Welcome to the Small Bow Podcast. I’m your host, A.J. Daulerio. This is a show about expanding the definition of recovery, where we talk to writers, entertainers, recovering addicts, recovering jerks, and even the occasional normal person about their struggles with love, sex, money, loneliness, shame, grief, drugs, alcohol, ego, identity, fame, and other fun things.
In addition to this podcast, the Small Bow is a newsletter and recovery community that I started in 2018 to chronicle my own path toward sobriety and sanity following multiple rehab stints and a very public ordeal in which I was a co-defendant in Gawker's groundbreaking legal trial against pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. A Florida jury voted in favor of Hogan and awarded him $115 million, which bankrupted the company and torched my former life. Good times.
But out of all that grew the Small Bow. If you like what we do, consider subscribing to our newsletter and joining our community.
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This week, AJ sits down with Jerry O’Connell to pull back the curtain on the hidden internal mechanics he uses to stay grounded. Jerry goes into his “sit on your hands” upbringing, the nightmare of the media in the midst of public loss, the weight of childhood legacy, and how he keeps things “simple” in a town wired for chaos.
From grieving the “lightning bolt” of a mentor he found in his Stand By Me director Rob Reiner to the professional jealousy he still experiences, Jerry and AJ get real about how a Hollywood veteran contends with his own worst instincts.
Watch the full conversation now 👇
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Academy Award winner Cord Jefferson joins the podcast to talk about the unexpected downside of success: it kills your drive. Cord explains his new "Steady Seven" life, where stability and money have replaced the frantic anxiety that used to be his best writing partner.
We also get into the messier side of the media industry:
1️⃣ Why legacy media loved to dismiss Gawker
2️⃣ Why calling a 20-year grind a "charmed career" is a "go f*ck yourself" offense
3️⃣ And the fallout from a cancelled Gawker TV show and the personal resentments that linger long after the "pirate ship" sank
It’s a conversation about the utility of resentment and what happens when you reach the summit and realize you’ve lost your hunger.
Full conversation is live on the channel now.
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