# From Opioid Addiction to Endurance Champion | Planet Tyrus

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Podcast: [Planet Tyrus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/planet-tyrus-7536802)
Published: 2026-06-11T15:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3413

## Resource

Ken Rideout joins Planet Tyrus for a conversation about addiction, sobriety, success, and the hard work it takes to rebuild a life. Ken opens up about his years as a Wall Street trader, his battle with opioid addiction, his journey into recovery, and the mindset that helped him become an elite endurance athlete. In this episode, Tyrus and Ken Rideout discuss Ken’s memoir, Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard, his childhood outside Boston, working in a prison, chasing success on Wall Street, confronting addiction, and ultimately winning the brutal Gobi Desert race in Mongolia. This is a powerful conversation about grit, fatherhood, faith in the work, and why the hardest path is often the one that changes everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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