In this music-heavy episode, we're joined by return guest Adam G., as well as music from Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Joon Moon, Oasis, Civil Twilight, R.E.M. and Coldpl...

Step 1 brings with it songs from lovelytheband, Bleachers, Coldplay, and Father John Misty.(Drop the Needle does not own or claim ownership of any music used in this podcast. Al...

<SEASON PREMIERE> In the second part of our season premiere, Mike & Paul discuss the season's 12-step arc, as well as the concept of "walls" and how Mike has no proble...

<SEASON PREMIERE> In our fourth season premiere, Sean & Paul introduce the topic of Steps and how each episode forward will be dedicated to one of the 12 steps of reco...

<SEASON FINALE> In this special year-end episode, we collected some of Mike's best insights and anecdotes regarding addiction and recovery during our 2018 season. Mike sha...

In this special, music-less episode, Portland-based writer Liv Pennelle (Liv's Recovery Kitchen) returns to discuss Goals. Over the past year, co-host Sean has lost an incredibl...

Mike, Sean and Paul revisit Clarity as a topic for the first time since February 2017. You'll hear some words of wisdom from a version of Mike that was still in sober living at ...

Gayle Saks-Rodriguez is the brains behind the long-running, ever-popular blog My Life in the Middle Ages. For the last decade, she's released one affecting essay after another, ...

Sincerely, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for continuing to listen to our addiction recovery music podcast Drop the Needle. As it continues to reach new listen...

In this episode, we talk about threats from three different aspects: threats to our active sobriety, threats back when we were using and/or drinking, and songs that simply remin...

The podcast lives! It takes us 15 minutes to get to the subject of Second Chances, but we firmly believe this episode is well worth it. Artists in this episode include Hippo Cam...

Following an unexpected personal matter, Paul gives an update on the current state and the future of Drop the Needle. Artists in this episode include Ringo Starr, Japanese Break...

Recorded live from the gorgeous and historic HALO Live in Sandusky, Ohio, the podcast celebrated the release of Paul's acclaimed alcoholism memoir BOTTLENECK. In the first of th...

We revisit the topic of Secrets this week and listen to songs by Car Seat Headrest and Doombird. Listen below or find us wherever podcasts can be found. (Drop the Needle does...

Writer, public speaker, storyteller, recovery advocate, suicide intervention trainer, and self-described "music fanatic" Shane Watson guests in an episode that dives headlong in...

In this mini-episode, we experiment with a new bi-weekly format where we take a previous topic and share new songs about it. With our Consequences episode, we try to get sponsor...

Wesley "Wes" Geer, founder of the "G-punk" group Hed PE as well as a long-time touring guitarist of KoЯn, visited the show to talk about the things we never stop to consider wou...

The utterly charming Olivia "Liv" Pennelle (the writer, cook, and addiction recovery activist behind Liv's Recovery Kitchen) visits the show to talk about the importance of resi...

This week's guest is actor/activist John Clint Mabry ("NCIS," "ER," "Superbad") who struggled with addiction, depression and PTSD for over a decade following a horrifying car ac...

In this mini-episode, Sean, Paul & Mike reflect on two years of doing the podcast: where it started, where it is, and where it's going. More than anything, it's an episode o...

Friend of the show Tommy Rutger, who was the subject of a feature for The Fix says "silence equals death." That's why he's completely open not only about his drug-addled past bu...

Our guest Josh C. isn't in recovery -- he's still wrestling with substance abuse and dealing with an ever-increasing number of consequences as a result. Josh stopped by to discu...

Rikki Grace is a professional counselor who works with clients struggling with addiction and mental health issues. More importantly, she's the counselor who treated Mike and Pau...

In this special episode (recorded live at the Garden Theater, as part of the Columbus Podcast Festival), guest Jen Hoening shared the Short North Stage with Mike, Sean and Paul ...

One of our very best friends, Cole Downs, visited the show to introduce the topic of Obsession, which is fitting not only from a recovery perspective but because Cole is absolut...