How My Addiction x The Power of Music Birthed a Podcast — Samson Shulman

Samson Shulman is from Detroit and was accepted to law school in 2004 and chose instead to take a leap of faith, at age 23, moving to L.A. to pursue a career in the music business. Since then, he’s worked for Interscope Records, Atlantic Records, The Tonight Show, and secured multiple major record deals for up and coming artists under the talent management company he founded, 5AM Collective. He is currently pursuing a Master's in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles. Today's co-host, Yung $tanny, is originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has worked for Island Records, BMG and Interscope Records and is also currently pursuing a Master's in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS // + How the music industry resembles casino gambling in Las Vegas + Gabor Mate's philosophy that we should not be asking ourselves why the addiction but rather asking, why the pain? + What happens when we are fully driven by our ego + Samson's history with Gambling addiction, his darkest days and how he grew and eventually benefitted from having gone through his addiction + How important motives are and what really subconsciously drives us + How a deep feeling of connection is found both in music and in the recovery rooms of 12 step programs and how all people should have access to some version of this