Holmberg’s Morning Sickness – October 15, 2025

Episode Focus:
An energetic, irreverent blend of listener updates, national “days,” bathroom habits, pet sleep arrangements, and grisly “radio videos.” The crew—John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo, Larry—share stories, riff on bizarre surveys, and react to weird news and even weirder internet videos.

1. Listener Update: Giannis’ Wife’s Bruises [00:15–02:22]

• Email from listener Giannis: Reports back about his wife's mysterious thigh bruises, leading to a group discussion.
  • Holmberg reads: “She fessed up to the fact that the bruises weren’t from actual riding. They were trying to get the bike back on the bike rack. Evidently, she kept screwing that up…the bike was slamming into her as she tried to mount it onto the car.” [00:15]
  • The guys joke about her explanation.
    • Toledo: “All I heard was slamming.” [01:09]
    • Holmberg: “She’s not a whore. …Just a clumsy, dumb broad.” [01:12]
  • They banter about women and social media fails: "You've seen that Instagram page, 'women being women'... The one girl is trying to get water out of the water bottle and she's squeezing..." [01:25]
  • Consensus: Even if she’s lying, she demonstrated her story, which they consider “good work.”

2. Show Anniversary & Promo Ideas [04:17–05:47]

• The crew discusses how to keep management happy by encouraging listeners to download the station's app (for contests and giveaways).
  • Holmberg: "The Bob's want app numbers... Winston's trying to boost the app memberships." [04:17]
• Teases a creative idea for the show’s 25th anniversary: window stickers with a silhouette of Holmberg’s head and the slogan, “Holmberg wants to give you a little head.”
  • “Let’s say Brady’s out at Viet Shack... People with little heads on their cars... Brady will have the opportunity to... see what your prize is for giving Brady a little head right there in the parking lot.” [05:39]
  • The team riffs on the innuendo, management’s likely confusion, and long-time listeners reaching out.
    • Holmberg: “No, I don’t want to hear it anymore. Gus says John, it was almost like you were talking about me. I’m 38 years old and I’ve been listening since the first day you were on—13.” [06:32]

3. The Brady Report & Top Stories [07:59–15:21]

A. National and Global Days

• National Grouch Day, Take Your Parents to Lunch Day, and Global Hand Washing Day [08:01]
  • Larry: “And a survey about hand washing—77% of Americans say they see other people leave restrooms without washing their hands. That’s up from 68% last year.” [08:20]
  • Dissolves into a playful debate about cleanliness and men’s bathroom habits.
    • Holmberg: “The cleanest part of my body during urination is my penis.” [08:32]
    • Larry: “Men are the biggest culprits. 85% of women report they always wash their hands.” [08:55]
    • They riff on flawed hand washing, sensors that don’t work, and “rubbing your pee around.” [09:28–09:39]

B. Adult Halloween (“Adultoween”)

• Ferrero Candies’ new poll: Over 50% of adults support having an adult-only Halloween night.
  • Holmberg: “No, Adultoween is Halloween. You just abandon your children and let them go with somebody else.” [11:08]
  • Plug for the show’s upcoming Halloween party: “If you are Desert Ridge, October 31st. Night of the Singing Dead. We’ll call it Adultoween this year.” [11:14]

C. Survey: Afraid of the Dark

• 29% of Americans admit they’re still afraid of the dark; 24% use night lights.
  • Larry: “Men are more likely to admit to this than women.” [11:47]

D. Pets Sleeping in the Bedroom

• The crew discusses sleeping with pets.
  • Brady: “Yeah, all four of them, man.” [12:10]
  • Larry shares a story about a friend who attached a twin XL bed to a king size bed for his dogs. [12:32–12:55]
  • General consensus: They all have routines for where pets sleep—on beds, in kennels, on their own beds.

4. Weird News & Viral Trends [14:08–17:26]

A. Marshall’s Knife Attack

• Jersey woman attacks another after buying knives at checkout [14:08]
  • Holmberg: “It was murder. By the way, Keith Morrison on Dateline doesn’t say anything anymore—he just does the voice now…” [14:41]

B. “Magician at Adult Birthday Parties” Trend

• Google searches for ‘party magicians’ spike among 20-somethings
  • Larry: “Google says magician-for-hire searches are at an all time high…Cosmo did a story and blamed the trend on whimsy deficiency.” [15:35–16:17]
  • Holmberg: “I’m so sick of people blaming the pandemic for why they’re sad…” [16:28]

C. Hero of the Week: Madison Bridles

• Waitress in Louisiana saves a choking customer—Heimlich maneuver, not her first time.
  • Larry: “She said she’s never formally trained.” [18:00]
  • Team shares personal stories about choking in restaurants and failed Heimlich efforts, with plenty of laughter and self-deprecation.

5. The (Infamous) “Radio Videos” Segment [20:12–27:55]

Note: These segments feature the crew reacting (often disgustedly) to shocking or gross internet videos shared live in the studio. Timestamps indicate the beginning of the segment.

• Highlights of the Reactions:
  • Video 1: Man with a “pound of snot” hanging from his nose.
    • Holmes: "That was like an icicle. That was about six inches of snot." [21:01]
    • Holmberg: “That dry heave hurt. All right, I’m keeping the bucket handy.” [21:34]
  • Scooter accident, body thrown.
  • Maggot removed from a woman’s lip (“maggot lip”). [22:37]
  • “Magic trick” video: Woman appears to poop out soccer balls ("nine little baby soccer balls just came out of that Asian lady's butt"). [24:07]
  • Moped caught on train tracks.
  • Man bursts into flames in a polluted river.
  • Gimp suit man gets kicked, repelling woman in a thong—ultimately segues into cliffside sex in Sedona: “That naked lady having sex on the side of that hill was pretty good.” [27:40]

6. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Giannis’s Wife’s Story:

  • Holmberg: “She’s not a whore. Just a clumsy, dumb broad.” [01:12]
  • Toledo: “All I heard was slamming.” [01:09]

• On Bathroom Hygiene:

  • Holmberg: “The cleanest part of my body during urination is my penis.” [08:32]
  • Brady: “You’re holding it wrong, bro.” [09:55]

• On Adult Halloween:

  • Holmberg: “Adultoween is Halloween. You just abandon your children and let them go with somebody else.” [11:08]

• On Pets in Bed:

  • Larry: “So now, he’s got room for the dogs and for himself. Is it just him? No, he and his wife. Maybe a kid every once in a while.” [12:55–13:04]

• On Show Anniversary Silliness:

  • Holmberg: “Holmberg wants to give you a little head for his 25th anniversary.” [05:39]

• Gross-out Video Reaction:

  • Holmberg: “That was like an icicle…that dry heave hurt.” [21:01, 21:34]
  • Brady: “My eyes are all ready for the Heimlich, Toledo.” [23:08]

7. Final Contest Reminder & Closing [27:57–end]

• Another reminder: the 8am promo code is “TUNE”—available via the app only.
  • “The word you’re putting in for the 8 o’ clock hour is tune…on the app, you don’t email. Do not email. And don’t text it.” [27:55]

Summary Tone:

Lively, unfiltered, and loaded with locker-room banter, comic exaggeration, and running gags; plenty of laughs for those who appreciate irreverence and the bizarre.

This episode was a full serving of crude comedy, listener interaction, nutty news, and stomach-churning internet clips.