BEST OF HMS PODCASTS - MONDAY - March 10, 2025 - PART ONE - Woman Says Ghost Followed Her Home - March 2024

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona Episode Summary: BEST OF HMS PODCASTS - MONDAY - March 10, 2025 - PART ONE Release Date: March 10, 2025

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Overview

In this episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on Arizona's #1 Morning Radio Show, hosts John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo delve into the peculiar and humorous topic of a woman who claims to have been followed home by a ghost, leading to an unconventional romantic relationship. The discussion is rich with comedic banter, sharp critiques, and satirical takes on societal perceptions of the supernatural and mental health.

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Main Story: A Woman’s Unusual Romance with a Ghost

[00:56 - 05:42]

Brady introduces the central news story: a woman named Rebecca alleges that a ghost named Rupert followed her home, leading to a romantic relationship. As their bond deepens, Rebecca eventually begins dating a real person, resulting in a complicated love triangle between the physical and spectral realms.

Key Points:

• Rebecca’s Relationship: Initially forms a connection with Rupert the ghost, emphasizing emotional bonds over physical.
• Conflict Arises: Rebecca starts dating a living person, leading to tension and confusion.
• Workplace Repercussions: Rebecca faces skepticism and potential job loss due to her unconventional relationship.

Notable Quote:

• Brady ([02:01]): “If you can prove this is true, fly up there to Sweden and get your Nobel prize, because you'll be the first one that did it.”

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Hosts' Reactions and Discussions

[05:42 - 16:58]

The hosts engage in a spirited and humorous debate about the legitimacy of Rebecca's claims, mental health implications, and societal reactions to such phenomena.

Topics Discussed:

1. Mental Health Stigma:

   • Brady criticizes the dismissal of Rebecca's experiences as mere mental health issues, sarcastically suggesting extreme measures to address perceived delusions.
   • Lindsay and Brett echo the sentiment, highlighting the fine line between belief and mental instability.

2. Representation of Ghosts in Media:

   • The hosts reference popular culture, including Ghostbusters and Ghost, to illustrate unrealistic portrayals of ghost-human relationships.
   • Brady mocks the idea of a ghost like Rupert being selective or having preferences, undermining the plausibility of such relationships.

3. Societal Acceptance:

   • A recurring theme is the absurdity of normalizing ghost relationships, with Brady emphasizing the importance of maintaining rational societal standards.
   • Katy adds to the satire by inventing outlandish characteristics for Rupert, further highlighting the ridiculousness of the situation.

4. Educational System Critique:

   • The discussion shifts to the challenges within the educational system regarding students with unconventional beliefs, using Rebecca’s story as a springboard.
   • Brady laments the loss of clear distinctions in educational support, leading to confusion and inadequate handling of such cases.

5. Political and Social Commentary:

   • Hosts weave in brief political remarks, touching on themes like media bias and societal changes, albeit in a tangential manner.
   • Brady mocks political actions leading to societal shifts that exacerbate acceptance of bizarre claims.

Notable Quotes:

• Brady ([05:45]): “You're not dating a ghost. You have no ties to a ghost. You're not special.”
• Brett ([05:42]): “Can't wait until she's pregnant with Rupert's baby.”
• Brady ([10:24]): “There are all sorts of lonely ghosts that left this planet feeling pretty bad. A lot of virgins died.”
• Katy ([12:42]): “That's a beautiful outback you drive.”

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Brady ([02:01]): “I have to do something for society here and cut this lady's head off or something. This is insanity.”
• Brady ([03:14]): “She's not attractive whatsoever, right? Oh. Rupert the ghost. He's a Nordic God.”
• Brady ([07:06]): “This bull's house?”
• Brady ([11:17]): “But my brain says I'm a chicken nugget.”
• Brady ([16:54]): “Well, it is kind of his fault. I mean, he did turn the White House into a rainbow.”

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Insights and Conclusions

The episode underscores the hosts' skepticism towards unconventional claims, using humor and satire to critique societal tendencies to either dismiss or irrationally accept such narratives. Through sharp wit and comedic exchanges, they highlight issues related to mental health stigma, media portrayal of supernatural phenomena, and the challenges within societal and educational structures to address unconventional beliefs.

Takeaways:

• Critical Thinking: Encourages listeners to approach extraordinary claims with skepticism and demand substantial evidence.
• Mental Health Awareness: While addressing mental health, the discussion satirizes the oversimplification and stigmatization of complex issues.
• Cultural Reflection: Reflects on how media and societal changes influence public perception of the supernatural and the boundaries of acceptable relationships.

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Conclusion

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness delivers a blend of humor, critical commentary, and engaging discussion on a bizarre news story. By dissecting Rebecca's claim of ghostly romance, the hosts provide listeners with both entertainment and food for thought on broader societal issues. The inclusion of notable quotes and sharp exchanges ensures a lively and memorable listening experience.

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Transcript

[Dick Toledo]

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[Frank Caliendo]

You're listening to the best of Holmberg's Morning Sickness. And this is Frank Caliendo. And you'd think I'd be doing a better voice for this promo at the moment. Or is it technically a rejoin?

[Brady]

I don't know.

[Frank Caliendo]

I'm not in the radio business. But what I am going to be doing is a little Donald Trump. It's good, but not as good as the Best of Homberg's Morning Sickness, which we're getting back to right now. That's the weave. And we just wove back.

[Brady]

And then you got this one. This is in the news, for Christ's sake. So it got traction. This lady, the headline says I love a ghost and my girlfriend has to accept it. There's a woman who claims that a ghost followed her home one night. And after they got to know each other, they slowly began to spend more time together. Unexpected feelings grew between them and they became a couple. But soon after, Rebecca did meet someone new in the living world. So she started dating. She started cheating on the ghost with a real person, a fellow spirit social media educator. Now there's my problem. That right there.

[Brett]

Give me that role again.

[Brady]

It's the a.

[Katy]

Where did that go?

[Brady]

Special A fellow spirit social media educator.

[Lindsay]

That like a life coach.

[Brady]

It's worse than a life coach.

[Lindsay]

I didn't think there was anything after.

[Brady]

A life coach, and that's even worse.

[Lindsay]

So if you failed a life coach.

[Brady]

Yeah. Become an afterlife coach.

[Lindsay]

Just kill yourself if you fail in.

[Brady]

A life coach called Catherine. Because she was, you know, talking about her problems on social media of like, I've got this ghost boyfriend, but I've met this real lady. And Rebecca explained, love doesn't judge that she and Rupert the ghost connect through their energies, and their relationship primarily revolves around emotions. Well, of course, naturally, her job's like, well, you're fired. You're nuts. No. Can't fire me for this wanderer. I'm talking about ghost dating. She added that Rupert acknowledges that I'm here in the physical and I need to live my life here while he waits for me in Ghost Town. He had to learn how I was physically perceiving him with respect that he started hanging out more where I was living. Now, right here as the writer of the article, I sit back and go, all right, this. I have to do something for society here and cut this lady's head off or something. This is insanity. You're an adult. You are not dating a ghost. You have no ties to a ghost. You're not special. If you can prove this is true, fly up there to Sweden and get your Nobel prize, because you'll be the first one that did it.

[Brett]

I wonder if they had any trouble early on, before she met the new person like Rupert, they had a discussion, and Rupert says, these ghost chicks mean nothing to me.

[Brady]

I love you right now. Let me show you this part. This is the girl in question. I'm showing you a picture. Not attractive whatsoever, right? Oh, Rupert the ghost. She's drawing a photo or a picture of him. Is this. He's a Nordic God. Oh. If Rupert the ghost is coming down here to date one of these ladies, it isn't going to be you.

[Lindsay]

No, she's. She's lucky. She gets slimer from the Ghostbusters.

[Brady]

Slimer would go, no, thanks. I'd sooner stick it in Bill Murray than you. You are not attractive. If a ghost has pick of the litter in two worlds, ain't choosing you. And by the way, she's.

[Lindsay]

That's about all that would love her, though, as a ghost. Something that doesn't exist.

[Brady]

Her other. Her other.

[Brett]

The dude that was LARPing that she met.

[Brady]

Yeah. Her living relationship is a woman. Oh, so she's also on earth here. She's a lesbian. In the ghost world, she's a. She likes Rupert the Nordic God.

[Lindsay]

So she's trying to hook up with vigo from Ghostbusters 2 or what he.

[Brett]

Looks dressed like Fred from Scooby Doo.

[Brady]

Yeah, they get inundated with unfair comments like, you're crazy. Yep, Yep. But you know what's not fair about that? That you don't understand. It's true. You're a liar. Some people who are even crazier, like, why are you talking to demons? Oh, my God. They're letting everybody out of asylums nowadays. And this is the result. Find Jesus another ghost. Don't do that. She'll try to date him. The Couple also set the record straight, confirming that they do not suffer from mental health issues. I'm not a doctor in that. But you do suffer from mental health issues, because this used to be called multiple personality disorder or schizophrenia. Now it's called. Don't say anything. You might hurt her feelings. She needs to be told she's schizophrenic. You're not doing people any favors by saying, oh, you're dating a ghost. That's wonderful. Nope. Get her in the long jacket. Here we go again. Big, long sleeves. They wrap right around your back. And stuff her in the back of a car. And you drive her off to a place and you sit her in a room until she realizes, wow, I was talking like crazy. You're not banging a ghost.

[Brett]

Can't wait until she's pregnant with Rupert's baby.

[Brady]

Now again, I will pay for first class tickets to Stockholm for you to pick up your Nobel Prize the day that happens. I got pregnant by a ghost, and I can prove it, because the baby inside is more ectoplasm than it is sperm. Wow. Well, here's your. And I'm going first. First class. Like, it's gonna be a $20,000 ticket for me to buy, but that. This is worth it.

[Brett]

This isn't to promote the Ghostbusters movie.

[Brady]

It might be. It might be.

[Lindsay]

I'd like to introduce you to my son, Casper.

[Brady]

Of course. Of course. Exactly. Oh, it just comes shooting out of her belly.

[Katy]

It's like, wow, it's a ghost baby. He's so cute. He's half ghost and half alive. And he's mine.

[Brady]

You're nuts. You're just nuts. And it's not journalism to do a story about it. And not, in the end. Go. This is crazy.

[Brett]

You're opinionated on every other article.

[Brady]

Exactly. Your opinions have crept into everything. Where is it? Here? Why is this fair and balanced?

[Lindsay]

She's not hot enough to be. To be this crazy.

[Brady]

No, she's not hot at all. Yeah, and that's another thing people need to start telling her, hey, go get a makeover before you start telling everybody that people from the other world are. Are targeting you as a sex partner. That's not. Look, if I had. If I could go anywhere and walls weren't an option, you think I'd go to this.

[Dick Toledo]

This bull's house?

[Brady]

No, this one here would be up in Margot Robbie's house. Yeah, you're at Margot Robbie's. I'm over at Dua Lipa's. And I'm diving deep.

[Lindsay]

Yep.

[Brady]

I am Hitting that thing where it counts. Dua's not gonna know what hit her. Oh, Rupert. Whatever. Rupert away. But it's time we stop again. Brady's right. This is. This is where journalism is. Like, well, I didn' why, this is when it makes most sense to go, this is all bat fake news. We screaming at everything else. What's this? Meanwhile, I got my friend spending 10 grand a semester at some school so his daughter can ignore the cat kid in the corner. Where are the people to tell other people they're nuts? You know what happened here? Special education went away. We made it like handicapped kids instead of the nut bags there used to be in school. The handicapped kids class and the nutbag kids class, they never intertwined them. The handicapped kids, you know, the ones in. The immobilized ones that, you know, the ones that had to show up to school to feel like, you know, I don't really know why you could have just. I don't plug them in or something and giving them information like they did Neo and Matrix. But you know, the ones who could barely walk or trouble getting around. They kept him in one room all day, which was the wise thing to do. And then they said, ah, we can't tell kids they're bananas. Telling you, there's a couple kids. I remember Jim Rich was one that pops to mind immediately. That dude needed the special room because he was off the walls nuts at school bouncing off. He was nutty. They put him in the special room because he was getting Ds and he was driving everybody nuts. You have to be able to do that again. You have to say, oh, I can't imagine anybody going to Mr. A. Bullwinkle at Rhodes Junior High going, you know, I half identify as a cat. So I'm need you to put a little bedding in the corner there. I'm gonna. I'm gonna nestle up during your next lesson, okay? Like, no. He'd be like, no, I gotta talk to your parents. You've gone nuts. If your kid's going nuts, say so. That's all I'm saying. Certainly don't call the news on the point sickness. Holmberg's morning sickness. This one says, this is from a teacher. There's all this talk of kids being cats and humans being in love with inanimate things. Reminds me of a book one of my students showed me yesterday that came up on one of their suggestions. It's called Stuffed by Sylvia Morrow. And the look on their face intrigued me. They come over and I asked, what are you doing and they point at their screen. After reading the summary, I'm like, wtf are people writing the students face of disgust as well? The things people love. What is stuff? Look up stuff. Is that for people with stuffed animals and inanimate objects? They. Yeah, because that's a thing we allow.

[Brett]

Now that TV show, the Korean one, the Chicken Nugget.

[Brady]

Chicken nugget's great. Chicken nugget's a fantastic concept that doesn't have anything to do with loving an inanimate object. That's a fantasy. That's different. They admit that that's.

[Brett]

Well, I mean, she's not actually creating, you know, making herself into a chicken nugget.

[Brady]

Have you watched it?

[Brett]

No.

[Brady]

Why are you bringing it up? There's nothing to do with this.

[Brett]

Well, that's what I'm thinking of. Stuffed. No, no, they're actually doing a chicken.

[Brady]

Nugget because there's an accident in a lab. She turns into a chicken nugget. You got to try to figure out how to make her back. I'm thinking about chicken nuggets. We lost him a while ago when the. I don't care about any of this nuggies.

[Katy]

Isn't there a TV show called that?

[Brady]

Yeah, so I don't know. There's stuffed animals, ghosts. It's time to tell your kids they're nuts. That's it. And if your kid did come in.

[Brett]

Maybe they're full all the time.

[Brady]

I don't know. Maybe they're eating too much or there's bad food. If your kid came in and said, I'm a chicken nugget to try to tie in whatever the hell you were talking about, and you're like, no, I'm looking at you. You're not a chicken nugget. I'm a reasonable adult human being. You are not a chicken nugget. And if you are, I'm gonna cut some of you open and prove to you that you're at least not deep fried yet. You're just skin and bones and blood.

[Katy]

But my brain says I'm a chicken nugget.

[Brady]

That means you've lost your mind. That's what your brain does when it loses its mind. That's where the phrase comes from. I've lost my mind. It's not treating you at normal anymore.

[Brett]

You can't wear the battered hat.

[Brady]

You can't batter yourself. You can't. I'm gonna batter you if you try to. Parents, you gotta start getting on that. Your kid isn't a cat. It doesn't see ghosts. It doesn't date ghosts. And it certainly isn't pretty enough to get this ghost. Rupert, you're a good looking man. If you can hear me out there, and you can, because he's.

[Lindsay]

He's everywhere.

[Brady]

He's everywhere his hair. He's probably sucked into my big ju beak a couple of times. Like blew my nose and Rupert came out. If anybody has the ability to suck up ghosts from the air, it's me. And yet it's yet to happen. Stop it. Pretty soon we let this get out of hand and there's going to be rape charges against dead guys. And their families are going to have to pay somebody because their ghost showed up and had their way with a lady against her will. But yeah, rer ain't coming to your house. Bull. You're. You're. You're. It ain't happening.

[Katy]

Oh, I'm Rupert the ghost and I love a portly woman with a bi level haircut from the late 80s. Preferably dyed ugly purple on top the side. Shaved on one side.

[Lindsay]

That's a beautiful outback you drive.

[Brett]

Levitating.

[Katy]

There's 7 billion people on the planet. Rupert the ghost chose me.

[Brady]

That used to be called delusional. Delusional.

[Brett]

Her girlfriend comes home and catches her with Rupert.

[Katy]

What's going on?

[Brady]

Legs are wide open. There's like snowballs or something flying around the room. You can't tell what's happening. It's Rupert.

[Katy]

He's firing his ghost load. You told me you weren't sleeping with him.

[Brady]

You see how nuts it is? Nope. News is that. And how come gay ghosts don't come back from the times? Way back in the day, back before they couldn't be in heaven and stuff because they were committing sins and now they're not. But they used to be. Now they don't go to heaven anymore. They do go to heaven. Why don't they come back and start raping everybody?

[Lindsay]

And maybe Paul Lynn will come back.

[Brady]

Paul Lynde would come back. Now it's my turn. And he just starts pounding away on.

[Katy]

Anything he wants because who can see him if.

[Brady]

If. Look, if that's part of being a ghost that you can come back and date some people, that would be going on all the time. There are a lot of lonely ghosts that left this planet feeling pretty bad. A lot of virgins died. And if you can break the plane and show up, you might even bang this bull. But I doubt it. She's low on the list. So stupid. What if. What if her. Her lesbian roommate comes home, swings the door Open. And there's the bull on her knees, just air bobbing.

[Brett]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Walked in. Oh, sorry.

[Katy]

I was blowing my ghost.

[Brady]

Makes me more nervous that she found someone after she's been dating this ghost to date her. I have to tell you, I date a ghost. Oh, okay. This dinner's over. You're crazy. You're gonna have to share me with a ghost I sleep with. No, I'm not. You're alone again. It's Patrick Swayze. God damn it. He didn't even bang to me more, did he? Just kind of rubbed up against her a little bit. I remember. I don't think. I think they just made pots together.

[Lindsay]

I never got through the whole thing.

[Brett]

Did they get a cheat touch at the end or something?

[Brady]

Because he. Oh, trying to communicate her. He broke. Yeah, they broke the rule. Whoopi made him break the rule. That's right. And he could actually feel her for a sec, but he didn't even go. Banged her, I don't think. Well, they were together in the beginning.

[Brett]

But not as a ghost.

[Brady]

As a ghost, he couldn't.

[Lindsay]

Why come back?

[Brett]

Because the whole time he's back to.

[Lindsay]

Make pots and pans.

[Brett]

He could move objects and stuff to try to communicate.

[Brady]

They were trying to open a William Sonoma or something. I don't know what they were doing.

[Lindsay]

Dumbass movie.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah, you're right. Why come back, right? To save her from getting murdered. First off, that doesn't make sense. If she gets murdered, she's gonna be with you. Be with him.

[Lindsay]

Right.

[Brady]

All right, this is dumber than I thought.

[Lindsay]

I hated Love that movie.

[Brady]

I hated Ghost when it came out. I hate it more now. I didn't even think of that angle. And it's because of this bull over here in Minnesota. That's Dayton Rupert, the Swedish God that came back for no reason. You don't think Vikings would come back with their mentality or, you know, Genghis Khan's crew? They didn't have a whole lot of rules. They'd be coming back if ghosts were real. They wouldn't come back and just start hosing all of us and raping and pillaging through ghosts.

[Brett]

Crossover.

[Brady]

Yeah, stupid. It's time to start calling people crazy again. Break out the big coat. Somebody should be knocking on that bull's door today with, like, a big fake check that says you've won Lesbian of the Year. Hey, congratulations, you're Lesbian of the Year. And then out from behind the check, two dudes jump up and put a coat with long sleeves on her and wrap her up, put her in a padded room and say, look, you've gone bat crazy. You can't be in society anymore. Oh, but what about Rupert? He can visit you in the. Trust me, the walls don't stop him. Stop it. But, yeah, this story didn't have. The writer of this story was like, isn't it beautiful? Oh, my God. Meanwhile, we can't get the truth out of a Biden story or a Trump story to save our ass.

[Brett]

I was just gonna say further down the line were their comments. Thanks, Obama.

[Brady]

Well, it is kind of his fault. I mean, he did turn the White House into a rainbow. That never happened before him. They never lit it up that way. And then we all went crazy. I'm all for the gays having the ability to get married. I don't know why you'd want to. But they did. But then it's led to this. And that was the argument everybody had. Well, we let this happen, and Katie, bar the door. Everybody's gonna be dating dogs and cats. Like, oh, you're all crazy. Kind of. What's happened?