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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Signup to Generate a PitchThis 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.
Honey Pod is hosted by PaulinaBucka. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "It Was Never Enough | Honey Pod with Jeremy Chen" (19 December 2025, 71 minutes), "Back to Where I Started | Honey Pod with Billy Floyd" (12 December 2025, 63 minutes), and "Rewriting the Story: Career, Calling & Her Becoming | Honey Pod with Cabria Kirby" (5 December 2025, 63 minutes).
Honey Pod publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for Honey Pod is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Honey Pod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Honey Pod's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Honey Pod are Health & Wellness Services and Photography, Polling & Other Services. Honey Pod has a society audience.
PaulinaBucka hosts Honey Pod, a society show with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #12
<p>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...
Episode #11
<p>Today’s episode is a full-circle moment.<br>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...
Episode #10
<p>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...
Episode #9
<p>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.</p><p>Nelandra shares...
Episode #8
<p>When a story nearly costs you your life, everything changes.</p><p>In this episode of The Honey Pod, Paulina Bucka sits down with longtime CBS reporter Joe Vazquez — mentor, newsroom veteran, and survivor of a...
Episode #7
<p>Honeycomb Confessions from a Disruptive News Anchor | Honey Pod with Eric King</p><p><br></p><p>How the Hive Broke — Eric King on Modern News</p><p><br></p><p>When the hive goes quiet, crops fail. When the newsroom...
Episode #6
<p>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. </p><p>Sponsors: Medrala Law Firm, True...
Episode #5
<p>“If you’re not a little embarrassed by your first launch, you launched too late.”<br /></p><p>Shan Clark (“Shanberries”) tells the real story: radio heartbreak, holy redirection, and turning revenge into purpose with...
Episode #4
<p>Judi Fergason shares her twin sister Jody’s story—how to replace labels with a name, and how reporters can practice trauma-aware journalism with real compassion. We talk public grief, court timelines, victim-advocate...
Episode #3
<p>A former TV producer shares how a faith jolt led her to leave the newsroom, navigate a contract squeeze, and step into reentry work—supervising teams in prison and in the community. We talk burnout vs. purpose...
Episode #1
<p>Paulina Bucka reunites with Toi Thornton to revisit the Lafayette “build-it-from-nothing” years—MMJ hustle, low pay, safety lines they refused to cross, and the faith that kept them steady. Toi shares why he left TV...
Episode #2
<p>Former Miami/Philly/LV meteorologist Gina Cancelliere joins Paulina Bucka to talk big-market breaks, the 10-year pause for motherhood, and why the industry feels so different now—fewer people, more jobs per person...
Honey Pod
<p>Every bee serves the hive — not itself. Here, former and present journalists gather like bees, drawn to what’s raw, real, and sweet. Each story is a drop of nectar, gathered from the wild fields of experience, spun...
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