{"id":217768,"date":"2026-06-09T21:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=217768"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:19:32","slug":"vip-podcast-6-9-the-nickys-club-with-nick-barbati-lizzy-flanagan-discusses-her-new-book-i-am-your-champion-the-life-and-death-of-wrestler-gino-hernandez-59-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/06\/09\/vip-podcast-6-9-the-nickys-club-with-nick-barbati-lizzy-flanagan-discusses-her-new-book-i-am-your-champion-the-life-and-death-of-wrestler-gino-hernandez-59-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 6\/9 \u2013 The Nicky\u2019s Club with Nick Barbati: Lizzy Flanagan discusses her new book &#8220;I Am Your Champion: The Life and Death of Wrestler Gino Hernandez&#8221; (59 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3539258145\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY: <\/strong>This week on <em>The Nicky\u2019s Club<\/em>, Nick Barbati welcomes author Lizzy Flanagan to discuss her new book, <em>I Am Your Champion: The Life and Death of Wrestler Gino Hernandez<\/em>. 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