PUNK ROCK SOBER

Punk Rock Sober. Rawdogging Reality with Artist Tyler Ramsey

PUNK ROCK SOBER is a education podcast hosted by Tyler Ramsey, with 83 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Sober Doesn’t Mean Boring: Burning Man, Travel & Natural Highs | Mike Shibel

  Sep 15, 20261h 3m

  THANK YOU to our fabulous sponsors! Head over to http://shopify.com/prs to start your free trial today! Visit http://quince.com/punkrock for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Try Momentous Signature Spec Creatine at http://livemomentous.com and use code PRS for up to 35% off your entire first order. Tyler Ramsey is fresh off the playa — and this time, he experienced Burning Man sober. On this episode of Punk Rock Sober, Tyler sits down with travel expert and Travel With Meaning host Mike Shibel to talk about something people don't always associate with sobriety: having completely wild, unforgettable adventures. From Burning Man and Art Basel to New Orleans, Sequoia National Park, swimming with whale sharks in La Paz, sauna culture in Finland, surf trips in Costa Rica and wellness experiences in Austria, Tyler and Mike explore ways to get the rush, connection and sense of discovery people often think they'll lose when they stop drinking or using. Tyler also gets candid about his past — including appearing on Mike's podcast during a period when he was struggling to stay sober — and why he now believes recovery shouldn't mean sitting on the sidelines of life. Can travel become its own natural high? And when you're stable in sobriety, can you still put yourself in the middle of places like Burning Man and come out stronger? Mike's philosophy is simple: meaningful travel isn't just about where you go. As he puts it, not every journey is measured in miles. Punk Rock Sober is about living fully, taking risks, owning your past and discovering what life can look like without needing substances to make it interesting. The episode explicitly moves from Tyler's high-energy destinations — Burning Man, Art Basel and New Orleans — into Mike's nature/adventure approach to sober travel. Mike also describes nature as a different kind of “high” and talks about creating meaningful, memorable travel experiences. 00:00 Tyler Just Got Back From Burning Man 00:42 Meet Travel Expert Mike Shibel 01:48 Tyler Apologizes for His Past Podcast Appearance 05:07 Tyler Opens Up About Not Being Able to Stay Sober 06:05 Addiction, Regret & the MTV Opportunity 07:37 The Best Wild Experiences to Have Sober 08:27 #1 — Burning Man Sober 10:01 Tyler Was Offered Drugs at Burning Man 11:14 Nature as a Natural High 11:52 The Idea of “Sober Debauchery” 14:12 #2 — Art Basel Miami 18:00 #3 — Mardi Gras & New Orleans 20:03 Why Sobriety Shouldn't Limit Your Life 23:07 Mike's Travel With Meaning Philosophy 25:00 National Parks & Sequoia 30:00 Joshua Tree & Adventure Travel 31:00 Swimming With Whale Sharks 32:00 La Paz & the Sea of Cortez 35:00 Cruises, Alaska & the Galápagos 38:00 Finland: The Sauna Capital of the World 44:00 An Art Sauna in the Finnish Forest 46:00 Travel Traditions & Costa Rica 48:00 Surf Trips as a Natural High 50:00 Surf & Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica 52:00 High-End Travel & Meaningful Experiences 54:00 Festivals Around the World 56:00 Yoga, Hiking & Wellness in Austria 58:00 Exploring the Austrian Alps

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  The Friend Who Saw Me at My Worst | Tyler Ramsey

  Sep 7, 202657 min

  Head to http://factormeals.com/prs50off and use code prs50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last. Save 20% on your first subscription order of AG1 Next Gen or AG1 Pro at http://drinkag1.com/punkrock Tyler Ramsey sits down with longtime friend and former reality-TV collaborator Isabel Reyes, aka Bellatini, to revisit a period of his life she remembers perhaps better than he does. They go back to the wild early days of reality television, when Tyler and Isabel worked on massive productions including Joe Millionaire and Survivor, managing huge casting operations and traveling the world. But behind the success, Tyler's drinking was becoming increasingly unpredictable. Bellatini remembers the late-night phone calls, disastrous wedding speeches, bar incidents and the London hotel room Tyler flooded after falling asleep in a bathtub with the water running. Tyler looks back at how often charisma, friends and sheer luck helped him escape permanent consequences—and why even frightening incidents weren't enough to make him change. The conversation also turns to Bellatini's own reinvention: leaving television behind, becoming a DJ and community organizer, learning to take responsibility for her own happiness, and building a life around creativity, connection and purpose. Sometimes the people who knew you before recovery remember a version of you that you can barely recognize. 00:00 Elizabeth joins Punk Rock Sober 01:27 The golden age of reality TV 03:58 Working on Survivor 08:00 Bellatini on marriage and non-monogamy 08:47 Reinventing herself as a DJ 10:30 Using music to build community 11:25 Starting over when television slowed down 11:50 Growing up in an immigrant family 14:30 Tyler's alcoholism from a friend's perspective 19:05 The London hotel disaster 20:15 Falling asleep in a running bathtub 21:45 “You could have totally died” 25:00 Tyler's drunken engagement-party behavior 27:00 The disastrous wedding speech 31:10 Another wedding speech goes horribly wrong 33:15 Bellatini's second marriage 34:10 Throwing a beer into a packed bar 35:25 Somehow Tyler gets away with it 35:50 Two DUIs still weren't enough 36:20 When Tyler's family became worried 37:00 What do you do when a friend has a problem? 38:00 Taking responsibility for your own suffering 39:15 Stop suffering and “do the math” 40:35 Friends Over Followers 48:20 Identity, race and decolonizing old beliefs Painful Lessons — We Own Mistakes.

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  Recovered From Society: Trek Thunder Kelly on Kindness, Discipline & Reinventing Your Life

  Aug 31, 202653 min

  Trek Thunder Kelly has spent his life testing a radical idea: what if you treated your life itself as a work of art? Artist, adventurer and longtime friend and mentor of Tyler Ramsey, Trek has worn a tuxedo every day for a year, lived an entire year in one specific shade of blue, ran for Governor of California, sold his possessions and disappeared into the desert, traveled through more than 80 countries, and turned kindness into an international experiment. Tyler calls it being “recovered from society.” In this episode of Punk Rock Sober, Trek and Tyler talk about choosing the person you want to become, why discipline creates freedom, keeping promises to yourself, knowing when a chapter of your life is over, forgiveness, friendship, sobriety and the surprising power of small acts of kindness. Trek also tells an extraordinary story about meeting a stranger on a cliff in Australia. What began with offering the man a photograph became a reminder that we rarely know what another person is going through — and that something seemingly insignificant can change a life. The conversation turns to Trek's own experiment with sobriety. After being challenged by a friend, he stopped drinking for a year at UCLA — then extended it through all four years of college. For Trek, the larger discovery wasn't simply sobriety. It was learning that keeping a commitment to yourself can fundamentally change what you believe you're capable of doing. They also explore an idea that might change the way you think about getting older: we can “reincarnate” multiple times during a single lifetime. Careers end. Relationships change. Identities evolve. Instead of holding onto a chapter after it has ended, Trek argues that we can consciously author the next one. This isn't just a conversation about recovery from substances. It's about recovering your ability to choose your own life. Punk Rock Sober Hosted by Tyler Ramsey. 1:00:55 — Meet Trek Thunder Kelly1:01:26 — A Year in Blue, a Year in a Tuxedo & Running for Governor1:02:04 — Selling Everything & Living Alone in the Desert1:02:29 — “Recovered From Society”1:02:35 — Becoming the Author of Your Own Story1:03:31 — The “KIND” Experiment1:05:50 — What Happens When You Wear KIND Everywhere1:08:20 — 83 Countries & Three Questions About Kindness1:11:35 — Ukraine, War & Finding Perspective1:13:10 — A Stranger on a Cliff in Australia1:14:37 — AG11:16:55 — The Story Continues1:18:34 — A Small Kindness Can Change a Life1:19:11 — The Stories You Tell Yourself1:19:19 — Learning to Be Kind to Yourself1:20:14 — Become Your Own Coach1:21:25 — Why Accepting Help Can Also Be Kindness1:22:27 — You Don't Have to Travel to Have an Adventure1:24:38 — Life, Mortality & Perspective1:27:18 — We Reincarnate During This Life1:28:15 — Knowing When a Chapter Is Over1:29:19 — Don't Let an Ending Turn Into Regret1:29:55 — Discipline Is Freedom1:30:07 — Trek's Four Sober Years at UCLA1:33:22 — Keep the Promises You Make to Yourself1:34:25 — Relationships: When 1 + 1 = 31:36:38 — Choose the People Around You Carefully1:37:02 — Forgiveness Is Freedom1:40:19 — Why Trek Seeks Out Different Cultures1:46:26 — Trek's Relationship With His Father

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  Brad Pitt Is Drinking Again — What That Means for People in Recovery | Punk Rock Sober

  Aug 24, 202659 min

  Save 20% on your first subscription order of AG1 Next Gen or AG1 Pro at http://drinkag1.com/punkrock Try Momentous Signature Spec Creatine at http://livemomentous.com and use code PRS for up to 35% off your entire first order.For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at http://mengotomars.com Tyler Ramsey takes on a question that has stirred up the recovery world: What happens when someone you've looked to as an example of sobriety decides to start drinking again? After years of publicly discussing sobriety, Brad Pitt is now drinking again—and Tyler thinks people in recovery are making a mistake if they allow someone else's decision to influence their own. The conversation expands into Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., Bradley Cooper, celebrity role models, relapse, personal responsibility and why somebody else's recovery—or lack of it—should never become an excuse to abandon what's working in your own life. Tyler's central message: if getting sober repaired the damage in your life, don't throw that away because somebody famous made a different choice. Robert Downey Jr. and Bradley Cooper come up as contrasting examples of people whose lives and careers Tyler believes continued to grow alongside sobriety. But this is a Tyler solo episode, so naturally that's only the beginning. Tyler gets into the universe and the speed of light, why some of us seem to have a built-in self-destruct button, sober Burning Man, his new stand-up alter ego “Turbo,” relationships you know you shouldn't be in, the explosion of alcohol-free culture, testosterone and peptides, and the unfortunate moment he discovered—too late—that the video game he bought his 10-year-old contained some very adult material. Plus, Tyler looks back at some of his most memorable Punk Rock Sober guests, including Marcus Capone, and talks about why he'd like to sit down with Hunter Biden for a future episode. Punk Rock Sober is about raw-dogging reality—recovery, addiction, life, culture, comedy and everything that happens when you stop trying to numb the experience. Subscribe for new episodes of Punk Rock Sober with Tyler Ramsey. 1:02 Raw Dogging Reality & the Speed of Light 3:30 Richard Feynman, God & the Universe 6:03 Why Do We Have a Self-Destruct Button? 7:53 Brad Pitt Is Drinking Again 8:26 What Actually Counts as a Relapse? 10:27 When Someone Else Leaves Recovery 11:49 Your Sobriety Can't Depend on Brad Pitt 12:14 World War Z & Brad Pitt's Best Movies 14:53 Conor McGregor Follows Brad Pitt 18:49 Tom Cruise: A Different Example 21:20 Tyler's Message to People in Recovery 22:47 Robert Downey Jr.'s Recovery Story 26:42 Bradley Cooper & Sobriety 27:47 The Real Stakes of Addiction 34:03 Relationships You Know You Shouldn't Be In 36:37 Why Was Anyone Friends With Eeyore? 37:04 Tyler's New Stand-Up Name: “Turbo” 39:34 The Rise of Alcohol-Free Culture 40:51 Going to Burning Man Sober 45:06 The Video Game Disaster With Tyler's Son 49:12 Peptides, Testosterone & Getting Older 52:13 Adderall, Sex Drive & Compulsive Behavior 53:09 Tyler's Favorite PRS Guests 54:55 Marcus Capone, PTSD & Ibogaine 56:17 Can Punk Rock Sober Get Hunter Biden? 59:25 Closing Thoughts

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  The Challenge's Alexis Lete on Surviving WWE's "Cult" Culture

  Aug 19, 20261h 18m

  Try Momentous Signature Spec Creatine at http://livemomentous.com and use code PRS for up to 35% off your entire first order. For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at http://mengotomars.com Don’t let stigma stand in the way of support. Start therapy with BetterHelp. Sign up and get 10% off at http://betterhelp.com/punkrock Head to http://factormeals.com/prs50off and use code prs50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last. Everyone sees Wonder Woman — Miss Indiana USA, WWE superstar-in-training, Deal or No Deal Island finalist, and now The Challenge: Cutthroat (Season 42). Almost nobody has heard this: three concussions, a developmental system she calls "essentially a cult," a release call that came on the exact day she'd set as her deadline — and the depression that followed, which she beat with a 9-rule system she built herself, one kept promise at a time. Tyler and Alexis go all the way through it — and yes, through Poopgate too. In this episode: "This stuff doesn't happen to me" — the panic attack that humbled the most confident person in the room Life inside WWE NXT: three concussions, "don't tell medical," and 7 torn ACLs in one women's division Fired on day 60 — the phone call that answered a prayer THE LIST: her 9 rules for getting your old self back (keep promises to yourself, sunrise, gratitude, meditation, the 45-minute walk, exit negative songs, run club, the gym rule, no dating) "No one is coming to save you" — the reframe that started the climb Painting her way back: the foil-art obsession that quieted her mind John Cena in a suit, Tiffany Stratton, Charlotte Flair, and the Mark Long gym story The Challenge: Cutthroat — "these people are delusional," says the D1 athlete Poopgate: the Deal or No Deal Island mystery the show never aired Guest: Alexis Lete — Miss Indiana USA, former D1 volleyball player and WWE NXT athlete, Deal or No Deal Island finalist, cast member of The Challenge: Cutthroat (Paramount+). Host: Tyler Ramsey — Punk Rock Sober. 0:00 — Cold Open: Wonder Woman Has Her Days 1:17 — How Tyler Met the Deal or No Deal Island Finalist 1:51 — Miss Indiana USA — and the Answer That Went Black 2:35 — "Protection": Why Losing Miss USA Was a Gift 3:44 — Tyler's MTV Almost-Life 4:27 — The 600-Day Reign 4:47 — WWE NXT: "We Call Them Superstars" 5:17 — 60 Girls, Seven Torn ACLs 5:47 — Concussed at the Grocery Store 6:05 — Where the Moxie Comes From 7:20 — The Boyfriend Who Felt Small 8:40 — Runways to the Bottom of the Totem Pole 9:58 — Three Concussions ("Don't Tell Medical") 10:45 — The Move That Wasn't in the Script 12:14 — "Essentially a Cult — and I Loved It" 13:43 — Fired on Day 60: "I've Been Praying About This" 15:45 — John Cena in a Suit 16:30 — Tiffany Stratton, Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair 17:48 — "Isn't It Fake?" Three Concussions Say No 18:53 — The Drug-Test Loophole 21:35 — Out of WWE, Out of the Group Chat 23:07 — The Panic Attack That Humbled Her 24:54 — "Wonder Woman Has Her Days Too" 25:53 — A Stranger at the Airport and the 5AM Club 28:09 — Painting Her Way Back 34:04 — No One Is Coming to Save You 35:00 — THE LIST: 9 Rules to Get Yourself Back 38:22 — The Challenge: Cutthroat, Season 42 38:55 — The Mark Long Gym Story 40:04 — Tyler's Survivor Scandal (and the Jungle) 46:23 — "These People Are Delusional" 52:42 — "It Has Been Me": Why She's Talking Now 55:57 — Violet's Questions 61:11 — Poop Addendum: Poopgate If you're struggling, you're not alone. Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7). For substance use, the SAMHSA National Helpline is free and confidential: 1-800-662-4357.

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