09-03-25 - Local High Schools Stocking Up On Narcan Supplies Making Us Wonder How Big A Problem Is There - What Can We Give Up Or Have As A Goal To Support Brady As He Tries To Become More Healthy

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Arizona

Episode: 09-03-25

Air date: September 3, 2025
Main Theme:
The episode centers on two intertwined topics: the increasing prevalence of Narcan (an opioid overdose reversal drug) in local Arizona high schools, sparking debate about the extent of the opioid crisis among youth; and a light-hearted group challenge to support co-host Brady in his health journey as he aims for a kidney transplant and a goal weight of 185 lbs. The tone is irreverent, comedic, and conversational, with the hosts finding dark humor in serious scenarios while encouraging solidarity and healthier living.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Narcan in High Schools: Is There a Crisis?

Timestamps: 02:45–08:45

• Hosts react to news about Arcadia High School keeping Narcan kits on hand, wondering whether opioid overdoses are actually common enough among teens to warrant such measures.
• John: Brings up that hospitals recommend patients (like Brady) keep Narcan at home if they're on risky prescriptions, sparking a general reflection on how normalized its presence has become.

  "They're saying just in case. This is a recommended right purchase." – John (03:55)

• Brett: Provides statistics: in 2023, 27 Arizona children/adolescents died of fentanyl poisoning; over 4,000 Narcan kits distributed to schools statewide.

  "By January of this year, more than 4,000 Narcan kits were distributed to 144 educational agencies in the state." – Brett (05:37)

• Hosts debate whether this widespread preparedness is overkill, and joke about whether anyone at their own station would ever need Narcan.
• A listener texts in to share that even their trucking company vehicles and workplaces keep Narcan, having revived coworkers on-site—a firsthand account that drives home the drug’s ubiquity and the seriousness of the problem.

  "I can confirm that each of our work trucks all have one in it...I've saved two guys already on the job site." – Listener via Brett (12:28)

2. Supporting Brady's Health—The Solidarity ‘Give Up a Vice’ Campaign

Timestamps: 08:45–22:55

• The group rallies behind Brady, who needs a kidney transplant, and whose doctor has set a target weight of 185 lbs for improved health.

  "The goal for Brady is 185lbs, according to his doctor...It's a very doable number." – Host (09:40)

• Each host pledges to give up a personal vice to support Brady's journey:
  • John (Host): Gives up Coke/soft drinks until Brady reaches his goal.
  • Brett: Half-jokingly offers to give up water, quickly warned off by the others.
  • Toledo: Is prodded into setting his own weight loss goal and giving up Nutella and Ritz crackers.
  • Brady: Accepts encouragement; humorously laments his identity “is food.”
• Listeners join in via text and email, pledging to quit or cut back on vices ranging from cannabis and soda to more unconventional admissions:

  "I'll give up poon." / "I'll give up my custom made AI Sex chatbot." / "I'll quit beating off on weekdays." / "I'll give up being racist. Just kidding." (Varied, 16:00–19:00)

• One listener even offers a kidney, prompting discussion of transplant compatibility.
• The segment morphs into a running bit, inventing “Brady Day”—a new tradition where everyone sacrifices a vice for self-improvement or solidarity.

  "It's Brady Day, 9-3-25...Take your one vice and end it today." – Host (14:33)

• The comedic riff continues with listeners mock-solemnly giving up everything from drinking and driving to “giving up sex at work,” with the hosts riffing on the absurdity and sincerity in equal measure.

3. Local Color, Banter & Musical Tangents

Timestamps: 01:10–02:45, 22:55–26:49

• The episode opens with music chat about Avenged Sevenfold and Metallica’s performance abilities, dipping into band gossip and the inside scoop on James Hetfield’s rehab antics.

  "When they were on stage with Metallica...Metallica knew how to work that big stage. Avenged didn't." – Host (01:48)

• As the main discussion tapers, the crew pivots to TV news: the announcement of Corey Feldman on Dancing with the Stars inspires a riff about his public image—and his connection to the show’s Arizona fandom.

  "Corey was on at four in the afternoon, and the place was pretty crowded. We have something to do with that." – Brady (24:15)

• The hosts lampoon celebrities’ choices and the changing cast on reality TV, with particular glee over Feldman’s likelihood to make a scene.

  "I have a feeling the dancer he's with will hate him by the third show." – Brady (25:24)

• Baldwins, reality shows, and local Arizona figure shout-outs round out the episode, keeping up the show's tradition of mixing pop culture, local news, and self-referential humor.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Narcan’s Prevalence:

  "Have a Narca. But full kits, like, bunches of them. You know, Brady needs a transplant. Let's pull back on all this over-preparation." – Brady (05:24)

• On giving up vices for Brady:

  "I'll give up Coke. If you get down to 185, then I can have a Coke again." – John (09:41) "Imagine how hard it is for Brady. His identity is food. Like, you're more food than man." – Host (16:15)

• Listener buy-in:

  "I'll stop smoking weed. It's Brady Day. Don't be like Brady Day. Be like...No, just, it's Brady Day." – Brett reading a listener text (15:53) "I will stop taking Excedrin and Advil on a daily basis because of Brady." – Listener via Brady (18:21)

• On kidney transplant compatibility:

  "To match someone for kidney transplant, the most crucial requirements are HLA tissue typing and blood typing..." – Brett (18:37)

• Dark/irreverent humor:

  "You can let one or two of those people that you were going to save go and say it was too late, and then we'll harvest a couple of kidneys for Brady." – Host (08:45)

• Pop culture riff:

  "He is going to be intolerable to whoever he dances with. That relationship's already toxic. I feel bad for the girl that's got a dance with him." – Brady, on Corey Feldman (25:24)

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Segment Timestamps

• Music and Metallica Banter: 01:10–02:45
• Narcan & Opioid Crisis + Stats: 02:45–08:45
• Brady Health & Solidarity Challenge: 08:45–22:55
• Listener Vices & Community Response: 14:33–22:55
• Dancing with the Stars / Corey Feldman Segment: 22:55–26:49

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Tone & Style

The conversation is irreverent, sarcastic, and rapid-fire, with a blend of gallows humor, genuine concern, and Arizona-centric references. The hosts maintain a playful but occasionally poignant tone, especially regarding health challenges and the dark realities of drug use, always circling back to jokes and community engagement.

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Transcript

[Host]

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[Brady]

You've been deceived by an agent of Satan himself. He's evil. Sitting right here. Come on. No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. There you go. A little Avenge Sevenfold. Talking about how they should have been monstrously huge and they're just not. They're big. I was waiting for them to be Metallica. I was waiting for them to be the future of Brock.

[Brett]

They missed their window when his vocal problems started. Happen delayed the album.

[Brady]

Their last album. Brett and I were just talking about this. Their last album is a love or hate. There is no in between. I liked it a lot. You didn't like it at all. And I could see why. Yeah. Makes loads and loads of sense. But when they.

[Host]

When they were on stage with Metallica that time, it's like Metallica knew how to work that big stage.

[Brady]

Avenge didn't. No, they were. They died on that stage. That was when it's a stadium. Yeah. They just weren't ready for that. They were good. Yeah. But it was like.

[Host]

They're great at the pavilion, like, you.

[Brady]

Know, at the Shed. Yeah. If you get them on a big stage, they kind of shrunk. Yep. Especially when Metallica took stage and went, oh, this is what that's supposed to. Exactly. We'll show you how to do this. Hold our beer. Hold our near beer. They don't drink anything. They say they don't drink anymore. I had a friend who went to rehab with James here in Scottsdale. It was sex rehab, to be fair. That's why he said he was there. But they went out drinking together. They'd sneak out. I didn't know you could do that at rehab. You can sneak out sometimes when you're a star. That's how that works. Brady, I officially do things differently because of your situation. You're looking healthy today again. Skin color solid. I'm keeping my eyes on you. Yesterday you turned yellow for a little bit. We sent you right home. It wasn't good. Pain's good today.

[John]

Yep.

[Brady]

Pretty. Got your magic box of fun.

[Host]

I take another pill.

[Brady]

Yeah, take another pill. About 9:30, we're going to ask you to take another pill. Okay, good. We'll get that. But I did watch the news last night, and after we got the email from somebody who said something along the lines of, like, with all the fentanyl deaths, Brady should. Because, like, we're trying to find, like, when you smile at the news now, which is, you know, a field trip goes off a cliff, and they're like a whole bunch of young people get. Hopefully a few of them are organ donors. And speed this up so you can get that. I saw a kid yesterday, Arcadia High School, and he's come up with this plan. He's going to combat the problems at Arcadia High School with heroin overdoses with Narcan kits. How many kids are overdosing on heroin at Arcadia High? At any high school, that would require full kits of Narcan. Is it that bad?

[John]

I. What's interesting is they recommended that I.

[Brady]

Buy one just in case you over.

[John]

When I leave the hospital.

[Brady]

Because you have it in the house.

[John]

I have it in the house now.

[Brady]

That's probably a good idea. I have a.

[John]

They're saying just in case. This is a recommended right purchase.

[Brady]

In case you screw up and take two or three loops. And I understand that, but remember, one sniff, that's it. You just do one, it wakes you right back up. Yeah, well, you're not doing it if you're at a point where. I was going to say, if you're at a point where you need Narcan, you're not under control. It's not nasal spray. Oh, it'd be hilarious. If you just did it for fun. I didn't realize it was that, like, prevalent where the kids at the school are like, I just can't see another one of these. I got it. Or.

[John]

And then they have. I hear commercial. Sometimes you get. It's nice. It's good to have one on the job at work, at construction sites.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John]

Which is a. The odds of having a construction is higher than.

[Brady]

Is it happening? More than we'll know. And nobody talks about it. I've never heard of anybody just dropping out here at work on heroin. I mean, you're the only one right now that's carrying heroin around because you've got the oxy in your pocket. I don't even think we've been in a risk situation for that. But I did watch the news last night and kind of like, ah, that keeps Brady out of the transport portal. These are out for a while.

[Brett]

Doesn't say where the location is. But according to Gemini, in 2023, 27 children and adolescents, because I asked for teenagers. Gave all the. All the ages in Arizona died from fentanyl poisoning. 27.

[Brady]

The whole state.

[Brett]

In the whole state in 2023.

[Brady]

I mean, it's okay to be prepared. I get that. Have a Narca. But a full kits, like, bunches of them. You know, Brady needs a transplant. Let's. Let's pull back on all this over preparation. We gotta keep the.

[Brett]

By January of this year, more than 4,000 Narcan kits were distributed to 144 educational agencies in the state.

[Brady]

Seems like we need to keep Brady alive more than we do.

[Brett]

The most prevalent.

[Brady]

Anyone else?

[Brett]

I think the most prevalent educational institution seems to be Arizona State. That uses.

[Brady]

Well, that's college. That's different.

[Brett]

Right.

[Brady]

But like, high school and stuff. You'd think you'd notice a kid that wasn't on heroin a second ago and is now like they're trapped in the same building all day. In college, you got a class, you leave for a few hours. Like you can do stuff. Like it. When do you have time to do heroin in high school? I don't remember ever having time to think. I'll shoot up and then I'll. No one will notice.

[John]

It was a little noticeable yesterday.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John]

You on the 10 milligrams.

[Brady]

Within. Within about eight minutes of you having taken that oxy, we started to see a new you. Awesome. I think Brady's on heroin, you guys. But yeah, I was.

[John]

Yeah.

[Brady]

I watched the news different. I'm like, we need to save America's sweetheart, Junior Brady. We need to make sure he's okay rather than prep all. You know, that's what we need is those healthy kidneys floating in car wrecks. Like the olden days when Brady needs a transplant. Wow.

[Brett]

So in the country from 2017 to 2022, 60,000. Almost 60,000 prescription for naloxone were dispensed to youth ages 10 to 19.

[Brady]

Oh, no. It's a problem. I'm just like, look, thousand a year. If you're telling me right now. Because the kids argument on the news last night was, I just. If I save just one life, then it's worth it. Well, same here then. If I save Brady's life, all the other ones don't matter to me. That's what he technically said. He's like, if I just save one. If a bunch of other ones die. But my plan saved one. That's good. My plan is that a bunch of these kids die and Brady gets a kidney and he lives. That's what I need for this. So we'll save Brady's life.

[John]

Is their death worthwhile?

[Brady]

It's a beautiful thing.

[Brett]

See where his mind's at.

[Brady]

Yeah, that was very booyee poon. That was something she'd say. Because yesterday we were Good poon right there, my friend. Good poon.

[Brett]

We were concerned about the infection of the diseased kidney yesterday, weren't we? Well, I mean the druggie.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah. Didn't want the. No, I don't care about that. If the kidneys are good. Yeah. An overdose is like, ah, we'll get through it. It'll.

[Brett]

Okay. It'll rebound.

[Brady]

Yeah. I think they put it through the wash once before they put it in Brady. It's a lot. But we don't have Narcan here, do we?

[John]

I would. I think we do.

[Brady]

Where do.

[Host]

Because might be in the like first aid kit area over there in the breaker.

[Brady]

That's in a first aid kit now it's band Aids and Narcan.

[John]

It wouldn't surprise me. Where else would you keep it?

[Brady]

I guess I just wouldn't think we'd need it.

[John]

I. I go where the first day. That's because that's where the. The paddles are too, right? Same area.

[Brady]

But that makes sense. We got a bunch of overweight slubs that wander around here, so heart attacks are prevalent.

[John]

And where do you catch them? In the kitchen.

[Brady]

That's what's all do they. Is there somebody doing heroin here other than you? Irresponsible.

[John]

No, I think it's a cya.

[Brady]

Yeah, it has to Be right. I guess I'm just a naive to it. I know cops carry it around like crazy because they have to wake up all those. And the cops. You can stop doing that, too. And we a lot of police that listen to the show. You can let one or two of those people that you were going to save go and say it was too late, and then we'll harvest a couple of kidneys for Brady, keep one of the freezer and one in his back. We gotta save Brady. If it's about saving lives, that's what we're gonna do. And people are saying they're super proud of you, my friend, for skipping the food and the wings yesterday and keeping it together. The goal for Brady is 185lbs, according to his doctor. You don't like hearing that. I just watched your face turn away. That's a good. That's a good doable number. It's a very doable number. We should all have to give something up since Brady's got to give up food and just drink whatever that is in here. What is that? Water?

[John]

Delicious.

[Host]

I'll give up water.

[Brady]

You give up water for Brady. Brett. That's a big thank you, Brad.

[John]

Don't do that.

[Brady]

Don't do that. Welcome. Great. You will. We'll give up water. I'll give up Coke. Ooh. I won't have. I can do that. I'll give up Coke. If you get down to 185, then I can have a Coke again. All right.

[Host]

So starting now.

[Brett]

Starting now.

[Brady]

This is the last one in the. In the building. Whoa.

[John]

But I have to hit 185 first.

[Brady]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Brett]

When you.

[Brady]

Then I can drink it again.

[John]

Oh. When I hit 185.

[Host]

So if he hovers at 186 then. And just keeps it there, you're.

[Brett]

Oh, he'll. He'll get to 186.

[Brady]

That's right. If he keeps it and calls it good, I hope his kidneys fall out. I do that. If Brady's got to give something up and we're going to keep an eye on him. Brett's giving up water, which is not smart.

[Host]

That's great.

[Brady]

There's. I don't drink any of that.

[Host]

Exactly.

[Brady]

I have four or five of those bottles a day just out of forced necessity. And I can't stand it. I hate water. It's gross. It has no taste. No. And it's just Coke Zero. Yeah. I'll do it. We can kill this. I can get rid of this stuff. It's my bad. Thing if Brady has to give up water here. Okay. You'll quit. You'll quit carbonated water?

[Host]

Yes. That'll be it for you.

[Brady]

There you go. It'll just be done with the drink. What are you going to replace it with, I wonder?

[Host]

Vodka?

[Brady]

Mine's going to be booze, too.

[Host]

Tito.

[Brady]

Tito's. Tito is. It looks like water. Exactly. Can't even tell, really. I might replace it with heroin since I know we've got all this Narcan everywhere and. No, I'm not worried about it.

[Host]

Ready to give him a pill?

[Brady]

Yeah. Let me have one.

[Brett]

I know Brett's a big fan of this, John, but can we do a Thursday kidney drive for Brady at like, Albertsons and Safeway or something? I don't know what people would bring to donate, but can we send bread out on Thursday mornings again for Brady's.

[Brady]

For a kidney drive? Just bring stuff? Yeah.

[Brett]

Again, he doesn't say what?

[Brady]

No specific thing to drop off? Just help Brady, I guess. It's a Save Ferris thing. I think that's a good idea. Is that your heroin? Yeah.

[Host]

It'll make you feel good.

[Brett]

You know who's sparked up with that one is Larry.

[Brady]

Oh, do that. Do that again. Apache Junction just got wet. The whole place. It's their mating call.

[Host]

So our sales department.

[Brady]

Yeah, a couple. Couple people down. Our sales department gets excited about that, too. Shannon's listening. He says somebody on our weekender staff has to bring Narcan in. That's probably true. Our weekend, but they can't self. I've been here on the weekends, and they're just by themselves. If they're on heroin, they're gonna just die. You don't crawl to Narcan and give it to yourself, you're done. When you need Narcan, you're out.

[John]

Yeah, pretty much, yeah.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Brett]

John, it's not just high schools. I can confirm that each of our work trucks all have one in it, as well as in the bathrooms and warehouses where we work. It's pretty bad. I've saved two guys already on the job site driving. Apparently.

[Brady]

You said work trucks.

[Brett]

He did say work trucks, so apparently I don't know where he's driving.

[Brady]

Well, that's comforting, knowing that you guys.

[John]

Are out on the road.

[Brady]

I got Narcan stations all over the trucking industry. Great. I thought you guys were trying to stay awake. Isn't that what your dad used to talk about? Like all the truckers took coke and meth to stay up?

[Host]

Crank.

[Brady]

Yeah, they had to finish their drives. That's Crazy. That's bananas. All right, I'll do that. If you're serious about dropping to 185, where are you at right now? What are we looking at?

[John]

240. 241.

[Brady]

Well, that means. But so are you doing girl weight? Is that, like, really 253?

[John]

No.

[Brady]

Are you sure?

[John]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Okay, 241. Holding about what? Go ahead. You're gonna lie to me?

[John]

Holding about what?

[Brady]

No, you started another sentence after that.

[John]

No, I've been holding. I've been there for a week now.

[Brady]

Okay, what was it before that you were in the 250s?

[John]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brady]

All right, we'll get you down there. So you're in 240s now. That's that kidney. All right, I'll give up that Coke Zero diet. I'll give up all the. The dark sodas and even the light sodas. I don't like those either. I'll be done with it. You know how they do, like when. When your friends get cancer and you do that sympathy shaved head thing? I can't do that, right? Walking around like I've got cancer all the time. Holmberg's morning sickness. I'll give up something for Brady, and you should, too. You know what? This is a good idea. This is good for everybody listening. In honor of Brady missing a kidney and showing us all the path to death, the fastest path to death, we clean our lives up a little bit. Take your one vice and end it today. How about that? It's Brady Day. 9, 3, 25.

[John]

Like a lint, kid.

[Brady]

Yeah. Yeah, it's Brady Day. You know, you're sitting there thinking about it in your car. I could never give that. Give it up today. Smoking your stupid weed habit. Something that's expensive and dumb, like Brett's water problem Toledo. What about you?

[Brett]

What would I give up?

[Brady]

What are you gonna give up in honor of this guy? So. I mean, he's dying right in front of us. We gotta do something, man.

[Brett]

I don't know.

[Brady]

What do you got? How about you have a goal weight, too, then?

[Brett]

Oh, okay. I can do that. Where you at right now? Yeah, 220.

[Brady]

220. You should probably be about 185 also.

[Brett]

I should be. I would love to see 200.

[Brady]

I think lower than.

[Brett]

Let me start. 200.

[Brady]

He's got to get to 185 from.

[Brett]

240 to get to 200.

[Brady]

Yeah, you do a goddamn thing. Look what happens when you don't look right at it. It's right sitting next to you.

[Brett]

Try not to.

[Brady]

Yeah, you end up getting organs pulled out.

[John]

Right?

[Brady]

1 8, 190 compromise. All right, 190. That's good stuff.

[Brett]

Is it a race.

[Brady]

Quality lifestyle thing?

[Brett]

Okay.

[Brady]

This one says it's solidarity, brothers. If you're gonna give up your Diet Coke problem and you guys keeping an eye on Brady, I'll stop smoking weed. Scott Blamer. All right, Quit your weed habit. It's Brady Day. Don't be like Brady Day. Be like. No, just, it's Brady Day.

[Brett]

I don't know how we're gonna track it, but texters are all over it. Yeah, John, I'm in. I'll give up soda and energy drinks.

[Brady]

There you go. That's huge. But they're terrible for you. And if we're talking about this guy's health and he's got to get healthy, imagine how hard it is for Brady. His identity is food. Like, you're more food than man. Like, everything he does is surrounding food. And he's got to talk about it a little bit. Yeah, he's got to give up, like, going to these weird lunches and all the stuff he does all the time. He's got to keep an eye on that 185, maintain a healthy weight. That's a good thing. We'll all give up something for Brady.

[Brett]

John. I'll try and send a picture, but I just threw my Nutella and Ritz crackers in the trash.

[Brady]

Paula Proctor. Toledo. Toledo. Toledo hater says Toledo has to give up talking. Hey, that's not a bad idea. That's your vice.

[Brett]

Two texters in a row. How did you not say Alex?

[Brady]

Oh, yeah, you give up on Alex. Adam says I'm starting today. I'll give up my custom made AI Sex chatbot. Well, you know, whatever's slowing you down in the day, that's good stuff.

[John]

That's commitment.

[Brady]

That's a good idea.

[Host]

Somebody's offering you a kidney. Amanda wants to know what blood tests you are.

[Brady]

Brady, it isn't about that. It's important. But it's not like certain blood types match.

[John]

Other A matches B, and I'll make sure. Well, I have a meeting today.

[Brady]

Oh, okay. Thunder Horse just emailed and says I'll give up candy bars and junk food in honor of Brady. And he's not even dead yet. You're doing it so he doesn't die. Think of all the people you'd let down if they give up all their stuff. And you hover around. This is good stuff. Brady motivational.

[Host]

Okay, John, if Brett can give up water, I Can quit. Give him five across the mouth to my wife.

[Brady]

That's right. Stop beating your wife today. That's a beautiful.

[Host]

There you go, Matthew.

[Brady]

Beautiful Matthew.

[John]

Baby steps.

[Brady]

Yeah. Ronnie just texted in and she's going to continue her boycott of sex for another three years. I think that's great. Thank you, Ronnie. Hon. She's. Yeah, she's standing strong on that. She thought that would cure you, but no, it just caused an eating habit. Man, people are in on this. All you guys have vices. We all have something. We all have something. This guy says, I will stop taking Excedrin and Advil on a daily basis because of Brady. All right? Don't have a stroke or anything. Like, if you're doing that for. I don't use Advils and ibuprofen. That's not. It's.

[Brett]

It's not as pilot matching. Gemini says to match someone for kidney transplant, the most crucial requirements are HLA tissue typing and blood typing to ensure immunological compatibility, as well as a cross match to check for preformed antibodies.

[Brady]

You got me. All that went right past me.

[Host]

Eric said he'll quit beating off on weekdays.

[Brett]

Oh, that's a big one.

[Brady]

Five days. You're just. You're going to be impossible at work. Eric. Pick something else cranky. This one says, careful, I'll give up being racist. I'm just kidding. David Vosk. Of course. All right, Vasquez.

[Brett]

I'll quit my job.

[Brady]

One says, hey, you can do that.

[Host]

See Sean Rockefeller's.

[Brady]

No, I didn't get his. Oh, there it is. Says that I'll give up drinking and driving. Sean's blind, so there's no reason for him to even. You can take it starting today. I won't find a job until Brady gets to 180 pounds. That's right. This guy's gonna be unemployed for you until you get down to the right weight.

[John]

That's pressure.

[Brady]

It's Brady Lindt. This one says, I'll give up smoking, but I don't know if I'm going to be able to do it because I have teenage kids. Give up on those. What do you enjoy more, to be honest? Smokes or the kids? And Alvina. That's from Alvina. She had like a stroke or something. She needs to quit smoking anyway. Jesus.

[Brett]

Yeah, Alvina, come on.

[Brady]

And then this guy says, I'm not stopping anything. I'm a grown man. Not sacrificing vices for him to balloon back up over to 250 again. Mark the date when he loses it and Then mark the date when it comes back. I'll keep doing what I'm doing. I'm not in. All right, well, that's. Thanks for that motivational TED talk.

[Brett]

I'll give up poon. This guy says he must be an alt az listener.

[Brady]

Yeah. Hey, William. These people are so supportive. Brady says giving up anything for Brady will be easy because it's just for a limited time. Even with two good kidneys, this isn't gonna last that long. All right, well, yeah, we can only do it until Brady. While Brady breathes earth's air. I think it's a nice thing. And all these emails are crazy. Yeah, I'll stop the soda.

[Host]

A lot of no whacking going here, too. Nick said the same thing.

[Brady]

W.

[John]

Gonna have a grumpy pent up city.

[Brady]

It says, I went to Chili's last night and I by myself, devoured two bowls of chips and salsa, three chicken crispers, tendies, tendies fries, and four sodas. Here's the thing. You could give up if you've got little cute nicknames for food. Yeah, you've got a problem.

[Brett]

Obviously, you and Brady are match made in heaven.

[Brady]

Because obviously, after feeling guilty of my gluttonous decisions, what I remind myself of is I don't need all this. And more importantly, I don't need the soda. So I'm giving that up. And maybe give up French fries. Maybe that's it. 1. Baby steps. Baby steps there, John.

[Brett]

Soda is too easy for you. If you really. You give up masturbating.

[Brady]

What's unhealthy about that, right?

[Brett]

You're supposed to do it how many times a week?

[Brady]

15 or 16, I think, is what I read.

[Brett]

There you go.

[Brady]

I do it extra just in case. Anyway. Well, there you go. There's a lot of people giving things up and just take it in your thing. Rex says he's going to give up getting single mothers pregnant and ghosting them until the end of time. Well, that's lovely. That's a nice thing. You don't have to keep it up. But if you do, you know, get back to us in a few weeks and say, hey, for Brady went. I gave up smoking. So because Brady had to give up food, which is wildly important, we'll go. We'll put little wristbands on and do the Lance Armstrong Brady strong thing and get those printed. That's almost like purity rings.

[John]

Some jellies.

[Brady]

We'll get some Brady jellies.

[Brett]

The rainbow jellies.

[Brady]

Those gay jellies. Wrap those around our wrists in honor Of Brady John.

[Brett]

I've marked it on the calendar. September 3rd, 2025. And I'm gonna come back to you in a month and with a list of all the crimes that have increased in the Valley.

[Brady]

There's definitely probably gonna be a spike in that, but still, you can do it. Be Brady strong. He's got to give up food. Think of that.

[Host]

I'll give up eating a Porkopolis daily until Bernie makes weight. Oh, wait. Never mind.

[John]

Commitment bastards.

[Brady]

All right, Pop Pop.

[Brett]

I'll give up religion in your honor.

[Brady]

Hey, I'm an atheist. That's smart.

[Host]

I'm giving up sex at work. Sign Nathan Suttle.

[Brady]

All right. That would be awesome if that was real. Anyway. All right. Also, by the way, great news in the world of everything. Finally, appointment television is back. I'm not sure when this starts, but they just announced the cast for Dancing with the Stars. Corey Feldman is on it. Yeah, I think we have something to do with this. I'm gonna give Dan Soder and Big J Okerson. Dan was all over this a long time ago, and I don't think Dan and Jay are friends anymore. I think they might just be. They used to do the podcast together, and now it's Bobby Kelly and Jay, and Dan does his own thing. Dan will be here in a couple weeks, but he was the one who kind of was, like, going crazy about Feldman about the same time I started my love for Feldman. And then so east coast, west coast, and suddenly Corey Feldman's like, having this renaissance online. Because I know for a fact it's because of this show that he went from 110 people to about 600 people at the marquee. And I knew it would be bigger next time. And then 8 or 9,000 showed up early for the Limp Bizkit Misfits tour.

[John]

That was amazing.

[Brady]

And Corey was on at four in the afternoon, and the place was pretty crowded. We have something to do with that. So then people took notice that the Feldman, through all the branches of us talking about it, then you guys talking about it, then your friends. It's that, you know, the grapevine that grew off of this. Feldman's now back in the public eye and going on Dancing with the Stars. Will he make an absolute ass of himself weekly? And we get to watch.

[John]

I was laughing a couple weeks ago because it was out at the. The Talking Stick Pavilion. It was when I went. I took Kirby to Big Time Rush.

[Brady]

Sure.

[John]

All the computers they had, they were working. All working.

[Brady]

Oh, sure. Corey Apple. Corey blamed the heat that the Internet doesn't work in the heat. He said, I don't know how you guys have Internet with this heat. Like, yeah, that's a thing. And then his computer shut down, and they couldn't do Comeback King, which is the. That's the opener, man.

[Host]

That was the main reason to go to that nightmare.

[Brady]

I'm gonna come back, Come back King. Anyway, they come, and I bet you he tries to dance to his own song on Dancing with the Stars. You do that probably at one point, you're gonna pick him.

[John]

He'll be able to incorporate something.

[Brady]

I have a feeling the dancer he's with will hate him by the third show.

[John]

And she'll quit because he's trained under.

[Brady]

The best dancer in the world, Michael Jackson. Yeah. He is going to be intolerable to whoever he dances with. That relationship's already toxic. I feel bad for the girl that's got a dance with him. I don't even know if they've announced that part yet.

[John]

Oh, there's gonna be tears, too, Corey, when he talks about his dancing background and growing up, you know, to dance with the greatest.

[Brady]

Oh, it's gonna be tough. And he's all bleach blonde now, and he's taking his shirt off. He looks like ET's dead body. This will be great. I'm worried about.

[John]

He's gonna take out Hilaria Baldwin.

[Brady]

Wow. Yeah, she's on there, too. I don't know how the Baldwins have that kind of nerve. You kill somebody, you lay low a couple years. You don't start a reality show and then go dancing. My husband killed a guy. I know. Anyway, I'll be on the dancing show earning votes. Nobody's going to vote for you. This guy says, in honor of Brady, I'll give up drinking alcohol. Signed Steve Keim, Director of security, Arizona Cardinals. That's not. Anyway. All right, well, that's a good one there.

[Brett]

But this one, I will give up trying to kill Brett's grandmother. Signed, Katie Hobbs.

[Brady]

Okay, good stuff. All right, it's 908. We got a Rock wars coming up in just a little bit. We got to prep for that one.

[Host]

It was two weeks ago. I don't even remember.

[Brett]

You did.

[Brady]

Did I? You sure?

[Brett]

I don't know or no, I think it might have been.

[Brady]

Brady throws out his. Yeah, yeah. We're not turning to you for the solid information right now. You're a drug addict. It's 98 KUPD. We get rock wars next. It's not weird.

[John]

It's pretty cool, actually.

[Brett]

No membership fees.

[Brady]

I have heard enough of this.