Ben Parten, author and assistant professor at Georgia Southern University, joins the conversation with Adam Moreau and Grant Banko. Ben talks about his book, Somewhere Towards Freedom, which comes out in January 2025. He gets into the details of how he fell in love with history and writing growing up and the whole process to finish a book.

Ben’s publisher is Simon & Schuster, where you can find out more about his book. Their instagram is @simonandschuster.

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Cory Moreau, Adam’s wife, joins the conversation with Adam Moreau and Grant Banko to debrief all the events leading up to and that happened during their wedding. They both share the ups and downs of wedding planning and what advice they would give themselves if they could do it over again.

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Mary Erickson, artist, joins the conversation with Adam Moreau and Grant Banko. Mary shares her story of how she found her passion in painting and the unique path to becoming an artist. She currently has studios in Marshville, NC and Venice, FL. She also hosts a summer retreat in Port Clyde, ME for artists to get a change of location and work together on their art. To learn more about Mary’s art please visit maryericksonart.com

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Madeline Hileman, DMV Emergency Medicine Veterinarian, joins the conversation with Adam Moreau and Grant Banko. Madeline shares her journey through veterinarian school and what her day to day looks like now as an emergency vet, mainly cats and dogs, in Salt Lake City.

Madeline’s Instagram: @maddoghileman

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Brenden Curcio, CEO of ShortStaf, joins the conversation with Adam Moreau and Grant Banko. Brenden shares his experience in the financial services industry, coaching baseball and soccer, and now his role as CEO of ShortStaf. ShortStaf is an on-demand staffing app for hotels, resorts, retail, restaurants, and more. To learn more about ShortStaf their website is https://shortstaf.com/

ShortStaf Instagram: @shortstafapp

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Jacob Fassler, Senior Data Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS), joins the conversation with Adam Moreau and Grant Banko. Jake shares his experience in the Air Force and how he utilized the skills acquired along the way to get to where he is today. The discussion also goes into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how that is evolving the world today.

Jake’s Instagram: @jakefassler

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Brad Reibel, high school teacher and basketball coach, joins the conversation with Adam Moreau and Grant Banko. Brad shares his story of following his passion. During his college career he initially played division 1 soccer but realized basketball was his true passion and transferred. After graduating from college he got a job at Aon and very quickly realized corporate america was not for him. He left Aon and became a teacher and basketball coach in Chicago.

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Evan Brochin, Anesthesiology Resident, joins the conversation with Adam Moreau and Grant Banko. Evan shares his unique story through medical school which involved being rescued by the Navy Seals during a hurricane and attending some of his classes on a boat. He also provides a better understanding of what an anesthesiologist actually entails. He keeps the conversation light as he grew up in Toledo with Adam.

If you would like more info on Evan please use the links below

• Instagram: ⁠@evan_brochin

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