Another year has passed, and if you’re new here, every January, I do the state of the podcast, explaining where I’ve been, where I’m at, and where we’re going with the podcast. It’s a simple recap, and a fun way really for me to track progress, and for you to play along. Find out more about the misfit heroes podcast at www.misfit-heroes.com and www.beacons.ai/misfitheroes
Julian Brown took it upon himself to use his love for the environment and develop a microwave pyrolisis reactor, a device that recycles any type of carbon matter into fuels like natural gas, diesel, and jet fuel. He started this project without any formal training or knowledge of chemical engineering, and begun his research using google searches. His device has evolved through 5 generations, and his Mark V prototype has potential to create enough fuel to power a building. His goal to combat plas...
In this episode, Chris has a conversation with the ChatGPT AI algorithm. The GPT4 algorithm by OpenAI has tremendous potential to change the world of technology, and its simplicity and ease of use is simply remarkable. With a simple search string, users can create websites, pieces of code, write music, get gift ideas, pretty much anything you could think of, just by asking in the form of a question. We discuss the impact of technology and widespread use of AI on the economy, some of the repercus...
Steven Nogueira is a Christian twitch streamer that uses the medium of gaming and e sports to share the love and hope of the message of Jesus Christ to randoms that he plays video games with online. His passion and love for God has helped him create a community of over 260,000 followers around the world, and developed a promising new way for pastors to reach new believers. Using the online moniker PastorStevenN, Steven enriches and helps his community grow through weekly prayer requests and chat...
Jeff Bermant is the creator of Tusk Browser, a web browser that was designed to fight censorship and promote free speech online. For nearly 20 years, Jeff has been creating web browsers and online utilities with a focus on privacy and data protection. His previous project, Cocoon, was a browser platform designed to pay users for the data that is used by advertisers to target them. Tusk Browser has seen significant growth recently due to the mainstream news companies self censoring news stories t...
Greg Wiens is a mennonite pastor in Canada who was inspired by the efforts of a military vet in an issue of National Geographic magazine. While reading an article about the efforts made to offer eyeglasses to people in third world countries, Greg and his partner devised an efficient and cost-effective method of giving eye exams to those less fortunate. The exam takes seconds, and has improved the quality of life for people in underserved communities around the globe. His program recently went vi...
Josh Cliffords is the CEO of Free Water, an Austin, TX based startup that is the first free beverage company that uses ads placed on their labels to not only pay for their business cost, but also donate at least ten cents to charity per bottle. Not only does his unique idea have potential to flip the beverage industry upside down, he also wants to make free grocery stores as well. Freewater's tiktok has recently outgrown the following of corporate accounts like coke and pepsi. We discuss in-dept...
Have you ever wanted to help the less fortunate but maybe don’t have the wherewithal or financial capacity to help others yourself? If so, you need to listen to this episode. This is a common occurrence, and unfortunately a tough reality in america. How many times have you seen someone begging on a street corner and literally hundreds of cars driving by without any attention given? Couple that with the fact that according to a 2021 study by the national law center on homelessness and poverty , n...
Kimberly Moses is an author, speaker, pastor, and the creator of Rejoice International, a Christian ministry that leads women out of the adult entertainment industry and into a life of Christ. From the age of 13, Kimberly began stripping at house parties, and eventually began working at gentleman's clubs at the age of 18, until a chance encounter at an auto accident led her to pursue her faith, and create a relationship with Jesus Christ. Now, she leads women from the same clubs she danced in, t...
Shelly served in the United States Army Reserves for 16 years as an Intelligence Officer and now is a small business owner and ordained minister, advocating for selfless service in action. Attaining the rank of Captain, Shelly served as an S2, a Company Commander and more, leading covert intelligence briefings and orchestrating security programs for nearly 4,000 Soldiers. Her military awards include the Shield of Sparta and the St. Joan D’Arc. A Distinguished Military Graduate from Western Michi...
Bonnie Hardy is a mindset, life, and gratitude coach based out of Central Florida. She is also the owner of Rock Solid Coaching. Bonnie was the first person I met on my trip to Podfest in Orlando, Florida. She had recently became homeless, and was sleeping outside of the event on a park bench becuase she recieved tickets from one of the speakers in an online Facebook contest. Bonnie's dream is to empower the less fortunate, and teach the principles of gratitude, morality, and kindness to everyon...
THIS IS PART 2 OF A 2 PART EPISODE. FOR PART ONE, CLICK HERE: Christina Dent is a mother, foster parent, and executive director of the nonprofit End It For Good, a christian Mississippi based company that aims to end the drug war in America using compassion. From a young age, Christina was raised to believe a certain set of principles. She believed that people who went to jail for drugs were supposed to be incarcerated, that they were mere criminals and nothing further. Then she met some of the ...
Christina Dent is a mother, foster parent, and executive director of the nonprofit End It For Good, a christian Mississippi based company that aims to end the drug war in America using compassion. From a young age, Christina was raised to believe a certain set of principles. She believed that people who went to jail for drugs were supposed to be incarcerated, that they were mere criminals and nothing further. Then she met some of the children''s parents who she was fostering during incarceration...
Christina Dent is a mother, foster parent, and executive director of the nonprofit End It For Good, a christian Mississippi based company that aims to end the drug war in America using compassion. From a young age, Christina was raised to believe a certain set of principles. She believed that people who went to jail for drugs were supposed to be incarcerated, that they were mere criminals and nothing further. Then she met some of the children''s parents who she was fostering during incarceration...
Connor Boyack is the creator of the Tuttle Twins series of books, a children’s book series that teaches children positive moral values in fun and character driven stories. The Tuttle Twins books teach children positive moral values like the golden rule, non-aggression, how inflation works and why prices of the items we buy keep increasing, individual rights, justice, and what a free market is. He is also the founder of the Libertas Institute, and has worked to help establish laws in his home sta...
Seth Silvers is the CEO of StoryOn Media, and host of his podcast "The Business", which is being launched this year as a 10,000 piece NFT collection. Seth was a presenter in Orlando, Florida at Podfest, and when he mentioned his new podcast was going to be released solely as an NFT, I had to find out what all the buzz was about. We discuss what NFTs are in layman's terms, how the purpose is being overweighed by the passion when people currently talk about NFTs, the actual real world utility of N...
Sam Mitchell is the host of the Autism rocks & rolls podcast, an insightful look into the everyday life of someone with high functioning autism. Sam has recently started a nonprofit that empowers people with low functioning autism to find job opportunities and discover hope and fulfillment in their personal lives. We discuss the treatment and portrayal of people with Autism in media, his new nonprofit that was created because of his podcast to raise awareness and teach others on the spectrum...
Always Banks is the creator and executive director of the princess program foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that brings joy to children with terminal illnesses by offering in person and zoom meetings with princesses. Since 2017, Banks and her merry group of volunteers have been delighting children with terminal illnesses across the United States and internationally, all while she is also working on her own personal nursing degree. According to the national cancer institute, each year in the United ...
Always Banks is the creator and executive director of the princess program foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that brings joy to children with terminal illnesses by offering in person and zoom meetings with princesses. Since 2017, Banks and her merry group of volunteers have been delighting children with terminal illnesses across the United States and internationally, all while she is also working on her own personal nursing degree. According to the national cancer institute, each year in the United ...
Brandon Lopez is the CEO and executive director of The Embrace Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that provides insulin and diabetes testing supplies for type 1 and 2 diabetics that can not afford to pay for them. Since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of seven years old, Brandon has dealt with the financial and healthcare woes that many diabetics in America suffer regularly. Diabetes is the seventh highest cause of death in the United States of America, and in 2018, the Center for Dis...
Seth & Roxanne Brown are youth pastors at Coastal Family Church in Nags Head, North Carolina. For the last 5 years, Seth and Roxanne have been in missions work in Montrouis, Haiti, sharing the love and gospel of Jesus Christ with the people of this beautiful country. Haiti was widely in the international news media when they experienced a 7.0 earthquake, which caused an estimated 300k deaths, and more than one million injuries in a country with a population of 10 million people. In the 12 ye...
Seth & Roxanne Brown are youth pastors at Coastal Family Church in Nags Head, North Carolina. For the last 5 years, Seth and Roxanne have been in missions work in Montrouis, Haiti, sharing the love and gospel of Jesus Christ with the people of this beautiful country. Haiti was widely in the international news media when they experienced a 7.0 earthquake, which caused an estimated 300k deaths, and more than one million injuries in a country with a population of 10 million people. In the 12 ye...
Preston Hocker is a father, personal protection agent, associate pastor, and Christian MMA fighter who goes by the "Pastor of Disaster" in the MMA world. His MMA fight record is 5-4, and he has been fighting in various styles of combat sports for over 10 years. Preston is also the creator of Savage Dads, an online community where fathers can share knowledge and inspire each other to lead and parent their children with intensity. His background in combat sports and personal security has led him t...
Preston Hocker is a father, personal protection agent, associate pastor, and Christian MMA fighter who goes by the "Pastor of Disaster" in the MMA world. His MMA fight record is 5-4, and he has been fighting in various styles of combat sports for over 10 years. Preston is also the creator of Savage Dads, an online community where fathers can share knowledge and inspire each other to lead and parent their children with intensity. His background in combat sports and personal security has led him t...
This episode, Chris details the five things that he wish he knew before getting into podcasting. The results might not be what you think. This is a response to being interviewed by Authority Magazine and Buzzfeed. View that article here: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/chris-satterwhite-of-the-misfit-heroes-podcast-on-the-book-that-changed-his-life-7ba15fe6b708Find out more about the podcast at www.misfit-heroes.com and www.beacons.ai/misfitheroes Check out the new patreon page at https://...
This episode, Chris details the five things that he wish he knew before getting into podcasting. The results might not be what you think. Find out more about the podcast at www.misfit-heroes.com and www.beacons.ai/misfitheroes Check out the new patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Misfitheroes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/misfitheroespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitheroes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/misfitheroes1 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@misfitheroes Youtube: htt...
Danny Sanchez is the creator and executive director of The City Peace Project, a San Jose, CA based nonprofit that works to get gang members out of gangs and leading healthir lives through mentoring and leadership programs. From a very young age, Danny seemed almost destined for gang life, and battled with alchoholism, anger, violence, and death surrounding him until he surrendered his life to Jesus in prison. His new book, "Post Traumatic Quest: My Journey to Transcend Trauma, Turn My Pain Into...
Danny Sanchez is the creator and executive director of The City Peace Project, a San Jose, CA based nonprofit that works to get gang members out of gangs and leading healthir lives through mentoring and leadership programs. From a very young age, Danny seemed almost destined for gang life, and battled with alchoholism, anger, violence, and death surrounding him until he surrendered his life to Jesus in prison. His new book, "Post Traumatic Quest: My Journey to Transcend Trauma, Turn My Pain Into...
Nathan Stuck is the creator of B Local Georgia, a Georgia based nonprofit that focuses on helping companies get b corp certified, and use their business as a force for good. Nathan is an award winning leader in the B Corp community. In addition to his role as the Director of Corporate Culture & Strategic Impact at Ad Victoriam Solution, a certified B Corp, he also founded and runs B Local Georgia, a nonprofit dedicated to growing the number of purpose-driven businesses in the Peach State. Na...
Nathan Stuck is the creator of B Local Georgia, a Georgia based nonprofit that focuses on helping companies get b corp certified, and use their business as a force for good. Nathan is an award winning leader in the B Corp community. In addition to his role as the Director of Corporate Culture & Strategic Impact at Ad Victoriam Solution, a certified B Corp, he also founded and runs B Local Georgia, a nonprofit dedicated to growing the number of purpose-driven businesses in the Peach State. Na...
