Pondoff's Anonymous

Chris Pondoff, Zo Mendenall, KG

jallen@pondoffsanonymous.com

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Booking Overview

Pondoff's Anonymous is a candid recovery and mental health show where hosts unpack addiction, relapse, shame, trauma, and healing with both personal insight and expert-informed perspectives. For PR pros, it’s a strong platform for credible speakers who can discuss recovery realities in an authentic, stigma-reducing way.

Metrics

Episodes: 81

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 532 subscribers

Instagram: 1.2k followers

Contact Information

jallen@pondoffsanonymous.com

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Host

Chris Pondoff - Co-host of Pondoff's Anonymous, an unfiltered recovery podcast focused on addiction, recovery, relapse, trauma, and shame. Known for frank, raw conversations and using humor to address difficult ex...

Zo Mendenall - Co-host of Pondoff's Anonymous. Brings personal perspective to conversations about addiction and mental health, including discussion of bipolar disorder and lived-experience insights framed as reco...

KG - Appears as a participating host/regular panel voice on at least one recent episode. Works alongside Chris and Zo in facilitating recovery-focused discussion, bringing lived and/or experiential pers...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Mix of lived-experience speakers and credentialed recovery/mental-health professionals (e.g., authors with relevant personal health narratives, prominent public figures who can discuss addiction/mental health candidly, and clinicians/case managers/workers in treatment and recovery settings).
Required Achievements:  
Relevant published work (e.g., a book) or documented personal recovery journey, Work in treatment systems (e.g., case management, discharge planning, outpatient/sober living coordination) with direct client-facing experience, Public recognition helps but is not required if the story is credible and detailed (e.g., high-profile media figures or authors).

Recent Guest Discussions

Michael Wellington - Bipolar Disorder Lived Experience; Recovery Habits; Medication And Self-medicating Risks; Intervention And Psychiatric Hospitalization; Parallels Between Addiction Recovery And Mental Health Recovery.

Marcus Buff Bagwell - Substance Abuse And Addiction Alongside Pain And Recovery; Steroid/painkiller/cocaine Use; Faith And Survival; The Relationship Between Fame/body Culture And Hidden Addiction; The Impact Of Serious Injury And Amputation.

Blake Wellen - Treatment And Discharge Planning; Compassion Fatigue; Outpatient/sober Living Supports; Why 30 Days Often Isn’t Enough; Family Understanding; Building Plans Starting On Day One After Inpatient Care.

Recent Topics

Addiction, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma, Relapse

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Pondoff's Anonymous
:

Ignoring Red Flags Since 1999 with Angie Isam

June 15, 2026

On this episode of Pondoff’s Anonymous, Angie Isam sits down for one of the most unbelievable and emotionally raw conversations the show has had yet. What starts as stories about South City chaos, partying, and addiction quickly unfolds into a childhood filled with instability, abandonment, alcoholism, kidnapping, violence, and survival.Angie opens up about growing up in a deeply dysfunctional home, her father spiraling into alcoholism, her mother disappearing for long stretches of time, and ...

I Thought I Was Only Hurting Me with Matt Bauersachs

June 08, 2026

On this episode of Pondoff’s Anonymous, Chris and Zoe sit down with Matt Bauersachs for an honest and inspiring recovery story. Matt opens up about growing up feeling different, struggling with ADHD, lupus, self-esteem, and eventually finding himself caught in a spiral of alcohol, drugs, selling substances, and increasingly destructive behavior. What started as teenage experimentation quickly turned into blackouts, crashes, failed college attempts, and a life headed in a dangerous direction.M...

Turning Pain Into Purpose with Kira Andersen

June 01, 2026

On this episode of Pondoff's Anonymous, Kira Andersen joins the crew for a conversation that is heartbreaking, inspiring, and deeply human all at the same time.Kira opens up about growing up with a mother who struggled with alcoholism, the complicated grief that followed her mother's death, and the loneliness that can come with loving someone through addiction. From there, the conversation explores how she coped through achievement, marathon running, entrepreneurship, and constantly s...

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