Anthony Bourdain: Junk, Romance, and a Lust for Life (REWIND)

5/24/202655 min

Anthony Bourdain had a lust for life. He went all in on adventure, indulgence, food, romance – including the romance of a heroin addiction that he chased through the restaurant kitchens and grimy rock clubs of 1980s Manhattan. For years he was a struggling cook and writer, but his first book, published when he was 43 years old, was an overnight success. He parlayed success as a writer into success as a TV host, traveling all over the world, dining with rockstars, presidents, and everyone in between. He dodged bullets, the real and the figurative kind, the figurative kind from the tabloids having the most impact. But in the end, he was unable to dodge the truth, which to a romantic like Anthony Bourdain, was hard to come to terms with.

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This episode was originally published on February 20, 2024.

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Speaker 10:00
[gentle music] This is exactly right.
Jake Brennan· Host0:03
[upbeat music] Double Elvis.
Speaker 30:12
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Speaker 40:29
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Speaker 30:44
You don't need to have everything figured out right now. You just need to understand yourself a little bit better. Listen to The Psychology of Your 20s on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Chelsea Handler0:55
This season on Dear Chelsea with me, Chelsea Handler, we have some fantastic guests, like Emilia Clarke.
Speaker 11:02
When, like, young people come up to me and they wanna be an actor or whatever, I'm-- my first thing is always, "Can you think of anything else- [laughs] "That you can do?"
Chelsea Handler1:11
That you'd rather be.
Speaker 11:11
Because- Disappointed in. [laughs] Do, do that.
Chelsea Handler1:14
David Oyelowo.
David Oyelowo· Soundbite1:16
I love this podcast, whether it's therapy or relationships or religion or sex or addiction or... You just go straight for the guts.
Chelsea Handler1:25
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