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The Truth About Addiction

by Ron Isherwood

My name is Ron Isherwood, a recovering addict. Born into the infamous underworld of criminal Painters and Dockers in Melbourne. At 37 years clean, I embarked on my own journey of recovery 42 years ago. The last thing that I could give up was my addiction to crime. Today, I am the founder of ‘The Tru...

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Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 5K to 30K

Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: health · fitness

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Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~Weekly

100+ episodes since 2022

Platform Reach

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

mental health

addiction

resilience

addiction recovery

gambling addiction

recovery

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Medium Confidence

Total monthly reach

5K to 30K

Estimated from 1 chart position in 1 market.

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AU · Mental Health
#182
5K to 30K

Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
2.5K to 15K
🎙 Weekly cadence·122 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
5K to 30K
🇦🇺100%
Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
1.5K to 9K

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On the show

From 14 eps

Host

Ron Isherwood

14 eps

Recent guests

15 across last 14 eps

Roslyn Saunders

1 ep

Nick Green

1 ep

Scott Bellinger

1 ep

Josh

1 ep

Neil Walshe

1 ep

Andrew Carpenter

1 ep

Elliott Hagen

1 ep

Anna Martin

1 ep

Jackie Durnin

1 ep

Mike Phenix

1 ep

Jason Shiers

1 ep

Scott Neville

1 ep

Lenny

1 ep

Mat Steinwede

1 ep

Benjamin Lerner

1 ep

Recent episodes

Ep127. McGrath's No.1 Real Estate Agent: Mat Steinwede's Inspiring Journey from addiction and homelessness

Jul 11, 2026

36m 39s

Ep126. From Heroin to Healing - A Musical Prodigy's Journey Out of Addiction - Benjamin Lerner

Jun 28, 2026

46m 49s

Ep125. Scott Neville - The Real Reason Most Talented Kids Don't Make It - Gifted Series

Jun 12, 2026

44m 38s

Ep124. An Emergency Episode | Lenny's Battle: Cancer, Addiction & a Family in Need

Jun 8, 2026

24m 28s

Ep123. Nick Green - Building champions, not just athletes - Gifted Series

May 15, 2026

30m 45s

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Social Links & Contact

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Official Website

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RSS Feed

Episodes

every 56 days

Avg length

45m 17s

24m 28s – 1h 11m 01s

Range

Jun 2022 – Mar 2026

Topics

mental health, addiction +60

Guests

Mat Steinwede +14 · last 14 eps

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Date	Episode	Topics	Guests	Brands	Places	Keywords	Sponsor	Length
7/11/26	Ep127. McGrath's No.1 Real Estate Agent: Mat Steinwede's Inspiring Journey from addiction and homelessness✨	addictionhomelessness+4	Mat Steinwede	McGrath Network	Australia	addictionhomelessness+5	—	36m 39s
6/28/26	Ep126. From Heroin to Healing - A Musical Prodigy's Journey Out of Addiction - Benjamin Lerner✨	addictionrecovery+4	Benjamin Lerner	—	—	addictionrecovery+5	—	46m 49s
6/12/26	Ep125. Scott Neville - The Real Reason Most Talented Kids Don't Make It - Gifted Series✨	talentmindset+4	Scott Neville	—	—	talentmindset+5	—	44m 38s
6/8/26	Ep124. An Emergency Episode \| Lenny's Battle: Cancer, Addiction & a Family in Need✨	canceraddiction+3	Lenny	—	—	canceraddiction+5	—	24m 28s
5/15/26	Ep123. Nick Green - Building champions, not just athletes - Gifted Series✨	addiction preventionmental well-being+4	Nick Green	Nick Green Coaching Academy	—	addictiondepression+5	—	30m 45s
5/3/26	Ep122. Breaking the Invisible Chains: Roslyn Saunders on Codependency✨	codependencyaddiction+4	Roslyn Saunders	—	—	codependencyaddiction+5	—	39m 28s
3/21/26	Ep 121. Experience Strength: The Power of Lived Experience in Recovery✨	addiction recoverylived experience+3	Scott BellingerJosh	Experience Strength	—	addictionrecovery+5	—	50m 51s
2/27/26	Ep120. The Sound of $16 Billion Lost: Neil Walshe Takes on the Pokies✨	gambling addictionpoker machines+4	Neil Walshe	poker machinesorganised crime	Australia	poker machinesgambling+5	—	37m 41s
11/4/25	Ep119. Australia’s Broken Child Protection System: The Truth About Institutional Abuse - with Andrew Carpenter✨	child protectioninstitutional abuse+5	Andrew Carpenter	—	Australia	child protectioninstitutional abuse+5	—	52m 17s
9/29/25	Ep118. Mind Your Head - Elliott Hagen on Normalising Mental Health Conversations✨	mental healthself improvement+3	Elliott Hagen	Mind Your Head	Australia	mental healthaddiction+3	—	1h 11m 01s
9/13/24	Ep117. Anna Martin, women supporting women through gambling addiction✨	gambling addictionwomen supporting women+3	Anna Martin	Pokey’s Anonymousgambling industry	—	gambling addictionrecovery+3	—	41m 11s
8/17/24	Ep116. Jackie Durnin, releasing trauma of the mind, body and spirit through neuro-technology therapies✨	trauma releaseneuro-technology+3	Jackie Durnin	Emotional Freedom Technique	—	traumaneuro-technology+3	—	49m 02s
8/3/24	Ep115. Mike Phenix’s narrative on professional football, cocaine and addiction recovery✨	addiction recoverymental health+3	Mike Phenix	BarnsleySalford+1	—	addictionfootball+5	—	57m 57s
7/19/24	Ep114. Jason Shiers’ The Infinite Recovery Project and somatic coaching approach✨	holistic healingsomatic coaching+3	Jason Shiers	The Infinite Recovery Project	—	addictionsomatic investigation+3	—	51m 17s