Episode Overview

Title: 11-25-25 - BR - TUE - Survey Asks What Thanksgiving Foods Can Go Away - Man Arrested For Threatening To Light GF On Fire For Not Getting Him A Beer
Podcast: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Arizona
Date: November 25, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness is a wild, irreverent ride through Thanksgiving traditions, questionable food choices, and a shocking news story out of North Carolina. The hosts riff on everything from the etiquette of holiday decorations to the gruesome details of a domestic dispute. With their signature unapologetic humor, they dissect social norms and America's Thanksgiving palate while weaving in their usual banter and pop culture jabs.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Thanksgiving Food Traditions: What Needs to Go?

• Survey Results on Least Favorite Dishes
  • Green bean casserole: 40% want it gone
  • Cranberry sauce: 35% say toss it
  • Sweet potatoes/yams: 16% vote against
  • John’s Take: “If you're not eating it during the year, it's bad food. It's tradition. You're eating tradition. You're not eating something you actually like.” (08:00)
  • Tamale Rant: John jokes about tamales only being eaten out of necessity, not desire.
  • Quote: “If they [tamales] were as good as everybody says, there'd be tamale restaurants, and there's not... What do you have? Tamales? I'm going to La Pinata. I'm leaving.” (09:00)
• Humorously Dark Comparisons
  • The gang jokes about preferring bizarre alternatives to disliked foods.
  • Memorable Line: “Rather rub menstrual blood on my food. ... Sweet potatoes are the menstrual blood of the potato family.” – John (08:05)

2. Holiday Etiquette: How Soon is Too Soon for Christmas Decorations?

• The Debate: Should hosts have their Christmas trees up for Thanksgiving? Etiquette expert says “Let Thanksgiving happen first.” (06:38)
  • Discussion about social pressure and the "Jones factor" of impressing neighbors with early decorating.
  • Quote: “Give Thanksgiving it’s due is what they’re saying.” – John (06:55)
  • Bret: “But if it’s for Jones factor...we actually got our work done first.” (07:21)

3. Weird Science: Vampire Facials and PRP Therapy

• Conversation Launch: John reads an email about PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma), described as a 'vampire facial.'
  • The group dives into a gross but funny exploration of why people put their own blood on their face, quickly taking it to irreverent places.
  • John: “More proof that if it can see it on TV, then we can do anything with cuss and scream and anything we want on tv. Nudity. Unless you have a doctor in front of your name, woman or not, you shouldn’t know what’s in period blood anyway.” (02:30)
  • Brady: “Yeah. Yeah. Sounds like fun.” (Would rub menstrual blood to grow a kidney, jokingly) (03:07)
  • John (joking): “We gotta kill him anyway. What a twist.” (03:09)

4. Fun Facts Segment

• Amazing Animal Trivia: Octopuses are all orphans.
• Pop Culture: Alec Guinness wanted out of Star Wars, negotiated a huge royalty deal.
  • “He got two points on it.” – Brady (06:14)

5. Absurd and Disturbing News Story

• Story Recap (11:42):
  • Man in North Carolina threatens to light his girlfriend on fire because she wouldn’t get him a beer.
  • He pours rubbing alcohol on the couch and her shirt, tries to ignite them.
  • Woman escapes with minor burns, man faces multiple felony charges.
• Hosts' Reaction:
  • Immediate dark humor regarding the woman’s size ("How fast can you get off a couch that's on fire? How big is this broad?"). (12:36)
  • They riff on what suspects and victims might look like, making pop culture references (e.g., Wolfgang Van Halen, George Jefferson, Bundini Brown).
  • Bret: “Not to disparage him, but I’m gonna guess a little bit like Wolfgang Van Halen.” (13:01)
  • John: “He is so black. He's opaque in the photo...is that him or was he burned as well?” (13:51)

6. Strange and Grotesque Video Reviews

• Crude Content Alert:
  • Segment involves the group reviewing disturbing internet videos:
    • Machinery accident (“loses control of the spinning machine”) (17:33)
    • Motorcycle crash with a nasty leg injury (18:05)
    • Explicit fetishes (women farting on a man’s face, physical assaults, and more)
• Banter is equal parts shocked and amused, with plenty of gross-out humor at Brady’s taste in videos.
  • John: “It's a guy with his face in a fat girl’s butt crack. She looks like Anne Hathaway ate Brady...Sexualizing farts. Oh my god. It's Brady’s special planet.” (18:25)

Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• Menstrual Blood as a Food Analogy:
  • John: “Sweet potatoes are the menstrual blood of the potato family.” (08:05)
• On Thanksgiving Foods:
  • John: “If you're not eating it during the year, it's bad food. It's tradition. You're eating tradition.” (08:00)
• On the Christmas Tree Debate:
  • John: “Give Thanksgiving its due is what they’re saying.” (06:55)
• On the North Carolina Arson Incident:
  • Bret: “Not to disparage him, but I’m gonna guess a little bit like Wolfgang Van Halen.” (13:01)
  • John: “He is so black. He's opaque in the photo...is that him or was he burned as well?” (13:51)
• Crude Video Segment:
  • John: “It's Brady's special planet.” (18:25)
  • Brady: “She looks like the guy on her shirt?” (16:20)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Thanksgiving Food Debates: 07:35 – 09:35
• Holiday Decoration Etiquette: 06:38 – 07:29
• Vampire Facials & PRP Blood Jokes: 01:04 – 03:09
• Fun Facts Segment: 05:03 – 06:38
• North Carolina Domestic Violence Story: 11:42 – 14:46
• Grotesque Internet Videos & Banter: 15:36 – 19:38

Tone and Style

The episode maintains the rowdy, irreverent, and deliberately boundary-pushing tone Holmberg’s Morning Sickness is known for. No topic is off-limits—whether it’s making gross comparisons between foods and bodily fluids, relentless pop culture references, or darkly comic takes on disturbing news events. The camaraderie and quick-fire banter between the hosts make even the edgiest content feel like part of an ongoing inside joke with the audience.

For listeners who missed it:
Expect a fast-paced mix of gross-out jokes, sharp-edged pop culture commentary, and the kind of taboo-busting humor that has made HMS Arizona’s morning drive guilty pleasure.