Episodes 75
Avg. Duration 49m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (141)
Since Jul 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Welcome to the Small Bow Podcast. I’m your host, A.J. Daulerio. This is a show about expanding the definition of recovery, where we talk to writers, entertainers, recovering addicts, recovering jerks, and even the occasional normal person — about their struggles with love, sex, money, loneliness, shame, grief, drugs, alcohol, ego, identity, fame, and other fun things. Whatever is bringing you down, you might find something here that you didn’t know you needed. In addition to this podcast, the Small Bow is also a newsletter and recovery community that I started in 2018 to chronicle my own path toward sobriety and sanity following multiple rehab stints and a very public ordeal in which I was a co-defendant in Gawker's groundbreaking legal trial against professional wrestler Hulk Hogan for publishing a portion of his sex tape. A Florida jury voted in favor of Hogan and awarded him $115 million, which bankrupted the company and torched my former life. But out of the ashes of that ordeal grew the Small Bow. If you like what we do, consider subscribing to our newsletter and joining our community. We publish essays, interviews and other musings on recovery, and have online recovery support meetings seven days a week. Sign up for the Small Bow newsletter & community at: http://www.thesmallbow.com IG: @smallbowmedia

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Ryan O'Connell on the Strange Sensation of Finally Being Seen

Jun 10, 2026 53m

Ryan O’Connell had an uncommon path to fame. After starting as a blogger in New York, he wrote a TV script about his life as a young, gay man with Cerebral Palsy. When the show was picked up by…

Langhorne Slim Wanted to Flee. Then He Became a Father.

Jun 03, 2026 58m

Turns out Langhorne Slim and I have a lot in common. We both grew up in the Philly suburbs, we spent formative creative years in New York and we became dads in our forties. We’re also both in…

Dopey Dave on Ego, Success and Why "More" is the Hardest Drug to Quit

May 27, 2026 45m

Dave Manheim (host of the Dopey Podcast) comes back on the show to drop some Dopey wisdom. We talk about ego, ambition, control issues, slowing down and how to be of service, self-servingly. Plus,…

Mitchell Jackson on Crisis PR, Billionaire Clients and Cancel Culture

May 20, 2026 59m

As the publicist for some of the most controversial people in media, including Candace Owens, Clavicular and Adam Friedland, Mitchell Jackson runs toward chaos. I wanted to have him on the show to…

Blair Socci on Returning to Standup After the Loss of her Brother

May 13, 2026 49m

How do you begin to laugh again after experiencing unimaginable grief? Comedian Blair Socci has been trying to answer this question since the sudden death of her brother, but the answer isn’t…

Michael Strassner Made a Movie About the Night That Almost Killed Him

May 06, 2026 47m

Michael Strassner makes sure to watch the first scene of his film The Baltimorons at every screening, because he knows that if the events of that scene went differently, he wouldn't be around to…

When you make a dog your “higher power,” what happens when they die?

Apr 29, 2026 48m

My friend Jeremy Luke did something you’re not supposed to do— two months after getting sober, he got a dog. That dog became his “No. 1 Sidekick” and suddenly Jeremy was a “dog guy,” trading in his…

Why Alex Winter Quit Hollywood for 10 Years

Apr 22, 2026 1h

Every week, Alex Winter and I have a standing date at the House of Pies in LA. I like what he has to say about creativity, fame, sobriety— you know, all the stuff I’m interested in. Alex was on…

The Mushrooms Told Me to Stop Drinking

Apr 15, 2026 1h 2m

Chris Witaske has "golden retriever" energy and he knows it, but there’s a bullied kid under that fun-loving guy. You probably know Chris as Pete on The Bear, or from those Progressive commercials.…

How to be addicted to people with Elizabeth Gilbert

Apr 08, 2026 1h

When Elizabeth Gilbert wrote Eat Pray Love, she described her disordered relationship history using the language of addiction. It wasn’t until years later that she realized that for her, addiction…

Jerry O'Connell on the Fears and Feelings We Push Down

Apr 01, 2026 1h 7m

My friend Jerry O’Connell says he’s a simple guy. I wholeheartedly disagree. I was frankly surprised that he agreed to come on the show and discuss his recovery, a topic he has never spoken about…

Petty Resentments and Righteous Anger: A Conversation with Cord Jefferson

Mar 25, 2026 1h 14m

When I found out my old colleague Cord Jefferson was writing a TV show about our time together at Gawker, I got pissed. I think I called him an "a**face." I don't feel resentful toward Cord anymore,…

Amanda de Cadenet on Facing "Dire" Loneliness and Loving Alcoholics

Mar 18, 2026 59m

Amanda de Cadenet lost control at an early age. As a teenager, she was on TV, married to a rockstar and all over the tabloids, but she had a deep loneliness that she couldn’t face. When she entered…

Joe Buck on How to Look Into the Camera When You're Deeply Insecure

Mar 11, 2026 1h 4m

People love to dunk on Joe Buck. They think one of the most accomplished play-by-play guys in the history of sports is robotic, elitist or boring. What you may not realize is that the worst things…

Why Does Jenn Sterger Still Talk To Me?

Mar 04, 2026 1h 16m

I never expected that Jenn Sterger would become such a big part of my recovery. Jenn is a comedian and former sports commentator and in 2010, I ruined her life. Since then, Jenn and I have rebuilt…

The Small Bow Podcast | New Season Trailer

Feb 25, 2026 4m Trailer

The Small Bow Podcast with A.J. Daulerio is re-launching on March 4, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday.  The Small Bow is a show about expanding the definition of recovery, where A.J. talks…

S3E24 The Wind Blows High w/ Trey Anastasio

Nov 20, 2025 1h 36m

In this very special episode, Phish's Trey Anastasio talks to us about how his 2006 drug arrest and the court-ordered treatment he received afterward became the catalyst for his second act as both a…

S3E23 The Persistence of Time w/Sari Botton

Oct 10, 2025 1h 12m

Oldster Magazine’s Sari Botton talks to us about what she’s learned from her readership, and some of the anxiety she feels about turning 60. Show Notes: Oldster! Sober Oldster! The Small Bow

S3E22 If It's Not Going Perfectly, Keep Trying w/Joe Schrank

Sep 26, 2025 57m

Social worker/Interventionist/advocate returns to The Small Bow to talk about Recovery Month, which happens every September, but is still being widely ignored. This is our annual attempt to develop a…

S3E21 Also Hit By a Truck w/Molly Johnsen

Sep 11, 2025 1h 13m

After a car accident left her with catastrophic injuries, writer/teacher/poet Molly Johnsen had to physically and mentally recover. Through EMDR and poetry, she found a way out.  Show Notes: …

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