Pie-scape (Escaping financial abuse)

Summary of Episode

Inspired by the fictional movie/musical “Waitress,” the co-hosts explore the very non-fictional issue of financial abuse and – more importantly – how to escape it.

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He says “med school Stephen” had no interest in addiction and recovery services, but several years after earning his M.D., this doctor with a heart for humanity saw a need for expanded treatment options in Rapid City, SD, and he took action. The co-hosts welcome Dr. Stephen Tamang of Monument Health into The Escape Pod to discuss hard drugs, how they hijack the brain, and why escaping these addictions is so challenging.

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:

Topic #1         :30              Introducing Stephen Tamang, M.D.

Topic #2     18:06             Treating addictions at Project Recovery

Topic #3     29:18             Can an addict’s brain be re-rewired for the better?

Topic #4     38:05             Dr. Tamang talks community/societal challenges

Topic #5     57:43             Escapism, co-host-style!             

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In this Escape Bite, your co-hosts compete to come up with the best story that answers the question: Who stole the cheese?! Turns out, A LOT of people do. Cheese is actually the “most stolen food” in the world, according to a Yahoo News article published in April 2025.

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Summary of Episode

The conclusion of The Escape Pod’s “Blind Faith” series details the alleged whereabouts of John-Paul Miller on the day of his wife’s tragic death and digs into new allegations against the pastor, dating back to the 1990s.

BE ADVISED: This episode includes discussion of suicide and physical and sexual violence.

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:

Topic #1         :01              Recap of Parts 1-3

Topic #2     11:27             JP defends himself

Topic #3     16:33             New accusations emerge against JP and his father

Topic #4     28:41             "Mica's List”

Topic #5     40:28             Escapism, co-host-style              

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Summary of Episode

A controller at a Texas bakery famous for its fruitcake steals a massive amount of “dough” from his employer over nine years. How did he do it, and – more importantly – how can trusting businesses escape such a fate themselves? The co-hosts answer those questions and more in an Escape Bite mini-sode that might leave you saying, “That’s a lot of fruitcake!”

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Escape Pod Show Notes – Episode 69: Blind Faith, Pt. 3 (Mica Miller’s Story) 

Date: 5/21/2025 

Episode Title and Number: Blind Faith, Pt. 3 (Mica Miller’s Story) – Ep. 69 

Summary of Episode 

Our four-part series “Blind Faith” focuses on a Carolina pastor and his often-tumultuous relationships, particularly with his second wife, Mica, who – authorities ruled – took her own life in the spring of 2024. In this third installment, The Escape Pod co-hosts consider some of the evidence that seems to conflict with the official ruling of Mica’s death as a suicide.  

BE ADVISED: This episode includes discussion of violence against women and suicide. 

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: 

Topic #1         :01 Recap of Parts 1 & 2 

Topic #2       4:25 Background 

Topic #3     12:03 Mica’s last day 

Topic #4     24:35 Discrepancies 

Topic #5     31:10 Escapism, co-host-style  

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Bad (PTA) Moms 

Summary of Episode 

The movie “Bad Moms” portrayed PTA parents as crazy, controlling, and conniving – but all in good fun. (It is a movie, after all.) It wasn’t nearly as funny when three PTA moms in southern California scammed millions of dollars from real people, including fellow PTA members. They got away with it for a time but couldn’t escape the consequences of their scheme. Learn more about the case in this week’s Escape Bite mini-sode.  

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The second installment of our four-part series, “Blind Faith,” delves deeper into the second marriage of a Carolina pastor to a young woman he may have wooed – or groomed – when she was just a teen and he was married with children. What initially appeared to be true love became truly terrifying. In this edition of The Escape Pod, the co-hosts examine the disturbing behaviors that characterized the marriage and may have led to Mica Miller’s untimely and tragic death. 

BE ADVISED: This episode includes discussion of violence against women and suicide. 

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: 

Topic #1         :01 Recap of Part 1 and intro to Part 2 

Topic #2       9:25 2011: Meet 15-year-old Mica 

Topic #3     18:18 January 2023: Couple separates 

Topic #4     35:45 Mica calls 911 – on the day of her death 

Topic #5     42:58 Escapism, co-host-style  

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When a common person uses the term “insane” or “incompetent” to describe someone, they’re rarely using the same standard as that of a lawyer or judge in a court of law. The Escape Pod’s own former news reporter-turned-podcast co-host can testify to this, using the example of a South Dakota kidnapping/murder case she first covered 20+ years ago. 

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Call it love. Call it blind faith. Call it the result of a predator getting the best of his prey. 

A young woman who appeared happily married claims to be trapped in a controlling, manipulative relationship. She begs for help, but no one listens. Instead, she's publicly shamed – painted as crazy and unhinged. Her pastor husband couldn’t be the bad guy, right? This isn’t a classic case of a respected position covering up a true crime, is it? Step into The Escape Pod for the first in a four-part series about a woman who escaped a predatory and manipulative husband but did so in the worst possible way. 

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: 

Topic #1       1:03 Meet (and SEE) the co-hosts  (video version of podcast is now on YouTube, Episode 67+

Topic #2       6:20 Meet the main characters in this tale of true crime 

Topic #3     14:25 Divorce and remarriage 

Topic #4     27:08 Escapism, co-host-style 

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