{"podcast":{"title":"The Homeboy Way","slug":"the-homeboy-way-7492549","podcast_index_feed_id":7492549,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1098ad66c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-homeboy-way","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44450611/44450611-1758345116628-1d5838d95f59e.jpg","author":"The Homeboy Way","episode_count":40,"summary":"The Homeboy Way Podcast invites listeners into stories of healing, kinship, and transformation. Hosted by Tom Vozzo, former longtime CEO of Homeboy Industries, alongside Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., and illuminating guests, the show explores what happens when people are seen, cherished, and given space to heal. The Homeboy team will talk about trauma, redemption, social justice, faith, and business efforts that foster healing, but more than anything, we talk about belonging and what happens when you meet people where they're at. The Homeboy Way, a movement of radical kinship.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:44.393648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-homeboy-way-7492549"},"episode":{"title":"Listen, Listen. Love, Love: Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J. on the Heart of Healing","slug":"listen-listen-love-love-fr-greg-boyle-s-j-on-the-heart-of-healing","published_at":"2026-03-18T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-homeboy-way-7492549/listen-listen-love-love-fr-greg-boyle-s-j-on-the-heart-of-healing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-homeboy-way-7492549","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-homeboy-way/episodes/Listen--Listen--Love--Love-Fr--Greg-Boyle--S-J--on-the-Heart-of-Healing-e3gk4rv","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1098ad66c/podcast/play/117100863/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-18%2Fe2fdb6ec-e7c4-db8c-a462-96ab74938038.mp3","summary":"At Homeboy Industries, healing rarely happens through a single method. It unfolds through therapy, community, compassion, and the steady presence of people who care. In this episode, Tom Vozzo sits down with Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J. to explore how healing really happens for people carrying deep trauma. Fr. Greg describes it as the “cumulative dosing effect of cherishing” when someone is consistently seen, known, and valued. Yet that kind of love can feel overwhelming. Some homies even walk away at first because they do not know how to receive it. Fr. Greg reflects on the early days of Homeboy, when therapy carried heavy stigma. Today, the demand is so great that there are waiting lists. He shares stories of people wrestling with addiction, hearing voices, and confronting wounds they once tried to bury. Through decades of experience, Fr. Greg reveals a deeper truth. Healing does not happen only in therapy. It happens in a community where people discover they are no longer alone. Key Takeaways Overwhelm from love is real. Fr. Greg shares about a homie who left Homeboy not because things were bad, but because he “didn’t know how to handle all the love.” For people used to trauma, steady care and belonging can feel unfamiliar or overwhelming, so some leave and return when they are ready. Community dosing surrounds and amplifies therapy. Beyond methods like talk therapy and EMDR, healing also happens through daily relationships. Consistent care from staff, mentors, and volunteers helps build resilience. The three profiles of gang members (and all of us). Fr. Greg breaks down that everyone falls into one of three categories: despair (can't imagine a future), trauma (high ACEs score), or mental illness. Luck and privilege shape our lives more than we admit. Fr. Greg reminds us th…","meta_description":"At Homeboy Industries, healing rarely happens through a single method. It unfolds through therapy, community, compassion, and the steady presence of peopl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2832,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-homeboy-way-7492549/episodes/listen-listen-love-love-fr-greg-boyle-s-j-on-the-heart-of-healing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-homeboy-way-7492549/listen-listen-love-love-fr-greg-boyle-s-j-on-the-heart-of-healing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}