The Making of an Exception

The Making of an Exception episodes:

• 04.19.2019

  S003 / E006: Steve Weigel

  Steve Weigel is the Founder of The Ivy Brand, a lifestyle brand that is pro community, adventure and belonging. Custom-made longboards were the catalyst in Ivy’s mission to reach, encourage and inspire people. Since 2016, they’ve been creating a culture...

  
• 04.12.2019

  S003 / E005: Josh Arment

  Josh Arment is the owner of The Aloha Monkey, a Minnesota tattoo shop started by Mike Malone in 1999. Although he grew up in a loving, faith-filled home, Josh remembers the day in middle school that he chose to follow...

  
• 04.05.2019

  S003 / E004: Bryce Ferrell

  When you’ve got nothing else to rely on, what or who do you turn to? Bryce Ferrell, Founder of 10th Floor Property Management, has found himself asking this question a few times in his life, specifically as an entrepreneur building...

  
• 03.29.2019

  S003 / E003: Robert Blanton

  How many NFL players do you know starting a nationally recognized childcare center when they retire from football? Robert Blanton Jr. did just that when he and his wife, Erin, opened a Kiddie Academy in Edina, MN in 2018. As...

  
• 03.22.2019

  S003 / E002: Dillon Wilson

  Dillon Wilson has been many things, including a Big 12 football star and a Young Adults Pastor, and is now setting out to be a clothing line designer as a way to influence culture for the better here and across...

  
• 03.15.2019

  S003 / E001: Krista Carroll

  Krista Carroll is the co-founder and CEO of Latitude, or lat.co, a creative agency specializing in brand and experience design with offices in Minneapolis, New York and Portland. She and her husband, Jeremy, founded the business together in 2009, and...

  
• 12.21.2018

  S002 / E012: Zach Windahl

  Zach Windahl is the creator, writer, and designer behind The Bible Study, a one-year study of the Bible focusing on how each book relates to your life. Zach might be the most positive and kind person on the planet, and...

  
• 12.14.2018

  S002 / E011: Monica Friese

  Monica Friese is a full-time freelance Visual Brand Director, meaning she’s a stylist, content creator, photographer, brand manager and so much more. Whether you’re browsing her social platforms or know her in real life, you get the same person. Monica...

  
• 12.07.2018

  S002 / E010: Paul Hurckman

  Paul Hurckman is the Executive Director of Venture, a faith-based justice organization that does “tough things for people in tough places” around the world. Venture allows people to raise money through biking, hiking and running for justice and missions projects...

  
• 11.30.2018

  S002 / E009: Erin Duininck

  Erin Duininck is the founder and owner of Golden Rule Collective, a lifestyle shop and gallery in a little house on a hill in Excelsior, MN. Her “shop baby” was born out of a season of loss, and is now...

  
• 11.23.2018

  S002 / E008: Jordan Dye

  Jordan Dye is the founder of the Minneapolis-based clothing brands, Shepherd Goods and Lamb Chops, and he wants to use clothing to spark conversations about faith. For Jordan, his brands are more about creating experiences to connect with people than...

  
• 11.16.2018

  S002 / E007: Lawrence Pruitt

  Lawrence Pruitt is the founder and leader singer of Yam Haus, a Minneapolis-based pop band. Yam Haus released it’s first album, Stargazer, in 2018, and will be performing at a “Best New Bands of 2018” show at First Avenue in...

  
• 11.09.2018

  S002 / E006: Ben Hoar

  Ben Hoar is the Campus Pastor at River Valley Church - Minneapolis. He was raised in Ohio with his parents and four brothers, and had a dream to pursue baseball in college. However, everything changed after a significant injury. Growing...

  
• 11.02.2018

  S002 / E005: Susan Blount

  Susan Blount is the Managing Partner at Blount Collective. She’s all things marketer, storyteller, coach and consultant as a way to help people understand what their message is, who they’re trying to speak to and how best to do it. In...

  
• 10.26.2018

  S002 / E004: Paul Weaver

  Paul Weaver loves people and their stories. In high school, he became interested in photography, and his parents would drop him off at concerts every week in the Twin Cities so he could photograph bands during their shows for free....

  
• 10.19.2018

  S002 / E003: Nathan O'Malley

  Nathan O’Malley is the Lead Sewer at Leather Works Minnesota, a business his mom and stepdad started out of their home basement in 1999 when Nathan was a child. Fast forward to 2018, the family’s business has it’s own space...

  
• 10.12.2018

  S002 / E002: Bill Svoboda

  Bill Svoboda, a Minneapolis-based entrepreneur, started his first business in his college dorm room with a friend. The online custom t-shirt business, Coed Monkey, became successful and was recently sold and acquired by another company. Since then, Bill founded CloseSimple,...

  
• 10.05.2018

  S002 / E001: Brian Ingram

  Brian Ingram is a celebrated chef and “concept guy,” who has owned restaurants across the country throughout his career. Raised in Alaska, Brian worked as a cook in high school at Flip’s Flying Coffee Shop, his aunt and uncle’s restaurant,...

  
• 10.03.2018

  S002 / S000: Season Two Kick-off and Update

  Kirk and Tyssul kickoff the new season by recapping Season One, talking future, and introducing Patreon.

  
• 08.21.2018

  S001 / E012: Cait Courneya

  Cait Courneya is a talented fashion illustrator and textile designer. In this episode she talks about getting her start in the LA fashion industry, then leaving that to start her own company and building a personal brand. Cait grew up...

  
• 08.14.2018

  S001 / E011: Taylor Lewin

  Taylor is a great business man who also happens to be an extremely talented musician. He’s stepped out as a freelancer in the world of music and audio and he’s thriving. He also is a Pastor’s Kid and in this...

  
• 08.07.2018

  S001 / E010: Jeremy Bardwell

  Jeremy Bardwell may be one of the most encouraging guys in the world. He hears an idea, but instead of just helping to move the idea forward, he affirms the person sharing the idea. You can’t have a conversation with...

  
• 07.31.2018

  S001 / E009: Spencer Hutton

  Spencer has been “successful” for a long time. Over the last few years, he’s dialed in what success really means for him and his family. He talks about playing golf at University of Minnesota, pursuing the PGA, and eventually coaching...

  
• 07.24.2018

  S001 / E008: Tyssul Patel

  Tyssul is a genius. Truly, he is one of the more talented people on planet earth. He is a musician, a graphic designer, a motion graphic artist, and podcast producer. He was born in the United Kingdom, and shares some...

  
• 07.17.2018

  S001 / E007: Jay-J Schuster

  Jay-J Schuster is the owner of Harvest Film Co. He’s a husband, father, homeowner, and all around great guy. Oh, and he’s 23. J-Jay talks about what it was like growing up in Australia as a Missionary kid, starting in...

  
• 07.10.2018

  S001 / E006: Kath Brose

  Kath Brose is a poet who’s words are helping people navigate their anxiety, worry, and fear. She herself has faced real pain and anxiety, but has found healing through writing. She describes what it’s like for her to hear from...

  
• 07.03.2018

  S001 / E005: Ryan Williams

  Ryan Williams on Instagram River Valley Worship River Valley Worship on Instagram River Valley Worship on Spotify | Apple Ryan’s Favorite Books: Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon The War of Art by Steven Pressfield ——— Follow us on Instagram Like us on Facebook Subscribe to...

  
• 06.26.2018

  S001 / E004: Chris Massoglia

  Chris Massoglia was almost in the Spiderman movie with Toby McGuire. Because of that “almost” opportunity, he was launched into the world of child acting and moved to Hollywood as a young adult. Chris talks about what it was like...

  
• 06.19.2018

  S001 / E003: Megan Gonzalez

  Megan studied Fine Art at Biola University. She launched Mae Mae Paperie, which grew into what seemed like a successful business with multiple employee and its own studio. But Megan became extremely overwhelmed because of the $60,000 of debt that...

  
• 06.12.2018

  S001 / E002: Perry Smith

  Perry Smith is a passionate, curious creative who got his start early buying and selling cameras. In high school he got hit with the news that he had lymphoma. On top of that, from age 15-17 he lost 3 family...

  
• 06.05.2018

  S001 / E001: Bethany Schrock

  Bethany Schrock grew up with dyslexia. She faced many challenges growing up feeling inadequate because of her learning disability. She’s no where close to inadequate! Today she is married, she’s a dog mom, she has traveled the world, and has...

  
• 06.01.2018

  S001 / E000: TRAILER

  Kirk takes a few minutes to share the heart behind this podcast. Subscribe now and get the first episode with Bethany Shrock on Tuesday, June 5th.