Army of Normal Folks

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Why Did Life Expectancy Grow By 4 Decades?! Nov 28, 2025

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For Shop Talk, we explore why did human life expectancy stick around 30-40 years old for thousands of years and then suddenly increased by 4 decades in less than 200 years!

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Lisa Steven: The Former Teen Mom Empowering Teen Moms (Pt 1) Nov 25, 2025

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Lisa Steven is a former teen mom who went on to build the only home for teen moms in the entire state of Colorado. Their resource center serves over 280 teen moms per year with free empowerment programming and early childhood education. And now 3 other communities have adopted their model!

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Lisa Steven: The Former Teen Mom Empowering Teen Moms (Pt 2) Nov 25, 2025

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The Happiest Man on Earth Nov 21, 2025

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For Shop Talk, we bring you Army member Anita Marin's awesome recommendation to learn from Eddie Jaku, the Holocaust survivor who called himself the happiest man on earth!

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Steve Wanta: How To Loan Money 100% of The Time (Pt 1) Nov 18, 2025

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Steve Wanta is the co-founder of JUST, a nonprofit lender to 14,000 black and brown female entrepreneurs in Texas. And because they’ve built an unheard of system based on trust and community, they’re achieving unheard of results such as loaning money to 100% of applicants while also being repaid 99% of the time!

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Steve Wanta: How To Loan Money 100% of The Time (Pt 2) Nov 18, 2025

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Man's Search for Meaning Nov 14, 2025

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For Shop Talk, we dive into Victor Frankl's monumental book, which he wrote in just 9 days after being liberated from a Nazi concentration camp!

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Mik And Tracy Taylor: The Faces of Transracial Adoption (Pt 1) Nov 11, 2025

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Transracial adoption is a term that we didn’t know, until we met the Taylors. The black couple adopted 2 white kids and 1 black kid. And we have a fascinating conversation about love, hate, stereotypes, and redemption!

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Mik And Tracy Taylor: The Faces of Transracial Adoption (Pt 2) Nov 11, 2025

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What Kids Said About How to Get Them Off Their Phones Nov 07, 2025

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For Shop Talk, we bring you fascinating data and wisdom from the righteous troublemakers known as Jonathan Haidt, Lenore Skenazy, and Zach Rausch.

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