Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Back from Broken

Colorado Public Radio

Society & Culture

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Jake "The Snake" Roberts was one of the most famous pro wrestlers of the 1980s. He had a massive following. But behind the scenes he was addicted to drugs and alcohol, and haunted by childhood abuse. This is the story of how Jake "The Snake" turned things around and found a second career as a stand-up comedian.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this is our finale. It's a pretty big deal.
0:03.6	Mike checked testing one, too. Hello.
0:05.4	I must say it's been quite a journey. Hey, Anders, can you hear me?
0:09.4	Yes. Oh, sorry. I was hollering in there.
0:12.7	Yes, I'm here.
0:14.5	Is this David? Yes, it is. How are you, Vic?
0:17.1	I'm doing great. It's a good day for baseball, right?
0:19.5	Yes, sir.
0:22.3	People have opened up their lives on this show to help you and the people you love
0:26.7	to not feel so alone in recovery.
0:29.5	Maybe if I hadn't had this gambling addiction, I would have just gone through the rest of my life
0:34.3	with all these unaddressed, undelt with issues.
0:40.3	More than a year of research, preparation, interviews, sound design, and music production
0:45.3	went into this show. We even had a live event.
0:53.6	Families band together in this way that they don't even sometimes have a choice.
0:57.6	It's just what makes, I think, addiction, a social disease.
1:00.3	It makes it a family event.
1:03.1	None of it would have been possible without the support of listeners just like you.
1:07.6	So my question, before we get into today's interview, do you value this show? And would you make a
1:13.5	donation to support Back from Broken? I'm really just glad that I've just grown to this point and
1:19.9	like my heart is full. You can hit pause right now and give whatever you can to support this show and the people who make it at back frombroken.org.
1:39.5	Okay, with that out of the way, onto the show.
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