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Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast

Steve Earle on Addiction, Raising an Special Needs Son, and His Incredible Career

Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast

Andy Frasco

Music Interviews, Music

4.8575 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Legendary songwriter, performer, and actor Steve Earle joins Andy Frasco on the show this week for an interview that spans his entire career. This deep dive touches on him running away from home as a kid, doing drugs at a young age, being a recovering addict, and his role as a parent to a son with special needs. Steve Earle is one of the great orators of our time, and that is on display during this world-saving interview. He also talks about opening for Bob Dylan and his friendship with his hero, Townes Van Zandt. They even get into his love of New York Yankees baseball and Premier League Soccer.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We would have every cigarette that was, and there was no smoking, but the trustees could get them from the guards and you could get them from the trustees.

0:08.2

Right.

0:08.4

Okay, okay.

0:08.9

And a cigarette was expensive.

0:10.7

I mean, people usually get a cigarette and they would break it up into four roll-ups, you know, get papers.

0:17.1

And sometimes you used the wrappers on toilet paper for cigarette papers because we couldn't always get them. But if you smoked the whole thing, that was called a Cadillac. And I smoked Cadillac. That's my guy. So I did okay. I didn't smoke very much. I should have just quit. I was lucky I could smoke one cigarette maybe two a day. Oh, so you got back on the horse with the cigarettes after jail, and you loved it.

0:37.8

Oh, you started smoking like Chief Wahoo by the time I'd been out three or four hours.

0:42.1

It was ridiculous.

0:42.8

The straight up Cleveland Indian over there.

0:48.5

And we're live, Andy Frasco's World Saved podcast. I'm Andy Frasca.

0:52.6

We are so back. So, fuck it back.

1:27.9

Fuck. You're going to Alaska. I know, but this is going to be recorded after that. I know, but you are going there. Yeah, and I've been there now. Wow, how was it? It was awesome. You see any polar bears or serial killers? Yeah, I saw people running away from their lives in America. Well, they're still in America. Well, they're still in America. Yeah, it's like hidden in plain view. It's like going to Arvada. That's what Neil did. Yeah, that's where, yeah, that's Neil, yeah. He went on hiatus from Dobapod and moved to Arvada. I'm out of here, man. I can't take this. I can't take this shit.

1:29.1

American life, man.

1:30.4

I'm moving to Arvada, bro.

1:31.7

Oh, how you doing, Nick?

1:34.3

Fine.

1:36.1

You look good.

1:37.5

You smell good.

1:38.2

My feet.

1:39.3

Your feet look great.

1:40.0

I got new shoes.

1:40.9

Everybody watched the video so you can see my new shoes.

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