High school drop outs, my brother and I charted our own course for success in one of the most backwards ways possible. Becoming self taught professional fighters. From a half matted basement in my house to a 10,000 square foot church like facility. We have chosen the path of most resistance, and been offered a perspective of the highest rewards.
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Keoni And Erik Koch Podcasts
Close personal friends. People from my past that I haven't spoken with in years. Complete and total strangers. I recount these experiences to confirm the details of my memoirs, for my children. I aim through these conversations to show the importance of connection in an ever disconnected world. I believe the survival of our species depends on the adoption of radical love , unity and cooperation.
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I sit down with my friend and fellow coworker Matt Ellis. Matt and I worked at McLeodUSA, a red hot telecom startup in the late 90's. It has been at least 15 years since we have sat face to face and had a long conversation. We discuss September 11th 2001, gun control among many others. The focus that brought us back together was the tragic loss of …
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I talk to my long time friend Dara Price about the overturning of Roe vs Wade, COVID protocols, the current political climate and more.By Keoni Koch
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Erik and Keoni sit down to discuss the recent United States withdrawal and the victims left in the wake of 20 years of American occupation and subsequent withdrawal. This episode is dedicated to those who gave their lives fighting for liberty in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the 13 soldiers who lost their lives shortly after this podcast was recorded …
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I sit down with my daughter Peyton and we discuss the first 18 years of her life the week she heads off to college and into the challenges of adulthood. From topics ranging from the pain of adolescence and going through the process of divorce. This is meant to be an opportunity for Peyton to preserve her perspective and have a good three and a half…
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I sit down with my friend and professional artist Matthew Lukesh. Working alongside one of my best friends (And the only other person allowed to tattoo me) Josh Fields, Matt's artwork accounts for nearly half of all of my work. While we have spent hundreds of hours together in the tattoo chair I had yet to find appropriate time to learn of his orig…
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Erik and Keoni discuss Erik's recent frustrations with USADA or the United States Anti Doping Administration. Erik was shortly after released from the UFC and aims to clear the air about the experience and his plans for competition and transitioning into other roles within the martial arts.By Keoni and Erik Koch
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I sit down to speak with my brother and UFC fighter Erik Koch who outlines his recent experience and frustration with USADA, the anti doping organization in charge of the UFC's drug test. We discuss what the future has in store in terms of competition, coaching and life.By Keoni Koch
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My guest Erik Honda is a martial artist, former teacher and currently works in law enforcement. Erik sits down with me to have a frank and open conversation about his life and journey towards his present career. In a time of high scrutiny and publicity regarding police brutality Erik weighs in on things we can consider to improve the safety of our …
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The last time we spoke face to face was 24 years ago. I get to chat with a high school classmate for the first time since our Sophomore year. The lovely Meghann Croy sits down to catch up and have a very candid conversation about trauma, loss and the lessons we have learned along the way. With the occasional random side topic of course... Thank you…
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My third guest is the reason I exist. I sit down and enjoy what may be the most candid and revealing conversation I've ever had with my mother. A wild child at heart my mom has been through and seen it all, and I possible am only now getting the opportunity to peer into who she was, before she had me. There are secrets previously unrevealed that I …
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I sit down with my business partner and one of my very best friends Brent Stepanek. We discuss a wide variety of subjects from time in combat to relationships and business ownership. All over two ice cold Mountain Dew's.By Keoni Koch
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You are a fly on the wall. A couple is talking about the most intimate parts of their relationship. The host offers an opportunity for the guest to completely pick apart his character. And she does. The guest, is my wife Courtney Koch. She is the most fitting and ready to offer a scathing review of all my largest personal pitfalls. This was a step …
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Erik and Keoni discuss the catastrophic storm that tore through their home city shortly after publishing episode 14. We also talk capitol riots, hypocrisy of political parties and much much more.By Keoni and Erik Koch
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Mind Raid 14 Willful Ignorance Guest : Lucas Fugina
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5:52:41An open conversation about the theories proven and unproven regarding a pervasive network and industry centered around the victimization of women and children. Our guest and Erik's former roommate and close friend Lucas joins us to discuss the problem our society faces and what he has been doing to further awareness of pedophilia and sex traffickin…
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Mind Raid Episode 12 Aliens CONFIRMED
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1:50:21Erik and Keoni discuss the most recent news. Government officials silently releasing data that they have objects made on different planets. Why don't the headlines read "Aliens CONFIRMED!" Why would the most important discovery in human history be announced in such an obscure way? In the time when nearly every story is saturated in sensationalism i…
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Mind Raid Episode 13 Paranormal Inactivity
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1:03:44Ghosts. It's easy believe in them when we are so universally afraid of our own mortality. The great end. It couldn't be the end right? Why do the phantasms that defy our understanding still insist on being seen in original clothing? Would an aparition get locked into a perpetual "Style" of clothing from the big guy upstairs? We are talking ghosts p…
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Mind Raid Episode 11 Ladies vs Koch Bros
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4:07:46Mind Raid Episode 11. Facing the complexities of all things that is woman and challenges faced in dating/relationships in the modern era. "You want equal rights you are going to get equal rights" Erik Koch uNhcVm8gNPFSrpoyRp0QBy Keoni and Erik Koch
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Mind Raid Episode 10 Quarantined Ideas 2.0
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4:03:27Topics Discussed - COVID19 - Epstein Lies/Coverup - Partisan deception - Civil Unrest - Black Lives Matter - Americans divided - Federal Reserve - Protest - Law Enforcement - Way too muchBy Keoni and Erik Koch
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Mind Raid Episode 9 After the Mat : Volume 1
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38:01A small group of relatively isolated people. An eerily quiet downtown. We film Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instruction for online classes before we Mind Raid scenarios of our future, inconvenient truths of our present and lies from our past. These are the conversations we entertain when the tapping is done and the heartbeat comes back down to earth. COVID …
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Mind Raid Episode 8 Quarantined Ideas
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1:22:11Keoni and Erik Koch discuss an alternative perspective to the recent crisis / pandemic. Is the media response to COVID - 19 appropriate? Does the fear that comes from sensationalism lead to greater danger to life on earth than the virus itself? Discussing perspectives that are likely controversial, we await your judgement. We also happily await the…
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Mind Raid Episode 7 The Ox Strikes Back
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1:27:51Jesse Lennox comes prepared for battle and sounds a horn of forewarning before drilling deep. What also happens is I wander off a few times. Ill admit it, I am a sucker for wandering conversations and improper grammar. I find conversations more genuine when the interviewer is well prepared and the interviewee completely under prepared. This was the…
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Mind Raid Episode 6 Extra Terrestrial
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1:17:51Erik Koch, Juan Roman and Keoni Koch discuss: - Alien ideas - Cosmic Natural Selection - Hybridization - Gray Matters - Government Conspiracy - Video production ineptitude Put on your thinking caps, tin foil hats and headphones because there is no decent video of this little gem. Thoughtful and friendly debate encouraged. And yes.....believe it or …
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Jesse Lennox is a retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC and trained at the world renowned Militech Fighting Systems at the peak of their success. Before that he wandered into a strangers basement and had his first experience in the then gritty and underground world of mixed martial arts with four brothers of the sword at…
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Mind Raid host Keoni Koch sits down with the first of the five Hybrid Faction Combat Club teammates and also served as the first of the four to begin training in "The Dungeon". Devon recounts lessons learned, pivotal MMA bouts and updates us on his ascension to angler god status. Ever humble and always funny, "Debo" gives his perspective on early M…
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Beau Laughridge is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu National Champion, a retired professional mixed martial artist and a proud father of two. Beau was the final piece of the Hybrid Faction Combat Club, a five man fight team of self trained martial artists some of whom would go on to compete in the UFC. Beau continues to train and coach at Hard Drive Performan…
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Erik and Keoni Koch recount the sport of Mixed Martial Arts in the late nineties and early 2000's. Without adequate instruction the group began competing professionally after self study in combat sports and martial arts. Erik discusses his early days in TaeKwonDo and Keoni recounts the frustration in the lack of available training partners and coac…
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The Koch Brothers dedicate their first podcast to the grieving and transformations that came through the unexpected loss of their father Douglas Koch. The two discuss the preparation for the podcast, life, death and the path ahead.By Keoni & Erik Koch
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