147: Erik Aude | Imprisoned in Pakistan for a Crime He Didn't Commit Part One
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2019
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Erik Aude (@erikaude) is an actor, stuntman, professional poker player, and the subject of 3 Years in Pakistan: The Erik Aude Story. This is part one of a two-part episode. Make sure to check out part two here!
What We Discuss with Erik Aude:- How an American actor with a successful career gets wrongfully imprisoned in Pakistan for three years.
- Why Erik's unique history with pain tolerance made him uniquely suited to survive torture and the rigors of prison life.
- The culture shock an average westerner might expect to experience while visiting Pakistan.
- What the phrase "physical remand" actually means in Pakistan's justice system.
- How Erik remains positive and grateful for what he has in spite of the ordeals he's faced -- in Pakistan and at home.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show I'm Jordan Harbinger as always I'm here with my producer Jason to |
| 0:04.1 | Philipo when I heard about Eric a day I didn't know what to make of this guy he went to prison |
| 0:09.2 | in Pakistan for three years for a crime he didn't commit and he came out a murderer but that |
| 0:14.8 | wasn't all I think what scared me most about Eric's story was that it could seemingly happen |
| 0:19.1 | to any of us if we aren't careful and even if we are Eric's story is nothing short of incredible |
| 0:25.9 | he's a stuntman and an actor and he ended up using his stuntman skill set to withstand torture |
| 0:31.2 | in a Pakistani prison while inside he learned how to play Texas Holden poker and practiced every |
| 0:37.1 | day with his prison mates who turned out to be some infamous prisoners in their own right now that |
| 0:42.0 | he's out he plays poker professionally using some of the skills he learned inside but this |
| 0:47.4 | isn't just a poker story this isn't just a detailed episode of Locked Up Abroad this is a |
| 0:52.8 | story about human resilience mental and physical toughness and protecting your mind even when the |
| 0:58.4 | world seems stacked against you I challenge you to listen to this episode and not put yourself |
| 1:03.6 | firmly in Eric's shoes this was one of my favorite interviews recently and I hope you agree |
| 1:08.8 | we've split it into two parts because it was so long I just didn't want to cut it short and don't |
| 1:13.2 | forget if you want to learn how I book all these amazing guests and create these relationships you've |
| 1:17.8 | got to check out level one that course is what I wish I had 10 years ago it's all available at |
| 1:22.8 | Jordan Harbinger.com slash level one those are invaluable skills now here's part one of Eric |
| 1:30.0 | a day I will say watching this documentary made me the sounds weird but I don't care it made me |
| 1:36.3 | want to be your best friend because I saw this and I went this guy has integrity he's tough |
| 1:42.8 | and he still has good humor even though you ended up in like the worst situation that a lot of |
| 1:48.8 | people could possibly imagine other than a maybe some sort of wartime thing and even that there |
| 1:54.1 | are prisoners that could capture the war they could treat it better than you got treated in prison |
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