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A podcast in which a novelist, a screenwriter, and a podcaster walk into a book, diving into its craft and impact in their mission to bring nuance back. Join your hosts Ali (@92aliboo), Aradia (@BestFirstChair), and Bree (@mostlybree) as they take you back to the 1990s to read one of Bree's childhood favorite fantasy novels: Exiles: The Ruins of Ambrai by Melanie Rawn. Grab your own copy and read along with them each week as they ask important questions like: what was going on with the wind ...
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This podcast is hosted by Max VanArnam, son of VanArnam Vineyards' founders and owners Allison and Kent VanArnam. In this podcast we talk about a wide range of wine topics including growing grapes and making wine here in Washington state.
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Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time to discuss chapter 3 of In the Hand of the Goddess. We cover age gaps and age of consent, feminism and femininity, and generally level up all of Alanna's relationships. George is a problematic fave, Delia is a favorite problem, and Myles knows more than he lets on. Pre-order Queen of Dreams by K…
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Have You Ever Beefed With a Child So Hard That You Also Beefed With God?
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Song of the Lioness - book 2: In the Hand of the Goddess - chapters 1-2 Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time to meet the Goddess. Alanna is growing up, and the Goddess means her to have a familiar, a magic rock, and some Big Questions to ponder as she embarks on the second half of her knight training. Romancing The Stone https://ww…
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Tingle Tangent - Song of the Lioness - Alanna: The First Adventure (ch 7)
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Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for the last chapter of The First Adventure. We talk about the lasting impact of Dune on fantasy, the eternal struggle between migratory herders and settled farmers, and the nature of crying. The Grinwell Cup: https://x.com/wheeltakespod/status/1762650787606646933?s=20 Pre-order Queen of Dreams …
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Don’t Hard-Launch a Period on a Girl - Song of the Lioness - Alanna: The First Adventure (ch 6)
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Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for fantasy periods and magic swords. We also have our first guest, Seth from WoTSpoilers! Despite the apparent incongruity of having a cis-male on the period episode, we have a fantastic discussion that ranges from solid life advice to very questionable metaphors. Alanna finds a version of hers…
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Chivalry in the Time of Plague - Song of the Lioness - Alanna: The First Adventure (ch 4-5)
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Welcome to the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it is time for the plague, complicated feelings about femininity, and also horses. Is there anything more heroic than telling Death it can’t have your friend? Is there anything hotter than a blacksmith? Is Roger a weird blogger? All these questions and more will be discussed in today’s hefty episode. Grinw…
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Walking While Tiny - Song of the Lioness - Alanna: The First Adventure (ch 1-3)
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Welcome to Season Two of the Hot Nuance Book Club! Today we start Tamora Pierce’s legendary Song of the Lioness quartet, which we’ve all read before but only Aradia has read recently. The journey of re-discovery has already thrown us some surprises, from empathizing with Coram as the responsible adult in the room to having different takes on Jon’s …
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What We Did Mattered - interview with Kate Elliott - bonus Ep24
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Welcome to episode 24 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for us to sit down with author Kate Elliott and talk about everything involved in a career of writing science-fiction fantasies since the ‘80s. There are some wild twists and turns in this story! Every author and book book mentioned Kate Elliott - The Labyrinth Gate; trilogies: The …
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Fantasy Horse Design - Ruins of Ambrai: Dreams (parts 10-14) & Epilogue - S01 Ep23
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Welcome to episode 23 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the end of the Ruins of Ambrai. We take one last pass at a Grand Unified Theory of Collan, discuss the nature of taking artistic risks, and accidentally stare mortality in the face. Bree’s weird nighttime audio: https://www.tiktok.com/@mostlybree/video/6980534846661594374 https:…
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Ghost Court - Ruins of Ambrai: Dreams (parts 1-9) - S01 Ep22
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Welcome to episode 22 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the power of art in the Ruins of Ambrai. We have some BIG feelings in this episode, from Val's child being forcibly adopted away from his mom, to hating Auvery for everything he’s done, to the dynamism of sibling relationships. This is our penultimate episode for this book! Pre-…
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The Redemption That I Bought On Wish - Ruins of Ambrai: Rising (parts 34-39) - S01 Ep21
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Welcome to episode 21 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for lessons in kissing and redemption in the Ruins of Ambrai. Do you remember Tiger Beat, Cosmo, or Seventeen? Cailet clearly got her kissing information from a similar source. Ali has some big feelings about the culmination of the parental and sibling relationships we’ve been follo…
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Literally Visceral - Ruins of Ambrai: Rising (parts 29-33) - S01 Ep20
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Welcome to episode 20 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for more death in The Ruins of Ambrai. The time for the climax is now, tonight. And since nobody wants a tensionless climax, we get tons of tension in the form of even more characters dying! We also consider the correct number of glasses in a table setting, if we’re too awkward to s…
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An A in Torture - Ruins of Ambrai: Rising (parts 23-28) - S01 Ep19
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Welcome to episode 19 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for more pain in The Ruins of Ambrai. Glenin hates women but we admire her confidence anyway. Cailet asks us to distinguish between fascism and an HOA. What genre is YOUR life, and would you rather be tortured or do baking live on TV? Podcast reference Part One: G. Gordon Liddy: The…
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Diamond Balls Rosvenir - Ruins of Ambrai: Rising (parts 16-22) - S01 Ep18
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Welcome to episode 18 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for truth The Ruins of Ambrai. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/exiles-58 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ruins-of-ambrai-melanie-rawn/1101213569?ean=9781101666319 Once you’re caught up, come hang with us on …
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Meet Cute Cabin - Ruins of Ambrai: Rising (parts 11-15) - S01 Ep17
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Welcome to episode 17 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for a meet cute in The Ruins of Ambrai. We are back on the topic of fantasy pregnancy! Diet management, impossible offers from the fathers, magic de-buffs, and even weird parent-child relationships. Sarra and Col are in forced proximity, to our great delight. Aradia and Ali betray t…
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The Gal With The Gut - Ruins of Ambrai: Rising (parts 5-10) - S01 Ep16
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Welcome to episode 16 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the Rising in The Ruins of Ambrai. Join us in some quintessential 2am college freshmen dorm political discussions about the world’s problems! We get the full gender flip we’ve been asking for. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/e…
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Soggy Bowls of Tapioca Hallucinating Calculus - Ruins of Ambrai: Rising (parts 1-4) - S01 Ep15
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Welcome to episode 15 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the Rising in The Ruins of Ambrai. Aradia and Ali are both pro- this particular murder, but are divided on the reality of Wraiths. Bree is here to make us sad about spacecraft and announce a virtual book release, and she’s all out of spacecraft. Star Trek V’GER clip: https://www…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Flight, parts 23-29): The Once and Future Lentil - S01 Ep14
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Welcome to episode 14 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for Flight (parts 23-29) in The Ruins of Ambrai. We’ve got earthquake stories, a discussion about the purpose of making art, seepage from the subtext, and Aradia breaking Ali not once but twice. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebo…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Flight, parts 17-22): The Roasting of Gorynel Desse - S01 Ep13
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Welcome to episode 13 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for Flight (parts 17-22) in The Ruins of Ambrai. This is it: the long-awaited nadir of Gorynel Desse’s esteem in the eyes of Ali and Aradia! We also get deep on the purpose of creativity, love, and the pains of growing up. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: ht…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Flight, parts 9-16): Perfectionist Therapy Meeting - S01 Ep12
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Welcome to episode 12 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for Flight (parts 9-16) in The Ruins of Ambrai. Ali identifies with Glenin, Aradia is not sold on being a writer, and Bree has finished writing a book! Can you relate to our fears about how saying one wrong thing will get you living in a box with a racoon under a bridge? == Buy the …
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Ruins of Ambrai (Flight, parts 1-8): Agag, Agog, Aghast - S01 Ep11
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Welcome to episode 11 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for Flight (parts 1-8) in The Ruins of Ambrai. Our heroes are on the run with our villains in hot pursuit! Ali might not be a Collan stan, but she might be founding People for the Ethical Treatment of Collan’s Brain. The cat is a ladder, the cactus is a doom circle, and we yearn for…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Betrayals sections 13-19): The F*ck Pie Room - S01 Ep10
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Welcome to episode 10 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the plot to speed up in the final section of Betrayals (parts 13-19) of The Ruins of Ambrai. Ali turns into an indigent teakettle, Aradia fully embraces the chaos of being a first time reader, and Bree gleefully guides us all deeper into moral quagmires. == Buy the Ebook == Amaz…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Betrayals sections 10-12): Nobody Dares Fart - S01 Ep09
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Welcome to episode 9 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for Collan to take up botany in Betrayals (parts 10-12) of The Ruins of Ambrai. We reminisce over our childhood horse fantasies, roast Collan for not acting like he’s in his 30s, and get understandably confused by all these Saint-derived names. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amz…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Betrayals sections 6-9): Let’s Get This Name Salad Eaten - S01 Ep08
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Welcome to episode 8 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for the language of flowers in Betrayals (parts 6-9) of The Ruins of Ambrai. We learn that our childhood Barbie play habits predicted our current careers, and that we favor term limits except in cases of international superspies. We also want to know what your family crest would be! …
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Ruins of Ambrai (Betrayal sections 1-5): Medieval Banksy - S01 E07
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Welcome to episode 7 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where it's time for Betrayals (parts 1-5) in The Ruins of Ambrai. We learn more about Glenin's great ambitions and tackle that light topic with absolutely no current real world urgency: reproductive rights. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ex…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Ladders, part 2): Gender-Flipped Locker Room Talk - S01 E06
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Welcome to episode 6 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where we are swimming through Ladders (parts 7-15) in The Ruins of Ambrai (pages 246-285). We go on side-quests, dig deeper into the Ladder Song, and dissect sexism reversals that don’t quite land right. == Buy the Ebook == Amazon: https://amzn.to/3p0jU3k Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/exile…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Ladders, part 1): If It’s In Italics I’m Not Reading It - S01 Ep05
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Welcome to episode 5 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where we are climbing the first half of Ladders in The Ruins of Ambrai (pages 209-245). We start with a digression into the blurb on the back of the book, then turn our attention to all the discomfort that is a “marriage market.” We discuss paternity rights there and here, and experience Aradia havi…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Cailet): Maypole of Death - S01 Ep04
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Welcome to episode 4 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where we are tackling the Cailet section of the intro of The Ruins of Ambrai (pages 154-208).Here is where we open up the worldbuilding firehose! Aradia and Ali continue to send Gorynel Dessee to jail over his manipulation of children’s memories, much to teenage-Bree’s chagrin. The bad guys clearly …
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Ruins of Ambrai (Sarra): I’m Going to do the Home Install - S01 Ep03
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Welcome to episode 3 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where we are tackling the Sarra section of the intro of The Ruins of Ambrai (pages 95-153). Sarra fails all facial recognition tests but still gains a profound insight into her purpose in life. Ali gives us marathon advice, Aradia reminds us that we’re all time travelers, and Bree helps us unpack so…
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Ruins of Ambrai (Glenin): You want to have Murder Punch-Card Lady in your corner - S01 Ep02
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Welcome to episode 2 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where we are tackling the Glenin section of the intro of The Ruins of Ambrai (pages 49-94). The genealogy is hitting hard and fast in this week’s episode, as are issues of biology and control. We spend some time on publishing in the 1990s and get tangled in the philosophical differences between the …
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Ruins of Ambrai (Collan): Fine, we'll allow the boy - S01 Ep01
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Welcome to episode 1 of the Hot Nuance Book Club, where we are tackling the Collan section of the intro of The Ruins of Ambrai (pages 3-48). The use of self-contained POVs to start the story is something Bree knows can turn new readers away from the book, but Ali and Aradia are already deeply invested in the boy saved by the wind. We agree with his…
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Welcome to episode zero of the Hot Nuance Book Club! Today we’re just letting you know that we’re here. (We’re also queer! Happy pride month!) And we’re inviting you to join our book club! Each week, we’ll be reading ~50-100 pages of Exiles: The Ruins of Ambrai by Melanie Rawn, and breaking down what we read and what we think about it. Bree read th…
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Owner, Kent VanArnam chats with winemaker, Branden Seymour about Orange Wine.By Max VanArnam
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Tad Fewel joins the podcast!By Max VanArnam
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Ep. 10 - Marty Johnson: Winemaker and Owner of Ruby Magdalena Vineyards
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Marty Johnson joins the podcast!By Max VanArnam
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Ep. 9 - Ryder Langley: Direct-to-Consumer and Guest Relations Manager at J. Bookwalter Winery
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Ryder Langley joins the podcast!By Max VanArnam
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Ep. 8 - Barbara Glover: Executive Director at Wine Yakima Valley
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Barbara Glover (Wine Yakima Valley) joins the podcast!By Max VanArnam
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Ep. 7 - Trent Ball: Winemaking Education, Yakima Valley College and More!
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Trent Ball, department chair of Yakima Valley College's agriculture program and instructor for the Vineyard and Winery Technology program, joins Max for the podcast!By Max VanArnam
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Ep. 6 - Chef John Caudill: Wine Pairing, Sheridan Vineyards and More!
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Culinary expert Chef John Caudill joins the podcast!By Max VanArnam
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Paul Vandenberg - Organic Winegrowing, Perspectives on Sustainability and More
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Paul Vandenberg, owner of Paradisos del Sol vineyard and winery, joins the podcast for the first time.By Max VanArnam
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Matt Rawn - Mini Rosé Bottles, Running a Winery with a Sibling and Washington Wine Across the U.S.
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Matt Rawn, co-owner of Two Mountain Winery, joins Max for the first time on the podcast.By Max VanArnam
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David Rodriguez - Argentina, How Long Opened Wine Lasts and The Harvest Process
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David Rodriguez, winemaker at Dineen Vineyards, joins the podcast for the first time!By Max VanArnam
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Brandon Seymour - First Episode, Malbec, Terminology and More!
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This is the first episode of Vines to Wines podcast! Tune in to Max and Brandon as they talk about the wine varietal Malbec and other related topics.By Max VanArnam
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Max talks with Branden about Tempranillo and other related wine topics.By Max VanArnam
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Patrick and rawn have been away in a cave and don't know whats going on.By Patrick Pope & Rawn Erickson II
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Patrick and Rawn discuss the last 3 UFC events with no order, rhyme, or reason because we are thankful to be alive, and life doesn't always fall in line..and neither does the WOLF TIX podcast. Happy ThanksgivingBy Patrick Pope & Rawn Erickson II
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Patrick and Rawn talk about almost getting killed, blame the UFC for our new president, went coo coo for El Cucuy and let the stars predict the winner of 205By Patrick Pope & Rawn Erickson II
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On this episode of Wolf Tix get ready for the sizzle because you're about to hear 60 min of sizzling meats as Patrick and Rawn podcast from a Korean BBQ. As we stuff our faces we try our best to stay on topic, Fight night Dos Anjos Ferguson, Rawn almost cries in Muay Thai, what do fighters eat, and more importantly how good is the Marinated Ox inte…
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Today on Wolf Tix Patrick and Rawn discuss our favorite upcoming fights, the weirdest dream phenomenon, the Demetrius Johnson sideshow, and our mutual hankering for Korean BBQ.By Patrick Pope & Rawn Erickson II
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On todays Wolf Tix: Patrick and Rawn debate about the debates, come up with unfounded GSP conspiracies, get weirded out by Aldos goodbye to MMA, and discuss a utopian space society.By Patrick Pope & Rawn Erickson II
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