What Comes After Hollywood? w/ Nerdrotic ​
What Comes After Hollywood? w/ Nerdrotic ​  
Podcast: Making the Argument with Nick Freitas
Published On: Sat Nov 08 2025
Description: Hollywood is dying, but what comes next? Gary “Nerdrotic” joins me to unpack the rot and his wild journey from battling addiction and prison to fatherhood and YouTube with 1M+ subs, and why pop culture is still worth fighting for.GET YOUR MERCH HERE: https://shop.nickjfreitas.com/BECOME A MEMBER OF THE IC: https://NickJFreitas.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVATwitter: https://twitter.com/NickJFreitasYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NickjfreitasTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.000:00:00 Intro00:01:37 Nerdrotic’s New Book00:05:38 How Gary Went From Prison to YouTube00:19:49 Going to Prison For the First Time00:24:22 Getting Out and Going Back to Prison00:29:28 Prison vs Hollywood Myths00:34:00 Starting Over00:42:48 Relapse and the Addictive Mindset00:43:22 Politics and Government00:49:43 How Gary Recovered00:53:05 Fathers, Masculinity, and Cultural Guardrails00:58:09 Nerdrotic’s Critique of Pop Culture01:05:53 Outro + Where to Find Gary