Today’s episode is with our friend Dave Sims. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Dave Sims is a man whose life was split cleanly in two by a single moment. In 1998, a slow family bike ride turned into a catastrophic accident, leaving him a C5/6 quadriplegic. The years that followed carried every dark instinct a person can hav…

Today’s episode is with our friends Curt Yoder, Brian Yoder, and Mark Schlabach. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. In the rolling hills of Amish country, a small youth deer hunt that started with just four kids in 2012 has exploded into something extraordinary... A thriving 501(c)(3) that gives disabled, special-needs, and f…

Today’s episode is with our friend Julie Kerby. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Julie is the founder of Hope’s House Foster Closet and a woman who has spent nearly two decades on the front lines of foster care. Julie and her husband fostered for over 18 years and opened their home to more than 100 children through emergenc…

Today’s episode is with our friends Chad and Kyla Kethcart. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Chad and Kyla Kethcart’s journey began in the creative pulse of Chicago … he a musician, she an artist … bound by both love and struggle. When life’s storms hit in 2020, they were forced to confront what truly mattered. Out of hards…

Today’s episode is with our friend Pam McCue. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. After a distinguished 30-year career as a senior executive in the U.S. Department of Defense, Pam McCue could have easily settled into a quiet retirement. Instead, she turned her lifelong curiosity toward one of the most studied (and most mysteri…

Today’s episode is with our friend Griffin Long. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Griffin and his wife Rachel live in Canton, OH with their three children Isaiah, Thomas, and Ely. Griffin is a founder and Executive Director of Sacred Ground, a faith based nonprofit whose mission is to cultivate an environment of belonging a…

Today’s episode is with our dear friend Josh Thomas. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. As Co-Founder of The Homesteading Family and School of Traditional Skills, Josh partners with experts in the homesteading world to help people learn the skills they need to create a healthy, free, and secure life. Welcome to the Plain Valu…

Today’s episode is with our dear friends Gabe and Mandy. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Gabe McCauley is an actor and film director as well as the founder of the production companies, Soul Feather Studios and lilDRAGON. He has directed over eight seasons of television, feature films, commercials, and music videos. Gabe li…

Today’s episode is with our dear friends Ryan and Sara. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Ryan Heckert is first and foremost a Jesus follower, husband, and father. He’s also CEO at TWi and lover of photography, bigfoot lore, baseball, golf and fantasy football. Welcome to the Plain Values Podcast, please meet our friends, Ry…

Today’s episode is with our dear friend Sam Burchfield. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Sam Burchfield is a musician. But wait, that’s an understatement … Rooted in South Carolina and tempered by years of chasing and then rejecting “sparkly” offers from TV and major labels, Sam has learned the value of community, autonomy,…

Today’s episode is with our dear friend Dave Stauffer. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Dave is the Executive Director of SpringHaven Counseling Center with more than 30 years’ experience in community mental health, residential care, and private practice. A licensed professional clinical counselor and supervisor, he works w…

Today’s episode is with our dear friend Steve Axtell. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com. Steve Axtell is the founder of Axtell Expressions, a world-renowned puppet and animatronics company whose creations are used by performers in more than 80 countries. From Disney and Universal to Broadway, Ripley’s, schools, and churches, …

Today’s episode is with our dear friend David Stelzer. Learn more about Plain Values at https://www.plainvalues.com. David Stelzer is the founder and CEO of the now legendary Azure Standard. He started farming as a teenager in the 1970s (!) and that passion for real food has never stopped since. He’s a man on a mission, and his story is fascinating…

Today’s episode is with our dear friend Joel Salatin. Learn more about Plain Values at www.plainvalues.com. How do you describe a man like Joel Salatin? He’s been an absolute force of nature on the public scene for more than 45 years. Farmer, innovator, thinker, speaker, frontline leader, Christian, humble, father, friend, debater, writer, all arou…

Today’s episode is with our dear friend Tristan Griffin. Learn more about Plain Values at www.plainvalues.com. Tristan began a beautiful project with his daughter's future in mind. He and his wife moved the family from Texas (leaving his career in law) and started up Farming with Friends. Farming with Friends provides meaningful work for a small te…

Today’s episode is with our dear friends from just down the road, Dale Cramer and John Schmid. Learn more about Plain Values at www.plainvalues.com. I was introduced to Dale Cramer through an old family friend, John, and the tale he told was one I couldn't let lie. A young Amish man running away from home, joining the Army and lying about his name,…

Today’s episode is with our dear friends from just down the road, Shawn and Beth Dougherty. Learn more about Plain Values at www.plainvalues.com. Shawn and Beth bring light everywhere they go. Today, they join us in an incredible conversation about homesteading, family, tragedy, and living a life on terms dictated by our heavenly Father. This conve…