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Grant is back from the hospital with baby number two and opens with a Newport tourism brief, the Turkey Pull, and America 250 plate news before Jeff runs a two-man staff brief — Lieutenant Benelli's Red Sox update, a Toledo cousin in the S-2 confirming the Strait of Hormuz is closed, a hazy-IPA sidebar, eight of nine dumpsters deadlined, and the debut of Chief Petty Officer Seventeen from mental health (cookies available). Then the birth story in full: leaving an ethics class mid-break, the A1 pizza steak sandwich called "the Bomb," Patriots at seven and baby at halftime, a 9/11 conversation with a nurse who was three years old that day, and a hospital cafeteria meat plate. Grant answers a listener question on preventing injury on starting strength, the two war-college guys compare speakers and Q&A tactics, and Tres finally arrives (with feedback) for football: Auburn over Southern Miss, South Carolina in the rain, the Citadel losing in double OT again, Sark and Holly Rowe, and the week 3 picks. A "first two weeks with a newborn" segment, the movie Pressure, and a debate on whether officers should wear ribbons round it out.

Podcast Hosts:
Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.
Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter
Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter
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Timestamps: 
00:00 - Intro 
06:54 - Staff Brief
19:23 - Outlying Stations
24:01 - Grant & Diana’s New Baby Is Born
34:10 - How To Prevent Injuries While Doing Starting Strength
42:18 - War College Update
52:18 - Tres Joins The Show!
54:29 - College Football Update
01:01:07 - Tres’ Picks of The Week
01:12:31 - First 2 Weeks With A Newborn
01:18:14 - Movies
01:23:48 - Saved Rounds

This week: a Trash Battalion staff brief for the ages (pay issues, a dental rodeo, and why Germany never had a trash strategy), Tres's opening-weekend dove hunt, Grant's cellah gym and the bench-pin hack, a real conversation about Grant Bot and AI Coaching, and college football week 1 — the Citadel in three overtimes, Michigan's mythical clock, and the picks for week 2.
America 250 plate drops in early October. Turkey Pull is November 21, 2026 in Newport Beach — sign up at www.thestrength.co

Podcast Hosts:
Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.
Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter
Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
04:50 - Staff Brief
23:58 - Outlying Stations
29:33 - Dove Hunting
37:56 - Home Gym Update
42:37 - AI Coaching
53:44 - College Football
01:05:16 - Tres’ Picks of The Week

Podcast Hosts:
Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.
Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter
Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter
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Grant's wife is in labor, the due date is TODAY, and we recorded anyway — because the slide deck was full and the trash must be secured. Episode 0125 opens with a full Trash Battalion staff meeting (awards board voting, BLUF violations, 0530 trash bag training, and a surprisingly moving word from Chaps) before the guys get into the real intel: where's the line on American flag apparel? Crocs? Socks? Underwear? Tres draws his line and it involves not trusting his own farts.

Then Grant reports from Newport, Rhode Island on the greatest chow value in New England — the Two Bug Lunch — two whole lobsters, corn, and coleslaw for $40. Jeff finally stops gatekeeping Patagonia's tinned fish (a canned fish company that makes clothes), and Grant explains whether genetics actually matter for getting strong.

Plus: Week Zero college football (USC's crowd of dozens), Week 1 speed picks, the guys make their official picks on the baby's arrival date, time, and weight, and the episode closes with the definitive air power vs. sea power doctrine book-off. It's only a lot of reading if you do it.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
04:38 - Staff Brief
23:41 - Chaps Calls In
28:46 - Tres' Lifting Update
28:53 - Wearing The Flag Debate
34:34 - America 250th Plate Update
36:32 - Two Bug Lunch
41:00 - Tinned Fish
47:02 - Role of Genetics In Lifting
01:07:03 - Week Zero Recap
01:13:50 - Due Date Predictions
01:17:47 - Week One Picks
01:23:07 - NIL Chaos
01:25:45 - Hung Ordinance

Podcast Hosts:
Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.
Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and Lifter
Tres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and Lifter
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The boys open episode 0124 in mourning: Dolly Parton, American legend and obvious Strength Co person, has passed at 80 — and Grant is devastated to learn he doesn't own a single Dolly record. The staff brief goes fully analog when Jeff declares a cyber-denied environment, forcing the trash battalion to determine the status of the Strait of Hormuz using a $2 bill, flat earth theory, and Mahan. The Cajun Sergeant Major checks in from the boil.

Grant breaks down his Navy War College basement home gym — what to buy nice, what to buy on Amazon, and why you never skimp on the bar and plates. Then Donnie Bowers (Naval Academy grad, Navy football alum, former Marine, two-time caller) joins to update his family life, pick Navy's schedule game-by-game, explain what NAPS actually is, and deliver an unforgettable off-the-cuff BW Tax ad read. Plus: college football playoff picks, NIL as the future of warfare, the Wiggles live in Boston, and the hardest part of being a dad.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - RIP Dolly Parton
11:11 - Staff Brief
24:04 - Outlying Stations
29:04 - Home Gym Build
39:46 - Big Donnie Joins The Show!
40:39 - Baby Update
45:44 - College Football Pick'em
01:14:47 - Predict The Record
01:24:48 - The Wiggles Concert
01:33:49 - Dad Life
01:38:52 - War College Update
01:43:03 - Donnie's BW Tax Ad Read
01:46:50 - Saved Rounds

Podcast Hosts:Grant Broggi: Marine Veteran, Owner of The Strength Co. and Starting Strength Coach.Jeff Buege: Marine Veteran, Outdoorsman, Football Fan and LifterTres Gottlich: Marine Veteran, Texan, Fisherman, Crazy College Football Fan and LifterJoin the Slack and Use code OKAY:⁠https://buy.stripe.com/dR6dT4aDcfuBdyw5ks⁠Check out BW Tax: ⁠https://www.bwtaxllc.com⁠BUY A FOOTBALL HELMET:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thestrength.co/mrhelmet/?utm_source=The+Okay+Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Okay_Pod⁠Episode 0123 — the number configuration you've been waiting 123 episodes for. The Trash Battalion staff brief convenes with the Strait of Hormuz still closed (per the official website), the dumpster tracker going purple and gold, and a hand-jammed Marine Corps Ball ticket tracker in case China knocks out our Excel spreadsheets. Then Grant makes the case for the home gym as he hunts Facebook Marketplace for vintage York squat stands to fit his Newport basement — because when you have kids, the return on training at home is 100x. It's Bitcoin. It's to the moon. With football season days away, the guys react to the AP Preseason Top 25, break down Texas A&M lanyard culture at the War College, and run their full game-by-game season picks for South Carolina, Auburn, and Texas A&M — including Grant's upset of the year: The Citadel over the Aggies. Finally, Grant reveals the Broggi Ice Cream Method: packed ice cream in a tall cup, milk poured to maximum surface tension, constant hydration, milkshake finish. Tres claims lactose intolerance. Grant counters with the science. Powered by The Strength Co. — America 250 plate coming soon, and the Turkey Pull hits Southern California in November.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
05:29 - Staff Brief
32:21 - Why You Need A Home Gym
50:28 - Sports Talk
59:51 - Season Picks
01:17:22 - Broggi Ice Cream Method
01:21:00 - Hung Ordinance