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Therapy Gecko

"I WAS KIDNAPPED"

Therapy Gecko

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.9951 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

A caller tells me the story of how he was kidnapped for ransom at the age of two in Iraq. Afterwards I speak with a tattoo artist living in Tokyo who felt inspired to call me after an acid trip, then I talk to a person IN REAL LIFE in Nashville about how they overcame addiction and are starting their first day of work at the Hard Rock Cafe. Also I finished up my live show tour over the weekend and I am very grateful to the folks that came out. I’ll be doing more cities + going international in 2023, so look out. I am a gecko. Link to full Nashville video here: https://youtu.be/-_8IvKdgubU

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0:00.0

Hey folks it's Lyle here I just wanted to ask you guys because there's no comments

0:04.5

section on podcast apps and I don't really get a lot of feedback on this but I

0:10.5

was wondering do you guys like that this podcast has background music?

0:15.0

Or should I stop having that?

0:18.0

Or should I change the music?

0:20.0

Because I've realized that maybe it's weird to have some of the more serious calls going

0:24.9

while there's cute jazz in the background but I don't know so anyway if you have

0:29.8

any thoughts on the background music or if you have any thoughts on anything at all

0:35.7

about this podcast I would love to hear them please email your feedback to me at

0:41.4

Lyle forever and ever at gmail.com that's Lyle L Y L E forever F O R E V E R and Ever at gmail dot com.

0:59.3

Let me know what you think about stuff.

1:01.8

All right let's get to the episode. Hello?

1:04.0

James? Yes, sir. How you doing, Lyle?

1:08.0

I'm here right now. I alive I have two legs it's pretty uh it's all I ever need

1:18.8

The geckos have two legs or four legs there's a two I don't

1:23.4

So James what is it that you wanted to talk about today?

1:27.0

So, when I was two on my second birthday, I was kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq.

1:41.4

And basically I was with my uncle and my uncle and I had a very, we had a very close relationship. He was like my father kind of, he raised me, I mean for two years I guess, but he was like my father kind of he raised me I mean for two years I guess but he was kind of a father figure that I had growing up there and on my second birthday he we would have these like corner stores like these bodega types of places in Iraq and

2:05.2

and in the neighborhood that I lived there he took me out to grab go get a present he went go get some candy or some toys or something for my birthday.

2:17.0

On the way there, a Humvee drove in front of us, stopped the right in front of us,

2:23.4

and about four men hopped out,

2:27.8

and they shot my uncle in the head, point blank,

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