
Vol. 16: Christian Hosoi
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09/28/21 • 53 min
For the sixteenth episode of Charges, Rex brings Christian Hosoi on the show to talk about his skateboarding career and his battles with addiction that lead him to prison. Rex & Christian discuss: What skateboarding means to him, Being a Father, Turning Pro at a young age & his first board, his friendship & rivalry with Tony Hawk, fame & drug use at a young age, the culture surrounding skateboarding, getting into harder drugs, missing the first X Games, running from the police, being arrested & sentenced to jail, turning his life around & more. This episode is not to be missed!
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Charges is Created by CTRL Media & Portal A. It's produced by DBPodcasts in association with iHeartMedia.
Executive Producers: Steve Nash, Brandon Kraines, Ezra Holland, Nate Houghteling, and Todd Barrish.
Charges with Rex Chapman Theme Music
Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)
Produced by: Gene Crenshaw (@yuyuthemaker)
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For the sixteenth episode of Charges, Rex brings Christian Hosoi on the show to talk about his skateboarding career and his battles with addiction that lead him to prison. Rex & Christian discuss: What skateboarding means to him, Being a Father, Turning Pro at a young age & his first board, his friendship & rivalry with Tony Hawk, fame & drug use at a young age, the culture surrounding skateboarding, getting into harder drugs, missing the first X Games, running from the police, being arrested & sentenced to jail, turning his life around & more. This episode is not to be missed!
This episode is brought to you by DraftKings.com/CHARGES
Charges is Created by CTRL Media & Portal A. It's produced by DBPodcasts in association with iHeartMedia.
Executive Producers: Steve Nash, Brandon Kraines, Ezra Holland, Nate Houghteling, and Todd Barrish.
Charges with Rex Chapman Theme Music
Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)
Produced by: Gene Crenshaw (@yuyuthemaker)
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For the fifteenth episode of Charges, Rex brings D'Qwell Jackson on the show to talk about his career and an incident that changed his life. Rex & D'Qwell discuss: Playing football at a young age in college, the passing of Corey Stringer, How he fell in love with Football, why he decided to play Defense, being coached/disciplined growing up, the colleges he could have gone to, Being drafted by The Cleveland Browns, when he knew he was a pro, sports psychology, the fear of being cut, the truth about his assault arrest, his PED suspension, when he noticed something was different with his brain & CTE, friends in football & more. This episode is not to be missed!
This episode is brought to you by DraftKings.com/CHARGES
Charges is Created by CTRL Media & Portal A. It's produced by DBPodcasts in association with iHeartMedia.
Executive Producers: Steve Nash, Brandon Kraines, Ezra Holland, Nate Houghteling, and Todd Barrish.
Charges with Rex Chapman Theme Music
Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)
Produced by: Gene Crenshaw (@yuyuthemaker)
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For the seventeenth episode of Charges, Rex brings John Amaechi on the show to talk about his past NBA career and the secret that he kept. Rex & John discuss: Not being a sports fans & the toxicity of the leagues, being introduced to basketball at 17 on the street & not playing sports growing up, his journey to America & writing hundreds of of letters to colleges to get there, moving to Toledo, getting advice from his coach & his mother's cancer diagnosis, being a gay man in the NBA & hiding it, the world of race in sports, the role of sports in society, becoming a psychologist & more. This episode is not to be missed!
Charges is Created by CTRL Media & Portal A. It's produced by DBPodcasts in association with iHeartMedia.
Executive Producers: Steve Nash, Brandon Kraines, Ezra Holland, Nate Houghteling, and Todd Barrish.
Charges with Rex Chapman Theme Music
Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)
Produced by: Gene Crenshaw (@yuyuthemaker)
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Charges with Rex Chapman - Vol. 16: Christian Hosoi
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Charges. That's created by Portalais and Control Media. It's produced by dB Podcasts in association with I Heart Radio. This time a former Son's player who you might remember as t Rex. More video in just a moment, but this is Rex Chapman's mug Shaun, and we are learning a lot more about the charge up Charging. You're arrested a pound and a half of crystal meth on you. When did it set in, like I'm probably going to jail. I did acid at twelve, I di
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