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Locked In with Ian Bick

Ex-Meth Dealer on How He Got Taken Down, Sent to Prison & Became a Politician | Reed Byers

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8745 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Reed Byers shares how he went from dealing meth to being taken down by law enforcement, serving time in prison, and ultimately turning his life around to become a politician. He reveals the highs and lows of the drug trade, the moment everything fell apart, and how he transformed his past into a force for change. #MethDealer #PrisonToPolitics #TrueCrime #RedemptionStory #DrugTrade #CriminalJustice #SecondChances #politicaljourney Thank you to NORDVPN for sponsoring today's episode: To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to https://nordvpn.com/ianbick which will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Connect with Reed Byers: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reed.byers/ Website: https://sites.google.com/view/reedbyers/home 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://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 From Addiction to Motivation: A Story of Transformation 00:05:24 Overcoming a Troubled Past: High School Struggles and Substance Abuse 00:11:04 Overcoming Family Challenges 00:17:18 Overcoming Self-Doubt and Choosing a New Path 00:22:57 Wild Journey from West Virginia to North Carolina 00:28:54 Overcoming Homelessness and Delusions 00:35:00 Coping with Family Challenges and Addiction 00:41:01 From Addiction to Nashville: A Journey of Struggle and Change 00:47:05 Journey into Meth Addiction 00:53:36 The Struggle of Methamphetamine Addiction and Distribution 00:59:36 The Impact of Drug Charges and Misunderstandings 01:05:54 Levels of Prison Security and Inmate Experiences 01:12:00 The Challenge of Impartial Juries in Today's Society 01:17:50 Life in Prison: Entrepreneurship and Survival 01:23:05 Overcoming Political Setbacks 01:28:49 Campaigning Strategies and Community Engagement 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

Reid, welcome to Lockton. We've been talking about doing this for a while.

0:03.2

Yeah. Shout out to Kyle Overmeyer who connected us, right? Shout out to K.O. Man. The corrupt sheriff, the dirty sheriff. That's it, man, got caught up with drugs, came home, turned his life around, helping people in addiction. How did you meet him? You know, West Virginia and Ohio border. So I don't know, somebody shared his stuff on Facebook, and I saw that he's a motivational speaker

0:22.3

and I started my business like over two years ago

0:24.2

and I'm like he's a motivational

0:21.8

speaker.

0:22.4

And I started my business like over two years ago.

0:24.2

And I'm like, man, like there's a motivational speaker local. Like, let me learn from him. And we connected. And, you know, he said, you know, you want to go on these podcasts? I'm like, yeah, of course. So shout out Ian Bick now. Yeah, yeah.

0:34.5

I had him in our old studio up in, like,

0:36.5

the Poughkeepsie area last year.

0:38.3

And his episodes actually come to, like, the, yeah, I had him in our old studio up in the Poughkeepsie area last year.

0:38.3

And his episodes actually come to like the spotlight recently.

0:43.0

Like people keep looking at it and stuff, which is really cool.

0:45.7

It's a good one.

0:47.0

We always rip them for wearing that tight shirt that day during the episode.

0:51.7

He generally has a tight shirt on me.

0:53.6

He likes to show off those muscles.

0:55.1

Yeah, that's funny.

0:56.3

So what kind of business do you want to plug that end at all? Yeah, yeah. I'm a motivational speaker full time. I do some consulting too with different nonprofits, trying to drive advancement, like especially in the youth and mental health arena, trying to focus on like the social issues that led me to, you know, be in prison trying to prevent those in the future do some coaching some group coaching trying to help people turn their life around

1:14.6

that's awesome like the social issues that led me to be in prison trying to prevent those in the future.

1:14.0

Do some coaching, some group coaching, trying to help people turn their life around.

1:28.0

That's awesome. And where can people find that if they need to reach out? Yeah, yeah, my website, rebuyers.com. I'm on Facebook, LinkedIn, so they can reach me. I'm going to give out my cell number. I was talking to, or not my, yeah, yeah, I was talking to Kyle about, um, coming on the podcast.

1:28.0

And he said, I still have people hit me up today about that. And I was like, how? He said, I put my number. I was talking to, or not my, yeah, yeah, I was talking to Kyle about, um, coming on the podcast.

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