The Long Letter

Mitch Guthrie
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The Long Letter is a podcast about things which interest me, Mitch Guthrie. Mostly, but not exclusively, discussing topics dealing with homelessness, addiction, Christianity, theology, and book reviews.

  1. 04/28/2025

    Episode 23: On Pollock, Snaza, Swope, Retaliation, and Whatever

    Yeah, it's been awhile since I've published an episode and I'm a little rusty. Having said that, try to follow along as I look behind the scenes of a local political kerfuffle and try to tease out the different pieces to see if there's more that can be understood about small town politics.

    45 min

  2. 03/18/2024

    Episode 22: Syringes, Swope, and Punitive Public Health Policy

    Ever wonder how an ordinance becomes a law? Well, join me on this fantastic journey through the seedy underbelly of public policy creation. In my longest episode ever, try to relax while I walk you through no less than 6 public meetings about a dubious ordinance of unknown origins and justification that seems hand-designed by some dark entity intent on destroying Gather Church and, with any luck, just may succeed in finding a reason to arrest Cole Meckle. I'm kidding. It's Swope. He's peddling an ordinance under "accountability" again and, yes, it appears solely directed at Gather.

    1h 48m

  3. 02/09/2024

    Episode 21: Grace Can Lead Us Home - Conclusion

    Well, it's certainly been a minute but I'm finally wrapping up the series on the book Grace Can Lead Us Home. Listen in as I talk about abundance, beauty, and how we measure success.

    1 hr

  4. 11/28/2023

    Episode 20: Grace Can Lead Us Home Ch 7 - Addiction and Recovery

    Want to find out what happened when scientists in the 70's provided cocaine laced water to rats in a cage? Or maybe you would like to better understand addiction and the factors that contribute to its cause? Listen in as I discuss the topic of addiction and recovery from the book Grace Can Lead Us Home - A Christian Call To End Homelessness.

    1h 5m

  5. 10/29/2023

    Episode 19: Samantha Davis

    Listen in as I talk with Samantha Davis about her struggles with addiction, having her children taken away, doing the work to get them back, and all of the people and services that enabled her to find recovery and a purpose helping others that find themselves in a similar situation. Or in her own words: "I want to use all of this hard stuff to do something good."

    1h 8m

  6. 09/03/2023

    Episode 18: Jennifer Adkison

    Listen in as Jenna shares her experience with navigating her mental health care and how that would later inform her calling to help others who are struggling. This episode has it all: un-diagnosed mental health conditions, inappropriate laughter, unintentional innuendo, the death of a beloved uncle, and more inappropriate laughing. It's amazing we got through this one at all.

    1h 10m

  7. 08/08/2023

    Episode 17: Grace Can Lead Us Home - Substance Use and Overdose

    In this episode, I continue to discuss the book Grace Can Lead Us Home and I'm joined by my guests Lily Lo and Gillian Davis who both serve in Gather's Meds First clinic. The conversation details on the difficulty of providing treatment for addiction, how fentanyl turned everything upside down, and why harm reduction matters to a community.

    1h 9m

  8. 07/28/2023

    Episode 16: Grace Can Lead Us Home Ch 5 - Mental Health

    Listen in as we discuss the difficulties of navigating the thorny issues of mental health and housing as we continue our discussion on Grace Can Lead Us Home. This episode features Daylen Gonzales and Kat Meckle, who share their experiences in working in behavioral and mental health services. Meanwhile, I'm terrible to Nate on several occasions and we liberally exercise the censor button.

    1h 16m
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The Long Letter is a podcast about things which interest me, Mitch Guthrie. Mostly, but not exclusively, discussing topics dealing with homelessness, addiction, Christianity, theology, and book reviews.

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  • Creator
    Mitch Guthrie
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Long Letter
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