Ex-Cartel Drug Runner Reveals How She Escaped the Life & Became a Prison Chaplain | Jody Tripp

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

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4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Jody Tripp shares her story of running drugs for the cartel and how she managed to avoid prison despite the risks and consequences of her actions. Jody explains how she walked away from that dangerous life, changed her path, and ultimately found purpose as a prison chaplain. This conversation explores the choices that helped her turn her life around and her journey toward helping others find hope and redemption. #ExDrugRunner #CartelStories #PrisonChaplain #RedemptionJourney #TrueCrimeStories #CartelLife #LifeAfterCrime #PrisonMinistry Thank you to AURA FRAMES for sponsoring today’s episode: Exclusive $35-off Carver Mat at https://auraframes.com/. Use code LOCKEDIN at checkout to save! Connect with Jody Tripp: https://www.facebook.com/share/1UE9UdDmaj/?mibextid=wwXIfr Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://www.ianbick.com/shop Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 Meet Jody: Chaplain and Podcast Listener 00:04:06 Childhood Struggles and Family Dynamics 00:08:06 Overcoming a Violent Past in School 00:12:15 A Wild Past and Racing Cars 00:16:35 Border Smuggling Stories and Risks 00:21:00 Life in Connection with the Cartel 00:25:18 From Witchcraft to Seminary: A Personal Journey 00:29:17 Unveiling Family Secrets and Childhood Impact 00:34:19 The Role of a Prison Chaplain 00:38:00 The Power of Forgiveness and Self-Worth 00:42:14 Redemption and the Path to Becoming a Chaplain 00:46:14 Reflections on Injustice in the System 00:50:12 A Startling Incident in Prison 00:54:31 Witchcraft and Personal Experiences 00:58:19 Dangers and Challenges of Horse Riding 01:02:55 Revealing the Past to a Partner 01:05:44 Elon Musk's Starlink Initiative Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jody, welcome to Locked in, our first official chaplain on the show that works at a prison.
0:06.7	Yes, thank you.
0:08.0	Looking forward to getting into that later in the episode before we, you know, cover your life story,
0:13.3	which you are giving me the highlight reel.
0:15.5	And this is the first time you've ever told it.
0:18.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:18.8	This is going to surprise a lot of people.
0:22.7	Yeah. And then most people are going to probably say, yeah, she would do that. Well, you got so much energy and you're a listener
0:27.8	of the podcast. Absolutely. Do you have a favorite episode? I think my favorite episode, because it was so
0:34.3	open, was a cat burglar. And what she did, and she described what she was looking for and the houses she was looking for.
0:41.3	And the audacity to go back in one of those homes that she was there, the owner comes home.
0:47.5	And then she climbs back in to go make things right.
0:50.6	I mean, I thought, oh, my gosh, this is wild.
0:52.9	Yeah, I love that.
0:53.7	I was telling someone the
0:54.8	other day, I love the people that listen the show regularly that come on because they kind of know what to expect and they, I don't know, I feel like it brings more energy to the show. Yeah. So that's really cool. Where was the sick go you got stuck at? Was it down the road? It was just down the road.
1:10.1	Yes, yes.
1:11.1	That's funny.
1:12.1	I didn't even know there was a sick go around here.
1:13.9	What can you say?
1:14.6	Because there's funny. I didn't even know
1:12.7	there was a sick go around here. Google Maps, what can you say? Because there's a Valero across the street.
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