Chris is the CEO and fund manager of the Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, which is supports the growth of VC in Michigan while bridging the gap between Michigan's emerging innovation community and it's commercial/industrial base.

Chris has a background in accounting and law, and previously co-founded Ardesta. LLC and Avalon Investments. He is also the finance chair of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. And, in his spare time, he is a soul music fan and created soultracks.com from scratch. He and Doug talk about his business and his deep Catholic faith.

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Ep 66: Chris Rizik of the Renaissance Venture Capital Fund

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The boys discuss the implications of Mary's virginity.

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Ep. 123: The Blessed Virgin

Ryan, Alex and Doug discuss continence, abstinence and celibacy, particularly as practiced by the Catholic clergy throughout the ages.

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Ep. 122: Sex (Or Lack of It)

Phoenician Michael Garibaldi talks about his new initiative, StoryStrong, an acting and writing initiative designed to create the next generation of storytellers, grounded in Christian anthropology and an acting approach known as the Meisner Technique.

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Ep. 121: Michael Garibaldi on StoryStrong

Alex and Ryan give Doug the week off and discuss something that should be kind a regular thing on a Catholic podcast: sacraments.

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Ep. 120: Sacramental Disciplines and Hurdles

The boys discussion demographic trends for Catholic, Alex drops science on confession and Ryan lauds Parisian cop Arnaud Beltrame.

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Ep 66: Chris Rizik of the Renaissance Venture Capital Fund

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