Can you Career Without a Company? with Colt Cabana

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

News, Arts, Performing Arts, Business, Society & Culture, Politics

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Wrestler and podcaster Colt Cabana joins Ana and Mike to talk about building a life in wrestling. From getting fired by WWE to becoming a blueprint for sustainable DIY success, Colt breaks down the real economics of creative work—merch tables, mattress money, and all—and why betting on yourself might be the best decision you ever make. Hear the full interview at patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.8	work in a broken economy.
0:38.5	But this week's guess,
0:42.9	he might have the most unexpectedly sustainable career of them all.
0:47.5	So I knew before I could be a wrestler full time, I would have to have X amount in the bank, and I knew that I would have to have my bills so low that if I only made $400 that month,
0:52.5	that would be great. Colt Cabana is one of the most successful indie wrestlers ever.
0:57.1	He's an early podcaster, a DIY entrepreneur, and basically the blueprint for how to make
1:01.8	a creative life work.
1:03.2	At 30, I started my podcast.
1:04.9	I started doing my documentaries.
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