Holmberg's Morning Sickness – 12-16-25 (TUESDAY) – Detailed Episode Summary

Main Theme

Tuesday’s episode centers on the usual irreverent banter and comedic commentary from John Holmberg and his crew (Brady Bogen, Brett Vesely, and Dick Toledo), blending sports talk, current events, personal stories, Arizona culture, and absurd observations. Today’s show highlights include insane AI advances, the perils of social media apps for kids, oddball childhood memories, a running gag about pizza delivered by “Saddam”, pop culture reviews, and the team’s annual "Band Name" recap—a listener-catalogued tradition. The show’s tone is laugh-out-loud, unfiltered, and sometimes deliberately uncomfortable.

Table of Contents

1. Podcast Crew & Opening Energy
2. Rapid-Fire NFL Rants
3. AI: Disturbing Advances & Future Speculation
4. The "Wiz" App & Child Safety
5. Political, Social, & AI Misinformation
6. Darts, Wasps, and Sports Fandom
7. School Science: Animal Dissections & Farm Tales
8. Frog Legs & Family Memories
9. Listener Emails: Comedy & Hygiene Tips
10. Cultural Naming, Bigotry, and Pizza Delivery Bits
11. Pop Culture, AI Music, and Band Names Recap
12. Notable Quotes
13. Timetable of Key Segments

<a name="1"></a>1. Podcast Crew & Opening Energy

• John introduces the team, ribs the absent “Tripp” (station manager, whose birthday it is), and jokes about possible celebrations, e.g., “Strippers and blow. That’s what we’re going to do for him today.” (01:36)
• Playful banter about how to celebrate a centenarian’s birthday.
• Setting the episode’s signature wild, unpredictable tone.

<a name="2"></a>2. Rapid-Fire NFL Rants

• [02:05] John and Brett dissect the Steelers game vs. Dolphins, the unpredictability of the season and the pointless nature of some matchups.
• John pokes at the curse of forever-bad franchises (Bengals/Cardinals), claiming their few good years are just inevitable spikes.
• “If it weren’t for the Browns, we’d be the Browns.” (03:01)

<a name="3"></a>3. AI: Disturbing Advances & Future Speculation

• John brings up Elon Musk’s predictions: AI soon making 30% of human work obsolete, eventual obsolescence of money and possibly all employment. (04:17)
• Discussion turns toward AI discovering cybersecurity flaws in seconds—far outpacing human hackers.
• Skeptical, comic speculation about “human only” businesses, robot wars, and the doom of relying on technology.
• “AI found [security flaws] in six seconds… the hackers found it in a day.” (06:18)

<a name="4"></a>4. The "Wiz" App & Child Safety

• Brady introduces “Wiz”, an app for 13-year-olds mimicking adult dating apps. Crew ridicules the concept.
• John imagines predators immediately pouncing on such apps:
  “You can swipe left or right on friends like Tinder… for 13 year olds. That’s creepy.” (07:12)
• Satirical riff: Two predators showing up in the same bush to meet their supposed ‘victim’, become friends instead. (09:30)
• They caution parents about social media dangers, mocking the “ironclad” promises of safety from app developers. (08:22)

<a name="5"></a>5. Political, Social, & AI Misinformation

• John recounts reading “Trump’s” (possibly AI-generated) mean-spirited tweet about Rob Reiner, reflects on the reliability of sources, and the ease with which media/internet users make excuses for their chosen “side.” (10:00–14:30)
• Group bemoans readiness of people to excuse bad behavior as “AI,” lack of accountability in the digital age, and hypocritical responses to tragedies depending on the politics involved.

<a name="6"></a>6. Darts, Wasps, and Sports Fandom

• John’s new obsession: Professional darts. Recaps a viral “Ally Pally Wasp” incident during a championship where a player killed a flying wasp with a dart mid-match. (18:49–21:38)
• “This dude took a wasp out with a dart. The wasp hadn’t landed.” (20:41)
• Extended riff on the skill level of professional dart players, the entertainment of BBC dart coverage and how American televised sports can't compare for shear unpredictable spectacle.
• Tangent: Childhood school dissection memories (first grasshoppers, then pigs, cats, and cows).

<a name="7"></a>7. School Science: Animal Dissections & Farm Tales

• Hilarious, often grotesque recollections of forced animal dissections in elementary and high school.
• Brett shares about live butchering a cow in his agricultural class, sparking shock and comic horror from John and others. (33:00+)
• John: “Butcher class shouldn’t exist. Well, how do you get butchers? Butcher school! Not high school!”

<a name="8"></a>8. Frog Legs & Family Memories

• Extended, very silly debate about whether Brady really ate frog legs as a child or if his parents just fed him chicken nuggets and lied about it.
• John: “There’s zero chance your mother made frog legs that you two brought home from the stupid park, woman.” (43:04)
• Similar stories about hunting, cooking (and possibly not actually eating) other unusual wild meats (squirrel, etc.).

<a name="9"></a>9. Listener Emails: Comedy & Hygiene Tips

• John reads an appreciative listener email about advice received from the show—practicing wiping with one’s “off” hand when recovering from shoulder surgery. (49:51)
• The group riffs hilariously and graphically on the difficulty of switching hands for hygiene and how “ambidextrous” folks are rare unicorns.

<a name="10"></a>10. Cultural Naming, Bigotry, and Pizza Delivery Bits

• Comic saga about receiving pizza from a delivery driver named “Saddam.”
• “If someone named bin Laden was delivering your pizza, you’d be like… Like, you just—you held on to the name Saddam. Adolf can't deliver my pizza either.” (58:12)
• Group jokes about the lingering cultural unease and inappropriateness of certain names (Saddam, Adolf, Osama, OJ) in modern America.
• Tangent: Annoyance with legalized fireworks, concerns about terrorism during New Year’s.

<a name="11"></a>11. Pop Culture, AI Music, and Band Names Recap

• Pop Culture: Brief review of chocolate-covered foods by state, new flying car (the Aleph a), and recap of major 2025 pop culture moments (Labubu toy craze, Pope Leo XIV from Chicago, celebrity deaths, etc.).
• Music/Hot Releases: Notable AI-generated covers (e.g., “Sex Type Thing” as 70s soul), Hanukkah parody songs, and intentionally off-color Christmas novelty music (e.g., “Grandma Got a Dildo for Christmas”).
• Annual Band Name Awards: Listener Devin Rec catalogued every “band name” the show invents throughout the year and reads the highlights.
  • Standouts: “Double Gypsy Butthole,” “Moisten the Dolphin,” “Corpse Cloud,” “Unexpected Dildos,” “Zombie Bullhorn,” “Ass Cheeks of a Fat Person,” “Grandpa Discharge.”
• Out-of-context listener quotes make up a second funny end-of-year tradition:
  • ("You'd fart on that cake." – Brett)
  • ("I want to see a movie called Dr. Jerk Off and Mr. Hard." – John)
  • (“Cancer is like my dick.” – John)

<a name="12"></a>12. Notable Quotes

• On Predators and Apps:
  “You can swipe left or right on friends like Tinder, or Bumble… for 13 year olds. That’s creepy.” – John (07:12)
• On AI replacing everything:
  “Elon Musk basically said, there’ll be no need for any of us anymore. AI is taking over. There’ll be no need for money…. I’m not understanding any of this.” – John (04:00–04:41)
• On the perils of political fandom:
  “You can love someone and say they were completely wrong. The power of saying, geez, that was wrong, is incredible. But we can’t do that anymore.” – John (14:44)
• On professional darts:
  “This dude took a wasp out with a dart. The wasp hadn’t landed.” – John (20:41)
• On frog leg “memories”:
  “Zero chance your mother made frog legs that you two brought home from the stupid park, woman.” – John (43:04)
• On birthdays and strippers:
  “Strippers and blow. That’s what we’re going to do for him today.” – Brett (01:36)
• On pizza and names:
  “If someone named bin Laden was delivering your pizza, you’d be like…Adolf can’t deliver my pizza, either.” – John (58:12)
• On AI Music:
  [After AI soul cover of “Sex Type Thing”] “That’s amazing…I want to talk Marty and the boys into soul, the soul AI rock songs…Birthday show next year, we’re gonna do that…” – John (150:21)
• On pop culture:
  “The Labubu craze…I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in person. It’s just a toy.” – John (160:08)
• On summer breaks:
  “How does Howard Stern get the summer off and we’re here busting our ass?” – John (112:01+)

<a name="13"></a>13. Timetable of Key Segments

| Timestamp (approx.) | Topic | |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 01:30-03:47 | NFL Recap, Steelers, Bengals, franchise futility | | 04:17-06:35 | Elon Musk, AI/Money/Robots - The coming singularity | | 06:35-10:58 | “Wiz” app for kids and satire about predators | | 10:00-16:00 | Misinformation, Trump tweet, AI as defense mechanism | | 18:48-24:54 | BBC darts, pro dart players killing wasps, new fandom | | 29:00-37:00+ | Animal dissection, butchering cows, high school horror | | 39:53-45:50 | Frog recollections, “did you really eat it?” debate | | 49:51-53:12 | Listener thanks for hygiene awareness after surgery | | 58:00-62:00+ | Pizza delivery by “Saddam,” name jokes, fireworks, ISIS| | 71:44-78:50 | Band names of the year (“Double Gypsy Butthole” etc.) | | 129:15-133:40 | Listener’s “out-of-context” first lines of the year | | 137:55-147:22 | Pop culture reviews, Hot Releases, AI music, films | | 152:44-156:28 | More AI Christmas music parodies | | 160:08-166:09 | 2025’s pop culture headlines (Labubu, celebrities) |

Summary Insights

• Comedy-First Banter: The show remains quick-witted, ribald, and unafraid to push buttons. No topic is too sacred.
• Arizona Focus: References to local schools, food, culture, and sports are constant—very much a show for Phoenix/Arizona natives.
• AI Anxiety: The crew relishes mocking the absurdity of technological “advances,” but also underscores genuine discomfort.
• Child Safety Satire: App/social media culture for kids becomes a perfect target; they address serious dangers while lampooning society’s blind spots.
• Annual Traditions: The listener-archived “band names” and “out-of-context quotes” highlight the podcast’s cult following and community engagement.
• Current Events Tie-In: Political hypocrisy, misinformation, and terrorism anxieties find their way into the comedy filter.
• Gross-out/Taboo Humor: From animal dissection to fart “mouth-to-mouth,” the team’s willingness to “go there” is part of the draw.
• Running Bit Highlights:
  • Delivery by “Saddam,” and name-based paranoia and jokes
  • Year-in-review band names
  • Childhood “lies” about frog legs and family honesty
  • The AI soul revival of rock songs

For New Listeners

If you haven’t heard this episode, expect a gleeful disregard for boundaries, fast segues between absurd and serious, shocking nostalgia, and Arizona-specific references. Many bits are callbacks to earlier shows or running jokes, but the crew provides enough context for new listeners to jump in. The live, conversational, sometimes bizarre tone is a feature, not a bug, and fans love these sprawling, raucous recaps as year’s end approaches.

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