Episode Three Hundred Twenty Nine

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

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 different versions of Heaven, the Bible & the AA Big Book and trying to steal shit from county jail while you're getting miracle-released Congratulations to Monte with 39 years, Bob with 30 years, Zander with 21 years and Chuk's sons Tristan with 15 years & Sasha with 21 months! And to everybody who's out there stopping dying!

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 with the addict and there are no equal rights under the US constitution but just harass people on social media that'll fix everything

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, AA old timers alienating people, AA youngsters alienating themselves, reconnecting with lifelong friends in sobriety (and not having them sponsor you!), Mike Martt's subtle profound outlook, dying a sober death with dignity, Moderation Management and the tragic story of Audrey Kishline

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 you're-an-idiot look everybody gets at least once and the government are liars (it's their whole job people!), but you could still need a flu shot

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 resilience & deciding what's worth focusing on, America desperately needs new ideas and new leadership, like David Lynch said "Blue Skies and Sunshine!"

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 that's not actually what the policy means, what they're doing is-" You're a f*cken idiot! It's what it amounts to! Stop siding with the schools against your children when they're being victimized, stop siding against the school when your kid's the bully. Focus on your kids, help your kids, learn parenting! Ain't no unified school district gonna do that job for you. Don't Die!

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 Disorder, catchphrases and buzzwords to empower the lost soul, Chuk is still not a therapist, the new American Great depression and Trump baiting China for World War 3 Stay safe out there! 

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 of rapper Lil Loaded, the obscene regularity of school shootings in 2025, the new Dave Chappelle special, the nightmare of US interventionism, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, Elvis Forrest is a little debutante in training and more Happy New Year, let's hope 2026 is a little easier on everyone who don't have a billion dollars and keep on stopping the dying!

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 musical acts always bring it live, Styx, Chiacgo, Psychic TV, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, all the different Bob Dylans and Elvis Forrest becoming self sufficient and a magical musician A Hell of a week RIP Rob & Michelle Reiner Love and courage to Lucas, Romy & Jake Reiner and all their friends and family