Unglossy with Bun B, Jeffrey Sledge and Tom Frank
Unglossy is the unfiltered conversation series exploring the people, stories, and cultural forces reshaping creativity today. Hosted by hip-hop icon and educator Bun B, music industry veteran Jeffrey Sledge, and brand strategist Tom Frank, the show dives deep into how creators, entrepreneurs, and innovators build influence, identity, and legacy in a rapidly shifting world.
Each episode features candid interviews with artists, athletes, founders, storytellers, and cultural architects—revealing the real experiences behind viral moments, brand breakthroughs, career pivots, and creative risks.
If you're into culture, music, business, branding, or the behind-the-scenes game of how ideas spread, this is your front-row seat. Listen to Unglossy on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow @UnglossyPod on Instagram and join the conversation.
Unglossy is produced and distributed by Merrick Studios — where stories take the mic. Learn more at wearemerrickstudios.com.
Unglossy with Bun B, Jeffrey Sledge and Tom Frank
Owen Hanson (The Cocaine Quarterback): Fame, Fallout & the Fight Back
This might be the wildest story we’ve ever told on Unglossy — and that’s saying something.
This week, Bun B, Jeffrey Sledge, and Tom Frank sit down with Owen Hanson, better known as The California Kid or The Cocaine Quarterback. Once a USC walk-on turned national champion, Owen’s life took a sharp left turn from the football field into international drug trafficking, cartel money, federal prison, and headlines that sound fictional until you realize they’re not.
Fresh off the Amazon Prime docuseries Cocaine Quarterback, Owen breaks his silence on what really happened — from how the documentary came together, to what it got right (and what it couldn’t fully show), to how you rebuild an identity when your name becomes a cautionary tale.
This isn’t a glamorized crime story. It’s a raw conversation about ambition, ego, consequences, survival, and second chances. We talk life inside prison, hustling legally and illegally, the mindset it takes to endure a decade behind bars, and how Owen turned a mop bucket, protein powder, and sheer will into a legitimate business on the outside.
From USC glory to federal time… and from rock bottom to redemption — this episode is about what happens after everything falls apart.
No polish. No excuses. Just the truth. This is Unglossy.
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