{"podcast":{"title":"Mended Futures | Presented By FIVE18 Family Services and Vision30","slug":"mended-futures-presented-by-five18-family-services-and-vision30-7028697","podcast_index_feed_id":7028697,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/mendedfuturesfive18/feed.xml","website_url":"https://five18.org/mended-futures-podcast/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/mendedfuturesfive18/20241010_011047_94a4b3cc13f3498adf15bd356c3fd2a1.png","author":"FIVE18 Family Services","episode_count":51,"summary":"We work toward mended futures for every family. The Mended Futures Podcast is a platform and trusted companion for connection, collaboration, understanding, and exploration surrounding the concept of family and family welfare. By providing a space for voices and perspectives to be heard, we hope to contribute to a more informed, empathetic, and inclusive society.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mended-futures-presented-by-five18-family-services-and-vision30-7028697"},"episode":{"title":"From Educator To Ministry Leader | Episode 34 (feat. Debbie Lester)","slug":"from-educator-to-ministry-leader-episode-34-feat-debbie-lester","published_at":"2025-06-05T13:00:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mended-futures-presented-by-five18-family-services-and-vision30-7028697/from-educator-to-ministry-leader-episode-34-feat-debbie-lester","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mended-futures-presented-by-five18-family-services-and-vision30-7028697","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/mendedfuturesfive18/2036109","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/279849/2036109/mendedfuturesfive18/2025_05_19_17_56_11_7bd835f4-e93e-443b-a620-d79ac9719497.mp3","summary":"This week, we sit down with Debbie Lester who is the Extension Agent (4-H Youth Development) for Amherst County at Virginia Tech. Taylor and Allison chat with her about why she left the school system, her current role and how she has found her purpose in ministry. Thank you to our sponsor, CarePortal! https://www.careportal.org/ At Five18 Family Services, our mission is to build communities of faithful relationships that ensure children are safe, and families are restored. Our vision is every child in a thriving family, supported by a faithful community. Together, we can make it possible, one child, one family at a time. If you would like to be apart of our mission and donate to us, visit: https://five18.org/ https://visionthirty.org/","meta_description":"This week, we sit down with Debbie Lester who is the Extension Agent (4-H Youth Development) for Amherst County at Virginia Tech. Taylor and Allison chat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mended-futures-presented-by-five18-family-services-and-vision30-7028697/episodes/from-educator-to-ministry-leader-episode-34-feat-debbie-lester/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mended-futures-presented-by-five18-family-services-and-vision30-7028697/from-educator-to-ministry-leader-episode-34-feat-debbie-lester.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}