{"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 E6: Sometimes Blood Isn't Thicker Than Water","slug":"s-e6-sometimes-blood-isn-t-thicker-than-water","published_at":"2026-06-15T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-from-a-stranger-7836603/s-e6-sometimes-blood-isn-t-thicker-than-water","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/b0a4066a-aeb8-4045-b5c3-591896a50641.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1598/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/rss.art19.com/episodes/b0a4066a-aeb8-4045-b5c3-591896a50641.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Hunter meets with three individuals who had less than ideal relationships with the people who raised them and discusses how those relationships have shaped their adult lives.  Meet this episode's strangers: - Latoya shares the story of a distant father and the fragile, beautiful bond they finally built in the last three months before he died. She describes his health struggles and the constant childhood fear that she’d get a call saying he was gone, and how that shaped her relationships with men. Yet in the end, she chose to show up for him at his lowest moment, ending what a friend called “a cycle of abandonment” in her family and reminding her father he was still worthy of love.  - Carmel opens up about how her relationship with her mother contributed to her letting go of the dream of “true love” and a soulmate, even as her friendships feel like the deepest soul connections she’s ever known. Growing up in a home where affection was transactional and physical touch was absent, she learned that love had to be earned through achievement, a pattern that persisted within her adult relationships. The most painful wound came when, during a fight, her mother told her she wished she had aborted her, words Carmel still hears in her head every day. - Leon discusses what it is like to have a narcissistic father and the pain that has been inflicted upon the family. Leon came to realize that it was impossible for his father to love and care for him the way he needed, and that the best thing was to keep his distance. Chapters: 00:00:00 When parents hurt you the most  00:01:06 Lotoya: Grounded by a mother’s spiritual love 00:02:55 Anxiety and the fear of a parent’s death 00:11:14 Choosing to end a cycle of abandonment 00:15:31 Healing through active love and a final v…","meta_description":"Hunter meets with three individuals who had less than ideal relationships with the people who raised them and discusses how those relationships have shape…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3243,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stories-from-a-stranger-7836603/episodes/s-e6-sometimes-blood-isn-t-thicker-than-water/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-from-a-stranger-7836603/s-e6-sometimes-blood-isn-t-thicker-than-water.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}