The Mindful Punk: Travis Barker on Music, Family & Trauma
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The Mindful Punk: Travis Barker on Music, Family & Trauma

B1IntermediateAugust 7, 20261 hr 2 min

Travis Barker, whose new Hulu documentary “Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear” is out August 13, sat down with Joe and Jon to reflect on his music career with Blink-182 and beyond, overcoming the trauma of his 2008 plane crash and family life with Kourtney Kardashian. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simple...

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I'm Wesley Morris. I'm a critic for the New York Times. And I'm the host of a podcast called Cannonball. We're going to talk about that song you can't get out of your head.

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That TV show you watched and can't stop thinking about. And the movie that you saw when you were a kid that made you who you are, whether you like it or not. I was so embarrassed the whole time because it's a bad film. Yeah.

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And I still love it. You can find Cannonball on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. once in a while I'll wear a flannel or something if I feel like I want to be presentable.

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