The Morning Scramble Podcast

Live Life Like A Drunk Raccoon!

The holidays don’t make it any easier to be a parent—luckily, The Morning Scramble is here to help! Kat has a situation with her mother-in-law that involves her son and she needs a little advice. Grandma really wants to take her grandson out shopping with her, so she bribed him with a gaming system—but there’s a catch. The gaming system has stay at grandma’s house. Kat’s question: Is it a gift if the gift has to stay at grandma’s house?

The Morning Scramble Santa Line is ready for new messages! Record your little one’s message to Santa on the Z102.9 app. We’ll send the message to the North Pole and he’ll send back a personalized response. Get all the details on the Z102.9 app!

We Are ACTUALLY Sending Kirk Ferentz A S*$% Load Of Ice Cream!

An S#!& Ton of Ice Cream for Coach Ferentz

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

Clare Has Turkey Friends

The Morning Scramble Santa Line is ready for new messages! Check out kzia.com or the Z102.9 app for details on how to send your little one’s message to Santa directly to the North Pole using the Z102.9 app.

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.’

The Z102.9 Marching Band is ready to get you pumped up the Hawks’ Black Friday game. The Morning Scramble just shared their favorite things during their live show in Marion, but not to be outdone, the halftime show will tell you all about “The Z102.9 Marching Band’s Favorite Things.”

The Hawkeyes are taking it easy on the turkey before they head to Nebraska to take on the Huskers. Clare and Eric will break down the game by Talkin’ Hawks with Matt VandeBerg.

The Morning Scramble’s FAVORITE THINGS in Marion

The Morning Scramble is excited to kick off your holiday shopping with a bang with their LIVE Favorite Things episode!

Get inspired as they get holiday gift giving ideas from: MODE, Swamp Fox Bookstore, Sea Love, and SCOUT.

Let’s Just Call it FRANKSgiving

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 excited to kick off your holiday shopping with a bang with their LIVE Favorite Things episode Tuesday morning at the Marion Pubic Library. Listen to hear the must-have items at local businesses that you can shop.

It’s a short holiday week and there’s so much to be excited for—Thanksgiving, Black Friday shopping, decorating for Christmas! Clare and Eric have lots of fun facts about the week and will bring a “fact off” that they call “Top That.”

Never Gonna Give You Up!

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.

The Z102.9 Marching Band is ready to get you pumped up for the final home game of the season. It’s a busy time of year with the holidays coming up…how is everybody doing? Join the band for a “Check Up From the Neck Up.”

The Hawkeyes are at home taking on Michigan State. How are they preparing after two such close losses? Clare and Eric will break down the game by Talkin’ Hawks with Matt VandeBerg.

Is There A Massive Blizzard On The Way!?

It’s a little early in the morning, but The Morning Scramble needs to turn your attention to cocktails for this week’s case for ‘Jury in a Hurry.’ Do you like tiny drink umbrellas in your cocktails? Yes or no?

Clare and Eric love shopping local and they want to share all of their favorite things with you! Listen to The Morning Scramble to win tickets to their LIVE Favorite Things show coming up Tuesday, November 25th at the Marion Public Library. Everyone in the audience will walk away with loads of special goodies, but you have to have a ticket to attend the show.

The Morning Scramble’s Santa Line is back for its fifth year! Have your little one record a message to the Big Guy Up North and we’ll make sure he gets it! And when Santa sends his reply, The Morning Scramble will sent it directly back to you! This holiday magic is presented by Herteen & Stocker Jewelers.

Is there a massive blizzard on the way? Rebecca Kopelman from Iowa’s News Now has the information you need to know right now.

How Can You Eat That!?

Thanksgiving is a chance to connect and come together with friends and family. But sometimes a teen might not feel like “peopling” that particular day. Time to dive into our ‘Momtroversy:’ Do you allow your teen to skip out on the Thanksgiving meal?

This Can’t Go In My Mouth!!

With THE major food holiday coming up, The Morning Scramble has to prepare those bellies with a Taste It Tuesday. Oreo has released a special edition holiday tin with all of the flavors of your Thanksgiving meal: Turkey & stuffing, sweet potato, creamed corn, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and caramel apple pie. Mmm…turkey flavored cookies!