Kids are dying and it needs to stop, that's the simple message addiction counselors Bob Forrest, Chuk Davis and Mike Martt are trying to get out. Listen as they laugh, talk honestly and inform you about drug addiction, the recovery industry, life, music, being dads and the ups and downs of living life clean and sober.
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Bob & Chuk discuss legalization, designated narcotics areas at Dodger stadium, Elvis wants to skateboard, Hillel Slovak was a hell of a dancer and Johnny Depp is a very patient host
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah have a heavy week. Sorry for the delay between episodes but Bob was having a hard time abiding by the rule of the podcast and a nasty case of RSV had him hallucinating and unable to breathe for his sober anniversary. He's all good now thanks to the intervention of the wonderful Doctor Drew Pinsky, thank you buddy! Topics include …
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah get deep into the soulsickness of America, from Kanye West to Mitch McConell, harassing elected officials vs. rockstars, dragging kids facing possession charges to Mount Rushmore to the Mount Rushmore of Hip Hop, to complete unknowns with a billion spotify streams Special appearance by Elvis Forrest on the piano…
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah get down into it! They tackle setting healthy boundaries, how stupid it seems to start, sister-mom problems, montessori problems, therapy and the need for what the literature calls outside help, Substance Use Disorder vs. Alcoholism, Bob's infamous RV is Elijah's problem now and hanging tough with Big Joe Turner…
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah have a normal day on the pod, topics include rich conservatives whining about taxes, houselessness, Bill Clinton's hot take on two party politics, hating fishing but you keep going, how not to share in AA meetings and the unquantifiable success rate of rehabs Happy Leap Year everybody!…
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah are at it again, discussing everything from Texas seceding, Bob turning 63 and the superbowl parade shooting to border legislation and the Fool In Love festival (get your tickets now!). Bob takes aim at the civil immunity of Firearms manufacturers and the episode ends as strange and on topic as it possibly could. "Fucking America…
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah get back into it on parenthood, overdoses, and everything in between, and welcome honored guest Tony Malone, guitarist of Detox & Thelonious Monster in the Mike Martt era to catch up after the Monster's memorial set and about becoming one of those rare birds like Bob & Chuk: the punk rock old dad at the hipster elementary pick up…
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah are back from Mike Martt's memorial and it was a beautiful day! We discuss Punk Rock funerals and Bob not going, the return and end(?) of Thelonious Monster, the Bud Club, how not to manage your auto insurance, Elvis becoming a sneakerhead and keeping calm & carrying on
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah welcome honored guest Iris Berry, renowned writer & historian of LA counterculture, founder of Punk Hostage Press publishing house, who lived with Mike Martt for years at the infamous Disgraceland in Hollywood, discussing the 80s Bob never thought they'd survive, $5 all you can drink speakeasys, being on a first name basis with t…
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah welcome honored guest Wiley Dailey, legend in concert production and well connected Hollywood teen drug addict when he befriended Bob & Mike Martt 40 plus years ago, to discuss last meals with lifelong friends, who had the best coke in the 80s, DNA testing for the addict gene and who is MARK FLOOR? Fourth in a series of episodes …
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Bob, Chuk & Elijah (plus Lil Isaiah Forrest having a lil fuss attack) have their first "regular" episode, a big rambler that tackles Matthew Perry, celebrity addicts and their fierce protectors, America's addiction to bumming out, the Ketamine boom, bureacracy vs. whats right and the morally grey present, long gone cash hustles, driving like a mani…
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Bob & Chuk welcome honored guest Jonny Two Bags Wickersham, singer/songwriter as well as guitarist for Social Distortion & the Cadillac Tramps to discuss longterm sobriety, AA in the 1990s, funerals, processing sudden loss and what happens after you die Third in a series of episodes celebrating Mike Martt's life & legend with those who knew him bes…
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Bob & Chuk welcome honored guest Greg Boaz of the Mavis Staples band AKA Smog Vomit of Tex & the Horseheads to discuss chosen family, unwanted nicknames, smashed guitars, AC/DC's limousine and miracles of songwriting & sobriety Second in a series of episodes celebrating Mike Martt's life & legend with those who knew him best…
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Bob & Chuk pay loving tribute to the titanic talent and heart of Don't Die co-founder & producer Mike Martt, who has unfortunately violated the terms of the Don't Die agreement and bravely moved on from this world, age 67 First in a series of episodes celebrating Mike's life & legend
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Bob, Chuk, Mke and Elijah Forrest, Bobs son talk about parenting, music, growing up with a dad like Bob, good and bad medications, being on meds at 12 and other things.
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Bob, Chuk and Mike are back. This covers what we have been going thru.
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Bob, Chuk, Josh and Mike Live from OhanaFest. What a weekend of music, fellowship and podcasting. We are joined by Josh at the end and with limited time (we didn't want to hog up the storytellers stage) we got it done! Hear Bob and Josh Klinghofer's story! Thank you Ohana staff and Momentum!
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Bob, Chuk and Mike, terms you can’t use, the self esteem movement, New Mexico, Bob in Wayside, punk and gang community, Bobs a grandfather, Peter Ivers and the Acid King, Ingelewood is the new entertainment Mecca, Big Pharma the evil empire, Ohana Fest is this weekend.
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Bob Chuk and Mike talk podcasts, sports, Bobs house, incomes, forgiveness, AA is not the brain trust of America, Concerts.
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Bob, Chuk and Mike, three weeks to Ohana fest, the greatest five years of punk, Fentanyl is getting weaker, Meth, Keith Richards, The icons of junkiedom, Janes Addiction, The Vapors, OC and good AA
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Bob, Chuk and Mike, special concert story, Orange County, TSOL, Social Distortion, being unmanageable, big discussion about punk, New York Dolls reunion, the rules of the universe, dealers and N.A.
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Bob, Chuk and Mike, Mostly music and concert talk, Ohana fest line up is ridiculously good, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, The Rolling Stones, Anaheim Stadium, rock stars and being humble, songs
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Bob, Chuk and Mike, Meth is making the death rate go down, Bobs life with his kids, Hillary, the massive hurricane that didn’t, ridiculous media coverage, the “I want to have a beer with my president syndrome”, who’s it going be, the 1 billion rules of DisneyWorld, life can suck for long periods of time, Ohana Fest.…
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Bob, Chuk and Mike, Ohana Fest, The Pretenders, Chrissy Hyde and Mick Jones, stories about Mike, Morty Mellencamp, Metallica, shout out to Elvis and Elisha, Montrose, Sammy Hagar story, Billy Bremner, The Chicks, Sinead O’Conner, Mental health issues, schizophrenia, suicide talk and music
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Bob , Chuk and Mike, Drug running, Mac Miller, DeNiros Grandson, LA riots, potency of fentanyl vs heroin, numbers are not purpose, Disgraceland, Iris Berrys room, Bobs gives Syd a tour of Hollywood, Geza X, Chili Peppers stories, Thelonious Monster. Bobs movements are legend, Nine Inch Nails, Rick Wilder wins the skinniest rock star contest, Love a…
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