Insignificant Others

Episode 24: Norm Miller by Brett Featherston & Robb Flint

Episode 23: Allan Peck by Brett Featherston & Robb Flint

Episode 22: Tova Sido by Brett Featherston & Robb Flint

Episode 21: Mike Thornton by Brett Featherston & Robb Flint

Episode 20: Coach Randy Allen by Brett Featherston & Robb Flint

Episode 19: Sam Torn by Brett Featherston & Robb Flint

Ginger Allen is an award-winning journalist and current Sr. Investigative Reporter for the DFW CBS 11 i-Team. Ginger talks about her desire to pursue a career in journalism at a young age, starting her career at KCBS in Los Angeles, CA, and then moving on to Palm Springs, Bakersfield, Cincinnati, and eventually Dallas. Ginger also talks about the work required to make a news story comes to life, her favorite investigative reports, and evolution of journalism in the digital age.

After a long sabbatical, the Insignificant Others Podcast kicks off the 2017 podcast season with Cullen Thomason. A modern day Renaissance Man, Cullen "Leslie" Thomasson talks about growing up in Fort Worth, his time at Rice University, living and working in New York City for Goldman Sachs, and watching Saturday Night Live up close and personal (thanks to his wife, Lauren).

Pastor Paul Rasmussen is the Sr. Minister at Highland Park United Methodist Church (HPUMC). Founded in 1916, HPUMC is located in the heart of Dallas, TX, on the campus of Southern Methodist University, and serves a congregation of over 15,000 members, making it one of the largest churches in the country. Pastor Paul talks about his passion for basketball and music, how his predecessor, Pastor Mark Craig, forever changed his life by offering him a job at the church, seminary school, and the joys and challenges of leading HPUMC and its congregation to better serve God today and in the future.

Ellen Porter is the founder of BraveLove, a charitable organization dedicated to changing the perception of adoption and increasing domestic infant adoption. A dedicated wife and mother of four children (two of whom are adopted), Ellen talks openly about how she and her husband were called to adoption, the reasons why she founded BraveLove, common misperceptions about adoption, how BraveLove reaches out to birth moms to educate them on the benefits of adoption, and how people can get involved with the BraveLove movement. Ellen also reads heart-warming, incredibly touching letters BraveLove received from an adopted child and birth mother.