Welcome to the Rawwyrd Podcast!
Have you ever been standing in line and overheard someone telling a story to those in their group.
You start casually listening and you get invested because…it’s interesting. Then the story stops and you scream in your head, ‘What!, I need to hear the rest of that’? Those raw, gritty, ‘you can’t make this stuff up’ stories that are 100% true.
I’m Jared. For over 20 years I worked as a Correctional Officer in some of Utah’s toughest, weirdest, and funniest housing units.
A few years ago I discovered I had three half-siblings, in addition to the one I grew up with. I’ve met my sperm donor dad. I’ve heard — I’ve lived — I have these stories.
This show is where the crazy true stories meet the real lessons — from behind prison walls and from inside the most personal parts of life. Sometimes they’ll make you laugh. Sometimes they’ll make you think. Sometimes both.
Welcome to Rawwyrd: Stories too wild to invent.
Rawwyrd Podcast Features
Rawwyrd is where the stories nobody could script come to life. Twenty-plus years inside some of Utah’s toughest, weirdest, and funniest housing units. Discovering half-siblings I never knew existed. Meeting the man whose name I didn’t’ know and was my biological father. These are the raw, true, “you can’t make this stuff up” moments — and the real lessons that come with them.
Behind the Walls
True stories from the housing units most people never see. The chaos, the dark humor, the quiet humanity, and the moments that stay with you long after the doors lock.
Family & Bloodlines
The day I found out I had three half-siblings. Meeting my sperm-donor dad. The conversations, the surprises, and the messy human stuff that happens when the past suddenly shows up.
Lessons You Can’t Invent
The show isn’t just storytelling — it’s the real takeaways that come from living it. Sometimes you’ll laugh. Sometimes you’ll sit with it. Usually both.