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Hollywood is dying, but what comes next? Gary “Nerdrotic” joins me to unpack the rot and his wild journey from battling addiction and prison to fatherhood and YouTube with 1M+ subs, and why pop culture is still worth fighting for.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:37 Nerdrotic’s New Book
00:05:38 How Gary Went From Prison to YouTube
00:19:49 Going to Prison For the First Time
00:24:22 Getting Out and Going Back to Prison
00:29:28 Prison vs Hollywood Myths
00:34:00 Starting Over
00:42:48 Relapse and the Addictive Mindset
00:43:22 Politics and Government
00:49:43 How Gary Recovered
00:53:05 Fathers, Masculinity, and Cultural Guardrails
00:58:09 Nerdrotic’s Critique of Pop Culture
01:05:53 Outro + Where to Find Gary
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