Holmberg’s Morning Sickness - Arizona

Episode: 09-05-25 - The Brady Report - FRI - w/Science News
Date: September 5, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo

Episode Overview

This Friday episode of "Holmberg’s Morning Sickness" features the signature "Brady Report" with a blend of humor, local flavor, and offbeat news. The hosts riff on football season, state-by-state billionaire stats, bizarre world records, science news, wild internet videos, and other oddities—all with the irreverent, sometimes edgy banter the show is known for.

Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Football Season Antics & NFL Discussion

• The morning opens with football season excitement. Holmberg teases his co-hosts for not dressing up in their teams’ gear.
  • [01:43] John Holmberg: “Football season, it’s good to see neither of you participating or caring about your teams. I, however, look like a 13-year-old boy…”
• Conversation veers into team uniforms and why cool mascots like the Jags and Bengals end up with “monumentally bad” uniforms.

2. National Days – Cheese Pizza and Lazy Moms

• [04:51] Brady Bogen: “Happy National Cheese Pizza Day and National Lazy Moms Day.”
  • The guys joke about lazy parenting and taking a day off.

3. Baseless Fun Facts

U.S. Billionaire Distribution

• California leads with 124 billionaires, followed by New York (93), Texas (48), and Florida (44).
• Eight states have zero billionaires (Delaware, New Hampshire, West Virginia, etc.)
  • [05:32] John: “Mississippi… Idaho’s loaded with them. Alabama maybe…”
  • The hosts riff on why billionaires wouldn’t live in cold or remote places.

Olympic Oddities

• Ireland's first Olympic medals in 1924 were in painting and literature.
  • The hosts joke about lost ‘artistic’ Olympic categories and Ireland’s inability to compete in modern Olympic races.
  • [07:16] John (in faux Irish accent): “They just cancelled poetry. And they’re looking to get rid of painting. What are we gonna do for sports?... Most of it’s racing the blacks—tug of war, and we’re gonna lose that one to the Bulgarians.”

Other Quirky Facts

• [07:49] Crunchy foods make sounds comparable to tiny sonic booms.
• [08:06] The U.S. Postal Service once accidentally used a photo of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas for a stamp.

4. Lottery and Gambling Talk

• Brief aside about the upcoming $1.7B Powerball drawing and which numbers are most (61) and least (13) likely to be picked.
  • [10:08] John: “I know you don’t play every time, but... what’s your number? Is it a billion?”
  • [10:55] Brady: “61 has drawn 115 times.”
  • [11:10] John: “61 is what Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift do in the bedroom because she’s a stick.”

5. Novelty Tech – The 'Tin Can' Kid’s Phone

• New product: a WiFi-only phone for kids, shaped like a tin can.
  • [12:14] Brady: “It’s like an old school landline with a cord… only approved people can call it.”
  • Holmberg jokes it’s destined for untrustworthy husbands rather than kids.
    • [13:11] John: “The dude who’s got an ‘I love my wife’ bumper sticker is going to have one of these weird can phones…”

6. Science News

Glow-in-the-Dark Plants

• Scientists in China make succulents glow using the same compound as glow-in-the-dark toys.
  • [17:25] Brady: “Imagine glowing trees replacing street lights… it’s like Avatar.”
  • John shares a story of swimming among glowing jellyfish in the Virgin Islands.

Robotics & Parenting

• Robot dog taught to play badminton, scores 10 shots before missing.
• Study finds kids of helicopter parents struggle more with stress after leaving home.
  • [19:30] John: “That’s not science, that’s… observation.”

Alien Spacecraft Theory

• Harvard’s Avi Loeb speculates an interstellar object is a massive, maybe alien, spacecraft.
  • [20:40] Brady: “Bigger is better for interstellar spacecraft… you’d want it big to fit people and withstand radiation.”
  • [21:06] John: “If they’re interstellar traveling, we can expect them to have better stuff. Can we crash something into it and see if it pisses them off?”

7. Bizarre News Stories

Violent Dispute Over PlayStation Game

• 21-year-old Florida woman, Alexandra Dominguez, convicted for attacking her mother and brother over a missing PlayStation game.
  • [22:01] Brady: “She shoved her mother to the ground and started choking her.”
  • [22:24] Also attacked her brother by grabbing and striking him in his groin.

Video Game Rage Stories

• The hosts share personal stories:
  • [23:01] John: “I almost strangled my ex-wife playing Grand Theft Auto one time… I stuck a PlayStation controller in my wall.”
  • [23:56] John (mocking): “Real nice, super mature. Oh, somebody’s gonna get killed…”

8. Offbeat World Records & Lego News

Barefoot Lego Run

• New Zealand’s Gabriel Wall sets world record: runs 100 meters barefoot on Legos.
  • [24:49] Brady: “Thank you, Heather. She did it in 24.75 seconds.”
  • They debate intentional pain vs. surprise Lego pain.

New $1000 Star Wars Lego Set Announced

• Death Star, ultimate collector series, 9,023 pieces.
  • [27:00] John: “Nerds don’t put those together… they keep them in the box.”
  • [27:35] John: “Enjoy your celibacy. It’s neat, but you’re not getting laid a lot.”

9. “Brady Videos” & Notorious Online Clips Segment

Extreme/Disturbing Videos

• The hosts react (in shock/disgust/humor) to a selection of bizarre and often gross internet videos, many of which they verbally describe for “the listeners’ benefit.”
  • Foot-taco vendors in India, bodily functions, and gross-out porn clips are discussed with graphic detail and banter.
    • [29:39] John (on Indian street food): “How do they have a billion plus people in that nation? Who’s having sex with these filthy animals? All the smart ones moved here and became doctors.”
  • Discussion of sexual acts with the elderly, homeless people, and more.
    • [36:47] John: “Old people shouldn’t do that… I’m kind of against modern medicine. I like Brady’s God’s original plan where we all kind of died around 30. There’s no reason for us to drag on into that… putting teeth in a cup and eating weens. That’s not supposed to go down.”

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [07:16][John (as an Irishman): “They just canceled poetry. And they’re looking to get rid of painting. What are we gonna do for sports? …Most of it’s racing the blacks—tug of war, and we’re gonna lose that one to the Bulgarians.”
• [11:10] John: “61 is what Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift do in the bedroom because she’s a stick.”
• [13:11] John: “The dude who’s got an ‘I love my wife’ bumper sticker is going to have one of these weird can phones…”
• [23:01] John: “I almost strangled my ex-wife playing Grand Theft Auto one time… I stuck a PlayStation controller in my wall.”
• [27:35] John: “Enjoy your celibacy. It’s neat, but you’re not getting laid a lot.”
• [29:39] John (on street food): “How do they have a billion plus people in that nation? Who’s having sex with these filthy animals?”

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:43 – Football Friday banter kicks in
• 04:47 – Brady Report kicks off
• 05:04 – Baseless Fun Facts (Billionaires, Olympics, etc.)
• 10:05 – Powerball odds & gambling banter
• 12:14 – ‘Tin Can’ kids’ phone discussion
• 15:09 – Science News intro
• 17:25 – Glowing plants & jellyfish stories
• 19:30 – Robot dog, helicopter parents, and alien spacecraft news
• 22:01 – Violent video game dispute story
• 24:49 – Barefoot Lego run world record
• 26:33 – $1,000 Lego Death Star set announced
• 28:09 – Brady Videos start (graphic content warning)

Tone & Language

• Sarcastic, irreverent, and at times crude
• Regular friendly needling among the hosts
• Willingness to get dark or shocking for laughs

Summary Takeaway

This Brady Report episode is a blend of weird news, pop-culture riffing, gross-out humor, and the signature rowdy banter fans expect from Holmberg’s Morning Sickness. With segments ranging from scientific curiosities to disturbing viral videos, and recurring jokes about old age, tech, sports, and bodily functions, the content straddles the line between edgy and absurd. Listeners get a full dose of strange headlines, “locker-room” humor, and the unfiltered group chemistry that defines the show.