listens all the time, and he always texts me and says, they're ragging on you at the thing. And I'm like, oh, that's you. I said, the reason I didn't order food is because one of you would have recognized me, probably from all the bitching I've done about this place trying to kill me. So I just got a soda, and I, I, I probably drank a bunch of semen in that soda, and I guess I'll have to deal with that. But I'm not eating any of that food. I think that was her. And I don't know the whole story, but if what he told me was.
Brady
True, he said he waited on all of us at one time. I was even at that situation. Like, he's been there a long time. Yeah.
John Holmberg
I'm like, holy cow. And one of the people that she's boning works there, too, but that's just restaurants, you know, ALS or otherwise. That was going to happen. One of those Coach is going to nail a bit. It's going to be a thing. If you've got a waitress for a wife, somebody's banging her you don't know about. And he barely speaks English.
Brady
Cook just got out of the way.
John Holmberg
I mean, Brady's. Brady's Place is a perfect example of that. At Porkopolis, the early days of Porkopolis, you had. Who we called the giraffe because she was nine feet tall, absolutely spectacular to look at body for hours. And like, my God, she's not gonna be here long. Brady, don't worry about that. Because she's. This one doesn't have to work. And then like a month later, yeah, she got knocked up by one of the cooks. I'm like, well, that's a restaurant. You're running a restaurant. Nice job. It's an restaurant now. And the cook was like, nothing special. Like, she was just so damaged by her father that she'd have sex with just about anything that looked at her sideways. And. And he put a baby in it. That happens. But, yeah, it was a. What a story. That was the highlight of the Feldman night. And then Feldman went out and started to play his guitar. And the best part was he had. Some lady had made him a guitar. So he made this big deal of display about this guitar, which just was a black custom made. Nothing about it was that special. It was a black guitar with what looked like a Crown Royal, Beautiful Crown Royal logo on it. I'm like, I could have put a sticker on a guitar too and called it special. And then he went to play it. He just muted the strings and strummed. He put force four fingers over the strings and deadened them. And it did. That's not gonna make a single noise. That's all you're gonna hear. And I'm like, he's not playing. And then the guitar solo is so bad.
Brady
And it ended, which I thought was like, in the middle, you see the highlights? And I thought it would be longer. It's like 35 seconds. And that's how the song ends, man.
Brett
So bummed I missed that part.
John Holmberg
Yeah, you had to go. But it was great. Said if I get ALS and have to get divorced, I'm maxing out every card we've got. What's mine is yours, lady. And I need a pre death jet ski. I'm not divorcing her at all. That's a good idea. Run it all into the earth and leave her with the debt. Genius. And use her cards. I don't know that I'd file for divorce with the als. I think I'd make her stay. And I'd poop a lot more. I just took a dump in the couch. That's als. Like, oh, you poor little thing. And if she's not willing to clean that, if she runs away, man. Oh, man. But Matt. I fell in love with Matt on Friday. Seemed like a hell of a guy. And I'm rooting for you. But that whole inspirational thing. Not for me, my friend. No, no, thanks. That's. I'm not inspired by at all. I don't want to go out and do what you're doing. I'm gonna do the opposite of what you're doing and not catch ALS culmberg's. Morning Sickness Culmberg's Morning Sickness Gladiate At.
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John Holmberg
This is your fault, dumbass. Then I start laughing because it's pretty good. And Luke told me about some people who are possibly listening today. But evidently I have a girl named Katie who works at a dental office. Where is that you gave me? Oh, Katie Gibbons and her husband. She's been listening to the show for years. And Luke said that as a woman who's been listening for a long time, Luke said if I introduced you to her, she'd have an orgasm and die. And I want to see.
Brett
You want to see a dead body?
John Holmberg
I want to see that. I want to see if that's possible. Meeting me, you immediately orgasm and then pass away. And evidently, her husband got tired of her talking about me, so he calls me Boner bird around the house. And she's, like, totally in. I don't know, Katie, but she's got two dogs named Luna and Millie. Husband's name is Scott. I learned the whole. The whole family dynamic yesterday, so thanks a lot. You got that going for me. I got that going for me that at one point or another, there's a woman out there on this planet that may orgasm and drop dead just for meeting me, which I happen to think is scientifically impossible. Now, I've tried to make women orgasm, and that's the hardest part. I think I can make you die faster than the other thing. That. That first thing seems miserably difficult. But, Katie, I appreciate it. And. And Scott, there's really no reason to be jealous of me. Bonerberg is. There's no real threat here. You're fine. I'm kind of me making your wife sexually aroused to a point of, you know, to levels you can. Yeah, exactly. To levels you can't do. Is kind of like what we were talking about with the hung Mexican thing. It's just not really. It's. It's. It's not gonna happen. Don't worry about it. Not at all. But, Katie, I appreciate that. And Bonerberg is here for you and your whole family and super, super happy that that's out there somewhere. That. That. That's the perception. At least it's a perception, because I even said to Luke, when he told me about it, I said, if that's a real story, like, I want that to happen. I don't want to kill anybody. But if that's how I did kill them, that's a great story I have for the rest of my life. And even if she doesn't die, just like, maybe goes into a coma for a couple of Days or like, just falls down even. Yeah, she had an orgasm. I shook her hand. She had an orgasm. Because I know for a fact that whatever I have, for the most part, makes women, they struggle to have orgasms for like a year after meeting me with, no matter who they're with.
Brady
So I had a buddy send me an article last week just that I had a. Such a big orgasm which went into a coma.
John Holmberg
Yeah.
Brady
I couldn't verify the article. I was like, is that real?
John Holmberg
Yeah. Well, don't go looking into that, Brady. It'll just make you feel bad. It's like, oh, that's a possibility. And again, if you're a guy who's comatose, a woman, if you've put her into the hospital, there isn't a man alive. I don't care how much you love your wife or whomever you're with. If you're having sex with her and she goes into a coma, you're smiling all the way to the hospital like there's something takes over where it's like, I don't even care if she's okay. This is. At least she died doing what I love. There is nothing about a man who thinks that if you. If you destroy a woman through sex, there isn't. You're not sad about it. You're not. You don't have any ptsd. You don't have. You're thrilled. And women, you're probably the same. If you killed a man sexually, that's bragging rights. You're feeling pretty good about yourself afterwards.
Brett
So none of us would ever be have that claim because we wouldn't be in radio, we'd be in the movies.
John Holmberg
It's a headline. Mind blowing orgasm left me in a coma. I mean, I break up with that girl every week. I'm gonna go now. Oh, you can't leave. Like, she can't go on to someone else. You gave her multiple comas, for God's sakes. That's pretty great. I, on the other hand, might as well just bring a bucket of beach sand and put it in you because it's gonna take years for you to get all that dryness out. That's what I provided. Pretty impressive, comatose man. I know you like Ronnie, and there's a nice. But if you put her in a coma, you'd be back to work the next day. You're, like, ready. You should take some time off. Your wife's in a coma. Did I tell you how like there would be? You would want to go see your friends as fast as I'm telling everyone. I wouldn't. I wouldn't sit and mourn. I wouldn't be at home going, oh, it's the worst. I can't believe this happened. I'd be like, wow, I need to tell. While she's in the coma and quiet and not paying attention, all my friends are getting this text and sending pictures of her with the tubes in her mouth, because I know, hey, Brett, guess what I did. Megan's in a coma, and it's. It's a big one. Brett would text back, oh, you're lying. And then you get a snapshot real quick laying in the hospital bed with tubes and. And then just turn the. I'll turn the camera on me and just wink at you. Told you what really happened. I know it's hard to believe. Where'd she fall, Victor? Comatose boys.
Brady
I don't know about that, Nathan. Yeah, I'm not sure if I believe.
John Holmberg
I'm so. Yeah, well, maybe that happened in the beginning. Maybe. Nathan, just. Maybe she just dropped. But the. Yeah. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry you guys are dealing with this. Why? This is great. She'll be all right. And if not, I'm fine. The story. I'm legend now. I'm neo sex into a coma. But if. Yeah, if Katie. If Katie is out there and she's like, well, I would. And evidently she's been listening since she was young, like high school age, and for some reason just has this desire to hear every word I say and then rub up against the words. And then I think, that's what's happening. There we go. Good morning. It's not me, Brad.
Brett
Apparently it is.
John Holmberg
Ah, I guess you're right. I can't fight it. I can't fight it. Well, we have to stay out of the same room then, because from what I've. What I've had described to me, Katie would, you know, just start spraying like the Bellagio and lose all her bodily fluids and then drop dead right in front of me. And I'd have to. I'd have to. I'd have to celebrate that pretty heavily that night.
Brett
Maybe she'll come to your release this Wednesday.
John Holmberg
Oh, I don't know if that's a good idea.
Brett
I mean, the barrel lease, right?
John Holmberg
I don't know. That's pretty. That's pretty. I'd be pretty disappointed if I met her and she'd be like, huh? Because that's what's gonna happen. Oh, nice to meet you. I've been listening since I was 14. And then she'd call me like Holmgren or something and be like, oh, it's all overblown. But her husband calls me Bonerberg because he got so tired. And he said. And he called me Bonerberg, not because I'm a boner. It's because his wife gets a lady boner for me. And you. There's what, seven and a half billion people on the planet? You, Katie, are the only one who has that. There isn't another woman on this planet.
Brett
Megan's probably home laughing at her right now.
John Holmberg
You can have him. Get him out of here. Killed another one again. I mean, it was that, like, what if you were just killed again? What happened? I was out there. I met a couple of ladies and they had orgasms and dropped that. I should probably stop with new people. I just don't think that's a good idea. So, Katie, I don't want you. I feel like I took a job from black.com because that's what happens. And that's. I don't want you to feel bad. Old Bonerberg. Scott, if you want to watch, it's a new group. Yeah, Bonerberg's good. The Boner Bergs. Alex Jones. Been on them for a long time. But if. Scott, if you want to watch me shake your wife's hand and send her into a. You know, take her to a better place as it is, because she's not gonna make it, I'd like to see that.
Brady
Teach me.
John Holmberg
I don't know how to do it. I don't know what I'm doing. I guarantee you it's sort of a DeLorean. It seemed like a good idea, and then you got in it and you're like, ah, geez, this is horrible. It's bad when most of your sexual conquests end with. Anyway. Oh, are you leaving? Yeah, I think I'm gonna go home. That should do it. Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect.
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Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Arizona’s #1 Morning Radio Show
Episode: 08-26-25 – Meeting Matt The ALS Guy At Feldman Show Whose Wife Is Cheating On Him
Air Date: August 26, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Brett Vesely, Dick Toledo
This episode centers around an extraordinary and deeply personal listener story shared at a Feldman concert. The hosts discuss their encounter with "Matt," a man diagnosed with advanced ALS who discovered his wife was cheating on him. Through dark humor and honest conversation, the show delves into themes of adversity, resilience, betrayal, and their signature irreverent take on tragedy. The episode also includes comic asides about listener relationships with the show, workplace affairs, and the peculiarities of restaurant culture.
At the Feldman show, the crew meets Matt, introduced by his friend as having aggressive ALS, yet radiating positivity (03:16).
Despite communication difficulties, Matt maintains humor and grace in the face of adversity:
"Everything about the guy was just electric energy of positivity and no sadness..." (03:18, John Holmberg).
The gut-punch: Matt just caught his wife cheating and filed for divorce.
The hosts react with empathy, dark humor, and astonishment at the wife's actions:
“She couldn’t wait a year? ...It doesn’t seem like it’s going to be that much longer.” (04:09, John Holmberg)
Discusses Matt’s unexpectedly upbeat attitude:
“I said, how are you feeling? And he goes, 'amazing. Every day is a gift, especially now...'” (05:47, John Holmberg)
Holmberg asks the practical (and crude) questions about care after divorce amidst declining health:
“Who’s going to wipe you? ...That was her job for a year, you know, clean out the sack and stuff.” (06:02, John Holmberg, [05:47-06:22])
On "inspiration":
“I’m not one of those people that goes, he’s such an inspiration. No, he’s not. I don’t want what he’s got.” (06:23, John Holmberg)
Brief debate on the morality of the wife’s actions—Holmberg suggests that under such tragic circumstances, maybe he'd "give her a pass."
“I got the ALS. I’m giving a pass to her. Yes, I get it...” (07:01, John Holmberg)
The crew jokes about divorce strategy with ALS:
“If I get ALS and have to get divorced, I’m maxing out every card we’ve got...I need a pre-death jet ski.” (11:26, John Holmberg)
Introduces listener “Katie,” a dental assistant reportedly so enamored of Holmberg she might “orgasm and die” if they met (14:26).
“Meeting me, you immediately orgasm and then pass away...Which I happen to think is scientifically impossible.” (15:05, John Holmberg)
The group extrapolates about the mythical power of giving someone a “coma-inducing orgasm,” shifting to jocular self-deprecation.
“If you destroy a woman through sex…You’re thrilled. And women, you’re probably the same...that’s bragging rights.” (17:19, John Holmberg)
“The best story I’ve heard—and we’ve had some doozies. This one tops the lady walking in and her husband having sex with her brother…”
—John Holmberg (01:39)
“Everything about the guy was just electric energy of positivity and no sadness.”
—John Holmberg about Matt (03:18)
“He just caught his wife cheating on him… ALS guy, Lou Gehrig, just caught his wife cheating on him?”
—John Holmberg (03:28)
“I’m not one of those people that goes, he’s such an inspiration. No, he’s not. I don’t want what he’s got. That’s not inspiring at all.”
—John Holmberg (06:23)
“If you’ve got a waitress for a wife, somebody’s banging her you don’t know about.”
—John Holmberg (09:35)
“Meeting me, you immediately orgasm and then pass away...Which I happen to think is scientifically impossible.”
—John Holmberg (15:05)
“...If you destroy a woman through sex, there isn’t—you’re not sad about it. You’re not—you don’t have any PTSD. You’re thrilled...And women, you’re probably the same.”
—John Holmberg (17:19)
True to the show’s candid and irreverent nature, the episode is both shocking and darkly funny. The hosts use Matt’s story as a lens through which to riff on mortality, betrayal, and the absurdity of daily life, never hesitating to lean into uncomfortable humor. Their banter about cheating, restaurant culture, and listeners’ intense attachments to the show provides comic relief, making the heavy themes more accessible.
Despite the personal and emotional content, the episode never veers into sentimentality, maintaining the show's trademark blend of outrageous empathy and roast-style sarcasm.
For listeners new to the saga, this episode captures the raw, roller coaster energy of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness—where life’s tragedies and ironies are material for laughter as much as for empathy.