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AI, Identity, and the Search for What's True - Abdu Murray | Purpose Maker Podcast #29
What Happens When AI Starts Answering "Who Am I?" — with Abdu Murray
In a culture where technology and ideology are both racing to redefine what it means to be human, how do we hold onto a stable sense of identity...
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John Burke: The Truth of Eternal Identity | Purpose Maker Podcast #28
What happens to our identity when this life ends — and how should that truth shape the way we live right now? In this episode, I sit down with John Burke, founder of Gateway Church in Austin and New York Times...
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Jake Manthei: Concrete Ways | Purpose Maker Podcast #27
Concrete Ways is a conversation about building things that matter — businesses, families, and lives with purpose at the foundation. Host Dr. Wegmann sits down with entrepreneurs, leaders, and builders who've learned...
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Eeva Redmond: Elder Piper [USA Today #3 Best New Brewery] Purpose Maker Podcast #26
What happens when all the ingredients are right?
What happens when wisdom, knowledge, and a love story come together?
You get Elder Piper Brewery, ranked the #3 Best New Brewery by USA Today. Elder Piper has...
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Faith and Evidence #25
What happens when an investigative journalist sets out to disprove Christianity — and the evidence won't let him? In this episode of the Purpose Maker Wisdom & Leadership Podcast, Dr. Wegmann sits down with two of...
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#24 Against The Grain
Today's guest didn't set out to build a business. He set out to build a paddle board for his daughter — a little girl who wanted to feel the water beneath her feet, and wanted it to be real.
Made from the earth. Made...
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#23 Building A Nest
Mary Grace McCaskill, Executive Director of Ann's Nest, joins the Purpose Maker podcast to share how true leadership is built on influence, adding value to others, and developing people to reach their full potential....
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#22 Redemption's Purpose
In this captivating episode of the Purpose Maker Podcast, host Dr. Wegmann sits down with award-winning author and fellow northern Michigan resident Chad V. Broughman. Chad's debut novel The Fall of Bellwether; won...
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#21 Phoenix Revival
In this powerful episode of the Purpose Maker Podcast, host Dr. Wegmann sits down with LT Kegan "Smurf" Gill, USN (Ret.) — a former F/A-18E Super Hornet pilot who survived the fastest ejection in Naval Aviation...
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#20 Unpacking Identity & Purpose
Join host Dr. Wegmann (Coach MJ) for an enlightening conversation with Brian Wagner, a trailblazing entrepreneur and packaging industry icon with over 40 years of experience. In this episode of "Unpacking Identity and...
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#19 Beauty & Purpose
Join us for an insightful conversation with Jonathan Lee, founder of Jonathan Lee Architects and one of the Midwest’s leading classical architects.
Raised as a missionary kid in the Congo, Jonathan earned his Master...
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#18 Mid-life Mission; 12 Step Guide to Meaning
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Ernie Wood, a Detroit-born sailor, veteran, author, and lifelong public servant who has lived a life of service in the truest sense.
Raised in the Motor City, Ernie left home...
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