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Master Gardeners | January Gardening Tips
Happy New Year! I can’t believe it is already 2026. Where did the time go? January is typically the coldest month of the year. Hopefully we will continue to enjoy cool nights and warm days for a while longer.
The RESULTS are "IN Her Own Words" with Tim Taylor on Apple Podcasts
Are you someone who appreciates data and stats, especially related women in construction? Tim Taylor, the Director of Research for NCCER, led a research study in 2022/2023 with nearly 1000 participants to determine exactly WHAT EXPERIENCE WOMEN ARE HAVING in construction TODAY. The study is titled "In Her Own Words". Tim and I discuss the findings of this study and how to make an impact that will change the results for the future.
Randy Sutton The Voice of American Law Enforcement | Flex Your Freedom with Barb Allen and Dave Brown
Randy Sutton The Voice of American Law Enforcement Episode Summary Randy Sutton the Voice of American Law Enforcement. Randy is a Retired Police Lieutenant and a national figure in law enforcement, as well as founder of the nonprofit, The Wounded Blue. In this episode, we are sharing Randy's powerful story and talk from our Great American Summit. Episode Notes The four pillars of our Great American Syndicate are Self, Family, Community, Country.
Grunt Style's Daniel Alarik Is Bringing Patriotism To Every American Home
It boasts a love of beer, bacon, and freedom – not necessarily in that order. It offers no excuses for patriotism, and it stands by its word. Its brand is unmistakable in its direct message and humor. Chief Operating Officer Tim Jensen is just as quirky and outspoken as Dan Alarik. He can be seen in this YouTube video stating “If you’re a Patriot, and you’re awesome, then you need gear that sends the same message,” as he casually invites himself into a customer’s home and closet.
Diving for your Dreams with Ira Davis
I felt like when God was handing out purpose and dreams, he skipped over me. He struggled to find something to move forward to, worried he would never figure his path out. Then he discovered the Marine Corps ROTC in high school, and his path was clear: Ira knew he was meant to be a Marine. “Everything clicked,” he said. “I was home.” Ira Davis gave everything he had to the Marine Corps. He was all in. Eight years later, he achieved his goal of becoming a Drill Instructor.
From imprisonment under the Saddam Hussein Regime to being a vital American Intelligence Asset during the height of the Iraqi War
Hamody Jasim was 12 years old when he was arrested and tortured in one of Saddam Hussein’s prisons. Hamody enlisted in the Iraq Army while still a teenager, and was ultimately recruited by the United States Intelligence Community. He went on to become a major asset to that community – and to America- by eliminating high-level Al-Qaeda and Islamic State operatives, and terrorist organizations.
A Radiantly Imagined Future
Since the first expedition in 2008, Roadmonkey has eschewed the notion that vacation must involve room service. Instead, those selected to participate in an expedition have the opportunity to satiate the same hunger that Paul had felt. “It seemed to me there was a hunger among people in general,” he explained.
Creating Comebacks with adventure racer, speaker, and author Robyn Benincasa
The diagnosis crushed her. “End stage osteoarthritis,” the doctor told her. “You’ll never race again. You’ll never run again.” Adventure racing was Robyn’s everything. It was what she trained for every day. Her teammates were like family.
Dave Santia, Speed Painter and Accidental Altruist
But to Dave Santia it just makes sense. He almost shrugs it off as inconsequential – just part of his process. “Like a child coloring in a coloring book,” he will paint upside down without even noticing because the image remains the same in his mind. He is simply filling it in. Okay, Dave Santia, if you say so. But I still think it adds an extra splash of cool. Over time Dave solved his paint problem by using interior house paint and finding someone to build him custom easels.
Cori Salchert's House of Hope For Hospice Babies
Snippet #009 Listen in to hear about a baby once wheeled into a corner and left to die, who found love in the Salcherts arms, as well as other stories about real children with real needs, and how Cori and Mark Salchert are ensuring every moment of these shortened lives is as special as it can be. A wooden crib stood alone in a quiet corner of the NICU, close to but apart from the rest of the unit. Special lighting beamed from above jaundiced babies.
Barbara Richardson: How a single care package evolved into a Corporate initiative
Barbara Richardson’s professional title is a mouthful; Assistant Vice President for Strategic Planning and Forecasting at Barclays. Few people outside the corporate world will even understand what that title means. That’s okay with her, because she’s more than a job title. She is also a wife and mother, and she’s become the inspiration for the behemoth corporation she works for, in supporting our active duty and veteran military members.
King Randall And The X School For Boys
If you are wondering how We, The People, can help this country get back on its feet after COVID, or how to counteract the damage done by politicians, you need to listen to this episode. King Randall is just shy of 22 years old, and has already done more to give back to his country and community than most of us will in a lifetime. He is a veteran of the Marine Corps. He is outspoken about Americans stepping forward to serve Americans.
Taking Life Back From Trauma with Boston Bombing Survivor Rebekah Gregory
“My leg is not my life,” she told herself and those around her. Rebekah held a goodbye party for her leg, and moved into the next chapter of her life. Today she is happily married to the true love of her life. She is the beaming mom of two beautiful children, and she is the proud founder of Rebekah’s Angels, the nonprofit she founded to provide critical therapy and support to children and families struggling to heal from trauma.
Dave Bray USA : Music on a Mission
His blend of faith-based patriotic rock reaches deep into the soul of audiences across the country in his live performances, and is now available on his new album. Aching loss and immense sacrifice of military, first responders, and law enforcement all spill through in the haunting lyrics and sounds of Dave’s song, Last Call.
Let God be your CEO, with Daniel Gomez
Daniel Gomez worked hard to get where he was. He was managing multi million dollar organizations in the auto industry. Success was his. Life was good. He’d pushed through the grief of losing his parents to cancer, and he wrapped his love around his own family. But success came at a cost, and his happy life changed overnight. First to fall was Daniel’s grace. He talks openly about the time he fell away from God, and allowed his ego to dominate his actions. Success came swiftly.
From Refugee Camp to Hollywood with Fahim Fazli
Fahim had lost interest in most of life after his family split up. Those things belonged to the boy that was, not the boy he became the moment his mother left. Instead, he went to work for the Freedom Fighters. It seemed innocent enough. When he was approached and offered money to pass out flyers, young Fahim thought nothing of the politics behind those flyers. He was just excited to have money to buy kites or go to the movies.
Overcome Life's Ambushes And Get Off The X With Jason Redman
If it hadn’t gone through the personal and professional growth of his tumultuous military career, says Jason, he would never have launched from his injuries the way he has. Today Jason and his wife are stronger than ever, and Jason counts his blessings every day. He travels the country speaking about his experience and applying those lessons learned to his audience’s lives.
How Artist Lynn Mara Uses Her Gift For Grieving Families of Fallen Soldiers
Lynn Mara grew up in Long Island’s rural farmland. Fields of potatoes served as her neighbors and her community espoused a “farmy mentality”, Lynn says. “There’s something authentic and real and genuine about those people.” She’s light years away from that rural, modest upbringing today, but Lynn carries the wholesomeness and faith she was raised in, into her thriving and successful lifestyle today.
American Freedom With Chris Widener
Chris Widener describes the morale in our country today in one sentence, ““A lot of people just feel beaten up.” For about ten years, says Chris, Americans who disagree with policies or riots or the duplicity of installing racism in our schools under the guise of eradicating it, have been labeled everything from “deplorable” to “racist, sexist, homophobic,” and even “Nazis.” In another ironic twist, the people shouting these insults the loudest are often using pages straight from Marxist...
A Navy Seal's Mission to Help Other Combat Veterans
Wild mustangs understand what it’s like to be confronted with their worst fears and how to adjust to change. They have run free their entire lives. They fight for their survival. They tend to their own wounds. Weakness means defeat or death. They do not trust people and they are terrified of pretty much everything people do. Loud noises, sudden movements, new expectations, the pressure to perform – a wild mustang will fight or flee these enemies with a ferocious commitment to escape or defeat them.
All-In on the American Dream with Pat Hilton
Pat Hilton worked harder and longer than others who did not want it badly enough. He took chances others would not, and he wound up on stage at Grant Cardone’s 10X event. That moment opened doors for Pat just enough for him to shimmy his way through. He built relationships based on value he provides, and it became impossible for people to ignore Pat’s sheer will and spirit when he launched Acoustic Force Media.
Perpetually Lit With Bobby Sausalito
Bobby Sausalito is a Comedian, commentator and Internet personality most notably recognized on Instagram as @takenaps. His satirical videos about politics, the economy, current events, real estate, and other topics he covers have connected with a massive national audience craving the opportunity to laugh.
Life Lessons, Laughs, and Entrepreneurship With Robert O'Neill
Some people seek fame their entire lives, while others find themselves famous whether they like it or not. Former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill falls into the latter category, having had fame thrust upon him when his name was leaked as the man who fired the fatal Bin Laden shot. Rob and his family paid a hefty price for that leak, personally and professionally.
How to Prepare And Pivot from Disaster, with Business Infrastructure Expert Alicia Butler Pierre
As America reaches the one year anniversary of “fourteen days to stop the spread” millions of Americans are struggling to recover not just from COVID, but from the carnage wreaked on careers and businesses. We know that relying on government assistance – depending on our own tax dollars to be reinvested in our businesses and livelihoods instead of political or global whims and deals, is pointless.
Amplify Your Life And Leap Into Entrepreneurship With Trevor Mauch
Their core values include things like: Have fun, always genuinely care, be consistent, positive, adventurous, and grateful for everything. This, in turn, trickles down to the clients. Trevor Mauch and his employees strive to serve as beacons for their clients, who they hope will be inspired to carry that torch into their own businesses and lives. They must be doing a good job because rave reviews continue to pour in.
Living After Dying, with Stephanie Arnold
Have you ever had a feeling that something terrible is about to happen, but thought you were crazy? Have you mentioned it to anyone else and realized they think you’re crazy, too? And then something terrible does happen- maybe not to you, but to someone you know or love? Have you ever looked back at a moment or an event and been mad at yourself for not paying attention to that gut feeling?
The Making of Men, with World Record Holder Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller holds five world records- still standing. This achievement would be considered “enough” by a lot of people. For Stephen, however, those records are just part of the story he is writing in his life. “Son,” his father told him, “if you don’t spend your life on something that will live longer than you, you will have wasted your time.” Stephen carries those words with him. His world records are historical, he knows, but in time they may be broken.
Doing Well by Doing Good with Mark Rockefeller's StreetShares
Mark’s active duty pay and allowances were not a fortune but allowed him to provide for his wife and children with enough of a cushion that he and his wife were able to invest in real estate. He recommends this segue way to entrepreneurship for anyone who feels that itch; Indulge it on the side, as a side hustle, without giving up your day job. Mark returned from Iraq in 2008, just in time for this country’s biggest economic disaster in decades.
Relentlessly Patriotic with Artistic Activist Scott LoBaido
With the censorship and cancel culture running through this country, too many Americans are afraid to speak up against tyranny or to even question a narrative. We’ve lost track of how many times we’ve been thanked for doing what we do, and then told by that same person that THEY aren’t speaking out in public because they will lose clients, followers, donors, or relationships. We hope every one of these people soon understands the cost of their silence.
Freedom Can Be Effing Simple With Toni Vanschoyck
Her nonprofit offers critical assistance to people battling difficult times, and her heart is quickly opened to support causes and people she believes in. Toni is an advocate for freedom in all walks of life, from financial freedom, to professional and personal freedom. She’s even stepped forward to work with others in the pushback against mandates and unconstitutional actions.
Actor Max Martini’s On A Mission To Help Veterans With The Movie Sgt. Will Gardner
SNIPPET #025 Max Martini has been a bodyguard, contacted aliens, rescued a hostage from pirates and brought a soldier home from combat. He’s been also been shot at, blown up, and beaten to death with a tire iron; whatever the role, Max gives his all, entertaining and moving millions of people with his acting work. Now Max Martini has become the real-life inspiration he’s so often portrayed.
Dr Ming Wang’s Communism Survival Story and the American Dream
Dr Ming Wang’s mom was a university teacher until the night the Red Coats descended on her lab. His mom and other professors rushed to defend their work, only to be beaten to death or nearly to death. It took Ming’s mom two years of bedrest to recover from dozens of broken bones, only to be deported for two years upon her recovery. The sheer brutality, terror, and constant fear of death or deportation could have broken Ming’s spirit.
Win Your Mental Freedom With Bedros Keuilian
Imagine enduring abuse as a young boy, living in fear under a Communist regime, fleeing your country with your family, and scrounging to survive in America. Imagine your mom washing your hair with gasoline to kill the lice, and imagine eating out of dumpsters. Those are just some examples of the adversity Bedros Keuilian has overcome in his lifetime. Bedros has since built his own version of the American Dream. He’s built global businesses generating multi-million dollars in revenue.
Freelance Your way to Freedom With Rachel Pedersen
Rachel has climbed from a single mom addicted to alcohol and reliant on welfare to a healthy, thriving, top expert in the social media marketing and freelancing industries. She’s happily married and her husband works with her. In this episode, Rachel touches on her personal story and shares her expertise on social media marketing and building your own freelance business.
Eddie Pinero's World Within
Snippet #20 Eddie Pinero is a 31 year old entrepreneur, Speaker, Author and YouTuber from Miami Florida. His YouTube Channel has over 18 Million views and it all started with an idea that grew into a decision. Eddie Pinero settled snugly into the corporate world, safely ensconced in his professional path with a solid paycheck and the financial security that came with that check. It was an easy life with a clear future.
The Time Is Now With Kent Clothier
For Kent Clothier, every day since has been different. “Few things in life truly matter,” he realized. “The rest is self-imposed crap.” He’d believed he’d already learned that lesson in life, but understood now that his past, though rich with hard-learned lessons, had only glanced at the true meaning of success. “Good isn’t good when great is expected,” Kent was taught. So while his friends partied and enjoyed being teenagers, Kent worked long hours in his father’s wholesale grocery business.
Elena Cardone's All American Success Story
Today she is Elena Cardone, one-half of one of America’s mightiest power couples. At first blush it may appear she leads a charmed life, unattainable for the average American and easily come by for her. But before she was Elena Cardone, she was Elena Lyons, and she is not an overnight success story. Rather, she is an example of resilience and grit.
Use The Power Of Relationships To Build Your American Dream With Ryan Williams
But before he blazed his own entrepreneurial path, Ryan Williams served in the United States Military, as a Navy SEAL. Today Ryan is the CEO of one of several companies he’s built. Industry Threadworks has become the Go-To company for apparel brands that want to find solutions to their problems and crush their own goals. He’s the guy with expensive cars, a beautiful wife, and the kind of energy that zaps a person even if he’s talking to them virtually.
Bedros Keuilian Why America Is The Best Country To Build A Dream Life
SNIPPET #126 Bedros Keuilian had every reason in the world to believe he’d never achieve anything in life. He had plenty of reasons to begrudge this country and the people in it. Instead, he’s achieved massive success and is one of the most patriotic, grateful Americans you will ever meet. He’s also one of the top experts in the fitness industry and a hugely sought-after consultant and speaker. Not bad for anyone, let alone someone who’s overcome as much as Bedros Keuilian has.
Inside the CIA with Former CIA Officer Shelly Mateer
Shelly Mateer freely admits it was Hollywood that piqued her interest in a CIA career. But underneath the superficial interest was a pull to find fulfillment. Much of her childhood was spent living overseas. She developed a flair for languages and decided a college degree in international relations would serve her well in her pursuit to join the CIA. For seven years, Shelly applied and reapplied to the government agency. She worked in a record store to pay her bills.
Helping Everyone Remain Operational With Mike De Geus
Mike De Geus grew up in a tiny town. He and his four brothers all found their ways into lives of public service. Mike, after building success as an entrepreneur, found his outlet to public service through becoming a Secret Service Agent. For 12 years, Mike traveled the world on special assignments or dug in to his own town to act as the Lead Agent on a presidential detail. Mike has since left the Secret Service to return to his entrepreneurial calling – but he brought his sense of service with him.
Randy Sutton And The Wounded Blue
Randy was just 19 years old when he earned his badge. He quickly moved from his small town NJ police force to the much bigger city of Las Vegas, where he spent the rest of his career. Today, Randy is the founder and Chairman of the Board of the Wounded Blue Foundation.
Flex Your Freedom Podcast with Barb Allen and Dave Brown
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