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biweekly
Average audio length:
66 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
29 episodes
since Oct. 3, 2025
episodic

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What happens when you turn the thing you love into the thing people pay you for? Endurance coach, cyclist, and JMU instructor Averi joins Mark and Anna for a conversation about building a career around riding bikes, finding confidence in your work, and making things even when the internet has opini…

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Daniel Phonelath joins us to talk about his journey from working in tech to returning to his family’s restaurant, and what that taught him about identity, ambition, and meaningful work. We get into the challenges of working with your parents, learning to say no, and why restaurants are about much m…
Jared Miller started his business before he had everything figured out.In this conversation, we talk about risk, money, faith, growing through mistakes, and why waiting until you feel ready can keep you stuck. Jared shares what he learned building Titan Roofing & Exteriors, the financial lesson…
Daniel Wenger is the co-founder of VFC Homes. We talk about growing a construction business, building trust, his faith, learning to let go, balancing business with family, and why even successful entrepreneurs are still figuring things out. Contact Danielhttps://www.vfchomes.com/ Content & Mar…
Join Tim Lewis, Jill, Anna, and Mark for a friendly conversation about hiking, photography, relationships, online criticism, and building a life around what you love. We start in the studio, then finish the conversation at sunset on McAfee Knob. Follow Tim https://www.facebook.com/TimEbaysball ht…
In this episode, Mark sits down with Nikita, owner of Grace Hill Construction, for a conversation about what it really takes to build a good home today.Nikita shares his story of growing up around hard work, learning construction through his first home build, and eventually starting his own custom …
In this episode Mark sits down with Kyle Glenn, a certified financial planner and exit planner, to talk about the human side of building and leaving a business. They discuss why many business owners are not prepared to sell, the difference between lifestyle and enterprise businesses, how money affe…
In this episode of Friendly City, Mark sits down with Kyle Glenn, a certified financial planner and exit planner, to talk about the human side of building and leaving a business. They discuss why many business owners are not prepared to sell, the difference between lifestyle and enterprise business…
In this episode, Mark sits down with Haima Askari for a conversation about identity, meaningful work, culture, language, convenience, and travel.Haima shares his perspective on photography, Kurdish-American identity, preserving culture in America, and why language creates such a deep sense of belon…
In this episode of Friendly City, Mark sits down with meteorologist and content creator Grant Coleman (  / cole_front  ) and his wife for a conversation that starts with weather and content creation but evolves into something much deeper: creativity, marriage, purpose, and building a life together.…
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