Rock Bottom With Ned Fulmer

Rock Bottom With Ned Fulmer

Everyone makes mistakes. Some of us - really big ones. But what comes next? Rock Bottom is a show that explores people's lowest, most embarrassing, and challenging moments. Featuring raw, unfiltered conversations with comedians, creators, authors and celebrities, we talk about how they not only survived it all but transformed their lives. Hosted by Ned Fulmer, the ex-BuzzFeed Try Guys co-creator whose own Rock Bottom ranked #6 of Time's Most Viral Moments of 2022, the show blends curiosity and empathy to tell stories of experience, strength and hope. Because sometimes the only way out is through...one podcast at a time.

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May 20, 2026 56 mins
Australian family lawyer and author Gabriella Pomare joins Ned for an essential conversation about rebuilding family life after separation. Five years ago, Gabriella experienced her own devastating rock bottom: navigating a messy separation with a one-year-old son while simultaneously watching her mother suffer a catastrophic stroke that left her paralyzed and without memory. Despite being a seasoned family law practitioner, she di...
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Marnie Breecker, from Helping Couples Heal, interviews Ned.
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Fortune 500 consultant and celebrity Enneagram coach Courtney Smith joins Ned for an illuminating exploration of the ancient personality system that reveals why we get stuck, how we create our own crises, and what it takes to break free. Unlike typical rock bottom episodes focusing on one person's story, this conversation offers a practical framework for understanding your own patterns—whether you're the perfectionist leaking rage,...
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Author and behavioral designer Nir Eyal joins Ned to explore the hidden beliefs that keep us stuck—whether it's the diet that never works, the dream trip that never happens, or the chronic pain that won't go away. Nir's journey began with a devastating personal rock bottom: 30 years of yo-yo dieting, clinical obesity from childhood, and the shame of being the kid who never took his shirt off at the pool. After cycling through every...
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Financial educator and bestselling author Vivian Tu (Your Rich BFF) sits down with Ned to share the devastating rock bottom moment that changed everything: discovering her New York City apartment was infested with thousands of German cockroaches. Breaking her lease cost $8,000—wiping out every dollar she'd saved from her grueling 70-80 hour weeks as an equity trader on Wall Street. After a year and a half of work, she had less mone...
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Kristen Collier discovered $200,000 of fraudulent student loans taken out in her name by her own mother—money that had been funneled into a gambling addiction. This devastating family betrayal launched Kristen into a years-long battle with predatory lenders, crushing debt, and the impossible choice between pressing criminal charges against her mother or carrying the burden herself. In this gripping episode, Kristen shares her harr...
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Why do people cheat? Ned Fulmer interviews Lauren Larusso, LPC, LMHC about affairs. How is the experience of a betrayed spouse vs. a cheating spouse vs. an affair partner different? How can the lessons of psychology and physiology help us transcend our most devastating moments into a future of honesty and clarity? Season 2 of Rock Bottom starts today, thank you for being a part of this community.
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Jonathan Walton shows you the 12 Red Flags to watch for so you can spot Con Artists before they scam you.
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Gen X Icon, model, actress, and author IONE SKYE discusses the secret stories from her memoir “Say Everything” including her tumultuous relationship with Anthony Kiedis, her marriage (and divorce) from Ad-Rock from the Beastie Boys, and healing her inner child, finding herself and becoming the best version of herself today at age 55.
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Author and investigative journalist Elizabeth Greenwood discusses her fascinating work about faking your own death, falling in love in prison, and trusting your gut. She not only writes about these subjects but throws herself into the action and in this case actually generated her own death certificate. It’s an interesting discussion about the lengths people might go to avoid facing the consequences of rock bottom, as well as a con...
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Author Matthew Fray recounts the unexpected aftermath of his divorce: a community and movement towards eliminating unintentional invalidation in relationships. ABOUT: Rock Bottom is a show that explores the lowest, most embarrassing, and challenging moments in people's lives in order to find unexpected resilience, transformation, and growth within. Let us know in the comments who you'd like to see on the show next. LISTEN: Ap...
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Iconic voice actor and comedy star Phil LaMarr (MadTV, Pulp Fiction, Samurai Jack, Star Wars Clone Wars, Futurama, and more) joins us for a conversation about AI, diversity in Hollywood, improv, and details the challenging road that is pursuing an acting career from a young age. He's insightful, hilarious, and carries a message of perseverance throughout the daily rejections of being an actor in Los Angeles. Comment below what yo...
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Activist, author, and convicted former leader of the Dallas Bloods gang Antong Lucky sits down with Ned for a discussion of systemic racism, community activism, and redemption.


From an early childhood life marred by the loss of his father figure, to school years increasingly affected by violence, Antong eventually became the leader of the Dallas Bloods gang and recounts the moment he faced a judge who told him "You are a menace...

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A journalist who's profiled celebrity rock bottoms sits down to discuss Amy Winehouse, Justin Bieber and the story of Amy McPherson--a religious mega-celebrity from the 1920s who faked her own death to cover up a love affair. Claire Hoffman on Rock Bottom.


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Lee Tilghman (Lee From America) quit social media at the height of her fame after being canceled. Years later she describes it as the best decision she could have made for her mental health and tells all in her new memoir "If You Don't Like This I Will Die"

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Karan Soni (Deadpool, Nice Indian Boy) tells stories about getting mugged in NYC by a racist cab driver, overcoming type-casting as a terrorist, and his brilliant soul-nourishing new movie A Nice Indian Boy.

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Real Housewife of Orange County and Reality TV Star Shannon Beador unpacks her divorce after getting cheated on, her arrest for a DUI, and her subsequent journey of recovering and healing.

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Author Lara Love Hardin tells the harrowing story of her battle with a painkiller & heroin addiction, the utter devastation she felt when police showed up at her door separating her from her children, and ultimately her path towards taking accountability and healing. Her writing has been recognized as an Oprah Book Club pick and she is a national bestselling author & book agent.


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September 17, 2025 68 mins

The Aftermath of Infidelity | A Conversation With Ariel Fulmer | Rock Bottom Episode 1


About Rock Bottom:

Everyone makes mistakes. But what comes next? Rock Bottom is a show that explores the lowest, most embarrassing, and challenging moments in people's lives in order to find unexpected resilience, transformation, and growth within.

 

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