Scott Strode: Rising From The Ashes… Together (Pt 1)
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
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4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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After struggling with addiction for almost 2 decades, Scott Strode found hope while ice climbing. The healing power of nature and community radically transformed his life. And Scott couldn’t not share his secret with the rest of the world too. The Phoenix was born and this year their sober movement is expected to serve more than 400,000 people!
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| 0:00.0 | And I would go to this climbing gym in Boulder and get punch passes and I'd stand there with my harness and my hand waiting on a Friday night because that's what the corkboard said, you know, and no one showed up, you know, and I stood there a lot of Friday nights like well well maybe tonight maybe tonight and |
| 0:18.6 | Was that defeating? It was but I in my heart I kind of knew that there was a desire there. |
| 0:24.3 | I felt like it had to click for folks. |
| 0:26.5 | And sure enough, one night, this guy Barry walked in and he looked around, |
| 0:31.2 | he's like, does anybody else she's gonna show up? I was like oh maybe later you know and so we just started climbing |
| 0:38.6 | No, you're the first in four weeks, but thank God you're here. Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:43.0 | So we started climbing and then there were two or three folks and that first year there were |
| 0:48.7 | about 70 folks that came to Phoenix. The Phoenix. Welcome to an Army of Normal folks. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Bill Courtney. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm a normal guy. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm a husband. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm a father. I'm an entrepreneur, and I've been a |
| 1:04.6 | football coach in Intercity Memphis. In the last part, well we accidentally |
| 1:09.2 | ended up with an Oscar for the film about our team. It's called Undefeded. I believe our country's |
| 1:15.0 | problems will never be solved by a bunch of fancy people and nice suits talking |
| 1:20.1 | big words that nobody understands on CNN and Fox but rather an army and That's what Scott Strode, the voice we just heard is done. |
| 1:34.0 | From the humble beginnings of only Scott and Barry, |
| 1:37.0 | the Phoenix expects to serve more than 400,000 people this year. |
| 1:43.4 | Their movement leverages the power of community, fitness, and other meaningful activities to change |
| 1:50.0 | how society approaches addiction and recovery, and guys it's working. |
| 1:55.5 | I cannot wait for you to meet Scott right after these brief messages from our generous sponsors. |
| 2:06.0 | Get ready for our 2024 I Heart Podcast Awards, |
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