Words With Wags

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Each week, Words With Wags will bring you a completely new conversation with someone from a different background who has an interesting story or perspective to share. Hosted by Aaron Wagner - or Wags as people have been calling him since he was a kid - Words With Wags will feature interesting people from various backgrounds in sports, music, marketing, politics, religion, pop culture, technology, as well as people who are doing great things, overcoming challenges, or just making the world a better place. There are stories that haven’t been told and are just out there waiting to be discovered. Those stories now have a home on Words With Wags.

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Episodes

TikToker Zac Brady on living with a disability and social media fame

On this week's episode, Wags is joined by Zac Brady. Zac has amassed more than 60,000 followers on TikTok in less than a year by sharing his journey of living with a disability. Using sarcasm and self-deprecating humor, he gives glimpses into his life and how he's a normal person just like everyone else. Zac shares what it's been like to build the following he has on social media, the social and physical challenges of his disability, the importance of staying active, having a great sense of humo...

Oct 20, 2021•36 min

Ray and Maria Sorensen - The Freedom Rock (Ep. 004)

On this week's episode, Wags is joined by Ray and Maria Sorensen - the couple behind The Freedom Rock in Iowa. The Freedom Rock is a mural painted on large rocks and boulders across the state of Iowa, honoring and paying tribute to our nation's veterans. They share how the idea of The Freedom Rock originated and how it turned into a state-wide tour. We also chat about growing up in a small Midwest town, Greek heritage, getting into state politics, and teaching their kids about America in today's...

Oct 13, 2021•48 min

Rising country artist and entrepreneur Jess Antonette (Ep. 003)

Rising country music artist Jess Antonette joins the podcast with Wags to chat about her journey from New York to Nashville and everything that happened along the way. She shares what she learned from her experience singing background vocals on tours with some pretty well-known artists and why she decided to set out on her own solo artistry career. More than just an artist, Jess runs her own events company and recently started a non-profit shortly after arriving in Nashville. 01:35 - Growing up ...

Oct 06, 2021•32 min

American Conservation Coalition Policy Director Chris Barnard (Ep. 002)

The phrases "climate" and "climate change" tend to get people fired up, as one side of the political spectrum dominates the conversation - but that narrative is changing. Chris Barnard, Policy Director of American Conservation Coalition (ACC) joins Wags to talk about what talking heads get so wrong, dispelling the myths, highlighting the things to actually be concerned about, and what free-market climate action looks like. 02:50 - What is ACC? 06:00 - Defining what climate change actually is 12:...

Sep 29, 2021•37 min

Hit country music songwriter Jordan Walker (Ep. 001)

In the debut episode, Wags is joined by hit country music songwriter Jordan Walker. The songwriter of Luke Combs' smash hit "When It Rains It Pours" and former member of the fan-favorite duo Walker McGuire, Jordan talks about growing up in Texas as a Packers fan, his start in music as a kid in the school choir, making the move to Nashville, touring as a duo, writing hit songs with some of the most talented people in Nashville, and life as a new dad. 00:02:25 - Packers slow start to the season an...

Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 42 min

Introducing Words With Wags

Aug 21, 2021•1 min

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