Holmberg’s Morning Sickness – 11-12-25 – FULL SHOW – WEDNESDAY (98KUPD)

Date: November 12, 2025
Host: John Holmberg
Co-hosts: Brady Bogen, Big Dick Toledo
Absent: Brett Vesely (family loss)
Theme: A blend of morbid humor, personal nostalgia, chaotic banter, and sharp-tongued commentary on everything from inheritance cleaning to survivor guilt, the pitfalls of hoarding—plus culture, news, and AI paranoia, all filtered through Holmberg’s signature irreverence.

Episode Overview

Main Purpose:
The show freely traverses listener-submitted oddities, personal stories—especially about clearing out a relative's “pod” after death—parenting, legacy, unsettling neighbor childhood flashbacks, American survivalism, small-town weirdness, and AI’s encroaching influence. The team dives into history, dark comedy, and brutal honesty, keeping the tone both biting and hilarious.

1. Opening and Set-Up (02:01)

• The show opens with Holmberg, Brady, and Toledo. Brett is out (dealing with his father’s death; the crew pays subtle homage throughout).
• Opening banter celebrates Phoenix's unseasonable 85° weather.
• Key Quote:
  “The whole world's a pool. Just get in.” (John, 02:10)

2. The Great Pod Cleanout: Death, Hoarding & Weird Inheritance (02:42–18:00)

Brady’s Family Inheritance Pod

• Brady discusses inheriting a storage “pod” packed with someone else’s tax returns, old paperwork, mystery keys, and random personal artifacts.

• The pain of sorting through lifetimes of paperwork (tax returns, business records), arguments about hoarding, and the hope for “secret money.”

• One set of mystery keys lead to a search for safety deposit boxes in Denver.

  Quote:
  “You’re trying to find the secret money. I see what’s going on.” (John, 04:54)

• Discussion of cash-hoarding relatives, safes that contain nothing, and the futility of sifting for treasure.

• Cool Find: Glass-blown art, specifically a $900 hand-crafted bong and other unique glass pieces from an aunt renowned for kiln/manufacturing glass-blowing ovens (Denver Glass).

  Quote:
  “It’s a glass-blown bong…like a vine growing with a gecko. Very Colorado.” (Brady, 09:41)

Tools, Art, and "Racist Relics"

• Brady scores a nice set of Cobalt tools.
• Odd art, including vintage advertising with uncomfortable racist overtones, prompts the crew to clown on Brady’s dad’s bizarre collectibles and outdated Americana.
• A running joke riffing on the whiplash of inherited weirdness: Italian scooters, welding torches, childhood art that hasn’t aged well.

3. Legacy, Gun Hoarding & Survivor Apocalypse Banter (18:00–25:00)

Guns and Inheritance Anxiety

• John and Brady riff on their parents’ stashes of guns and “what happens when the apocalypse comes.”

• Stories of older dads prepping for civil war in Texas Hill Country.

• John laments the burden of offloading an arsenal and not knowing what's valuable.

  Quote:
  “Don’t make your death my job!” (John, 18:15)

War Trophies and Family Heirlooms

• Brady’s family has knives taken off dead German and Japanese soldiers; John wonders if some kid in Germany treasures American dog tags.

• Dark humor kicks in about the macabre practice of collecting enemy “trophies.”

  Memorable Line:
  “Just dawned on me—do you think in Germany there’s a kid whose grandpa has American trophies?...it pissed me off immediately.” (John, 24:08)

4. The Bob Ray Saga: Insane Childhood Neighbors & Small Town Blindness (25:50–43:00)

The Tale of Bob Ray

• Brady’s neighborhood story: Bob Ray, WWII vet, naked window-dweller, gun-toting cat hater, eccentric to the point of horror.

• The crew mercilessly deconstructs the “let Bob be Bob” attitude:

  • Public nudity
  • Antipathy to cats (“That’s why I got the .45!”)
  • German war bride
  • Raising “three little Aryan boys”
  • Keeping war trophies; traumatized, unpredictable, but tolerated

  Quotes: “There’s 100 knives by a Lincoln-age blade. That’s good. I like that.” (Brady, 22:14)
  “If that happened in your neighborhood, wouldn’t it be cause for concern?” (John to Brady, 32:27)
  “But we had sugar cereal.” (Brady, 36:30)

• Reflection on small town denial and generational blind spots, with John pressing Brady on why no one ever addressed Bob’s PTSD and antisocial behavior.

  Key Exchange:

  • “You accept everything and make an excuse. It was all talk. That’s horrifying talk, though.” (John, 43:37)

5. Paranoia, Apocalypse, and the End of the World (19:00–20:15 and threads throughout)

• John’s father’s prepping is fodder for jokes about apocalypse bunkers, pools as water sources, and when the only option is to sell the arsenal for food.
• Underlying theme: Most of us aren’t cut out to survive such times, and gun stashes just burden the next generation.

6. Cultural Commentary: Streaming, AI, and the Erosion of Mystery (57:00–87:00)

Listener Power: App Downloads & Gaming the System

• Extended riff on asking listeners in Florida/North Carolina/Ohio to download the 98KUPD app en masse just to confuse the radio station “Bobs” (clueless corporate types).

TV & Streaming: The Plural of Dystopia

• Vince Gilligan’s “Pluribus” on Apple TV+ is dissected as a cautionary AI hive-mind allegory.

• Philosophical debate: Would you “join the we” if AI promised peace but erased individuality?

  Quote:
  “Maybe we should all be hive-mind. It’d be awesome! …But there’s no fighting. Everything’s peaceful. There’s no reason to fight.” (John, 85:20)

• Nostalgia for communal TV experiences (“Remember talking about Sopranos every Monday?”); lament over binge culture fragmenting discussions.

• Comparison to the rise of Tesla, Waymo, AI music, and “the end of creativity”—are we better off?

7. The Golden State Killer and the Power of the “Pinky” (59:29–77:28)

• Macabre coverage of the Golden State Killer’s capture, focusing (with gleeful irreverence) on his “micro-penis” as crucial evidence.

• Gallows humor swings wildly from sexual trauma kits to the unlikelihood of certain kinds of rape, to satirical debates about "if you had to be raped, would you want the guy with the pinky-dick?"

  Notable Quotes: “That's a terrible sign—if they can't even photograph the evidence…” (John, 60:31) “Rape isn’t about the act of lovemaking…it’s about the power involved.” (John, 77:28)

8. The Brady Report: Quizzical Facts, Pretentious Hobbies, and Totally Unhinged Videos (104:57–124:10)

• Odd facts: Proximity to oceans extends life, Maine is the whitest state, pickleball as pretentious, audio nerds, and cheese aficionado mockery.
• Home video section: Indian “farmers” with severe disabilities plowing fields (brutal take on viral videos and disability “inspiration porn”).
• John rails against the new device for opening candy canes (“We're doomed by our own laziness”).

9. Personal Loss: Remembering Brett’s Father (throughout, especially 144:30–150:00)

• The show’s emotional undertow: Brett’s absence following his father’s death, tributes and a rock block of Suicidal Tendencies’ “You Can’t Bring Me Down” as a gesture of support.
• Reminiscences about Brett's dad storing car parts in the oven.
• Listeners encouraged to send Brett their condolences (BVesely@98kupd.com).

10. AI Blues, Music, and the Future (146:37–149:45)

• John plays AI-generated blues covers of popular songs, marvels at how quickly tech is advancing toward surpassing human performance.
• Tangent: “Jelqing”—John’s foray into penis-enlargement fads and the perils of algorithm-based news feeds.

11. Parenting, Binge Drinking, and Destroying Public Schools (128:38–142:27)

• Extended bit: New study claims teenage binge drinkers earn more as adults (John: “When your kid comes home bombed, be a little proud”).

• John doubles down on telling teachers to quit, blaming helicopter parents and lack of discipline for the spiraling education system.

• Ongoing campaign to “destroy public school by attrition,” celebrating the record of 1055 teachers quitting in Arizona since July.

  Key Quote:
  “Quit your jobs today, public school teachers…I feel personally somewhat responsible for helping the teachers all quit their jobs.” (John, 141:12)

12. Entertainment Drill & Pop Culture Mop-Up (155:18–164:43)

• Pope Leo’s favorite movies, Jenna Jameson’s evolving religious journey (“whoever’s dicking her, she believes in his way”), Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney’s political feud ending their friendship, Joe Walsh’s new street, and Gallagher's ode to sobriety.
• Late-broadcast surrealism: Planning to Google “Jenna finds Christ” and feed it to AI for art; mocking “supergroups” composed of has-beens.

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On inheritance pods:
  “Just burn it slowly in a field.” (John, 03:33)

• On apocalypse prepping:
  “Don’t make your death my job!” (John, 18:15) “When the Civil War starts, that’s where we fight back!” (John quoting his dad’s friend, 19:05)

• On small-town denial:
  “Everybody knew but the Bogans, who would not accept that anything’s bad.” (John, 33:46)

• On binge drinking and success:
  “When your kid comes home bombed, be a little proud.” (John, paraphrased, 131:40)

• On education:
  “If there’s one industry I’d like to destroy, it’s the public school system.” (John, 142:09)

• On AI music:
  “This is the worst AI will ever be. Tomorrow, it’ll be better. The next day—better.” (John, 147:27)

Timestamps for Major Segments

• 02:01 – Show starts, banter, inheritance “pod” story begins
• 10:00 – Glassblowing, art, and racist memorabilia
• 18:00 – Guns, apocalypse, inheritance
• 24:00 – War trophies, enemy mementos
• 25:50 – The Bob Ray Saga: crazy neighbor stories
• 57:00 – App download campaign, listener prank on “the Bobs”
• 59:29 – Golden State Killer and micro-penis evidence
• 77:28 – End of Golden State Killer segment
• 87:00 – Pluribus/AI allegory, groupthink debate
• 104:57 – The Brady Report: odd facts, hobbies, weird videos
• 144:30 – Rock Wars/Suicidal Tendencies tribute to Brett
• 146:37 – AI music blues, “Still Loving You” AI cover
• 155:18 – Entertainment drill: news/celebrity/pop culture
• 164:43 – Show close, reminders to support Brett

Tone & Style

• The show is irreverent, darkly comic, introspective, and unfiltered—willing to offend, probe ugly truths, and crack jokes in the face of trauma or discomfort.
• The crew has a rich, lived-in rapport; John's acerbic wit keeps things moving, while Brady and Toledo serve up “straight man” takes, personal anecdotes, and the occasional non sequitur.
• Always down to veer wildly off course, circle back, then take another twisted detour.

Summary Takeaway

This episode—orbits the messiness of legacy, the absurdity of blind nostalgia, American survivalist myths, and generational weirdness, with jokes about their own mortality and those of their listeners. It’s equal parts catharsis and chaos: a master class in gallows humor and the value of asking uncomfortable questions—if only to keep things real. All set to a relentless onslaught of the bizarre, offensive, and uproariously funny.

Rock Wars Winner:
Suicidal Tendencies – "You Can’t Bring Me Down" (for Brett Vesely, in his absence)

Code Words for Giveaways:

• 6am: "grasp" (17:32)
• 7am: "winning" (54:04)
• 8am: "bonus" (101:58)
• 9am: "payline" (136:10)

Contact to send condolences:
Brett Vesley – BVesely@98kupd.com

Final Thought:
Holmberg’s Morning Sickness remains a gloriously profane antidote to sanitized talk radio: messy, sometimes shocking, occasionally profound—radio for realists, malcontents, and the happily jaded.