A lifetime of trauma and laughter
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Comedian Rudy-Lee Taurua was born into a world where people talked with their fists and drugs and alcohol abuse was the norm. It felt inevitable that he would go down the same path. In part one of his chat with Gary, he talks about his decade-long addiction and how he overcame it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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