Bob Forrest's Don't Die Podcast
by Bob Forrest
Don't Die! Kids are dying and it needs to stop, that's the simple message addiction counselor Bob Forrest is trying to get out. Listen as Bob and Chuk talk honestly about music, drug addiction, treatment, the recovery industry and the lies that politicians and big pharma are telling the American public
Episodes
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Episode Three Hundred Forty
Watch out, Don't Die-hards, Cold and Flu and Fire and Malibu falling into the ocean season is upon us, Chuk and Elvis are sick, Bob is tired of Insurance industry rigamarole and how slow it is to adjust when things arent working. Everybody don't die and go get ready for Halloween!
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty Nine
Ohana Fest 2026 recap & Bob's Uhaul Odyssey One for the books, people!
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty Eight
Here we go, Ohana Fest coming in hot! Topics discussed include worshipping wealth, blue dots, real violence vs the movies, social media's predatory algorithms, the magic of live music, did Bob go to Bonaroo? Did Bob commune with the spirit of John Lennon dopesick? Delivering pizza, the Inhalants...
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty Seven
Well! Took a while, things have been pretty hectic around the Don't Die-osphere, but we got one in today! Topics include Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Mr. Cubby aka Hubert Selby Jr. [RIP], Billy Idol's wife got Bob arrested, everybody getting their 15 minutes of fame, getting too old to give a…
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty Six
A extra strength Don't Die to contemplate the passing of dear friends, confront fear and trauma, hold onto curiousity, seek enlightenment, raise resilient children, stay sober and get thru a rough summer RIP Jennifer Finch, Nicky Sjobeck & Glen Hansard
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty Five
SOMEDAY Don't Die is gonna understand this podcast technology and Bob will fully charge his phone! Until then... this episode is a miracle. With no less than 5 false starts or dropped calls and one full intro recording lost, Don't Die got our honored guest Mike Magrann on the line. Author, biker,...
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty Three
Three guys with one and a half college educations talk about everything under the sun, including Bob's new convertible, Mike Martt's special way of doing everything, Kanye is the Rap Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton's No Reason to Cry album sucks, Bob's going to see Rod Stewart, Chuk's going to see the...
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty Four
Don't Die on Father's Day! Your resident sober dads talk about being a hands-off parent vs. your kid's best friend or life long roommate, how great it is that forgiveness, accountability and service to others are such popular ideas in the USA, World Cup, a sober lens, work ethic, Chuk makes Jelly...
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty Two
Peace, Love & Service For fun and for free Don't Die House coming soon?
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty One
Americans can't afford to live and Democrats can't afford to lose: a wake up call RIP David Allan Coe
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Episode Three Hundred Thirty
Part Two of our April double feature: Don't Die takes on influencers, Counting Crows, a lil band called Febuary, Tito Ortiz, Huntington Beach, Great White Sharks, Bob walking out of his MRI, the American Health Care nightmare and uniting regular Americans against our real enemies
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty Nine
Life is ______ and it's up to you to make the best of it! Don't Die is back, baby! Google and Meta were found guilty of addicting kids to social media, personal responsiblity, the power of forgiveness to heal yourself, America is back at war, Al Pacino's No White Light experience and all the...
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty Eight
Don't Die has some fun with history as it enters it's 47th year. Don't Die discusses everything: Chuk's morning meeting, free speech is over, Chuk humanizes the cancel mob, the weird evolution of pop songwriting and idiomatic rock, the legacy of Synanon, why the addict is the best person to work...
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty Seven
Bob's got a smashed shoulder and a bonked head and a bone to pick with everybody, but the key is to not let yourself off the hook either, people! Don't Die goes in on: dead marriages, giving up, suicide, starting over in middle age, talking down, a certain religion he and Elijah were raised in…
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty Six
Don't Die during Flu season, mother effers! Topics discussed include everybody suing everybody, why doctors go crooked, the Flintstones, babies in the microwave, famous people going over balconies, how to conspire with your mechanic to get what you've already paid for, that special…
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty Five
Ahh here goes, after a bunch of technical difficulties, Don't Die gets back on the airwaves! Issat what you call them nowadays? Topics include: Band practice is always a hassle, the missing Forrest family ring, punks going square and joining the voter mainstream, ICE in Minneapolis, emotional...
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty Four
Welcome back my friends to the talk that never ends! Bob doesn't wanna stand for the national anthem, but America's favorite pastime is bullying. At the same time there's Zero Tolerance policies in schools, which means children who report being bullied get punished the same as the bully. "No…
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty Three
Bob finally listened to Don't Die! And he liked it! And he can kinda see why you like it! Bob's connecting with Don't Die fans in Sweden, Thelonious Monster live on national TV in Holland, TSOL's final(?) show, Bob wants to talk to school shooters, the DSM is gonna split the Bordeline Personality...
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Episode 322
Don't Die in the New Year, people! Bob wishes normal folks understood having your head on a swivel, keeping an eye out for danger, looking both ways before you cross an armed mentally ill person or crimey. Topics include: how not to score drugs from agitated gangsters you owe money, the tragedy…
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty One
Don't Die goes into the tragedy of this week, the worst case scenario of addiction in America and what we can do about it, as well as the foiled Turtle Island Liberation Front plot, and look on the bright side of life with Rob Reiner's amazing career, you need the right drugs for EDM, which…
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Episode Three Hundred Twenty
Bob has a bone to pick with 12 step folks who criticize working in recovery; let 'em kick on your couch then! Long ramble that goes from taking your kid(Elijah) on the 12 step call from Hell to Kiss taking the Kennedy Center Honors Fran Leibovitz turned down, Chuk couldn't wait to get off work...
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Episode Three Hundred Nineteen
Don't Die speaks to the newcomer, every kid plays Roblox in a sick society, for Bob the steps aren't some all important guide to life, living off the grid and not getting high in early sobriety
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Episode Three Hundred Eighteen
A big one going into the holiday, Don't Die asks AI for a bunch of stats on addiction, voting and when it thinks the revolution is coming, Bob recounts Norwood Fisher knocking out 5 bouncers, as well as taking a beating from Axl Rose and then going to Canter's together, Paul Mccartney is way too...
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Episode Three Hundred Seventeen
Big music episode - the music mainstream is Disney and that's OK, Radiohead are not that important, Justin Timberlake very important,Elvis Forrest and the emo screamo slam scene, One Big Party festival, Elliott Smith, No Age, Best Coast, the Smell and Tom Petty's first album cover was hot
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Episode Three Hundred Sixteen
Bob and Chuk break down the hierarchy of rehab staffing and choosing a rehab, 40 years of experience between them, Bob quits AA over God talk and goes to a dodger game (40 years ago), Steven Adler, Gloria Scott, Hazelden, Peer Leaders and service keeps us sober
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Episode Three Hundred Fifteen
Here we go again Facts Versus Feelings with our bullsh*t detectors RIP D'Angelo & Ace Frehley
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Episode Three Hundred Fourteen
Things get political around the Don't Die-osphere as Bob predicts a clampdown on drug users and the next president of the USA
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Episode Three Hundred Thirteen
Don't Die are getting ready for Ohana fest, Bob & Elvis just played Norwood Fisher's 60th Birthday, don't email Bob just text, all the guys saw Oasis and had a blast, Methadone is back in force and they shoulda lowered the Flags to half mast for Redd Foxx. Come out to Ohana Fest! See you there!...
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Episode Three Hundred Twelve
What won't the haters hate?! The guys get into punk names, Redd Kross, Father John Misty, Big Thief, sacred cows going extinct in America, the Oasis reunion, rockstars don't look like rockstars and most importantly the plan for Ohana fest 2025! See you out there, folks!
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Episode Three Hundred Eleven
Don't Die Goes to Disneyland! String cheese is 12 dollars an hour! One of the messiest, deepest, most lurid conversations to ever come out of the happiest place on Earth! Happy Birthday Mike Martt & Sydney Magic Forrest!
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Episode Three Hundred Ten
Stop Dying, Claremont! Bob makes a big apology to the IE, walks it back, re-apologizes, asks forgiveness and the guys discuss everything from AI (Shout out @LiztheDeveloper) to what makes America beautiful and who knows what next
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Episode Three Hundred Nine
Keep it positive and stop dying, Chuk! The guys get into social media, quality time raising enlightened kids, Columbo, The Cosby Show, Squid Game, Elijah's on tour with Ateez, the Easter Island heads, John and Dan Fante's redemption story, and not making money for the tech billionaire's profiting...
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Episode Three Hundred Eight
Don't Die or wind up in jails or institutions, people! Bob reflects on ambitious junkies and the club Power Tools, film production leaving LA, when advice is warranted, dealing drugs is a lot more profitable than body brokering or a skeezy crooked rehab, Costa Mesa, Basketball Bob's hard lesson...
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Episode Three Hundred Seven
Welcome to the connoisseur heroin episode of the Don't Die Podcast! Apparently there is an artisanal black market for heroin, craft beer style, and Bob is very happy Other topics include taking kids to concerts, changing diapers in public, getting kicked out of the movies, going to prison for...
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Episode Three Hundred Six
Don't Die and don't give your toddler three lemonades, guys!!! The guys get into the definition of addiction, parenting thru sugar rushes, Meth is unbeatable, remembering Dix Denney- master of preparation, Thelonious Monster and Beyonce sharing a rehearsal space, Auntie Aubbie Forrest and the...
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Episode Three Hundred Five
Don't Die big music episode, the guys discuss NOT letting the kids play music in the car, Queen, D4VD, Black Pink, Royal Trux, Eels, Al Kooper, Sammy Hagar, Angyl and Bob goes deep on Lynyrd Skynyrd ========0
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Episode Three Hundred Four
Don't Die is back! The guys discuss comedy, millenials, drug addicts, Cathy Evelyn Smith and all the usual suspects, Bob is officially back in LA and has a new spending problem: Uber. Isaiah Forrest has the flu. Chuk, as always, is the voice of reason. Keep on stopping the dying, Don't Die-hards!...
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Episode Three Hundred Three
Keep on Stopping Dying Chuk! The guys discuss Ancestry dot com, 23 and me, counseling your family, Bob's Barbara Streisand covers album, good boundaries vs good AA, Bob taking 4 months to move to Hollywood but its finally getting done, how not to ask for help moving and Idris Forrest is a lil...
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Episode Three Hundred Two
COACHELLA 2025 & CHUK LIKES LIL YACHTY! WAIT WHUT?
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Episode Three Hundred One
The guys all hung out in person and Chuk gave an amazing lead at the super secret society's flagship Sunday morning meeting in LA, Bob took a cake from all his old friends and a great time was had by all. Then they jumped on that night to discuss what a great job Chuk had done, medical recovery...
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Episode Three Hundred
Holy Sh*t I thought we'd never get this one done, I better upload this f***er now before Mike Martt's computer crashes again! Don't Die turns 300 thru much calamity: Three recording sessions (THANK YOU WAG!), hours of phone calls and emails, sick kids, sick parents, computer crashes, software...
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Episode Two Hundred Ninety Nine
Well that kinda snuck up on us! We're getting old, Bob's freaking out about 64 but not going to the doctor, Aimee Davis made a good bet on Chuk, Tom Arnold is hilarious, the kids are doing good, we're not dying and that's plenty, RFK is not the first AA in the whitehouse, Elijah had some...
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Episode Two Hundred Ninety Eight
Stop Dying, Don't Diehards! Bob's turning 64 today, Amoeba is the greatest record store in the world, Elvis and his friends are good kids, Isaiah Forrest shouldn't drink ranch, Huntington Beach is cool or used to be cool, most people in the American prison system have drug problems and nobody…
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Episode Two Hundred Ninety Seven
Grammys Special! Don't Die won four Grammys this year, but apparently Bob was the only person who was informed! Elijah actually watched the awards! Chuk, ever the voice of reason, had zero interest! Also: Psychedelics are not Narcotics, America is a land of opportunity, how to fail at stealing…
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Episode Two Hundred Ninety Six
Bob and the guys are back at it, going deep into the wanton cruelty of the suburban driver and the entitled Californian, the history of AA, the wildfires, sober fatherhood of adult addicts and more. Shoutouts to the great William Roper, Gloria Scott and Clancy. Don't die everybody, love your…
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Episode Two Hundred Ninety Five
We're back to talk the LA Wildfires, so much devastation to so many people we love, a tragedy like never before and maybe, terrifying thought, the new normal for Southern California Our hearts are with everyone who lost their homes, livelihoods, loved ones this week
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Episode Two Hundred Ninety Four
Stop Dyin, Los Angeles! This episode was recorded the night before the fires really went, you can actually hear things ramping up as the episode goes on. Post a follow up shortly to talk about them. Our hearts go out to the family of our dear departed man Tony Malone and everyone who has being...
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Two Hundred Ninety Three
Don't Die has a big announcement, Dopey Nation is going live in LA and Bob hates Zoom AA meetings! Or maybe he just thinks that the real help and sobriety comes from face to face interactions and humility and kindness and discomfort that being online doesn't really allow for. Hope everyone had a...
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Episode Two Hundred Ninety Two
Stop Dying, Santa! Here goes: topics discussed include Christmas spirit, giving gifts, Boxcar Willie, buying inflatable Christmas decorations on a discount, Elvis Forrest's 60 dollar underwear, Tyler the Creator, Westminster Mall and all the rest. Featuring a bonus Xmas album care off our dear...
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Episode Two Hundred Ninety One
Stop Dying, Chuk! The guys are back, talking bout relapse, Tyson's uppercut, Sydney Forrest's Soccer Championship, Eddie Vedder's grace under pressure, parenting, stagefright, drug trials and everything in between. It's the most wonderful time of the year! Teach your kids to tie their own shoes,...
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Don't Die! Kids are dying and it needs to stop, that's the simple message addiction counselor Bob Forrest is trying to get out. Listen as Bob and Chuk talk honestly about music, drug addiction, treatment, the recovery industry and the lies that politicians and big pharma are telling the American public
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