The Collective Cast Podcast

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Hosted by Jen Beyst of Brain Builders Health — practical signs of sharper focus, clearer thinking, and stronger follow-through.

What does better brain function actually look and feel like in everyday life?

Not more mental busyness. Not another productivity hack. Real improvements in how clearly you think, how steadily you focus, how easily you follow through, and how well you handle the demands of the day.

In this episode we explore the tangible differences people notice when cognitive function strengthens: steadier energy, less mental chatter, better decision-making, improved emotional regulation, and the ability to engage with what matters instead of running on autopilot.

The conversation cuts through generic brain-health advice and looks at what actually changes when the brain works more efficiently — grounded in practical, real-world experience rather than theory alone.

Whether you’re supporting your own cognitive fitness, looking out for family members, or simply curious about what “better brain function” means beyond slogans, this episode offers clear, hopeful insight you can recognize in daily life.

Produced in connection with Bridge News and local brain-health conversations in Northern Arizona.

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Scammers are getting smarter and more personal—and they’re still targeting our community.

In this month’s Fraudcast on The Collective Cast, host Chris Damron sits down with Justin Teclaw (National Bank of Arizona) and Deputy Ron (Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office) to break down the scams hitting Quad Cities residents right now.

They cover the tactics currently circulating in Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Dewey-Humboldt, and surrounding areas, including:

• Phone and bank impersonation schemes
• Sweetheart / romance scams that build false trust over time
• Urgent money and “loved one in trouble” demands
• Other evolving frauds taking advantage of local residents and businesses

You’ll hear clear red flags, real local examples, and practical steps you can take today to protect yourself, your family, and your accounts. Whether you’re looking out for elderly parents, running a business, or simply want to stay ahead of the latest tricks, this conversation delivers front-line insight from the people dealing with these cases in Yavapai County.

Stay informed. Stay protected. Listen and share.

The Collective Cast – Monthly Fraudcast

Produced by Arizona Business Collective

Together, we grow Arizona—one conversation at a time.

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In this episode of The Collective Cast, host Chris Damron asks author Inger E. Johnson a deceptively simple question: What is Veiled Halos about?

Veiled Halos: A Saga of Betrayal and Redemption is Johnson’s debut novel—a multigenerational historical family saga set in Colombia from the 1940s through the 2000s, with ties to Idaho. Three brothers. One family. A lifetime of truths bent, buried, and contested. The book follows inheritance in every sense: land, faith, grievance, memory, and the stories families tell in order to survive. Power in this world does not announce itself. It disguises itself as love, legality, and care.

Johnson walks listeners through the premise without giving the book away: the places that shape the story, the moral weight at its center, and the idea behind the title—that some halos are worn, others are lived, and some, in the end, are simply signed. This episode is the introduction for readers who want to know whether the novel is for them, and for listeners who want the story in the author’s own words.

Veiled Halos is available on Amazon. Learn more about Inger E. Johnson and her work at yourbookisinthere.com.

The Collective Cast is produced by Arizona Business Collective. Together, we grow Arizona—one conversation at a time.

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In this episode of The Collective Cast, host Chris Damron talks with author Inger E. Johnson about a structural choice at the heart of her debut novel: why put three generations in one book?

Veiled Halos: A Saga of Betrayal and Redemption follows one family across decades—Colombia from the 1940s through the 2000s, with ties to Idaho. Three brothers. One household. Land, faith, grievance, and memory passed down as inheritance. Johnson did not split the story into a series. She built it as a single saga so readers could see how truths bent in one generation become the stories the next generation lives inside.

This conversation examines that decision. Why three generations belong in the same volume. What is lost when a family story is cut short. How time, place, and buried history only reveal their full weight when the children and grandchildren are on the page with the people who first chose silence, loyalty, or power disguised as care.

Veiled Halos is available on Amazon. Learn more about Inger E. Johnson and her work at yourbookisinthere.com.

The Collective Cast is produced by Arizona Business Collective. Together, we grow Arizona—one conversation at a time.

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In this episode of The Collective Cast, host Chris Damron talks with author Inger E. Johnson about the question behind her debut novel: Why write Veiled Halos?

Veiled Halos: A Saga of Betrayal and Redemption is a multigenerational historical novel set in Colombia from the 1940s through the 2000s, with ties to Idaho. Three brothers. One family. Land, faith, grievance, and memory passed down as inheritance. Johnson wrote a story in which power rarely announces itself. It disguises itself as love, legality, and care—and some halos are worn, some are lived, and some, in the end, are simply signed.

The conversation goes to the source of the book. Johnson discusses what compelled her to tell this particular story, why a family saga with moral weight mattered enough to become her first novel, and how place, history, and the stories families tell in order to survive shaped the work. Listeners hear not only the premise of Veiled Halos, but the reason it had to be written.

Veiled Halos is available on Amazon. Learn more about Inger Johnson and her work at yourbookisinthere.com.

The Collective Cast is produced by Arizona Business Collective. Together, we grow Arizona—one conversation at a time.

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In this episode of The Collective Cast, host Chris Damron talks with first-time novelist Inger E. Johnson about the part of authorship no one romanticizes: the struggle to write the book, edit it, and get it published.

Johnson is the author of Veiled Halos and host of Your Book Is In There. She speaks as a new author who had to learn the work in real time—sitting down when the pages would not come, cutting what did not serve the story, surviving the edit, and carrying a manuscript through the last mile to publication.

Success, here, is the accomplishment of completion. Not the plot. The process. What it takes for a first-time writer to finish.

Veiled Halos is available on Amazon. Learn more about Inger E. Johnson at yourbookisinthere.com.

The Collective Cast is produced by Arizona Business Collective. Together, we grow Arizona—one conversation at a time.

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