Bob Forrest's Don't Die Podcast

Three guys with one and a half college educations talk about everything under the sun, including Bob's new convertible, Mike Martt's special way of doing everything, Kanye is the Rap Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton's No Reason to Cry album sucks, Bob's going to see Rod Stewart, Chuk's going to see the Church, End of Life care is an American Nightmare, Bob's father in law has passed on and Idy Mo Forrest is auditioning for a new grandpa
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Don't Die on Father's Day! Your resident sober dads talk about being a hands-off parent vs. your kid's best friend or life long roommate, how great it is that forgiveness, accountability and service to others are such popular ideas in the USA, World Cup, a sober lens, work ethic, Chuk makes Jelly Roll a verb, Bob loves Jack Osbourne, Jennifer Hudson is a badass and we gotta stay willing to change change change for the better and lo...

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-relea...

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 s...

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...

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 school...

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...

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 interven...

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 beco...

Bob has a bone to pick with 12 step folks who criticize working in recovery; let 'em kick on your couch then! Long ramble that goes from taking your kid(Elijah) on the 12 step call from Hell to Kiss taking the Kennedy Center Honors Fran Leibovitz turned down, Chuk couldn't wait to get off work today, Bob let's the kids try and fail but no crying over spilt milk, Rush is getting back together, can you believe we used to let pregnant...

A big one going into the holiday, Don't Die asks AI for a bunch of stats on addiction, voting and when it thinks the revolution is coming, Bob recounts Norwood Fisher knocking out 5 bouncers, as well as taking a beating from Axl Rose and then going to Canter's together, Paul Mccartney is way too kind for everything he's been thru (you try being in a band with John!), Don't Die all loved the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, Bob loves...