Podcast: The Morning Scramble Podcast

Here’s What Eric Steals From His Hotel Rooms!

The Morning Scramble gets one shot…one opportunity…to show you exactly what they did over their weekends. Check out their weekend photos on the Z102.9 Facebook page, hear the stories of their adventures, and share what you did!

The Morning Scramble Movie Club is getting back together to check out some of the Oscar nominated movies this winter. Producer Ben gets to choose the first movie The Morning Scramble will see in 2026. What will he choose?

Hate Valentine’s Day? The Morning Scramble has your back! Get details on the 3rd annual Broken Hearts Breakfast.

Lets Talk About urANUS!!!

Nobody knows ‘Nerd News’ like Dancin’ Eric Hanson, so break out your pocket protector, tape the bridge of your glasses, and get ready for some geeky stories from the past week. 

This week’s ‘Jury in a Hurry’ case – when you’re running late do you clean the entire car off or just enough to see? – sparked a debate that yielded an even split on both sides with “clean the entire car” winning by just one vote. Retired Iowa State Trooper Bob stops by The Morning Scramble to shed a legal perspective on the case.

TONS of information passes through The Morning Scramble, and they keep it all. Sometimes it’s important to clear out some of the information that’s not useful. Time to blow through some fun facts and spin the ‘Wheel of Useless Knowledge.’

Why Are You Driving With Your Head Out The Drivers Side Window!?

We’re in the thick of the winter season which brings us snow and cold temperatures. Chime in on this week’s case for ‘Jury in a Hurry’ as a Midwest winter warrior: When you’re running late, do you clean off the entire car or just enough to see?

Yes, it’s real news, but with punchlines designed to make you laugh.  Clare and Eric swap news stories with some jokes they’ve written for another round of “Punchline News.”

Congrats To Our Grand JAN-pion!!!!

Solving family issues one case at a time is what The Morning Scramble’s ‘Momtroversy’ does! If you have a parenting question, email scramble@kzia.com just like mom, Julie, did. Julie walked into her own living room, said hi to her daughter, grabbed a snack in the kitchen, then minutes later realized her daughter was Face Timing her boyfriend the whole time. What are the video chat ‘rules’ at your house? Do you have to announce to other family members that you are on a call?

Congratulations to our JAN-uary winners Allison, Emily, and Renee! They all won tickets to this Sunday’s Iowa Women’s Basketball game and some Hawkeye jewelry from Herteen & Stocker Jewelers. They compete to see who will be crowned the Grand JAN-pion and score a ticket upgrade. Tune in to hear the competition.

A Very Special 50th Birthday Celebration!

The Morning Scramble Movie Club is starting back up in 2026! Dancin’ Eric Hanson gifted Clare and Producer Ben with some movie theatre gift cards for Christmas and the club needs to get together and plan a first movie to see in 2026.

Solving family issues one case at a time is what The Morning Scramble’s ‘Momtroversy’ does! If you have a parenting question, email scramble@kzia.com just like mom, Julie, did. Julie walked into her own living room, said hi to her daughter, grabbed a snack in the kitchen, then minutes later realized her daughter was Face Timing her boyfriend the whole time. What are the video chat ‘rules’ at your house? Do you have to announce to other family members that you are on a call?

It’s Time To Bring Back 2016!!

The Morning Scramble gets one shot…one opportunity…to show you exactly what they did over their weekends. Check out their weekend photos on the Z102.9 Facebook page, hear the stories of their adventures, and share what you did!

The Morning Scramble is sending 3 lucky winners to cheer on the Iowa Women’s Basketball team and Coach Jan Jensen with JAN-uary.

Don’t Embarrass Yourself Eric!!

Nobody knows ‘Nerd News’ like Dancin’ Eric Hanson, so break out your pocket protector, tape the bridge of your glasses, and get ready for some geeky stories from the past week.

Let’s take some spins on The Wheel of Useless Knowledge!

Don’t Do This Or You Will End Up With A 1 Star Rating!!

Co-workers in crisis? Turn the case over to The Morning Scramble for ‘Jury in a Hurry’ to settle the matter once and for all. Tomorrow’s case revolves around an office plant. Katie sits at the front desk and does NOT have a green thumb. Cathy loves plants, so she brought in a plant and put it on the front desk for everyone to enjoy, but she travels for work and is seldom in the office. Who’s responsible for taking care of the plant? Katie or Cathy?

The Morning Scramble wants to send you to cheer on the Iowa Women’s Basketball team and Coach Jan Jensen with JAN-uary. Head to kzia.com to enter to win tickets to the January 25th game and prizes from Herteen & Stocker Jewelers.

Save the date for Gown Town 2026, Saturday February 21st!

The Haunting of Eric Hanson

Pickleball has exploded in popularity and isn’t slowing down anytime soon. It only makes sense that YouTube has a brand-new reality show all about Pickleball called “Pickleball Kingdom Paddle Battle” where contestants are competing. One of the contestants is from Cedar Rapids and The Morning Scramble will introduce you to Kris Diehl.

 There’s nothing worse than singing along with a song and finding out those aren’t the words! We’ve all done it; tune in to play along with The Morning Scramble’s ‘Songversation’ this week: what song lyric did you mis-hear?

Inspiration From Iowa Woman’s Basketball Coach Jan Jensen Herself!

There’s nothing worse than singing along with a song and finding out those aren’t the words! We’ve all done it; tune in to play along with The Morning Scramble’s ‘Songversation’ this week: what song lyric did you mis-hear?

Coach Jan Jensen joins The Morning Scramble! Clare and Eric are celebrating all things JAN in the month of January and even have a chance to send you to cheer on the Iowa Women’s Basketball team at their January 25th game. Sign up now at kzia.com.