186: Teen Hustler to Federal Inmate: Ian Bick’s Shocking True Crime Redemption Story

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Murph interviews Ian Bick, a young entrepreneur whose ambition led him from running a thriving nightclub to facing a federal indictment. Ian shares his tumultuous journey from a high school hustler to a nightclub owner, detailing the challenges he faced with investors, legal troubles, and the eventual downfall into an unintentional Ponzi scheme.

The conversation explores Ian's early entrepreneurial ventures, the relentless pressure of managing a nightclub while under investigation, his struggles with gambling addiction, the emotional toll of facing federal charges, and the stark realities of life behind bars. Ian recounts the harrowing experience of incarceration, the lessons learned from his mistakes, and the pivotal moments that sparked his transformation behind bars.

Now, as the host of his own podcast, Ian uses his platform to share powerful stories of redemption and personal growth. He discusses the importance of accepting responsibility, rebuilding after failure, and staying patient and consistent in the pursuit of success.

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0:00.0	It was really interesting.
0:01.4	Tell everybody what the shoe is.
0:03.3	So the shoe is a special housing unit.
0:05.3	It's like solitary.
0:07.0	You only get wreck five days a week for a half hour, which they're just moving you
0:10.3	to another cage.
0:11.4	It's what you think of prison.
0:13.0	Whereas like the feds, I wasn't expecting that.
0:15.6	There was barracks.
0:16.3	There was open dorms.
0:17.2	There was one guard for 400 people in these big buildings and people have cell phones and
0:23.1	and drugs and gambling. I wasn't expecting it because on TV, there's really no show that,
0:28.5	except for like oranges and new black and maybe a couple others that portray the federal system.
0:33.3	It's more like 60 days in and they portray the state. Some of these spots are very sweet.
0:37.6	And when I got to the camp, it's literally, that's why they call it clubbed.
0:41.0	It's like it's a cushy camp.
0:42.8	There's a hundred people in the building.
0:44.7	There's one guard.
0:45.5	There's a botchy ball court, a basketball court, a track, a volleyball court with sand outside, a dog program.
0:52.0	Guys were running through the woods to hook up with their wives
0:54.2	at the local hotel before count time.
0:56.6	We were eating sushi,
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