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An Army of Normal Folks

Our country’s problems will never be solved by a bunch of fancy people in nice suits talking big words on CNN and Fox, but by An Army of Normal Folks just deciding “hey, I can help.” Hosted by Coach Bill Courtney from the Oscar-winning Undefeated, this podcast is building the Army and celebrating its extraordinary members. New episodes are released every Tuesday.

society & culture documentary

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14:59

Marry Your Best Friend, Don't Be Boring, Stay Faithful

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2026/01/02

For Shop Talk, Coach Bill shares his 3 keys to a successful marriage!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:44

What To Do If Wine, Netflix, and "Self-Care" Aren’t...

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/30

Society tells us that self-care makes us happy, but Melissa O’Neil discovered that it doesn’t. She’s found happiness through building an identity of someone who serves. Sometimes that shows up in large ways like fostering two boys and other times in smaller, yet meaningful ways like helping a nonprofit write thank you notes. Melissa will show you how to find meaning in every season of life!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

en-US

59:51

What To Do If Wine, Netflix, and "Self-Care" Aren’t...

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/30

Society tells us that self-care makes us happy, but Melissa O’Neil discovered that it doesn’t. She’s found happiness through building an identity of someone who serves. Sometimes that shows up in large ways like fostering two boys and other times in smaller, yet meaningful ways like helping a nonprofit write thank you notes. Melissa will show you how to find meaning in every season of life!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

en-US

21:40

Is Coach Bill Bad for the Environment?!

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/26

For Shop Talk, Coach Bill pontificates on the bad wrap that the lumber industry gets about chopping down trees. When the reality is that their work leads to more trees and so many other fascinating environmental benefits!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:54

How To Keep Going: When You Literally Lose Your Face....

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/23

Pat Hardison was a volunteer firefighter, dad, and small business owner when one call changed his life forever. After literally losing his face in a fire and enduring more than 70 surgeries, Pat took the risk of undergoing the most extensive face transplant in history. This episode will show you how to keep going when facingobstacles…. or in Pat’s case losing almost everything.Check out Pat’s new book Facing The Fire: https://lnk.to/FacingTheFireEPSupport the show:

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40:19

How To Keep Going: When You Literally Lose Your Face....

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/23

Pat Hardison was a volunteer firefighter, dad, and small business owner when one call changed his life forever. After literally losing his face in a fire and enduring more than 70 surgeries, Pat took the risk of undergoing the most extensive face transplant in history. This episode will show you how to keep going when facing obstacles…. or in Pat’s case losing almost everything.Check out Pat’s new book Facing The Fire: https://lnk.to/FacingTheFireEPSupport the show:

en-US

24:40

What A Pencil Can Teach You And Me

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/19

For Shop Talk, we dive into the origin story of a pencil and what lessons it has for An Army of Normal Folks. We bet you didn’t see that one coming!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

36:48

James Fox: The Dude Who Brought Yoga To Prisons (Pt 1)

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/16

James is the founder of Prison Yoga Project, which brings trauma-informed yoga to prisoners to help them heal and rehabilitate. And last year 57,000 prisoners attended their programming! This life-changing work is led by their own Army of Normal Folks who are facilitators.Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

49:34

James Fox: The Dude Who Brought Yoga To Prisons (Pt 2)

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/16

James is the founder of Prison Yoga Project, which brings trauma-informed yoga to prisoners to help them heal and rehabilitate. And last year 57,000 prisoners attended their programming! This life-changing work is led by their own Army of Normal Folks who are facilitators.Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

14:49

The Contribution Gap…. And What We’re Doing About It

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/12

For Shop Talk, we dive into the reality that only 33% of Americans are contributing in their community at the level they’d like. And what we plan to do about it.Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

37:17

Lydia and Scott Rosencrants: The Normal Folks Who...

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/09

Lydia and Scott Rosencrants have 13 children, 11 of which are adopted and 8 of them have some form of intellectual or physical disability. They didn’t set out to adopt this many kids, but they clearly answered the call a lot of times. And Lydia is the President of our local chapter in Memphis that’s launching soon!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

60:36

Lydia and Scott Rosencrants: The Normal Folks Who...

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/09

Lydia and Scott Rosencrants have 13 children, 11 of which are adopted and 8 of them have some form of intellectual or physical disability. They didn’t set out to adopt this many kids, but they clearly answered the call a lot of times. And Lydia is the President of our local chapter in Memphis that’s launching soon!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

24:01

We Need To Look In The Mirror About Lane Kiffin

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/05

For Shop Talk, Coach Bill shares his outside-the-box take on the Lane Kiffin saga. Even if you're not a college football fan, there's life lessons for our own lives and for the Army in this story!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

39:27

Gabrielle Clowdus: We All Have Homelessness In Us (Pt 1)

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/02

Dr. Gabrielle Clowdus is the founder of Settled, which helps churches build "Sacred Settlements", tiny home villages on their property where people experiencing homelessness and church members live in community. When she started this work of radical hospitality, she believed it was a homelessness ministry. Today, she believes that it's a ministry to all of us, as we all have some homelessness in us!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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85:51

Gabrielle Clowdus: We All Have Homelessness In Us (Pt 2)

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/12/02

Dr. Gabrielle Clowdus is the founder of Settled, which helps churches build "Sacred Settlements", tiny home villages on their property where people experiencing homelessness and church members live in community. When she started this work of radical hospitality, she believed it was a homelessness ministry. Today, she believes that it's a ministry to all of us, as we all have some homelessness in us!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

en-US

22:41

Why Did Life Expectancy Grow By 4 Decades?!

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/11/28

For Shop Talk, we explore why did human life expectancy stick around 30-40 years old for thousands of years and then suddenly increased by 4 decades in less than 200 years!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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39:39

Lisa Steven: The Former Teen Mom Empowering Teen Moms...

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/11/25

Lisa Steven is a former teen mom who went on to build the only home for teen moms in the entire state of Colorado. Their resource center serves over 280 teen moms per year with free empowerment programming and early childhood education. And now 3 other communities have adopted their model!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

64:34

Lisa Steven: The Former Teen Mom Empowering Teen Moms...

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/11/25

Lisa Steven is a former teen mom who went on to build the only home for teen moms in the entire state of Colorado. Their resource center serves over 280 teen moms per year with free empowerment programming and early childhood education. And now 3 other communities have adopted their model!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

19:18

The Happiest Man on Earth

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/11/21

For Shop Talk, we bring you Army member Anita Marin's awesome recommendation to learn from Eddie Jaku, the Holocaust survivor who called himself the happiest man on earth!Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

36:46

Steve Wanta: How To Loan Money 100% of The Time (Pt 1)

An Army of Normal Folks ·

2025/11/18

Steve Wanta is the co-founder of JUST, a nonprofit lender to 14,000 black and brown female entrepreneurs in Texas.And because they’ve built an unheard of system based on trust and community, they’re achieving unheard of results such as loaning money to 100% of applicants while also being repaid 99% of the time! Support the show: https://www.normalfolks.us/premiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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