Episode 246: Burak Yilmaz

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Burak Yilmaz grew up in a very small town in Turkey and was best friends with his beautiful, glamorous mother: she taught him fashion, makeup, and hair, and would dress him in outfits to match her. But when he was five years old, Burak's mother left, launching him into a real-life Cinderella story, complete with a literal wicked (read: abusive) stepmother. In addition to his stepmother, Burak also endured abuse at the religious boarding school he was shipped off to, later documenting his experiences in a best-selling Turkish memoir that he wrote under a pen name. But when his identity was discovered, Burak was captured and imprisoned. He shares his incredible story of perseverance, culminating in his recently released book, "If My Mother Never Left." Also, the debt that Miley Cyrus owes him for her new hit single!

(TW: child abuse)

Follow Burak on Instagram at @burakny212, and look for "If My Mother Never Left" (available soon in audio form) on Burak's website (https://burak212.com/), Amazon, or wherever else you buy books online!

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0:00.0	Nicole, I have seen your workout videos that you sometimes post your
0:13.5	stories on your Peloton or even just doing some athletic dancing.
0:19.0	Oh, I do.
0:20.0	And I am impressed. But what I want to know is,
0:23.9	Nicole, do you know what's in your post-workout energy drink? You know what? I didn't always,
0:29.9	but now that I have switched to fit aid energy, I friggin do. And let me tell you, y'all, the real gauntlet for me over the many years that I've
0:40.1	been working out regularly has been finding an energy drink that is both hydrating and tastes
0:46.0	good and isn't high in calories or like has a bunch of artificial crap in it. Fit aid energy is
0:52.3	where it's at. To maximize my athletic performance, I need to focus
0:56.6	on training and recovery, as y'all know. And after an intense workout, I just, I love getting
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1:08.5	aspirin, sucralose, or ACEK.
1:11.5	Yeah, not only that, Fit Aid Energy is packed with B-C-C-D-A's, glucosamine, and electrolytes, turmeric.
1:19.9	Even I know what turmeric is, Omega-3s, and vitamins B, C, D3, and E.
1:26.3	That's so many vitamins.
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1:36.3	Never the synthetic kind derived from urea.
1:40.3	And for those who are conscious of these things, it's only 15 calories per can.
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