Josh Duhamel On Fame, Hormones, Fatherhood, Longevity, & Finding His Way Back

Summary

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The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Show

Episode: Josh Duhamel On Fame, Hormones, Fatherhood, Longevity, & Finding His Way Back

Date: March 2, 2026
Guests: Josh Duhamel
Hosts: Lauryn & Michael Bosstick

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Episode Overview

In this engaging, candid episode, hosts Lauryn and Michael Bosstick sit down with actor, director, and producer Josh Duhamel. They cover a sweeping range of topics: Josh’s unexpected path from small-town North Dakota to Hollywood leading man, his philosophies on fame and humility, evolution into fatherhood, and his deep dive into men’s health and wellness—including his new venture, Gatlin. Josh offers unfiltered takes on hormone optimization, longevity, and the challenges of staying grounded, providing a blend of Hollywood stories and practical wellness advice for listeners at any life stage.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Josh’s Journey from North Dakota to Hollywood

[02:03]

• Early days: Josh’s modeling career was brief. He was drawn to acting, inspired by a coach who encouraged deeper involvement.
• First big break: Felt his breakthrough during an audition for a student adaptation of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," shot in Bulgaria, where he had to let go emotionally.

  “Something came over me and I just lost it in this audition… it was that moment that I felt like I’d broken through, broken out of the fear and the self-doubt.” (Josh, 02:23)

• Bootcamp on 'All My Children': His role as Leo Dupre on "All My Children" gave him invaluable experience in front of a camera and dealing with attention (massive fanbase, first TV spotlight).
• Gradual rise: Success wasn’t instantaneous; his growth was steady, allowing him to learn and make mistakes outside the glaring Hollywood spotlight (08:48).

2. Handling Fame & the Pitfalls of Celebrity

[10:07]

• Managing female attention & celebrity trappings:

  “It can be a seductive and intoxicating thing to get that kind of attention, but thankfully I had—and still have—a solid group of friends who keep my ass in check.” (Josh, 10:38)

• Emphasized the importance of staying true to roots and maintaining a moral compass.
• Felt grateful for a slower ascent, which allowed genuine appreciation of his career and personal humility.

3. Life’s Return to Roots – Small Town Values

[12:20]

• Josh describes moving back to North Dakota after years in L.A., falling back in love with the “salt of the earth” attitude and authenticity of the Midwest.
• Marrying Audra (Miss USA, also from North Dakota) reinforced his connection to home. He credits their shared values and enjoyment of a slower, distraction-free environment for his current happiness.
• Discussed raising children in an environment that prioritizes trust, safety, and outdoor play.

4. Fatherhood & Cabin Life

[25:44]

• Josh details his hands-on approach to life at his Minnesota cabin—DIY repairs, outdoorsmanship, and creating a "compound" for family and friends.

  “It’s my happy place, man. I just love it there so much.” (Josh, 26:27)

• The realness of fixing things and living away from conveniences teaches his kids resilience and connection to nature.

5. Health, Hormones, and Launching Gatlin

[28:47], [30:18]

• Motivation: Began with vanity, evolved into wanting longevity and health to be present for his wife and kids.

  “I kept this thing a secret... I didn’t want to tell people I was taking testosterone or peptides... my dirty little secret...” (Josh, 28:51)

• Breaking the stigma: Partnered with Gatlin to provide data-driven, personalized men’s hormone and longevity care—now expanding to women.
• Environmental factors: Observations on modern life (less physical labor, more environmental toxins) contributing to diminished hormone levels in younger generations.
• Personal stack:
  • NAD+ injections
  • Ipamorelin & Tessamorelin (promote natural HGH)
  • "Wolverine stack" of peptides (BPC157, TB500, KPV, GHK-Cu) for joint and skin regeneration
  • Testosterone replacement (prefers oral Kaisertrex over injections/pellets)

  “I'm 53, I feel better than I did in my 20s and 30s... it’s only massively improved my life.” (Josh, discussing hormone optimization, 28:51)

6. Gatlin’s Approach & Benefits

[39:12]

• How it works: Simple telemedicine, bloodwork-first, then matched with licensed clinicians for tailored medical-grade protocols.
• Peptide & hormone therapy: Addressing fatigue, recovery, weight, aging, sexual health, and performance.
  • “We want this to feel like a fully white glove concierge experience… it’s about overall wellness.” (Josh, 52:23)
• For everyone: While first marketed to men, Gatlin is building services for women and families.

7. Day-to-Day Wellness Practices

[40:11]

• Green smoothie routine: Kale, spinach, apple, banana, pear, water (from Kimberly Snyder’s recipe, [40:44]).
• Cold plunges, hot yoga, and weight lifting:

  “You have to lift weights as you age... it’s non-negotiable for everyone.” (Hosts/Josh, 41:33)

• Everything in moderation: Health isn’t about obsession but about consistent, balanced practices.
• Parenting & screens: Advocates for “everything in moderation, including moderation”—kids can have screens, but must be monitored and encouraged toward real-life engagement ([50:16]).

8. Advice to Listeners: Signs You Might Benefit from Peptides

[51:06]

• Common signs: Low energy, slow recovery, brain fog, age-related complaints, or healing from injuries.

  “The NAD is great... for longevity, but also for skin... if you’re looking to heal... the Wolverine stack.” (Josh, 51:15)

9. Behind-the-Scenes Hollywood Stories

[55:10]

• Hilarious anecdote about initially dismissing Transformers as a “terrible idea” after being introduced to the project by Michael Bay, but then being sold on the vision ([55:10]).
• Lighthearted banter about being an extra in Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" video—"one of my first jobs" in LA ([57:58]).
• Reflections on his son’s lack of interest in his Hollywood roles—prefers watching athletes!

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “The truth is, none of this is real. It’s just fame. Who cares?”
  Josh Duhamel, on staying grounded in Hollywood (11:25)

• “It’s great for your joints and healing of injuries, but your skin regeneration... hair.”
  Josh on the ‘Wolverine Stack’ peptides (33:12)

• “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”
  Josh’s motto about balanced health and parenting (50:16)

• “If you don’t keep [lifting] up, it’s a decline... Frail, kind of smaller.”
  Podcast Host 2, on the importance of strength training as we age (49:10)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:03 – Josh’s early career story; auditioning and breaking into acting
• 06:35 – First major TV role ("All My Children"); dealing with new fame
• 10:07 – Navigating the ups and downs of attention and maintaining humility
• 12:20 – Moving back to North Dakota; family and community
• 25:44 – Cabin life, DIY skills, teaching kids resilience
• 28:47 – Interest in longevity, hormone optimization, and starting Gatlin
• 32:48 – Breaking down Josh’s personal “stack” (NAD, peptides, TRT)
• 40:11 – Josh’s daily routines, green smoothie, and workout philosophy
• 49:10 – On the risks of losing muscle mass with age; his dad’s story
• 50:16 – Moderation in parenting, phones, and social media for kids
• 51:15 – Signs that someone might need peptides
• 55:10 – Transformers behind-the-scenes story
• 57:58 – Early days: Extra in Christina Aguilera’s “Genie in a Bottle”

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Engaging, Actionable Takeaways

• Don’t hide your curiosity about health optimization. There’s no shame in seeking medical-grade support for energy, recovery, or longevity.
• Lift weights—at any age. Staying strong pays dividends for lifelong health, especially as we get older.
• Balance glamour with grounding. Even in Hollywood, lasting happiness comes from real roots, family, and hands-on living.
• Kids need moderation, not deprivation, on screens. Model balance, and they’ll learn to find joy both online and off.
• Don’t believe your own hype. Fame is fleeting—ground yourself with real friendships and perspective.
• Check your levels—test, don’t guess. Whether for hormones or wellness, data-driven health is best.

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Final Thoughts

Josh Duhamel’s open, irreverent take on everything from transforming his career to transforming men’s health protocols delivers both Hollywood sparkle and practical wisdom. The episode demystifies hormone and peptide therapy, encourages a holistic view of wellness, and reminds listeners that meaning is found in everyday moments—not just the limelight.

Transcript

[Lauren Everts]

The following podcast is a Dear Media Production. She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire.

[Josh Duhamel]

Fantastic.

[Lauren Everts]

And he's a serial entrepreneur, a very smart cookie. And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you along for the ride.

[Michael Bostic]

Get ready for some major realness.

[Lauren Everts]

Welcome to the Skinny Confidential. Him and her.

[Josh Duhamel]

Aha.

[Podcast Host 1]

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[Lauren Everts]

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[Podcast Host 1]

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[Lauren Everts]

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[Podcast Host 1]

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[Lauren Everts]

Again, TSC15 for 15 off at gatlin.com hello, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Skinny Confidential, him and her show. Today we have Josh Dumal on the show, and this was a fun one. Lauren and I had a blast with him. Joshua is an acclaimed actor, director, and producer known for his work in films including Transformers, Shotgun Wedding, London Calling, and Netflix's Ransom Canyon. Beyond the screen, Josh is passionate about men's health and wellness. In 2024, he launched Gatlin, a wellness brand dedicated to helping men take control of their health, break stigmas, and access trustworthy resources designed for the everyman. Now Gatlin is also working on a women's line. And like I said, we had a blast talking to Josh. We go through his career in Hollywood. We talk about health, personal optimization, all the things that we like talking about on the show. And he was just a real down to earth, humble, fun, cool dude. And like I said, it was great to get the chance to talk to him with that. I hope you guys all enjoyed this episode with Josh Dumal. This is the Skinny Confidential, him and her.

[Josh Duhamel]

My modeling career was very short, but I knew that I wanted to get into this. Started auditioning for TV commercials, and Scott Sedita was my first coach who said, you should take my normal class. So I did. And that's how that's How I, you know, really sort of fell in love with it.

[Michael Bostic]

And what was your first big break that you had that you were like, I'm on to something.

[Josh Duhamel]

You know, for me, in the beginning, it was just so. As a kid coming from North Dakota, it was terrified. I had never been around anything and never been in front of a camera. Had, like, you two looking at me, expecting me to say something interesting. And I was really intimidated. I wasn't comfortable. But then there was something that happened in an audition for this movie called. It was. It was an adaptation of the Picture of Dorian Gray. It was a student film that we shot over in Bulgaria. But in the audition, he had to lose it. He had to, like, lose it. And something came over me and I just lost it in this audition. And I could see on their faces that, oh, my God. And I knew right there that I got the job. And it was that moment that I felt like I'd broken through, broken out of the fear and the self doubt. And I think that was my first time I sort of felt like I could do this for real. I always knew that I could if I could get over the fear and the, you know, the. The terror of, you know, being vulnerable in front of people and especially in front of a camera.

[Podcast Host 2]

Do you feel like this is something that individuals can learn, or do you feel like it's something you just kind of instinctually know how to do? Like Billy Bob Thornton was just talking about, he's like, listen. He's like, I just kind of like, this is just what he was built to do. Like, when you see a script, can you just pick it up quickly and then jump into the character, or does it take a lot of practice?

[Josh Duhamel]

I think there is a certain amount of. I think it's about. I think everybody has this interesting depth to them. It's a matter of accessing it. If you could access that on camera, I think anybody can do it. Learning the lines isn't the hard part. It's actually living freely and openly as if you're just doing it like you would at home. And that's the hardest part, is just letting all that go and just. Just. And if you can do that, you can. I think anybody can do it, but it's. It's a hard thing. That's the hardest part for me is just to sort of live openly and freely in whatever scene it is that you're doing without it feeling like you're acting.

[Michael Bostic]

It seems like a constant practice that you have to tap into.

[Josh Duhamel]

It's therapeutic for me it's very cathartic. I love it. I love that I get to go play these characters that are, you know, who. You know, if I tried some of this stuff in real life, I'd be in jail. But you get to, like, live out these crazy little experiences that are scripted for movie or tv. And every job is different, every scene is different, every day is different. A set. And I think that's. That's what I love about it, I

[Podcast Host 2]

think would be hard for. For a lot of people is getting out of yourself and in like, letting the guard down.

[Josh Duhamel]

Exactly.

[Podcast Host 2]

Right. Like, I think, and being like, oh, just be that. I think that's really difficult because people have a guard up naturally all the time, especially these days. And being able to, like, let go of that and do something completely different. I think that would be the hardest thing.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, I think that that goes back to what I said about just, like, trusting that it's okay. For me, it was just like letting myself just look stupid in front of the. Don't care what anybody thinks. And when I let go of that, you know, broke through, let that. That guard down or that wall is when I really started to feel. And that's where I feel like it's cathartic because then you can just have fun. You're just playing make believe, you know?

[Podcast Host 2]

So as a kid from North Dakota, when you start to break and that kind of attention gets put on you. And especially, like, at a time when, if you had that kind of attention, like when you were coming up, it was like. It was like a spigot. It was turned on. It was like right away.

[Michael Bostic]

You were the heartthrob.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, I was. Yes.

[Lauren Everts]

Still are.

[Michael Bostic]

Yes.

[Josh Duhamel]

But I am in full hair and makeup.

[Podcast Host 2]

We demand it. What is that like for you, coming from your background and then all of a sudden being exposed to that and having that kind of profile.

[Josh Duhamel]

Oh, man. I'll never forget my first job. Well, my second job. So my first job was like the. The. The Picture of Dorian Gray. But the second one was All My

[Michael Bostic]

Children in New York that has some serious fan base.

[Josh Duhamel]

Oh, man, it was like a big deal. My mom was a huge Young the Restless fan.

[Michael Bostic]

You had a line of girls out the door. Let's be honest.

[Josh Duhamel]

Hey, it was. It was. It was. It was a whole new thing for me.

[Michael Bostic]

A whole new world.

[Josh Duhamel]

But it was. It was also terrifying. My first day. My first day was with. So my character was sort of a grifter, Euro trash. My mom and I would. Would con these people out of money and That's. That's what we did. So I grew up sort of in that. That was my character. Leather pants, turtleneck, mohair sweater, and a big, long leather duster. And my hair was still sort of orangish blonde from the picture of Dorian Gray. We tried to dye it back, but it was like this weird orange. So it was perfect. Euro Trash. And my first scene, I was terrified because all I could think about was, oh, my God, I'm gonna be on tv. Everybody back home is gonna be watching me. Oh, my God. And just getting my breathing under control was enough. And my scene was with Elizabeth Banks. Very talented director and actress. Very sweet. We still laugh every time we see each other. She was playing a waitress. It was also her first job. And I was this Euro trash, Leo Dupre, wandering into this restaurant. And I was sort of trying to get a free lunch offer. And I said, good morning, Rosalie. Breakfast was so good that I thought I'd come back for lunch. And you have no idea how hard it was for me to remember that line. That one line was like, morning, Rosalie. Lunch was so good, I thought I'd come back for break. No, breakfast was so good, I thought I'd come back for lunch. Yeah. Okay, here we go. And I was just, like, terrified that I was going to be on tv, so I couldn't tell you what line I said yesterday on whatever thing. But that line sticks in my head so hard because I was so terrified to say it because I knew I was going to be on tv. And so, you know, that was kind of the beginning.

[Michael Bostic]

So what happens after that?

[Podcast Host 1]

Comes out. All My Children.

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah. I mean, like, what. I guess what I'm asking is, one day you're a normal guy working warehouse from North Dakota, the next day, like, you're very well known.

[Lauren Everts]

What does that do?

[Podcast Host 2]

I mean, you know, for. For a lot of people we talk to, and for us, and I think New Age, it's like. It's a little bit more of, like, a slower, gradual thing that you ease into. But I think for your generation and for people that broke out like you, it feels like. It's almost like maybe it doesn't feel this way to you, but it feels to us like instantaneous. Massive attention.

[Josh Duhamel]

You know, if I'm in my own head, it was instantaneous, and it was this massive thing. But in real life, it was kind of a slow burn for me, too. I was on All My Children for three years, and I guess I had a bit of a. Of a bump when I went. When I left that after three years and went to do. Went a date with Ted Hamilton in Las Vegas, and I had, like. But it was never like a rocket to stardom for me, you know, so it's always kind of been gradual. And I think those three years on All My Children were a great boot camp, a great way to sort of understand media on a smaller scale and understand how to hit my life, how to learn lines, how to do all these things. And it wasn't like this giant. I wasn't this kid who was, you know, suddenly here. Now I'm on Transformers, you know, it was like. So I got to sort of make mistakes along the way that weren't too damaging, you know, for me as a kid, like you said from North Dakota, I was like, oh, my God. I'm. How do I not screw this up?

[Podcast Host 2]

Imagine it's a big shift.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, it was a huge shift. And. And it was. It was. You know, I don't. Do I have regrets?

[Lauren Everts]

Sure.

[Josh Duhamel]

But, you know, it was. I'm. I'm. It's the way I was able to make it, you know, and it took me a while, but I don't know.

[Michael Bostic]

How do you manage all the attention from women that you had? You had a lot of attention from women.

[Josh Duhamel]

It's. It can be a real pitfall.

[Michael Bostic]

I know. That's why I kind. I want to hear both sides of it. We had John Stamos on. I asked him the same question. John Stamos was before you, obviously. Full house. And then I feel like you were kind of like that, adjacent to John Stamos.

[Josh Duhamel]

Was I?

[Michael Bostic]

Yes. Like, how do you manage? I know there's pitfalls of it.

[Podcast Host 1]

What are the pros and what are the cons?

[Josh Duhamel]

Well, you know, it can be a seductive and intoxicating thing to get that kind of attention, but thankfully, I had. And I still have a very solid group of friends who keep my ass in check. I stayed very close to my roots back in North Dakota. Not gonna say I didn't fall into that trap a few times, but, you know, it can be. It can be the end of you in this business if you don't. If you don't have, like, a. Like a North Star or, like, a moral compass in some ways. And I. And I did. And, you know, I was not perfect by any means, but it can. It can be. It can be the death of your career. It really can. If you. If you start to believe all that. Because the truth is, none of this is real.

[Michael Bostic]

Right?

[Josh Duhamel]

It's just fame. Who cares? Because it can it can. And again, this is why I'm thankful that it didn't happen so quickly because I learned to have a real appreciation for it. Had a lot of work, like normal life. I didn't start till I was 27. It can be something that. That can take you out if you don't. And that's not just. I'm not talking about just attention from girls. There's all kinds of other trappings that can. That can take you out so.

[Podcast Host 2]

Well, what's interesting? Well, there's a lot of things interesting, but I think one thing that we wanted to talk to you about is there's a little bit of a similar path where, you know, I would say we're in an entertainment hub right now, which is obviously la, and we're having this conversation there. And you were very much at the center of media and entertainment, but you chose to kind of move back to North Dakota and kind of give back to your roots. And I wonder if that was a decision that you always knew you were

[Lauren Everts]

going to make or if it was

[Podcast Host 2]

something that you got drawn to the further you got.

[Josh Duhamel]

No, I think that I, you know, when I left North Dakota, I couldn't wait to leave. I was like, so ready to go because I'd gone. I'd gone, you know, all the way through high school and then went to college in the same town that I grew up in. So I couldn't wait to leave. It was like, I'm ready. I was ready. I think they were ready too. Just. I was just ready. It's just been there for too long. And if you were to ask me, then, no, I'm never going back. Or if I do, I'm going to be 80. But then as I got older and got to really, you know, it's almost like you have to leave to really appreciate your. Your roots. And it. And it was that. And I fell in love with the state again. It's an amazing state, North Dakota. I don't know if you've been. It's probably not that dissimilar to Texas on, you know, it's not. Doesn't have, you know, the big cities and the beaches and all the things that Texas has, but the people feel like they're kind of the same. Very salt of the earth. You can trust them 100%. And I think that that's really what I. What I grew to love and, you know, and not a knock on L. A but, you know, it's. There's a lot of great things about Los Angeles, but for me it was like. And then I met a girl from there, my wife Audra, who really loves her. She's very much a family girl, Very much loves to be home. She has a cabin in Minnesota not far from where we're at. So it was kind of perfect. And so we both have this. You know, she helped me fall back in love with it. And now we're residents of the state again, and I love it there.

[Podcast Host 2]

It's funny, when we first moved to Texas, I would. We were taking a walk in our neighborhood, and people were like, good morning. Hello. Like, what do you want, buddy?

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, Like.

[Podcast Host 2]

Like, I was like, my guard. My guard is up from being out here. And I was like, why is this person? And then now I'm the guy in the neighborhood.

[Josh Duhamel]

The coffee.

[Podcast Host 2]

Like. But it's. I think, again, like, there's a lot of great things about big cities, but it's. It's very much like people are on the move here. They're going. It's like you're trying to get something done. And I feel like people are living in those places. Right. That's what it feels like. It feels.

[Josh Duhamel]

They're more in the moment, for sure. And I. And I'm guilty of that, too. Here I am. When I'm here, I am working. Yeah. You know, I am chasing that carrot.

[Michael Bostic]

I get it. I say Texas.

[Podcast Host 1]

I'm married to Texas.

[Michael Bostic]

But New York and L. A is my mistress. I suck it, I fuck it, and then I get the fuck out.

[Josh Duhamel]

I love.

[Michael Bostic]

So I totally get what you're saying. Like, you just need to, like, get it out. Get everything you can get out of the city. And then, like, it's. You can leave.

[Podcast Host 2]

No. And I was. I was at breakfast before this, and some guys that live out here, still there. I think they're. They're curious about places like Texas, like North Dakota. Like. And they're asking me about it, and I said, you know, I like to live there and raise a family in those places. And, like, there's less distractions. But it's. It's. It might at times feel slow if we didn't kind of go to the bigger cities. But. But I. If I had to choose one or the other of where I would, you know, if I had to just choose one, it would be in those places. Especially now with kids.

[Josh Duhamel]

Right.

[Podcast Host 2]

I think, like, again, the cities are great, but we can let our kids

[Lauren Everts]

go outside and run around.

[Josh Duhamel]

Right. You can trust that you. They. Yeah, exactly. That's. That's. It's a perfect way to put it. Because my son, my 12 year old son, we never let him out to go play in the street because we don't trust what might happen. You know, that might be my own, you know, neuroses, but in North Dakota, there's no fear of that. The kids are all on their bikes, racing up and down the street, jumping from house to house. So nice, you know, and I think that that's really what and now Axel has that too. He loves going back there. He's got a bunch of friends there too.

[Podcast Host 1]

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[Lauren Everts]

Everybody's talking about protein. Every time you turn on a podcast, every time you turn on the news, it's protein, protein, protein. But what if I told you there was something that could work even better for your body than protein? Well, there is and it's called kion aminos which deliver all nine of the essential amino acids in the exact ratio your body needs to build and repair muscle. Without the excess calories, filleries or digestion load of whole protein or protein powder, it's up to six times more effective than whey or food based proteins, gram for gram. So what it's going to do is it's going to help support muscle like I mentioned, and metabolism. Because here's the thing, starting around 30, we lose muscle every year and our bodies get less efficient at utilizing the essential amino acids from whole food proteins. Kion aminos is the best way to maintain strength and stay toned as we age. So what Lauren and I do is we put this in our water when we're working out. We take it on trips whenever we're feeling like our diet's not going to be quite there and we're not going to be getting enough of protein from our food sources. We're drinking and bringing the travel packs to enhance them. With the kion aminos and this has been an absolute game changer. It works faster than typical proteins, it's easier to absorb, and your body absorbs them within minutes. No cooking, no digestion delay or bloating. It's perfect for real life. There's also a ton of people on GLP1s these days talking about using them. Kion aminos are going to be absolutely essential if you're someone who's utilizing those GLP1s because it's going to help you preserve lean muscle so you can lose fat and get leaner, not weaker. So check them out. Visit getkeon.com skinny for 20% off that's getkeon K-I-O n.com skinny for 20% off

[Podcast Host 1]

off

[Michael Bostic]

I think, too, it seems to some people that we've interviewed that are celebrities. And I wonder what you think about this when you get to a place in acting or celebrity where you feel like you've reached a really high peak. I think sometimes you look around and there's still feels like there's something missing. And I noticed that those are the people, like a Demi Moore and a Bruce Willis who move out of Hollywood to sort of like, figure out what that is. I kind of felt that when I was living in la. It's like I was. We were podcasting, we're doing all the things, and then you kind of look around and you're. You sort of. You want more than just that mountain.

[Podcast Host 1]

Does that make sense?

[Michael Bostic]

I think that, yeah, you crave it

[Josh Duhamel]

because it's, it's, it's, it's. It is a. It's a hard thing to. It's. It's almost like that siren out in the ocean that, you know, you hear it calling, but you don't know it until you actually see it and feel it. And then, and then, but then it's the same thing here. It's like. It's like your mistress that you want to suck and you need to go get that. You need to go get that, too. It's like

[Podcast Host 2]

that'll be the opening of the trailer for this show with you.

[Josh Duhamel]

But, you know, it's nice to have the balance. I love coming back to la. I love the restaurants. I love the weather. You know, I have a lot of friends here. It's. There's. I'm not gonna dog on la. But yesterday was a perfect example. I was here until Pigmos driving my boy to basketball and soccer and I was like. And, and the weather was perfect, great yesterday. And we just got back from Fargo, which is not Perfect right now. But I also sat in an hour and a half of traffic to get from one to the other. I'm like, this is why it's such a trade off.

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah. When we first moved to Austin, everyone's like, listen, traffic here is pretty bad. You could get stuck for like 20 minutes sometimes like 20 minutes.

[Michael Bostic]

How did you meet your wife, Audra?

[Josh Duhamel]

We had a, I had a barbecue at my house. It was some of my friends from Hollywood. It was some of my old friends from back home. There were kids, they're old. It was just like, like a good old fashioned barbecue. And she and I had been in contact because I knew that she was from North Dakota. She'd done, she'd done really, really well. And some was a Miss USA and I had no, it was, I wasn't even inviting her because I wanted to date her because she was too young for me to be honest. I wasn't looking for a girl. Like, no, no, I'm not going to be that dude. So I invite her and she comes to the door. I'm like, holy, she's so beautiful and tall. And I was still like, no, no, no. And I was entertaining people. We hardly even talked at the barbecue where she was like, this dude has no interest in me. She left and, and you know, I was with her friend at the thing. It's like whatever and. But I remember the little bit of interaction I did have with. We talked and we did whatever, but I was like entertaining as a barbecue. I was taking care of everybody and I remember her taking care of these kids that were at the party, like making sure that they had enough goldfish or whatever was she was giving them. And I was like, huh, that's like, that's. That reminds me of home in the kind of girl that I want to really be with, you know, And I'd gone through a couple relationships with girls here in LA and it just wasn't the same. There's something really sort of wholesome about it. And I think that that's when I was like, hmm, maybe she's not too young.

[Podcast Host 2]

Like, let me run the math again.

[Josh Duhamel]

Actually, it's math. Well, you know, I guess I am that dude. I don't know.

[Michael Bostic]

Yeah, but now you guys are married. You're a two year old, right?

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, we have a two year old.

[Michael Bostic]

And how long have you been married for?

[Josh Duhamel]

Three years.

[Michael Bostic]

What is.

[Josh Duhamel]

We've been together for like seven.

[Michael Bostic]

Seven years. What is the difference between being. Because you were married to Fergie before, which is a famous public marriage to being married how you are now, which seems very grounded and wholesome. What is the major differences?

[Josh Duhamel]

And by the way, Fergie is also very wholesome. Believe it or not. She's very much a. You know, especially since she sort of stepped away from it all. She's very, she's a great mom. Very kind, very non confrontational. Thank God. So we have, you know, we have a good relationship. She and Audra have a great relationship. We were just very different, you know. Friggin. I just, you know, we just have different views the world and that's okay, you know, but, but I have no regrets about that. We have a beautiful son, but they're just very different in a lot of ways. But also, also both very really great women. They really are.

[Michael Bostic]

What a nice way to talk about an ex.

[Podcast Host 2]

That's why you should talk about me

[Michael Bostic]

in the future when I'm on my third wedding. What do they say first you marry for? What do they say? First you marry for love, then you marry for money, then you marry for companionship.

[Josh Duhamel]

Looks like you got all three here.

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah, she had me at suck it and fuck it. So I was like, there we go. That's what I knew. I was. It was a similar story. She wasn't playing with the children. She said that to me and I said, you know what that reminds me of home.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yes.

[Podcast Host 2]

That's dark.

[Michael Bostic]

That's dark. I mean what does your day to day look like when you are not working and you are being a dad in North Dakota?

[Josh Duhamel]

I mean like anybody really.

[Michael Bostic]

Is it like are you like out on the land? What is.

[Josh Duhamel]

So. Okay. So I've got, we've, we've got a smaller place in Fargo. We're going to build there eventually.

[Michael Bostic]

So. Cool.

[Josh Duhamel]

But we have a property in Minnesota which is about an hour, hour and a half from Fargo. And we spent a lot of time at our cabin in the woods on the lake. I've had this for like 17 years now. And you know, over the last 10 I've really, I've really put a lot of work into developing it. And so I've got started with one little cabin. It was just a little box up on the hill with no electricity, no water. It was an old hunting cabin infested with mice. It was, it was.

[Podcast Host 2]

I heard you use an outhouse for a long time.

[Josh Duhamel]

Oh, there's an outhouse. It was a whole thing. And then, and, and, and then I bought the property next to that for $189,000. 26 acres, beautiful little cabin on the water. It's amazing and it's like my. It's my happy place, man. I just love it there so much. And so at the two little cabins and I've since put electricity and water in both of them and now they're these really cute little guest cabins. But we needed something big and something to hold my tractor and my four wheelers and just that you just get used to accumulate things over the years. And so we built. I was just going to build a place that had a huge garage. But then I decided to make it a double thing to make a big. We just turned it into a big cabin. So now I've got that and the two little cabins and it's like my own little compound out in the woods. It's amazing.

[Podcast Host 2]

That's rad.

[Josh Duhamel]

Built a beach out there. Just. It's just. Yeah. And you know what it is? It's great because to answer your question, Lauren, is that I think for me a normal day out there is just. I just work all day just fixing things, taking care of kids. Okay, we need. Something needs to be fixed over here. Okay. I gotta, I gotta run up and grab fire. Whatever it is. I'm just going. So the kids, it's a great way for them to see me and teach them things outside of the amenities that we're used to because it's really just about being in the moment, figuring out what we got to do. Because we're 40 miles from anything. There's not even a store within 40 miles. We are out there. And so there's a lot I've had to learn how to fix things and, and take care of things.

[Podcast Host 2]

And I was going to ask how you, how did you learn? Does your dad.

[Josh Duhamel]

Just had to.

[Podcast Host 2]

You just had to.

[Josh Duhamel]

Just had to. You know, thankfully my, my father in law is very handy. My dad is pretty handy. But I wasn't. You know, I grew up in the city in north. In monotonous North Dakota, playing hoops and batting football and all that stuff. And I never really did much, but now I've become pretty adept at fixing the basic things.

[Michael Bostic]

You know what they say the hottest thing is? And I think we should all make this a thing in 2026.

[Podcast Host 1]

They say the hottest thing for a

[Michael Bostic]

guy to do to boost their testosterone is to chop wood. Have you heard this?

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah. Or an axe. Or go to Gatlin and get a shot and just put it in your butt.

[Michael Bostic]

Get it. Get a shot from Gatlin and then go chop wood.

[Podcast Host 1]

And that's the.

[Josh Duhamel]

You're gonna be no There is a lot of, there is a lot of wood chopping out there. There really is.

[Lauren Everts]

You know, I want to talk about

[Podcast Host 2]

what you're doing with Gallon and just longevity in particular. When did you get so interested in this space?

[Josh Duhamel]

I've always had a real curiosity about it, you know, just because. Maybe out of vanity in the beginning, just because I wanted to stay as youthful and athletic and virile as I could for as long as I could. But then it became more about being there. You know, it's about being there for my wife, for my kids who are much, who are very young and to. And. But I kept this thing a secret for so long because I didn't want to tell people that I was taking testosterone or peptides and these things because it was my kind of my dirty little secret that I had some shame around. And then I was like. And so my friend Fabian came to me and says, hey, we have this company that we're starting. And they'd been doing a lot of blocking into all the, all the FDA compliance. It's just a ton of stuff to build a company like this. And so at first I was like, no way, I'm not going to be the face of that. But then I thought, why not? Because it's only massively improved my life. It's kept me feeling great as I've gotten older, as into my mid-40s, 50, and I'm 53, I feel better than I did in my 20s and 30s. I was like, why don't I shine a light on this thing? Why don't I teach people or show guys that it's okay to first of all talk about it, get your levels tested. And that was kind of the beginning of it. And that's. And I had, and now I just have this full on curiosity about all the latest and greatest stuff that's coming out. How do we build this company and help as many people as we can?

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah, there's like a, I think for a lot of guys there's a taboo around like, oh, I might need these things because my natural function is. But the fact of the matter is like, it's going to change. What is it? What do they say? It's like after 30 or 35, it starts to just, yeah, drop out like

[Josh Duhamel]

there naturally younger and younger. Weirdly. I'm not sure what the reason for that is. Maybe it's because we have less. I mean, my knee jerk is that, you know, we have everything at our fingertips. We don't have to go chop wood like we did before which improves our killing tigers. We don't have. We don't have the fear of, you know, bears coming to eat it. You know, we've gotten pretty comfortable. And then you. You add in like the. The apps and the swipe lefts or rights or whatever that is too much soy milk. You know, there's a lot of factors, I think. Maybe go milk a cow. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So I think that, you know, there might be a lot. I don't know what the reason is, but I feel like there are ways to. To combat that now. And why not?

[Podcast Host 2]

I had a buddy of mine who's my age, young, like a young. Not young, but youngish guy, like not under 40 still. And his levels, like, really dropped. And we talk a lot about these things on the show. And he was using all of these crazy cleaning supplies in his house consistently. He had like a bachelor pad, so it was like a lot in there. And he was getting cleaned a lot. And he went and switched everything. Got rid of like all the parabens, all those, like, switched them out for more natural.

[Michael Bostic]

He switched to glass water bottles.

[Podcast Host 2]

He was drinking and just a lot

[Josh Duhamel]

of those practices, microplastics and all that stuff.

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah, but he was just like in his. His whole environment was with all of these, like, fragrances and toxins, and he switched all that and that did change.

[Lauren Everts]

And then I think he also, like,

[Podcast Host 2]

went in after that, went back to the specialist. But I think that, like, just our modern environment and a lot of things we're introducing ourselves are not doing things to further and protect our. Our levels.

[Lauren Everts]

Right.

[Podcast Host 2]

For women, too.

[Michael Bostic]

What is the Josh stack from Gatlin? Like, what is your stack of peptides that you like?

[Josh Duhamel]

So I do, I do nad.

[Michael Bostic]

Okay.

[Josh Duhamel]

I do the. I do the. The. I inject it with an insulin needle.

[Podcast Host 1]

Okay.

[Josh Duhamel]

I'm being telling you guys everything.

[Michael Bostic]

Yeah, we love it.

[Lauren Everts]

I told you.

[Podcast Host 2]

We're getting to know each other.

[Josh Duhamel]

Skinny content. Nad. I do ipamorlin and Tess Morlin compound, which is like a synthetic hgh. It promotes your own production of. Of human growth hormone. I do this thing called the Wolverines. The Wolverine stack. And I'll tell you exactly what's in it. I can never remember because there's like four.

[Podcast Host 2]

I've heard about this Wolverine stack.

[Josh Duhamel]

I want to try. Dude, it's so good because, you know, I've always been into exercise and fitness and stuff in your joints, especially when you get to be 50. And so athletes, these, you'll see these athletes that are getting Achilles or knee and they're back in like half the time that they were 10 years ago. It's because of. A lot of it is because of this particular.

[Michael Bostic]

Can we get Michael signed up for Gatlin for his back? Michael has a back.

[Podcast Host 2]

My backup pretty bad. And I've used peptides just for everyone to know. I've used peptides before. I've done it for Marlin. I did one for sleep one time,

[Lauren Everts]

which I can't remember what it was

[Podcast Host 2]

called, but it was one of the best.

[Michael Bostic]

Wolverine.

[Josh Duhamel]

So the Wolverine stack is BPC157TB500KPV and GHKU.

[Michael Bostic]

And it's in one shot.

[Josh Duhamel]

It's in one shot you take every day. And it's in. My niece, for example, is just had a knee surgery and one of my friends, Michael Chambers, is about to have a surgery on his back. This. We have an amazing group of doctors that they live for this kind of stuff. This is what all they do. And so all the most cutting edge stuff is what we have in our 503B pharmacy and our wholesale API. But we have a army of a group of like 15 doctors and nurse practitioners that. That only deal with this stuff. And so this particular shot has been great because it's not only great for your joints and healing of injuries, but your skin regeneration. Hair.

[Podcast Host 2]

Aren't they saying this?

[Josh Duhamel]

You got the most beautiful head of hair. Thank you.

[Michael Bostic]

Can you believe this hair?

[Josh Duhamel]

So good.

[Michael Bostic]

It's so good. It is good, isn't it?

[Podcast Host 2]

But I can tell as I get older.

[Michael Bostic]

I call him Eddie Munster.

[Josh Duhamel]

So good.

[Michael Bostic]

So don't.

[Podcast Host 2]

But you know, like I could see, you know, I'm almost 40 now and I can tell the things that I used to be able to do, like, it's just not the same. Right. You know, because I've. I've trained my whole life and lifted. But I. You know, like you could just. You could start to feel like if you. So I'm thinking about this stuff a lot because I want to be ahead of it and I want to like. I want to be able to pick

[Lauren Everts]

up my kids and run around.

[Michael Bostic]

Are those the three ones that you do? Do you do anything else?

[Josh Duhamel]

And then I do. And then I do testosterone replacement therapy. But I do it in Kaisertrex, which is the pill form which bypasses the liver. You take it twice a day and it keeps your levels. It doesn't dip and then dip through the week and come back. It. You always kind of stay up here.

[Michael Bostic]

Do you like that better than the pellet? I'm Trying to convince my dad.

[Josh Duhamel]

So the, so the pellet, that's a, that's another thing. I don't know if you guys saw Oprah, just talked about getting her levels checked and found out she was low on testosterone and, and started taking the pellet and boom, she's back. She felt like she, she's finally feeling better than she has in years. I'm telling you, man, this stuff works. But the pellet, I don't know enough to know. But I do know that there are other. It's such a slow release, right. Over time.

[Michael Bostic]

Okay.

[Podcast Host 2]

I've heard people having.

[Michael Bostic]

I've never done it, but I want to get on testosterone and I want

[Josh Duhamel]

to know, I would suggest not from, I mean, for the women, I think, because it's such a lower dose. But I'm not. Listen, Anybody out there listening? I'm not a doctor. Don't listen to me. Talk to your doctor. But my opinion is that for men, it's if you don't like the shot. And this Kaiser tricks really works. You know, even the shots are great, but it just, it depends on whether you're okay with like, spiking during the week and then coming back down slowly during the week. Whereas the Kaiser tricks are always kind of.

[Michael Bostic]

Are there any downfalls of all the things that you just mentioned that you've seen or have you seen nothing?

[Josh Duhamel]

I have not. I mean, some people talk about, you know, their hair thin, but I don't know if that's true, if that's just a wives tale. Your natural production of sperm goes up or down, down. But you can, you, there's things you can take to counter that too, which are all perfectly healthy.

[Michael Bostic]

I've had enough sperm.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah.

[Michael Bostic]

Spermed out.

[Josh Duhamel]

Especially when she goes to New York or LA Apparel.

[Michael Bostic]

No.

[Podcast Host 2]

But, you know, I, I, I be curious to know, like, the version of you before you started these therapies. Like what, like what was the instant changes you noticed?

[Josh Duhamel]

Well, mostly energy. Okay. Mojo feeling like I still got my fat. I feel like I still got my fastball. I really do. But also, it's not just this stuff. It's also, you know, we don't want to just push this stuff. We also want to push like, you know, if you're going to take a GLP1, you also need to, to make sure that you're exercising, lifting weights, staying strong, not just getting skinny. So there's a. We want people to be like, fully healthy because it's. Yes, we want them to look great, but we also want them to feel great. Because if you're feeling great, you're suddenly more engaged as a husband, as a father, as a brother, as a friend, you're better at work. You know, it's just like, it's just all this stuff is interconnected.

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah. Whenever we talk about it on the show because people will sometimes say like, oh, you're taking this thing, you're on this thing. I'm like, no, not yet. But I like feel. I promise I will be at some point and I need to figure out like when that starting point is because I think, I also think a lot of young guys that get in, you know, like sometimes in your 20s, it's. Maybe that's not the right time. But as I'm starting to get more middle aged. Okay.

[Josh Duhamel]

It's coming up. You know, we're finding that a lot of the young men and women are take. Are starting this stuff earlier. Maybe not full on, but just to just as like a precautionary, a preventative. Because they don't want, they're, you know, this generation is much more conscious of aging and, you know, overall wellness all the time. Exactly. I think that's probably it. When some drink less. They don't drink.

[Michael Bostic]

Yeah, there's less drinking.

[Josh Duhamel]

Much less drinking.

[Podcast Host 2]

They're like big pussies. I'm just kidding.

[Michael Bostic]

It's a joker when someone signs up for Gatlin. Does one, does it have to be a boy or a guy?

[Josh Duhamel]

No. Well, no, because we have nad. We have GOP ones. This, this is for, you know, we've marketed this mostly for men in the beginning, but we're moving into. And we should talk about this. Maybe you guys would be great partners in this. But we definitely want to move into the female space too because it's just as, it's just as important for women as it is men.

[Podcast Host 2]

Didn't they open or just change some legislation and open up some things around hormone therapy for women? Or wasn't I Again, I'm reading something like or don't know or replacement there something was going on.

[Michael Bostic]

So if someone wants to come get a wolverine peptide stack, do they come to you guys get their blood done and everything? It's all included.

[Podcast Host 1]

What's the process?

[Josh Duhamel]

So the process is you come to, you go to the site. It's very easy. You click. There's a few questions you have to answer depending on what you're looking for. If you're looking for something more medical grade, like a trt, like a testosterone replacement, or we, we, we can send you our blood test kit. You Send it, you do your thing, send it back. And then we set you up with one of our doctors and it's all telemedicine, it's all quick GLP1s. Will have you talk to one of our doctors if you want the peptides. Most of this, I think the most important thing is you have to get your blood tested, get your levels checked first so that we know where you're at. Because from there we can really, we can really sort of optimize, you know, where you want to be and where you are now and where you want to go. So that's the, really, the beginning is, is get your levels tested, find out where you're at. Our doctors will then help you figure out what's the best option. It's very, very simple.

[Michael Bostic]

What are the other things that you do on a day to day basis that are wellnessy? Like, I know you're. It seems like you're outside a lot, which is so good for your nervous system.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, I try to be outside a lot, especially when I'm back at the cab. I'm not outside all day. But in Southern California, it's not a bad place to be outside.

[Michael Bostic]

Right.

[Josh Duhamel]

So I do a green smoothie thing every day. That's one of the things I do.

[Michael Bostic]

You got to tell us what's in the Josh smoothie.

[Josh Duhamel]

It's kale, spinach, apple, banana, pear, and water. And just blend it up in one of the.

[Michael Bostic]

All your nutrients.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah.

[Michael Bostic]

Okay.

[Josh Duhamel]

I learned this years ago from Kim Snyder. She's a nutritionist. I don't know if you guys know

[Podcast Host 2]

her, she's new on the show.

[Josh Duhamel]

Oh yeah, she's great. It's actually her recipe. She started this because she was helping a couple of guys in a different movie. We were in Chicago and she made them for me. It's like, oh my God, what is this? And for literally the last 10 years, I've been doing that. Not every day, but mostly. We got a cold plunge at the house. I try to do that a lot, you know, but I'm not like a super health man. Everything in moderation, including moderation, is your workout. Lifting, hot yoga and a lot of weights, a lot of weight training and some cardio stuff.

[Michael Bostic]

Okay. We just talked to my, our trainer on the podcast and she was saying, and this is her opinion, but she was saying that to tone your body as you age, you have to lift weight.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yes.

[Michael Bostic]

It's non negotiable for everyone.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yep. It's true. Because it's bone density, the whole thing. You just have to stay strong. That's why, listen, we have, we have the best products out there, but if you don't have a good, if you don't have good habits, if you don't really have a good regimen to, to follow it, you're not ever going to fully optimize it. And you know, if you want to lose weight, great. You know, I think a lot, it's been great for a lot of people. But my thing is, is you don't want to be like skinny fat, you know, stay strong, put, keep that muscle on because not just for the, you know, the aesthetic of it, but for your overall wellness. And as you get older, you need that, that, that muscle.

[Podcast Host 1]

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[Lauren Everts]

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[Podcast Host 1]

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[Lauren Everts]

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[Podcast Host 2]

yeah, my dad, dad's in his 80s now. Early 80s. It's gonna be mad by saying that.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host 2]

But four or five years ago, he kind of like stopped lifting weights. And you could see like at that age, if you don't keep it up, like it's, it's a decline. You get that frail kind of smaller. I got him back into it and now he's, you know, he's like pushing sleds and doing kettlebells and doing all the thing and running around and working and driving. But there was like a, there was a window of time that I saw with him. Like, if you don't catch that stuff quick and stay on it, like, it can go downhill quick.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah. And that's, that's the truth. My dad, the same way, you know, he didn't do enough and he can see it for sure. I think yoga is also a really good one.

[Podcast Host 2]

I'm just getting into stretching because I can tell now, like I said, like,

[Josh Duhamel]

I, I'm locked your knees and your back and everything, because if I'm not doing that, I suddenly get back and knee problems. So I have to do that in

[Podcast Host 2]

order to, you know, I go on Instagram and get sold on all the stretching tools. I got a hole in my office. It's just like all the, like open my soaz. I got the thing, the other thing you put your leg in it just

[Josh Duhamel]

sort of take a space in the house eventually. Yeah.

[Michael Bostic]

How do you think. I'm so curious to know, especially because of your living situation. How do you think about the phone and social media and all of this for children? Because it seems like you've done a really good job of getting your kids outside.

[Josh Duhamel]

Well, I'm not. I could do better. Thankfully my wife and. And my ex wife are very conscious of it. He doesn't have a phone yet. He wants. Desperately wants one. He loves his iPad. You know that YouTube. YouTube is. These kids will just sit. It's like a vortex. So you gotta be very conscious of, of at least monitor. You don't want to take. I don't think you want to take it away completely because then just gonna want it that much more. It's like you repress something too much. It manifests in some way later. So like I said, everything in moderation, including moderation, let them have it. But you really got to monitor it because it is, it's. It will. It really affects them emotionally in the way that. In just the way they, they think and see the world. Like they. That's why it's important to get them off that and find other stuff for them to do.

[Michael Bostic]

Before you go, if our audience is listening and they are curious about peptides, what are the signs where you would point someone to peptides? Like low energy? What are the things?

[Josh Duhamel]

Well, it just depends on what you're looking for. You know, it's. If you want. The nad is great because it's, it's. It's great for longevity, but it's also great for your skin. And you really, it really improves your skin and your hair and your cell regeneration. If you're looking to heal or you know, you know, for me, for me healing is that Wolverine stack. The BPC157, it's.

[Podcast Host 2]

Were they trying to in the previous administration get rid of the BPC157, did that go away?

[Josh Duhamel]

I don't remember for sure, but it's, it's.

[Podcast Host 2]

But now it's like you can start taking it again.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yes, it.

[Podcast Host 2]

It's in the stuff.

[Josh Duhamel]

As far as I know I'm gonna

[Podcast Host 2]

get some of that again because I, I love that stuff.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah. And also the, the. The IPamorlin Tessa Moraly for muscle. You know, for me I. Because like your dad, as you get older, it's harder to keep that muscle on. So that and the testosterone is what really helps me stay strong, keep the muscle on.

[Michael Bostic]

So if someone feels tired or they want to lose weight, there's all different kinds of peptides for different Things.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah. And we got the doctors to help them point them in the right direction.

[Michael Bostic]

To be honest with you, it sounds like it's what Gatlin's done has made it a really seamless process for people to just get on the right stack of peptides without all, like, confusion.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah. And I think that's really what we want to do, is we want this to feel like a fully white glove concierge experience where you're not just pushing buttons and something comes and you're kind of just wondering things and in the dark. Yeah. So, you know, it's about. It's about. We really care about the overall wellness.

[Podcast Host 2]

What's going on with Transformers coming back?

[Josh Duhamel]

You know, I posted a picture the other day and I have somebody help me with my. With my. My social media because I'm terrible at it. And I posted, my friend Etchy, former Navy seal, now Santa Monica Fire Department, sent me a photo of us back in the day, just me, Megan, Shia, John Voight, and John Turturro. And I posted it and it was like one of my biggest posts.

[Lauren Everts]

That's going nuts.

[Podcast Host 2]

People are, like, speculating, is it going to happen again?

[Lauren Everts]

Lauren, do you know what we're talking about?

[Podcast Host 2]

Transformers. Are you excited?

[Michael Bostic]

I know that Josh was in Transformers, but I have not. Transformers.

[Podcast Host 2]

Don't worry, we'll go back and watch all of the movies together.

[Josh Duhamel]

Would you have boys or girls?

[Michael Bostic]

I have two boys and a girl. I'm gonna have to watch.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, they're gonna want to watch it. Probably. Little boys love that stuff.

[Michael Bostic]

Is your kids obsessed that you did that?

[Josh Duhamel]

No, my kid doesn't care. He wants me. He's more interested in basketball and soccer players. He doesn't. I try to. Hey, watch this.

[Podcast Host 2]

I'm slowly introducing my three and a half year old son. I got him going into the Ninja Turtles. I'm gonna get him into the Transformers.

[Michael Bostic]

Is there gonna be another Transformers?

[Josh Duhamel]

I don't know. I haven't heard. I just posted, would you be excited

[Podcast Host 2]

about it if the band got back together?

[Josh Duhamel]

I loved working with Michael Bay and that whole team. It's just. It was so much fun. I mean, talk about a massive production. I mean, I remember just sitting there going, holy crap. That was by far the biggest thing I'd ever been on.

[Podcast Host 2]

So how many of them are there now? Six. But, like, the original was three.

[Josh Duhamel]

We did five.

[Podcast Host 2]

Five? Jeez.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, I did all of them except the fourth one. And now they've done other versions of it. I don't really.

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah, and I got confused because it's gone. It's gone. Tangents. There's, like, prequel movies. But don't worry, Lauren.

[Michael Bostic]

Michael's a big Transformer fan.

[Podcast Host 2]

Going through, though. Yeah. I mean, kids. Kids grow up. Boys, Transformers, they used to have the toys. It was crazy when once it.

[Lauren Everts]

Once technology got to a point where

[Podcast Host 2]

you could actually, like, do it the way you guys did it without looking weird.

[Josh Duhamel]

It was cool, you know. Can I tell a story really quick about that?

[Podcast Host 1]

Yeah.

[Josh Duhamel]

First, when I. I was actually meeting at Michael Bay's, was it Bay Films or Platinum Dunes or something, with Brad Fuller and Andrew, Former. His producers. And they were having me over for a meeting to talk about this movie called the Hitcher. This is back in like 2005 or six or earlier, four maybe. And Michael pops his head in. He says, hey, Michael Bay. I was like, I know who you are. And he goes, nice to meet you. I'm Michael. You should come over and check out what we're doing over here.

[Podcast Host 2]

We're.

[Josh Duhamel]

I was like, what is. He goes, we're. We're doing the remake of Transformers. Like, oh, that sounds like a terrible idea. You. I didn't say that to him, but I was thinking. I was like, ish. That's like the cheesy cartoon from the 80s, which is cool again. But back when. When I told me about that, I was like, that that's going to be terrible idea. So I go over there after the meeting, and he shows me the artwork and how they'd reimagined this whole thing, and I was like, okay, now I get it. And, you know, if you look at, like, the cartoon from the 80s, which is pretty cool, but then what they did with it was just a testament to the huge imagination that some of these. Some of these creatives have in this town.

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah, they. I. You'll see. It's. We'll get you into it.

[Josh Duhamel]

It is. You might like.

[Michael Bostic]

I might like it.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, I think you'll like it. It's not about the robots as much as it is about a boy in his first love in his first car.

[Podcast Host 2]

And it's a pretty iconic cast if you think about it. It's you. It's Shia LaBeouf.

[Lauren Everts]

It's Megan. It was like.

[Podcast Host 2]

And it was a lot of, like,

[Michael Bostic]

Megan Fox and Shila, the love.

[Podcast Host 2]

What's the.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, yeah.

[Michael Bostic]

They're in love.

[Josh Duhamel]

Well, he's like the kid who would never get her.

[Michael Bostic]

Okay.

[Podcast Host 2]

And then he.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, but he gets her.

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah.

[Josh Duhamel]

And it's really about a boy in his first car, too. It's really. It's. It's. It's.

[Michael Bostic]

I will watch it with my boys.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yes. You said he's six, the oldest?

[Michael Bostic]

No, no, that's my daughter.

[Josh Duhamel]

Oh, three and a half.

[Michael Bostic]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host 2]

Okay.

[Josh Duhamel]

Give it a couple of years. Okay.

[Michael Bostic]

Okay. All right.

[Josh Duhamel]

It's.

[Podcast Host 2]

That's my biggest frustration as a father of a young guy. I'm like, I got to show you a lot of shit, but, yeah, there's a lot of things I got. I'm like, we're going to turn on heat tonight. But that's.

[Michael Bostic]

It's like, geez. I walk in there watching, like, what are you guys watching the other day?

[Podcast Host 2]

No, they were getting a kick showing him Golem.

[Josh Duhamel]

Do you guys like the Shining?

[Podcast Host 2]

Yeah, exactly.

[Josh Duhamel]

I'm like, I'm a big Jack Nicholson fan.

[Michael Bostic]

What are you showing him the other day?

[Podcast Host 2]

My daughter and they. They were watching the Lord of the Rings. We have to be careful what I show them because that's kind of scary, too, some of the. For that age.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host 2]

But they, like, die laughing about Smeagol and Golem.

[Josh Duhamel]

Oh, really?

[Podcast Host 2]

Because they're like. They don't get that he's like a schizophrenic bipolar that's gone crazy. They just see him in, like, two person. They're like, oh, my God, he doesn't like the elf bread. I'm like, oh, he's got a lot of problems. He's a full junkie. He loves that.

[Michael Bostic]

He gave us a code, which is so nice. You can go to gatlin.com and use code TSC15 and you guys get 15 off your first purchase. I'm gonna sign my dad up to get these testosterone pills. Daddy, if you're listening, I'm calling in for. We're not gonna do the cream. You're not responsible enough for the cream. And where can everyone find you and say hello and follow what you're doing?

[Josh Duhamel]

Well, I'm on Instagram @joshdamel. I'm on Twitter or not Twitter x Facebook. I don't even know the handles for those. I should probably.

[Podcast Host 2]

We'll link them out.

[Michael Bostic]

I did miss something. I didn't see this line. You were an extra in Christina Aguilera is a genie in a bottle.

[Josh Duhamel]

I was. I really was.

[Michael Bostic]

That's actually amazing.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah. I auditioned for the lead, but I ended up getting. I was, like, one of the lead's friends. It was like this group of guys who crash her slumber party. And I was one of the guys who, you know, crashed the slumber party. But I got to meet Christina. I remember I was auditioning. This is one of my early days in Los Angeles, auditioning. And I went to audition for the Christina. This is before she was Christina. She was like this new hot young thing, and I had no idea. And there we go. That was. That was one of my first jobs, actually, in Los Angeles.

[Michael Bostic]

You might have to post a TBT to that, right?

[Josh Duhamel]

I should. But you know what the problem is? You can barely see me. It's like, there I was, and that's it.

[Podcast Host 2]

No, you could say it. And Ransom Canyon, season two.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah. Just finished two days ago.

[Podcast Host 2]

People love that show.

[Josh Duhamel]

It's been good. You know, it's one of those shows that's just. It's. It's like comfort food. It's easy to watch. It's. It's beautiful. Great actors, really well written. April Blair does a great job, you know, running that show. It's. It's been a really fun job, I got to say.

[Podcast Host 2]

And it looks like you get to spend some time in some great places, too, filming it.

[Michael Bostic]

You're busy.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yep.

[Michael Bostic]

Chopping Ransom Canyon Gatlin. You're busy. Josh, it was so nice to meet you.

[Josh Duhamel]

Nice to meet you guys.

[Michael Bostic]

Thank you for doing this.

[Josh Duhamel]

Yeah, thank you for having me.

[Podcast Host 2]

Come back, Seriously, anytime.