Jun 7, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 10 segments
Matt "The Jedi" Floyd grew up in and out of foster homes. At 10, he was placed with a family that abused children in their care. By his teens, he was deep in street gangs and violence, before…
Benny DrohanHost
Matty, mate, before, um, the boxing and the prison and, you know, before everything that I guess people think they know about you, who was Mattie Floyd as a kid?

It's crazy to think about who you are now, but w- I guess we're gonna go on that journey together today, man.
Um, sometimes in, uh, foster care and, and just sometimes with, uh, you know, families and my own family.
Well, my mom really loved me, man, and she would've looked after me and had me all the time if she could, but she was just sick.

Matty, mate, before, um, the boxing and the prison and, you know, before everything that I guess people think they know about you, who was Mattie Floyd as a kid?

It's crazy to think about who you are now, but w- I guess we're gonna go on that journey together today, man.
Um, sometimes in, uh, foster care and, and just sometimes with, uh, you know, families and my own family.
Well, my mom really loved me, man, and she would've looked after me and had me all the time if she could, but she was just sick.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.