Talk of Shame

In episode #43 of Talk of Shame Podcast, Barry-John speaks with WWE legend and Hall of Famer, Jake 'The Snake' Roberts about his abusive and troublesome upbringing and some of his most famous moments in wrestling.

Jake opens up about how he was sexually abused by his mother and finding out later in life that his father was sexually abused by his father. 

The wrestling legend's life has been littered with tragedy, abuse and struggle in one way pr another and Jake also speaks about his late sisters suspected kidnapping and murder.

All of these tragic life events led Jake to a road of substance abuse where alcohol, pills and crack cocaine were his drugs of choice.

In a remarkable life turn around, Jake has gotten himself totally clean with the help of his friend Diamond Dallas Page.

Unfortunately Jake had to cut the interview short due to him experiencing breathing difficulties. We wish Jake a speedy recovery and hope that he is back to full health soon.

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In episode #42, Barry-John speaks with former FBI agent and child abduction specialist Jeffrey Rinek about his illustrious career in law enforcement. 

Jeffrey talks about the rewarding parts of the job but also how the job takes an emotional toll on its agents, so much so that Jeffrey actually has attempted suicide twice.

Jeffrey also speaks about obtaining the confession from the Yosemite Serial Killer, Cary Steynar.

I would highly recommend reading Jeffrey's book 'In The Name Of The Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators'.

The book can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Name-Children-Relentless-Pursuit-Predators/dp/1944648984

Learn more about Jeffrey here: https://fbiretired.com/agent/rinek-jeffrey/

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This week Barry-John speaks to combat sports royalty in Renzo Gracie about growing up fighting for his families honour  both on the streets and in the ring / cage in Brazil & internationally.

Renzo also talks about the upcoming UFC 254 main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov -vs- Justin Gaethje where he picks his winner.

The MMA pioneer also discusses Conor McGregor -vs- Dustin Poirier 2 which takes place in January as well as Conor McGregor's rapid rise to fame and some of the troubles that he has faced along the way.

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In this episode Barry-John speaks with reformed Neo Nazi Bryon Widner about his time in the extremely violent white supremacist underworld where he committed some disturbingly violent crimes including slicing off a homeless Native American mans ear in order to earn his stripes.

Bryon accumulated racist & Nazi tattoos which covered his face and neck as a badge of honour to his fellow gang members and a warning to his enemies.

Bryon would come to question the racist ideology that his group boasted and decided to move on with his life. Unfortunately in the world that he was entrenched the only 2 ways to leave were to go to prison or in a coffin so leaving the group made him a marked man.

Leaving the group brought violence to his front door and his life was threatened on numerous occasions. 

Eventually Bryon helped the FBI to obtain convictions against his former gang members. This has made Bryon a marked man for the rest of his life.

Bryon also talks about the excruciatingly painful 2 year process of removing all of the racist tattoo so that he could move on with his life as well as his deep regrets about the life that he has left behind.

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In this weeks episode Barry-John speaks to WWE Hall of Famer, Diamond Dallas Page about his wrestling career, DDP Yoga and the good, the bad and the ugly of the wrestling industry.

DDP talk about helping his close friends Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and Scott Hall (Razor Ramon) to overcome their physical and addiction issues with his amazing DDP Yoga which ultimately led both men to sobriety and physical improvements that have to be seen to be believed.

Barry-John also asks DDP about so many wrestlers dying way before their times, brain injuries and the tragic murder suicide of WWE wrestler Chris Benoit.

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In this special episode Barry-John is joined by British TV presenter & adventurer Charley Boorman who speaks about his brand new series with Ewan McGregor 'The Long Way Up' which has just been released on Apple TV.

In The Long Way Up Charley and Ewan travel from the southernmost tip of Argentina, Tierra Del Fuego, all the way up through South America and on in to Central America and finishing up in Los Angeles. That's over 13,000 miles! Oh and wait.... did I mention that they did all of this on electric Harley Davidsons.

Charley also talks about growing up in Wicklow, Ireland where he discovered his love for motorcycles!

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In this tragic but captivating episode Barry-John speaks with Huwe Burton from the Bronx in New York.

On January 3rd, 1989 when Huwe was just 16 years of age, he came home from school to find that his mother had been brutally murdered.  After calling the police Huwe was catapulted from being a grieving son to being the prime suspect.

He was then sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for which he served 20 years.  Huwe was completely innocent of the crime.

During this fascinating conversation Huwe discusses the despicable techniques used by the interrogating officers to coerce a confession out of him as well as serving time with hardened career criminals, murderers and rapists while trying to maintain his sanity in the knowledge that he was an innocent man.

Huwe never gave up and always maintained his innocence but struggled to get people to believe him with the exception of his beloved father who offered unwavering support for his son throughout his battle for justice. 

Huwe kept campaigning and writing to organisations protesting his innocence and finally the innocence project offered him a new lease of life by believing in him. 

In 2009 Huwe was released on parole and alongside The Innocence Project kept campaigning to be exonerated which he eventually was in January 2019. 

Find more information on The Innocence Project here: https://www.innocenceproject.org/

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In episode #36 of Talk of Shame Podcast Barry-John speaks to Australian sex positive writer and journalist Nadia Bokody about all things sex.

Nadia dispels the myth that women don't have the same sex drive as men while also tackling the problem of slut shaming women in society.

During this hour long discussion Nadia and Barry-John discuss casual sex, overcoming stigmas and stereotypes and empowering men and particularly women in bed.

Also covered in this episode is sex addiction, sex toys and early sex education.

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In part 2 of this podcast Barry-John speaks with international Drug Trafficker Pieter Tritton about how he escalated from being a small time student dealer to becoming an international drugs trafficker.

Pieter found himself dealing in huge amounts of cocaine while rubbing shoulders with some of the UK's most feared and respected criminals before traveling to South America where he was doing business with some of South America's most deadly traffickers.|

This eventually lead to Pieter's arrest and with him being imprisoned to over 10 years imprisonment where he spent time in the notorious Ecuadorian prison nicknamed El Infierno or Hell.

While in this South American hell hole prison Pieter witnessed some of the most violent and brutal murders imaginable.

This is his story....

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In part 1 of this podcast Barry-John speaks with international Drug Trafficker Pieter Tritton about how he escalated from being a small time student dealer to becoming an international drugs trafficker.

Pieter found himself dealing in huge amounts of cocaine while rubbing shoulders with some of the UK's most feared and respected criminals before traveling to South America where he was doing business with some of South America's most deadly traffickers.|

This eventually lead to Pieter's arrest and with him being imprisoned to over 10 years imprisonment where he spent time in the notorious Ecuadorian prison nicknamed El Infierno or Hell.

While in this South American hell hole prison Pieter witnessed some of the most violent and brutal murders imaginable.

This is his story....

If you enjoy this content please make sure you SUBSCRIBE wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Buy Pieter's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/El-Infierno-Ecuadors-toughest-prisons/dp/1785035614

Follow Barry-John on insta here: https://www.instagram.com/talkofshamepod/

Website: https://www.talkofshamepodcast.com/