Nile Rodgers

Bryony Gordon's Mad World

The Telegraph

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Legendary musician and producer Nile Rodgers joins Bryony for the first episode of this special series of Mad World.

This Addiction Awareness Week, Bryony has teamed up with Action on Addiction and the Forward Trust to bring you a conversation each day tackling a different element of addiction. Because even though we are slowly breaking down the stigma around discussing mental health, addiction - sadly - remains a taboo, even though we will all know someone touched by it.

Listen as Nile tells Bryony how he grew up surrounded by the illness, describes the euphoria of his first gig playing sober, and shares how Keith Richards was the unlikely inspiration for his sobriety.

Action on Addiction is a UK charity providing support to people who need rehab, as well as a wealth of resources for those battling addiction issues: https://www.actiononaddiction.org.uk |

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0:00.0	The Telugu...
0:02.0	The Telugu...
0:03.0	...podcasts.
0:10.0	You know, alcohol, if we say there are no victims, only volunteers.
0:14.0	We choose to do that stuff.
0:16.0	And now I choose to live a sober life.
0:19.0	And it's amazing.
0:25.0	Hello, my name's Barney Gordon.
0:27.0	And I want to welcome you to this special series of Mad World.
0:31.0	And I say special series because it covers a subject I know all too well.
0:35.0	Addiction.
0:37.0	Addiction Recovery and Mental Health go hand in hand and as many of you may know, it's a journey I've been on and I'm still on.
0:43.0	So for this year's Addiction Awareness Week, the Mad World team have joined forces with the amazing charities action on addiction and the forward trust.
0:51.0	To bring you a series of honest conversations about addiction.
0:54.0	Be that to alcohol, drugs, gambling or something else.
0:58.0	We're slowly breaking down the stigma of discussing mental health.
1:01.0	But addiction still sadly remains to do.
1:03.0	Even though we will all know someone who's been touched by it.
1:06.0	Which means I'm especially grateful to my guests on this series for having the courage to speak to me.
1:11.0	Which brings me to our first guest.
1:14.0	He's an incredible guitarist, songwriter, producer and all-round musical legend who founded the band Sheik.
1:21.0	He's also worked with some of the biggest names in the business.
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