{"podcast":{"title":"Pork Pond Gazette","slug":"pork-pond-gazette-6372236","podcast_index_feed_id":6372236,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5282000/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pork-pond-gazette--5282000","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3764a0be2f73d4f35fe478f4d3813341.jpg","author":"Mike Rathbun","episode_count":190,"summary":"Let’s talk. Let’s talk about hope. Let’s talk about inspiration. Let’s talk about being happy, even if it’s only for 30 minutes. My goal for this show is for it to be a place to get away from the division and the anger in the world for a while. Relax, grab a coffee or a wine or your beverage of choice and just relax for a while. Welcome. I’m glad you’re here.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T14:17:03.312246+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pork-pond-gazette-6372236"},"episode":{"title":"Kindness And Recovery","slug":"kindness-and-recovery","published_at":"2026-06-18T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pork-pond-gazette-6372236/kindness-and-recovery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pork-pond-gazette-6372236","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/kindness-and-recovery--72573665","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72573665/19136065_kindness_and_recovery.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail A sober living home can be more than a roof. It can be a turning point. We sit down with Amber Miller , the founder of Angels House of Healing , to hear how she turned grief, addiction recovery, and a promise to break a generational cycle into a real transitional living community for women. Her story starts with losing her mother to alcoholism at 44, and the clarity that the deeper wound was unhealed trauma. From there, Amber shares what it took to get sober, face shame, and rebuild an identity rooted in values and integrity. We also get practical about what makes women’s sober living work day to day: creating safety and trust for residents arriving from treatment, incarceration, or unsafe housing, setting clear standards, and building a culture where kindness includes boundaries and accountability. Amber explains who Angels House of Healing is for, why the program expects readiness and inner work, and how community can help someone stop living in survival mode. A standout takeaway is the focus on independence. Amber wants women leaving with two essentials: knowing their worth and gaining financial education. We talk about financial literacy, budgeting, and even using AI tools to help residents learn money skills that many of us were never taught. We also touch on the ripple effect of healing through kids, families, friendships, and the broader community, plus Amber’s upcoming non-alcoholic one-year celebration and fundraiser, Raising Spirits, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. If this conversation hits home, subscribe to Kindness Matters, share the episode with someone in recovery, and leave a quick review so more people can find these stories. What part of Amber’s approach to healing do you want to try first?This podcast is a proud member of the Mayday Media N…","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail A sober living home can be more than a roof. It can be a turning point. We sit down with Amber Miller , the founder of Angels House of He…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1956,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pork-pond-gazette-6372236/episodes/kindness-and-recovery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pork-pond-gazette-6372236/kindness-and-recovery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}