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Grace, Grit & HopeLaughing At Our PerfectionismPerfectionists can’t lose games, worry constantly, overwork, burn out, judge quickly and constantly find faults in themselves and others. In this episode, Kevin and Pashal laugh at their own perfectionism, like Paschal using a ruler to put stamps straight on envelopes. Paschal talks about his dramatic transformation from “never-good-enough spirituality” during 16 years as a monk. Back then, he went to bed each night saying, “Tomorrow, I will do better.” Eventually, he freed himself from perfectionism by embracing St. Paul’s message of God’s grace and love. Don’t miss this light-hearted look at a serious problem many Christians and m...2025-06-0935 min
Grace, Grit & HopeMaggie Bushway: Faith and hope despite childhood cancerMaggie Bushway tells her amazing story of battling brain cancer beginning at age 7 and over two decades. Though there were (and still are) terrifying seizures, painful chemotherapy and multiple surgeries, Maggie explains how cancer brought the Bushway family closer, deepened their faith and taught them the importance of laughter. Maggie explains the spiritual encounters that convinced her of a calling to share her story in a book called “Pearls: A Memoir of Childhood Brain Cancer and Hope,” which she co-authored with her father Rob. Even in life’s hard moments, Maggie wants everyone to know that hope can shine throug2025-05-0136 min
Grace, Grit & HopeLiz Prather: How writing can free students from isolation Author and Teacher Liz Prather shares key insights from her coming book “Writing for Connection,” explaining how addiction to smartphones and social media has dangerously isolated students. She explains a path forward: make writing central in schools to forge new connections among students. Writing can give us self-confidence and the ability to make sense of the crazy world in which we live. As a long-time educator and writer, Liz says writing can help all of us to put down our phones and put us back in touch with one another. It’s a profound message for educators and anyone who sp...2025-04-0138 min
Grace, Grit & HopeStaying Sane in an Insane WorldAs many people battle to maintain mental health, journalist Kevin Osbourn and psychologist Paschal Baute share stories of how they stay sane in an insane world. Kevin talks about going on a backpacking trip with his sons to the Ouachita National Trail in Arkansas last fall. Paschal discusses the importance of reconnecting with family and friends, and why he swims laps three days a week at age 95. They talk about the importance of hobbies, laughter, deep breathing, and getting out of our rooms. Both are staying away from cable news because Paschal says there’s no need to give fr...2025-03-0140 min
Grace, Grit & HopeMarlana VanHoose: Never Give Up Marlana VanHoose: Never Give Up After Marlana VanHoose sang the national anthem at a University of Kentucky women’s basketball game when she was 16 years old, she has shared her powerful voice — and her Christian faith — around the world. Her gift was evident early while she grew up in the Denver community near Paintsville, KY. She hummed hymns before she could talk and played piano at age 2. Since that day when she sang at the UK game in 2012, Marlana has sung at Carnegie Hall, a wide variety of sporting events and for President Trump at the National Day of P...2025-02-0126 min
Grace, Grit & HopeJosh Miller Seminar: The Power of GoalsDon’t miss this special episode on “The Power of Goals” from professional body builder Josh Miller. In this one-hour podcast recorded Dec. 21 at College Park Gym in Winchester, KY, Josh explains how goals give us purpose, energy, joy, passion, creativity, commitment and direction. Amazingly, though, research shows that most people have no goals. This seminar is based on Josh’s 20 years of training people. He explains the powerful steps that anyone can practice to open doors to success and become the captain of your life. Best of all, you can apply the steps outlined not just to fitness, but to a...2024-12-3158 min
Grace, Grit & HopeSunny Yang: Always Climb Higher Sunny Yang came to the U.S. from China, and eventually fell in love with rock climbing and moved to Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. Then in 2015, a tragedy happened when a truck driver, who was texting, hit him while he was running. Doctors said he would be paralyzed for life. He wanted to die, but the love for his wife Jing Yang, and their love of their two children — daughter Sunny and son Johnathan — made him determined to live and do his best in everything. He has defied all medical expectations by winning gold medals in the U.S. Par...2024-12-0137 min
Grace, Grit & HopeJosh Miller: Dreaming Without LimitsFrom his youth growing up the son of a coal miner to today, Kentucky and Tennessee National Gym Association Chairman, Josh Miller, has set goals and enjoyed the process of who he becomes as he trains. Miller married his high school sweetheart Melissa in 2000 and today owns Transformation Personal Training in Lexington, Ky. He achieved one of his many dreams when he started the first natural bodybuilding show in Kentucky in 2013. A year later, Miller got his Natural Pro Card, and two years later won his Body Building Pro Card. Today, Miller puts on the Bluegrass Body Building Championships...2024-11-0148 min
Grace, Grit & HopeEddie Flinchum: Age is Not an Obstacle to FitnessOver the last few years, Eddie Flinchum, 74, has lost track how many people have told him he’s doing too much exercise and needs to remember his age. He usually smiles and says, “No, you need to be doing more and quit using age as a reason not to do something.” Don’t miss his incredible story of losing weight and eventually — with persistence — being able to run Spartan races with his son Forrest, complete with rope climbs, monkey bars, wall climbs and carrying 60-pound sandbags. You’ll be uplifted to hear his current mission: encouraging others to start their own fitne...2024-10-0135 min
Grace, Grit & HopeThe Takeaways: Incredible lessons and a challengeOver the past year, ten amazing people have shared unique and precious stories. On this episode, the hosts share what each participant has taught them, and they encourage listeners to write down takeaways from their own lives. Our guests found new life after losing a spouse, overcame paralyzing fear, got a college degree despite setbacks, and survived a life-threatening injury. One guest hiked the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail alone, one started a successful business after her divorce and another persisted and found her uncle’s sunken ship from World War II. You’ll enjoy hearing what each has taught us, and...2024-08-2943 min
Grace, Grit & HopeBryan Klausing: Staying calm in the eye of the storm Musician Bryan Klausing has seen it all over nearly two decades as a producer of the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, a live show featuring famous musicians and now reaching 2 million people each week. Because things can and do go wrong during live performances, Bryan has an unbelievable calm that helps the WoodSongs team manage problems and exceed expectations when the show must go on. He is also an incredible mentor as the Digital Studio Supervisor at the Northside Branch of the Lexington Public Library. Don’t miss this interview where he explains how setbacks are opportunities to grow. You’ll a...2024-08-0153 min
Grace, Grit & HopePaschal Baute: Happy 95th BirthdayPaschal Baute - author of 40 books about gratitude, resilience, and wellness - is celebrating 95 years of life today by calling for support of the Blinded Veterans Association. Paschal’s campaign will give back to the organization that has helped him so much. He’s offering a signed book to anyone who donates to BVA. To donate, go to https://bit.ly/BVADonate. His books are available in audio form and can be found on Amazon Books and Barnes & Noble. Let him know which book you would like by emailing him at paschalthestoryteller@gmail.com. His new book, co-authored by Lesl...2024-07-1215 min
Grace, Grit & HopeTammi Johnson: The power of persistence For 26 years, Tammi Johnson talked to people all over the world to find the U.S.S. Strong, which lost 46 sailors in 1943 (including her great Uncle Billy Hedrick) after being hit by a Japanese torpedo. Fired11 nautical miles away, it was the longest-range torpedo kill in history. Survivors floated for days and some were marooned on nearby Arundel Island. Tammi’s quest to find the ship led her to David Mearns of Blue Water Recoveries, Remotely Operated Vehicle Pilot Paul Mayer, Paul Allen who co-founded Microsoft, along with historians, authors and many others who shared information. Through years of fol...2024-07-0138 min
Book Vs Movie PodcastThe Paper Chase (1973) Timothy Bottoms, John Houseman, Lindsay Wagner, & John Jay Osborn Jr.Book Vs. Movie: The Paper ChaseThe 1971 Book vs. The 1973 FilmIn the episode, the Margos discuss the 1971 novel "The Paper Chase" by John Jay Osbourn Jr. and compare it to the 1973 film directed by James Bridges. The story follows James Hart (played by Timothy Bottoms), a first-year law student at Harvard who faces challenges when he clashes with the formidable contracts professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. (played by John Houseman). Despite the difficulties, James perseveres and even starts dating the professor's daughter, Susan (played by Lindsay Wagner). Which did...2024-06-1053 min
Grace, Grit & HopePaschal Baute: Finding grace at every turn for 95 years Former monk and retired psychologist Paschal Baute has found grace around every corner of his incredible life. As a boy, he ran away by climbing on a train, graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute and enrolled in Notre Dame. When he joined the military, the Army sent him 7,000 miles away to Guam. After that, God took over his life, prompting him to become a Benedictine monk, to be ordained a Catholic priest and to serve as a Navy chaplain during the summers. Eventually, he left the monastery, got married, had three children and spent 40 years ministering as a psychologist. I...2024-06-0145 min
Grace, Grit & HopeJessica Durphy: Finding the Fight WithinThe day after turning 17, Jessica Durphy ran away from an abusive home in North Carolina and hitchhiked to Pennsylvania to be near her best friend. She graduated high school, married and had three children. Her husband left and other tragedies occurred that left her and her children homeless and broke, but the difficulties sparked an unstoppable will to survive. She bow-hunted deer to put food on the table and worked incredibly hard against all odds to become successful. Today, she owns her own business. Don’t miss her incredible story of finding the fight within. 2024-05-0145 min
Grace, Grit & HopeClay Comer: Finding hope hiking the Appalachian TrailOne year ago this month, Clay Comer took a year off college and began a 2,200-mile journey alone to through-hike 14 states from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail (AT). For six months from March to September 2023, Clay braved tornado warnings, rain, hail and freezing temperatures, encountered wild goats, unforgettable characters and the kindness of strangers. He reached Mount Katahdin in Maine by daily setting small, achievable goals. Don’t miss his story of developing a new positive outlook while hiking, away from the anger, news and negativity that surrounds us each day. 2024-04-0148 min
Grace, Grit & HopeKevin Osbourn: Triumph and near disaster painting a muralFor years, Kevin Osbourn dreamed of painting a mural of Daniel Boone in Winchester, KY, a few miles from where America's most famous pioneer changed history. Local citizens got behind his crazy dream to paint Boone three stories high, even though he had never painted anything that large. After painting daily for a month, everything seemed perfect until the last day when the project nearly ended in disaster. For weeks, he obsessed about what went wrong, then remembered that former UK quarterback Will Levis said to forget bad plays and get back in the game. Don't miss this story...2024-03-0139 min
Grace, Grit & HopeJohn May: 20 years saving lives and overcoming a fall For 20 years, John May and the Wolfe County Search & Rescue Team (WCSART) have saved the lives of over 1,500 hikers and climbers in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. As a founding member, John talks about the highs and lows, from the triumphant rescues of over 100 people during Eastern Kentucky floods to a terrible day when he nearly died during a fall from Chimney Top Rock. Although he should not have survived, John didn’t let the accident stop him from doing the work that he and his team members love. Their record is incredible because every person who was alive when...2024-02-0152 min
Grace, Grit & HopeDivine Oludi: Through Many Dangers, Toils and SnaresAfter seeing children begging in her homeland of Nigeria, Divine Oludi began dreaming at the age of 5 of becoming a medical professional. To make her dream a reality, she left everything -- home, family, friends and country -- to study at Campbellsville and Spalding Universities in Kentucky. Covid, car accidents, cancer surgery, family deaths, homelessness and an economic crash at home nearly ended her dream and her life. Divine shares her unbelievable story of overcoming obstacles, doubts and fears to trimphantly reach her dream. 2024-01-0247 min
Grace, Grit & HopeTom Hailey: From Scared Stiff to Dean of PodcastingTom Hailey, host of Bluegrass Region Voices and Views, had a terrible fear of public speaking in his early '20s. When his boss asked him to introduce a speaker, he said he couldn't do it and considered quitting. Through training and regular practice, he developed a love of speaking and conversation. Tom talks about his transformation from being scared stiff to landing the most improbable job imaginable: Central Kentucky's dean of podcasting. He offers advice to anyone thinking about starting a podcast, and discusses his new video venture called "Your Story, Your Voice."2023-12-0642 min
Grace, Grit & HopePaul Prather: Walking through the shadow of deathAfter five years of watching his wife grow sick and pass away from cancer, pastor and writer Paul Prather tells a powerful story of walking through depression and grief. Paul shares a vision that occurred at his church of God always working for our good and His glory, describes how caregivers are also victims and inspires by explaining how love lives on through our memories and families forever.2023-11-0847 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 140 - Paul Harries (Photographer)Portraits. Music photography legend, resident Kerrang! Magazine cover star and helpful human, Paul Harries, is our guest on Episode 140 of Sappenin' Podcast! The man behind all of your favourite bands, most iconic shots, for the last three decades, is with us to show some candid exposure into the world of photography and his life behind the camera. In this conversation, we dissect Paul's mouthwatering all-star portfolio of larger than life charecters, his close personal relationship with Slipknot, releasing his 'Dysfunctional Family Portraits' book with them in 2015, remembering the late Joey Jordison, the secrets behind a Kerrang! photoshoot, how he...2021-07-301h 12