About this episode
Hollywood is dying, but what comes next? Gary “Nerdrotic” joins me to unpack the rot and his wild journey from battling addiction and prison to fatherhood and YouTube with 1M+ subs, and why pop culture is still worth fighting for. GET YOUR MERCH HERE: https://shop.nickjfreitas.com/ BECOME A MEMBER OF THE IC: https://NickJFreitas.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickJFreitas YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:37 Nerdrotic’s New Book 00:05:38 How Gary Went From Prison to YouTube 00:19:49 Going to Prison For the First Time 00:24:22 Getting Out and Going Back to Prison 00:29:28 Prison vs Hollywood Myths 00:34:00 Starting Over 00:42:48 Relapse and the Addictive Mindset 00:43:22 Politics and Government 00:49:43 How Gary Recovered 00:53:05 Fathers, Masculinity, and Cultural Guardrails 00:58:09 Nerdrotic’s Critique of Pop Culture 01:05:53 Outro + Where to Find Gary