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TRAVIS BARKER: "My Biggest Fear Actually Happened"

1 hour 21 minutes Posted Aug 10, 2026 at 7:00 am.

Intro

Childhood Memories & Drum Practice

Skateboarding

Drum Kit & Musical Genres

Getting Good & Learning Jazz Charts

Natural Talent Vs. Hard Work

Grieving The Loss Of His Mother

Mom’s Final Advice & Marching Band Tryouts

Garage Rehearsals & Dad’s Hard Ultimatums

The Grind of Being In An Independent Band

Counselors Laughing At The Dream

How Blink-182 Came Into His Life

What Practicing Looks Like Today

Early Financial Success & His Dad’s Advice

Introduction To Drugs And Self-Medicating

Inside Blink-182’s First Breakup

Collaborating With DJ AM

High-Functioning Addiction & DJ AM’s Intervention

The South Carolina Show & His Daughter’s Premonition

The Plane Crash

Processing Loss And Amputation Fears

Survivor’s Guilt & 20 Years Without Flying

How Kourtney Got Him Flying Again

Skin Grafts And Hospital Suicidal Thoughts

Grieving the Death of DJ AM

Feeling The Presence of Passed Loved Ones

Surprises of Life Today

His Relationship with Kourtney Kardashian

Navigating A Miscarriage

Rocky’s Birth And Emergency Fetal Surgery

The Decision To Go Sober

First Flight In 20 Years

Blink-182 Reunion

Overcoming Fear & Running Toward Challenges

What His Mother Would Be Most Proud Of

Favorite Collaborations & Grammy Moment

Travis Barker On Final Five

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In this episode, Jay sits down with legendary drummer Travis Barker to talk about the discipline that built his career, the tragedy that almost ended it, and the slow, hard-won path back to peace. Travis opens up about losing his mother as a teenager, his struggles with addiction, the 2008 plane crash that changed his life, and how love, friendship, and sheer determination brought him back to himself.

With Love and Gratitude,

Jay Shetty

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