The Human Era

Karyl Fowler talks with Kent about why and how she founded Transmute, how supply chains currently work and what the far-reaching implications are for Blockchain technology, lessons she learned from a recent fund-raising round, what being a female founder is like in the tech space, surveillance capitalism, international trade agreements and more. 

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Karyl is co-founder & CEO of Transmute, a startup in Austin TX that is implementing trust that scales by leveraging blockchain technology to streamline and enforce identity authorization via key-based signatures, verifiable credentials, and immutable logging.  She has been an advisor for tech startups involved in Blockchain and Crypto, as well as being the economic development manager for the Austin Chamber of Commerce.  She holds a BA in English and Political Science from Southwestern University as well as an MS in Technology Commercialization from Texas McComs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. --- If you're enjoying this podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 45 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests as well as new listeners. Click here: https://tinyurl.com/vfv2vgw​​​​ Thx! --- ABOUT the Kent Lapp Podcast: » The KLP features long-form, in-person conversations that explore and inform.   » The KLP Trailer: https://youtu.be/TVFsBJlbUJ4 » About the KLP: https://www.kentlapp.com/aboutklp » About Kent Lapp: http://kentlapp.com/about/   WATCH/STREAM The Kent Lapp Podcast: » Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thekentlapppodcast » Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/vfv2vgw » Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y8yd2gcc » Overcast: https://tinyurl.com/y8veuoxl » Castbox: https://tinyurl.com/y8vwheqt » Stitcher: https://tinyurl.com/y75uy96u » Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yburnrld » Amazon Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y7lszt2f</

Jason Fields talks with Kent about his exceptional life-story and the remarkable evidences of God along the way.  

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Guy Goldstein talks w/ Kent about his story, what led to the founding of WriterDuet, the common denominator's of successful screenwriter's and scriptwriter's, switching between the brain's business mode and creative mode, some of his favorite business principles and a bunch more.

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Guy is the Founder and CEO of WriterDuet, a simple and powerful scriptwriting tool that allows scriptwriters and screenwriters to collaborate, outline, create and edit virtually; in real time.  

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Jonathan Dodson talks with Kent about his experience donating one of his kidneys and how that has led to multiple meaningful conversations, his book Our Good Crisis, Overcoming Moral Chaos with the Beatitudes, how he got into ministry, church in a post-pandemic age, the cultural forces we're experiencing in the church today, and much more. 

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Jonathan Dodson is the founding pastor of City Life Church in Austin, TX which he started with his wife, Robie, and a small group of people. They have three wonderful children.

He is also the founder of Gospel-Centered Discipleship.com, which produces resources to help make, mature, and multiply disciples of Jesus. He is author of a number of books including Here in Spirit: Knowing the Spirit who Creates, Sustains, and Transforms Everything, The Unbelievable Gospel: Say Something Worth Believingand Gospel-Centered Discipleship. Just about any week you can catch Jonathan listening to M. Ward, watching sci-fi, and going for walks.

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Arielle Isaac Norman talks with Kent about being raised Mormon, her transition into becoming a polyamorous lesbian, her vision for the Republican Party, why America is so divided and what to do about it, and plenty more. 

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Arielle Isaac Norman is an Austin-based, nationally touring comedian & a polyamorous post-Mormon lesbian. As both a standup comic and the host of the Gender Fluids podcast, Norman is a boundary-pushing queer with a dark sensibility. Her newest podcast, Make America Get Along Again (MAGAA), aims to widen the Overton window on each side of the red/blue divide, as ideological purity seems to be the facade of the era that is leading to the breakdown of American, nay Western, society. http://arielleisaacnorman.com   https://www.instagram.com/ellendegenderless/ --- If you're enjoying this podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 45 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests as well as new listeners. Click here: https://tinyurl.com/vfv2vgw Thx! --- ABOUT the Kent Lapp Podcast: » The KLP features long-form, in-person conversations that explore and inform.   » The KLP Trailer: https://youtu.be/TVFsBJlbUJ4 » About the KLP: https://www.kentlapp.com/aboutklp » About Kent Lapp: http://kentlapp.com/about/   WATCH/STREAM The Kent Lapp Podcast: » Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thekentlapppodcast » Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/vfv2vgw » Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y8yd2gcc » Overcast: https://tinyurl.com/y8veuoxl » Castbox: https://tinyurl.com/y8vwheqt » Stitcher: https://tinyurl.com/y75uy96u » Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yburnrld » Amazon Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y7lszt2f   FOLLOW US ON

Matt Alvarez (owner, @soundshedstudios) talks with Kent about getting the call from Joe Rogan to build his new podcast studio in Austin TX, the super-short timeline he had to get it done, outfitting the cylindrical room for good audio, dealing w/ a few haters of Joe's new space, the future of the podcast industry, tips for setting up a good studio, and plenty more.  

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Colleen Reidelbach talks with Kent about the social and political changes in Austin TX, the city's move to defund the police while using those funds for abortions, how she successfully navigates her full time career in tech while being a mom, her work at Acklen Avenue and much more. "What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?"

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Colleen is a diplomatic communicator, strategic thinker, and Arabic speaker with policy experience on state and federal levels and over two years of overseas experience.  She is the Vice President of Client Services at Acklen Avenue, successfully navigating her full time career in tech while parenting her two young children alongside her husband Adam. They live in Austin TX.  Colleen holds a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas, Austin and a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oklahoma, where her professor named Colleen "top 3% of all students he has taught in 18 years."  Colleen also had the unique experience of being a Speech Writing Intern at the White House in 2006.  --- This podcast is brought to you by Sister India.  Sister India is a community where you and I can join together to bring hope and a new future to the women and girls of India. They actively work to get the word out about the oppression faced by females in India. They also fund a completely unique and powerful program that empowers the people of India to help the women and girls of their own country. For a minimal investment, you can change the life of a woman, her daughters, and her family for generations. Visit their website: https://sisterindia.org​  --- If you're enjoying this podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 45 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests as well as new listeners. Click here: https://tinyurl.com/vfv2vgw Thx! --- ABOUT the Kent Lapp Podcast: » The KLP features long-form, in-person conversations that explore and inform.   » The KLP Trailer: 

Todd Engstrom talks with Kent about his journey from chemistry to ministry, the culture of Austin TX, missional & leadership strategies of the Austin Stone Community Church, non-celebrity church culture, parenting, and much more. 

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Todd is the Executive Pastor of Ministry Strategies at The Austin Stone Community Church, in Austin TX.  He has served in a variety of capacities at The Austin Stone with his greatest involvement being in leadership development, missional communities, pastoral oversight, process and systems design, and curriculum development.   Todd has also collaborated with several national and international ministries on systems design, leadership development, and discipleship strategies.   Todd received a Doctor of Educational Ministry degree in Executive Leadership at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also has a Master's Degree in Chemistry from the University of Texas, and experience in the field of complex surface catalysis. --- This podcast is brought to you by Sister India.  Sister India is a community where you and I can join together to bring hope and a new future to the women and girls of India. They actively work to get the word out about the oppression faced by females in India. They also fund a completely unique and powerful program that empowers the people of India to help the women and girls of their own country. For a minimal investment, you can change the life of a woman, her daughters, and her family for generations. Visit their website: https://sisterindia.org​  --- If you're enjoying this podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 45 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests as well as new listeners. Click here: https://tinyurl.com/vfv2vgw Thx! --- ABOUT the Kent Lapp Podcast:   » The KLP features long-form, in-person conversations that explore and inform.     » The KLP Trailer: https://youtu.be/TVFsBJlbUJ4   » About the KLP: https://www.kentlapp.com/aboutklp   » About Kent Lapp: http://kentlapp.com/about/     WATCH/STREAM The Kent Lapp Podcast: <

Renji Bijoy talks with Kent about founding his tech startup "immersed", why Elon Musk is his dream mentor, being named one of Forbe's 30 under 30, how he incorporates his faith into the fast-paced world of tech, and how virtual reality is changing the future of workspaces forever, his story and much more. 

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Renji is the founder and CEO of immersed, a tech startup in Austin TX that has raised over $4m to date, and is partnered with Facebook to build VR offices.  Renji lives in Austin TX with his wife Sarah, and was recently named one of Forbes 30 under 30.  --- Learn more about Renji here: https://www.instagram.com/renji.bijoy/?hl=en And learn more about immersed here: https://immersedvr.com --- This podcast is brought to you by Sister India.  Sister India is a community where you and I can join together to bring hope and a new future to the women and girls of India. They actively work to get the word out about the oppression faced by females in India. They also fund a completely unique and powerful program that empowers the people of India to help the women and girls of their own country. For a minimal investment, you can change the life of a woman, her daughters, and her family for generations. Visit their website: https://sisterindia.org​  --- If you're enjoying this podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 45 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests as well as new listeners. Click here: https://tinyurl.com/vfv2vgw Thx! --- ABOUT the Kent Lapp Podcast: » The KLP features long-form, in-person conversations that explore and inform.   » The KLP Trailer: 

Andy Schoonover talks with Kent about the state of health care in America, why it's so broken and what to do about it, the data supporting the advocacy of contraception for pregnancy care centers but the opposition this view faces, what non-profits can learn from for-profit businesses, as well as selling his company for over $100m, renting the Facebook party house to the real Mark Zuckerberg (as seen in the movie The Social Network), business and leadership principles he builds and leads by and much more.

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After graduating with a BS in Commerce from the McIntire School at the University of Virginia, Andy started his career at Host Marriott Corporation (now Host Hotels & Resorts, NYSE: HST) in the Treasury, Asset Management and Acquisition and Development groups and completed transactions valued at approximately $1.5 billion. He then moved to Silicon Valley to attend Stanford Business School where he got that entrepreneurial itch. As his friends headed off to Google, Facebook, and other high flying tech companies after graduation, Andy and Chris Hendriksen, his business school roommate, founded Blue Canyon Capital which was formed in September of 2006. Blue Canyon Capital then purchased Valued Relationships, Inc (VRI) in Dayton, Ohio. Andy became CEO and served in that role for five years. After a fourfold growth in revenues, the majority of VRI was sold to Pamlico Capital in 2014. VRI investors received a gross return of approximately 9x their investment. Today Andy lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Stephanie where they are devoted parents to their daughter Grace’s legacy, younger daughter Ava, and their pup, Butler.

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This podcast is brought to you by Sister India.  Sister India is a community where you and I can join together to bring hope and a new future to the women and girls of India. They actively work to get the word out about the oppression faced by females in India. They also fund a completely unique and powerful program that empowers the people of India to help the women and girls of their own country. For a minimal investment, you can change the life of a woman, her daughters, and her family for generations. Visit their website: https://sisterindia.org​ 

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