The fellas open with HBCU band culture and the Sonic Boom of the South sample behind "Bands," then get into what self-care actually looks like when you've spent your adult life fighting sleep — including whether booking a sleep study makes you less of a man. From there it's Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford, the teams and players that betrayed us, and a full run through the shows everybody's locked into right now: Diarra From Detroit, Reacher, Landman and the entire Taylor Sheridan universe.

Then the Shadow Work card lands on sibling rivalries, and it gets real. Being the oldest and feeling responsible forever. Asking your father whether a new baby means splitting the inheritance. Growing up an only child and realizing the closest thing you had to a brother got a sibling of his own — and what that quietly did to you.

Plus: 20 years of Young Dro's Best Thang Smokin', the five love languages, and an 8Ball gift that turned into a 1,600-piece Lego Jaguar.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Episode 34 Roll Call
02:11 🥁 HBCU Band Culture & the "Bands" Sonic Boom Sample
06:37 🧘🏾 Weekend Recap: The Party at Jim's, Yoga & a Sound Bath
09:37 🏃🏾 75 Hard Day 8 & Running With Unc
16:04 🎃 Halloween Decorations, 100 Cases at Work & Cigars
17:51 🌊 Self-Regulation: How We Actually Reset
21:39 😴 Sleep, Toussaint L'Ouverture & the Four-Hour Debate
23:39 🩺 "That Ain't Gangster": CPAP & Men's Health Stigma
27:18 🏈 Lane Kiffin Sold His Soul: Ole Miss Beats LSU
30:28 💔 Ever Felt Betrayed by a Team? Shaq, the NWO & KD
41:40 ⭐ Deion Leaving the 49ers & a Friendly Wager
43:58 📺 TV Time: Diarra From Detroit, Lioness & Reacher
49:39 🤠 Taylor Sheridan's Universe: Yellowstone, Landman & Tulsa King
52:39 🐉 Cult Classics, Game of Thrones & Telling Black Myths
59:41 🔄 Best Spin-Off Ever? Bel-Air, Bosch & House of the Dragon
1:06:41 💿 Young Dro's "Best Thang Smokin'" Turns 20
1:12:28 💝 Love Languages & 8Ball's 1,600-Piece Lego Gift
1:21:39 🃏 Shadow Work: Sibling Rivalries

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Shute's back from St. Lucia, the album's out, and the table gets into it: Boosie going on 60 Minutes about a $600,000 pardon that never came, what actually makes somebody a snitch, and 30 years to the day since September 13, 1996. Then ATLiens turns 30, and the Shadow Work card asks about the Jester — the one who keeps everybody laughing while he's falling apart inside. That last half hour is the realest this show has been.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎬 Episode 33 — Roll Call
01:51 🏝️ Shute's Back: St. Lucia & 10 Years In
04:06 💿 The Album's Out + 8Ball & MJG at the Orpheum
06:19 🧺 The Picnic, Jar 10 & Jelly Roll Pulling Up
12:16 🕊️ Rest In Peace Cairo Tony
13:38 📺 Boosie, 60 Minutes & the $600K Pardon
19:40 🤐 So Who's Actually a Snitch?
32:20 🌹 30 Years Without Pac
38:11 🎤 Pimp C Meets Pac: Tupac as an Influence
41:18 📼 "I Ain't Mad at Cha" & Marketing the Tragedy
43:37 🐟 Keefe D & the Fish That Opened Its Mouth
46:16 🎬 Poetic Justice, Bishop & 90s Black Cinema
53:16 🤖 Holograms, AI & Catching It Live
54:56 ✈️ How Far Would You Travel for Your Favorite Artist?
1:01:36 👽 ATLiens Turns 30
1:18:16 📱 RIP Tone Capone & the $3,200 iPhone
1:21:51 🃏 Shadow Work: The Jester
1:49:37 📚 75 Hard, Book Club & Road to 10K

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D-Mo slides into Shute's seat while he's out the country, and the table gets into the conversation nobody actually has out loud — who's supposed to pass the game down, why so many OGs don't, and whether you were ever really ready for the room you thought you deserved. It runs almost twenty-five minutes and it's the realest stretch of the season.

Plus Kanye in Chicago, the best food cities in America, a Five Below story that has no business being that funny, and a reveal at the table that nobody saw coming.

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🖤 Black Ass Party — Sept 19, Jim's on Buckhead

🏃🏾 Titans 5K — Sept 26 | Predators 5K — Sept 27

🛍️ Nashville Black Market — Oct 2, Nashville Farmers Market, 6–10 PM

💪🏾 75 Hard kicks off Sept 15 — link coming

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 🎙️ Intro — D-Mo Sits In for Shute

02:57 🏃🏾 Run Club, Recovery & Weekend Recap

06:33 🎤 Grief Counseling Update & Slim & Husky's Goes to Chicago

09:07 🎧 Kanye in Chicago, Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium

13:23 ⚔️ Hit for Hit: Can Anybody See Kanye?

15:16 🎹 Stevie, Gladys & the Farewell Tour Tactic

17:55 🍽️ Best Food Cities in America

20:52 🥬 The Vegan Map & What's Too Much for Vegetables

25:39 🌱 Community Gardens, Diners & Hometown Staples

32:49 ✈️ The Air Traffic Control Reveal

34:13 🪘 Passing the Baton: OGs, Game & Who's Actually Ready

53:26 🚪 Gatekeeping, Silent Beef & Protecting Your Spot

55:52 💼 Lil Wayne & Gucci Mane: Watching the Work

58:16 🏈 Super Bowl Predictions

1:02:08 🎺 HBCU Football & Marching Band Culture

1:07:50 🤳🏾 The Five Below Selfie Stick Story

1:11:09 📚 Book Club: The Way of the Superior Man

1:19:24 🕯️ Shadow Work: Insecurities & Hurtful Moments

1:34:39 💿 Album, Community Unity Day, Road to 10K & 75 Hard

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The fellas are back around the table and this one goes deep. What starts as sloths, snakes and the book table turns into a real conversation about how success gets punished, what actually happens when someone uses your lyrics, and why forgiveness might be the hardest work there is. Plus a scammer with a 49ers helmet, and an album reveal at the buzzer.

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🎤 Jimmy at Third Coast Comedy Club — new date TBA
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Intro & Catching Up
03:21 🐍 Spiders, Snakes & Favorite Animals
09:41 🦥 The Accidental Sloth Collection
14:11 📚 The Book Table
17:41 ⚖️ Built Up to Be Torn Down
29:41 📱 Going Viral & Losing the Narrative
31:41 🎵 Rod Wave vs. Boosie: "Long Journey"
37:01 💰 Dolly, Whitney & the Publishing Lesson
45:31 🔁 Hip-Hop Was Built on Borrowing & the H•A•M Story
52:51 ✈️ Charlotte & a Sold-Out Show
55:41 ⏳ Free Time Is a Myth
1:00:11 🏈 The 49ers Helmet Scammer
1:05:01 📅 Weird Holidays, Pinky & Staycations
1:10:41 🕯️ Shadow Work: Forgiveness
1:23:21 🎤 Comedy Update & the 10K Push
1:26:11 💿 CATHARSIS — Out September 11
1:27:41 🏃🏾 5Ks & Outro

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Episode 30 opens with first-day-of-school energy — the crew compares notes on parenting versus being a kid, morning routine chaos, and how excitement flips to something bittersweet once you're the one dropping them off. Book club digs into The Celestine Prophecy and The 5 AM Club, then the conversation turns to whether work is an escape or the thing you're escaping from. A cryptic Don Trip tease leads into September 11 memories — where everyone was, and the albums that dropped that same day — before spiraling into middle school crushes and a full Tickle Me Elmo nostalgia trip.

The back half covers the Knockout Wings pop-up controversy and what it says about scaling a business without losing the recipe, a run through old Nashville restaurants everyone wants back, upcoming 5K race season (Titans and Predators back-to-back), a full ranking of Lito's unreleased "100 I Shoot" and "What Was I Thinking" catalog — plus a first listen to a brand new unreleased verse — and it closes out with shadow work on comparison as the thief of joy.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Intro
01:38 🏫 First Day of School & Being a Parent vs. a Kid
17:52 📚 Book Club — Celestine Prophecy & The 5 AM Club
23:20 🎭 Is Work Your Escape? (Zodiac Talk)
31:17 🎤 Comedy Set Tease — Third Coast Comedy Club
32:59 👀 Don Trip's Cryptic September 11 Posts
33:47 🗽 September 11, 2001 — Where Were You
39:35 💿 September 11 Rap Anniversary — Blueprint & Get Off
40:24 💘 Middle School Crushes & Tickle Me Elmo Nostalgia
47:00 🍗 Knockout Wings Pop-Up Controversy
58:19 🍔 Old Nashville Restaurants We Miss
1:03:36 🏃 5K Season — Titans & Predators Races
1:07:41 🎧 Ranking Lito's Unreleased Music
1:13:42 🎶 New Music Preview — 100 I Shoot Pt. 5
1:18:36 🌑 Shadow Work — Comparison Is the Thief of Joy
1:29:13 👋 Outro

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Starlito announces "Strict Over Here" is officially out in the world — then the whole crew sits down and breaks down "Lowdown Dirty" bar by bar: the Rick Ross flip, the Shameless theme, the Van Cleef bracelet that's actually a hospital bracelet, and why "I'm just being Frank" means two things at once. The book club digs into masculine energy and polarity from *The Way of the Superior Man*, Loso recaps his Urban League weekend, and the back half goes deep on Tory Lanez, Diddy, and R. Kelly. Plus high school superlatives, Loso's 20-point Hall of Fame basketball game, a Tomato 5K race bet with real stakes, and vegan talk with a 12-year plant-based journey.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Intro & Loso's Urban League Weekend
02:00 😤 Yarners Party Incident
05:39 📚 Book Club Check-In (Track 33 of 54)
11:04 💪 Masculine Energy & The Mental Load
14:47 ☯️ Polarity & Complementary Opposites
23:08 🔥 Strict Over Here Is Out
26:33 🎵 Lowdown Dirty — Bar by Bar Breakdown
46:01 🎨 Separating Art from the Artist
52:59 ⚖️ Tory Lanez Debate
1:00:12 😬 Diddy — The Footage Is Damning
1:12:19 🏆 High School Superlatives
1:15:38 🏀 MMPS Hall of Fame Basketball Recap
1:16:58 🍅 Tomato 5K Race Bet (Real Stakes)
1:23:58 🌱 Vegan Journey & Fasting Talk
1:34:36 📖 Book Assignment & Outro

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Ep. 28 brings in Robin Raynelle — singer, event band contractor, healthcare worker, and one of the crew's day-ones — to rank every Starlito x Robin collab from the jump. From "26's" to the new collaborations featured on Starlito's project *It's Strict Over Here*, they break down which songs hit hardest, what happens inside the studio when they build together, and how a childhood Little League connection turned into a music partnership spanning years. 

The back half goes deep: Part 2 of *The Way of the Superior Man* leads into shadow work on the hardest compliments to accept —  deflecting every compliment by questioning the motive, and Jimmy closing it out with a cookout story you won't forget.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Intro
01:44 👋 How Robin Knows the Crew — Origin Story
05:00 🎵 First Collab: "26es on Chevy Frame"
08:55 🏆 Top 5 Starlito x Robin Songs — Everyone Ranks 'Em
20:47 🎛️ Inside the Studio — How They Build Songs Together
26:47 🎚️ From the Engineer's Seat
32:09 🎤 Robin's Early Influences & Life on the Road
35:41 📚 Audiobooks vs. Music — The Reading Debate
37:47 📖 Book Club: Way of the Superior Man Part 2
1:01:09 🃏 Next Assignment — Shadow Work Cards
1:03:12 🪞 Shadow Work: Compliments You Had a Hard Time Accepting
1:17:16 😂 Jimmy's Cookout Story: Meeting Auntie Lela
1:19:35 👋 Outro — Road to 10K | "It's Strict Over Here" Out Now

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Ep. 27 opens with StarlitoHere are some of the names and words that might be used to. paying homage to Alley Boy and Bigga Rankin. Then: the concert ticket debate gets spicy (Usher/Chris Brown floor seats question), fan Q&A finally reveals where Jimmy Hatcher got his name, and the crew runs through every show that was always on at your grandparents' house.

The back half goes deeper — heartbreak across the board (romantic, familial, grief), the book club's five-years-to-live question from The Way of the Superior Man, shadow work on workplace trauma and professional identity, and Jimmy officially announces his first comedy special: Grief Counseling, live October 3rd at Third Coast Comedy Club in East Nashville.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Intro
01:54 🕊️ Alley Boy & Bigga Rankin — Paying Homage
08:34 🏃🏾 Weekend Recap — Track Day & Volleyball Club Launch
14:43 🎟️ Concert Tickets — How Much Would You Pay?
24:57 🕯️ Amoment Candles (Sponsor)
27:10 ❓ Fan Q&A — Jimmy Hatcher Name Origin, Starlito's Worst Day & More
37:44 📺 TV Shows We Watched With Our Grandparents
45:37 💔 Heartbreak — Romantic, Grief & Everything In Between
55:13 📖 Book Club: Way of the Superior Man Pt. 1
56:11 ⏳ If You Had 5 Years to Live — What Would You Regret?
1:11:06 🎤 Jimmy's Announcement: Grief Counseling Special — Oct. 3
1:13:05 🪞 Shadow Work: Workplace Trauma & Professional Identity
1:28:26 👋 Outro

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Starlito kicks the episode off with a book care package for the whole crew — three books, no warning — before they get into NBA Summer League highlights, Archie Goodwin going 1-on-1 against Nasir Kaur in Vegas, and the Sweet Poison vs. GloRilla debate that's been burning up the timeline.

Then it gets deep. Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium show had Blue Ivy playing piano live, Nas on stage, and Jay-Z giving Jaz-O his flowers in front of thousands — and the crew had feelings about all of it. Los talks Two Mile Tuesday. UGK's *Ridin Dirty* hits its 30th anniversary and they go all in. Los opens up about the day he walked away from the post office. The Ozone Awards come up — Starlito won, but a brawl stopped the ceremony before he could accept. The Pimp C *Sweet Jones* book and *Way of the Superior Man* both make appearances as the book club keeps building.

The back half brings a diarrhea outbreak, National Days for July 14, and a Shadow Work prompt on rejection that had everyone quiet for a second. The episode closes on Starlito's catalog — *Love Drug*, *Step Brothers 4*, *75am Hard Club* — and Tennessee landing at #1 on CNBC's worst states to live in list.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Intro
00:55 📚 Books — Lido's Care Package
03:37 🏀 Sports Talk — Summer League & Archie Goodwin 1-on-1
10:37 🎤 Sweet Poison & The GloRilla Debate
20:25 🎤 Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium — Blue Ivy, Nas & Jaz-O's Flowers
28:49 🏃🏾 Weekend Recap — Two Mile Tuesday & Amber the Stretcher
31:12 🎵 UGK Ridin Dirty — 30th Anniversary
36:15 📬 How Los Quit His Post Office Job
40:34 🏆 Ozone Awards + Pimp C
46:27 📖 Book Club: Way of the Superior Man
51:07 😂 Diarrhea Outbreak 2026 + Days of the Year
53:35 🪞 Shadow Work: Rejection
1:07:30 🎶 Starlito: It's Strict Over Here
1:20:17 🤦🏾 Tennessee: Worst State to Live In?

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Starlito & the WNP crew catch up on 4th of July weekend, break down their 5K race times (including a near-blackout and a Lion King phone stampede), and officially kick off their shared reading experience journey with *The Way of the Superior Man*.

Then: Boyz n the Hood turns 35, and the crew goes all in on why that movie still hits, what Furious Styles meant as a father figure, and why the saxophone meme has darker origins than most people know. Plus FIFA World Cup talk, a heartfelt moment for Nolan Wells, the bedazzled jeans debate, and a Shadow Work question about which conversations make you genuinely uncomfortable.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🎙️ Cold Open
01:49 👋 Welcome Back — Starlito, Jimmy, Shoot & D-Mo
04:07 🎆 4th of July Weekend Recap
04:43 🏃🏾‍♂️ 5K Race Story — Near Blackout, Lion King Phone Drop & Times
07:33 🏅 We Run Nash Shoutout + Tomato Fest Race Wager
09:01 📚 Book Club Launches: The Way of the Superior Man
10:10 🧠 Reading Culture — Nipsey, Pimp C, Kevin Gates & Growing Up Gifted
20:00 🎧 Audiobooks vs. Physical Books: Which One Really Counts?
25:29 📖 D-Mo's Book Picks — Walter Mosley, Guy Johnson & Warren Buffett
37:25 🎵 D-Mo's 4th of July: 6 Events in 4 Days
39:21 🍝 National Macaroni Day, Dive Bar Day & Dora the Explorer
43:42 🎬 Boyz n the Hood 35th Anniversary Deep Dive
57:47 ⚽ FIFA World Cup — Africa's Moment & Why America Sleeps on Soccer
1:00:36 🕊️ RIP Nolan Wells — Parenting, "The Talk" & Keeping Kids Safe
1:04:38 💎 Bedazzled Jeans & Club Culture Then vs. Now
1:11:06 🪞 Shadow Work: What Conversations Make You Uncomfortable?
1:20:33 🙏 Outro — Road to 5K

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