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Okay, but what if he lives out of state?
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You were laughing like a hyena when he said it. What the hell is wrong with you?
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Let's find out exactly what that is, shall we? It's time for what we're Brady doing. It's brought to you by our friends at MMP Guns. My goodness. The special's over at Mo Money Pawn or through the moon in the holiday season they take carry and you can't walk in there and say do you have. Can you get. They can get everything and they probably have it somewhere in there. MMP Guns in the back there. It's got all sorts of specials too, including their as all through the holidays are going to run that $100 off the builder classes. The builder classes. So you can build your own 9 or AR15. They've got all sorts of stuff for you to get involved in. Check it out. MMP guns.com Mo Money Pawn, 12th street and Indian School. They bring you what Brady did. Are you ready?
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Ready.
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All right, we'll start. We'll start here. Dear Brady, I just found out my best friend is bisexual. We've known each other since elementary school. I had no clue. 26 years. He came out to me. And then. Guess where it started? Yep, you guessed it. St. Tim's in Mesa. He was part of the teen program, and he and a guy that used to be on our little league team experimented with each other. And he discovered he liked it. He actually told me he loved giving. Uh, he's still my bestie. But anyway, what would Brady do? Steven, that's kind of a vague. What was Brady do? What did you do? You find out that a guy for 26 years you've been best friends with him. Be like, if Stevbings just came out. Goes, you know, I used to dabble around with Todd Linkus's wang a lot. Like, no kidding?
C
It's an adjustment.
D
It's an adjustment. All right.
C
Gonna be a friend.
D
It's an excellent answer. Is an excellent answer. Really is. What else you want me to say? He's not. He's not wrong. That was a subtle way of saying, holy mother. That's an adjustment. That's succinct. Yeah. What would you do? Your best friend comes out.
C
I mean, what about me? I'm saying, asking a lot of questions.
D
Yet again, St. Tim's lets me down. Not only did Father Dale never come after me, now my best friend's a homosexual. And I never knew. You didn't even try to grab me once. Poor little fellow. We had slumber parties. If Stebbings turned out homo and started coming my direction later with, yeah, I've been gay since forever. I'm like, what about me? We swam. Never once did you even get hard. And we played pool, basketball. I'd have noticed. You should be upset.
C
Upset at him for.
D
For his friend not finding him attractive at all. You're best friends. Oh, at least get me in. He loves giving. You didn't even offer. That's rude, Brady. That's the same as going to somebody's house and they've got food all over the table and they never once say.
C
Well, now it's your opportunity, then what.
D
Would you do if you found out that over the past 25 years, I am a culinary master? In fact, people come far and wide for my meals. And you're just now finding that out? Why never get me any food? First thought should be. Been holding it off from. It's not right. It's Just not right.
C
I don't know. I don't think. I mean, it's interesting you would be upset at that. I don't know if I'd be that upset about it. That. Because you didn't. You're upset that he didn't hit on.
D
You first off, a little bit, yes. And also that you didn't show any trust in your best friend to know this about you. But you were blowing, you know, Peep and Brink over here from the baseball team.
A
So you're insulted by it a little bit.
D
Like you thought I'm. You thought so little of me that you couldn't tell me your darkest moments or your deepest secret. Not necessarily dark, but that I wasn't worthy enough to know that about you. And meanwhile, you're blowing everybody all through high school except me. But you.
C
But could you understand why?
D
No.
C
He wouldn't let you know.
D
Not at all. I've seen me naked. I don't understand any of why he wouldn't want some. No. I don't know. This guy's probably a lot of pressure.
C
On why he wouldn't want some. Is that.
D
That's exactly right. At least make. Give me the opportunity to punch you in the nose. That's all.
C
Okay.
D
We've been drunk together I don't know how many times, not once. You didn't let slip. I really like you. Like what?
C
We've talked about this. How easy it would be if we were.
D
You guys are best friends for a reason. Like, let me dabble with your dong. Give me the opportunity to say no is what I'm saying. Sure, Brady's right. It's an adjustment, but it's also an insult for two reasons. Physically, he didn't find you attractive, and emotionally, he didn't think you were deep enough to handle the news.
C
Sure, that's big. Big fear. Losing the friendship.
D
Why is it not a fear now? We could have been best friends. And dadwoman.
C
I was ready not being insulted.
A
Great song.
D
The worst part is, is that, you know, all those times you made jokes about gays and things like that, he was there. Now you're taking it all in. And now you're just like a jerk. You find out your best friend's gay, he's still your best friend. So really, the only thing to be upset about as I make jokes about this is the fact that he didn't try to give you a hand job. That's all. Otherwise, it's the same guy. I would ask the question, how come you didn't trust me with this? What did you think I would do? That's a big one. That's a real one. You'd still be friends with him. Yeah, sure. What if he was. What if he came out and became a flamboyantly gay man and you guys. And you guys had like.
C
It's an adjustment John.
D
Like Doug King, he just. All of a sudden it's like all I love cranks in my hand. And just. And then every time you're with him, he's. He's trolling for D. We've only had.
C
There is. I. I can think of one person.
D
I give Dougie that you and I know. Yeah.
C
That later in life has converted. Basically said, I'm done being hetero. I'm gay.
D
Okay.
C
Have yet to talk to him about it.
D
You stopped talking to him?
C
No, I just didn't know that. Hadn't seen him in a. In a while. And you see the posts on.
D
Oh, that. Oh, that. That's different altogether because that dude's transitioning on top of it all.
C
Texted a couple of times, let's get out and golf some.
D
But that guy who is awesome is a woman now, right?
A
Yeah. Which tee box does he hit from?
D
That's the thing. If we golf, if we're in a.
C
Tournament, if he hits from the ladies.
D
I'll tell you that. That guy can smash it. Yeah. He had a good flight on the ball too. Yeah. If we can get him in a tournament, I'd do that. Just put him off in the red teeth. I know eight or nine people that later in life came out gay. It's no big deal. Yeah, but if it was my best friend for 26 years, I'd have to wonder how come I was married to one of them.
C
Yeah.
D
Your wife did it. Yeah. You're not friends with her anymore?
C
Well, we're not. Not friends.
D
You're not like Paladin?
C
Yeah. Yeah.
D
Trolling for bush. No, no, no. Out on bush patrol. No.
C
I think we have different tastes.
D
You do? Yeah. I don't. Oh, yeah, we do. She likes them rough. Yeah. I never asked you that. Apparently dawn likes a rough. A rough neck.
C
A rough rider.
D
Yeah. With the haircut and the glasses.
C
Somebody to handle her.
D
Hey, that's why I thought she'd want to be with a tiny.
C
No.
D
Start manipulating and screaming at that scared into the corner. Yeah. Best friend's still your best friend if he's gay. Just got a couple questions. On what. I mean, that would be my biggest one. What did you think I'd do with this information that made it so you thought you had to keep it from me.
C
Yeah, that's fair.
D
That's totally fair.
C
That's fair. Especially. I think everybody overlooks the fact that you've. You've got history for 40 years.
D
Yeah, well, I mean, that's me and Mark, not these two. Yeah, we're talking. I'm placing myself.
C
Yeah.
D
Yeah. But I would also, like, say, and was there anything that I did wrong that made you feel like, you know, and I don't want to. I won't. I wouldn't accept the answer. It was just time. Like, no, no. You knew the whole time, and you kept that from me for a reason. And I don't blame you. But I want to know why you.
C
Want to get better. I think there's a slight bit of, like, almost betrayal.
D
It's. I think it's more depending on what disappointment is. I don't think I'd feel betrayed as much as I'd be like, oh, I must have not been as good a friend to you as I thought that you don't realize. You don't trust. Yeah. You don't trust that I'm there for you and your worst or most private moments. And there's times when you do keep something from it, like, but someday you might say something. But 26 years and knowing the entire time who's your best friend. What are you smirking at?
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Who cares?
D
You don't care.
C
Yeah.
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If you're gonna twink around, twink around.
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Yeah.
A
I mean, that just doesn't bother me.
D
Give me a couple offers. That's all I'm asking. Yeah. Come on in the car. Once he's drunk, he's like, I've always wanted to give you a hand job. I'm like, no, but it makes me.
A
You just want to be able to turn them down.
D
Yes. Oh, okay.
C
All right.
D
Yeah. It feels. Even when a, you know, an ugly person says, you're beautiful, you feel good about yourself for a second. Then you gotta start scrambling in your brain on how to tell this. Let them down easily.
C
You know, a lot of times that changes the. The friendship.
D
It can. Hand jobs change friendship.
C
Cross looking to cross the line. Words have never.
D
Maybe the greatest phrase in the history of the show. Hand jobs change friendship.
A
We need shirts that say that.
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Yeah. We need. We need billboards. Yes. In fact, let's see if we can change our digital billboards to Holmberg's morning sickness. Handjobs change friendships. It's true. It would change some stuff mentally. John Holmberg's morning sickness. The 98 KUPD, it's John Holmer here from the morning sickness. And it's time to talk about TVs Doug Hopkins of My Home Group and Doug Hopkins dot com. Boy, that team at Doug Hopkins office is amazing. Not only will Doug Hopkins buy your home for cash as is and get that deal done lickety split, his team is unbelievable. So if you've got a place that needs a ton of work, Doug will help you out by making that cash offer as is. Or he'll list your place. If it's already perfect. All you have to do is start the process online@doug hopkins.com or grab the phone and sing.
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Holmberg's morning sickness.
C
But that's why he didn't want to cross the line.
D
We didn't want to do it with you, but he. Again, it is kind of weird that he hasn't said anything to you and maybe you just let off a vibe that you would be. Maybe you've been kind of gay. Joking around the whole time. He didn't realize you were kind of. He was eating that up every time and getting a little further from it.
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Maybe you're just not his type.
D
But if he. If you were doing that and your gay friend was like, I don't like that about him, why would he remain best friends with you? So you probably weren't that.
C
I don't know.
D
Email us back and tell us how his type.
A
That's got to be it.
C
Yeah. And that has to be okay. Yeah.
D
It's not enough.
A
It's not enough.
D
I'd be insulted even right now if you came out as half gay and came to me and said only half. He's bisexual. Yeah. A half a gay, they call it. Tom Brennaman says something different. And so does Tucker Carlson. Did you see that?
C
No.
D
Tucker Carlson was with Piers Morgan and said the homo f word like 11 times trying to get Piers Morgan to say it like they were in the back of a bus with a Mormon. He's like, you won't say it. Why don't you just say. Are you afraid? That's just the word I don't care to use. I don't understand where you're forcing me to do it. I've said it before, but. Then say it.
A
What?
D
You little. I don't want to do that. This seems. It just seems crude and beneath me. Will you say it? I've said it three times. I'll say it again. Like. Tucker, calm down.
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Hold my beer.
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Yeah. Dear Brady, my dad is coming to town for the holidays, and I don't want him at my house because he's an awful guest. He craps like, five times a day sometimes without flushing properly. He makes messes all over the place. He's a great man and I love him deeply, but he's a horrible house guest. He takes his bed blanket to the couch and hogs the whole couch every night. Blanket from bed? I guess. I don't know. That's what I assume. Bed blanket sounds like he's.
C
Or they're sharing a bed.
D
Why would they be sharing the last story?
C
Combining stories.
D
His bed blanket is his. Ooh. Oh, you're thinking he's upset when he goes to bed. There's no blanket. No, that's. What is this? Charlie Bucket's house? We don't have a ton of money, so we can't resort or send him to a resort or anything. And he says he's staying for two weeks. I need a plan. Too sweet to get him out. Please help Rodney. Two weeks?
C
Then you gotta.
D
No.
C
Pull the scab off and tell him. Dad, I don't like, I don't want you staying with us.
D
You're the worst house guest in the world. Clean it up or you're out. Treat my house a little respect.
A
Hey, Motel 6 is what, 60 bucks a dine or something?
D
And if he can't afford it, he shouldn't be coming out for vacation.
A
He's freeloading better things to spend his money on.
D
Exactly. In two weeks.
C
It lasted that long? I mean, that he's come out that many times. I wonder who's.
D
Like, we don't.
C
I just can't.
D
That's. Yeah, it might be like the third time. It's like, I can't do this. 14 days. I can tell you right away. I don't care who it is.
A
You're not letting Dan stay at your house for 14 days, are you?
D
14 days. 14 days.
C
That's too Much.
D
If my dad came out here and said, hey, I want to stay at your house, I'd be like, why? Well, you just. You don't live it. You want.
C
You're an accomplished man.
D
Yeah. You're fine. Get a room. Don't you want a break? Well, we could spend time together. We can do that while we're awake. I don't need you sleeping down the hall.
A
You go back to the resort dropping a deuce in your toilet at all.
D
Brett's 100%. If my dad said, I'm staying for 14 days and now I'll give you one or two nights, but that's it.
C
My parents came out and when I was single, basically, it came out for a couple of. Two week.
D
Yeah, a lot. And your dad did housework and stuff? Like he was.
C
Yeah. And I was gone, you know, most of the day during the week.
D
And then he was an outrageous.
C
But yeah, it doesn't work for everyone, that's for sure.
D
You don't. You can't have parents stand for two weeks at a time for vacation. If they're going to move in with you, that's one thing. But two weeks at a time. And here's the last one. You're gonna like this one. Brady. Dear Brady, I gave a woman herpes about seven and a half years ago. She thinks she got them from another person, but it was probably, almost certainly me. Should I tell her or let her keep thinking it was this dude in Florida? Ross. That's a tough one.
C
Interesting. Why did it come up again? Why do you want to. Are you feeling. If you're feeling empowered enough that you want to tell her.
D
But why?
A
It's a bumpy road.
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Sorry.
C
Great point.
D
She thinks it's another guy.
C
But then I guess eventually, if. Does she know that he has herpes?
D
I don't know. That's the thing.
C
You're gonna have to. It's amazing. And with this far onto it that she would not.
D
She thinks it's someone else. Why even look?
C
Well, no, for him to find out. If she finds out that he has herpes.
D
Yeah. It would change some stuff up. So would you tell her? Or you just say, I recently had gotten herpes too and make it seem like you just got it. So it was uninvolved when you were together and then get back together because you can't catch it twice. Right. If you just told her, how would.
C
He know for sure, though? How can he confirm that. That he was the giver?
D
Because he probably knew when he did it and then found out she got.
C
Herpes after another guy.
D
My guess is this happened at Tony Romas once. Somebody with it didn't know he had it till after. And then a girl he was with, in the interim of trying to figure out what was going on, started crying at work. Turned out she had it. They'd been together, and she thought it was from her boyfriend. She dabbled with this dude on the side and shouldn't have caught the stuff, but everybody there had it, evidently, because nobody was even upset. But he never told her because he thought it's best to just kind of keep this quiet because he was pretty sure it was him. But again, nobody really knows. You know what? Maybe you didn't give it to her. Maybe it was the Dudenflower.
A
Why tell her?
D
Why bring it up?
C
What's the point?
A
What's the.
C
That's what. She's got it.
A
She ain't getting rid of it. Who cares?
D
And if you're talking about herpes with her, you guys are thinking about doing. Doing it again. There's no reason otherwise. Unless you knew back then.
C
Because I thought they were.
A
And it doesn't matter.
C
They weren't. They're not together right now.
D
They're not. I think from the. The little read between the lines moments of that. That was a. A quick thing about eight years ago. Seven and a half years ago.
C
I think he's assuming a little too much.
D
Yeah, just let it go.
A
What you don't know won't kill her.
D
And herpes won't kill her either, so. And now, you know, if you banger you two just swapping back and forth, nothing's changing. So she's back on the menu. If you ask me.
C
And when she finally says, you know, if you're. If she is back on the menu, and she says, before we go any further, I want to let you know I have herpes. And you can say, we have that in common.
D
You know what you could do? Somebody's already made a billboard hand Batman. Already made for us. It's a great billboard. I don't like the color on the bottom. I think that needs to pop more. But I do like what you've done is have sex with her and say it's worth the risk, and then a couple weeks later, call her, go, you gave me herpes. And then take money from her. Yes. Ultimate gaslighting and manipulation. That's what you should work here with your herpes. Yeah. I don't know. That's a tough one. And Max is saying, what if she cheated on you with that guy from Florida. And that's why she thinks you. I don't know. It didn't sound like it was a relationship. He just said I gave a girl herpes about seven years years ago. That wasn't an ex girlfriend. That wasn't someone else. That's just. I was with someone. So I don't. I'm not really reading that this was a serious relationship. Maybe, but they're still talking, so. Handjobs change friendships. That's what we're gonna walk away learning today, I think. Couldn't be more true. I don't know. Does it matter who gave it to you? I guess probably. Does it.
A
Why? You already got it.
C
Well, it can matter.
D
Why? I mean, I think you need to pinpoint it. Why? I don't.
C
You're.
A
You're not the point.
D
Why is it a decent question?
C
You got it.
D
You got.
A
You're not getting rid of it.
D
But if you found out you had it, you'd be like, what the. Who the.
A
I'd be pissed. But like, what are you gonna do about it?
D
That's true. I'd want to know who gave me AIDS on World AIDS Day. Yeah, I'd like to know who is the gift giver. Who's the one. Because if I got to start making phone calls to everybody I've been with, the one that gave it to me better fess up. Anyway, they're not gonna.
A
Nobody can prove it, so it doesn't matter. That's what I'm saying.
D
No one can prove it. I love Brett's.
C
What?
D
All Brett's arguments end with that phrase, I dare you. Well, my herpes have my DNA. It's not like kids. Anyway, get scraped and I'll meet you at 10 o'. Clock. It's 9:21. There you go.
A
Checks for everyone.
D
It's a disturbing group. And parents, you should know not to stay at someone's house for two weeks. It's a great phrase. House guests are like fish. After three days, they stink. That is what Brady did. Arizona's most powerful, powerful rock radio station.
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Date: December 1, 2025
Episode: 12-01-25 - WWBD (What Would Brady Do)
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Podcast: Holmberg's Morning Sickness — 98KUPD (Arizona)
This episode of “Holmberg’s Morning Sickness” features the recurring "What Would Brady Do" segment, where the crew fields bizarre or uncomfortable listener dilemmas and offers their own comedic, honest takes. This time, the team tackles three big topics: a best friend coming out as bisexual after decades of friendship, an intolerable dad as a holiday houseguest, and whether to confess about unknowingly giving someone herpes years ago. The group’s trademark mix of irreverence, humor, and candor is on full display throughout.
[02:01 - 13:12]
The Scenario:
A listener named Steven writes in. After 26 years of friendship, his best friend came out as bisexual and shared his first experiences happened in their church youth group. Steven wonders how to handle this revelation.
Initial Reactions:
Deeper Insights:
“You thought so little of me that you couldn’t tell me your deepest secret. Meanwhile, you’re blowing everybody all through high school except me.” — Holmberg [05:02]
“How come you didn’t trust me with this? What did you think I would do?” — Holmberg [06:09]
Memorable Quote:
"Hand jobs change friendship." — Holmberg [10:46]
(This gets repeated, and the crew jokes about making T-shirts and using it as a show motto.)
Summary View:
Ultimately, the team lands on “it’s an adjustment, but it doesn’t really matter—your best friend is still your best friend. Talk it out if you need to, be real, and ask the questions on your mind.”
[13:44 - 16:27]
The Scenario:
Rodney writes in: his dad is coming for two weeks over the holidays and is messy, inconsiderate, and generally an awful guest (he leaves unflushed toilets, makes messes, hogs the couch with his bed blanket). Rodney can’t afford to put him up elsewhere, but dreads the visit.
The Crew’s Counsel:
“House guests are like fish. After three days, they stink.” [21:57]
[16:27 - 21:41]
The Scenario:
Ross writes in, wracked with guilt about giving a woman herpes years ago—she thinks she caught it from someone else, but Ross is almost certain it was him.
Arguments and Humor:
“Why tell her? Why bring it up?…She ain’t getting rid of it. Who cares?” — Holmberg [19:03]
| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------| | 02:52 | “It’s an adjustment.” | Brady | | 05:02 | “You thought so little of me that you couldn’t tell me your deepest secret. Meanwhile, you’re blowing everybody all through high school except me.” | Holmberg | | 06:09 | “How come you didn’t trust me with this? What did you think I would do?” | Holmberg | | 09:42 | “There’s a slight bit of, like, almost betrayal.” | Brady | | 10:46 | “Hand jobs change friendship.” | Holmberg | | 13:44 | “Dad, I don’t like—I don’t want you staying with us.” | Brady | | 14:49 | “You’re the worst house guest in the world. Clean it up or you’re out. Treat my house a little respect.” | Holmberg | | 19:03 | “Why tell her? Why bring it up?...She ain’t getting rid of it. Who cares?” | Holmberg | | 21:57 | “House guests are like fish. After three days, they stink.” | Holmberg |
The episode is packed with the show’s irreverent, quick-witted banter, occasionally irreverent but always honest. There’s a blend of real emotional insight and outrageous humor, embodying the “entertain, question, disturb” purpose noted in the podcast description. The participants don’t shy away from sensitive topics but always manage to bring comic relief and down-to-earth perspective.
Holmberg and crew deliver another episode that’s blunt, hilarious, and occasionally heartfelt—making awkward questions a lot more approachable.