377: What if you were a gay, Mormon, drug-dealing, federal informant?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
After losing himself to meth and a double life as a federal informant, a man’s world collapses after one of his buyer’s overdoses, and recovery begins as he confronts the child within.
Today’s episode featured Sean Hemeon. His forthcoming memoir, The Good Little Drug Lord, does not yet have a set publication date, but you can follow him for updates.
You can email Sean at [email protected]. Sean is on Instagram @Sean_Hemeon. Follow his website seanhemeon.com for updates on his forthcoming memoir.
And a special thanks to Todd Renenbohm of the Bunny Hugs & Mental Health podcast for referring Sean to our show. Todd has an 8 part documentary podcast series out on Oct 1 entitled Transgression - My search for the REAL trans agenda in Saskatchewan. You can find out more about this series on instagram @Transgressionseries
Check out the trailer here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transgression/id1841926991
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: Child sexual abuse / molestation, Physical violence / assault, Homophobia / slurs, Suicide attempt / suicidal ideation, Addiction and drug use, Overdose and death, Parental neglect / emotional abuse / parentification, Moral injury and guilt, Religious trauma, explicit language
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Music Bed: Re-Entry
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| 0:00.0 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening |
| 0:05.0 | by joining Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:09.7 | This Is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:14.0 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:17.2 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:21.6 | It's just a horrible feeling to wake up every day and thinking something is profoundly wrong with you, that even God who created the world that you exist in doesn't want you to be here. |
| 0:47.4 | From Wondery, I'm Whit Misseldine. You're listening to this is actually happening. |
| 0:57.6 | Episode you're listening to this is actually happening. Episode 377. |
| 1:01.1 | What if you were a gay, Mormon drug dealing federal informant? |
| 1:12.7 | It's your man, Nick Cannon. I'm here to bring you my new podcast man Nick Cannon. |
| 1:15.9 | I'm here to bring you my new podcast, Nick Cannon at night. |
| 1:18.6 | Every week I'm bringing out some of my celebrity friends and the best experts in the business |
| 1:20.5 | to answer your most intimate relationship questions. |
| 1:23.4 | So don't be shy. |
| 1:24.3 | Join the conversation and head over to YouTube |
| 1:26.2 | to watch Nick Cannon at night or subscribe on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:46.6 | My mom's gorgeous. |
| 1:51.6 | Imagine her in college at BYU, Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City. |
| 1:53.0 | And she's like Miss Beehive. |
| 1:54.3 | She is Miss Queen Bee. And of course, her husband is the star quarterback of the BYU football team. |
| 2:05.5 | But this young man was very abusive. My mom came from a family of seven and her older sisters tried to help her, you know, get her out of this. |
| 2:10.6 | But this is the 70s and you don't get divorced in the Mormon church until this husband, this BYU star quarterback, was arrested because he was caught |
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