Life Inside The Salad Bowl

Talking to Mohamad who is the face of his Family shop, The Albert Road store about the sudden loss of his brother Ali.

This is a very emotional episode where Mohamad talks about rushing to his brother's aid when he first got the call, not accepting the doctor's prediction's, right down to holding his brother while he took his final breath.

Raising Ali's son, refusing to let his final ride be in a holden, feeling sorry for happy people he sees, blaming himself, and wanting to die are all things Mohamad has had to navigate.

Now Mohamad implore's people everyday to not let petty things get in the way of friendship's, to tell the people that love them, and to hold everyone just a little longer. Once someone is gone, they're gone.

*This episode wasn't filmed, and to be honest I think that may have allowed Mohamad to express himself better. The emotion and sadness you can hear in his voice moves the hardest of souls. If you're travelling past Moonah call into The Albert Road Store and help support an amazing human being.

Battle rapping in the UK, South Africa, and Canada.

Chasing the dopamine of releasing music and the connection you get from playing to a live crowd.

Getting dodgey playstations and CD's into prison.

Helping out the youth through support work.

Talking to Brad about his younger years with drugs, suicide, "selling his soul" working in the mines to recover from crippling debt.

To life now, swinging from ropes in a harness 100+ meters above ground, welding, racecar's, racing motorbikes, and various other topics.

**There are parts of this story that are extremely confronting, hearing about his best mate calling to say goodbye, and Brad rushing to try and get to him before it was too late is intense.

WARNING:

This Episode contains pretty in-depth conversation around drug use, and suicide/

If you or someone you know are struggling, please reach out to one of the many resources available.

LIFELINE: 13 11 14

Talking to Greeley, Tasmanian hip-hop artist and recent history buff about drugs in dead pigeons, Smoking "Prison pocket weed", and other stories from Risdon prison where he wrote the album "Risdon Wisdom".

The comparisons and similarities between rehab and prison.

Meeting Roberta Williams and discovering she is a KERSER fan.

Taking Spanian for a tour of Tassie which resulting in multiple alleged police officer assaults, property damage, hooning charges and police telling local shops to close to help manage the crowd.

Our first meeting, where Greeley tried to stop me from getting the biggest beating of my life.

Pieces of history, trauma, the cycle of violence, and just generally chatting about what Tassie is like from different outlooks.

Talking to "Mecca", a childhood friend who I grew up with about:

My Psychologist discovering the reasons for my anxiety and panic attacks being I'd trained my body to look for and create stress for content.

Closing kids out to parts of my life to create videos.

The neighbour that died and possibly was asking us for help that day.

Construction of the new Bridgewater bridge.

Talking to my youngest sister (affectionately known as "The angry Ranga") about our upbringing, identifying my issue's, and some of the huge calls that she had to make in the attempt to get me help.

Talking to mum about my upbringing, and the years, weeks and days leading up to getting me into a detox facility and then rehab. The effects, damage, pain, and struggle to get me help. Life on the other side, once I left rehab and integrating back into the world again.