ROCK MORNINGS · Brian Simpson

Gator on the roof. Scientology Runs. Office Cora. Sneezing bot flies!

April 9, 2026·1 hr 37 min·8 clips
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Thursday gets its song. The open leans on Pat McCurdy, a Showboat Saloon mention in the Dells, and a quick street-by-street mental map with corners, river turns, and nearby spots. Nobody stays parked for long. Milwaukee Film Fest slips in next, less like a calendar read and more like two people trying to remember places out loud. Then the algorithm throws a shiny dumb thing into the room. The host has been seeing Scientology run videos, mostly on Facebook after they drift down from TikTok, and he is fully entertained. The game is almost too stupid to explain. People film themselves running as deep as they can into a Scientology building before someone catches them and walks them out. That is it. The fun is in how he describes the buildings: open for tours, supposedly welcoming, but still secretive and huge in a way regular churches usually are not. A normal church has back rooms and exits you can picture. These halls sound like they are begging somebody to sprint. The other voice keeps needling the bit. Are famous people downstairs? Do the runners find stairs? Why does level one even matter? The answer is plain enough: the famous people are not hanging around on level one, and upstairs is the next challenge. By the end, the chase collapses into a kitchen complaint about raw noodles and Fruity Pebbles on the floor. Use scissors. Stop ripping boxes open like a maniac. Clean it up.

As heard by us

A Thursday morning mix of Pat McCurdy, film-fest chatter, Scientology runs, and household grievance.

The episode opens on a Thursday-morning groove with Brian and Gene, then slips into a Pat McCurdy singalong and a nod to The Bright Beautiful World: Infectious Joy of Pat McCurdy at the Milwaukee Film Fest.

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You want Thursday-morning chaos, a Pat McCurdy detour, and a weird internet obsession.

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