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Fresh Air · 2026-05-02 · 53 min · 8,599 words

Best Of: Flea / Nick Offerman

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Hey, how are you feeling right now? Exhausted from the summer? Overwhelmed with the new school year? Restless? Anxious?

LifeKit is here to help. Consider us your mental health accountability buddy with episodes on everything from navigating social anxiety to unlearning perfectionism. Listen to the LifeKit podcast in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend. Today Flea, he co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1982.

From the first time we stepped on stage, we were intent on being the wildest band that ever existed on this planet. We'll talk about how Flea's music and life have changed. Of course I've changed, and thank God I've changed. I was a lunatic. I was, you know, 19 going on

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