Pondoff's Anonymous

Chris Pondoff, Zoë Mendenall

Booking Overview

An interview-led recovery podcast focused on addiction, sobriety, trauma, grief, and mental health, typically featuring people with lived recovery experience alongside addiction professionals and advocates. Credible pitches include recovery leaders, treatment or harm-reduction practitioners, family advocates, and individuals with compelling firsthand stories; booking difficulty is likely low because recent guests are accessible community members and working professionals rather than highly prominent public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 94

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 532 subscribers

Instagram: 1.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jallen@pondoffsanonymous.com

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Host

Chris Pondoff - Co-host of a candid recovery podcast covering addiction, sobriety, trauma, grief, mental health, and the challenges of getting better.

Zoë Mendenall - Co-host of a candid recovery podcast covering addiction, sobriety, trauma, grief, mental health, and the challenges of getting better.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Lived experience of addiction and recovery, leadership in recovery communities, professional experience in addiction treatment or case management, or advocacy for people and families affected by substance use.

Required Achievements:

Sustained sobriety or a compelling recovery journey, Recovery-community leadership, Addiction advocacy, Treatment or case-management experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Tiffany Foster - Grief, Addiction Advocacy, Family Education, Memory, Loss, And Continuing To Live After Tragedy.

Kenny Dyson - Alcohol And Drug Addiction, Sobriety, Grief, Divorce, Recovery Community, And Readiness For Change.

Michael Fowler - Childhood Trauma, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Treatment, Emotional Healing, Relationships, And Faith In Recovery.

Ricky Stewart - Addiction, Relapse, Sober Living, Fatherhood, Mental Health, Shame, Sponsorship, And Long-term Recovery.

Erin Johnston - Detox, Fentanyl, Youth Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Narcan, Family Support, Grief, Parenting, And Addiction Prevention.

Recent Topics

Addiction, Recovery, Sobriety, Trauma, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Pondoff's Anonymous

Pondoff's Anonymous S3 E32: "When I Wanted A Vacation From Being Homeless I Went To Jail"

September 14, 2026

Donnie Millas has lived enough lives for several episodes of Pondoff’s Anonymous.A lifelong friend of Eric’s and someone Chris has known since he was a kid, Donnie sits down to tell a story that goes from being a three-sport athlete and walking onto a semi-pro basketball team in Alaska to addiction, devastating loss, homelessness, jail and eventually finding his way into recovery.Donnie talks openly about the years he spent living on the streets, why jail sometimes felt like a “vacation” from...

Pondoff's Anonymous Season 3 Episode 31: "The System Isn't Built To Make Recovery Easy" with Dawn Stanley

September 07, 2026

For nearly 30 years, Dawn Stanley worked inside Missouri’s probation and parole system, helping people navigate addiction, mental health struggles, incarceration and re-entry. Eventually, she thought she was ready to walk away from helping people altogether.Turns out, that wasn’t really the problem.On this episode of Pondoff’s Anonymous, Dawn joins Chris, Kurt, and Zoë to talk about a career spent trying to help people inside systems that don’t always make helping people easy and how that exp...

Pondoff's Anonymous Season 3 Episode 30: "My Drug Dealer Couldn't Believe I Quit" with Michelle Charbonnier

August 31, 2026

Michelle Charbonnier knows addiction from both sides of the conversation.Today, she's a clinician, recovery advocate, executive director of a recovery community center, and someone who helps individuals and families navigate treatment. But long before she was helping people find their way into recovery, Michelle was trying to find her own way out.Michelle joins Chris, Zoë and KG to tell the story of growing up in Granite City, experimenting with drugs before she even entered high school, ...

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