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Julian Dorey: Health Struggles, Podcast Evolution, and the Realities of Content Creation | Ep. 278 | Pt. 2

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

News, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Politics

4.9 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In Part 2 of Episode 278 of the Mike Drop podcast, host Mike Ritland speaks with podcaster Julian Dorey about his relentless path to building his show. The conversation covers Dorey’s severe, undiagnosed health crisis that nearly ended his ambitions, his all-in commitment to podcasting despite physical and mental exhaustion, the realities of content creation—including YouTube algorithms, guest vetting, and media responsibility—and reflections on purpose, resilience, and the current state of independent media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.3

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0:23.1

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0:25.6

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0:26.9

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0:29.8

Was there, I guess, periods throughout that first couple of years

0:35.9

where you ever seriously considered quitting and going back to wall street

0:39.4

no never i was never going back to wall street i didn't even i didn't even do my like you get the series

0:46.6

seven and 66 and all that and then you have to do the continuing education which is like two seconds just to be able to

0:51.8

hit a few buttons and press enter pretend you actually read it I didn't even do that did you ever consider

0:58.7

quitting and doing something else like no regrets this was there was a lot going on

1:03.9

but I did have one plan I should have said this when I was in those six months building it up at the beginning of that time in April

1:16.1

May, my plan was to move out in December to Philly and get a bartending job.

1:24.3

And I was taking my three-year window to make money to five because I knew that there

1:29.4

would have to be, you know, time spent on bartending and doing that. And I said, fine, I'll bet on

1:34.0

myself. All good. Because I didn't like where my life was. I felt like a loser. I felt like I

1:39.7

hadn't figured things out and I felt like I had to go take it. And so I said, I'm all in on this.

1:46.2

I'm going to do this.

1:47.7

And that's that.

1:49.6

But I started getting sick in December, January, 2020, 2019, 2020.

1:59.1

And until May 21, we didn't know what it was. So I literally thought I was dying.

2:07.3

You know, spoiler alert, I wasn't dying. I was fine. But I would get these attacks. Like,

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