Podcasts about Luther College

How can agritourism deepen community connections and support a diversified farm? In this episode of the Thriving Farmer Podcast, we're joined by Maren Beard, co-owner of Luna Valley Farm in Decorah, Iowa. Maren and her husband, Tom, run a certified organic regenerative farm, raising 100% grass-fed cattle and sheep while also serving up delicious wood-fired pizzas to their community. Tune in to hear how Luna Valley is creating connection through food and what it really takes to run a thriving pizza farm! Episode Highlights: Origin Story: How did Maren and Tom get started with Luna Valley Farm? [1:41] Turning a Barn into a Pizzeria: What inspired the idea for pizza nights, and how did it grow? [6:49] Day-to-Day Life: What does a typical week look like on Luna Valley? [8:51] Wood-Fired Pizza: What are the most popular pizza offerings, and what makes them so special? [16:47] Cattle Farming: How does the grass-fed cattle operation fit into their regenerative practices? [24:45] Hindsight: What would Maren do differently if she were to start over again? [32:36] Don't miss this episode to hear how Maren is blending food, farming, and hospitality to build something truly special in rural Iowa!

Does the public promotion of Darwin's theory of natural selection match Darwin's own private view of his theory? On this episode of ID the Future out of the archive, historian of science Michael Keas begins a two-part conversation with Robert Shedinger, the Wilford A. Johnson Chair of Biblical Studies and Professor of Religion at Luther College and author most recently of The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms: Darwinian Biology's Grand Narrative of Triumph and the Subversion of Religion. Shedinger reports on the contrast between Darwin's private view of his theory of natural selection and the public view as detailed in his published work. Shedinger also notes the deficiency in evidence for Darwin's proposal, despite claims to the contrary from his followers and evangelizers today. Source

Business attorney Katie Rinkus welcomes Amy M. Gardner to the mic to discuss common ways they see conflict show up in the workplace. Amy is a certified Career and Career Transitions Coach and Team Development and Leadership Consultant and the co-owner of Apochromatik, which offers team and leadership development programs to help organizations resolve conflict and reach their goals.   One of the primary causes of conflict in the workplace is a poor culture: there is a lack of vulnerability-based trust that leads people to feel undervalued and unable to speak up or to ask for help. Conflict is also commonly seen in the hiring and onboarding process. Sometimes decisions to hire are rushed, job duties are not what were originally promised, and communication is simply unclear.   Because culture issues, lack of communication, and conflict can, as Amy says, “cost money and happiness,” it's important for organizations to address these issues. Ongoing training—not just for management but for entire teams—can help things run more smoothly no matter the conflict flashpoint, especially when a team is trained on navigating difficult conversations.   Join Katie and Amy as they unpack conflict at work and how to best respond to it so that we all can make work better for each other.   Amy M. Gardner Amy M. Gardner works with law firms and corporations to reengage teams and help them thrive by utilizing Apochromatik's proprietary Team Driven Leadership approach to build leadership skills, improve relationships, strengthen emotional intelligence, have difficult conversations, and more. She also works with lawyers to advance or transition in their careers.   Her work with teams and lawyers draws on her unique experience as a former Big Law associate, partner at a mid-size Chicago firm, and dean of students at the University of Chicago Law School.  She received her MA in Public Policy and Administration from Northwestern University, JD from the University of Chicago, and BA from Luther College, as well as certifications in team and leadership coaching, 1:1 coaching, and various assessments. Her expertise has been featured in media including numerous podcasts, ABA publications, Corporette, Glassdoor, Health, Monster, NBC, and Women's Running magazine.  Connect with Amy at amy@apochromatik.com.     Stay Connected & Learn More:   Amy M. Gardner on LinkedIn   Katie Rinkus   Apochromatik   Team Driven Leadership   The Prinz Law Firm

Fire Chief Emily Jaramillo stops by the Morning Show for our first A.F.R. update of 2025!! Wild fires, open burning in the city, training, and recruitment are just a few topics Bob and Emily discuss on today's show. Fire Chief Emily Jaramillo grew up in rural New Mexico. She achieved a BA in English and Secondary Education at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 1999. After returning home to New Mexico, Emily taught and coached for four years at Albuquerque Public Schools before joining Albuquerque Fire Rescue in 2005. During her time at AFR, Emily has served as an officer in both the Paramedic and Fire Suppression Divisions, served on the AFD Safety Committee, taught in the EMS Training Division, and coordinated both the Professional Development and Firefighter Health and Wellness programs, served at the chair of the Operations Planning Committee for ACS, and serves on the board for the Mental Health Response Advisory Committee. In 2015, she was the recipient of the IAFF 244 Outstanding Leadership Award and was nominated as an Albuquerque Business First Woman of Excellence in 2022.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“People may live in a place that's very different from us, but they have the same hopes, dreams, fears, and struggles with everyday life that we all do at some level. All the parents want education for their kids. Everyone wants a home, wants good food to eat, loves a good laugh and a good joke, loves to play and be silly together. If you find that out as a young person, you are less likely to quickly judge in a negative way someone who is different from you.”Nationally recognized as a leader in the field of youth choral conductors, Emily Ellsworth enjoys an active schedule as guest conductor and clinician both nationally and abroad. She has conducted all-state choirs and festivals in over 30 states, honor choirs for the Northwest, North Central, Southwest and Western regions of the American Choral Directors Association, and the 2019 national children's honor choir for ACDA's 60th anniversary conference. International appearances include festival choirs in Ireland, England, Hong Kong, Grand Cayman Island, Greece, and presentations for the national association of choral directors in Brazil.Collegiate work most recently includes teaching Conducting III at Elmhurst University, conducting the Elmhurst University Concert Choir, joining the Luther College choral faculty as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, and conducting the University Singers at Northwestern University. She served as Artistic Director of Anima (Ah-nee-mah)–Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus from 1996–2018. She conducted Anima on several national conferences for both ACDA and Chorus America, led concert tours to six continents, and produced nine CD recordings. Ms. Ellsworth has served as music panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, and spent 20 years as a professional singer and voice teacher in various college and university settings.Her home base of Chicago has featured Ms. Ellsworth's preparation of dozens of youth and women's ensembles for major musical organizations, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Berlin Philharmonic, and Ravinia Festival, and many more.Ms. Ellsworth holds vocal performance degrees from Macalester College under Dr. Dale Warland and the University of Southern California, as well as the Artist Teacher Certificate from the Choral Music Experience Choral Teacher Training Institute. Her primary choral mentors are Drs. Dale Warland and Doreen Rao. More information can be found at emilyellsworth.net.To get in touch with Emily, you can find her on Facebook (@emily.ellsworth.50) or visit her website.Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson

Send us a textGet to know Megan Frederiksen, ARNP!Megan Frederiksen is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She provides family practice care for patients of all ages.Frederiksen earned a Bachelor of Science from Luther College in 2007 and then completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Nebraska Methodist in 2009. During her nursing career at Cass Health, Frederiksen primarily worked in the Emergency Department, Obstetrics, and most recently, Cardiac Rehab. After more than a decade in nursing, Frederiksen returned to school and completed her Master of Science in Nursing at Clarkson College, graduating in August 2024.During this mini-episode, we asked Megan about:Why she chose to become a nurse practitionerWhat she wants her patients to knowHer special interests in medicine Her hobbiesWhy she chose to stay in Atlanticand more! Listen now to this short, fun episode to get to know Megan Frederiksen, ARNP.

The Rev. Dr. John Kleinig is emeritus lecturer at Luther College, Adelaide, South Australia, and author of several books on Lutheran theology and spirituality, including Grace upon Grace, Wonderfully Made, and the volume on Prayer in the Lutheran Spirituality Series. In this warm and pastoral Kitchen Table Talk conversation originally from February 23, 2024, Dr. Kleinig answers vital questions on prayer from a biblical Lutheran perspective.    What is prayer? What different forms does it take? Is there such a thing as a “Lutheran rosary”? How does Christ teach us to pray, even today, through His Word? What does it really mean to pray “in Jesus' name”?   For further reading, check out the following books by Dr. Kleinig, which were referenced in the episode:  Lutheran Spirituality: Prayer  Grace upon Grace: Spirituality for Today  Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body   For further listening, check out our Lutheran Ladies' Book Club discussion of Wonderfully Made.  Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), and Erin (@erinaltered) on Instagram! Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at lutheranladies@kfuo.org.

In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Wilfred Bunge, professor emeritus of religion at Luther College. Dr. Bunge served as a professor of religion from 1962 to 1999 and was the co-author of Transformed by the Journey, a book covering 150 years of history from its founding through its sesquicentennial date of 2011. Dr. Bunge discussed the writing of Transformed by the Journey and shared his own journey from a farm outside of Spring Grove, Minnesota to Luther College to Harvard and back to Decorah, Iowa serving over three decades in the religion department. For those of you who love ideas, the liberal arts, and Luther College, this is the episode for you! In one hour, we covered all things Luther College from Wil's own journey at Luther and his observations about other leading lights in Luther history including Vilhelm and Elisabeth Koren, J.W. Ylvisaker, Elwin Farwell, and Weston Noble. Much gratitude to Dr. Bunge for sharing his journey and for his service to Luther College!

Dr. David Coyle joins the RockneCast to discuss the joro spider, a venomous and invasive species that is currently spreading throughout the Southeastern United States. He is currently an Associate Professor of Entomology at Clemson University in the extension division. Dr. Coyle will discuss the spiders, how venomous it is, how it got here, how it "flies", and its anticipated reach in the United States. We also discussed a possible entomological enemy that might reduce the populations, but more research its needed to determine that answer. Dr. Coyle is at the cutting edge of this area of research. We'll also discussed his career path to becoming a PhD in Entomology along with his current research on the joro spider. Dr. Coyle and I played football for one year at Luther College and we also graduated in 1997 from Luther College. Loved doing this one!!

Bryant Horowitz shares his experiences as a fan of the Dave Matthews Band, including traveling to shows, meeting other fans, and attending special events. He recalls the sense of community and connection he felt being around thousands of people who shared his love for the music. Bryant also discusses memorable moments, such as staying in a crowded hotel room and mistakenly knocking on the tour bus of the band Three Doors Down. He highlights the depth and complexity of Dave Matthews' music and lyrics, as well as the positive and peaceful message that resonates with fans. Bryant shares his adventures of attending shows in different states and even sitting on stage behind Dave Matthews during a small show. Overall, his experiences demonstrate the passion and camaraderie of being a fan of the Dave Matthews Band. Bryant Horowitz shares his experiences working at the Playboy Mansion and meeting celebrities, including Dave Matthews Band. He recounts his memorable encounter with Dave Matthews at a radio show and his nickname 'Moons Over My Hammy'. Bryant also talks about his job at the mansion and meeting musicians like Blues Traveler and Counting Crows. He shares his interaction with Bella Fleck and the Flecktones and his role in the TV show 'The Girls Next Door'. Bryant's unique experiences and connections have allowed him to have incredible opportunities and meet his favorite artists.  Bryant and Renae engage in a trivia game focused on the Dave Matthews Band. They discuss songs with sexual innuendos and the Live at Luther College album. They also talk about Carter Beauford, the band's drummer, and his previous band, Secrets. The conversation ends with Renae inviting listeners to reach out and share their own Dave Matthews Band journey.Peace, Love and DMBSupport the Show.

Lee is from Protivin, Iowa and wrestled for Turkey Valley High School. In the early 2000's, Turkey Valley was a very tough and well-respected program. And Lee was right in the middle of it all. He comes from a long line of wrestlers in his family and he fit right in. Lee was a 4x conference champ, which doesn't sound like that big of a deal but the Upper Iowa Conference was chalk full of studs. Lee finished his career 167-12 with 103 pins and placed 5th, 3rd and 2nd at state. Lee would go on to wrestle at Luther College before calling it a career. A little longer interview here, but it's definitely worth the listen. So please, sit back, relax and enjoy, Lee Meirick! Euphoria Coffee website: https://www.drinkeuphoriacoffee2go.com/ Registration is open for the Granby Wrestling Camp in Belle Plaine, IA. The camp is from June 24th-26th and is hosted by The Granby School of Wrestling. All the information, including registration and event details are listed in the show notes or head to granbyschool.com. Remember: Summer wrestling makes winter champs! Granby School of Wrestling registration: http://www.granbyschool.com/shop/product/326989 Granby School of Wrestling Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2525819390924322/?ti=ls Let's Talk Wrestling website: https://letstalkwrestlingpodcast.my.canva.site/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-talk-wrestling/support

“I've really enjoyed getting into classrooms to affirm my colleagues. I seek whenever I do a visit to say something that is both positive and true. I could just be positive, but if it's not truthful, students can sense that. I've really enjoyed getting to bop in, see great teaching in action, and affirm my colleagues in front of their students.”Dr. Brett D. Epperson is Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at Hastings College. He directs the Hastings College Choir and teaches courses in conducting, vocal pedagogy, diction and studio voice. Brett also serves as director of the adult Chancel Choir at First Presbyterian Church of Hastings.Prior to his career in higher education, Brett was a public school music educator for nearly a decade. Epperson led choral programs at Yutan Public Schools (Nebraska), Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. Under his leadership at Lincoln East, the choral program tripled in enrollment, East Singers was selected as a featured concert choir at the Nebraska Music Educators Association Conference and Epperson was the recipient of a Lincoln Public Schools Inspire Award for implementing an Adaptive Music program. Epperson has also served as a graduate assistant within the College of Music at Florida State University, was an adjunct instructor of voice at Doane University (Nebraska), and is a previous Artistic Director-Conductor of the Lincoln Lutheran Choir.Dr. Epperson is active as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator and collaborative keyboardist, with appearances across the United States, the Caribbean and Europe. In June 2023, Epperson traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, where he was a featured conductor as part of AVoice4Peace choral festival. As a vocalist, he has sung with Grammy-nominated choral ensembles and has been a featured soloist in choral-orchestral performances across the Midwest and South. Galaxy Music Corporation released his first published composition in 2022.Brett earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education-Choral Conducting from Florida State University.To get in touch with Brett, you can find him on Facebook (@brettdepperson) or Instagram (@brettdepperson).Choir Fam wants to hear from you! Check out the Minisode Intro Part 3 episode from February 16, 2024, to hear how to share your story with us.Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson

“Contemporary commercial music is closer to the students' everyday musical culture. There's that component of culturally relevant pedagogy that both show choir and vocal jazz meet. They are a bit more naturally motivating to a majority of students, and we honor the musical culture of the United States and our popular styles from the last 100 years when we teach these things."Ryan Deignan is Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Minnesota Duluth where he leads the flagship University Singers and the award-winning vocal jazz ensemble Lake Effect and teaches voice lessons, ear training, and vocal pedagogy. Deignan is the Artistic Director of the Twin Ports Choral Project and was a fellow at the 2022 Baylor International Choral Conducting Masterclass.In addition to teaching and conducting, Deignan performs as a professional vocalist. He performed with the Madison Choral Project in 2023 and sang with the new Baton Rouge choir Red Shift in their 2020 Southern ACDA performance, where he also served as tenor soloist. Deignan sang with Dallas' Orpheus Chamber Singers and Dallas Bach Society, and community choir Denton Bach Society as tenor soloist for their performance of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle.At the high school level, Deignan was Director of Choirs for the West Des Moines Valley High School choral program of 350 students, seven traditional choirs, two show choirs, and four jazz choirs. Under his direction, Valley Singers performed at the 2016 North Central ACDA Convention in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Prior to West Des Moines, Deignan was Associate Director of Vocal Music at Cedar Rapids Washington High School where he led a Slice of Jazz to the 2012 Iowa Vocal Jazz Championship.Deignan holds a BA in Vocal Performance from Luther College, an MA in Music Education from the University of Iowa and DMA in Choral Studies with a cognate field in Vocal Pedagogy from the University of North Texas.To get in touch with Ryan, you can email him at rpdeignan@gmail.com or find him on Facebook (@rdeignan) or Instagram (@rpdeignan).Choir Fam wants to hear from you! Check out the Minisode Intro Part 3 episode from February 16, 2024, to hear how to share your story with us.Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson

Securing a healthier future for rural communities begins with the engagement of our younger generations. This week, we're thrilled to host three emerging leaders on Rural Health Leadership Radio: Jenah McCarty, Hallie Vonk, and Nick Lembezeder. These graduate students from the University of Iowa's College of Public Health share their journey in founding the inaugural Student Association for Rural Health (SARH) and outline the organization's objectives. Throughout the episode, they reflect on SARH's influence on themselves and their peers and offer guidance for students aspiring to establish similar organizations. “The Student Association for Rural Health is reinvigorating individual's passion for rural health, and sharing that passion with the next generation of leaders so we can create a better future for rural health” -Hallie Vonk Nick is a second-year Master of Public Health of Public Health student at the University of Iowa and Co-Programming and Events chair for the SARH. He is from Peosta, Iowa, and spent four years in Decorah Iowa completing his bachelor's in Classical Studies and Biology at Luther College. This fall Nick will be attending the University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine and hopes to practice medicine in rural Iowa. Jenah McCarty is a Master of Public Health and Master of Health Administration student at the University of Iowa, and President of SARH. She is also an intern with Rural Health Leadership Radio. Jenah completed her undergraduate at the University of Iowa in Public Health and Human Relations. Jenah grew up in rural Iowa, which sparked her passion for rural health. Hallie Vonk is a Master of Health Administration student at the University of Iowa and Co-Programming and Events chair for the SARH. She was raised in Hinton, Iowa, and completed her undergraduate degree in Health and Human Physiology at the University of Iowa. Hallie found an interest in rural health during her graduate program, highlighting the advantage of personal connections in rural communities.

Timon talks with Philip Freeman, Professor of Humanities at Pepperdine University, about his recent book, Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor.    Listen in for a fresh perspective on Emperor Julian, the last pagan emperor of Rome, his complex character and its impact on the rise of Christianity.   #PhilipFreeman #Emperor #Rome #Pagan #Christian #Julian #Cesar #Book #Pepperdine   Dr. Freeman completed his undergraduate work in classics and humanities at the University of Texas and earned a joint PhD in classics and Celtic studies from Harvard University. Previously, he has taught at Boston University, Washington University, and Luther College. Dr. Freeman is the author of a number of books on ancient and medieval studies, including biographies of St. Patrick, Julius Caesar, and Sappho, as well as translations of the works of Cicero.   Learn more about Philip Freeman's work: https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/philip-freeman/   ––––––   Follow American Reformer across Social Media: X / Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/amreformer Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/ Website – https://americanreformer.org/   Promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, by donating to The American Reformer: https://americanreformer.org/donate/   Follow Us on Twitter: Josh Abbotoy – https://twitter.com/Byzness Timon Cline – https://twitter.com/tlloydcline   The American Reformer Podcast is  hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings.   Subscribe to our Podcast, "The American Reformer" Get our RSS Feed – https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5

The Rev. Dr. John Kleinig is emeritus lecturer at Luther College, Adelaide, South Australia, and author of several books on Lutheran theology and spirituality, including Grace upon Grace, Wonderfully Made, and the volume on Prayer in the Lutheran Spirituality Series. In this warm and pastoral Kitchen Table Talk conversation, Dr. Kleinig answers vital questions on prayer from a biblical Lutheran perspective.    What is prayer? What different forms does it take? Is there such a thing as a “Lutheran rosary”? How does Christ teach us to pray, even today, through His Word? What does it really mean to pray “in Jesus' name”?   For further reading, check out the following books by Dr. Kleinig, which were referenced in the episode:  Lutheran Spirituality: Prayer  Grace upon Grace: Spirituality for Today  Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body   For further listening, check out our Lutheran Ladies' Book Club discussion of Wonderfully Made.  Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), and Erin (@erinaltered) on Instagram! Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at lutheranladies@kfuo.org.

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Sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnTim Reynolds, a musical virtuoso with a career spanning over four decades, stands out as a two-time Grammy nominee and sonic innovator. His remarkable guitar virtuosity, impeccable command of melody and timing, and innate ability to improvise across genres define his multifaceted talent. Renowned for traversing musical landscapes from rock, jazz, and blues to classical and reggae, Reynolds showcases his versatility with every strum on his acoustic or electric guitar, delivering technically brilliant yet emotionally honest music that is both inspired and unparalleled.In the mid-1980s, Reynolds founded TR3, an electric power trio celebrated for fusing funk, rock, and jazz. Extensive touring during the 1980s and 1990s with TR3, marked by a rotating cast of musicians, laid the foundation for Reynolds' musical journey. It was during this period that he forged a lasting collaboration with Dave Matthews, a partnership that unfolded amidst his unwavering commitment to his first love—the acoustic guitar. The 1990s and 2000s saw Reynolds as a road warrior, enchanting sold-out crowds with his acoustic wizardry, earning him the reputation of one of the circuit's most talented and thoughtful musicians.Born on December 15, 1957, in Wiesbaden, Germany, Reynolds' musical journey commenced with church performances and exposure to The Beatles in Alaska. Transitioning from air guitar and piano, he mastered the bass in church, establishing a profound connection with music. Influenced by Grand Funk and The Beatles, Reynolds explored jazz, metal, and diverse genres, driven by a curiosity shaped by luminaries like John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth.The guitarist's life took a pivotal turn when he crossed paths with bartender and aspiring musician Dave Matthews in Charlottesville. This encounter blossomed into a collaboration that became central to DMB's sonic landscape. Reynolds' distinctive style and genre-spanning abilities added depth to the band's sound.Live at Luther College, a live album featuring Reynolds and Matthews, showcased their musical chemistry. Reynolds' solo projects, TR3, and collaborations with DMB underscore his versatility. His journey, marked by exploration and a passion for diverse genres, solidifies Tim Reynolds as a guitar maestro, contributing significantly to the rich tapestry of the Dave Matthews Band's iconic sound.Reynolds' solo projects, including TR3, and collaborations with DMB underscore his versatility. His journey, marked by exploration and a passion for diverse genres, solidifies Tim Reynolds as a guitar maestro, contributing significantly to the rich tapestry of the Dave Matthews Band's iconic sound. As a two-time Grammy nominee, Reynolds' impact on the music industry is not only enduring but also recognized by one of the highest honors in the field.www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnhttp://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnThis episode is sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and presented to you by The Barn Media Group.

In this episode, Ken Hoyme, a semi-retired product security expert, talks in-depth about his 40-year career focusing on safety-critical systems, which spanned across commercial aviation, aerospace, and medical devices, with a particular focus on medical device security. Ken reflects on the personal impact of his work, and also talks about his continued involvement in the field through consulting, teaching, and volunteering post-retirement. He also discusses troubleshooting solutions, his pride for his family, and his passion for pipe organs. Guest links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenhoyme/ Charity supported: Save the Children Interested in being a guest on the show or have feedback to share? Email us at podcast@velentium.com.  PRODUCTION CREDITS Host: Lindsey Dinneen Editing: Marketing Wise Producer: Velentium   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Episode 022 - Ken Hoyme [00:00:00] Lindsey Dinneen: [00:00:01] Hi, I'm Lindsey and I'm talking with MedTech industry leaders on how they change lives for a better world. [00:00:08] Diane Bouis: The inventions and technologies are fascinating and so are the people who work with them. [00:00:13] Frank Jaskulke: There was a period of time where I realized, fundamentally, my job was to go hang out with really smart people that are saving lives and then do work that would help them save more lives. [00:00:27] Diane Bouis: I got into the business to save lives and it is incredibly motivating to work with people who are in that same business, saving or improving lives. [00:00:37] Duane Mancini: What better industry than where I get to wake up every day and just save people's lives. [00:00:41] Lindsey Dinneen: These are extraordinary people doing extraordinary work, and this is The Leading Difference. [00:00:47] Hello and welcome to The Leading Difference podcast. I'm your host, Lindsey, and I am excited to introduce you to my guest today, Ken Hoyme. Ken is the semi retired former Director of Product security at Boston Scientific. His 40 year career spanned commercial aviation and aerospace and medical devices with specific emphasis on medical device security. In retirement, Ken continues to consult, teach, and volunteer. Welcome, Ken. Thank you so much for joining us today. I'm so excited that you're here. [00:01:20] Ken Hoyme: Thanks, Lindsey I'm happy to be here. [00:01:22] Lindsey Dinneen: Wonderful. If you wouldn't mind just starting off by telling us a little bit about yourself and your background, I would love to hear more about you. [00:01:31] Ken Hoyme: Sure, I'd be happy to. Being semi retired, I have had a career that spans close to 40 years, or actually I think I just passed 40 years about a month ago from when I started working. So I went to grad school, did four years of grad school at the same time my wife was in vet school, so four years of marriage that we were both studying like crazy. I never finished my dissertation on a PhD, so I'm the classic PhD, ADD person. Pretty much my entire career has been spent in safety critical, life critical systems, which has been a fascinating area. You gotta do the right job or people might die. [00:02:08] I started, split 50 /50. My first 18 years was at Honeywell Corporate Research Labs, where I ended up working on various things between integrated circuit projects, but a lot of it was focused on control systems for commercial aircraft, and so building safety critical systems that made the pilot interface to the airplane was fascinating, tough, but interesting problems. [00:02:32] Touched a bit on industrial controls and automotive controls, and then mid career, I got recruited away by former Honeywell folks who had gone to Guidant, medical device company at the time, that was later purchased by Boston Scientific, and where I ended up working initially on cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators and then shifted into remote patient monitoring, and that kind of evolved into more detailed interactions with how security can impact patient safety. [00:03:02] So a large fraction of the last 12, 15 years has been in medical device cybersecurity. Did a brief stint, three and a half years, at a small R&D company doing research on medical device cybersecurity, and then returned to Boston Scientific in 2016 to lead the product security program at Boston Scientific, which is what I was doing when I officially retired. [00:03:25] Lindsey Dinneen: Nice. Okay. So lots of cool twists and turns throughout your career. I wanted to touch on a couple things. The first is, you've actually talked about how one of the running themes was safety and safety critical systems and whatnot. And I'm curious, have you always had an interest or a passion in safety and security. Where did that come from? [00:03:49] Ken Hoyme: Given some of my behavior as a kid, you wouldn't think so. I certainly did my share of foolish things as you grew up. My, my interest in grad school was in computer architecture, kind of a foot between hardware and software, though I was in electrical engineering as a degree. So as I ended up at Honeywell, Honeywell was at that time focused on control systems. And control systems are cyber physical systems, they are computers touching the real world physically. And almost all aspects of cyber physical systems-- which are pervasive and now what's viewed as US critical infrastructure-- there's a safety aspect of whether you're talking about nuclear power plants or oil refining and things that can explode to commercial aviation, automotive. All of those things, if they don't work correctly, the people that are interacting with them that run the risk of being harmed. [00:04:44] So it really was that culture at the original research center of thinking about how you interact with the physical world. And so that really grew that interest. And that was the skill set in doing safety analysis that drew guidance to recruit me because it really was obviously another safety critical environment in cardiac devices. So it was a an early budding interest that was really nurtured by the projects and things that worked on for Honeywell. [00:05:14] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. And then you obviously continued to grow in your career, you continue to be involved in safety and security. And then you had your stint at Boston Scientific. And I wonder if you could share a little bit more about some of the projects that you worked on that were particularly impactful or just moments that stand out perhaps. [00:05:36] Ken Hoyme: My first project, I knew nothing about things that bled. I had avoided them. In junior high, I had to dissect a frog, I really didn't like it. And so in high school, when you needed to have some science stuff, and I knew I was planning on going toward electrical engineering, I skipped biology and took chemistry and physics. And by working on cyber physical systems, aircraft and automotive and industrial controls, nothing bled, but I also had no pets growing up. [00:06:09] And when I started dating my now wife of 44 years, she had a quarter horse, 4 Shetland ponies, a dog and two cats at a 10 acre hobby farm she had talked her parents into buying so that she could have horses. And as a veterinarian, everything in her life bled, so we really had this difference in backgrounds, but interest in learning from each other. [00:06:35] And so when I first went to Guidant, the company recognized I didn't have that domain knowledge. And so I ended up being put on projects specifically with the goal of rapidly bringing me up to speed. I went to various classes on how the heart works, how you pace it, all the various different things. And I can tell you that the dinner conversation changed considerably as I was starting to learn these things and my wife knew these things. So it was kind of an exhilarating mid career change because of having to learn the domain. [00:07:05] So, because of my safety background, Guidant was working on a new architecture for their pacemakers and defibrillators. And I got put on the redundant safety core, which was a redundant hardware pacemaker and defibrillator. If anything failed in the rest of the device, the hardware would kick in and keep the patient pink. And so I got to work on that, and I ended up with several patents. [00:07:30] And so in 2006 or 7, I believe, my brother in law, my wife's brother, ended up with a viral cardiomyopathy and his ejection fraction was down at 15%. It's normally in a healthy human should be up around 70. He ended up getting a resynchronization defibrillator that I had worked on, as well as being put on the home patient monitor that I had been the lead system engineer in developing. And so that was that first family connection of recognizing that what you're doing is personal. [00:08:04] And a few years back, my now 95 year old mother in law has a pacemaker in her and I have four patents on the technology. So you're recognizing that people that you love and care for are using these things. And the people who get these things are loved and cared for by somebody, so it really becomes a passion of building something that works correctly and is safe. Those kind of things stand out in terms of things that are meaningful. [00:08:29] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, of course. Yeah, because when you are able to see the results in real time in real life, by people who you know personally who are affected by it, that's such a full circle moment of just recognizing that what you do isn't confined to this silo. It actually does impact lives. And that's a pretty cool thing to be a part of. [00:08:52] Ken Hoyme: And I crossed over into security. I can recommend the devices that I was involved in developing because I am personally familiar with the level of detail that had been done in terms of securing them. So I don't have fears that my family members or others are going to have hackers going after them, which is a paranoia in the industry. The idea of hacking pacemakers became, as Dr. Kevin said, " sucks the oxygen out of the room." It's theoretically possible, but very difficult to do, compared to devices that might be connected to a hospital network, which are exposed to more. [00:09:24] Lindsey Dinneen: And to that point, if you don't mind sharing a little bit more about how you were able to develop those skills and awareness of the importance of medical device security. I know that you are an expert in this field and there is a lot more education and knowledge these days, but it still seems like something every once in a while that you have to remind people, this is actually a critical thing. Do you mind speaking a bit to that? [00:09:52] Ken Hoyme: I started out as an electrical engineer, but evolved to a systems engineer, particularly working in aviation. I worked on the design of the flight deck of the Boeing 777. And Boeing is the-- at least they used to be, they've lost some of the secret sauce-- but they were the premier system engineering organization in the world. And working on a critical system for an aircraft with the master of system engineering, you start learning the techniques. So my, my evolution into system engineering was very much on the job training, certainly a lot of reading and things that went on at the same time, but it was also interacting with experts. [00:10:31] Similar thing happened when security came along is, I got recruited into Guident because of my safety skills. And then within the first year of being there, Guident was putting a remote patient management system together, which was a bedside monitor for every patient with the radio links to the device links up to a server that would analyze all the data for potential alerts that the physician should know. [00:10:56] The system has more than a million patients on it. So it's a scalable protected health information, all of that. Program Manager on that project understood the importance of the various ilities that sit around system engineering and deal with the development. So he hired in a PhD psychologist to do human centered design and machine interface, he had been dealing with all of those issues. And in the medical device world, user interfaces also touch safety, because if you have confusion and a physician or patient makes a mistake in using something, harm can happen. So it's another branch of safety. And he recognized the security implications of what we were doing and hired in security experts. [00:11:43] And so we had this old grizzled, bearded, absolutely canonical look of a computer geek that had been a chief architect at a company called Secure Computing and had been security. And he was titled our Security Curmudgeon and as Lead System Engineer, I worked with these various groups as we balance the design. And it really was interacting with real experts in this field who had no compunction about correcting me whenever I said anything that was inaccurate. [00:12:15] In that environment, I started absorbing. The methods of doing security and the importance of it and what those kind of, so it really was one of those cool opportunities in your career where you get to a Vulcan mind meld with experts and absorb the information and integrate it with what you know. [00:12:32] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. And at the time of this recording the FDA has finalized their guidance and I'm curious to know what your thoughts are on that and how you feel it's going to affect everybody moving forward. [00:12:50] Ken Hoyme: It's interesting because both the original pre market guidance and the post market guidance came out relatively quickly. The time between the draft pre market and the issuance of it, I think was just less than a year, which everyone who were involved with guidance has said was light speed for the FDA. And the post market was similar, but they've done a couple of iterations in 2018 and 2022 of drafts. And, was in a meeting earlier today where two of the FDA people who had been working on that were mentioning that in both cases, they got more than 100, 000 comments back to the FDA related to it. [00:13:28] You know, the push by Congress to have it out by October 1st really pushed, I don't think anybody thought that it would be feasible to get it done. And yet they did it. It seems like they have clarified many of the concerns that were still in the 2022 draft, had some clear definitions about things like exploitability. So I think it really will anchor, and everyone is scrambling this week to read it and adapt to what's in there. But, the good news is it's not a giant leap from what they issued in 2022. So it's not going to have everyone doing a 90 or 180 degree turn on what they've already assumed it was heading for. So it's just good to have that out in its definitive form. [00:14:14] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. And it'll be exciting to see how the industry adapts. [00:14:19] Ken Hoyme: As one example, the Health Sector Coordinating Council had published in 2018, I believe it was, their joint security plan, because the non formal standard, but kind of a guide, particularly helpful for smaller companies for what they need to do, incorporate cybersecurity into their quality system and their development. And a lot has changed, and so we have been working since middle of 2022, this is one of my retirement volunteer efforts that I'm involved in, to bring it up to date. [00:14:54] And there was a real goal for the JSB version 2 to be out by the end of this year. And we were worried about the race condition with the FDA getting their final set pre market guidance out. And so one of the activities now is adapting what we've written in the joint security plan to make sure that it is in sync and in line with the finalized guidance. By getting it out now, we have time over the next couple of months to make whatever changes we need to based on that change. Which will be good, it means when that guide is updated, it will not be anchored in an old guidance, but will properly reflect the new update from the FDA. So it's really great to see them do that. [00:15:38] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. So circling back to something you mentioned, because I'm curious how you were able to overcome it. You mentioned you hadn't dealt early on in your career with anything blood related and you didn't necessarily want to go after that when you were in college. So how are you able to overcome that and say, "No, this is fine. I'm gonna, I'm gonna make it happen." [00:16:05] Ken Hoyme: Thankfully, I didn't have to personally do any implants. Okay. I didn't have to handle a knife or deal with that and get flashbacks of my frog experience. When I left Honeywell, I thought I was going to retire out of the company. I was in an absolutely great position at the research center. I was invited to the strategic planning sessions for the entire aviation business as a technical expert. Honeywell was bought by Allied Signal, which was quite a culture shift. They were far more prescriptive. You're telling research center, here's what you're going to do rather than asking you to partner with the businesses, determine how to best apply the skills. And the other aspect is because I had become an expert in commercial aviation, I was not learning at the rate that you used to. It's like, you know, a lot of things, you're doing more mentoring than individual personal learning. So when I shifted domains and got hired in because I was a senior fellow at Honeywell, they hired me in at the top technical rank that Guidant had at the time to be competitive. I felt a huge obligation to learn the domain as quick as possible. [00:17:19] I needed to feel like I was providing value. It's just not a good feeling to feel like you're taking a paycheck and not providing something for that. It's just not the way I was raised. And so I really took it on that I needed to learn this domain. And the reality, all kidding aside, is the work in understanding the physiology and the behavior of cardiac devices is really more about electrochemistry and how the muscles work and how arrhythmias occur and how they can be cleared. And so it was more of a learning a new technical domain than really dealing with the bleeding side of it. [00:17:57] Yes, when I was at Honeywell, we had a program where if we were working in the commercial aviation side, we had, it was pre 9/ 11, we had jump seat privileges. So I got to be in the jump seat of aircraft so that you could see how the pilots who use the systems you develop, how they interact with them, just as an experience base. And one of my cool things, just as an aside to talk about, along with the family members using cardiac devices is, I got to jump seat a 777 from Dulles to Frankfort, and that's the aircraft that I did a fundamental invention to enable how the flight deck works. So that was cool to actually see the pilots interact with what you did. [00:18:39] The same thing happened in the cardiac world is you got the opportunity to go and experience implants and see the doctors using and interacting with the devices. Again, part of that system's knowledge of how does the end person, the actual user, use those devices and how do you use that knowledge to get better. So the closest thing you get to bleeding is to watch somebody else do one but I never had to actually directly deal with blood. [00:19:10] Lindsey Dinneen: Okay. That's fair. That's a really good hybrid situation right there. Well, nowadays I understand that you are quote unquote retired, however, you are still quite active. So I would love to hear about your current initiatives and frankly, if you don't mind sharing, why you're still so involved, obviously you care, but I'd love to hear it from your perspective. [00:19:35] Ken Hoyme: So I've always been a bit of a workaholic. I gained a lot of my intellectual stimulation through the people I interact with. When I started a corperate research center, it was 25% PhDs, 50% master. It's a great learning environment because there were brilliant people are all around you. [00:19:52] One of my career advices I've given to the young people is go to a place where you are not the smartest person in the room, surround yourself with people you can learn from. Now you want to have your niche. You want to have something that you feel is your area of expertise that you build, but being or thinking you're the best person in the room isn't necessarily a good learning experience. So, I've always enjoyed interacting with people at various stages in their career. [00:20:20] So when I retired, I don't know how many different serious and semi serious reach outs I had from people asking what I was up to and what I was interested in. It was a dozen or something, but I had been interacting for several years at the company called MedCrypt out of San Diego, a company that focuses on initially tools to help secure medical devices, comes out of the medical device world and tools for software build of materials, things of that nature. And while I'm not a software engineer developing tools, they were also starting to build a service business to work with clients on how to improve their quality system. [00:20:59] When I was at Adventium Labs, that three and a half year stint I did between my two Boston Scientific experiences, along with doing government funded research on medical device security, I also did consulting with companies, and so I had formed a reasonably strong opinion about how you can best organize cybersecurity into a quality management system in a medical device company. And so being able to apply those skills, very lightweight, I've tried to keep my consulting to no more than one day a week so that I still can do some retirement activities. [00:21:36] And Mike Kijewski, who's the CEO of that, I've interacted with him for many years and he had been pursuing me before I retired. So they have some people on staff, two of them are ex FDA. One of their FDA people, Seth Carmody, had written the post market cybersecurity for the FDA and I think he did the first draft of the updated cybersecurity pre market. And then they have another gentleman, Axel Wirth, who I've interacted with for a decade and has written textbooks in the space. And so it was a way to continue where you got to really work with smart people and continue to have that intellectual stimulation that watching TV or picking up whittling doesn't give you. [00:22:16] Lindsey Dinneen: Fair, but those two activities on occasion could be good for your mental health, which we were talking about. So you can have both. You can have both. [00:22:26] Ken Hoyme: So my eldest daughter, when she was going through undergrad, wanted to take a class. She went to Luther College in Iowa, which was a very Scandinavian Norwegian school, and there was a class on Scandinavian whittling. And she really wanted to take it, and she did, but she was going into dental school, and so there was this paranoia about her slicing something important in her hand when she was whittling. She whittled with Kevlar gloves on! [00:22:54] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh! [00:22:55] Ken Hoyme: So there's a certain amount of connection, potentially, between whittling as a hobby and that blood thing that I didn't like, so that hasn't necessarily attracted me retirement hobby. [00:23:04] Lindsey Dinneen: That's a fantastic story. I love that. I wonder, you know, with her whittling skills, did those help her in her dental practice? [00:23:12] Ken Hoyme: She stopped it after undergrad. She also no longer plays the oboe, though she had an oboe scholarship along with her sciences because the finger stretching on the oboe ,she has all of the finger exercises she gets at work and doesn't really think she should be taking the risk of fatiguing it more. And so yeah, being safe in that environment has been important. So I think the thing that actually did the best for her is playing video games. She played things like Mario World, where you're having to constantly in your brain translate going around sphere things and jumping. And that's when you're looking through a mirror and drilling in the back of the mouth, you're constantly doing these translations. And so I'm convinced that all the video games she played growing up really gave her the spatial skills that help, particularly as she took the exams to get in, they do try to assess whether somebody is capable of that before you get into dental school, because you don't want to get in there and start getting into drilling and having somebody who just can't make their brain do that. [00:24:17] Lindsey Dinneen: Thank goodness. [00:24:19] Ken Hoyme: Exactly. [00:24:20] Lindsey Dinneen: That's fantastic. [00:24:21] Ken Hoyme: No wonder why people are afraid of the dentist. Maybe they had one of the bad ones. [00:24:25] Lindsey Dinneen: Right. Yeah, exactly. Oh, my goodness. Oh. [00:24:28] Ken Hoyme: And then I had already alluded to the fact that I'm, I'm doing volunteer work at HSCC on the joint security plan. And then the other thing that I did this last winter, and we'll be repeating this, is I had developed and taught a master's level class in medical device cybersecurity through the University of Minnesota's Technological Leadership Institute. And so after giving it once, they decided to make it a core curriculum for their medical device innovation. So it will be scheduled to be given annually. Things like the FDA keep coming out with new guidances, even while we were giving it last winter, one of the things that would happen each week is, this week, this got replaced. It's kind of this constantly changing environment that happens in this space. [00:25:13] Lindsey Dinneen: It keeps you on your toes and it keeps you learning and growing. I guess that's a great thing. [00:25:18] Ken Hoyme: I can't claim I've been bored. [00:25:22] Lindsey Dinneen: Brilliant. All right. Pivoting just for fun. Imagine someone were to offer you a million dollars to teach a masterclass on anything you want. It can be in your industry, but it doesn't have to be. What would you choose to teach and why? [00:25:37] Ken Hoyme: My first thought might be a master class in how to hide out with somebody's million dollars and not get caught. Being realistic, if I was teaching in my domain, I would probably want to expand out things related to security and safety and how that really is my technical expertise. If I was going to jump out of domain, you know, just something that, might seem off the wall would be a masterclass on the design and physics of the pipe organ. [00:26:09] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, tell me more. [00:26:12] Ken Hoyme: When I was growing up, I studied the classical organ and sang in choir, was in the all state choir in high school and came out of high school thinking, music major, engineering, music, and I ultimately decided I could do music on an engineer's salary a lot easier than the other way around. And so I had twice been on pipe organ projects at churches I've attended where they brought in and bid and had a pipe organ builder install. So I've been close to that process. When I've been over in Europe, I seek organ recitals. So I've gotten to hear many instruments in Europe that are older than the United States. [00:27:00] And so, yeah, that's always been a passion and fascination of mine because there's such a engineering aspect of that and yet so much of it is musicality. And I've learned a lot interacting and talking with these builders. If I had a million bucks, I would be able to dive deeply into the topic and try to flesh out something that would actually be more comprehensive. [00:27:23] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. Okay. So I have to ask you, since you are a pipe organ enthusiast, how do you feel about the fact that there's quite a lot in pop culture of, it's being a vilified instrument, you know, you have the Phantom of the Opera, and there's like a Disney something that has a pipe organ that's a bad character. And how do you feel about the fact that pipe organs are used as villains? [00:27:48] Ken Hoyme: It's always an interesting thing when popular culture adapts something that is so much deeper. As a totally different but slight example, the accordion has always made fun of it. I don't remember how I tripped across it, but there is a very famous organ work by Olivier Messiaen, a French composer, which is-- I think it translates from French to English, "The Epiphany of the Lord." It is a multi-part work related to the Christmas story, and it is incredibly complex, somewhat challenging to listen to, you have to be quite into it. But there is a movement called Du Parmanu, which is, " God Descends and Becomes Us." And it is one of the most bombastic, just these big, huge chords. It's just exciting to hear. [00:28:40] And back 20 years ago, I heard or saw something about a Russian woman who had recorded the entire suite on accordion. And here in the Twin Cities, and it's nationally distributed, but I don't know how many different places, there's a gentleman by the name of Michael Barone who works for Minnesota Public Radio, who for 30 years plus has produced a weekly radio program called Pipe Dreams, all about the pipe organ and that. [00:29:10] So I ended up ordering, because I had a friend who was Russian and was only available on a Russian Amazon kind of equivalent, copies of it and sent a copy to Michael Barone and he actually played an excerpt. I think he did the Du Parmenu section on his radio program. And it's in countries like Russia, the accordion is treated very much differently than in Western countries, where it's more of a polka accompaniment. And so it's different instruments have the different faces, depending on how they're viewed and who's viewing them. So I just tend to look at the mass media view of it as the unwashed heathen. [00:29:48] That said, there is a woman who is bursting onto the scene, she's 26, I think, British, name is Anna Hapwood, and she has been making TikTok videos of her playing the organ, including at the, the Albert Great Hall that they do the BBC proms, and she is popularizing the instrument through her TikTok videos. I think it was CBS Sunday Morning, I saw her interviewed about how she's popularizing the instrument. You never know with the modern media and music distribution, how somebody might reinvigorate interest in something that was viewed as old fashioned before. [00:30:26] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, I love that. I love that. And I think it always depends on context. All sorts of instruments, for instance, could be used to be very light hearted and fun or very serious and mysterious. And part of it is just, yeah, are you playing in the major or minor keys? And, all the things that go into it. But anyway, it's just funny because pipe organ, I feel is one of those instruments that is a little polarizing [00:30:50] Ken Hoyme: I understand that. I was warped as a child and the interesting merging there is my father was a serial hobbyist. And when he went into a hobby, he went in 110%. And when I was growing up in my formative years, he was into gardening and breeding his own Asiatic lily types. And we had flowers everywhere and garden clubs would come through and tour the garden. [00:31:23] Then he went cold turkey on it and decided to build him an electronic organ in the basement and he built it from initially a kit and then through other designs that he did. And so I was in fifth or sixth grade with the soldering iron in my hand, helping build this electronic organ. And it was, part of what I view, my dad, his dad died in the Great Depression. He came out of World War II and really had to support his mother and sister, and never really had the money for college-- he would have been a great engineer-- but instead he manipulated my brother and I to both become electrical engineers, and part of it was by these, so part of my interest in organ was also my father's manipulation of getting my brother and I both interested in electrical engineering. [00:32:11] Lindsey Dinneen: Hey, it worked out. I love it. Okay. [00:32:14] Ken Hoyme: My brother has a church organ in his basement, so it took a little heavier with him than it did with me. I enjoy it being played but I don't play it myself anymore [00:32:22] Lindsey Dinneen: Ah, understandable. Well, what is one thing you wish to be remembered for after you leave this world? [00:32:24] Ken Hoyme: Number one would be that I didn't overstay my welcome. I would hope to be remembered that I made lives better, I made lives safer. That attention to detail matter and I worked on things that were significant, that actually had meaning for people's lives. When I moved from Honeywell to Guidant, I said, I used to be worrying on things that if they failed, people might die, 375 people at a time. And then you get into medical devices and now you're working to save their lives, one at a time. I would hope to be remembered that I worked to make a difference and had positive impact on people's lives. [00:33:03] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Of course. Yeah. And then final question, what is one thing that makes you smile every time you see or think about it? [00:33:14] Ken Hoyme: I would have to say my children. Yep. I'm incredibly proud of them. They're both, both professionals, a dentist and an audiologist, they have remarkably snarky sense of humor that I presume they got from their mother. My story on that one was, I was telling my eldest one time, she said something snarky and I said, "Kirsten, you are the queen of snark." And her instant response was, "Yep, broke it, you bought it." But yeah, as you think about what you leave behind in the world, and I'm incredibly proud of them and the things that they've learned. They both secure, use individual passwords on every website and deal with the internet with the sufficient paranoia that they should, so I'm proud of that as well, but yeah. [00:33:57] Lindsey Dinneen: Excellent. Well, It sounds like you raised them right. [00:34:01] Ken Hoyme: They're great kids. They had to live with growing up with their dad being an engineer. [00:34:06] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. But it looks like it all worked out beautifully. So I'm very glad to hear all that. Ken, this has been so much fun. I really appreciate you joining me today. It was great to hear about your background and your advice, and I loved especially hearing about some of the little nuances that I wouldn't have gotten to otherwise, like pipe organ interests. So that's fantastic. We are so honored to be making a donation on your behalf as a thank you for your time today to Save the Children, which works to end the cycle of poverty by ensuring communities have the resources to provide children with a healthy, educational, and safe environment. So thanks so much for choosing that organization to support. And we just wish you continued success as you work to change lives for a better world. [00:34:54] Ken Hoyme: Thanks, Lindsey. I really enjoyed chatting with you. [00:34:57] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, same. And thank you so much to our listeners for tuning in. 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Kendall Mork was born on this date in 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At three-and-a-half years of age, Kendall was orphaned when both his parents succumbed to Tuberculosis. An aunt and uncle in Hatton, North Dakota took him. After graduating from High School, he went to the Agriculture College in Fargo, Luther College in Iowa, and then the University of Southern California for Aviation Engineering.

Night Listeners-I present the sludge tonight in honor of broadcasting from roach motel in Waterloo/Evansdale. Our last show for September and we are stomping it into the autumn ashes of hollow earth.Our home station 98.9FM KFMG has nominated me for BEST RADIO VOICE THAT TURNS YOU ON for this year's CITYVIEW BEST OF DES MOINES. VOTE for me for this years CITYVIEW BEST OF DES MOINES. It's box number 235.Starting September 30th, Iowa Basement Tapes will begin broadcasting on KWLC 1240 AM in Decorah, Iowa! We will from 9PM to 10PM on the Luther College radio station. One of the oldest college radio stations in the country.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you would like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e The Obsolete Andy Joseph Caffrey - "No Strings" / The Obsolete Andy Joseph Caffrey (Cedar Rapids)Bovinopobic Bile Puddle - "Decompose Me" / BBP (Iowa City)Exit Drills - "You (song)" / Exit Drills (Waterloo)The Pestilents - "Unknown Soldier" / Obedience is Suicide (Iowa City)Preacher Gone to Texas - "Integral"  / Motion to Melody (Quad Cities)Easy Fruit - "Hibernation" / Easy Fruit (Des Moines)Double Dice - "It's Tuesday" / Ism (Des Moines)No Consensus - "Theory" / Going to my Cousins (Waterloo)Slughive - "Disturbances" / Slughive (Cedar Falls)Furious Jebdiah - "Spy" / Live at the Internet 2000 (Iowa City)The Grifters - "Star Spangled Banger" / Confidence Trick Vol 1 (Des Moines)Bixby - "Whose Halloween is My Reality" / Big Double Wide in the Sky (Iowa City)Voorhees - "Galatic Pinball - Virtual Boy" / Nintendo Covers 2 (Keokuk)Telekinetic Yeti - "Colossus" / Abominable (Dubuque)

Want to destress your mind? Start with your body. Progressive Muscle Relaxation is a practice where you methodically tense and release your muscles to help unwind.  Studies show it can reduce anxiety, help you get better sleep and lower depression levels. Link to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/y6stdy3b Episode summary: As a war correspondent and an Afghani refugee, Nelufar Hedayat is acutely aware of how stress feels in her body. For our show, Nelufar tried Progressive Muscle Relaxation: But what the practice's title doesn't mention is that you methodically tense your muscles,  before releasing them.. At first, it triggered feelings of distress for her. But after recently being diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, Nelufar was able to reframe her relationship to the exercise. By separating the sensation of tensing from stress, she completed the practice feeling empowered and euphoric. Later, we hear from psychologist Loren Toussaint about the importance of intentionally engaging our body's relaxation response. We also learn how Progressive Muscle Relaxation compares to other well-known relaxation techniques, like deep breathing and visualization. Practice: Listen to next week's Happiness Break on October 5th for a short guided version of this practice. Try following these steps for Progressive Muscle Relaxation from Kaiser Permanente: https://tinyurl.com/4k668ehv Today's guests: Nelufar Hedayat is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker who has reported on numerous conflict zones. Her new podcast Ritually explores the role of wellness and spiritual practices in contemporary society. Listen to Ritually: https://tinyurl.com/mtzvf2kp Follow Nelufar on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/42ytnytw Follow Nelufar on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/y6abuvtp Follow Nelufar on Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/mr2weemp Loren Toussaint is a professor of psychology at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Learn more about Loren and his work: https://tinyurl.com/4ea2jx9x Follow Loren on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/mry2yb4s Resources from The Greater Good Science Center: Four Ways to Calm Your Mind in Stressful Times: https://tinyurl.com/6apdf52p How Resting More Can Boost Your Productivity: https://tinyurl.com/23h6rnvw How a Body Scan Can Help With Strong Emotions: https://tinyurl.com/59tyjbhr How Tuning In to Your Body Can Make You More Resilient: https://tinyurl.com/y2jhfmpe Five Ways Mindfulness Meditation Is Good for Your Health: https://tinyurl.com/3f79nsav More Resources for A Good Night's Sleep University of Toledo- Progressive Muscle Relaxation: https://tinyurl.com/2kadu7va Mayo Clinic - Relaxation techniques: Try these steps to reduce stress:  https://tinyurl.com/2tfrnnew BBC - Can't stop your brain racing at 3am? Try these suggestions from a GP: https://tinyurl.com/yvz45x5w PTSD UK - How Progressive Muscle Relaxation can help people with PTSD: https://tinyurl.com/4b89auzw Tell us about your experience with the progressive muscle relaxation practice! Email us at happinesspod@berkeley.edu or use the hashtag #happinesspod. Help us share The Science of Happiness! Rate us on Spotify and share this link with someone who might like the show: https://tinyurl.com/ckd6yb46

AJ is a graduate of Decorah High School, where he was a 2x state placewinner. AJ didn't travel far for college, as he competed for Luther College. After graduating from Luther College, AJ attended the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon and became a chiropractor. Since then, AJ has helped train elite athletes, including an Ironman World Champion and World and Olympic track athletes. AJ now lives in Flagstaff, Arizona and has his own practice with his brother, Wes. More information about AJ's practice, StrongStrides, along with all his credentials can be found in the show notes. With that being said, please sit back, relax and enjoy, Dr. AJ Gregg! StrongStrides: https://www.strongstrides.com/ Let's Talk Wrestling website: https://letstalkwrestlingpodcast.my.canva.site/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-talk-wrestling/support

Night Listeners -I think I have packed the most bands in one show ever. Eighteen bands in one hour! Featuring a track off the new Double Dice tape, new Nebuleth,  new Ill Omen (feat Frontal Assault), and a slew of bands that I just haven't played in awhile.Our home station 98.9FM KFMG has nominated me for BEST RADIO VOICE THAT TURNS YOU ON for this year's CITYVIEW BEST OF DES MOINES. VOTE for me for this years CITYVIEW BEST OF DES MOINES. It's box number 235.Starting September 30th, Iowa Basement Tapes will begin broadcasting on KWLC 1240 AM in Decorah, Iowa! We will from 9PM to 10PM on the Luther College radio station. One of the oldest college radio stations in the country.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you would like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e Haploid - "Hebetude" / Cope (Des Moines)The Skamikazies - "8000 Watts" / Behold (Quad Cities)Early Girl - "Green Eyes" / Lovers Out to Pasture (Iowa City)In Loving Memory - "Yea I Burned All Your Old Pictures" / split with Examination of The (Des Moines)Lord Green - "Into the Sun" / Discography (Quad Cities)Shamrock Shakes -"Black Hoe" / House of Jep (Ames)Double Dice - "Prowd" / ISM (Des Moines)The Pee Pees - "College Town" / How We Do It In Ghetto Land (Cedar Rapids)The Tanks - "Dandruff Genius" / Epic Loads (Iowa City)Nebuleth - "Thermonuclear Skies" / Astrosailers (Cedar Rapids)Genital Hercules - "Theme from Cheers" / Live at Gabes 5-22-2004 (Iowa City)Captain Three Leg - "Iowa Basement Tapes" (Ottumwa)Ill Omen - "Born to Die" featuring Frontal Assault (Cedar Rapids)Ghostbusters - "Demigod" / Disembodied Hunters (Des Moines)Satan's Almighty Penis - "Sacrifyx" / Thy Foulness Cum (Cedar Rapids)Hot Carl - "It's Too Bad Your Not Having Fun" / It Hits the Sauce (Dubuque)Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops - "It's in the Blood" / Room (Des Moines)Dredge - "Paths of Great Resistence" / Ashbreathers (Dubuque)

What is impacting the wild turkey population to a higher degree: increased predators or lack of sufficient habitat to avoid becoming prey? Or both? This question is at the heart of a comprehensive wild turkey research study in southeastern Iowa – where there is no shortage of predators and the five-year poult-to-hen ratio averages 1.9, indicating the population is in decline. The ongoing project is being conducted by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Luther College and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The NWTF Iowa State Chapter is providing funding for the project, and the NWTF also invested in this project as part of its 2023 investment in wild turkey research. Learn more here: https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/wild-turkey-research-to-receive-nearly-9-million-from-nwtf-and-partners #wildturkey #research #iowa #nestpredation #nestpredator #wildlifehabitat #hunt #hunting #nwtf #conservation

Night Listeners -I hope all the local Des Moines folk have recovered from our hardcore weekend we all just had with the In Loving Memory / Black Market Fetus reunion shows! Well I pack it in tonight a little more hardcore and screamo from around the state along with a few weird picks that don't really fit in.Our home station 98.9FM KFMG has nominated me for BEST RADIO VOICE THAT TURNS YOU ON for this year's CITYVIEW BEST OF DES MOINES. VOTE for me for this years CITYVIEW BEST OF DES MOINES. It's box number 235.Starting September 30th, Iowa Basement Tapes will begin broadcasting on KWLC 1240 AM in Decorah, Iowa! We will from 9PM to 10PM on the Luther College radio station. One of the oldest college radio stations in the country.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you would like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e 7inch Wave - "Ache" / Love Load Emulator (Ames)Swing by Seven - "Faster & Faster" / Swing by Seven (Sioux City)The Horrors - "Every Inch of My Love" / Split with the PeePees (Cedar Rapids)Song of Zarathrustra - "The Birth of Tragedy" / The Birth of Tragedy (Sioux City)Preacher Gone to Texas - "From Motion to Melody" / Motion to Melody (Quad Cities)Rue Morgue - "Trending to the Links" / Demo (Des Moines)Chemical Buffet - "Straight Jacket (One Size Fits All)" / 30 Years of Obscurity (Des Moines)the Vahnevants - "Stoned Together" / Stoned Together (Des Moines)The Adaptors - "Contempo Activo" / Get My Black On (Quad Cities)Comrade 9 - "Make No Mistake" / Make No Mistake 7" (Quad Cities)Billy Crystal Meth - "Room 101" / Meth Metal (Ottumwa)Bigby Woods - "Ghost Party" / Bigby Woods (Des Moines)Glass Ox - "Spellcaster" / Winds of Violence (Marshalltown)The Pestilents - "Anarchy in the West End Sububurbs" / Obedience is Suicide (Iowa City)Fork Knife Spoon - "American Killing Field" / All Empires Fall (Quad Cities)

Joseph Svendsen is the Director of Choral Studies and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he conducts the UNLV Singers and Collegium and teaches graduate coursework in conducting and choral literature, working with students seeking the MM in Choral Conducting. During his tenure at UNLV the choirs have toured internationally and regionally and performed at professional conferences and festivals in the southwestern United States. The choirs host the Desert Rose Choral Festival, a one-day festival chorus of high school students drawn from across the southwest.Svendsen is the artistic director of the Las Vegas Master Singers, a 90-voice volunteer ensemble that serves as the symphony chorus for the Las Vegas Philharmonic and provides the choruses for Opera Las Vegas's main stage productions. The chorus regularly collaborates with Las Vegas and regional orchestras, choirs, and solo artists and commissions works about life in Nevada through its New Voices outreach program. Svendsen is also music minister at Faith Lutheran Church in Summerlin, Nevada, where the church's choral scholars recently completed a residency at St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire, England. An active clinician, he has served as an invited conductor in eight countries and seven states, with choirs ranging from middle school through adulthood.Svendsen is an advocate of critical pedagogy and agency building in the choral rehearsal, developing student musicianship, independence, and engagement through the teaching of diverse repertoire. He has presented on this subject for conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education, as well as several university and school district guest lectures and residencies. He is the 2023 recipient of the UNLV College of Fine Arts Outstanding Teaching Award.Svendsen is a proud alumnus of Luther College, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Texas Tech University, from which he earned his DMA in Choral Conducting. From 2007-2013 he taught high school vocal music in Fort Dodge, Iowa. His choral mentors and teachers include Richard Bjella, Chester Alwes, Craig Arnold, and Timothy Peter.To get in touch with Joe, you can email him at joseph.svendsen@unlv.edu or find him on Instagram (@joseph.svendsen) or Twitter (@josephsvendsen).Choir Fam wants to hear from you! Check out the Minisode Intro Part 2 episode from May 22, 2023, to hear how to share your story with us. Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson

In depth reaction from Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids, Gilbert, Luther College, and Monticello. Plus our top 5 overall individuals all classes!

President Russell M. Nelson has spoken repeatedly about forgiveness  — pleading with Latter-day Saints to end personal conflicts, free themselves from a grudge they may be harboring and forgive someone who has wronged them.  “There is nothing easy about forgiving those who have disappointed us, hurt us, cheated us or spread false rumors about us,” President Nelson said. “However, not forgiving others is poison for us. Grudges weigh us down. Angry disagreements separate us. Animosity and hatred can divide families.  “And yet, the Savior's counsel is clear: ‘If ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you'” (Matthew 6:14). While forgiveness is important spiritually, a growing body of research shows how forgiveness also affects mental and physical health. Dr. Loren Toussaint is a professor of psychology at Luther College, the chair of the Discover Forgiveness  Advisory Council for the Templeton World Charity Foundation and president of The Forgiveness Foundation. He joins this episode of the Church News podcast to discuss the benefits of forgiveness.  The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heath will be entering his 24th season as the Head Coach of the Upper Iowa Peacocks. During his tenure, the Peacocks have placed in the top-11 nine times and he also guided their transition from DIII to DII. I think it's also worth mentioning every coach on his staff is a former wrestler of his, a testament to the amount of respect and loyalty his athletes have for him. Heath graduated from Osage High School and went on to become a 2x All-American for Luther College. He was inducted into the Luther College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. So please, sit back, relax and enjoy, Coach Heath Grimm! Let's Talk Wrestling website: https://letstalkwrestlingpodcast.my.canva.site/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-talk-wrestling/support

Migraines affect one in five women. A migraine is a headache that can cause severe throbbing pain or a pulsing sensation, usually on one side of the head. It's often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. (Mayo Clinic) Join us as we learn more with Dr. Laurel Short, nurse practitioner from Sunflower Medical in Roeland Park as we discuss the basics of migraines, genetic components, new medications and treatment, and resources for those who suffer. Meet Dr. Laurel Short Dr. Laurel Short is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Sunflower Medical in Roeland Park, Kansas. She earned her undergraduate degree in Nursing from Luther College and a master's degree in Nursing from the University of Kansas. She completed her Doctor of Nursing degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City with an emphasis on self-management for chronic migraine. She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Headache Medicine. Laurel is currently the president of the Kansas Advance Practice Nurse Association, and she is an active leader with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. Outside of the office, you will find her training for triathlon and running events and spectating activities for her two young children. Connect with Laurel on Instagram or at Sunflower Medical. Access her Migraine Tool Kit here. What We're Loving In Kansas City Pickleball Sarah and her family have gotten into pickleball! Sarah has played at the Jewish Community Center, and we have no shortage of fun places to play in KC. Bike Camp through JCPRD Megan's son just completed the Adventures in Biking Camp and cannot say enough positive things! This may be setting the bar high, but her five year old learned how to ride on two wheels in just a day — crazy! They offer year round classes through Buddy Pegs.  Definitely add this camp to your list when sign up time rolls around!   Connect with Megan and Sarah We would love to hear from you! Send us an e-mail or find us on Instagram or Facebook!        

Migraines affect one in five women. A migraine is a headache that can cause severe throbbing pain or a pulsing sensation, usually on one side of the head. It's often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. (Mayo Clinic) Join us as we learn more with Dr. Laurel Short, nurse practitioner from Sunflower Medical in Roeland Park as we discuss the basics of migraines, genetic components, new medications and treatment, and resources for those who suffer. Meet Dr. Laurel Short Dr. Laurel Short is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Sunflower Medical in Roeland Park, Kansas. She earned her undergraduate degree in Nursing from Luther College and a master's degree in Nursing from the University of Kansas. She completed her Doctor of Nursing degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City with an emphasis on self-management for chronic migraine. She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Headache Medicine. Laurel is currently the president of the Kansas Advance Practice Nurse Association, and she is an active leader with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. Outside of the office, you will find her training for triathlon and running events and spectating activities for her two young children. Connect with Laurel on Instagram or at Sunflower Medical. Access her Migraine Tool Kit here. What We're Loving In Kansas City Pickleball Sarah and her family have gotten into pickleball! Sarah has played at the Jewish Community Center, and we have no shortage of fun places to play in KC. Bike Camp through JCPRD Megan's son just completed the Adventures in Biking Camp and cannot say enough positive things! This may be setting the bar high, but her five year old learned how to ride on two wheels in just a day — crazy! They offer year round classes through Buddy Pegs.  Definitely add this camp to your list when sign up time rolls around!   Connect with Megan and Sarah We would love to hear from you! Send us an e-mail or find us on Instagram or Facebook!        

Click Here to Get All Podcast Show Notes!The commencement ceremony is one of the most meaningful events in a college student's life. It is a time to reflect on the sacrifices and accomplishments of the past and look forward to what the future holds. What would you tell the graduates if you were chosen to deliver the commencement address? How would you inspire them to get excited about their future?In this episode, Sharran talks about the keynote address he delivered at the 2023 Commencement Ceremony of Luther College, his alma mater. In his speech, he shared the three lessons he learned from the last 22 years with the hope that the lessons will help the graduates as they venture out into the world, each pursuing their path to greatness.These lessons are not just for new graduates but for anyone who cares to listen. So, save yourself 22 years and discover what these lessons are. “The best advice that I got was always free. But the stuff that I implemented was the one that I paid for because when you pay, you pay attention.”- Sharran SrivatsaaTimestamps:01:50 The idea behind this episode03:13 Why is speaking the truth important?05:22 The number one lesson Sharran learned from the last 22 years07:13 Why do people find it hard to ask for help?10:24 How are you wired?11:19 The second lesson which Sharran learned from his daughter15:40 At what point would you choose to do fewer things?16:03 The third lesson Sharran learned after having children (which he wishes to have known sooner)16:38 Why are most people unable to stay in the present?21:16 Recap of the three lessonsResources:- Luther College 2023 Commencement Address by Sharran Srivatsaa- The Real Brokerage - Join the 10K Wisdom Private Partner Podcast, now available to you for free- Top Agent Power Pack- ARC Multifamily Real Estate Investing - The 5am Club- Sharran's Partnership Program - Grab Sharran's 4-Week MBA for Free Connect with Sharran:- Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn- YouTube

In this episode, we're talking about protecting your kid's identity and building their credit. You might be surprised to learn that 1 in 50 children is affected by child identity fraud, costing consumers nearly $1 billion per year. So, how do you make sure your child isn't the one whose identity is stolen? Glad you asked, because that's the question we're going to answer today. Host Stacy Johnson is joined by financial journalist Miranda Marquit. Listening in and sometimes contributing is producer Aaron Freeman. And today's guest is Erik Beguin, founder and CEO of Austin Capital Bank, FreeKick, and CreditStrong. Full disclosure: We have an advertising relationship with Austin Capital Bank, but that doesn't affect our opinions. Know why? Because we're journalists, that's why! Before we start, remember this isn't financial advice. So make sure to do your own research and consult your own experts before acting on anything you learn here. You can download the episode wherever you get your podcasts: Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify Your credit matters: what you need to know We talk about the importance of credit. In fact, your credit can impact the types of financial services you have access to and your interest rates. If you want to learn more about credit, credit scores and identity fraud, we have some resources that might help you make the most of what's next. How to Build Your Credit in 2023 Bad or No Credit Score? CreditStrong Can Help A New Way to Get Your Credit Score for Free — Straight From FICO What Employers Really See When They Run a Credit Check 8 Types of Companies That Look at Your Credit Report 7 Surprising Things That Damage Your Credit Score Can Carrying a Small Credit Card Balance Help Your Credit Score? Credit Scores: Everything You Need to Know This Type of Debt No Longer Can Harm Your Credit Score 3 Powerful Tools to Destroy Your Debts and Renew Your Credit What Is a Secured Credit Card and How Can It Boost Credit? 9 States Where People Face the Highest Risk of Identity Theft and Fraud The Best Free Password Managers for Protecting Your Identity Help your kids learn about money It's not just about boosting your kid's credit score and protecting them from identity theft. You also need to give them a head start on managing their finances in a healthy way. Here are some resources we provide that can help you with your kids' needs, including how you can save money while you raise your children. We also encourage you to check out the Equifax Minor Freeze Request Form and the FTC ID Theft Report Form. You can also use the FTC guide: How to Protect Your Child From Identity Theft. 5 Tips for Helping Your Kids Become Financial Grownups Here's How Much It Costs to Raise a Child These Days 8 Tips on How to Help Your Grandchildren Financially 4 Financial Steps to Take if You're Raising a Child With Special Needs How ‘Mean Moms' Teach Their Kids About Money How to Teach Your Kids About Budgets 17 Super Smart Ways to Get Cheap or Free Books for Kids 5 Best Ways to Save Money for Kids How to Clothe the Kids Without Busting Your Budget 4 Ways to Save Money on Kids' Sports and Activities 18 Restaurant Deals Where Kids Eat Free or for Cheap 10 Things to Let Kids Pay for Themselves Meet this week's guest, Erik Beguin As CEO and founder of Austin Capital Bank, Credit Strong, and FreeKick, Erik Beguin is recognized as an industry leader in creating credit-building and identity protection products for consumers. Erik is also recognized nationally as an expert in banking and financial technology, having served as an appointed advisor to both the Federal Reserve and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He received an MBA with distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, a BA in accounting and economics summa cum laude from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and is a certified public accountant. Linked In FreeKick Credit Strong Austin Capital Bank Don't listen to podcasts? A podcast is basically a radio show you can listen to anywhere and anytime, either by downloading it to your smartphone or by listening online. They're awesome for learning stuff and being entertained when you're in the car, doing chores, jogging or riding your bicycle. You can listen to our latest podcasts here or download them to your phone from any number of places, including Apple, Spotify, RadioPublic, Stitcher and RSS. If you haven't listened to our podcast yet, give it a try, then subscribe. You'll be glad you did! About the hosts Stacy Johnson founded Money Talks News in 1991. He's a CPA, and he has also earned licenses in stocks, commodities, options principal, mutual funds, life insurance, securities supervisor and real estate. Miranda Marquit, MBA, is a financial expert, writer and speaker. She's been covering personal finance and investing topics for almost 20 years. When not writing and podcasting, she enjoys travel, reading and the outdoors.Become a member: https://www.moneytalksnews.com/members/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as Dr. Lewis describes the UTI Risk Factors Model & discusses how the tool can be used for both neurogenic and non-neurogenic patients, primarily in the adult female patient population. Guest bio: Dr. Tamra Lewis holds board certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and she currently practices at Comprehensive Urology in Chicago, IL.  Dr. Lewis received her B.A. in Biology from Luther College in 1994, and she obtained her Medical Doctorate in 1999 from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. In 2005, Dr. Lewis completed her Surgical and Urology residencies at the University of Nebraska and then went on to complete a fellowship in Female Urology and Voiding Dysfunction at Metro Urology in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. Dr. Lewis's professional interests include management of incontinence, voiding dysfunction, bladder prolapse, and urinary tract infections. She is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology, the Society for Women in Urology, and The Chicago Urologic Society, where she currently serves as President. Dr. Lewis has been an invited speaker or presenter for numerous events on topics including incontinence, overactive bladder, hematuria, and urinary tract infections.  Visit  Coloplastprofessional for more offerings! 

Stories in this episode: Day in History: 1973: Mississippi River floods Aitkin County BBQ, a bunny and a billboard's vegan message Form meets function in artist, builder collaboration for new Little Thistle bar top Wabasha is fighting the rising Mississippi River with water Stewartville's Haylie Strum will play college basketball at Luther College

"That was the beginning of me working with a homeless women's choir. As someone who grew up doing music my whole life, it was just part of my DNA. This broke open everything I had ever thought or experienced about music, and it gave me some really new opportunities and new ways to look at the power and purpose of singing. For the people I was working with, it was part of what would get them through a day or week, and that was really powerful." Amanda Weber currently serves as Director of Worship and the Arts at Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis, where she oversees a wealth of arts programming. Her work explores the intersections of art, spirituality, and justice and their impact on community. With a deep love for teaching, Weber has served as adjunct professor for Concordia University St. Paul and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She co-facilitated a Social Justice and Music January-term course at St. Olaf College and was a Vocal Instructor for theology students at Yale Divinity School. Weber also taught high school at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in Hartford, CT.Weber is the Founder and Artistic Director of Voices of Hope, an organization that builds choral singing communities in correctional facilities in the state of Minnesota. Weber's doctoral dissertation, which focused on this work, was awarded the Julius Herford Dissertation Prize in 2018. She has presented on the topic of incarceration and choral singing at numerous conferences and was also invited to speak for a TEDx Minneapolis Salon in 2016.Weber's interest in using music as a tool for social justice grew through her work at Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, DC, where she founded Bethany's Women of Praise, a choir for homeless women.  Weber received a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Minnesota in 2018, a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting at the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music in 2013, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Art at Luther College in 2008.  You can find out more about Amanda by visiting amandakateweber.com and learn more about Voices of Hope at www.wearevoicesofhope.org. You can also find Amanda on Facebook (@amanda.weber.731) or Instagram (@we6er).Choir Fam wants to hear from you! Check out the Minisode Intro episode from September 16, 2022, to hear how to share your story with us. Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson from Pexels

The reigning Most Valuable Interview is BACK! QB1 Beau Cornwell from Luther College joins the podcast again to talk about his past football season. Listen in on all things Luther and about his career. Listen for the growth of the program and why they are aiming in the right direction. Stay tuned for next season of Luther Football. Go follow his socials and share this episode!

Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Michael Osterholm, joins Zerlina on the show to discuss the state of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Dr. Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota.https://twitter.com/mtosterholmIn November 2020, Dr. Osterholm was appointed to President-elect Joe Biden's 13-member Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. From June 2018 through May 2019, he served as a Science Envoy for Health Security on behalf of the US Department of State. He is also on the Board of Regents at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.He is the author of the New York Times best-selling 2017 book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, in which he not only details the most pressing infectious disease threats of our day but lays out a nine-point strategy on how to address them, with preventing a global flu pandemic at the top of the list.In addition, Dr. Osterholm is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Council of Foreign Relations. In June 2005 Dr. Osterholm was appointed by Michael Leavitt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to the newly established National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity. In July 2008, he was named to the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center's Academy of Excellence in Health Research. In October 2008, he was appointed to the World Economic Forum Working Group on Pandemics.From 2001 through early 2005, Dr. Osterholm, in addition to his role at CIDRAP, served as a Special Advisor to then–HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson on issues related to bioterrorism and public health preparedness. He was also appointed to the Secretary's Advisory Council on Public Health Preparedness. On April 1, 2002, Dr. Osterholm was appointed by Thompson to be his representative on the interim management team to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With the appointment of Dr. Julie Gerberding as director of the CDC on July 3, 2002, Dr. Osterholm was asked by Thompson to assist Dr. Gerberding on his behalf during the transition period. He filled that role through January 2003.Previously, Dr. Osterholm served for 24 years (1975-1999) in various roles at the Minnesota Department of Health, the last 15 as state epidemiologist. He has led numerous investigations of outbreaks of international importance, including foodborne diseases, the association of tampons and toxic shock syndrome, and hepatitis B and HIV in healthcare settings.Dr. Osterholm was the principal investigator and director of the NIH-supported Minnesota Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (2007-2014) and chaired the Executive Committee of the Centers of Excellence Influenza Research and Surveillance network.Dr. Osterholm has been an international leader on the critical concern regarding our preparedness for an influenza pandemic. His invited papers in the journals Foreign Affairs, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Nature detail the threat of an influenza pandemic before the recent pandemic and the steps we must take to better prepare for such events. Dr. Osterholm has also been an international leader on the growing concern regarding the use of biological agents as catastrophic weapons targeting civilian populations. In that role, he served as a personal advisor to the late King Hussein of Jordan. Dr. Osterholm provides a comprehensive and pointed review of America's current state of preparedness for a bioterrorism attack in his New York Times best-selling book, Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe.The author of more than 315 papers and abstracts, including 21 book chapters, Dr. Osterholm is a frequently invited guest lecturer on the topic of epidemiology of infectious diseases. He serves on the editorial boards of nine journals, including Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and Microbial Drug Resistance: Mechanisms, Epidemiology and Disease, and he is a reviewer for 24 additional journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the AmericanMedical Association, and Science. He is past president of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and has served on the CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases Board of Scientific Counselors from 1992 to 1997. Dr. Osterholm served on the IOM Forum on Microbial Threats from 1994 through 2011. He has served on the IOM Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century and the IOM Committee on Food Safety, Production to Consumption, and he was a reviewer for the IOM Report on Chemical and Biological Terrorism. As a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Dr. Osterholm has served on the Committee on Biomedical Research of the Public and Scientific Affairs Board, the Task Force on Biological Weapons, and the Task Force on Antibiotic Resistance. He is a frequent consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Defense, and the CDC. He is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).Dr. Osterholm has received numerous honors for his work, including an honorary doctorate from Luther College; the Pump Handle Award, CSTE; the Charles C. Shepard Science Award, CDC; the Harvey W. Wiley Medal, FDA; the Squibb Award, IDSA; Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UMN; and the Wade Hampton Frost Leadership Award, American Public Health Association. He also has been the recipient of six major research awards from the NIH and the CDC.

Topics Covered In This Episode:The '4 Whats"Questions coaches ask during season reviewsHow to use the '4 Whats' to plan the season ahead HostAdam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for more than 13 years and holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He's participated in and coached hundreds of athletes for endurance events all around the world.Guest BiosDarcie Murphy has been a CTS Coach for 20 years. While completing a degree in Health Education at Utah State University, she began competitive road and mountain bike racing. Racing at the national and international level took her to many parts of the US and gave her invaluable experience in the world of professional athletics. Eventually, bike racing turned into trail running and ultramarathon racing, and she has since added alpine ski and snowboard instruction and personal training to her list of teaching credentials. Matthew Busche earned degrees in Exercise Science and Management from Luther College in 2007 and then committed to cycling full time. He signed his first pro contract in 2010 and spent 7 years riding professionally. Matthew won the US Pro Road Race National Championship in 2011 and 2015. He completed 3 Grand Tours, including the 2014 Tour de France, and was selected to represent Team USA at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships.Darcie Murphy: IG: @darcie_kmurphEmail: dmurphy@trainright.com Website: https://trainright.com/coaches/darcie-murphy/ Matthew Busche: IG: @matthew.busche Twitter: @MatthewBuscheEmail: mbusche@trainright.com Website: https://trainright.com/coaches/matthew-busche/Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platformGET FREE TRAINING CONTENTJoin our weekly newsletterCONNECT WITH CTSWebsite: trainright.comInstagram: @cts_trainrightTwitter: @trainrightFacebook: @CTSAthlete

Buying a business for no money down is just a mindset.Sharran Srivatsaa (@sharransrivatssa) is a successful entrepreneur and public speaker, known for his expertise in business strategy and investment. He has founded and led several successful companies, including Teles Properties, which experienced 10x growth over a five-year period and was eventually acquired by Douglas Elliman. In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Sharran has worked as an investment advisor and corporate strategist for firms such as Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. He has also spent time building recreational programs for luxury resorts and has experience in the technology sector, serving as a director and advisor for various companies in the space. Sharran holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Luther College and an MBA with honors from Vanderbilt University. He is a member of the Genius Network and Young President's Organization (YPO), and hosts a popular podcast called "Business School" where he discusses his past successes and failures in entrepreneurship. What Travis and Sharran discussed:Sharran's private equity firm that focuses on being minority partnersWhy is Sharran focusing his social media strategy on Youtube?Why you should upgrade your environment and the people in your environment?How to encourage your kids to get into entrepreneurship?The importance of parents having individual projects wish each one of their kidsHow to buy a business with no cash upfront?What's Sharran's view on Elon Musk's take on Twitter and the actions he is taking?Seller financing, why he hired a 6-year-old CEO, networking and so much more…If you are looking for valuable insights on how to succeed in business and life? Look no further! In this episode of Travis Makes Friends, Sharran Srivatsaa, a renowned entrepreneur and expert in business strategy and investment, shares his experiences and insights on a range of topics, including his private equity firm that only focuses on minority partnerships, the importance of upgrading your environment and the people in it, hiring of a six-year-old CEO, and networking. Plus, he offers his thoughts on FTX, Elon Musk's use of Twitter. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from Sharran and gain valuable insights that you can apply to your own life. Tune in to Travis Makes Friends now to hear more!Check the full episode + transcript + video hereHead over to https://www.travis.team/ and subscribe to Travis's free newsletter.Follow Travis on Instagram: @travischappellSubscribe to Travis Makes Friends on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and don't forget to leave a 5-star rating!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of SimpleCoach to Coach, I speak with Luther College Head Men's Coach Chris Garcia-Prats. We talk about the past season and the successes his program achieved. For more information on the Luther men's program - https://luthernorse.com/sports/mens-soccer?path=msoc --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simplecoach/support

Dan Sherven is the author of three books: Light and Dark, the #1 Amazon Bestseller Classified: Off the Beat ‘N Path, and Live to the Point of Tears. He holds a Bachelor's of Philosophy, and a Bachelor's of Journalism. Sherven currently writes for Word on Fire, The Symbolic World, the Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Luther College, and the Archdiocese of Regina.  Here, you can find his work: https://linktr.ee/dansherven   Dan Sherven Interviews — YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@dansherven  Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg Bridges of Meaning Discord https://discord.gg/kPwtyjdY https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-estuary/ My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ Estuary Hub Link https://www.estuaryhub.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo  To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h  To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640  

Born in Omaha, Paul Stephenson spent his youth growing up in Wyoming, his adolescence in the Colorado Rockies and his young adulthood pursuing his Bachelor's Degree at Luther College. He started his professional life as a paralegal which lead him into government work where he ran the nationally recognized Colorado judicial collection investigator program. He has also been recognized as a certified trainer through Mountain States Employers Council. When he's not gathering all the good sense he can find from the ‘salt of the earth', he spends his time as a corporate trainer.The Tenth: 7 Steps to Taking Back Control of Your Money and Being a Faithful Steward looks at what stewardship means to us. Is it filling out a pledge card each Fall? Or writing a check each week? Or returning to God a portion of what He has first given to us? Or, does stewardship challenges us to assume the posture of one who serves? The Tenth helps to answer these questions. It also gives helpful tips on taking back control of your money, financial attitude and how it's okay to be wealthy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Norton's story and the person he is today truly define inspiration. You can find details of his journey from many sources including NBC NEWS, People Magazine, or the film made about his achievements titled, “7 Yards” (on Netflix). In 2010, Chris suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury while playing football for Luther College his freshman year. Paralyzed from the neck down, he was given just a three percent chance of recovery. Not one to back down from a challenge, Chris chose to fight and slowly regained feeling in his limbs and then made walking again his new goal. Just 5 years later, after many years off therapy and efforts to regain his strength, he walked across the stage to accept his college diploma with the help of his fiancé Emily. He followed this walk with a 7 yard walk down the aisle to wed Emily in 2018. Since then, 8 kids have been added to their family and Chris is now a motivational speaker, traveling the world helping others deal with adversity. Listen in as Matt and Chris talk more about his story, the work his does now, his faith, and the foundation started in his name. If you'd like to learn more about Chris, the foundation or the true definition of inspiration, please visit their website - https://chrisnorton.org You can view the video version of this episode here.

Science isn't always pretty. In fact, more often than not it's kinda disgusting. In this week's episode, both our storytellers share stories of the less glamorous side of science. Part 1: In order to score extra credit in her high school anatomy class, Amy Segal embarks on a journey to build a cat skeleton. Part 2: Dave Coyle goes on a smelly mission to find the endangered American burying beetle for his undergraduate project. Amy Segal works in finance by day but by night finds herself drawn to storytelling shows on the Lower East Side. She is a Moth Story Slam winner, has been featured on The Story Collider podcast and is the proud recipient of 200 one-dollar bills from a One Up! storytelling competition. She is developing a one-person show, the beginnings of which she performed at the MarshStream International SoloFest in 2020 and 2022. Dr. Dave Coyle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation at Clemson University. His Extension Forestry program focuses on forest and tree health and invasive species management in natural and managed landscapes across the Southeast. Dave's research program focuses on the biology and management invasive plants and insects. Dave completed his B.A. in Biology at Luther College, a M.S. in Entomology and Forestry at Iowa State University, and a PhD in Entomology at the University of Wisconsin. Dave is Past-President of the North American Invasive Species Management Association, is on the South Carolina Invasive Species Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Committee for the South Carolina Exotic Plant Pest Council. Dave lives near Athens, GA. He is married to an amazing woman and they have two young boys. He grew up on a farm in Harmony, MN, and spent most of his time in the woods. He was an active member of the Carimona Cruisers 4-H club and once had a pet cow named Kari. Together, then won a trophy at the 1986 Fillmore County Fair. He still loves cows but thinks horses are shifty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Inside the Headset, we are featuring Luther College's head coach, Joe Troche. Coach Troche discusses his recruiting philosophy, creating a new culture, and his emphasis on hiring and retaining the right people on staff. Coach Troche was named the head football coach of Luther College on December 14th, 2021. He was most recently at St. Olaf as the recruiting coordinator and special teams coordinator for his alma mater. He began his collegiate coaching career at UW-Eau Claire as a graduate assistant working with the inside and outside linebackers and also had a stop at Hamline University for 8 seasons and for the last two years there was the defensive coordinator. 1:25 New Chapter as Head Coach 4:37 How did your time as an admissions counselor help you with current career? 6: 38 Mentors 9:47 How to recruit 11:55 How did you learn about your local area 14:22 Creating a new culture 17:07 Implementing your staff 18:10 Retainment of Staff 20:15 Impact of Spring Ball 22:38 Social/Conclusion Twitter: @CoachTroche56

In depth conversation with Dallas native Keanon Cooper about his journey from Skyline HS to University of Minnesota to Luther College in Decorah, IA. Also, talking about those life lessons along the way. Support The Show via Cashapp $ddt1902

Hey there listener! I'm so happy to introduce you to Jamie Gavle of Rendered Unique in Decorah, Iowa. She is just the sweetest person and is such a great example of the kind of women I like to highlight here on Small Minded. The way she lifts others up and just LOVES her small town is so inspirational. Jamie is the owner of Rendered Unique, a truly handmade home decor boutique that features work from 30+ makers from the Midwest. In today's episode she shares her journey of building her business from a little pop up to the community happy place it is today. Key Takeaways Jamie has been married to her husband Joe for 10 years and they have two daughters aged 10 and 12. She grew up in a small town in Northwest Iowa and loved being close to family and both sets of grandparents. But at 18, she couldn't wait to get out and experience the world! Jamie studied Apparel Merchandising, Design, and Production at Iowa State University. She graduated on a Friday. On Monday morning, she and a friend moved to Minneapolis with an apartment, no job, and all of their belongings in a hog trailer! She loved the big city life but wanted to return to small town living when her daughter was born. A job offer for Joe took them to Decorah one week after her oldest was born! Inspired by what her friend Allison was doing in The Cities, Jamie started doing pop up shows and loved it. Soon Rendered Unique was all she could think about! Jamie started renting her space and was open one weekend a month. She decided to leave her job in administration at Luther College in March 2020, planning to open full time in April. She made it ONE popup before Covid hit and she was closed for eight weeks. But the Decorah community continued to support her business by shopping online. Rendered Unique now has four employees and 30+ vendors! Jamie is always open to “keep pivoting” and loves that her makers have become friends. She's in full fall mode and looks forward to taking each January off to regroup and go to market. So many favorites to mention this episode! Doe a Deer Midwest Girl Dirt Road Candle Company Aesthete Modern Clay Skrapwork Allison Marie Design Impact Coffee Connect with Jamie Shop online at RenderedUnique.com, follow on Facebook at renderedunique, or on Instagram at @rendereddecor Molly Knuth Media Fall Offerings I know it's hard to do allthethings as a small business owner, especially going into the fall. How can the team at MKM help? Reach out for tactical hands-on support, admin, graphic design, and more. Or, if you'd prefer, we can chat strategy to be sure the marketing you're doing on your own has a plan and path. Reach out to hello@mollyknuthmedia.com for more. Are you more of the DIY type? Consider Social School! Social School is our signature program at MKM where we share what's working RIGHT NOW in social media. You can join for one month or get a special offer when you join for the rest of the year. Learn more in the shop at mollyknuthmedia.com/shop Follow for More Follow Molly Knuth Media on Instagram and Facebook Follow Small-Minded on Instagram and Facebook

In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel goes on record with Amy M. Gardner, a Certified Career and Career Transitions Coach and Team Development and Leadership Consultant with Apochromatik, to discuss building and engaging teams. Learn More Amy M. Gardner works with law firms and other employers to reengage teams and help them thrive by improving relationships, strengthening emotional intelligence, building leadership skills, developing resilience, having difficult conversations, and more. Amy also works with lawyers one-on-one and in small group Future in Focus Attorney Masterminds to advance in their roles or transition to a new one. She regularly delivers trainings on subjects including time and stress management, managing conflict, building trust, goal achievement, emotional intelligence, and career topics. Amy is a former Big Law associate, partner at a mid-size Chicago firm, and dean of students at the University of Chicago Law School. She holds a master's degree from Northwestern University, JD from the University of Chicago, and BA from Luther College. She holds certifications in team and leadership coaching, 1:1 coaching, and assessment certifications including the EQi-2.0. Her career and goal achievement advice has been featured in media including numerous podcasts, ABA publications, Bustle, Corporette, Glassdoor, Health, Law360, Monster, NBC, and Women's Running magazine. Amy's service to the legal profession includes serving on the Illinois Committee on Character and Fitness and the Governance Committee for the Institute for Well-Being in Law.