The Josh Button Podcast

Josh Button
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This is the Premier Podcast and Resource for Midlife Combat Athletes, BJJ Over 40 Practitioners, Lifelong Martial Artists, and Anyone Ready to Embrace the protocols proven to keep us on the mats. Health is Wealth. Stay on the mats. Stay Dangerous. Hard to Kill in Midlife. New episode every Tuesday 5pm Est Topics: * Proactively owning your health instead of reactively outsourcing it * Building unbreakable discipline through jiu-jitsu, ice baths, workouts, breathwork, and consistency * Mindset shifts that turn discomfort into your greatest advantage IG: @IamJoshButton @TheJoshButtonPodcast

  1. 1d ago

    How 10th Planet Atlanta Builds ADCC & PGF Champions — Sean Applegate on Min-Maxing No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu EP112

    What actually separates the gyms producing ADCC and PGF athletes from everyone else? Sean Applegate — head coach of 10th Planet Atlanta and PGF Twisters, 10th Planet black belt — built his room from nothing in South Alabama, coaching himself from Eddie Bravo DVDs before moving to Atlanta where Kevin Beuhring, Elijah Carlton, and Ryan Aitken now compete at the highest levels of no-gi. His answer to the edge question isn't a secret technique. It's ruthless analytical study of what actually works at the highest level, eliminating what doesn't, and developing depth of mastery in a small set of things that hold up against the best in the world. This episode covers the false reap problem, the CLA debate, why he stopped competing to coach full time, and why mastery — not breadth — is the most undervalued concept in all of jiu-jitsu. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Sean Applegate · 10th Planet Atlanta:IG: @Trapplegate10p🔗 Biospectral Systems — Brand Partner:Josh wears the Luca Nero frames · Code JOSHBUTTON · 15% off · biospectralsystems.com🔗 Lineage Provisions — Podcast Partner:Code JOSHBUTTON · 15% off · lineageprovisions.com🔗 Greco Gum — Brand Partner:Code IAMJOSHBUTTON · 10% off · grecogum.com🔗 Find Josh:@thatjiujiteiro · @IamJoshButton · @stopkillingtheplants · joshbutton.comFree guides: HardtoKillinMidlife.com👍 Like and subscribe — it helps more people find this content.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Sean Applegate, Trapplegate10p, 10th Planet Atlanta, 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, no-gi jiu-jitsu, PGF Twisters, ADCC, BJJ coaching, depth of mastery BJJ, min-max BJJ, CLA vs drilling, Brandon McCaghren, Kevin Beuhring, Elijah Carlton, false reap breakdown, BJJ over 40, staying on the mats, mastery, hard to kill in midlife, that jiujiteiro, IamJoshButton, stop killing the plants, josh button podcast, ep112, lineage provisions, Biospectral Systems, Greco Gum, HardtoKillinMidlife

  2. Sep 1

    58 IBJJF Golds, a Hip Replacement at 50, and Still Competing at 52 | Brian Edwards on Overtraining, TRT & Your Second Prime EP111

    If you're doing BJJ over 40 and still competing — or want to — and you've ever wondered what it looks like to accumulate 58 IBJJF gold medals, two Masters World titles, and over 400 matches while also running businesses, raising kids, and surviving six surgeries including a full hip replacement at 50, this episode is the one. Brian Edwards is @JiujitsuDad — 52 years old, black belt, Masters World Champion, and one of the most honest voices in this sport on what it actually takes to stay on the mats for life. In this episode you'll learn why the only thing worse than not training is overtraining, how he was rolling again 12 weeks after a full hip replacement, the TRT conversation most coaches won't have directly enough, and why your forties and fifties — done right — are your second prime, not your decline.For the BJJ over 40 and midlife jiu-jitsu community who refuse to let the old man in — this one is for you. 🔗 Find Brian Edwards:Instagram: @JiujitsuDadTikTok: @JiujitsuDad7Seminars: available to travel — DM for booking🔗 Biospectral Systems — Brand Partner:Josh wears the Luca Nero frames. Code JOSHBUTTON for 15% off at biospectralsystems.com🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.com🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @IamJoshButton | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.comFree guides: HardtoKillinMidlife.com👍 If this episode helped you, please like and subscribe — it helps more people find this content. Brian Edwards, JiujitsuDad, Swamp Fox Jiu-Jitsu, IBJJF masters, Masters World Champion, BJJ over 40, BJJ after 40, midlife jiu-jitsu, midlife combat athlete, BJJ recovery over 40, training after 40, BJJ longevity, staying on the mats, hip replacement BJJ, TRT masters athlete, second prime, all good things are upstream, don't let the old man in, hard to kill in midlife, hard to kill, that jiujiteiro, IamJoshButton, stop killing the plants, josh button podcast, ep111, lineage provisions, HardtoKillinMidlife, Jeff Monson BJJ, overtraining recovery

  3. Aug 25

    He Survived 2 Cancers and Discovered the Missing Layer of Every Recovery Protocol | Nathan Siles on the Light Biology that Heals, Sleep & Health Sovereignty EP110

    If you've been doing the sunrise, the grounding, the cold plunge, the sauna, and the fasting — and you want to understand what's actually happening in the biology underneath those practices — this episode is the bridge between what you're doing and why it works at the deepest level. Nathan Siles founded Biospectral Systems after surviving two cancers, studying under Dr. Jack Kruse, and then going directly to the primary researchers — Gerald Pollock on structured water, Doug Wallace and Nick Lane on mitochondrial biophysics — to build his own framework from the source. In this episode you'll learn how light literally controls every hormone in your body through four surface pathways, why screen time after sunset is biologically equivalent to eating cheesecake during your fast, what the sleep sanctuary actually requires for real recovery from hard training, and why the face plunge in cold water activates a parasympathetic portal that most ice bath practitioners are leaving completely untouched.For the midlife grappler who is doing the work and wants to understand the biology that makes it work — this is the foundational episode. 🔗 Find Nathan Siles and Biospectral Systems:Instagram: @nathan.siles Website: nathansiles.comBiospectral Systems: biospectralsystems.com Book: BioTra — An Approach to Healthy Living in a Modern World 🔗 Biospectral Systems — Brand Partner:Code JOSHBUTTON for 15% off at biospectralsystems.comJosh wears the Luca Nero frames — highly recommended 🔗 Biospectral Systems — Episode Partner (Josh wears the Luca Nero frames):15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at biospectralsystems.com 🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.com 🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @IamJoshButton | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.comFree guides: HardtoKillinMidlife.com 👍 If this episode helped you, please like and subscribe — it helps more people find this content. "Note: An incorrect file was uploadsed at publish.The correct episode is now live. Apologies for any confusion."

  4. Aug 18

    He Brings the Mats to You — Retired Marine, Purple Heart, Black Belt Builds Mobile Jiu-Jitsu Business From a Florida Garage | Michael Cragholm EP109

    If you're doing BJJ over 40 and have ever wished you could get elite private instruction without driving across town, waiting your turn in a packed class, or walking into a gym full of 19-year-old wrestlers — this episode is for you. Michael Cragholm is a retired Marine officer, Purple Heart recipient, and BJJ black belt who turned a post-retirement garage training session into Space Coast Mobile Jiu-Jitsu and is now building Grapple App to take mobile jiu-jitsu global. In this episode you'll learn the Zach Morris timeout coaching method that wires correct jiu-jitsu responses faster than drilling ever could, why he backdated his business LLC to National Purple Heart Day, how Fallujah gave him a breathing condition nobody diagnosed for years until a doctor at a coffee shop connected the dots, and why consistency — not intensity — is the most powerful thing you can bring to jiu-jitsu and to life.For the BJJ over 40 and midlife jiu-jitsu community who want to stay on the mats longer and train smarter — this one hits close to home. → Breathe or Tap — breathwork for jiu-jitsu and midlife recovery and The Hard to Kill Midlife Hormone Reset:ThatJiujiteiro.com or YouTube @thatjiujiteiro━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find Michael Cragholm:Instagram: @spacecoastmobilejiujitsuGrapple App: grappleapp.ioWebsite: spacecoastmobilejiujitsu.comPurple belt or above? Create a free instructor profile at grappleapp.io🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.com 🔗 Biospectralsystems — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at Biospectralsystems.com🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @IamJoshButton | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.comFree guides: HardtoKillinMidlife.com👍 If this episode helped you, please like and subscribe — it helps more people find this content.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

  5. Aug 11

    The 4 Golden Rules of BJJ Over 40 (And Why Staying on Top Ages Better) | Manny Gasemy EP108

    If you're doing BJJ over 40 and wondering whether there's a smarter way to train that protects your body, keeps you dangerous, and lets you still be on the mat at 79 — this episode is the blueprint. Coach Manny Alonso is a professional kickboxer, 18-year BJJ practitioner, and founder of Maca Martial Arts in Austin, Texas. He met Josh on the mats at Vagner Rocha Martial Arts and brings the full triangle of jiu-jitsu philosophy — train the sport, practice the art, think of the street — to every session he teaches. In this episode you'll learn the four golden rules of BJJ that govern his entire academy, why Greco-Roman upper body control beats shooting for legs as you age, the goldfish grip and the cheese principle for flow rolling and positional maintenance, and the five fundamentals every practitioner should master before they ever touch a leg lock.For the BJJ over 40 and midlife jiu-jitsu community who want to still be on the mat in their seventies — this is the episode.Topics covered:→ Born in Iran with a wrestling culture, Rocky 4 to boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai career→ Backpacking through South America and Central America — Costa Rica where jiu-jitsu began→ Training under coaches connected to Henzo Gracie and Danaher — Craig Jones and Gary Tonon lineage→ From Houston to California to South Florida to Austin — building Maca Martial Arts→ The Maca model: boutique, capped enrollment, waitlist, pure vibe over quantity→ Train the sport, practice the art, think of the street — the Combat Base triangle→ The four golden rules of jiu-jitsu (Chris Haueter): be on top, stay on top, unpassable guard, don't forget rule one→ Gravity as your invisible training partner — why the top game ages better than anything→ Why staying on top matters more in a real situation than finishing→ The goldfish grip: how to hold your opponent in flow rolling→ Melt like cheese: positional maintenance for mount and side control→ Greco-Roman for masters grapplers: body locks, arm drags, foot sweeps instead of shooting from distance→ Why shooting for a double leg at 40+ is a high-risk low-reward play→ The body lock as the gateway to every takedown for aging practitioners→ The five key fundamentals: base, posture, weight distribution, frames, breathing→ Why practitioners who skip fundamentals are building from the seventh floor down→ White belts going straight to leg locks — and what they are missing→ Breathing as the first fundamental Manny teaches in practice→ Gordon Ryan personally welcoming him vs. B Team laying on the mat — the vibe contrast→ What the 79-year-old black belt at John Jacques Machado's gym looks like→ Tap at 6–7 out of 10, not 10 — train more, get hurt less→ Collagen as the most important supplement for grapplers over 35→ Come in one piece, leave in one piece — the two rules that protect midlife grapplers→ Don't train for the name above the door — train for yourself→ One word: Train jiu-jitsu for life→ Breathe or Tap — breathwork for jiu-jitsu and midlife recovery:ThatJiujiteiro.com or YouTube @thatjiujiteiro━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find Manny Alonso and Maca Martial Arts:Instagram: @coachmannyalonsoAcademy: @macamartialartsCoach Caoilainn: @coachcaoilainnAustin, Texas — mention this show for a guest training session🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.com🔗 Biospectralsystems 15% off code JOSHBUTTON Biospectralsystems.com🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @IamJoshButton | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.comFree guides: HardtoKillinMidlife.com👍 If this episode helped you, please like and subscribe — it helps more people find this content.

  6. Aug 4

    He Opened His BJJ School as a White Belt and Built 5 Locations | Mike Stewart Jr. on Coaching, Sobriety & Staying Dangerous After 40 EP107

    If you're doing BJJ over 40 and wondering whether it's too late to build something real — on the mats or off them — this episode is proof it isn't. Mike Stewart Jr. opened Rising Tide Martial Arts as a white belt with his brother, on two rollout mats with seven students, and sixteen-plus years later runs five locations across Maryland that have hosted seminars with Gordon Ryan and helped countless students get sober and rebuild their lives. In this episode you'll learn why the best jiu-jitsu coaches are learning to stop rolling with their students, the control-based approach to the sport that protects aging joints while staying true to real combat, the honest math on alcohol and recovery that most coaches won't say out loud, and what staying dangerous after 40 actually means once you've outgrown needing to prove it.For the BJJ over 40 and midlife jiu-jitsu community building something that lasts — this one delivers.Topics covered:→ Taekwondo at six, ninjutsu black belt by his late teens, first exposure to jiu-jitsu on the side→ Inspired by Kenny Florian's jiu-jitsu on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter→ A year at Yamasaki Academy — one of Maryland's first BJJ schools→ Rock bottom at 25: drinking, drugs, a repossessed car, arrests, 230 pounds→ The deal with his brother: train hard for a year, then open a school together→ Opening Rising Tide Martial Arts as white belts→ Getting Helson Gracie's support and what that meant for legitimacy→ Surviving the early years: punches, bites, eye gouges from new students→ The mafia analogy — lineage, affiliation, and earning respect in a competitive market→ Building five locations through conservative, disciplined growth→ Treating coaches like real employees — benefits, health insurance, real jobs→ The crossroads: athlete vs. coach vs. business owner→ Why jiu-jitsu coaches are the only combat sport coaches expected to outroll their students→ Removing that pressure and becoming a better coach as a result→ The Panama call — coded terminology for blocking the inside hip→ Why Gordon Ryan and John Danaher's control-based teaching is universal, not body-type specific→ Control-based jiu-jitsu as a longevity strategy for the aging grappler→ Pressure passing over standing passing — protecting the knees, staying combat-honest→ Training schedule: high volume/low intensity vs. high intensity/low volume, never both→ The honest alcohol conversation: cutting from 4 days a week to 1-2 changes everything→ Helping students get sober — the most rewarding part of 16 years of coaching→ Recovery non-negotiables: nutrition, macros, sleep, permission to nap, creatine, ZMA→ ADCC's out-of-bounds problem and what needs to change→ Combat jiu-jitsu in the cage — Mike's favorite rule set→ Staying dangerous after 40: not fighting anyone, ever, if you don't have to→ Being the shredded grandfather at 70 — the real goal now→ One word: Relentless→ Breathe or Tap — breathwork for jiu-jitsu and midlife recovery:ThatJiujiteiro.com or YouTube @thatjiujiteiro━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find Mike Stewart Jr. and Rising Tide Martial Arts:Instagram: @risingtideacademy (gym) | @the_chokedealer (Mike Stewart Jr.)Website: risingtidemartialarts.usFive locations across Maryland🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.com🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @IamJoshButton | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.comFree guides: HardToKillInMidlife.com👍 If this episode helped you, please like and subscribe — it helps more people find this content. EuPBJZur1VNvHUqzAFBM

  7. Jul 28

    Two-Time World Champ, Approaching 50, Still Chasing the Next Level | Kodiak Fields on Extreme Ownership, Recovery & Tenacity EP106

    If you're doing BJJ over 40 and wondering what it looks like when a two-time world champion gi and no-gi approaches 50 with the same tenacity he brought to his first world title — this is the episode. No coasting, no resting on the resume. Kodiak Fields is flipping his game from top to bottom, hunting leg entanglements, training five or six days a week at Fight Sports Miami and Vagner Rocha Martial Arts, and building a recovery stack that includes sauna, cold plunge, peptides, and low-dose TRT. In this episode you'll learn the extreme ownership principle jiu-jitsu built before he had a name for it, why the commitment you make to yourself is the most important one you keep, how his wife Kelly became the black belt mind in his corner, and why tenacity — not talent — is the word that defines every vertical of his life.For the BJJ over 40 and midlife jiu-jitsu community chasing longevity on the mats — this one earns its place in your rotation. Topics covered:→ 1996 at Ohio State — his first class, couldn't afford the dues, grappled on Applebee's carpet instead→ Coming back in 2008 as a national champion powerlifter and taekwondo competitor→ Getting submitted by a 135-pound purple belt at 260 pounds — and immediately signing up→ 3-0 in MMA finishing every fight by submission — then the family intervention after a concussion→ Two-time world champion gi and no-gi — and the wall of hardware behind him→ Death From Above on BJJ Fanatics — what's in it and why it matters→ The deliberate flip: top game world champion choosing to develop his guard approaching 50→ Leg entanglements as the next chapter — lower impact, higher interest→ Why he left IBJJF and why the ADCC rule set is the only one that interests him now→ Masters Four ADCC Miami Open — the only registered competitor — and why he and his potential opponent agreed to just do an open mat instead→ Competition smart: not entering UFC BJJ because the same-day weigh-in and open division format don't align with his current priorities→ Recovery stack: peptides, low-dose TRT, sauna, steam, cold plunge, sleep as the multiplier→ The Formula One fuel analogy — and feeling cheap nutrition in the next training session→ No negative energy, no low moral standards — environment as non-negotiable→ Extreme ownership: jiu-jitsu taught it before Jocko named it→ Data before diagnosis — you cannot coach someone with no data→ Looking inward first when something fails — in training and in business→ Exiting a 2.5-year business situation that was not going to be solved by more effort→ Not every challenge is yours to solve — knowing which ones aren't→ Kelly Fields: pre-match recon, in-match adjustments, and being asked by opponents to coach them→ Yin and yang: where his weaknesses are her strengths→ The commitment you make to yourself being the most important one you keep→ Selfless people who honor everyone else's commitments but their own — and what to do about it→ How to grow the Hard to Kill in Midlife tribe — and why Kodiak asked→ One word: Tenacity→ Free guides at HardToKillInMidlife.com→ Breathe or Tap — breathwork for jiu-jitsu and midlife recovery:ThatJiujiteiro.com or YouTube @thatjiujiteiro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Find Kodiak Fields:Website: kodiakfields.comInstagram: @kodiakfieldsDeath From Above instructional: BJJ Fanatics 🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.com 🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @IamJoshButton | @stopkillingtheplants 🌐Website: joshbutton.comFree guides: HardToKillInMidlife.com 👍 If this episode helped you, please like and subscribe — it helps more people find this content.

  8. Jul 21

    He's 46, Trains 6 Days a Week, and His Resting Heart Rate Is 45 BPM | Gile Huni on Sloth Jiu-Jitsu, Crocodile Passing & Natural Performance EP105

    If you're doing BJJ over 40 and wondering how a 46-year-old black belt trains six days a week, competes in adult divisions against athletes half his age, and posts a resting heart rate of 45 BPM at competition prep — this is the episode that shows you exactly how.Gile Huni is the founder of BJJ Eastern Europe (BJJEE.com), creator of Sloth Jiu-Jitsu, developer of the Crocodile Passing instructional, author of the Sloth Jiu-Jitsu and Sloth Strength e-books, and head instructor at Kimura BJJ Serbia in Belgrade. He has been training for 25 years, answers messages from midlife grapplers around the world every day, and has built one of the most aligned missions in the global BJJ community — keeping people on the mats for life. In this episode you'll learn the sloth mindset that lets you roll forever without getting tired or hurt, the crocodile passing system that a white belt used to completely shut him down in a seminar, and the natural performance stack — including HRV-guided training, micro-dose Cialis for blood flow, and NutriVal biomarker testing — that has his blood pressure at 117/75 and his HRV 18% higher than it was a year ago.For the BJJ over 40 and midlife jiu-jitsu community — this is the blueprint.Topics covered:→ Half French, half Filipino, living in Belgrade — how Gile got here→ Watching UFC on bootleg VHS in London in the 90s and knowing immediately→ Blue belt at Alliance Jiu-Jitsu in Ipanema — competing at Mundials against Braulio Estima, Rodrigo Cavaca, Vinny Magalhães→ The hamstring tear from tornado guard that forced the reinvention→ Half guard and pressure passing — terrible at first, then built a global instructional around it→ The sloth mindset: roll completely relaxed, fight fire with water, climb the tree→ Eduardo Teles at the Europeans — the moment that crystallized everything→ Why competition is easier than training when your students are solving the problem every day→ Crocodile passing explained: double underhook, horizontal climb, the smother position→ The white belt in Greece who did it perfectly and completely shut Gile down→ Bring them to the deep waters: slowing down the 19-year-old wrestler→ Old man's isometric strength — why it only gets better with age→ Breath control as the foundation: Paulo Sergio's nose breathing at 49 years old→ Your heart rate at 80, his heart rate at 150 — who gets tired?→ Morning routine: cold shower, sunlight, walking the dog, espresso→ Creatine: 10–15g daily — the move from 5g and what changed→ NutriVal gut biome test — finding the omega-3 deficiency and fixing it→ Vitamin D3/K2, magnesium glycinate for blood pressure, L-theanine for calm→ Micro-dose Cialis: 5mg daily, 18% HRV improvement, blood pressure 117/75→ HRV-guided training load: Polar chest strap every morning, train according to the number→ Microdose psilocybin — competing calm and collected→ 45 BPM resting heart rate at competition prep at 46 years old→ Six days a week, Sunday off — the only non-negotiable rest day→ 12 black belts at Kimura BJJ Serbia, 23 classes a week, Russians who fled the draft→ BJJ Eastern Europe: affiliates across Europe, articles, instructionals, e-books→ Touching every student every day — Adam Redzovic's advice→ No politics, no religion, no soccer — the three rules at the gym→ One word: Resilience→ Breathe or Tap — breathwork for jiu-jitsu and midlife recovery:ThatJiujiteiro.com or YouTube @thatjiujiteiro━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find Gile Huni:Instagram: @gilebjjeeBJJ Eastern Europe: bjjee.com | @BJJEEKimura BJJ Serbia: @KimurabjjserbiaSloth Jiu-Jitsu & Crocodile Passing Instructionals: bjjee.comE-Books (Sloth Jiu-Jitsu · Sloth Strength): bjjee.com🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.com🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @IamJoshButton | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.com

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This is the Premier Podcast and Resource for Midlife Combat Athletes, BJJ Over 40 Practitioners, Lifelong Martial Artists, and Anyone Ready to Embrace the protocols proven to keep us on the mats. Health is Wealth. Stay on the mats. Stay Dangerous. Hard to Kill in Midlife. New episode every Tuesday 5pm Est Topics: * Proactively owning your health instead of reactively outsourcing it * Building unbreakable discipline through jiu-jitsu, ice baths, workouts, breathwork, and consistency * Mindset shifts that turn discomfort into your greatest advantage IG: @IamJoshButton @TheJoshButtonPodcast

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  • Creator
    Josh Button
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    111
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    Explicit
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    © Josh Button
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