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Back From Broken is an interview series about what it takes to recover from the biggest challenge of your life -- and what others can learn from your adversity. Colorado Public Radio’s Vic Vela, an award-winning journalist who’s also a recovering drug addict, hosts the podcast. Vic talks with guests about challenges like substance abuse, mental illness, gambling addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder. Each story describes the highest highs, the darkest moments and what it takes to make ...
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Chip Franklin is an award-winning writer, talk show host, filmmaker, comedian, and musician. A twenty five-year veteran of talk radio, Chip’s also been awarded the National Murrow Award for writing and overall excellence. In addition, Franklin has been honored by The New York Festival for his unconventional coverage of The Democratic and Republican conventions and received more than 30 AP awards for writing and broadcasting. Chip has written for Steve Allen, Jay Leno, and even renowned physi ...
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The season ends with Vic Vela coming to terms with one of the biggest health scares of his life, while also navigating an emotional, historic championship run for his beloved Denver Nuggets. Over the last few months Vic recorded audio diaries of his experiences. He shares some of his best and worst days as he copes with a health crisis that nearly …
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Matthew Fisher always felt like an outsider. He struggled to make friends and was overcome by mood swings. By age 13, he turned to drugs and alcohol to cope. His father, Steven, watched from the sidelines, desperately trying to help his son. This is the story of how a father and son found recovery and healed their rocky relationship. Back From Brok…
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Khadi Oluwatoyin was always a high achiever. She excelled in law school and got her dream job, as a lawyer in New York City, in her early twenties. Racial and gender barriers didn’t stop her. Nothing stood in the way of her career, except alcohol. But when Khadi sought help for her drinking, she often found she was the only Black woman in the room.…
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Aaron Taylor was a standout athlete at the University of Notre Dame. He went on to become a Super Bowl champion with the Green Bay Packers. But behind all that success, Aaron was a high-functioning alcoholic. After an injury ended his career, Aaron had to come to terms with his addiction and heal the childhood trauma he had never addressed. Back Fr…
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Pebe Sebert's dreams of becoming a professional songwriter started coming true when Dolly Parton recorded one of her songs and it became a hit. But Pebe felt like a fish out of water, and she used alcohol to deal with those feelings. Other drugs came into the mix, too. But after she had her daughter Kesha, Pebe knew something had to change -- and y…
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Growing up, Natalie Hodges practiced the violin every moment she could. She was good, and the practice made her excellent. She started down the path of becoming a professional violinist until debilitating performance anxiety put a wrench in her dreams. But it helped her discover the root of her problems -- and put her on the road to recovery. Back …
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Drew Robinson was a talented professional baseball player. It seemed like all his goals were coming to fruition. But he couldn't shake a sense of deep inadequacy. Those feelings eventually brought him to the darkest moment of his life. In that moment, he realized he was here for good reasons, and he committed to living. Back From Broken is a show a…
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Like her father, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Carnie Wilson found solace and joy in music. She started the group Wilson Phillips with her sister and childhood friend. But then, it turned out she inherited some of her father's addiction issues, too. With the help of her community, she rose from her darkest place. Back From Broken is a show about …
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We’re back with more stories about the highest highs, the darkest moments and what it takes to make a comeback. Back From Broken returns on July 7, with more emotional and raw storytelling, joyful moments and hope. Make sure you’re following Back From Broken wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss an episode And if you're already following…
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What The Franklin - Episode 17 - Trump's SAGGING poll numbers don't mean a thing and A Texas woman, Haley hunt, goes inside prisons to help juveniles.
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What The Franklin - Episode 17 - Trump's SAGGING poll numbers don't mean a thing and A Texas woman, Haley hunt, goes inside prisons to help juveniles. More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechipfranklin Chip Franklin is an award-winning writer, talk show h…
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What The Franklin -Episode 16 -Musk BANS a reporter for tweeting psycho Marjorie Taylor Greene and Biden aide Moe vela discusses Marriage Equality act.
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Musk BANS a reporter, tara Dublin, for tweeting at psycho Marjorie Taylor Greene and Biden aide Moe vela discusses Marriage Equality act. More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechipfranklin Chip Franklin is an award-winning writer, talk show host, filmmake…
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What The Franklin - Republicans SHAMEFULLY Attack Fauci w/ Dr Art Caplan, Founder of NYU Dept. of Bio-Ethics
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Chip Franklin interviews Dr Art Caplan on the GOP attack on Dr. Fauci, and an expert in PTSD discusses Brittany Griner's return and what a year in a Russian jail can do to your mind. More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechipfranklin Chip Franklin is an a…
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What The Franklin - Episode 15 - Chip Franklin with Comedian Bobby Slayton and Washington Post writer Devlin Barrett on Trump, Mar A Lago and stolen Top Secret Documents
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What the Franklin with Chip Franklin. Why did Trump steal the documents at Mar A Lago? Was it a sophisticated attempt to aid a foreign country or is he just an idiot? Comedian Bobby Slayton talks about 40 year of stand up comedy and is there anyone he HASN'T insulted? More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/c…
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What The Franklin - Episode 13 - w/ Chip Franklin and Congressman Eric Swalwell
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The events of January 6th still reverberate as Chip speaks with former Presidential candidate and current Bay Area Representative Congressman Eric Swalwell. More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechipfranklin Chip Franklin is an award-winning writer, talk …
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What The Franklin with Dr Niket Sonpal, White House correspondent and Author Brian Karem, and Democratic strategist and influencer Brooklyn Dad_Defiant
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Chip Franklin is joined by Dr Niket Sonpal fro Touro School Of Medicine in NYC to discuss the latest Covid, Flu and RSV findings. Then WH correspondent and Author Brian Karem and Democratic strategist and influencer Brooklyn Dad_Defiant and journalist Lauren Windsor join Chip as they chronicle the descent of the current GOP.…
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What The Franklin with Chip Franklin and Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson
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Founder of the Lincoln Project, author Rick Wilson joins Chip Franklin to discuss the further de-evolution of the GOP. Plus, Everytown for Gun Safety joins me to discuss the latest mass shooting, marking the 620th mass shooting in 2022. Plus, the best thing you'll see on the internet today. More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter…
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What the Franklin - Episode 6 - With Dr William Sweet from NOAA on the impact of climate change
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Climate change means more than rising sea levels. The impact on disease, agriculture, immigration and political instability is just the beginning. Dr Sweet is one of the most informed scientists in the field, and his warnings are both foreboding and dire. More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin I…
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WHAT THE FRANKLIN - Episode 6- With ABC legal correspondent Royal Oaks, Washington Post writer and author Philip Bump, and Natalie Boyle, childcare advocate at MommiesInNeed.org
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Should racist language be illegal? That's a slippery slope, but what happens when that language creates a dangerous environment? Also, is it time to start missing the Boomer generation? And why can we protect children? More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t…
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What The Franklin - Episode 5-With Fmr Fed Prosecutor Ron Filipkowski, Ken Klippenstein of @theintercept and comedian Steve Hofstetter
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Chip Franklin is joined by Former Fed Prosecutor Ron Filipkowski, talking about what's it's like to be a former Republican, and Ken Klippenstein of @theintercept on our disgusting relationship with MBS and the Saudis and comedian Steve Hofstetter on gun America! More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfra…
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What The Franklin - Episode 4 With Chip Franklin and TheNation.com Editor John Nichols and NYU Head Of Bio-Ethics Dr Caplan
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The Democrats did well on Nov 8th, but will that be enough for the GOP controlled House to not indict Biden or crucify Fauci? Chip is joined by John Nichols, award winning writer and editor for TheNation.com and Dr Art Caplan, creator of the Bio-Ethics division at NYU's Langone Medical Center. Plus, The best thing you'll see on the Internet today! …
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What The Franklin Podcast - Episode 1 With Chip Franklin, Nikki Medora, and Former FBI Asst Dir Frank Figliuzzi
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Chip is joined by former FBI asst. Dir of the FBI Frank Figliuzzi. Franklin's premiere episode featuring a variety of guests - Brooklyn Dad, Nikki Medoro, Brian Karem, Frank Figliuzzi, & Lizz Winstead. More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechipfran... Chi…
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What The Franklin - Episode 3 With Chip Franklin and TruthOrFiction.com's Brooke Binkowski, The Washington Post's Marc Fisher and Comedian Chris Titus
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Brooke Binkowski talks with Chip about tracking lies across the internet, while Marc Fisher and Chip debate Trump's legal future. Comedian Chris Titus and Chip discuss Dave Chappelle and the woke culture, and Chris shares big news about a new show. More about Chip Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin Instagra…
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What The Franklin - Episode 2 with Chip Franklin and Congressman Joe Walsh, Brooklyn Dad_Defiant, JoJo from Jerz, Devon Nunes Cow and Brian Karem.
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Chip is joined by Congressman Joe Walsh, Brooklyn Dad_Defiant, JoJo from Jerz, Devon Nunes Cow and Brian Karem, asking the questions; Is Twitter dead and will Trump be elected, indicted, or ignored? Website: https://chipfranklin.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chipfranklin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechipfran... Chip Franklin is an aw…
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When journalist Ted Jackson set out to do a story on homelessness, he never imagined he'd meet a former NFL player who'd made it to three Super Bowls. But there was unhoused Jackie Wallace, a former cornerback facing a long journey of recovery. After Ted wrote a story about Jackie, the two became good friends. But then, as the years passed, Jackie …
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Morgan Sinclair wrestled with his identity as a trans man growing up. He turned to drugs to numb his feelings, and struggled with addiction. As a teen, he found a way to break free through rehab, as well as Denver's unique 5280 High School. Now, at age 19, he's four years sober, out and proud -- and has his whole life ahead of him. Back From Broken…
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Lissa Yellow Bird-Chase is an Arikara woman who, after years of struggling with addiction and abusive relationships, has found healing, recovery, and purpose in investigating unsolved murders. The story of her spiritual path to recovery is memorable and moving. Back From Broken is a show about how we are all broken sometimes, and how we need help f…
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