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Fail Your Way to Success36. How Sharing About Failure Can Help Your Business with Jon SmallJonathan Small has been chronicling the failures and successes of people for most of his career. From doing his first interview (with George Carlin) to his sharing dating tips as “Jake” for Glamour magazine to his stint as an editor at Entrepreneur magazine to his experience interviewing hundreds of writers on his Write About Now podcast, Small has been a fly-on-the-wall for many failure-to-success stories.Now he’s released a book made up of the origin stories of some of the writers he’s interviewed, which I’m proud to say Legacy Launch Pad has published. With insights f...2024-08-0530 min
Fail Your Way to Success21. How to Fail Every Day with David TrentDavid Trent, a wealth manager who exited his company very comfortably and is now a speaker, business coach and soon-to-be-author, isn't only a master of acronyms. He's also someone who can compare the time he failed when coaching his son's second grade basketball team to the sort of failures he had when launching (and exiting) his business. In this episode we discussed how self-development books can help you overcome failure, why logging your successes and failures at the end of the day transforms your perspective and what it's like to fail ever...2024-04-1535 min
Fail Your Way to Success5. Why Getting Fired Was the Best Thing for Steve Jobs (Solo Episode)You may think you know everything about the failures and comebacks of the late, great Steve Jobs.But I uncovered some new ones in this solo episode.I give them all to you, in quick and bite-sized form. Enjoy the bite out of this apple!For more info, go to www.failyourway.com. 2023-12-2513 min
Fail Your Way to Success4. From Undercover Sex Work to a $30 Million Real Estate Portfolio with Laura SpauldingLaura Spaulding has not had a standard road to success. She went into the military in the early 90s because she was homeless and wanted to go to college. After college, she became a cop in the Midwest. And then, solely because she wanted to earn overtime, she agreed to work undercover pretending to be a sex worker. That led into undercover work busting drug dealers. From there it led to a crime scene clean-up business, then a crime scene cleanup business that also flips the real estate where the crime to...2023-12-1830 min
Fail Your Way to Success3. How Henry Heinz Went From Bankruptcy to Ketchup Mogul (Solo Episode)How much have you thought about the origin of that ketchup pack you tried to make sure didn’t hit the steering wheel when you enjoyed crispy fries on that road trip? Well, you’re going to think about that origin now—particularly the origin of one Henry Heinz, who’s responsible for your road trip pleasures. But his journey to leaving a legacy business that has done over 26 billion in revenue was not without its struggles. In fact, his journey includes depression, bankruptcy and a whole lot of other issues along the...2023-12-1114 min
Fail Your Way to Success2. Why You Should Talk About Your Failures with Christina NicholsonChristina Nicholson worked as a TV producer, reporter and anchor for more than a decade. The founder of Media Maven, a PR agency made up of former journalists. The host of the Become A Media Maven podcast and the founder of Podcast Clout, a podcast database that makes it easier for PR professionals to build podcast pitch lists, she’s been on TEDx stages and Lifetime TV, among many other places.She's also a truth teller extraordinaire. And in this episode, she told ALL the truths—about her greatest regrets, her biggest failures, that time she called her...2023-12-0441 min
Fail Your Way to Success1. Fail Your Way Coming December 2023Steve Jobs was fired from Apple before returning and making it into the behemoth company it is today. Henry Heinz failed at selling horseradish before he pivoted to ketchup. The point is: many of the most successful people in the world failed before they found success. In this show, New York Times bestselling author Anna David interviews leaders about how they’ve failed their way to success, leaving listeners with tools to do the same.Find out more information at: www.failyourway.com. 2023-11-1704 min
Fail Your Way to SuccessFail Your Way to Success TrailerSteve Jobs was fired from Apple before returning and making it into the behemoth company it is today. Henry Heinz failed at selling horseradish before he pivoted to ketchup. The point is: many of the most successful people in the world failed before they found success. In this show, New York Times bestselling author Anna David interviews leaders about how they’ve failed their way to success, leaving listeners with tools to do the same.Find out more information at: www.failyourway.com. 2023-11-0101 min
On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David (That's Me!) on Making Your Message Your Business (Final Excerpt From My New Book)Here we are at the final week of excerpts from my new book. This one is the final chapter, Making Your Message Your Business. It's all about the ways you can take that memoir you made out of your mess and create something that can support you for the rest of your life. TO GET THE BOOK, GO TO WWW.MAKEYOURMESSYOURMEMOIR.COM2020-07-2913 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David (That's Me!) on Always Remembering You’re The Messenger (Excerpt 2 From My Book)This week's episode features a very special guest: me. I got such a great response to last week's episode that I decided to release a few more excerpts from my new book. This week, it's the 13th chapter, which is focused entirely on how to find, nurture and serve your readers. TO GET THE BOOK, GO TO WWW.MAKEYOURMESSYOURMEMOIR.COM2020-07-2216 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David (That's Me!) on Launching a Book (Excerpt From MY Book)This week's episode features a very special guest: me. Yes, it's me giving you an exclusive excerpt from my new book. It's the 12th chapter of the book and definitely the meatiest. It's also the most relevant for you because it's focused entirely on what to do once you've finished your book and are getting ready to launch it. GRAB THE BOOK HERE: WWW.MAKEYOURMESSYOURMEMOIR.COM2020-07-151h 03On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessWhy Publishers Suck with David NihillOriginally from Dublin Ireland, David Nihill is the founder of FunnyBizz Conference, bestselling author of Do You Talk Funny?, winner of San Francisco International Comedy Competition, runner up in the Moth’s largest US Grandslam storytelling competition and the first-ever Irishman to have a special on Dry Bar Comedy. His work has been featured in Inc, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Fast Company, Lifehacker, The Irish Times, TED, The Irish Independent, Today FM, and on TV3. He and I met through friends a few years ago and I was immediately impressed not only with his barely indeci...2020-03-1837 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Why Light Hustler is Changing to Struggle to SuccessName change time! Yes, the podcast formerly known as AfterPartyPod, Recover Girl and Light Hustler is now transitioning into Struggle to Success, where I'm going to be interviewing some of the world's highest achieving people about how they've been able to make their greatest struggles into their greatest success. While I'll still be talking to some people about their issues with addiction and journey into recovery, I'll also be chatting with folks about other struggles and journeys. I'm so excited about this transition and thrilled about some of the people I've lined up as guests. Look out for the first S...2019-07-0308 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessMeditation Special with Anna DavidWe break from our regular programming of stories and interviews for a guided meditation designed to help you get in your body, breathe and then access the part of you necessary to share your story. If you think you may have a story inside of you but haven't been sure how to access it, give this meditation a try. We'll be back next week with another interview. But in the meantime, why not give this a try?2019-05-0120 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Dating a Newcomer Who May Have Still Been HighAnna David is a NY Times bestselling author, journalist, occasional TV talking head, coach, creator of this podcast, CEO of Light Hustle Publishing and the person typing these words. This story involves the time she opted to respond to a missive from a stranger that read "I'm hot and you're hot; plus, I'm sober and you're sober." But was he sober? Well, that's something she found out more about when he moved from LA to New York to be with her. Just how did this love story end? You're going to have to listen to find out.2019-03-2713 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Babysitting (with) a Movie StarAnna David isn't just the person writing these words. She's also the NY Times bestselling author of seven books, TV talking head, journalist and blah blah. In this episode (taken from the Light Hustler live storytelling show), she/I tells/tell a story about an early sobriety "date" with a movie star, who taught her/me that the glamorous life may not be all it's cracked up to be.2019-02-2017 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Relapsing on 4.5 Hits of EcstasyAnna David is, well, someone who writes about herself in the 3rd person out of the misconception that you will believe someone else is writing this. She writes books and articles, talks on TV and stages and tells stories about things like relapsing on 4.5 hits of ecstasy, which you can hear here...2019-01-1614 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Her Fictional Alter Ego’s Misadventures [Excerpt from PARTY GIRL]Once upon a time, I wrote a book called Party Girl. I was very proud of it and had high hopes it would be made into an audio book and movie. Alas, those dreams were dashed. But just like the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, the dreams are now alive! It’s actually not nearly that dramatic. But there is renewed movie interest in the book (optioned by Martin Scorsese’s producer!) and I decided to make my own dream happen by getting the audio rights to the book back from HarperCollins and recording and releasing it on...2018-12-1935 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Calling the Cops on YourselfAnna David is, well, the person writing this. In addition to writing in the third person, she's the New York Times bestselling author of six books, a contributor to The New York Times, Time, Playboy and more, a writing coach and the creator of this site/podcast/storytelling show. In this episode, she/I tell a story about living in West Hollywood in the 90s, giving your front door key to every coke addict in the vicinity and calling the cops on yourself when you become convinced that your neighbor is trying to kill you. ...2018-10-2414 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Being an Intolerant Ex-SmokerToday’s episode features a very special guest: me. Since I’m releasing episodes that contain stories from my live storytelling show and I perform in this show, sometimes these episodes are going to feature—well, me. The story I tell here is about the journey I took from two-pack-a-day smoker to the most self-righteous ex-smoker the world has ever seen. If you want to feel better about your own self-righteousness, I highly recommend giving this a listen.2018-08-2915 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Her Three DealersToday’s episode features a very special guest: me. Since I’m releasing episodes that contain stories from my live storytelling show and I perform in this show, sometimes these episodes are going to feature—well, me. (By the by, the show, which takes place every other month in LA, has been an LA Weekly pick of the week and is being developed into a video series.) The story I tell here is about the three cocaine dealers I had during my using days, the different signature moves they had and how I ended up in rehab with one...2018-06-2713 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Eating Space Cakes and Losing Her MindToday’s episode features a very special guest: me. Since I’m releasing episodes that contain stories from my live storytelling show and I perform in this show, sometimes these episodes are going to feature—well, me. (By the by, the show, which takes place every other month in LA, has been an LA Weekly pick of the week and is being developed into a video series.) The story I tell here is about why someone like me should have never smoked pot—let alone gone to Amsterdam to eat a succession of space cakes. For more about who I...2018-04-2514 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on What Drinking Gave Her (and Then Took Away)Today's episode features a very special guest: me. Since I'm releasing episodes that contain stories from my live storytelling show, Hammer(ed) Time, and I perform in this show, sometimes these episodes are going to feature—well, me. (By the by, the show, which takes place every other month in LA, has been an LA Weekly pick of the week and is being developed into a video series.) The story I tell here is about how, the first time I got drunk, I confessed my love to the big man on campus. What happened next shocked even uns...2017-11-3014 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Smoking Two Packs of Cigarettes a DayToday's episode features a very special guest: me. Since I'm releasing episodes that contain stories from my live storytelling show, Hammer(ed) Time, and I perform in this show, sometimes these episodes are going to feature—well, me. (By the by, the show, which takes place every other month in LA, has been an LA Weekly pick of the week and is being developed into a video series.) The story I tell here is about how I went from chain-smoking derelict to sanctimonious ex-smoker who only tried to quit smoking in the first place because a guy I l...2017-11-0316 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAnna David on Her Three DealersToday's episode features a very special guest: me. Since I'm releasing episodes that contain stories from my live storytelling show, Hammer(ed) Time, and I perform in this show, sometimes these episodes are going to feature—well, me. (By the by, the show, which takes place every other month in LA, has been an LA Weekly pick of the week and is being developed into a video series.) The story I tell here is about the three cocaine dealers I had during my using days, the different signature moves they had and how I ended up in reh...2017-09-1312 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessRecover Girl Talks Creativity: The Language of RecoveryIn this episode, Anna David speaks about how discovering the fact that recovery had its own language inspired her to focus her own work on the topic.2017-09-0807 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessRecover Girl Talks Creativity: Why You Never Run Out of StoriesIn this five-minute episode, Anna David talks about how new ideas occur to her every time she thinks she's shared everything she has to say about recovery.2017-08-2407 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessRecover Girl Talks Creativity: Deciding to Write About RecoveryIn this five-minute episode, Anna David discusses how she gently dipped her toe into the waters of writing about recovery—before ultimately submerging herself.2017-08-1007 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessRecover Girl Talks Creativity: How "One Day at a Time" Helped Me Write My First BookIn this special five-minute episode of Recover Girl, Anna David discusses how she wanted to write a book her whole life—but didn't make any progress until she learned that writing worked just like recovery.2017-07-2707 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Sarah HepolaAuthor Sarah Hepola isn't just a writer but the author of the biggest book about addiction since A Million Little Pieces. Hepola's memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, has been written about in seemingly ever publication known to man (including ours), clearly striking a chord among the recovery community and beyond. The Texas-based Salon essay editor has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Glamour, The Guardian, Nerve and Slate, among others, and is as modest about her book's success as possibly only a Texan can be. In this episode, she and A...2015-10-141h 13On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: John AlbertWriter and musician John Albert did not have a standard trajectory to literary success—in fact he says he became a writer by accident when he submitted information about his amateur baseball team, which was made up of a slew of misfit former addicts and rebel rousers, to LA Weekly. That information became a story, that story became a cover story and that cover story became Albert's widely praised book Wrecking Crew: The Really Bad News Griffith Park Pirates. This wasn't Albert's first foray into the public eye: he co-founded the cross-dressing band Christian Death and was the drummer in...2015-10-011h 08On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Richard RushfieldJournalist, author and editor Richard Rushfield is a man of many hats and even more opinions—most of them about relationships. A contributor to Vanity Fair, author of three books and former editor at The LA Times, Gawker, Buzzfeed, Yahoo and more, Rushfield is now the Editor-in-Chief of HitFix.
As AfterPartyPod veers into a direction of focusing not just on recovery from addiction but also on developing healthier relationships, Rushfield came in to school me (and you) on how to both find and then maintain romance. He claims that he comes by this knowledge by having worked on the...2015-05-141h 10On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Shadoe StevensRadio host, actor, TV personality, author and artist Shadoe Stevens possesses one of the most recognizable voices in the world, having hosted American Top 40 from 1988-1995. He was also the announcer on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and has been the voice of numerous award shows, including the Emmy's and the Grammy's. Oh and hey, he also created three top radio stations, including KROQ. Other hits along the way: being a regular on Hollywood Squares and guest starring on Beverly Hills 90210, Baywatch and The Larry Sanders Show, among many others. There's also a spate of children's books and a career a...2015-04-301h 11On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Amber SmithModel, actress and Celebrity Rehab star Amber Smith is far more than just a pretty face (and words can't describe how) spectacular body. Rather than perpetuating the image that seemingly ever model alive does by pretending that her life is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside, Smith took the courageous step of appearing on Celebrity Rehab and showing the entire world that she was a full-blown opiate addict. This, after she'd appeared in the Sport's Illustrated swimsuit issue and on the covers of Vogue, Elle, Cosmo and Marie Claire as well as in such seminal films...2015-04-161h 11On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Dr. DrewThis one was a long-time coming. Dr, Drew Pinsky, the board certified internist/addiction medicine specialist and one of the kindest men in the world, graces the podcast this week. The co-host of Loveline since its 1984 inception, Pinsky currently hosts Dr. Drew On Call on HLN; previous gigs include hosting Lifechangers on the CW and, of course, producing and hosting Celebrity Rehab and its off-shoot shows. He’s appeared on roughly a million other shows, including Dawson’s Creek and Big Brother, written bestselling books and even had asteroids named after him (yep; Google it). But far more important than his massi...2015-04-0359 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Kevin PereiraTV host, podcaster, mini mogul and wunderkind Kevin Pereira isn’t only potentially the sweetest man alive but also one of the more accomplished. He started working in tech at the age of eight (!) (not a typo) (not a child labor situation—listen to the episode and you’ll get it). He joined the G4 network as a PA and eventually rose to host of Attack of the Show. He and AfterParty’s Anna David met when she joined the cast as the relationship expert in 2006 and worked together for the next three years. Since then, he has hosted the syndicated...2015-03-181h 10On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Mishka ShubalyAuthor and musician Mishka Shubaly isn't only the author of seven bestselling Kindle Singles. (If you don't know what these are, Google Kindle Singles, where you'll also learn that almost all the publications who have written about them, from The New York Times to The Atlantic, focus on Shubaly. This is because he's been the most successful Kindle Single author of all time). His writing is fierce, honest and funny—not an easy trifecta to pull of—and much of it focuses on alcoholism and sobriety. While Shubaly's path to recovery is controversial, he's never shy about saying it works for him...2015-03-071h 17On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Dr. Pat AllenRelationship expert and licensed Marriage, Family and Child counselor Dr. Pat Allen has been a legend in the psychology field for over three decades. She's the author of the longtime bestseller Getting to I Do (now in its 32nd printing and about which, she jokes, sells so well because women are so initially horrified by its "50s mentality" that they throw it away and later have to buy it again). She's written numerous other books, appeared repeatedly on Oprah, Geraldo, Blind Date and many more and is also a certified addictions specialist. In her twice-weekly Los Angeles seminars, she walks wom...2015-02-201h 02On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Katie RubinActress, comedian, solo show performer, writer and healer (yep, you read that right) Katie Rubin is no ordinary hyphenate. Not only has she toured the country with her one-woman shows and performed repeatedly on the stage but she also coaches performers in stand up and solo show making and has done numerous commercials and voice-over jobs. And then there's the healing work, where she offers clearing sessions, access consciousness and more. So how did she get to the point where she could offer this, you ask? Well, at seven years of sobriety, she hit a wall. None of the...2015-02-051h 17On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Ritch ShydnerComedian Ritch Shydner isn't exactly just a comedian. Yes, he's appeared on The Tonight Show, Letterman and Leno a bunch of times. Sure, he's had HBO specials. Yep, he played Al Bundy's coworker on Married With Children. And of course he's been a working comic for decades. But there's a bunch of other stuff: writing gigs on Roseanne, Titus and The Jeff Foxworthy Show. A book on comedy. And the you-need-to-go-watch-right now documentary I Am Comic where he's the star and folks like Sarah Silverman, Nick Kroll, Jeff Foxworthy, Roseanne and Margaret Cho have cameos.
And now for the s...2015-01-221h 00On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Ethlie Ann Vare
Writer Ethlie Ann Vare is a woman of many hats: a prolific TV and film writer, she's also the author of Love Addict: Sex, Romance and Other Dangerous Drugs, as well as 10 other books. Her popular blog AttentionDeficitDisorder expands on much of what's in Love Addict—namely, her own experiences with sex and love addiction, her recovery from it and information for potential SLA's out there. Have we mentioned that she's also been a rock critic for Billboard, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter as well as an E! TV talking head, not to mention the fact that she's a serious histo...2015-01-151h 10On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Aaron AkinsMusician Aaron Akins has opened for Bob Hope, contributed to various projects for Russell Simmons Television and performed everywhere from a festival in Jakarta, Indonesia to the House of Blues on the Sunset strip. He's also performed at the Vatican and at the annual Music Cares benefit. But if there's anything Akins likes talking about more than his singing (and acting) career, it's his passion for recovery. This is a guy who firmly believes that healthy thinking is the direct result of a connection with a Higher Power—and isn't shy about telling people as much. In this episode, he and...2015-01-0953 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Patrick O'NeilAuthor Patrick O'Neil is not only one of AfterPartyChat's most talented authors; he's also a former roadie, author of the forthcoming memoir Gun Needle Spoon and alumni of what he calls "several bad bands." And boy did this guy love heroin: he shot it for 10 years, only taking a respite to shoot speed because he thought it would cut down on his heroin cravings (and it did!) That love for heroin took him to some extreme places—most notably bank robbing, a topic he's written about here, and which eventually got him busted and sent to jail. Though jail wa...2014-12-181h 00On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Patty PowersRecovery coach and one of the stars of the A&E show Relapse, Patty Powers has led what in any context or circles would be called an interesting life. Growing up in Canada, she experimented first with acid but when she moved to New York City at the age of 17, graduated right to heroin. And rest assured she was doing the whole underground New York deal: living at the Chelsea Hotel, hanging out at CBGB's and even working with Andy Warhol. Of course, the fabulous life had to unravel at some point and unravel it did—to the point when...2014-12-111h 13On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Ronnie MarmoActor and director Ronnie Marmo may be a soap star but the truth is he's so very much more. Sure, he played Ronnie Domestico for three years on General Hospital (yeah, the character was written for him) but his main passion is directing theater. The Artistic Director and Cofounder of Theatre68 (which has an outpost in New York as well as LA), Marmo has produced over 30 plays, including the critically acclaimed Bill W. and Dr. Bob (in which he's also played Bill). He's also been in numerous feature films and guest starred on Jag and The Young and the Restless...2014-12-041h 01On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: John GriffithsUs Weekly TV critic John Griffiths is on the public awareness task force for the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and is the founder and president of the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association. Yet the 51-year-old Angeleno wasn't always such a do-gooder. After having his first drink at five (!), little Davy Griffiths (as he was known then) eventually ended up at USC, dreaming of being a TV programming executive a la Brandon Tartikoff but spending more time being the guy who talked about wanting to be a network executive while actually being the life of the party. Despite the c...2014-11-271h 02On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Mo GaffneyActress Mo Gaffney was on the seminal show Absolutely Fabulous and rest assured she is absolutely fabulous. After launching to stardom with the off-Broadway show The Kathy and Mo Show (which she created with friend Kathy Najimy), Gaffney went on to: a) Win Obie awards for it; b) Make it into an HBO show; c) Work non-stop, on everything from That '70s Show to Friends to Mad About You to Mike & Molly to pretty much every other show you can name. It may be inappropriate to say this when you're writing about a recovery podcast but it's clear...2014-11-201h 14On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Tommy RosenYoga and recovery expert Tommy Rosen is, despite his serenity, not a man who sits still very long. The Hatha and Kundalini yoga teacher (who's been sober for 23 years) has been one of the pioneers of the yoga-recovery model (in short, practicing certain types of yoga can help your recovery—a lot). He's also created a new movement called Recovery 2.0, which launched as an online conference series that featured such luminaries as Dr. Gabor Mate and Richard Branson (as well as AfterParty's Anna David). Now he's published the remarkable Recovery 2.0 book and is touring the world sharing the principles from it. He...2014-11-131h 14On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Sarge PickmanComedian Sarge Pickman is less a comedian who talks about his recovery and more a recovering addict who incorporates his comedic gifts into the work that he does. While he started off working the comedy circuit in LA and still does plenty of comedy gigs, Pickman's main career path these days is leading groups at treatment centers, doing what's known in the recovery world as in-the-trenches work. The Sarge story, in short, is this: Florida-born and dwelling, Pickman was adopted by Jewish parents and raised on Long Island where, as a mixed race youth, he suffered from plenty of id...2014-10-301h 09On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Alice CarboneWriter Alice Carbone has not been afraid to explore the dark side—in her blog, her podcast and her essays for AfterPartyChat. But as her more recent pieces have shown, she explores the lighter side just as poignantly. Carbone's story in brief: after moving to California from her native Italy in 2010, she lost everything and found sobriety—and eventually happiness. The author of The Sex Girl (due out this May, 2015 from Rare Bird Books), Carbone is currently working on her second novel and developing her podcast and blog as a TV show. In this episode, she and AfterParty’s Anna David dis...2014-10-161h 06On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: MobyFor reals, what is there to say about Moby that hasn't already been said? (Well, there's one thing that's at least never been in print: How f-ing psyched are you that he agreed to do AfterPartyPod?)
The legendary musician, who burst onto the scene with his fifth studio album, Play, is also a DJ, photographer and soon-to-be memoirist (we all know he's a descendant of Herman Melville, right?) And it's not just his own music he's had a hand in; the active animal rights supporter has remixed, co-written and produced music for many of the other greats.2014-10-0752 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Jeff UllrichEarwolf co-founder Jeff Ullrich is something of a podcast legend—ever since he and Scott Aukerman created the podcast network Earwolf in 2010. Now arguably the biggest network in the game, Earwolf hosts everything from Comedy Bang Bang (since turned into an IFC show), Kevin Pollak's Chat Show, Sklarboro Country, Who Charted? and How Did This Get Made? among many others. But Ullrich has actually recently left the company he launched (in his own words, he fired himself). Sober for two years and change, this is a guy who took a somewhat lengthy route to alcoholism: though he drank as a k...2014-10-0358 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Mike GaffneyComedian Mike Gaffney is a bit of an anomaly—a guy who got his start doing recovery-oriented comedy and has been able to build a solid career from there. Sober since 1983, Gaffney was a semi-finalist on Last Comic Standing (not to mention the guy who made judge Wanda Sykes cackle—no easy feat—and was featured in all the promos for the show). Though he'd been cracking people up since he was a kid, he didn't decide he wanted to pursue comedy until 2002; since then has appeared on The Artie Lange Show, Gotham Comedy Live and 30 Rock. He also performs all...2014-09-251h 01On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Mick BetancourtComic, TV writer and podcaster Mick Betancourt is, to put it mildly, a survivor. The host of a popular podcast, Betancourt endured a childhood that might give Oliver Twist a run for his money. The offspring of teenagers, Betancourt went to live with his mom after his father died, where he withstood spirit-breaking abuse, started drinking seriously before he turned 10 and soon found himself taking on the role of designated driver when his mom took him to bars (no matter how wasted he was himself). When his beloved grandfather died and he was shuffled around a bit, he had...2014-09-171h 15On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Caleb BaconTV writer and podcaster Caleb Bacon is not only on the writing staff of Vince Vaughn's TBS show Sullivan & Son and the host of the popular Man School podcast. He's also a journalist, sound expert, former weightlifter, San Fernando Valley resident—and many other things you'll discover when you listen to this episode. Oh! He's also sober seven years, after a drinking career that started when he made his first alcoholic concoction from his parents' liquor cabinet in junior high to his last night out there, which involved Special K, bus stop punching, nudity—and a 12-step call from his...2014-09-101h 12On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Alonzo BoddenComedian Alonzo Bodden is far more than just the winner of the third season of Last Comic Standing. The former aircraft mechanic had no idea he even wanted to pursue comedy until he got sober over two decades ago and met people in recovery who actually loved what they did for a living who all worked in the entertainment industry. (Also, he'd realized through sharing in the program—and also through teaching aircraft mechanics, arguably the least amusing topic in the world—that he was funny.) And so began a career that first started at the Montreal Just For Laug...2014-09-011h 14On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Morgan WalshActress Morgan Walsh may look like the very picture of innocence but it took quite a journey for her to earn her sobriety. Now married to Veep star and UCB founder Matt Walsh and the mother of three, Morgan did the full alcoholic dance--drinking, passing out, smoking pot, doing coke, spending time in a psych ward---before eventually quitting drinking and continuing to smoke pot and then, when she got pregnant with her first baby, quitting it all. Despite all those babies, Morgan has appeared in a succession of shows and movies--including Burning Love, Children's Hospital, It's Always Sunny in...2014-08-211h 06On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: John HeffronComedian John Heffron may have been introduced to the world at large when he won the second season of Last Comic Standing but he's been in the comedy game since college. Since then, there have been Comedy Central specials, The Tonight Show, Chelsea Lately and numerous VH1 talking head shows, among many other appearances. He's also been Danny Bonaduce's wingman on Detroit's number one radio show, appeared on Courtney Cox's Dirt and done stand up at numerous Fortune 500 companies. But he can also claim a gig that few comics can: an NA convention—an interesting irony because though he's been sobe...2014-08-131h 15On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Bennett YellinThe co-writer of Dumb and Dumber, Bennett Yellin is far more than a guy who can make the masses giggle until they burst. The writer of a slew of other comedies, Yellin may have gotten on the map when Dumb and Dumber became a sensation but he was actually bottoming out on crystal meth while his comedic talents were entertaining the masses. It wasn't until he got sober, cleaned up his past and started living life on a pink cloud that he got that career back on track. The long-awaited Dumb and Dumber sequel is coming out this fall, w...2014-07-301h 23On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Mike CaranoPodcaster, photographer and best observational living comedian who's not a comedian Mike Carano has shared his unique personality with the public in myriad ways: through his photographs of comedians, his five-minute YouTube videos, his Loveline After Disaster show and his podcast, Miscellaneous Adventures From The World of Mike Carano—where listeners can hear him talk to them as he runs errands and drives around. Carano has opened up about his battles with booze and anxiety before but in this episode, he and AfterParty's Anna David get into the minutia of recovery: how they feel about medication, relapse, swearing, going to...2014-07-281h 28On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Stefani Wilder-TaylorWriter, comedian, podcaster, TV host and all-around delight Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is one of the greatest lessons out of there for those who like to booze to the point of unmanageability and don't see any problem with it. The author of Sippy Cups Are Not For Chardonnay andNaptime Is The New Happy Hour was the role model for partying moms everywhere—until she realized drinking was more than a fun pastime for her. Now sober, the author of several more books, the star of Parental Discretion With Stefanie Wilder-Taylor on Nickelodeon and the co-host of the popular For Crying Out Loud po...2014-07-231h 17On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Mark EbnerAuthor and journalist Mark Ebner puts the F in fearless reporter. Not afraid to get his hands dirty, the guy who took on Scientology has gone on to publish seven books—including the New York Times bestselling Hollywood Interrupted, which he co-wrote with the late Andrew Breitbart. What I didn't know until he told me (during this interview!) is that, after 23 years sober, he made the choice to start smoking pot. This wasn't some sudden brainstorm of course but a decision he came to after a scooter accident left him hooked on painkillers and he used medical marijuana to detox...2014-07-231h 08On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Craig GassComedian Craig Gass is known for his ridiculously spot-on celebrity impressions (seriously, his Gene Simmons is so accurate that Gass actually accused Gene Simmons of being the fake on Howard Stern). In addition to numerous Stern appearances, Gass has been on Sex and the City, King of Queens and numerous celebrity roasts. Growing up in all deaf family, Gass honed his skills because he learned to speak from watching TV. Later he became a big time party guy with a penchant for cocaine. Here, he and AfterParty's Anna David talk about those nights Gass turned down ladies at clubs...2014-07-071h 07On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Natasha Vargas-CooperWriter Natasha Vargas-Cooper has accomplished more in 30 years than some do in a lifetime. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from UCLA with a double major in history and public policy, she started being published in such places as The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and GQ, among many others. Her book, Mad Men Unbuttoned, was praised as "a well-versed primer" by The New Yorker and "likely to become a trivia-lover's bible" by The New York Times. Oh and in her spare time, she created the popular LA storytelling show Public School. But over the...2014-06-301h 18On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: ANTThe comedian ANT may have legally changed his name from Anthony but that is hardly the most unique fact about him. The veteran of Last Comic Standing (six of the show's seven seasons) is also a TV show host who puts those milquetoast hosts to shame by delivering genuine, laugh-out-loud moments—during his years hosting Celebrity Fit Club, on all of his many TV appearances (on shows as varied as Tyra Banks, Best Week Ever and The Tonight Show) and on Howard Stern (where he's a frequent guest).
But his outspoken extroversion kept many from realizing that he...2014-06-231h 06On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Laura HouseComedian and TV writer Laura House has starred in MTV's iconic Austin Stories, written on Blue Collar TV, The George Lopez Show, Samantha Who? and Mom and been called one of the funniest female comedians out there by none other than Louis CK. And she's been sober for over six years while also becoming a certified meditation teacher and raw food expert. Yep, her repertoire is vast: this is a girl who knows how to bring the funny to meditation. Other Laura House accomplishments include wowing the crowds at storytelling shows (including Anna David's True Tales of Lust and L...2014-06-171h 18On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Amber TozerComedian Amber Tozer is so much more than a comedian. Sure, she's performed stand-up all over the world, been featured on Last Comic Standing and stars in the hit web series nitTWITS but she's also written on the Emmy-award winning show Mad and taken time off from comedy to work with autistic children. Want more? She had an advice columns on Laughspin, has written for HuffPo, has appeared on The Mental Illness Happy Hour and much more. Here, she and AfterParty's Anna David talk about how her moment of clarity involved driving on the Bay Bridge drunk and waking up t...2014-06-081h 02On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Brent BolthouseNightlife impressario Brent Bolthouse has ruled the LA social landscape for the past few decades, helping to put such classic clubs as the Roxbury, the Opium Den, the Viper Room and Joseph's on the map (the way it works is this: wherever Bolthouse backs, the coolest kids in town follow and lines out the door ensue). In 1999, he opened The Coffee House on Sunset Blvd., immediately attracting a celeb clientele (it was reportedly the first place Robert Downey, Jr. went post jail) but more importantly, creating a 24-hour-a-day gathering place for sober people when he started having open AA...2014-06-021h 12On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Ben MandelkerBlogger and screenwriter Ben Mandelker is one of the most quick-witted people out there. He created and then sold the website TVgasm years ago (he still blogs, mostly about TV and food, on his own well-trafficked blog, BSideBlog). But here's the really interesting part about him—and the part that earned him an episode of his own: for 30 years, he was 100% in the closet. As in: we were friends and I had no idea he was gay until he came out to me a few years ago.
In this episode, he and AfterParty's Anna David talk about wh...2014-05-1952 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Georgia HardstarkTV personality Georgia Hardstark is one half of the dynamic duo known as Alie and Goergia but she's a fascinating woman all on her own. People came to find out about her after she and Alie Ward made a video of themselves concocting ajoke cocktail called a McNuggetini and the video went viral; next they were being profiled in The New York Times and starring in the Food Newtwork's Drinks with Alie and Georgia. The Cooking Channel's Classy Ladies with Alie & Georgia and their highly addicitve podcast Slumber Party with Alie and Georgia followed.
But it hasn't b...2014-05-191h 02On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Jesse JoyceComedian Jesse Joyce is a New York-based comedian who's appeared on Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, @Midnight, Last Comic Standing and Red Eye (among many others), has written on numerous Comedy Central roasts and award shows and performed in over 15 countries. He's also sober after booze almost destroyed his health (and got him a DUI). The guy's big on giving back to the sober community, too, performing regularly in Alcohol Awareness programs. While he and AfterParty's Anna David veer off into the nitty gritty of comedy (and whether living in LA or NY is better—Joyce is Manhattan all th...2014-05-161h 17On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Dr. Stephen DansigerWTF regular and clinical psychologist Dr. Stephen Dansiger has lived many lives while the rest of us were inhabiting only one: once a CBGB regular who played drums for the bands King Missile and Pianosaurus, he ended up getting sober, having a breakdown and finding peace again through a year-long residence at a Zen monastery. The practing Zen Buddhist for the past two decades then got a doctorate and masters in psychology to start running groups at treatment facilities. Now he and Dharma Punx/Against The Stream's Noah Levine have opened an outpatient addiction treatment center BLVD. Here he...2014-05-021h 02On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Susanna BriskAuthor, comedian and actress Susanna Brisk is an outrageous Aussie with a penchant for the shocking. Her AfterParty stories have documented her feelings about sex and mental health and her memoir, I'll Be The Death of Me, and blog Malibu Mom provide even more details. Here, she and AfterParty's Anna David discuss if being a dry drunk counts as sobriety, parenting, mental illness and whether or not Brisk can leave the podcast office with a phone number (spoiler alert: she does).2014-04-221h 10On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Janie Haddad TompkinsActress Janie Haddad Tompkins has appeared in more TV shows than could fit in this space—Desperate Housewives, Criminal Minds, Monk, Happy Endings and Modern Family, to name just a few—and just as many comedy sketches and storytelling shows (she's married to the comedic genius Paul F. Tompkins). She's charming as can be and seems to live a charmed life but in fact spent years involved with and engaged to a sociopath who was leading a double life. Here, she and AfterParty's Anna David talk about what makes people suspectible to toxic relationships and what can be learned from...2014-04-121h 04On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Marc MaronThe legendary comedian and host of the immensely popular WTF podcast needs no introduction but we're giving him one anyway: he's spent a couple decades honing his craft, has appeared on Conan more than 40 times, stars in and writes a TV show based on his life and, whether he likes it or not, does a better job of spreading awareness about addiction and recovery than perhaps anyone else out there. Here, he and AfterParty's Anna David discuss cocaine psychosis, taking meds for mental issues, how success has changed his recovery and much more. 2014-04-1256 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Brian FinkelsteinStoryteller Brian Finkelstein is an Emmy-nominated writer, a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) in LA and the host of the LA Moth Storyslams. He's also performed one-man shows all over the world, including a recent tour to New Zealand to do First Day Off in a Long Time, a show based on his years working at a suicide hotline. Here, he and AfterParty's Anna David talk about getting through depression, whether or not saying you wish you'd never been born is depressing, not taking medication and what it would be like if this podcast were the...2014-03-211h 00On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Sara BenincasaWriter and comedian Sara Benincasa is a memoirist, a novelist, a performer, a delight and also completely open about her issues with mental health. After having her first panic attacks as a child, the New Jersey-reared lass managed to later overcome agoraphobia and write a book (currently being developed as a TV show) about it. Here, she and AfterPartyChat's Anna David discuss finding the right medication, whether or not regular therapy is necessary and why remaining grateful while staying confident is the perfect balance to strike, among many other topics.2014-03-131h 26On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Dave AnthonyComedian, actor, writer and podcaster Dave Anthony is the first non-alcoholic guest as AfterPartyPod opens up to welcome not just addicts but also those who have overcome major life obstacles and can speak about the transition. The son of an active alcoholic, Anthony hit a wall of anger before joining Alanon and while still a bit on the angry side (it's part of what makes him so hilarious), is now a happily married father with a hit podcast who also writes and stars on IFC's Maron. Here, he and AfterPartyChat's Anna David talk about dealing with abusive family members...2014-02-281h 18On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Eddie PepitoneComedian Eddie Pepitone is a national treasure to the part of the nation that knows him. This was the theme of The Bitter Buddha, the critically acclaimed documentary about his life, and is also occasionally a part of his stand-up act. As a comedian and actor, he's been on WTF and Conan repeatedly, as well as on The Last Comic Standing, The Sarah Silverman Program, Happy Endings, Flight of the Concords, 2 Broke Girls, It's Always Sunny and many more. He's also a sober addict and spiritual seeker (see doc title) and though he's billed as bitter (see doc title), h...2014-02-221h 15On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Jason WahlerHills and Laguna Beach star Jason Wahler played up his reality star bad boy image to the extreme by getting arrested multiple times (in multiple states!) But when he washed up on the Celebrity Rehab shores, it became clear that he wasn't a bad guy, just a sick one suffering from addiction. Not only is he now sober but he also works full-time in recovery at Northbound, a treatment center in Costa Mesa, California. He and AfterPartyChat's Anna David talked about sneaking off to do cocaine alone, getting arrested by a cop on a horse after an MTV Awards a...2014-02-2151 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Jerry StahlPermanent Midnight author Jerry Stahl is, bar none, this generation's king of junkie lit. Dark and hilarious, Permanent Midnight was an insta-classic that was made into a movie with Ben Stiller as the lead and Stahl has followed it with a succession of other nihilistic novels—including his latest, Happy Mutant Baby Pills. He and TheAfterPartyGroup's Anna David have known each other since Stahl blurbed her first book in 2005. Here they discuss heroin, sobriety, swearing, life coaches, meditation, yoga, writing and so much more.2013-12-181h 15On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: D.H. PeligroDead Kennedys drummer D.H. Peligro has been to rehab 31 times. He's also been in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, lived with a whole bunch of crazy addicts in San Francisco and LA, stayed half-awake through an operation when he had a liter of pus extracted from his leg and lived to tell the tale. He and AfterPartyChat's Anna David talk about his newfound sobriety (he was a few days from checking out of a treatment center the day of the interview), his brushes with death, the way his trauma caught up to him and his new book, Dreadknaught...2013-11-081h 09On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Michael Des BarresMusician and actor Michael Des Barres has had many lives: he's been in bands with John Taylor and Steve Jones, performed at Live Aid, co-written hit songs ("Obsession," which Animotion made famous, and which Des Barres admits is about cocaine), had memorable appearances on TV shows from WKRP in Cincinnati through Melrose Place and Nip/Tuck (as well as many in between and since) and is now, at 65, hosting The Michael Des Barres Show for TRadioV. He and AfterPartyChat's Anna David met over a decade ago, before she was sober—when he called the fact that she was doing co...2013-11-071h 14On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Jake FogelnestComedian Jake Fogelnest was more successful at 14 than many of us will ever be: his public access TV show, Squirt TV, had a cult following that included The Beastie Boys, the guys from They Might Be Giants and many more; within a few weeks, he was fielding calls from superstars who were declaring themselves fans. While Squirt TV went to MTV and Fogelnest has gone on to have a busy career that includes multiple Sirius radio shows, a podcast (The Fogelnest Files), TV writing gigs and much more, he also became addicted young and struggled to find sobriety. Here...2013-11-061h 13On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Josh LeonardActor and director Josh Leonard (though he'd introduce himself to you as Joshua) launched into the spotlight as one of the stars of The Blair Witch Project. After a bit of a wayward youth (getting in trouble for having alcohol and Playboys at school, time spent in a boys home and legal emancipation) followed by a bit of a wayward next-phase-in-life (culminating in heroin addiction), Leonard was only a few months into sobriety when the indie movie he'd made in two weeks became the Next Big Thing. In the years since, he's done time on many a TV series...2013-10-211h 37On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Carrie WhiteAuthor Carrie White has lived many lives. The first female hairdresser to the stars, White tended to the tresses of everyone from Ann Margaret and Elvis to Sharon Tate and Elizabeth Taylor. And she did it all on rollerskates (it was the 70s, people). But her high-flying life—which included three husbands and five children—was masking a crippling drug addiction which eventually left her curled up in the fetal position outside her dealer's door. Now sober for multiple decades, White built her hairdressing business back up and published a best-selling memoir, Upper Cut, about the entire thing. Here she...2013-10-111h 28On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Jennifer GimenezActress and reality star Jennifer Gimenez first worked as a teenage model before acting alongside Johnny Depp in Blow and Cameron Diaz in The Sweetest Thing. But many first came to know her when she was the house manager on Sober House—a job she got after she went from being one of Dr. Drew's nightmare clients to one of his miracles. Here she and AfterPartyChat's Anna David talk about the drug dealer they used to share, how they first got sober together back in the early 2000s and whether or not Gimenez would use her real name if sh...2013-10-111h 09On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Danielle StewartComedian Danielle Stewart will say anything any time, anywhere. And so her conversation with AfterPartyChat's Anna David covered addiction, yes, but also jealousy, hope, Facebook, sex addiction and more. Arguably NSFW or the conservative.2013-10-041h 06On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: John DeVoreWriter and editor John DeVore was a great drunk, as AfterPartyChat's Anna David well knows, since she logged many (sober) hours with him while he was still boozing and the two were living in New York. Now sober over three years and settled in Los Angeles, he and David discussed the difference between drunks and alcoholics, how he once saw how bored she looked at a party and what a really famous architect had to say about LA—among many other glorious topics. Follow John Devore on Twitter here.2013-09-271h 22On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Paul GilmartinComedian and Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast host Paul Gilmartin is, to some, the affable longtime co-host of TBS' Dinner and a Movie. But to others, all that he's done in comedy (which includes Comedy Central specials and spots on Politically Incorrect and The Craig Ferguson Show) pales in comparison to the amazing feat he's accomplished in getting his guests to address distressing issues like depression, addiction and abuse on his much-lauded podcast. He talks to AfterPartyChat's Anna David here about addiction, abuse and the relationship between the two. Check out the site for The Mental Illness Happy Hour...2013-09-191h 21On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Claudia LonowProlific television producer and former actress Claudia Lonow has been the force behind Rude Awakening, How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) and more. She's also 28 years sober and met with AfterPartyChat's Anna David back when David wanted to be a TV writer and had cocaine drip going down the back of her throat. The two discuss that meeting, David's potentially disturbing obsession with her, losing everything in sobriety, why even one night can set off a relapse and much more. Follow Claudia on Twitter here.2013-09-101h 19On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Jeff KoberActor and meditation teacher Jeff Kober has been in every TV show you've ever seen (China Beach, Star Trek, Law and Order, Sons of Anarchy and trust us, that's only the beginning) and is one of LA's most revered meditation teachers. Here he talks to AfterPartyChat's Anna David about huffing ether, detoxing in a San Diego hotel room and realizing the big movie role wasn't going to change anything. Sign up for Kober's Meditation Thought For The Day on his site.2013-09-051h 14On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Nic SheffBest-selling author of Tweak, staff writer for The Killing and the beautiful boy of his father David Sheff's best-selling book, Nic Sheff has written and spoken openly about his struggles with meth addiciton and where that took him: to homelessness, sex work, near arm amputation and, finally, a meth-induced psychosis that ultimately led him to sobriety. Here he talks to AfterPartyChat's Anna David about those experiences and they also discuss working together and their plan to speak at colleges about addiction and sobriety. Follow Nic on Twitter here.
2013-08-2956 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Craig ShoemakerComedian Craig Shoemaker talks to AfterPartyChat's Anna David about his 20+ years of sobriety, forgiveness, his penchant for being nude and the healing energy work he does. Spoiler alert: they almost have a fight!2013-08-221h 09On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Sam LanskyWriter Sam Lansky has managed to pack seven rehabs, five years of sobriety and thousands of brilliant words into his 24 years and here he tells AfterPartyChat's Anna David all about it.2013-08-141h 04On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Alexis NeiersBling Ring member (Emma Watson played her in the Sofia Coppola movie) and reality TV star Alexis Neiers talks to AfterPartyChat's Anna David about getting sober, getting married, having a baby and becoming a sober advocate and role model.2013-08-071h 27On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Greg BehrendtComedian, best-selling author, musician and Walking The Room podcast co-host Greg Behrendt talks to AfterPartyChat's Anna David about addiction, relapse and how sobriety helps you give relationship advice.2013-07-281h 18On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Jimmy PardoComedian and Never Not Funny host Jimmy Pardo talks to Anna David about drinking too much, gossiping about other people and the would-be spin-off show they never had.2013-07-2348 minOn Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Pat O'BrienRadio and TV personality, sportscaster, author and sober alcoholic Pat O'Brien talks to AfterPartyChat's Anna David about the bottles of wine that got him to change his ways, whether or not cocaine addiction can cause tinting in the whites of your eyes and his plans to go back to school to get certified to become a drug and alcohol counselor.2013-07-151h 01On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your BusinessAfterPartyPod: Carlos HerreraComedian Carlos Herrera joins AfterPartyChat's Anna David and Laura House to discuss addiction, quitting smoking, whether or not Favoriting someone's tweets is manipulative and much more.
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