Live on tape from Tucson, AZ & Osaka, Japan… JJJ and GameAgent ET deliver a biweekly blast of insight on the world of video gaming through a retro-fueled lens as a pair of lifelong friends catching up over hot mics across the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes it’s taking on gaming’s biggest issues with the history of the biz firmly in mind, sometimes it’s an open requiem for cool things, people, and places we miss, but there’s always an inside joke being slipped into the cracks as two gentlemen whose ...
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Ruminating on stories, thoughts, and ideas. Taking time to dig into friendships, philosophy, pop culture, and art; of all kinds.
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Welcome to Brevity Box - a podcast for making the weekly overload of life less complicated and heavy. Help to lighten the load we all carry on our shoulders. Every week, you’re invited into the collective head of our hosts Triple C, Mitch and Becky with the Good Hair - three odd outspoken American nobodies in pursuit of answering mankind’s most important question…WTF?
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GameAgentET and The Six Button Samurai are feeling those dog days of late summer, with a very slow news cycle in gaming, but there's been some interesting things to celebrate, like a new SuperFX chip 3 being utilized in a new physical cartridge offering of DOOM on SNES, and some very positive news about Tango Gameworks being acquired by a Korean pu…
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Episode 57: Catching Them All With RRN's 2024 Pokémon GO World Championships Contender, Allijah 'Motiks' Motika
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Our guest today, Allijah Motika, is a competitive Pokémon GO! player who has earned a spot in the 2024 Pokémon GO World Championships, taking place in Honolulu, HI August 16-18. He’s also a fellow podcaster on the Ruminations Radio Network, as he co-hosted 25 Yards Later Fantasy Football. Join The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) as we ta…
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Episode 56: Ridge Racer vs. Pac-Man and the Less-Is-More Games That Truly Satisfy
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GameAgenstET and The Six Button Samurai dive into a philosophical discussion about the games that move us, and how in an age of weighing games by follow-up DLC support or how long a game takes to complete, a key aspect of what makes a good game great may be falling by the wayside. EVO is also happening quite literally as we speak, and the shadow dr…
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Episode 55: Sad Dad Sims & Astro-Bot Joy
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The Six-Button Samurai and GameAgentETare joined by longtime friend and former fellow fighting stick assembler, Aaron Holley, who unlike The Last of Us's Joel and God of War Kratos, actually enjoys fatherhood while trying to get in some gaming with his trusty SteamDeck. He provides a fresh third perspective as we take a last conclusive dip into the…
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Episode 54: The Not E3 No Bummer Summer Continues
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai continue to be awash in trailers for new games as Not E3 Season marches on. We stop to pick apart the Season 2 DLC announcement for Street Fighter VI, as longtime SNK stalwarts, though Eddy himself had some timing qualms about what it all meant for the future, while James took a rosier view of the big …
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Episode 53: Bury Me At The MadCatz Booth In Kentia Hall
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It’s ‘Not E3 Season’ in the gaming industry, and in 2024 that means a loose amalgamation of streaming events that mostly seem destined to underwhelm, as the long tail of development weirdness from the pandemic continues to sow instability after a horrific round of layoffs this year. Despite this, @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai conti…
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Episode 52 – Hi-Fi Crushed: The Real Ninth Generation Console Blues
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The tide of bad news for gaming continues to rise in 2024, as The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) attempt to make sense of the recent closure of studios by Xbox, a dim earnings report from Square Enix, and a variety of other issues hitting console-makers and devs alike. But it isn’t all sad songs and whiskey, as Eddy and JJJ also discuss…
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Episode 51: The Looming Hollywood Gaming Gold Rush
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The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) take a look at the Amazon streaming series Fallout, based on Bethesda Software’s RPG franchise, just renewed for a 2nd season, while Fallout 4 gets a next-gen upgrade on PS5/XB (a mixed bag thus far), along with a sharp spike in interest in the entire line of games generated by the show. Given the succ…
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Episode 50: Shadow of the Zombie Game Company
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai get a bit misty-eyed talking about reaching their 50th episode of OGIH. But they’re also knee-deep in chasing the retro gaming biscuit, as Eddy continues to play Shadow of the Ninja in anticipation of the Natsume-Atari remake due later this year and further experiments with the Taito Egret trackball, w…
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Episode 49: Again, Legendary Friends… RETURN!
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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are quite excited about SNK’s journey back to Southtown, in the form of FATAL FURY: CITY OF THE WOLVES, and we dive headlong into the previews to discuss how we felt about the first reveal of this LONG-awaited follow-up to 1999’s Garou: Mark of the Wolves. But that’s not all we have in store, as we tal…
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Ep 48: In Toriyama We Trust (fixed)
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Oh God It Hz Episode 48: In Toriyama We Trust GameAgentET and The Six Button Samurai are squeezing the juice from a few different hot-button items fresh from the world of video games, chief among them what it means now that the developers of Yuzu, the Nintendo Switch emulator, have settled out of court and will cease their activities following a bi…
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Episode 47: JRPGs and Fighting Words Over Character Customization Modes
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai dive headlong into what they’re playing at this very moment, with JJJ fresh from FINALLY beating FFVI and eyeing a bit of FFVII Remake action, and Eddy looking to round out his playtime with some Final Fantasy love in the near future. They also discuss character customization, ala Tekken 8 and other mo…
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Episode 46: A Landscape of Layoffs, But At Least The Mishimas Are Feuding Again.
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai survey what turned out to be a fairly bleak January for gaming, with more than 6,000 layoffs announced. It’s definitely a weird time for the industry, and Eddy and JJJ just try to pick apart what it all means, and what experiences they hope to squeeze from gaming in 2024. (The forecast calls for more T…
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai are once again reunited in the desert after five years! And it’s a perfect moment to recap 2023, and what represents a whole catalog of wins, losses, and unfinished games JJJ and Eddy will still be working on long in 2024. Don’t miss this very special OGIH, recorded live from a hidden fortress on the o…
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Episode 44: Whose Trade Show Is This, Anyway?
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai talk The Fame, er, Game Awards, and how a lack of understanding around who the audience for this show, and what it’s function is, ties directly into the not-surprising death of E3. We also go deep into the fantasy zone of Sega’s recent quintuple franchise revival trailer, trying to make sense of the gl…
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Episode 43: What Makes For A Shockingly Superior Sequel?
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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are back, and so is The Big Question, albeit it in evolved form, as they compare and contrast their individually-compiled lists of Five Shockingly Superior Video Game Sequels. Plus, our cross-Pacific heroes discuss what they’re playing now and next, some notable moments of fan-translation (including th…
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With the news of Nintendo’s new movie project, that being a live-action Zelda feature, @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai ponder just how high the bar would be for a franchise and a main character that fans hold ridiculously close to their hearts. Would Link speak? It might make for the biggest Internet kerfuffle among Nintendo fans sin…
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It’s our second anniversary at Oh God It Hz! And our death-defying hosts, @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai are once again fearlessly diving headlong into the corporate shark-infested waters that is the video game industry in 2023. We discuss the departure of Unity’s CEO, the looming (THANK GOD) finality of the ActBlizz merger, and som…
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As Halloween draws near, we’re thinking about our favorite games that feature ghouls and ghosts and bats and whip-toting vampire killers, zombies, and anything else SPOOKY! From Castlevania to Sweet Home, from Eternal Darkness to the Resident Evil 4 remake, and everything in-between across decades of horror-inspired video games. (Big bonus points i…
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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) pick apart a somewhat heavy week of developments in the game industry, particularly the mess surrounding Unity’s announcement of a confusing and some would say outright greedy initiative called the Unity Runtime Fee, which had many indie developers and industry watchers hot under the collar. We also di…
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Wonder Made Us Ponder These PS+ Price Hikes
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Summer is turning into fall, and @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai pick apart Sony’s proposed price hikes for their online service tiers, inviting outline outbursts from many disgruntled gamers given the steep climb of +35%. But it isn’t all teeth-gnashing, as we dissect the Nintendo Direct on Super Mario Bros. Wonder that has us think…
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The Box Score with Triple C and Becky! A very sports centric episode featuring discussions about The NFL draft, Aaron Rodgers new home, the flubbed white house invitation for LSU women’s basketball and so much more! It’s a great episode! www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https://www.instagram.com/brevityboxpodcast/ www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioN…
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Join your favorite threesome for a super chaotic episode! We talk about why some people just shouldn’t procreate, Becky tells the tale of her scary mole removal and so much more!!! Tune in you really won’t be disappointed! www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https://www.instagram.com/brevityboxpodcast/ www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork Twitter:…
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What Makes A Forever Fighting Game?
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As it had been some time since The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) had locked in for a ‘proper’ OGIH episode, we batted around a variety of topics in retrogaming. We focus on the new Gold Master Series from Digital Eclipse and The Making of Karateka, and how it addresses preservation of both the game in its various iterations as well as …
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The Side-Scrolling Beat 'Em Up Special
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With successful revival efforts behind Streets of Rage and TMNT having done well commercially and critically, and more making their way out like Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons, it was time for The Six Button Samurai, @GameAgentET (OGiH) and special guest @Hoptimus (RFC) to discuss their love of the genre and how it influences their view …
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The Boulevard of Broken Franchise Promises
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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) walk the dark streets of shattered glass and unhappy gamers who have invested themselves too deeply into rigid definitions of game franchises, or worse yet, taken sides in the Console Wars, which are grinding Skynet-like into their forties. But it isn’t all dystopia, as they find some fun stuff they re…
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Episode 34: Behold, The Summer Games Feast.
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GameAgentET and The Six Button Samurai have their hands FULL with games like Zelda: TotK and SF6 in the mix, so we brought aboard Hoptimus from Retro Futurist Culture to help us sort through the madness of the rash of not-E3 news and new game announcements. We also went in deep on TotK and Street Fighter 6 specifically, with Eddy having spent the m…
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Fat-Bottomed Games Make The Rockin’ World Go Round, But How Do You Juggle Them As An Adult?
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Join The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) as we get on our bikes and ride into a freewheeling convo that centers on our experiences thus far with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the Street Fighter VI open beta. Turns out neither of your hosts have spent as much time as we’d like with these monstrous, soon-to-be time devourin…
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They Don’t Give Out Bronze Medals In Console Wars, Do They?
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) is joined by The Six-Button Samurai and special guest @Hoptimus (RFC) as they look to an otherwise hopeful summer with big games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Street Fighter VI. We also discuss news about a brand-new Double Dragon game and the joys of the Super Mario Bros. Movie. The big rants at the end hav…
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Episode 31: We Await Your Return, Warrior.
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The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are back after a month-long hiatus, but there’s A LOT to talk about, between some serious questions being asked at Microsoft about the future of Xbox, The Super Mario Bros. Movie pulling in a BILLION dollars (and what this might mean for seeing other Nintendo franchises materialize at the box office), …
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The Twenty Year Chozo Itch (special guest Hoptimus)
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai are joined by the RetroFuturist himself, @Hoptimus (RFC) as the mighty remaster of Metroid Prime for Switch takes center stage, mutating into a heavy discussion centering on the games of 2001-2005, an era in which there was also a very heated console race between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. But unli…
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On this latest episode, JJJ and @GameAgentET (OGiH) discuss the ongoing mess that is the Microsoft + Activision merger, and how the recent announcement regarding Call of Duty games for Nintendo consoles is one of the strangest in recent memory given the sheer size of the corporate gods involved with so few actual players potentially interested in t…
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The latest Nintendo Direct dropped some delightful bombshells, which Game Agent ET and The Six-Button Samurai are happy to dive into, from Game Boy and GBA support on Nintendo Switch Online to a variety of new announcements, not the least of which was the final trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and the long-awaited and rumored …
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Navigating the Wild Seas of Corporate Hegemony and Irrepressible Fan Creativity
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The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are back after Eddy got the 'rona, but you wouldn't know he couldn't talk two weeks ago as they tear into subjects like the Xbox exclusive HI-FI RUSH, the secret origin of the Pac-Man CE demake they've been simping over for months, and what can happen when video games inspire real-life choices. It's al…
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Food Nostalgia, High School Fights, Mechanical Bulls
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Triple C, fresh from an amazing Mexican food coma, is joined by Becky and Mitch for a discussion about missing all the great meals from their hometowns. With the nostalgia flowing a discuss ensues about our favorite high school fights and Triple C recounts his rendezvous with a mechanical bull. We also get Mitch’s fleeting impression of the neo got…
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New Year's Fireworks, JJ retires, Goth Christmas Trees
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We’re back from a short holiday break! Mitch, Triple C and Becky all detail how they spent their holidays from decorating trees, to New Year’s Eve fireworks. Tune in to find out how Becky feels about and is handling JJ Watt’s retirement. Then we take a sports turn and discuss Damar Hamlin and how the NFL handled it and we get a deep insight from Cl…
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The triumphant return of Mitch!!!!! Triple C shares some of his newfound “wisdom” when he rants about some dude who calls himself “The Liver King”. Becky thinks she’s a psychic when she dreams a specific dream and then gets sick! We end the episode with a chat about Gatekeeping great music and artists. Tune in and enjoy! www.RuminationsRadioNetwork…
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We get an update on Becky’s date that she was excited for….was it good or was it bad?!? Was he a keeper or just a a bad guy in disguise?!? You’ll have to tune in to find out! www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https://www.instagram.com/brevityboxpodcast/ www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork Twitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsN Email: Rum…
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'Arry Potter Vakay, and a Movie Date
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The giddiest episode you’ll ever hear!!! Triple C and Becky are back after a short vacation. Triple C talks about his amazing trip to Universal Studios and how he immersed himself in the wonderful world of Harry Potter! The roller coaster, the food, and the interactive experience will leave you with the chill bumps! Becky then talks about the rolle…
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An epic conversation with a fabulous twosome! Triple C and Becky discuss the exciting new direction The Rumination Radio Network social media is going. They take on some popular sports talk and the discuss the circus of a trial that is The Waukesha Parade Trial and “Darrell Brooks”. Tune in for this enjoyable and entraining hour, you won’t regret i…
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Two Married Guys, and One Almost...
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A mystery guest you may or may not recognize joins Triple C and Becky. After a lengthy sports discussion, we deep dive into our guest’s recent trip to Tucson’s gun show where he played an wild gam of “Gunshow Bingo”. The script is flipped when we talk about our home state food obsessions that we can’t live without and how truly awful high school cu…
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Episode 26: New Year’s Resolutions and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai wrestle with the arrival of 2023, and what it means to be a gamer these days. They discuss some of their recent holiday acquisitions, such as Atari 50, Kirby & The Forgotten Land, and some of the more promising games already shining brightly with potential on this fresh calendar. Can a gamer learn some…
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Episode 25 - 2022 Year In Gaming Review
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The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are joined by their blood brother in gaming @Hoptimus (RFC) to gnaw what's left on the ragged soup bone that was the year of gaming in 2022. Hop finally got to experience the majesty of the Bioshock Trilogy, Eddy is still freaking out over the excellence that is the 8-bit Pac-Man CE demake, and JJJ blo…
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Episode 24: A Salty Sack of Random Cheers, Fears, and Tears.
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A Salty Sack of Random Cheers. Fears, and Tears. @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai stage a miniature Festivus over issues like controller drift and Nintendo's seeming absence in really addressing those matters, but it isn't entirely grumpy, as they also discuss joyful matters like the Atari's 50th anniversary and newly-released retro c…
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While Mitchy is away Triple C and Becky will play….sports!!!! A very sports-centric episode featuring conversations about the current rumblings in the sports world. Brittney Griner, Deshaun Watson and the elite entitlement attitude. www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https://www.instagram.com/brevityboxpodcast/ www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwor…
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A New Relationship Era!!!! Triple C and Becky gush about newly inducted co-host with the most Mitch!!! Mitch brings new and uncharted territory by schooling both Becky and Triple C with his vast metal knowledge! Then the fellas help Becky with a little problem she’s been having with her disgusting neighbor! This is the start of something beautiful …
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The Worlds Most Awkward Job Interview
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Triple C and Becky discuss the code of conduct that comes with working for a company….a really interesting conversation ensues about social media and the ramifications it can have on your job. Triple C talks about the worlds most awkward job interview process and starting over from scratch in a new profession www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https:/…
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