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Radio Free Mike011 Thad Ziolkowski: Taking the DropThad Ziolkowski is a poet, novelist, and memoirist who has written a fascinating book about surfing and addiction called The Drop. He’s no stranger to difficult themes, and I have a feature in the current issue of The Surfers Journal (issue 34.2) that explores not just trauma and surfing, not just Somalia and my father’s suicide, but also the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation, a fabulous group in the Los Angeles South Bay that has pioneered ocean therapy in the U.S. I knew Jimmy in high school; Thad and I have both written about the Foundation. So w...
2025-05-2743 min
The Watchung Booksellers PodcastEpisode 5: Writing and AddictionIn this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Warren Zanes and Thad Ziolkowski talk about writing and addiction. From their personal struggles in using drugs while creating art to the complexities in writing about addiction in general, their conversation is thought-provoking, sincere, and often very funny. Our Guests:Warren Zanes is the New York Times bestselling author of Dusty in Memphis, the first volume in the celebrated 33 1/3 Series, Petty: The Biography; Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records; and Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska. With Garth Brooks, Zanes has...
2024-05-2853 min
Design Lab with Bon KuClip Show SpecialThank you for supporting us through 100 episodes and getting us to 100,000 downloads! In this episode, Bon and Rob play back some of our favorite clips from early episodes and reminisce about all we have learned along the way.Guests featured in this episode:EP 1: Ellen Lupton, Sharing the Power of DesignListen on Apple PodcastsEP 2: Nzinga Harrison, Designing for Mental HealthListen on Apple PodcastsEP 3: Mike Natter, Art, Storytelling, and MedicineListen on Apple PodcastsEP 7: John Maeda, Technology and Design
2022-12-0836 min
Rise Recover LiveThad Ziolkowski: Surfing, Addiction, and Seeking Drama in RecoverySend us a text#20: Award-winning author Thad Ziolkowski joins us on the podcast today to discuss the unexpected connections between surfing, addiction, and recovery. In a conversation ripe with metaphors, we hear about Thad's own story and complex relationship with the waves. In addition to the wisdom of his lived experience, Thad employs philosophy, spirituality, and science to better understand the mechanism of addiction. This conversation takes us in directions you may not expect! You'll hear about the "psychic surgery" that Thad performed to shift his relationship with substances.Thad shares stories of his youth...
2022-11-011h 05
Design Lab with Bon KuDesigning Recovery Through Surfing | Thad ZiolkowskiIs surfing the most addictive sport? How did surfing help a writer with a substance use disorder enter into recovery? What activities can be a form of therapy for you?Thad Ziolkowski is a lifelong surfer, person in recovery, and the author, most recently, of The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery, which was published in 2021 by Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins. His memoir On a Wave (Grove/Atlantic) was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award in 2003 and his novel, Wichita (Europa Editions) appeared in 2012 to critical...
2022-05-0435 min
The Surfer's Journal presents Soundings with Jamie BrisickThad ZiolkowskiThe award-winning author talks with Jamie Brisick about surfing and addiction, the acceptance of substance use in the arts, the double-edged nature of the surfing life, the benefits of meditation, and more. Produced by Jonathan Shifflett. Music by Little Wings.
2022-03-1344 min
Surf Splendor Archives - Surf Splendor387 – The Drop: Thad ZiolkowskiAuthor Thad Ziolkowski joins us to discuss surfing’s sordid history with drugs and alcohol, how surfing triggers behavioral addiction’s physiology and how the act of surfing can aid in addiction recovery. Thad also shares his own story of substance misuse and finding refuge through surfing. Enjoy! Sponsor: Slowtide.co promo code “surfpodcast” for 20% off Sponsor: …
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2021-11-131h 24
Surf Splendor387 - The Drop: Thad ZiolkowskiAuthor Thad Ziolkowski joins us to discuss surfing's sordid history with drugs and alcohol, how surfing triggers behavioral addiction's physiology and how the act of surfing can aid in addiction recovery. Thad also shares his own story of substance misuse and finding refuge through surfing. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-11-131h 32
Living Legacy LeadershipRiding the Waves of Addiction by Miami Book Fair author Thad ZiolkowskiRiding the Waves of Addiction by Miami Book Fair author Thad Ziolkowski
Award-winning author Thad Ziolkowski’s revelatory book, The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction & Recovery, illuminates the connection between waves, addiction, and recovery, exploring what surfing can teach us about the powerful undertow of addictive behaviors and the ways to swim free of them.
Combining his own story with insights from scientists, progressive thinkers and the experiences of top surfers and addicts from around the world, Ziolkowski shows how getting on a boa...
2021-11-0125 min
Taking A Leap -- Deborah BrownMiami Book Fair Author of "The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery" Thad Ziolkowski is is the author of Our Son the Arson, a collection of poems; the memoir, On a Wave, which was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award in 2003; the novel, Wichita; and The Drop, a nonfiction exploration of surfing and addiction. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Bookforum, Artforum, Travel & Leisure, and Interview Magazine. He has a PhD in English Literature from Yale University and is the recipient, among other honors, of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is the Associate Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Gradua...
2021-10-1822 min
Swell Season Surf RadioThe Drop with Thad ZiolkowskiMany of us know that surfing is an addictive sport. It’s something that pulls on us, gives immense dopamine highs and surges us with serotonin, we go through withdrawals when we go without it and become irritable to our loved one’s, It makes us avoid our daily responsibilities in order to escape the pressures of life. Our guest, Thad Ziolkowski's latest book deals with this topic.: "The Drop: How The Most addictive sport can help us understand addiction and recovery." We discuss the parallels between surfing and addiction, how surfing can even prime us for addiction and help us r...
2021-08-251h 32
Power-Up With This Inspiring Full Audiobook — Perfect This Weekend.The Drop by Thad ZiolkowskiPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/64949to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Drop
Author: Thad Ziolkowski
Narrator: Joe Knezevich
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 07-06-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Water Sports
Publisher's Summary:
In this revelatory and original book, the award-winning author of the acclaimed surf memoir On a Wave illuminates the connection between waves, addiction, and recovery, exploring what surfing can teach us about the powerful undertow of addictive behaviors and the ways to swim free of them.
2021-07-066h 08
The Daily AscentThe Surprising Similarities between Surfing and AddictionIn this episode, I dive into a discussion with author Thad Ziolkowski about the interesting and unexpected parallels between surfing and addiction, and his discoveries from his new book The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery. Thad explains why it makes sense that he turned back to his first love - surfing - to get away from an unsustainable life of alcohol and drugs, the importance of finding joy to fill the void where addiction once lived - even finding healthier addictions - and how others can use similar tools to do the...
2021-06-3042 min