Honey Pod

PaulinaBucka
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This is the Honey Pod — where words heal, hearts rebuild, and purpose buzzes loud. Hosted by two-time Emmy Award–winning journalist Paulina Bucka, this is a hive for journalists, creatives, and seekers learning to rise from burnout and rebuild with faith and purpose. Each episode drips with truth, humor, and healing — featuring mental health experts, legal voices, and storytellers who prove there’s still honey in the wreckage. From the sting to the sweetness — this is where we build the hive. 🍯 Join us every Thursday for new episodes and deeper dives on Patreon.

  1. It Was Never Enough | Honey Pod with Jeremy Chen

    12/19/2025

    It Was Never Enough | Honey Pod with Jeremy Chen

    In this episode of The Honey Pod, I’m joined by former Las Vegas reporter Jeremy Chen for an honest conversation about newsroom burnout, the MMJ grind, and what happens when the job keeps asking for more with fewer resources and less support. We talk about chaotic newsrooms, managing managers, and the emotional toll that pushes so many journalists to question their future. Jeremy also shares what changed when he moved to a healthier, better-resourced newsroom—and how time and trust can transform the way stories are told. ✨ This is the final episode of Season 1 of The Honey Pod. Season 2 returns in March. In the meantime, find weekly bonus edits, extended conversations, and never-before-seen episodes on Patreon.

    1h 11m
  2. Back to Where I Started | Honey Pod with Billy Floyd

    12/12/2025

    Back to Where I Started | Honey Pod with Billy Floyd

    Today’s episode is a full-circle moment.I’m sitting down with Billy Floyd, the person who helped me start my very first podcast back in Albany — the place I walked away from news for the first time and started rebuilding my life. We talk about leaving the industry before you even have the words for burnout, starting over in a new city, finding creativity again, and why the first chapter after news is always the messiest and most important. 🍯 ONLY TWO PUBLIC EPISODES LEFTThe Honey Pod is moving fully to Patreon until our return in March.Join for weekly episodes, extended conversations, mental health tools, legal guidance, and our private community. 👉 patreon.com/honeypod

    1h 3m
  3. Rewriting the Story: Career, Calling & Her Becoming | Honey Pod with Cabria Kirby

    12/05/2025

    Rewriting the Story: Career, Calling & Her Becoming | Honey Pod with Cabria Kirby

    Two-time Emmy Award–winning producer Cabria Kirby joins me for an intimate conversation about one of the bravest decisions she’s ever made: walking away from the newsroom at 26 to completely rewrite her life. We talk about recognizing burnout before it breaks you, leaving a career that once defined you, rediscovering purpose in teaching Title I students, the calling that led her toward school counseling, and why the “news family” remains family no matter where life takes you. This episode is warm, honest, and soul-fueling — a reminder that starting over isn’t failure. Sometimes it’s the doorway into a softer, sweeter, more aligned chapter of your life. Get exclusive behind-the-scenes content, extended guest conversations, Bee Advised legal chats with Medrala, Bee Well sessions with Nelandra, and stories we don’t share publicly.Patreon: patreon.com/HoneyPod Instagram: @honeypodbuzzYouTube: Honey Pod • Medrala Law Firm — Legal insight partner• Nelandra / True Core Wellness — Our “Bee Well” mental-health contributor• Metamorphosis — Creative staging & design for Honey Pod 🐝 JOIN THE HIVE ON PATREON🍯 FOLLOW US💛 SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

    1h 3m
  4. The Ground Beneath the Hive | Honey Pod with Nelandra Anselmo

    11/27/2025

    The Ground Beneath the Hive | Honey Pod with Nelandra Anselmo

    Today we sit down with Nelandra Anselmo, licensed therapist and founder of True Core Wellness, for a grounded conversation about identity, healing, and finding your way back to yourself. Nelandra shares practical tools for reconnecting when life feels loud or heavy, and introduces Bee Well — her monthly mental-health series available exclusively to our Patreon community. ✨ In this episode:• Rebuilding identity• Returning to your “home frequency”• Grounding practices you can use today• When faith and mental health meet 🍯 Join the Hive on Patreon for Bee Well:patreon.com/honeypod 📌 Follow True Core Wellness: @truecorewellness📌 Follow The Honey Pod: @honeypodbuzz ✨ Sponsored by Medrala Law Firm & True Core WellnessNew episodes every Thursday. 🐝✨

    33 min
  5. When the Story Almost Kills You | Honey Pod with Joe Vazquez

    11/21/2025

    When the Story Almost Kills You | Honey Pod with Joe Vazquez

    When a story nearly costs you your life, everything changes. In this episode of The Honey Pod, Paulina Bucka sits down with longtime CBS reporter Joe Vazquez — mentor, newsroom veteran, and survivor of a violent attack on assignment. After 35+ years in journalism, Joe opens up about the rising danger facing news crews, the collapse of resources in modern newsrooms, and the moment that forced him to walk away from an industry that became his identity. Together they discuss: The day Joe’s security guard was shot during a robbery attempt Burnout, overload, and the “fog” that follows years in the field MMJs, newsroom cuts, and why the quality of reporting is suffering How journalists cope — and why many don’t What it takes to rebuild a life after leaving news Joe’s evolution from Joe Newsman to Joe Bluesman This conversation is clear, direct, and powerful — a necessary look at the modern reality of journalism and what happens when the hive becomes hazardous. New episodes every Thursday.

    52 min
  6. Honeycomb Confessions from a Disruptive News Anchor | Honey Pod with Eric King

    11/14/2025

    Honeycomb Confessions from a Disruptive News Anchor | Honey Pod with Eric King

    Honeycomb Confessions from a Disruptive News Anchor | Honey Pod with Eric King How the Hive Broke —  Eric King on Modern News When the hive goes quiet, crops fail. When the newsroom goes quiet, communities do too. In this episode, Emmy-winning journalist Paulina Bucka sits down with former anchor Eric King to ask the question on everyone’s mind: how did we get here—and how do we rebuild? They trace the parallels between colony collapse and newsroom collapse: speed over substance, volume over value, and what it takes to restore trust, craft, and connection. Listen & Watch Early/extended on Patreon: https://patreon.com/honeypod Guest Eric King — author of Breaking News: Confessions of a Disruptive News Anchor. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-News-Confessions-Disruptive-Anchor/dp/B0FKBNXLHM For journalists, creators, and entrepreneurs navigating contracts, burnout, and new beginnings. Sponsors & Partners Medrala Law Firm — Bee Advised: legal education for media pros & creatives. https://medralaw.com True Core Wellness — mental health support with Nelandra Anselmo, LMFT. Shades by Shan — beauty with purpose: https://www.shadesbyshan.com Metamorphosis Santa Fe — design & set collaboration. IG: @metamorphosis_santafe Follow The Honey Pod IG: @honeypodbuzz Patreon: https://patreon.com/honeypod Disclaimer Educational content only; not legal advice unless you become a client (then attorney–client privileges apply).

    1h 6m
  7. Bee Advised: Clause & Order with Jakub Medrala

    11/07/2025

    Bee Advised: Clause & Order with Jakub Medrala

    Bee Advised with attorney Jakub Medrala—a crisp explainer on NDAs vs. non-competes, who owns your work, contract red flags, simple negotiation lines, and when to call a lawyer. Sponsors: Medrala Law Firm, True Core Wellness, Metamorphosis Santa Fe. Giveaway partner: Shades by Shan. Follow @honeypodbuzz • Join Patreon for legal templates & the live Q&A. Educational only; not legal advice.

    30 min
  8. Honey, She Did That with Shan Berries

    10/31/2025

    Honey, She Did That with Shan Berries

    “If you’re not a little embarrassed by your first launch, you launched too late.” Shan Clark (“Shanberries”) tells the real story: radio heartbreak, holy redirection, and turning revenge into purpose with Shades By Shan—a beauty brand that now sits in 600+ JCPenney stores and funds single parents through the MamaBerries Foundation. We get into faith, grit, motherhood, and the unglamorous work behind “overnight” wins. In this episode: Garage beginnings → national retail (and why she first said no to a million-unit deal) Kindness > clout: how to get hired, rehired, and referred Postpartum, the Revival collection, and sharing the messy middle Traveling founder life, boundaries, and paying your village Practical advice for leaving news/radio and starting your thing Guest: Shannon Clark aka Shan Berries — Founder/CEO, Shades By Shan; Co-founder, MamaBerries Foundation; Radio host Host: Paulina Bucka — The Honey Pod 🍯 Sponsors Medrala Law Firm — legal insights for creators and founders Metamorphosis — set design & staging True Core Wellness — mental health & aftercare for high performers Music credit: “Touch of Kindness” — Denis Pavlov (DPmusic) Source: Pixabay Music (royalty-free) Track URL: https://pixabay.com/music/your-track-link-here License: Pixabay Content License — free for commercial and non-commercial use; attribution not required; redistribution of the raw track is not allowed.

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This is the Honey Pod — where words heal, hearts rebuild, and purpose buzzes loud. Hosted by two-time Emmy Award–winning journalist Paulina Bucka, this is a hive for journalists, creatives, and seekers learning to rise from burnout and rebuild with faith and purpose. Each episode drips with truth, humor, and healing — featuring mental health experts, legal voices, and storytellers who prove there’s still honey in the wreckage. From the sting to the sweetness — this is where we build the hive. 🍯 Join us every Thursday for new episodes and deeper dives on Patreon.

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