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Big Hearted Indy - The Citizen 7 Podcast

Big Hearted Indy - The Citizen 7 Podcast

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Big Hearted Indy is the Citizen 7 podcast about genuine friendship, big-hearted service, and forming whole leaders in Indianapolis. Hosts Greg Enas, Don Palmer, and Chris Spangle sit down with men who are building, mentoring, serving, and leading across Indianapolis. If you want deeper friendships, a clearer sense of purpose, and practical examples of leadership shaped by service, you’re in the right place. Visit our websitefor more: www.citizen7indy.com Also included are special talks given at C7 events.All Rights Reserved Economics Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Todd Maurer and David Morgan on Jewish & Christian Common Ground and Repairing the World

    Todd Maurer and David Morgan on Jewish & Christian Common Ground and Repairing the World
    Jun 29 2026
    Todd Maurer, interim CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis and founder of a commercial real estate firm, and David Morgan, founder and CEO of Senior Home Companions and Story Cottage memory care, join hosts Don Palmer, Greg Enas, and Chris Spangle for a conversation that covers tikkun olam, the Jewish concept of repairing the world, and how that principle connects to Christian ideals of service and generosity. The discussion ranges from how parents shape character in children of successful families, to how the Jewish Federation engages younger generations through programs like Koach and Atid, to what both traditions teach about hospitality, mourning, and genuine friendship. Maurer also discusses the September 1 Indianapolis appearance of Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the American-Israeli hostage killed following the October 7 Hamas attacks. The event is open to the full Indianapolis community. - https://www.jewishindianapolis.org/a-mothers-voice-a-communitys-strength Morgan and Maurer reflect on what it means to build friendships that cross faith lines, how to cultivate vulnerability in men's groups, and why the word mensch may be the highest compliment one person can give another.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Jeremy Pryor and Guy East on Family Teams and Building Multi-Gen Wealth | Honor God in the Grind

    Jeremy Pryor and Guy East on Family Teams and Building Multi-Gen Wealth | Honor God in the Grind
    Jun 25 2026
    Author Jeremy Pryor and local leader Guy East challenge the modern assumption that work defines a man's identity, making the case that fatherhood is the most important team a man will ever lead. Pryor, founder of Family Teams, draws on years of research, time living in Jerusalem, and first-principles thinking rooted in Genesis 1 to reframe what it means to be a father, a builder, and a man on mission. East, an Indianapolis real estate investor and community catalyst, shares how leaving a performance-driven background as a professional athlete led him to discover Sabbath, hospitality, and intentional community as the anchors of a flourishing household. They join hosts Drew Kelley and Jackson Troxel to cover the freedom-scale-legacy business framework Pryor uses to coach families out of W-2 dependence and toward multi-generational asset building. They also address atomized identity, the collapse of disciple-making movements in the West, why Western Christians rarely discuss family wealth-building, and how the Genesis mandate to be fruitful, multiply, fill, subdue, and rule is a pre-loaded vision statement for every household. East reflects on moving from San Diego to Indianapolis and finding relational density and brotherhood he had never experienced in California. Both guests discuss the high cost of genuine community, public repentance, and what it looks like to pursue interdependence rather than independence.A conversation for fathers, entrepreneurs, and anyone wrestling with how faith, family, and work belong together rather than in separate, competing boxes. Learn more in Jeremy's book Family Revision or at https://www.jeremypryor.com/ or on his podcast Family Teams. Honor God in the Grind is a production of Citizen 7, a community focused on encouraging men in Indianapolis to live with purpose and intentionality.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Greg Ballard and Joe Loftus on Friendship within Leadership, Indianapolis and the Secretary of State Race

    Greg Ballard and Joe Loftus on Friendship within Leadership, Indianapolis and the Secretary of State Race
    May 25 2026
    Greg Ballard built one of Indiana's most unlikely political careers, winning the Indianapolis mayor's race as a near-total unknown against a heavily favored incumbent. Now he's running for Indiana Secretary of State as an independent, and the coalition that helped him govern is rallying behind him again. Ballard, a 23-year Marine Corps veteran and author of "The Last Urban Republican Mayor," joins attorney and political strategist Joe Loftus for a candid conversation about how they built a city government from scratch, why Indianapolis punches above its weight on civic collaboration, and what has gone wrong in Indiana's political system. Loftus, who previously served under Mayor Steve Goldsmith and spent decades at Barnes & Thornburg, explains how he assembled a transition team, recruited talent, and handed Ballard a complete governing blueprint two days after an election almost no one expected him to win. The two discuss pre-K funding, the water and wastewater transfer to Citizens Energy, the city's long-running sports strategy, transit equity, and why cross-partisan relationships, not ideology, define effective local government. Ballard also lays out his case for opening Indiana's ballot access, ending straight-ticket voting, and pursuing a Voter's Bill of Rights as part of his Lincoln Party candidacy. For information on signing the ballot petition, visit gregballard.com or ballardontheballot.com. To get involved with Big Hearted Indy and the Citizen 7 community, visit citizen7indy.com.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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