Theo Fleury: Trauma, stardom, and a downward spiral on the latest Tremendous Upside

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Theo Fleury hit the ice at age five. He was a hockey phenom at 14, a Stanley Cup champion at 20 and an Olympic gold medalist at 33. He was also keeping a terrible secret. As a teen, he was sexually assaulted by one of his coaches. Hockey became an escape, but it couldn’t fix everything; he faced addiction and suicidal thoughts. Today, Theo is sober, and he talks with host Chamique Holdsclaw about what it took to get there.

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0:00.0	Hello, hilarious world of depression fans and listeners aka thwad balls. It's me John
0:06.4	Moe host of said program and I just can't stop being excited about our new show as well.
0:14.2	We are making new episodes of hilarious world. Some wonderful names, some great interviews,
0:19.5	but I'm so excited also about tremendous upside and wanted to give you another episode
0:23.8	because I think it's really important. So this is one with Theo Flurry. He is a hockey
0:29.3	player, NHL veteran. He's a very accomplished hockey player and I'm not even that much of a hockey
0:35.9	fan, I'm more of a basketball guy, but this is a fascinating interview because it really gets at
0:42.1	the issue of trauma and the long lasting effects of trauma and how something that can happen early
0:48.3	in your life can really have an incredible effect later on. It can really make all sorts of
0:55.4	differences, often sort of not such good differences that really come back to haunt you. It's an
1:02.0	important issue and the more I learn about depression and the more I learn about mental health,
1:06.5	the more I've been looking at issues of trauma. So this is a fascinating episode. So here we go,
1:11.3	I'm going to hand it off to Shamiko Holtz-Klau, who's the host of Tremendous Upside, which is made by the
1:17.1	same team that makes hilarious world. I get to be a little more behind the scenes. It's lots of fun.
1:21.8	And remind you to get episodes of Tremendous Upside wherever you get your podcasts. Listen,
1:28.1	subscribe, write reviews, do the whole thing. All right, take it away, Shamiko.
1:32.8	Tremendous Upside features real talk about mental health. Today we will also talk about sexual assault
1:39.9	and feeling suicidal. I want you to know that before we get into it.
1:44.4	Oh, Furry's going to be cared for. Call the ran at him.
1:49.5	Furry's getting the attention of everybody on the hearts. Furry's getting the farts off.
1:55.1	Get through him right.
1:56.1	Let's go. Furry's got to aim you.
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