Steel City Round Table Podcast
Steel City Round Table Podcast
Podcast Description
SCRT is a podcast for you the listener. We provide a platform for stories to be told without judgement. Rather we want you to come and talk about real life, real challenges, and real success. Being a recovering alcoholic with a mental health diagnosis I will always make that a priority. That being said it is not all we are about. From addiction to law enforcement to politics and family everything is up for the taking. Communication is the key and we believe strongly that our stories and those of our amazing guests can be informative as well as entertaining. Come join our family!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a wide range of themes including addiction recovery, law enforcement perspectives, mental health issues, and family dynamics. Episodes explore specific topics like navigating holiday challenges for recovering alcoholics, discussing empathy in the criminal justice system, and personal reflections on life and loss, such as the tribute to a close friend who passed away.
The Steel City Round Table is a podcast based out of Pittsburgh PA. I have one goal…having real conversations about the real deal going on in the world. I am no false prophet and don’t assume to have the answers. My name is Mark Kneebone and I am a former police officer who has made a ton of bad choices in my life and I’ve been around the block. I’m tired of the division and lack of communication I see on the daily. No one likes to talk about the ugliness in the real world. That’s not me, I want to hear what you have to say. Let’s get dirty!!
Three years after meeting in treatment, Mark Kneebone and Hunter Shinnebarger sit down for a brutally honest recovery conversation about what actually changes a life, and what doesn’t. If you’re struggling with addiction, mental health, or the fear that sobriety means losing everything, this episode will hit home fast.Mark and Hunter reconnect over the kind of story most people only tell once they’re far enough out to see it clearly: a sheltered upbringing, early anxiety and OCD, the slow slide from sports kid to daily use, and the family fallout that makes getting clean feel almost impossible. But the real power of the conversation is what happens next – the moment both men start naming the tools that helped them survive the dark days after treatment, not just get through detox.
Key topics
- Mark introduces Hunter as someone he met in treatment, and they talk about how sobriety kept them connected.
- Hunter shares how a sports-focused, Christian school upbringing led into partying, alcohol, and weed in high school and college.
- He explains that OCD and anxiety made substances feel like relief at first.
- Hunter talks about his father’s addiction, relapse, and the family impact it had over time.
- He opens up about the pain and anger that pushed him toward treatment.
- Hunter describes going to treatment for both substance use and serious mental health struggles.
- Mark and Hunter reflect on how recovery is really about finding root causes, not just stopping the substance.
- Hunter explains what made the Transformations program helpful: structure, freedom, community, and support.
- The episode closes with both men stressing that recovery works best when you do it with others.
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