Jason Wilson Unpacks Pro Athlete Mental Health Crisis & His Proven Recovery System

All The Smoke

The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

Basketball, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Jason Wilson shares his powerful journey from personal tragedy, including his father's lynching, to founding the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy. In this raw and emotional conversation, Wilson reveals how therapy and martial arts became his path to healing and his inspiration to help others, particularly young Black men. He challenges traditional notions of masculinity, emphasizing the power and necessity of men expressing vulnerability through tears and emotional openness. Wilson offers his blueprint for breaking destructive cycles, sharing the "4 R's" methodology that has transformed countless lives in urban communities. From his transition from the music industry to male outreach, this episode explores Wilson's revolutionary approach to emotional intelligence, healing generational trauma, and redefining what it means to be a strong man in today's world.

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0:00.0	In 1978, Roger Caron's first book was published, and he was unlike any first-time author Canada had ever seen.
0:08.7	Roger Caron was 16 when first convicted.
0:11.3	Has spent 24 of those years in jail.
0:14.2	12 years in solitary.
0:15.6	He went from an ex-con to a literary darling almost overnight.
0:20.4	He was instantly a celebrity.
0:22.8	He was an adrenaline junkie, and he was the star of the show.
0:27.9	Go-boy is the gritty true story of how one man fought his way out of some of the darkest places imaginable.
0:34.5	I had a knife going my stomach, puncture my screen, break my ribs, I had my guts all
0:39.4	my hands.
0:40.4	Only to find himself back where he started.
0:43.0	Roger's saying is I've never heard anybody but myself.
0:46.1	And I said, oh, you're so wrong.
0:48.5	You're so wrong on that one, Rod.
0:51.1	From Countside Media and IHeart Podcasts, listen to Go Boy, starting on April 9th on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:04.1	Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. This season on my podcast, Here's the Thing. I speak with California Governor Gavin Newsom.
1:12.5	Is there any chance of increased tax breaks for the movie business?
1:15.5	We're going to double it.
1:16.3	You are.
1:16.7	I proposed that a few months ago, and that was right before the fires.
1:19.9	What are the fires only reinforced the imperative?
1:22.5	And also working with all our friends, you know, the who's who of Hollywood,
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