Veteran religion journalist, Bob Smietana, joins Amy Fritz for a conversation about what it's like to be a religion reporter, the insider baseball of faith communities, the factors he considers when deciding if he should cover a particular story, handling sexual abuse accounts without adding unnecessary trauma, and his thoughts about the response by Ramsey Solutions to his Jan 15, 2021 article. You can find Bob on Twitter here: Bob You can preorder Bob's book here: Reorganized Religion: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why it Matters. Patreon Membership Community. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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Amy gives Lauren Thoman the interview mic and Lauren asks Amy to reflect on this season of telling their story. What kind of feedback has Amy received? What was it like to speak up in a way that no one had previously? What would Amy tell her 2012 self? And there were lots more questions because Lauren had lots of things she wanted to know! Patreon Membership Community. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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Greg and Lauren Thoman join Amy to share their account of how their lives were upended by Ramsey Solutions leadership in May of 2020. This is the 8th episode in this series about Ramsey Solutions. Patreon Membership Community. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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Nathan and Amy talk about the lengths Ramsey Solutions leadership went to in their attempts to silence them, including gathering up their friends to malign them and reaching out to their current employer.  Patreon Membership Community. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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Nathan and Amy share about the the year after Nathan resigned from his job at Ramsey Solutions. Links: Julie Roys Podcast Michael Hyatt Podcast Organizational Narcissism and Virtuous Behavior I Got Your Six Leaving Ramsey Solutions Patreon Membership Community. Full Audio of the Got Your Six Meeting Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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Melissa J. Hogan joins Amy to respond to Dave Ramsey's characterization of Melissa and Melissa's marriage in a meeting he led for all of his team members in May of 2019. This episode may be triggering to people who have experienced abuse and subsequent secondary trauma from attempting to report and/or ask for help. Patreon Membership Community. Full Audio of the Got Your Six Meeting Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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Amy Fritz and Melissa J. Hogan dissect the Ramsey Solutions "Got Your Six" team meeting that was held in May of 2019 soon after Amy's husband, Nathan, resigned. Patreon Membership Community. Full Audio of the Got Your Six Meeting Perry Noble Fired. Mark Driscoll fired from Mars Hill. Bill Hybels fired from Willow Creek. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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Nathan and Amy talk about what happened when Amy's friend suddenly stopped communicating with anyone and how Amy's determination to make sure her friend was okay led her to stumbling across information that led to the end of Nathan's employment at Ramsey Solutions. Links: Statements from Melissa J. Hogan Blog post about Nathan's exit from Ramsey Our Story of Leaving Ramsey Solutions Patreon Membership Community. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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Amy and Nathan Fritz share part 2 of their experience with the Ramsey Solutions Organization. In this episode they talk about:

• Differences in accepting the culture between spouses who marry in to the company as opposed to those who were already married when their spouse was hired.
• The Daily Beast article/Twittergate.
• The time Amy thought she was going to get Nathan fired by leaving a comment on a blog post.
• Jon Acuff's resignation.
• The Ramsey Christmas Party.
• What happened when they lost the Best Place to Work contest.

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Amy Fritz shares part 1 of the story of their family's experience with Ramsey Solutions, Dave Ramsey's Company. Article Amy went on the record for in January 2021. Ramsey Solutions Interview Process. Entreleadership book. Patreon Membership Community. Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith

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