#216 - Brandon Novak Comes Clean on CKY, Viva La Bam & Heroin Addiction

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Danny Jones

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Brandon Novak pro skateboarder, speaker, author, & best friend of Bam Margera. He is known for his appearances on Viva La Bam, Jackass, the CKY series & Haggard. EPISODE LINKS https://brandonnovak.com https://www.instagram.com/brandon__novak Venmo for Novak's scholarship fund - @NovaksHouse SPONSORS: https://ver.so/danny - Use code DANNY to save 15% on your order. https://factormeals.com/DJP50 - Use CODE: DJP50 for 50% off. Weekly bonus episodes: https://patreon.com/dannyjones FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Brandon & Bam in the early days 06:00 - How Brandon got into heroin so early? 09:40 - Brandon's memory is shot 12:55 - Ali Boulala & the Piss Drunx crew 20:01 - Avoiding drugs and alcohol 22:14 - Brandon's quest to sobriety 26:08 - Intentionally sabotaging his own success 29:32 - Insane story behind the ALF tattoo 33:02 - Filming Viva La Bam for MTV 37:53 - Putting a rock up his butt for drug money 41:31 - CKY stories 42:50 - Twisted stories trying to score smack 44:37 - Brandons mom prayed for his death 49:45 - Working for the DEA 58:26 - Fentanyl 01:01:57 - What's a "Speed-ball" ? 01:03:51 - Cartel wars 01:06:40 - Disturbing hotel experience in Australia 01:14:43 - Novak's relationship with Bam 01:19:57 - Novak's Houses for the Recovering 01:28:31 - Psychological affect of giving 01:32:47 - Methadone clinics 01:41:49 - Experiments with good vices 01:46:51 - The most FOUL tattoo in history 01:51:44 - Conflict Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All the CKY videos and all that stuff, Haggard, all that stuff, pretty much defined our
0:11.2	childhoods.
0:12.5	That's a very depressing thing to hear.
0:15.9	I'm just kidding, man.
0:17.2	It is the, it is the reason I ever picked up a video camera like ever when
0:23.1	i was 15 and started doing that's led to all this shit and like it is so fucking cool to sit down
0:29.4	and talk to you man it's it's it's unreal it's uh nah i'm grateful to be here this is uh
0:35.4	you guys have a really rad thing going on.
0:38.8	And, you know, I look forward to making any reason to make it to Florida.
0:42.7	I really like, I have a place in Fort Lauderdale.
0:45.5	Oh, do you really?
0:46.3	Yeah.
0:46.8	And I was telling him, time kind of slows down when you get here.
0:50.0	Whenever I get off the plane, as soon as I walk off the plane and the air hits me, I'm like, ah, I can breathe.
0:57.5	So it's, you know, I really love coming here.
0:59.5	But it's funny because the gravity and the magnitude of what that's produced from then to now is like mind blowing.
1:11.4	And the amount of money that's generated off of like YouTube
1:14.8	is insane.
1:15.8	Oh dude, it's so crazy.
1:17.6	You know, I remember being at Bam's house
1:19.4	when he received his first check for the million dollars.
1:26.7	I actually signed for it.
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