Hell Has an Exit Podcast with Teddy Tarantino

Andre was born in a period of intense violence and tribal warfare in poverty-stricken Jamaica.  He escaped with his family to the US, but not before witnessing the deaths of both children and adults, first-hand, by the time he reached five years old. Life continued to be a challenge for his family, as his parents divorced shortly after the move with Andre and his brother being bounced back and for...

Welcome to episode twenty-four of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with John S. to discuss John’s incredible true story. John was born into a large, loving family. Through hard work, he became a nurse, purchased a home and was married before his 30th birthday. Until one late night altered his fate and opened the doors to his addictions. With virtually...

Born in a Broward County jail into a family of addicts, Rachel quickly realized her childhood wasn’t like her friends’. While her mom prostituted the streets of South Florida, Rachel was left alone for days. And when she was finally arrested, Rachel was left for good. After her mom’s arrest, Rachel turned to opiates and lived with a friend, whose father raped her daily and fueled her growing addic...

For years, Robin bounced around different homes, first with her mom in New York, then with her brother in Germany, and finally landed in South Florida. Regardless of where she lived, she spent her years escaping – first her family’s physical abuse and next a relationship with a pedophile, a man who ultimately murdered her sister. Bryan and Robin discuss what happened in the aftermath of her sister...

Welcome to episode twenty one of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On December 9, 1999, the body of a young woman was found in a forest preserve in Waukegan, Illinois. Two weeks later, police charged Jason Strong, an adult bookstore employee, with first-degree murder and concealing a homicide. For the next 15 years, Jason immersed himself in the prison’s library, studying law and writing...

When Adam C. was 26 years old, he hopped on an Amtrak train from Chicago to Miami carrying 50 pounds of Canadian weed. What happened next falls short of a Hollywood drama, but would leave Adam facing 30 years behind bars -- and this is just one of 36 arrests he'd face in his lifetime.  Raised by his grandmother in Miami, Adam and Bryan discuss how early childhood trauma shaped his outlook and visi...

In the mid-2000s, Flakka dominated headlines as a zombie drug that made its users attack and eat people. Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, America was introduced to Krokodil (pronounced “croc-o-dill”), flesh-eating Russian heroin. On today’s episode, Bryan sits down with Crystal, Broward County’s first Krokodil case. Growing up the child of an addict with mental illnesses, Crystal had l...

As the #1 male porn star with billions of views across top porn sites like Porn Hub, Alex Adams sits down with Bryan to explain how he was kicked out of the Marines and stumbled into the life of a porn star. After answering a Craigslist personal ad asking for a bachelorette party stripper, Alex went quickly down the rabbit hole into porn. Alex discusses his bisexuality, how his parents found out h...

Welcome to episode seventeen of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with John Huffington to discuss John’s incredible true story. At 18, John was an up-and-coming Maryland drug dealer, moving weight for the cartel and running with the Greek mob. However, before his 20th birthday he found himself caught in a web of death, bad luck and worse timing. On Mem...

EPISODE SUMMARY: Welcome to episode sixteen of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with Ingrid to hear her true story of a girl born into the New York City projects to a mother who died when she was young, leaving her with an abusive father and a slew of teachers, guardians, gangsters and police officers who faded in and out of her life for decades. Addi...

Welcome to HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. Throughout his 12 years of sobriety, Bryan has read endless stories and listened to thousands of speakers talk about addiction, but none compare to an article by Mimi O'Donnell, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s long-time partner and the mother of his children. In 2014, Hoffman was found dead on his bathroom floor with a syringe in his left arm after o...

When Hell Has An Exit host Bryan Alzate was 14 years old, he found himself in a Ft. Lauderdale crack house, a place he visited daily and stayed well into the night. One night, a group of people barged through the front door. One of the women held up a crack pipe and said with a laugh, “Okay, I got off the oxy, now how do I get off this?” That woman was Eve, this week’s guest. After more than 20 ye...

Welcome to episode thirteen of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with John Henry to discuss how he spiraled to his lowest point – shooting himself in the head – and lived to tell the tale. They discuss how, at another time in his life, John Henry spent 3 days in a coma after overdosing on 50 tranquilizers, recovering only to return to his addiction. Th...

Welcome to episode twelve of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with Patrick B. The two discuss a variety of topics, including: his first addictions, including his introduction to weed and selling drugs in Texas as well as his battle with Adderall, opioids and the DEA. He recalls how his addiction progressed, leading him to heroin and crack cocaine, get...

Welcome to episode eleven of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with friend Tony Mead.  The two discuss a variety of topics, including: Being clean 34 years, where he's from, moving around to different towns, being introduced to weed, starting cocaine, getting kicked out of college, being a two bit hustler, getting arrested when he drinks, getting into...

Welcome to episode ten of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with friend Dana D. The two discuss a variety of topics, including: Having drug-addicted parents, exploring gateway drugs to fit in, her first misdemeanor and felony & being an addict and dealer during the opioid epidemic. She opens up on her downward spiral & addiction to pills, the transitio...

Welcome to episode nine of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with Ryan O, whose uncle created Bang Energy Drink. The two discuss a variety of topics, including: being Bryan’s sponsee, the early allure of selling drugs, crashing the family car into the house, and getting arrested. They also touch on pill mills, how Ryan was set up, and what life is like...

Welcome to episode eight of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with Ray. The two discuss a variety of topics, including: How Ray has inspired Bryan's recovery, the cosmic roulette wheel, becoming open to being clean and the one moment that cost him 20 years. They also reminisce about shooting drugs together, smoking crack in Washington Square Park, not...

Welcome to episode seven of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with friend Mario C. The two discuss a variety of topics, including: being from NY, how he heard about Bryan, getting high for the first time and the concept of getting clean. They also touch on smoking crack and hitting rock bottom, interactions with hospitals, self-honesty & desperation an...

Welcome to episode six of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode, Bryan sits down with friend Jacob Bradshaw. The two discuss a variety of topics, including: Jake’s earliest childhood memories, rebelling against authority and experimenting with drugs, alcohol, Purdue Pharma and prescription drugs.   They also touch on how it feels having friends die from overdoses, Jake’s d...

Welcome to episode 5 of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode Bryan sits down with Anita Karl to discuss: Surviving the Holocaust, where she was born & her family, those amongst them who survived, when The Germans invadeding their city, the demoralization of Jews, being given 24 hours to leave their house & it being looted before the force into The Ghetto, having to wear a...

Welcome to episode 4 of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode Bryan sits down with Kerry D. to discuss: Being one of his running partners, how they met, Kleptomania, doing drugs for the first time, how they became friends & would find the drugs, Under The Sack Crack & smoking pipes, dealers pulling out guns & getting mugged, doing tabs at school, Bryan going to detox & cle...

Welcome to episode 3 of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode Bryan sits down with Mario to discuss: How it all began & where he's from, growing up in a fanatical religious family, acting out & addictive personality at a young age, traumatic family memories, his first drink euphoria, emotional survival & human connection, getting expelled from High School & The Marines, me...

Welcome to the episode 2 of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode Bryan sits down with Corey L. to discuss: Being clean 10 years, Being asked to do this podcast instead of speaking in front of an audience, the first time they met, where he grew up, selling drugs & using weed at 13 while gangbanging, his parents & them finding his gun, becoming addicted to drugs in High Sch...

Welcome to the Premiere episode of HELL HAS AN EXIT Podcast with Bryan Alzate. On today's episode Bryan sits down with Childhood Friend Alejandro aka Alex Bernal Jr. on the show to discuss: Their connection, growing up together & how he grew up, his father & their bulletproof car, what family life was like with his Father disappearing for months at a time, his relationship with his Mother as a par...