{"podcast":{"title":"Stories from a Stranger","slug":"stories-from-a-stranger-7836603","podcast_index_feed_id":7836603,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/stories-from-a-stranger","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/stories-from-a-stranger","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/ac/d8/64/95/acd86495-ab5f-4de6-973e-7345685127b0/09a3823a36cbfe10aad327cc0d143f1731edfb10f7f22aded7a1a897a0972539c9e78692c2b6a5311e9a60daf4123fcd0dfa8daacdf1c111e2742915cdd3b654.jpeg","author":"HigherGround","episode_count":11,"summary":"“Every stranger has a story.” This is what Hunter Prosper realized when he began posting man-on-the-street interviews with real-life strangers to his social media accounts. Hunter’s genuine connection with strangers and emotional interview moments quickly captured viewers' hearts across multiple platforms and a New York Times Best Selling book. Now, Hunter is expanding his social media series into a new weekly video and audio podcast, Stories from a Stranger , featuring portraits of multiple strangers connected by themes of love, loss, regret, inspiration, illness, family connections, and more. In each episode, Hunter brings his innate warmth, curiosity, and charm, interviewing people from all walks of life and sharing anonymously submitted confessions. Interviews start with a question and then grow in unexpected ways as strangers open up and share their most defining moments. From the deaths of loved ones to using their most painful moments as inspiration to finding their greatest loves, no subject is off-limits. Their stories are raw, intimate, and bursting with humanity. Right now, it is easy to feel like the world is irrevocably divided. Stories from a Stranger is a warm remin…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:17:03.453275+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-from-a-stranger-7836603"},"episode":{"title":"S E4: Difficult Upbringings","slug":"s-e4-difficult-upbringings","published_at":"2026-06-01T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-from-a-stranger-7836603/s-e4-difficult-upbringings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-from-a-stranger-7836603","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1598/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/rss.art19.com/episodes/de7edae2-f124-4aef-b2be-524512de3b7e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1598/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/rss.art19.com/episodes/de7edae2-f124-4aef-b2be-524512de3b7e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Hunter speaks with two strangers about their painful upbringings. Meet this episode's strangers: - Lisa Marie shares what it was like to hear the words, “We are going to have to put you into foster care,” at sixteen, and to be separated from her much younger brother, David. She talks about the memory holes trauma left behind, the rage that followed years later, and how she kept people at a distance for most of her early adulthood. Lisa Marie reflects on the shame of feeling marked by foster care, poverty, and her parents’ substance use, and how writing her story helped her reclaim it and let go of the “scarlet letter” she felt she wore. - Adriana, who became a mother at seventeen and found herself raising her baby in a women's shelter after being rejected by her family. She describes the shelter as an unexpected village of women supporting each other through crisis, and how that experience cemented her resolve never to ask for help again. Topics: - Childhood trauma and its impact on identity - Navigating the foster care system as a teen - Survival and sibling bonds after separation - Healing from parental abandonment and neglect - Transforming destructive rage into radical empathy - Reclaiming personal stories through writing - Teen motherhood and the NYC shelter system - Finding community and support in shelters - Breaking generational cycles of hardship - Building resilience and strength for children Chapters: 00:00:00 The parents we didn't choose 00:01:24 Entering the foster care system at sixteen 00:02:55 How childhood trauma creates memory holes 00:04:13 The pain of being separated from my brother 00:07:30 Using rage to protect myself from abandonment 00:12:11 Shedding the scarlet letter through writing 00:19:12 Choosing peace and forgiveness over rage 00:20:43 An…","meta_description":"Hunter speaks with two strangers about their painful upbringings. 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