Recovery Ecosystem Radio—A New Podcast on Addiction Recovery Housing, Policy, and Community Solutions
Recovery Ecosystem Radio is about building communities where recovery isn’t the exception—it’s the expectation. Hosted by Tony White, Director of Outreach for Fletcher Group, a person committed to long-term recovery. The show amplifies real voices, practical solutions, and community-driven strategies that help people move toward long-term recovery and build Health, Home, Purpose, and Community.
To hear it now, click Recovery Ecosystem Radio or the image to the right.
A New Episode the 15th of Every Month
Produced by the Fletcher Group in partnership with Webberized, the podcast bridges storytelling, research, policy, and real-world implementation. It is part conversation, part toolkit, and part invitation for anyone working to build recovery-ready communities—where dignity replaces stigma, warm handoffs replace dead ends, and recovery becomes a way of life.
What is a Recovery Ecosystem?
A Recovery Ecosystem, as defined by the Fletcher Group, is an interconnected, community-based network of people, organizations, policies, and resources that collectively support long-term recovery by addressing substance use, mental health, housing, health care, employment, and social connection—centered on lived experience and coordinated across sectors.
Why Recovery Ecosystem Radio?
Each episode features lived experience, practical solutions, and collaborative strategies that support long-term recovery through Health, Home, Purpose, and Community.
Listeners will hear in-depth conversations with policymakers, clinicians, national leaders, and federal recovery experts. These discussions explore how recovery housing, community design, and cross-sector collaboration can break down silos and create sustainable pathways to healing.
This podcast will help you:
- Learn how recovery ecosystems support long-term stability
- Understand how policy and funding shape recovery systems
- Hear real stories from leaders and people with lived experience
Who Should Listen?
Whether you’re someone in recovery, a frontline responder, a behavioral health professional, or a policymaker shaping funding and systems, Recovery Ecosystem Radio offers grounded, actionable insight into what works and why.
Ideal listeners include:
- People in recovery or seeking support
- First responders, EMS, and law enforcement
- Recovery housing, behavioral health, and social service professionals
- Policymakers and funders
If you’re looking to understand how recovery can move from isolated success stories to a scalable, community-wide reality, Recovery Ecosystem Radio is for you.
What Topics Will You Cover?
Each episode explores the people and partnerships making recovery possible: recovery housing, peers, employers, policymakers, researchers, pre-arrest/deflection practitioners, behavioral health professionals, justice and reentry partners, families, and community leaders. The podcast focuses on lived experience and the peer-led, social experiential model of recovery—where the environment itself becomes the service.
Reach Out! We’d Love to Hear from You!
What questions do you have about building a recovery ecosystem where you live? What’s working, and where are you stuck? Send us your thoughts and stories. We’d love to hear from you at podcast@fletchergroup.org.
Other Podcasts We’ve Appeared On As Guests
The Fletcher Group on the CauseCHANGE Podcast
CEO Dave Johnson, Health Economist Madison Ashworth, and Director of Research and Evaluation Robin Thompson discuss recovery housing best practices with President Julie McElrath and Programs Director Leah Davies of the CauseCHANGE Collaborative, a nonprofit committed to transforming the recovery housing sector through financial sustainability and systemic change.
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“We see ourselves as a recovery ecosystem catalyst, helping communities find, develop, and deliver the holistic, person-centric resources that can help each individual and family on their unique path to recovery.”
Fletcher Group CEO Dave Johnson
Dr. Ernie Fletcher on the RCORP Podcast
Dr. Ernie Fletcher, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Fletcher Group, talks with host Tim Rabolt of JBS International on the importance of providing the full continuum of recovery support made possible by effective recovery ecosystems.
To listen to the podcast, click on the image to the right.
(Note: This link seems to be down for the moment. We hope to reactivate it soon so be sure to check back.)
“Risk reduction is just the beginning. You’ve got to intervene with that individual and make sure you’re giving them all the opportunity needed to turn their lives around. That’s what building an effective recovery ecosystem is all about.”
Fletcher Group Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ernie Fletcher
Dr. Ernie Fletcher and Erica Walker on the RHI Hub Podcast
Fletcher Group Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ernie Fletcher and Fletcher Group Regional Director Erica Walker discuss the many ways in which recovery housing brings communities together to facilitate the healing of people with substance use disorders.
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“We work with rural communities to see what their strengths are, but also where the gaps are and how we can help them connect stakeholders to build high-quality programs.”
Fletcher Group Regional Director Erica Walker
Dr. Ernie Fletcher on Rural Health Leadership Radio
Dr. Ernie Fletcher, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Fletcher Group, recently shared his knowledge and expertise with the listeners of Rural Health Leadership Radio. Interviewed by Dr. Bill Auxier, Fletcher explains how the disease of addiction has devastated people across America, particularly in rural communities, and how the creation of “Recovery Ecosystems” built around safe housing is changing that.
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“Communities have to realize that they can build recovery housing and recovery support services and it actually will improve public safety.”
Fletcher Group Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ernie Fletcher
Dave Johnson on the SMART Recovery Podcast
In this interview with SMART Recovery Podcast Host Luke Frazier, Fletcher Group CEO Dave Johnson tells how the company came into existence, became a HRSA-funded Rural Center Of Excellence, and works with partners like SMART Recovery to enhance the quality and capacity or recovery housing throughout rural America. Frazier and Johnson explore a wide range of subjects, from the importance of motivation and “recovery capital” to the crucial role played by peers with lived experience.
To listen to the podcast, click on the image to the right.
“I tend to think that everyone is motivated. It’s just how to reach in and touch that. SMART Recovery gives people the tools to step back from themselves, look inward and gain the perspective they might not otherwise have.“
Fletcher Group CEO Dave Johnson
Jay Phillips on the SMART Recovery Podcast
In this interview with SMART Recovery Podcast Host Luke Frazier, Seed Sower Executive Director and Board President Jay Phillips describes the recovery ecosystem that the Fletcher Group has helped him create to provide housing and services to West Virginia women recovering from substance use disorders. The podcast covers his awakening to the need for recovery services, his decision to leave a comfortable job and commit to a new path in life, and the daily inspiration he gets from witnessing change in action.
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“Recovery is not something that happens inside of us. It’s something that happens between us. Building connections and engaging stakeholders so that everybody gets together with the client in the center–that’s how long-term recovery happens. The Fletcher Group has been an incredible partner in helping me realize that.”
Seed Sower Executive Director Jay Phillips