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Ep. 147: Imam Abdur Rahim Ali – Northeast Denver Islamic Center

Imam Abdur Rahim Ali is the leader of the Northeast Denver Islamic Center. I was introduced to him by Rabbi Adam Morris, whom I had on less than a month ago. These interviews are part of an ongoing periodic examination I do exploring different faith communities, and serve the overall mission of this show by…

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Ep. 146: Jack Ekstrom – Founder of PolicyWorks America, My Dad

Jack Ekstrom has had an extraordinarily impressive career working in public and government for the oil and natural gas industry. He retired in January of this year, and, like the relentless advocate with an inexhaustible work ethic he is, immediately founded PolicyWorks America. He also happens to be my dad. This show is a real…

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Ep. 145: Erica Hoffman – Speech Pathologist

Erica Hoffman came into our lives to work with our oldest daughter Grace. She’s a speech pathologist, and right around her second birthday we were worried that she wasn’t talking much, didn’t have many words, and wasn’t progressing properly. So we had her evaluated, it turned out we qualified for services, and Erica started coming…

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Ep. 144: Gabe Schirm Returns – Writer, Entrepreneur

Gabe Schirm is my longtime buddy dating back to our time together in college radio, and this isn’t the first I’ve had him on the show. He first appeared on Ep. 13 when he was working a normal 8-5 job, and so was I. On that episode, we talked about his founding of Global Gabe…

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Ep. 143: Rabbi Adam Morris – Temple Micah Denver

Rabbi Adam Morris – Rabbi Mo – has been a rabbi for 23 years, and he’s currently at Temple Micah in Denver. On this week’s show, we talk about how he came to be a rabbi, how the public speaking butterflies have become his friends, what it means to be a part of some of…

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Ep. 142: Paul Karolyi – Host of Changing Denver Podcast

Paul Karolyi is the host of Changing Denver, The Denver Pizza Podcast, Denverite Now, and the winner of Westword’s 2017 Best Denver Podcast (staff choice). He’s an incredibly talented podcaster, an unparalleled interviewer, and someone I’m proud to have in my orbit as a fellow Denver podcaster. He’s good enough to sit down with me…

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Ep. 141: Braden Dick – Co-Founder of Mile High 100, Founder of Global Meeting Technologies

Braden Dick is the co-founder of Mile High 100 (along with yours truly), the founder of Global Meeting Technologies, and one of my favorite people and best friends. His career has taken him all over the world, which means I only got to see him once in a blue moon, but he has recently re-located…

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Ep. 140: R. Alan Brooks – Writer, Podcast Host, Creator of The Burning Metronome

R. Alan Brooks is the creator of The Burning Metronome, a hardcover graphic novel, a supernatural murder mystery where six courageous explorers find themselves trapped in another world, populated by the strangest creatures they’ve ever seen: human beings. He’s also host of MotherF**ker In A Cape, a podcast series featuring informal chats with comic book…

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Ep. 139: Drew Magary – Author, Columnist for Deadspin and GQ

Drew Magary is the author of The Hike, a book I devoured obscenely quickly given that I was caring for a newborn baby at the time. He’s swinging through Denver during his book tour, and I was lucky enough to chat with him in advance of that. Let’s get that out of the way first:…

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Ep. 138: Brock Berry – Co-Founder and CEO of Adcellerant

Brock Berry is the co-founder and CEO of AdCellerant, a digital advertising and technology company focused on making quality digital marketing accessible to every business. On this week’s show, Brock shares with me the origin story of AdCellerant, his perspective on the progression of digital advertising during his impressive career, the continued evolution of journalism…

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