An Army of Normal Folks

An Army of Normal Folks

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Our country’s problems will never be solved by a bunch of fancy people in nice suits talking big words on CNN and Fox, but by An Army of Normal Folks just deciding “hey, I can help.” Hosted by Coach Bill Courtney from the Oscar-winning Undefeated, this podcast is building the Army and celebrating its extraordinary members. New episodes are released every Tuesday.

15 minutes 31 seconds

Be Nice To Old Folks

And they might just impact your life too. Our latest Shop Talk on visiting the elderly.
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31 January 2025, 5:00 am
40 minutes 45 seconds

Nate Deen: The Teacher Who Saved My Life (Pt 1)

As a 6 year old, Nate saw his parents die right before his eyes. He was living out of his car and then in prison, until his English teacher Stan Deen decided to try to save his life. This extraordinary story is the subject of Angel Studios’ latest film Brave the Dark, which is in theaters now.
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28 January 2025, 6:00 am
1 hour 18 minutes

Nate Deen: The Teacher Who Saved My Life (Pt 2)

As a 6 year old, Nate saw his parents die right before his eyes. He was living out of his car and then in prison, until his English teacher Stan Deen decided to try to save his life. This extraordinary story is the subject of Angel Studios’ latest film Brave the Dark, which is in theaters now.
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28 January 2025, 5:00 am
13 minutes 52 seconds

Witold Pilecki: The Auschwitz Volunteer

For An Army of Normal Dead Folks, Larry Reed tells the story of the Polish hero who spied on the Nazis and the Soviets. And paid the ultimate price for it.
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27 January 2025, 5:00 am
19 minutes 21 seconds

2024’s Word of the Year

Merriam-Webster’s 2024 Word of the Year was "polarization." For Shop Talk, we explore what we can do to ensure that this never happens again.
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24 January 2025, 5:00 am
47 minutes 42 seconds

Todd Cioffi: An Army of Normal Prisoners (Pt 1)

Todd is the founding director of Calvin Prison Initiative, an accredited bachelor degree program that’s inside of a prison. And one that’s not only transformed their students’ lives, but most fascinating is how it’s cultivated An Army of Normal Prisoners who've completely transformed the culture inside of Michigan’s prisons!
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21 January 2025, 6:00 am
1 hour 6 minutes

Todd Cioffi: An Army of Normal Prisoners (Pt 2)

Todd is the founding director of Calvin Prison Initiative, an accredited bachelor degree program that’s inside of a prison. And one that’s not only transformed their students’ lives, but most fascinating is how it’s cultivated An Army of Normal Prisoners who've completely transformed the culture inside of Michigan’s prisons!
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21 January 2025, 5:00 am
19 minutes 45 seconds

Nicholas Winton: He Rescued 669 Children

For our series "An Army of Normal Dead Folks", Larry Reed tells the story of his friend Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 mostly Jewish children who were at risk of being killed by Nazi Germany.
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20 January 2025, 5:00 am
14 minutes 15 seconds

The Origin of the Army

An Army member asked for producer Alex to share the origin story of An Army of Normal Folks. And so he did.
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17 January 2025, 5:00 am
58 minutes 7 seconds

Shawn and Inga Arvin: Love City (Pt 1)

Inga Arvin felt called to move to the challenging Louisville neighborhood of Portland, but her husband Shawn didn’t want to because he used to buy drugs there. Their obedience strangely led them to get a house for free if they bought a community center, which of course led them reinvigorating it with over 200 kids playing basketball, a 400 person fish fry, a school, and a thrift store. Welcome to Love City, who’s beating heart is neighbors loving neighbors.
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14 January 2025, 8:00 am
1 hour 43 minutes

Shawn and Inga Arvin: Love City (Pt 2)

Inga Arvin felt called to move to the challenging Louisville neighborhood of Portland, but her husband Shawn didn’t want to because he used to buy drugs there. Their obedience strangely led them to get a house for free if they bought a community center, which of course led them reinvigorating it with over 200 kids playing basketball, a 400 person fish fry, a school, and a thrift store. Welcome to Love City, who’s beating heart is neighbors loving neighbors.
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14 January 2025, 7:00 am
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