#292 NHL Legend Theo Fleury

#292 NHL Legend Theo Fleury

"My coach raped me over 200 times". The truth that Theo almost died trying to keep to himself. Only when he hit bottom with drugs, sex and gambling could he summon the courage to face what had happened when he was a rising 14 year-old phenom. He talks about his childhood, his hockey career, getting sober and his post-career mission of raising awareness and trying to change outdated sentencing laws that allow sexual predators to continue to abuse in Canada, especially the new documentary about it, Victor Walk. To learn more about Theo's cause and the film Victor Walk go to www.victorwalkdoc.com This episode is sponsored by BlueApron. For your first three meals free with free shipping go to www.blueapron.com/mental Thanks to retired NHL referee Kerry Fraser and the Player's Tribune website for permission to read his piece about Theo. It can be read here. http://www.theplayerstribune.com/2016-6-7-kerry-fraser-nhl-referee-stories/ For tickets to LAPodfest (in person, live stream or 30 day archive viewing) go to www.lapodfest.com and use offer code HAPPY for $5 off (plus Paul gets some of the ticket price). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Episode 110: Greg Behrendt Returns

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Episode 109: Listener Claire Laffar

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Claire shares about her bullied upbringing outside London with a neurotic mom and a mysterious, stoic dad prone to explosive fits of rage and how escaping into fantasy worlds, especially books, became...

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Episode 108: Greg Fitzsimmons

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The writer (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Lucky Louie) comedian (Comedy Central, The Howard Stern Show) and podcaster (Fitzdog Radio) opens up about his tumultuous relationship with his late father, his t...

5 Huhti 20131h 49min

Episode 107: Sara Benincasa

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The writer (Agorafabulous!, XOJane.com, Vice.com) and performer (Comedy Central, MTV) talks about a popular friend's suicide in high school that informed much of her later life, her families history o...

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Episode 106: Robert Patrick Lewis

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The former Green Beret talks about his childhood in Texas, the loss of his adoptive mother, his tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa, the injury that resulted in his getting a Purple Heart and living...

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