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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. 


An Army of Normal Folks

Adrianne's home of Tulare County has the highest rate of chronically unsheltered homelessness in America, with over 2,500 people experiencing homelessness in a county of 484,000. Despite not wanting to take action, Adrianne felt convicted that she must and her nonprofit Salt + Light built The Neighborhood Village, a brand-new community of 50 housing units with onsite whole-person care. Community changes everything and teaches all of us to love each other better. 

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Adrianne Hillman: My Sneaky Way To Teach People To Love Better (Pt 1)

Adrianne Hillman: My Sneaky Way To Teach People To Love Better (Pt 2)

For Shop Talk, we reflect on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the disturbing share of Americans who think such actions are justified, and what An Army of Normal Folks can do about it. 

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The Rising Violence and Assassination Culture

When 80% of kids aren't reading on grade level in Oklahoma, Chris Brewster believes that they don't love kids in his state. His wife told him "Suck it up princess, get to work" and so Chris did. He founded Santa Fe South Schools, which has an inner-city population of 5,000 students that usually score in the bottom 5-10% in the state, but their elementary and early childhood students are in the top 5-10%! 

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Chris Brewster: We Don't Love Kids in Oklahoma (Pt 1)

Chris Brewster: We Don't Love Kids in Oklahoma (Pt 2)

For Shop Talk, we honor the story of Hody Childress, an Alabama farmer whose secret generosity came to light after his death. 

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Secretly Paying for the Prescriptions of Strangers

Sparky Reardon worked in student services for 36 years at Ole Miss, including his final 14 years as the Dean of Students. His stories span the hilarious to the tragic and he is a one-of-a-kind leader who thousands call a mentor and a friend, including Coach Bill Courtney.

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Sparky Reardon: The Most Loved Dean Ever (Pt 1)

Sparky Reardon: The Most Loved Dean Ever (Pt 2)

For Shop Talk, we dive into yet another column from Andrew Peters. On the magic that happens when we ask for help. 

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What the Barber Chair Taught Me About Asking for Help

Mike Flynt got kicked off his college football team for one too many fist fights and lived with the regret of letting down his team for decades. Until, he forged one of the greatest redemption stories you will ever hear, becoming the oldest linebacker in NCAA history at 59 years old! And he's now the subject of Angel Studios’ latest film The Senior. 

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Mike Flynt: The AARP Member Playing NCAA Football (Pt 1)

When Kim found out that thousands of kids in her suburban community were going hungry in the summer, she couldn’t look away from the problem. Her nonprofit Festa now feeds over 800 children in the summer, but as Kim puts it, they don’t just want to help people live in poverty a little bit better. So they serve 1,166 people with America's only 3-generation family English as a Second Language program, to help their families escape poverty . 

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Kim Emch: The Only 3 Generation Family ESL Program (Pt 2)

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