This is a show about recovery, hosted by CPR News host Vic Vela. Everyone knows someone who struggles with addiction or mental health issues or a physical ailment that has dramatically changed their life. This show is a place to regularly showcase courage and what it takes to come back.
Latest Episodes
- Khadi Oluwatoyin created her own recovery group for Black women and nonbinary folks to help others — and herself — through recovery.
- After a successful NFL career, Aaron Taylor had to come to terms with his alcohol addiction and heal the childhood trauma he had never addressed.
- How singer-songwriter Pebe Sebert found recovery and helped her daughter, Kesha, find success.
- When Natalie Hodges started down the path of becoming a professional violinist, debilitating performance anxiety put a wrench in her dreams. But it helped her discover the root of her problems -- and put her on the road to recovery.
- In the darkest moment of professional baseball player Drew Robinson's life, he realized he was here for good reasons, and he committed to living.
- Like her father, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Carnie Wilson found solace and joy in music, but also issues with addiction. With the help of her community, she rose from her darkest place.
- We’re back with more stories about the highest highs, the darkest moments and what it takes to make a comeback.
- The powerful story of the friendship between a former NFL player facing the long journey of recovery and the photojournalist who refused to let him slip away.
Team
- Weekend Host / Reporter
Editor/Producer, Audio Innovations Studio
Editor/Producer
Former Editor
Community Audio Producer, Audio Innovations Studio
Podcast Producer & Project Manager, Audio Innovations Studio
Executive Producer, Audio Innovations
