{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unravelling","title":"Let's make some sawdust: Tom Bodett on woodworking & recovery","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6da5f1a7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2512,"description":"In this episode of Unravelling, Kurt sits down with Tom Bodett, lifelong carpenter, broadcaster, and co-founder of HatchSpace, a community woodworking school and shop in Brattleboro, Vermont. Sober for 34 years, Tom reflects on what led him to recovery and the unexpected connection he eventually discovered between sobriety and woodworking.\nTom shares how making things may help repair some of the damage caused by addiction, engaging the brain through spatial reasoning and focused, absorbing work. As Tom puts it, \"You're taking the medicine and you don't know it.\" He explores how those ideas led to HatchSpace and how what began as an idea for a place where woodworkers could share tools turned into a place for people who wanted to learn, make, and belong.\nAlong the way, Tom and Kurt consider how making things can help us connect with ourselves and each other. A conversation about recovery, creativity, community, and the many ways we keep recovering.\n\nLinks\nHatchSpace\nBook: Flow (mentioned in episode)\nTurning Point of Windham County ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DFv_jsT4dlZe1uqhWp5KSBDMc3cIxdIxVJhA07fsEN4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NWY1/MWYzNzgwZGIwNmEy/NWNmM2U4N2U3MDA3/NTAwMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}