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EPISODE · Dec 5, 2025 · 10 MIN

The Backstory: Olympic Athlete to Drug Lord

from The Backstory with Patty Steele · host iHeartPodcasts

What Happens When Your Star Doesn’t Burn as Bright as Your Passion? Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding faced that question . . and is now on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List as an international drug lord. It’s about ambition without brakes and what happens when the skills that make you great — focus, risk tolerance, hunger for status — get redirected into a market where the rules are written in blood. This is Wedding’s descent from the mountaintops to the depths of drug dealing and murder. Do you have a story idea you’d like me to share? Just DM me! On Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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