Strength From Service

Strength From Service

By Jack Zimmerman, Mike McLaughlin, Jake PalmerSociety & Culture
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Strength From Service episodes

  • Scott Wolfe
    Scott Wolfe joins Mike, Jack, and Jake to talk about his journey from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division out of high school, to becoming a local Police Officer and Sheriff's Deputy at the same time, all the way to the peak of his career, graduating Jack from DARE in grade school. Scott talks about how his and his families story has seen it's share of adversity and loss over the course of his life. Regardless of the trials and tribulations that Scott has faced, he continues to fight every day for the country and communities he loves. Scott Wolfe truly encompasses what it means to serve his nation as well as his local community with Strength From Service.
    2 hr 27 min
  • Matt Little
    Jack and Mike sit down with Matt Little, who you might say was integral in connecting the two Veterans. Matt showed his appreciation for Veterans in his community through his restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota, Buster's. Even though Buster's is gone today, the legacy of what it was for for those that served the community still lives on. Mike and Jack recall how Buster's was where they would frequently meet (half off for Military, Fire, Police and EMS!) and how many different advocacy groups may have started or continued to flourish in that very dining room.
    Matt recalls many of the things that he's taken from his former mentors and how he continues to apply them to his new business in the cannabis industry.
    2 hr 2 min
  • Franz Marti

    Franz Marti joins Strength from Service to share his story. From growing up in small town Minnesota, to being a member of the second oldest brewery family in the nation, Franz has had a unique path to get to where he's at now. After leaving culinary school and deciding to follow in his older brother's path of enlisting, he joined the National Guard. Shortly after joining, he knew he wanted to join an infantry squad. Marti recalls an emotional story from Afghanistan that led to loss, his own battle injuries, recovery, and reuniting with his guys. Jack has Franz explain Bockfest and why everyone should try a bock style beer with a red hot poker shoved in it.

    1 hr 56 min
  • Bella Macemon

    Former guest Brandon Macemon brings his daughter Bella to Strength From Servcie to chat about how life was like for her as an "Army Brat". She recounts her upbringing from being born in Mankato all the way to completing her fist year at Gustavus Adolphus College, along with stops in Colorado, Washington, and Germany along the way. Bella shares a story on why she never cares to visit Monaco again.

    50 min
  • Steve Romnes

    Steve Romnes has a passion for helping children. Through his involvement with Young Life as well as MN Adult and Teen Challenge, he continues to give back to the local youth of Southern Minnesota. Steve joins Strength from Service and shares his successes in business as well as how he uses his own stories to connect with a younger generation.

    1 hr 27 min
  • Jered Sasen & Jesus Pereira

    Jared Sasen and Jesus Pereira are two of the three co-hosts of the local radio show and national podcast, "VSO Talk Radio". On their show with co-host Eric Segundo, they connect Veterans, Active-Duty Military, National Guard, family members, and spouses with information and services available to them on the State and Federal level.

    Jared and Jesus sat down with Mike and Jack as they crossed paths in Denver to share their stories and what their mission is with VSO Talk Radio.

    1 hr 54 min
  • Jenna Schmidtke

    Jenna Schmidtke knew what she wanted to do when she enlisted in the Army in 2006; help others. As an Army Combat Medic Vet, she served with and treated her fellow soldiers over two deployments in Kuwait and Iraq. Jenna shares her story of professional and personal adversity along her journey to becoming the County Veteran’s Service Officer for Faribault County, Minnesota. She also speaks on how helping other women officers as the National Women’s Veterans Representative for all VSOs continues to fulfill her passion to help others. 

    1 hr 51 min
  • Strength from Service Update with Mike and Jack

    Mike and Jack have had a long hiatus but it hasn't been without some work being put in behind the scenes. They touch on what they've been up to, what they've been working on, and they share some exciting new news regarding the Strength from Service Podcast.

    33 min
  • Trent Nielsen

    Trent Nielsen is a native to the St. Peter, Mankato area.  A high school wrestler, United States Marine Corp Reserve Vet, husband, father of 3, youth wrestling coach and local business owner.  Trent continues to serve and grow as a person and business owner.  From humble beginning to his new journey of sobriety and continuing to grow the family business… there is no slowdown in sight for Trent Nielsen.

    1 hr 23 min
  • Brandon Macemon

    Brandon Macemon
    Husband – Father -Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Operations Manager - Retired Green Beret – and all-around good guy who continues to use the skills he learned on his way to becoming a Special Forces Master Sergeant to serve his community.

    Enjoy our chat with Brandon Macemon.

    1 hr 37 min

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If you are not careful and you let yourself be captured by the news and all the noise, it can confuse you into believing that there is more wrong in our society than right with it, that there are more…