Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Arizona's #1 Morning Show

Episode: 09-03-25 (September 3, 2025)

Brief Overview

In this raucous, irreverent episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness, John Holmberg and his co-hosts—Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo—take listeners on a wild ride through news oddities, local Arizona weather, and offbeat listener emails. The crew's attempts to pronounce tricky reporter names, tongue-in-cheek discussion of a weatherwoman named Bo Yi Poon, and their take on bizarre new laws set the tone for a show filled with laughter, sharp banter, and their trademark edgy humor.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Name Pronunciation Hijinks & Local News Oddities

• Craig Negrelli: The team riffs on the challenges posed by the reporter Craig Negrelli’s name, joking about unfortunate ways it could be mispronounced (01:24–06:05).
  • Holmberg: “You can't start any name with those three letters and not have every white guy go, oh, we're gonna get in trouble for even knowing that guy.” (05:07)
• Bo Yi Poon: The team discovers an East Coast weatherwoman named Bo Yi Poon and cannot resist endless jokes, especially given that (despite her Asian-sounding name) she isn’t Asian (15:07–16:33, recurring throughout episode).
  • The hosts spin off into running gags about “soaking wet Poon,” “Poon alerts,” and weather segments.
  • “She’s as white as they get, and she’s doing some sort of Asian tai chi meditation at work.” (43:25)

2. Recent Law: Ban on Selling Ultrasound Photos

• The crew dives into the recent legal ban on selling ultrasound photos, unearthing wild reasons for the law—namely, scams involving fake paternity and extortion (06:46–11:10).
  • Holmberg: “Who’s in the market for that? ... Crazy broads were extorting guys they slept with ... saying, ‘this is your baby’, and getting money from them.” (06:46–07:11)
• They debate the emotional side, riff on DNA tests, and roast the scam’s underlying absurdity with their signature dark humor.

3. Celebrity Paternity: The Sean Astin Story

• Brady retells the labyrinthine story about actor Sean Astin’s paternity, with multiple famous potential fathers (11:37–14:50).
  • Brady: “...So he married him when he's a year and a half old, so he adopted him. John Ashley.” (12:08)
  • Holmberg: “Patty leduc is a black porn star. Go on.” (11:55)
• The story serves as a springboard for more DNA/paternity riffing.

4. Listener Emails: Divorce, Health, and Advice

• Advice to Men: A listener email shares a tale of post-divorce rejuvenation, urging men not to stay in unhappy marriages (26:01–27:57).
  • Emailer: “It is not cheaper to keep her. Start over. I’m slaying. I got three on board right now... My blood pressure is down to 110 over 60. ... Not cheaper to keep her.” (26:13)
• Brady's Health: A touching (and darkly funny) email warns Brady to take his kidney health and transplant prospects seriously, referencing another man who died after not caring for himself (28:01–31:22).
  • Emailer: “Otherwise I will kill you myself if you don’t do this right. I love you, dark hearted bastards.” (29:50)
  • Holmberg: “The true irony is if he choked on salad ... It’s kale. He’s choking on some kale. ... Actually that makes a lot of sense.” (30:25)

5. Weatherwoman Bo Yi Poon: Running Gag

• The Bo Yi Poon bit explodes into sketches and improvisation—imagining Poon covering storms, launching a "Poon Tang stand", shameless wordplay, and a deep (and oddly investigative) dive into Poon's actual background via Google-stalking (16:33–46:07).
  • Holmberg: “Are you wet, Poon? ... Don't adjust your tv. It's just pixelated. We've got a soaking wet poon outside.” (20:24–21:36)
  • “You’d be blown away at how well the Poon Tang stand is going.” (24:12)
  • “She has sweet Poon.” (24:19)

6. Lottery Dreaming: How Would They Quit?

• The team discusses what they’d do if they hit the $1.3 billion lottery—when they’d quit, whether they’d finish jobs, and how they’d say goodbye, complete with dramatic, comedy-infused scenarios (36:01–42:20).
  • Holmberg: “I want my lawyer completely focused on the trial. I don't want him thinking about his house in the Bahamas and totally, like, we won a billion dollars last night. All right, let's get back to your theft charges, Lamont.” (38:13)
  • “...I’d go back in after going to a plastic surgeon, having your middle fingers enlarged, and walks through the building for, like, an hour telling everybody ... go yourself.” (41:07)

7. More Listener Emails, Bands, and News Personalities

• More emails come in, including another shout about weather personalities and divorced life.
• Frank Camacho, a respected local newsman, is discussed (27:58), including news of his passing.
• The show wraps up with music picks, more Poon jokes, and the irrepressible Ted Nugent reference—“Wang Dang Sweet Poon Tang.”

Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On challenging news names:

  • Holmberg: "Just don't want to see that word on my tv. ... you can't start any name with those three letters and not have every white guy go, oh, we're gonna get in trouble for even knowing that guy." (05:07)

• On the scam for ultrasound photos:

  • Holmberg: "Just give me a few thousand dollars. I'll make this all go away." (07:11)

• On DNA testing paternity:

  • Holmberg: "Nobody should ever pay a woman any money until there's a DNA test involved. And that goes for husbands." (16:37)

• The Bo Yi Poon saga:

  • Holmberg: "Bo Yi Poon. ... She's not at all... She might as well be from Stockholm." (15:07)
  • "It's raining outside and we've got booy poon standing by a puddle. Are you wet, Poon?" (20:35)
  • "Her name is Bo Yi Poon, also the mother of Sean Astin..." (15:14)
  • "You'd be blown away at how well the Poon Tang stand is going." (24:12)
  • "She has sweet poon." (24:19)

• On adulthood and joking:

  • "Back in the... you had... Frank Camacho and Heidi Fogel song on tv, if the weather person was named Booy Boo, they'd have changed her name to Susan Johnson. That would have been it." (24:29)

• On quitting if you win the lottery:

  • Holmberg: "You're not that important. Nobody's important." (37:37)
  • "After going to a plastic surgeon, having your middle fingers enlarged, and walks through the building for, like, an hour telling everybody ... go yourself." (41:07)

• On Brady’s health precautions:

  • Emailer: "Otherwise I will kill you myself if you don’t do this right. I love you, dark hearted bastards." (29:50)

Notable Segments (Timestamps)

• Name Pronunciation Fiasco: 01:24–06:05
• Ultrasound Photo Scam Explored: 06:46–11:10
• Sean Astin Paternity Discussion: 11:37–14:50
• Bo Yi Poon Jokes Start: 15:07–16:33 (& throughout)
• Listener Email – Divorce & Self-Help: 26:01–27:57
• Listener Email – Brady’s Health: 28:01–31:22
• Lottery Quitting Conversations: 36:01–42:20
• Delving into Bo Yi Poon’s Background: 43:22–46:59

Tone and Style

The tone is consistently fast, spontaneous, and sarcastic, veering between bro-banter, news parody, sincere listener engagement, and adolescent name humor. The hosts play off each other's improvisations, frequently escalating jokes into longer bits ("wet poon" weather updates, the fantasy lottery resignations). Occasional heartfelt moments—especially around listener emails and Brady’s health—break up the relentless irreverence.

For Listeners Who Missed It

If you didn’t catch the episode, know you missed a rollicking blend of inside jokes, Arizona-centric humor, news send-ups, and off-the-cuff chemistry. The show’s highlights revolve around bizarre news names turned into comedy gold, social satire around scams and relationships, and the kind of banter you might expect if your older cousins never learned to grow up. At its core, the episode is a showcase of camaraderie, local flavor, and shamelessly childish laughs—Arizona’s #1 morning radio show doing exactly what makes fans tune in.

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