Lies Between Us - Roger Ray Bird
At the foundational floor of my core oracle is truth. I have lived to learn only by way of truth do I truly live. Sharing the learned truths of life, I attempt to help us all...all my sisters, all my brothers. My need to help arose after watching my mother try to survive as a homeless mentally incapacitated bag lady on the streets of Baltimore. I try...I try to share, I try to be authentic, and I try to help everyone without imposing assumptions, judgments, or blame upon them. I try to help those who cannot help themselves, those just like my mother. As a former junkie, high school dropout, professional athlete, and global corporate business executive, I've seen a thing or three. This is not about me, this is about us.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 92 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode #31 The Mixed-Up Matrix of Concussions with Dave Zabriskie & Scott Thomson
Time and again I am blessed with the gift of support. This being friends who guide me, lift me, and comfort me when I need it most. These people did not owe me anything, nor did I ask for their assis…
Episode #30 Saving Ourselves From Ourselves with Elias Snyder
Elias Snyder is having a day. Maybe it's going to be a good day, maybe a not-so good day, but he's having a day! It is, of course, his day to live, and to love, and to bare himself honestly with the …
Episode #29 Finding The Truth Amid Self with Anthony Signorelli
Anthony Signorelli, aka Tony, endured the poor mental health of his wife, until her death due to cancer. With two young daughters at home the challenge was beyond the ability to function. Tony shares…
Episode #28 Recovery Rocks!
This topic here feels way too big to even address, dang, it’s huge. Earlier this week I planned a half-hearted attempt to do something about it, but then stopped. With the subject looming overhead, I…
Episode #27 Breaking The Chains Of This Dark Daemon, Depression
How do we even begin to define depression? Well, from where I sit it appears to be an unsettled emotional state that crosses over into a physical ailment, brought on by a belief of being held down or…
Episode #26 Growing Up Without A Mother with Shequila Hoye
Without a functional mother that is.
There is so much adhesive hardship in life, aka trauma. Within this vibrant episode, my dear gal pal Shequila and I discuss substance abuse, poor mental health, a…
Episode #25 Chapter Two Audio Reading From The ADDICT Book
The complete CHAPTER TWO audio recording, read by Roger.
CHAPTER ONE can be found in the previous pod episode #23.
Chapter Two excerpt:
(a poem) Mirror-Mirror Why Do You Hate Me So?
Yes I see, yes Mirr…
Episode #24 Communal Symposium On Substance Abuse LIVE
Over 100 friends packed the room, and in excess of 250 joined the FB livestream for the live event in Madison Wisconsin, Garver Feed Mill 11/15/23.
Without discussion, we sit amidst an opioid and fe…
Episode #23 Chapter One Audio Reading From The ADDICT Book
A read-aloud of chapter one from the new book. Partial text:
My scars represent my best lessons…my stumbles hurt me, while teach me.
Growing into the learned weathering of up’s and downs, aka residing…
Episode #22 Leaving The Shitty Parts Of Life Behind
Attempting to begin my life anew, I recognized the biggest challenge is overcoming the worst parts of myself. Beginning to claw my way up and out of that shitty hell, I found the need to silence the …
Episode #21 Writing A Book with Sarah Young
Coach Sarah and I discuss the might of the written word…and what about the value of our stories shared anyway? Both regarding the writer awhile the reader, we consider the realities of publishing our…
Episode #20 WTF Is Going On?
Stuck? Needing change? Wanting a new life. Well then, how?
Here I get real. Hyper-F'ing real and bare all. I hold back nothing.
Is it possible to get something else out of life...is it possible...is it…
Episode #19 Retaining Sanity As A Black Man In America with Charles CH Stovall
Charles won conference three times as a wrestler in high school and went on to wrestle in college. He graduated with a management degree from University of Wisconsin and achieved success in corporate…
Episode #18 Finding Our Way with TJ Schmidt
This one goes deep and fast: addiction, recovery, overdose, and self-reinvention.
TJ and I are both addicts and share some of our experiences.
Comparing ourselves to ourselves, not others. Find our p…
Episode #17 The Rollercoaster Puzzle Game
I am engaged in a battle to make my own life.
We all are.
I attempt to live more like I desire, and less like I do not.
We all do.
Our frightening memories haunt us, we bleed quarts from past pains. …
Episode #16 The Master Of Intentional Living with Matt Halpern
Matt Halpern, an incredibly savvy and accomplished businessman at the well-versed age of 38, ridiculously focused and disciplined since four years old, and hyper-talented with almost every one of his…
Episode #15 The Consequence of Habit with JT Frank
Episode 15 features JT Frank, on loan from his podcast show “Consequence of Habit”.
JT challenges us all with his statements, “Is there more to my existence than I’m living right now?” and that we a…
Episode #14 Intention And Truth with SOULCRAFT Brian Ehrlich
Living with truth and intention. Brian Ehrlich and I discuss a multitude of deep life topics during this recent chat on his SOULCRAFT podcast.
We may miss the opportunity to stay balanced in the midd…
Episode #13 Between The Hardship Is Goodness
This episode is dedicated to my buddy Tyler and my friend JP. Two amazing young men, with endless possibilities but currently struggling to find their way… My heart goes out to you guys and all the g…
Episode #12 The River Of Life with Spencer Ploessl
The River of Life, Episode #12 with co-host Spencer Ploessl.
If you have never listened to our podcast before, I will give a brief overview: my varying co-hosts flip a coin that decides who asks the f…