Chet dives into the story of Gideon from the Old Testament book of Judges. He describes the rise and fall of Gideon. Many times, we only hear the story of the rise of Gideon. However, Chet talks about the fall. The corruption. Gideon's lip service to God, yet behavior of a self-absorbed power-hungry leader that lost his way. That sounds familiar when it comes to our current leaders in the FBI and the Department of Justice. The discussion turns to the Top 3 burger toppings. Matt likes them hot. Chet caught Matt off guard with a dad joke and he cracks. But he doesn't want to admit it. Chet tells a few food stories that include onions and hot mustard. Troy closes the episode with a good word.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Gideon and corruption
2. Top 3 Burger Toppings: caramelized onion, jalapeno, fried egg, crispy bacon, pepper jack cheese, mushrooms, bleu cheese, green chili,
3. A Good Word: The House That Stands: Luke

Steak-n-chop Weber seasoning, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, DOJ, department of justice, corruption, Bible, Gideon, Ehod, self-centered, pickle, cucumber, regular, hot mustard, onion slice,

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This week, Matt Amos, Chet Sears and Troy Trussell have fun talking about chili peppers, movies available on Amazon Prime and how Matt's movie choices are weak! #jointheconversation by commenting on your Top 3 prime moview or shows. Chet closes out the episode with a good word from the Gospel of Matthew.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Matt tries to kill Troy with a chili pepper.
2. Top 3: All The Old Knives, Reacher, Terminal List, The Chosen, Jack Ryan, Tinder Bar, Quiet Place 2, 1883, The Office, The Offer,
3. A Good Word: Get the prize, Matthew 7:21

Thai chili pepper, pepper mash, Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck, Christopher Lloyd, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, hot sauce, Carolina Reaper, golden girls, Unashamed Podcast, Marine Corps, Labradoodle, Avon, Skin So Soft, Amazon Prime, Amazon Original, salmon spawn, NBC Peakock, Jack Carr, Mike Rowe, The Godfather, Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, Jesus, Judas, Bible

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We go out of order! Troy is building a man cave so he asked that we talk about our TOP3 first because it may influence what is on Troy's mind. The guys talk about what they would bring to their college doorm room Matt is focused on food, Chet is focused on waking up on time and clothing, Troy is focused on sleeping and eating and studying God's word. You can tell which of the three has a kid about to start college! Matt shares some doorm room culinary secrets. Troy brings up that he's building a man cave in his basement and he's also going to move his business office to a new location downtown. Troy's plan is to use our Top3 ideas to outfit his cave and office. The discussion then turns to our good word "Devotion". The guys share some profound insight from life experience in marriage, scripture, as well as some of the special forces friends that Matt and Chet have. Be inspired!

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Troy is building a man cave.
2. Top 3 Things to bring to college for your dorm room: TV, microwave, hot plate, shotgun, alarm clock, 2 weeks of clothes, rain jacket, pillow, Bible, mini fridge, backpack,
3. A Good Word: Devoted. Mark 3:13-15

Kansas State, K-State, dorm room, college, cable, directTV, NFL Ticket, popcorn, cafeteria, snooze, wind-up clock, Louisiana Tech, college of business, toaster oven, totinos pizza rolls, Little Debbie, oatmeal cream pies, fritos, bean dip, Mama Lupe's, home remodel, office space, basement remodel, downtown, downtown office, live local, umbrella, french fries, devotion, marriage, grinding it out Links mentioned in this episode:

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How powerful is herd mentality? Chet discusses how long the lines have been outside of a Dutch Brothers Coffee that recently opened near his house. 100 degree temperatures have not stopped people from waiting in line for a significant amount of time. The psychological background of why society is wired for following the herd out of fear of missing out. The discussion then shifts to the top 3 jobs the guys have had. This shows the variety of backgrounds Matt, Troy, and Chet have. They have done quite a bit of different things over the years. Troy closes the episode out with a good word from Mark chapter 6.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Herd Mentality, the psychology behind the fear of missing out
2. Top 3 Jobs the guys have had: beer roller, production manager at an advertising firm, lifeguard, patient relations at a prosthetics company, employee at all-star sports, Marine Corps, lawn helper, yard work, director of quality processes and services, summer camp counselor,
3. A Good Word: Faith Killer, Mark 6:20

coffee, addiction, herd mentality, go with the flow, fear of missing out, dutch brothers coffee, dunkin donuts, best jobs, best job ever, top 3, faith, The Chosen, Links mentioned in this episode:

• https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/
• http://admiralspennant.com/

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Matt brings thai chili peppers to the studio for Troy and Chet to taste. The heat discussion turns into a challenge where Matt commits to eating the hottest of his peppers if we get 50 new reviews on apple podcast. Chet blows up the scoville heat scale for the fraud that it is. The guys take you around the world as they discuss their top 3 foreign dishes. Chet gives a good word about John the Baptist from the Gospel of Matthew chapter 11.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Hot peppers! Troy and Chet eat a thai chili from Matt's garden
2. Top 3 foreign dishes: croissant, sweet and sour deep fried fish, ceviche, kabob, lomo saltado, beignets, bun, street tacos, bun vermicelli noodles,
3. A Good Word: Expectations. Matthew chapter 11. John the Baptist has his disciples double check with Jesus to make sure he's the Messiah.

Thai chili pepper, live local, hot pepper, spice, scoville, capsaicin, spicy, burn, poopoo water, hot ones, sugar water, carolina reaper, habenero, scotch bonnet, ghost pepper, french croissant, sweet and sour deep fried fish, China, France, Costa Rica, sea bass, rice, potatoes, flat bread, Afghanistan, Peru, deed fried twinkie, deep fried candy bar, endorphin, Significantly Spicy, John the Baptist, Links mentioned in this episode:

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This week, Matt Amos, Chet Sears and Troy Trussell cover getting ghosted from potential clients and why that is frustrating for business owners. They also come up with some solutions to hopefully put a stop to the ghosting taking place. In their top 3 segment they each list their top 3 favorite comedy movies of all time.

Topics discussed:

1. Getting Ghosted
2. Top 3 Comedy Movies
3. A Good Word

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• https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/
• http://admiralspennant.com/

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This week, Matt Amos, Chet Sears and Troy Trussell cover the launch of the new LIV Golf tour. The PGA is upset. Golfers are upset. Some golfers are rich. The PGA has been stagnant and now a new tour is showing you how golf can be better for viewers as well as players. The discussion turns to Top 3 albums. There is quite a bit of variation here. Troy closes out with a good word about being in God's will and how he listen when you ask Him for needs.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: LIV Golf vs PGA. Chet has details
2. Top 3 Albums:
3. A Good Word: Asking Whatever of Him

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• https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/
• http://admiralspennant.com/

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How conspiracy theories are propogated. Matt talks about a specific event in Kansas where a large amount of cattle died due to the heat. The theory is someone killed the cows intentionally to cause a food shortage. Matt sorts it out for our listeners because he pays attention to what cattle ranchers are saying, not the conspiracy theorists. Troy hilariously highlights our big fat American cows vs. thin and healthy forgien cows.The World Economic Forum pops into the discussion as well as the baby formula shortage. Matt talks about "Value Them Both" and initiative in Kansas to amend the state constitution to allow the voters to determine the legality of abortion. The conversation turns to the Top 3 misconceptions about guns the mainstream media propagates almost daily.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Bovine
2. Top 3 Main Stream Media Gun Misconceptions: Bump stocks are scary, automatic vs. semi-automatic, AR-15 is a weapon of war, more strict gun laws will solve gun problem, criminals buy guns from gun stores, guns kill people, the founding fathers only intended people to own muskets, the semi-automatic gun is a killing machine, the AR-15 is the most deadly weapon ever invented.
3. A Good Word: Ask, Trust Him 1John 5:14-15

Holy Cow, Southwest Kansas, cattle, conspire, conspiracy, science, theory, conspiracy theory, cattle industry, gaining weight, getting fat, fattening up, dead cows, mass cow killing, assignable cause, grocery bill, food prices, eggs, dozen eggs, food crisis, food shortage, supply chain, chicken population, avian flu, bird flu, poultry, chicken farm, meat chickens, laying hens, Lake Fork, KMOO, General Store, beehive, Biden and his bicycle, individualism, population control, WEF, baby formula, baby formula shortage, press secretary, FDA, supreme court, abortion

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• https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/
• http://admiralspennant.com/

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This week, Matt Amos, Chet Sears and Troy Trussell cover a broad range of topics including why small businesses shut down on Mondays, even if it upsets Troy. We are interrupted by a phone call from friend of the show, Christopher Broughton. Chet brings a Mountain Dew Flaming Hot flavor. All of us get choked up. In honor of the upcoming holiday, we cover our top3 backyard games. Chet vents on the shift from calling the upcoming holiday "Independence Day" to "the 4th". Matt gives us a good word from Matthew.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Why do small businesses close on Monday? Troy has a case of the Mondays.
2. Top 3 Backyard Games, lawn darts, corn hole, badminton, bocce ball, 9 square in the air, beersbee, washers, ladder ball, croquet
3. A Good Word: Matthew 7:7-11

flaming hot, mountain dew, juneteenth, morning radio show, profits, time off, church, bad tips, Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, inflation, prices, gas stations, hotdogs, egg roll, boudin balls, cracklins, boiled peanuts, mexican burger, cheese, curling, shuffle board, kansas wind, monkey nuts

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• https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/
• http://admiralspennant.com/

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This week, Matt Amos, Chet Sears and Troy Trussell have Ben Jennings in studio. The topics cover food snobbery, hunting, youth sports, and the World Cup. The episode starts in the middle of an argument about food. After 15 minutes of that, they finally decide to talk about youth sports. The youth sports industry is a $19,000,000,000 industry. They talk about costs being a barrier to entry and that the total number of participants is declining.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Special guest: Ben Jennings talks youth sports with the guys.
2. Top 3: Dream Vacations: Disney, Fiji, Hawaii, Italy, Cayman Islands, Bellawood, Israel, Peru, Jackson Hole, Turks & Caicos, New Zealand, Cabo san Lucas, Disney Cruise
3. A Good Word: Luke 7:6-9

authentic, cajun food, argument, kansas, snob, food snob, red beans, Iowa, New Orleans, Chili's, seasoning, crawfish, buffet, Texas, Louisiana, meat loaf, yelp, bad reviews, youth sports, travel team, baseball, little league, football, volleyball, coach, 3-shot, soccer, cleats, try-outs, gas prices, scholarships,

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• https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/
• http://admiralspennant.com/

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