Built By The Red Stick
Built By The Red Stick Podcast brings you real, sometimes controversial but much needed conversations. We bring you special guests each week to tackle the hard truths about the effects of drugs, alcohol, etc.
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Episodes
108 episodes
Episode 114 | Women In Power | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In Episode 114 of Built By The Red Stick, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with two women helping lead the fight against addiction at Second Chances Addiction Recovery Center: Riley McEacharn and Krystine Poindexter, RAC....
Episode 113 | Chance To Live | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In Episode 113 of Built by the Red Stick, Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Mike Boudreaux for an honest conversation about the experience that nearly cost him everything—and the second chance that gave him an opportunity to choose...
Episode 112 | Alcohol Poisoning | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
Episode 112 of Built By The Red Stick is one of those full-circle conversations.Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Darrin Seal, Men’s Center Director at the Washington Street Hope Center in Marksville and an addiction counse...
Special Episode | Louisiana Legends | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
This special episode brings a little podcast crossover to Built By The Red Stick as Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley welcome Andrew and Taylor Gautreau from Louisiana Legends.Louisiana Legends is built around something we can definitely...
Episode 111 | Butterfly Effect | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
Episode 111 of Built By The Red Stick welcomes Laurent Lobell to the studio for another real conversation about addiction, recovery, and just how much life can change when you finally decide to do something different.Ronnie LeDuff and M...
Episode 110 | Sober Outlaw | Build By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
Episode 110 of Built By The Red Stick welcomes Rebecca Turner to the studio for a real conversation about life, recovery, the things we go through, and what happens when we finally start moving forward.Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley s...
Episode 109 | From Hopeless and Homeless | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In Episode 109 of Built By The Red Stick, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley welcome Steve Burgess, Operations Manager at The Hope Center in Marksville, Louisiana, for a NEW installment of the Meet Your Sponsor series.Steve has spen...
Episode 108 | Sober Hustler w/ Jarvis Fountaine | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In Episode 108 of Built By The Red Stick, Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Jarvis Fountaine, a counselor, recovery advocate, and community resource coordinator who has taken his own experiences and turned them into an opportunity ...
Episode 107 | Covering Bruises & Making Excuses | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In Episode 107 of Built By The Red Stick, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Ann Matassa for a deeply personal conversation about domestic violence, survival, and finding the strength to finally break free.Ann op...
Episode 106 | Grandma's Boy | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In Episode 106 of Built By The Red Stick, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Cathy Toliver for an incredibly emotional conversation about the unimaginable pain of losing her grandson.Cathy shares her family's story, th...
Episode 105 | Unfit Mentors w/ Rehab Bromance | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In Episode 105 of Built By The Red Stick, Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley welcome back the guys from Rehab Bromance—Jed Payne, Trevon Tardy, and Raph Luneau—and things get wild pretty quickly.This episode is packed with stories, nonsto...
Episode 104 | Tragedy to Triumph | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley welcome LaShona Mosby, founder of Families with a Broken Heart Due to Senseless Violence, for one of the most emotional conversations we've had on the sho...
Episode 103 | California Love w/ Donna Burks | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley welcome Donna Burks, a mental health and substance abuse professional whose career has been dedicated to helping individuals find healing, stability, and ...
Episode 102 | True Lies w/ Katie True | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley welcome Katie True for an honest conversation about recovery, healing, and the power of finding your true identity after add...
Episode 101 | The Wolfe of Recovery | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Rolando Wolfe, a substance abuse counselor, recovery advocate, and leader in the sober living community.Rolando has dedicated his li...
Episode 100 | Why Gary Why!? | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this powerful episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Jody Plauché, author of Why Gary Why? and son of the late Gary Plauché, whose story became known around the world after he shot and...
Episode 99 | Momma's Boy | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Trevon Tardy, a recovery advocate whose story is rooted in transformation, accountability, and helping others find freedom from addiction.
Episode 98 | Young and The Reckless | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
This week, Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Mackenzie Selby for one of the rawest and most powerful conversations yet.Mackenzie’s story is one of survival. She opens up about growing up around addiction, violence, abuse, a...
Episode 97 | A Miracle | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
This week on Built By The Red Stick, Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Devan Castille, the Program Director and Educator at Serenity Treatment Center of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Devan specializes in the 12 Step model of addiction ...
Episode 96 | The Bee Keeper | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
This week, Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Lewis Blanche—a beekeeper, a man in recovery, and somebody who’s built a completely different life than where he started.Lewis gets real about his past and what it took to turn t...
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Episode 95 | Major Payne | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Jed Payne, recovery advocate, speaker, and host of the podcasts Church & Other Drugs and Rehab Bromance.Jed is known for bringin...
Episode 94 | Lost Souls | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley welcome Ryan Felder, the Administrator of Rayville Recovery in Rayville, Louisiana.Ryan brings years of experience in the substance abuse field an...
Episode 93 | Poker Face | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Marc Crawford, the Administrator at Regions Behavioral Health in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Marc plays a key leadership role in one of t...
Episode 92 | Breaking Bad | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Dr. Ethan Byrne for a powerful conversation about transformation, resilience, and what it truly means to rebuild a life in recovery....
Episode 91 | Family Matters w/ Kevin Faulk | Built By The Red Stick Addiction Recovery Podcast
In this episode of the Addiction Recovery Podcast, hosts Ronnie LeDuff and Michael Oakley sit down with Louisiana legend and former NFL running back Kevin Faulk for a powerful conversation about life, challenges, and perseverance.Known ...
