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Living Louder

Portia Louder

Booking Overview

This interview-led personal-story show focuses on incarceration, addiction recovery, trauma, faith, and redemption, typically featuring guests with direct lived experience of hardship and transformation. Credible pitches include formerly incarcerated people, people in sustained recovery, trauma survivors, recovery-support professionals, and faith or community leaders with relevant firsthand experience; booking difficulty is likely low because guests are generally accessible professionals and compelling lived-experience voices rather than high-profile figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 61

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 21.7k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

portia.louder@gmail.com

chlouder@gmail.com

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Host

Portia Louder - Formerly incarcerated storyteller who spent four and a half years in federal prison and shares reflections on kindness, faith, enduring friendships, and the challenges faced by people in prison.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Direct lived experience with incarceration, addiction recovery, trauma, grief, or significant personal adversity; relevant recovery-support, service, faith, or community work is also a strong fit.
Required Achievements:  
Sustained recovery or successful reintegration after incarceration, Completion of treatment, education, or personal transformation programs, Helping others through recovery-support, service, or community work

Recent Guest Discussions

James Spilleta - Family Murder-suicide, Addiction, Relapse, Incarceration, Grief, Trauma, Sobriety, Faith, And Rebuilding A Meaningful Life.

Jon Adams - Family Legacy, Photography, Faith, Service, Kindness, Mental Health, Compassion, And Lessons Learned From Previous Generations.

Betsy Gallegos - Addiction, Incarceration, Faith, Recovery, Forgiveness, Family Relationships, Healing, And Helping Others Overcome Substance-use Struggles.

Vanessa MacNeill - Addiction Recovery, Incarceration, Grief, Suicide Loss, Trauma, Spirituality, Resilience, And Supporting Others Through Recovery.

Recent Topics

Incarceration, Addiction Recovery, Trauma Recovery, Christianity, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Living Louder
:

Richard The Great! A Childhood Dream Comes True

October 09, 2026

https://richardpaulevans.com/In this heartfelt conversation, bestselling author Richard Paul Evans joins Portia Louder for an honest discussion about loss, faith, family, resilience, and finding purpose after life takes an unexpected turn.Portia shares how she discovered Evans’s book The 5 Lessons years ago—and how one principle, making a decision, helped shape the choices that carried her through addiction, prison, and rebuilding her life. She also explains why Evans’s The Walk series has be...

Whatever it Takes! - with Sean Castleberry

October 02, 2026

In this powerful episode of the Living Louder Podcast, Portia sits down with Sean Castlederry for an honest and inspiring conversation about addiction, abandonment, homelessness, incarceration, recovery, fatherhood, faith, and the possibility of starting over.Sean shares how growing up in Utah, experiencing his father’s absence, losing a beloved uncle to a heroin overdose, and struggling to fit in shaped many of the choices he made as a teenager and young adult. What began with partying and p...

Never Lost Alone - With Scott Hammond

September 26, 2026

What does it take to rebuild your life after everything familiar has been taken away?In this heartfelt episode of Living Louder, Portia Louder sits down with author, professor, consultant, and search-and-rescue volunteer Dr. Scott Hammond for a meaningful conversation about resilience, hope, second chances, faith, and the courage to keep moving forward when life feels uncertain.Scott shares stories from a life shaped by change. Raised in different parts of the world, including Indonesia, Fran...

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Frequently asked questions

Here's some frequently asked questions for
Living Louder
:

How do I get in touch with Living Louder?

Living Louder is hosted by Portia Louder. Its publicly listed emails are portia.louder@gmail.com and chlouder@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Living Louder?

The publicly listed emails for Living Louder: portia.louder@gmail.com and chlouder@gmail.com.

How many listeners does Living Louder have?

Podseeker estimates Living Louder reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Living Louder?

Living Louder typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Direct lived experience with incarceration, addiction recovery, trauma, grief, or significant personal adversity; relevant recovery-support, service, faith, or community work is also a strong fit. Common among recent guests: Sustained recovery or successful reintegration after incarceration; Completion of treatment, education, or personal transformation programs; Helping others through recovery-support, service, or community work. Recent guests include James Spilleta, Jon Adams, and Betsy Gallegos.

How hard is it to get booked on Living Louder?

Low. A guest with relevant expertise and a clear angle for its audience has a realistic chance.

What topics does Living Louder cover?

Recent episodes cover Incarceration, Addiction Recovery, Trauma Recovery, Christianity, and Mental Health. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

portia.louder@gmail.com

chlouder@gmail.com

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