Best Ryan Peterman Podcasts (2026)

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Anthropic Eng Leader And Ex-Senior Director at Meta On Microsoft vs Facebook, Career Learnings 29:49

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Fiona Fung currently supports the Claude Code team at Anthropic and was previously a Senior Director at Meta. She grew quickly through the ranks at Microsoft and Meta before joining Anthropic. I interviewed her about what she learned along the way. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/anthropic-eng-leader-and-ex-senior • YouTub…

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Best Software Engineering Career Advice of 2025 16:20

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Hi all, it's been such a fun project for me this year launching this podcast and trying my best to make the content as helpful as possibleAppreciate everyone who has taken the time to watch my videos and give feedback on how to make it betterIt wouldn't be the same without your support! Next year I plan to work hard to keep improving the content, s…

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Frontline Manager at Meta to Senior Director at Snapchat in 3 Years (Career Story) 42:28

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Rong Yan went from a frontline manager at Meta to a Senior Director at Snapchat in 3 years. I interviewed him to ask what led to that rocketship career trajectory in management. We went over how he job hopped into his first Director role and much more. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/frontline-manager-at-meta-to-senior • Y…

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Boris Cherny (Creator of Claude Code) On How His Career Grew 1:24:31

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Boris Cherny is the Creator of Claude Code but few people know his full career story. I interviewed him about everything he learned growing at Meta and for insights from his time building Claude Code at Anthropic. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/boris-cherny-creator-of-claude-code • YouTube: https://youtu.be/AmdLVWMdjOk • …

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Instagram Senior Staff Eng (IC7) On 3 Promos Through Redefining Expectations (Career Story) 53:04

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Marius Schulz grew to a Senior Staff Engineer (IC7) at Instagram by redefining expectations three times (once for each promotion). We talked through each promotion and how he did it. There were also interesting learnings from when his promotion got blocked once even though he greatly exceeded expectations. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.d…

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Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings 42:34

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Jayendra Jog left Robinhood and raised $35m to start his own crypto startup (Sei Labs). Before he left, he got jaded about software engineering career ladders yet was coasting through promotions at Robinhood. I asked him about how he did that along with a bunch of questions about when to leave your job, how to raise money, and what to expect as a f…

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CloudKitchens CTO on Intelligence, Regrets, Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick Stories 59:23

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Brian Attwell grew to Senior Staff at Uber by age 25. After that he left Uber to join CloudKitchens (Travis Kalanick’s current startup) and quickly became the CTO after his team doubled in size every 6 months. I asked him about how he did it. He also had a bunch of interesting takes about big tech and stories about Travis Kalanick and Steve Jobs. 𝗣…

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Uber Distinguished Eng On Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets (Career Story) 1:26:52

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Joakim Recht grew to a Distinguished Engineer at Uber and I asked him what it took to get there. We covered his full career including the project that got him promoted, what makes a great software engineer, and learnings from promo committees. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/uber-distinguished-eng-on-unfair • YouTube: http…

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Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets 50:27

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Ilya Grigorik grew to a Distinguished Engineer (VP-level role) at Shopify and I asked him what it took to get there. We covered his full career including the behind the scenes of his startup getting acquired by Google, his growth to Director at Google, and what it means to operate like a Distinguished engineer. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://…

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Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer 1:35:32

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Bobby Holley went from an intern to the CTO of Mozilla Firefox. I asked him about everything he learned in that process. We cover his full career including some interesting stories on living through the browser wars and advice on career growth. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war • Spotify: h…

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Intern to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer in 11 Promotions (Career Story) 1:32:35

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David Fowler went from an intern to a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft. That’s 11 different promotions all at the same company. I asked him about everything he learned by going through that process. 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/intern-to-microsoft-distinguished • YouTube: https://youtu.be/d8tRM8RJ52M • Apple: https:/…

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Ex-Stripe CTO on What Grew His Career, Hiring Without Leetcode, Coding as a Leader (Career Story) 1:59:39

4M ago1:59:39

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David Singleton was the CTO at Stripe for 7 years before he left to start /dev/agents. Prior to Stripe, he grew from a junior engineer to a VP at Google. I recently asked him about everything he knows about career growth and being an excellent engineering leader. We discussed how Stripe hired at scale without Leetcode, why he thinks all engineering…

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Behind the Scenes of this Podcast So Far (25,000 Sub Special) 15:03

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We hit 25,000 subscribers! 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks so much to everyone who has supported my work, never thought we'd be here let alone this fast Had some spare studio time booked and figured I might as well use it as time for an FAQ episode. This episode is for anyone whose curious about some of the story behind the podcast Feeling very lucky, thank you all! 🙏 …

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Meta Senior Manager (M2) on Manager Career Growth, PIPs, Amazon vs Meta | Stefan Mai 1:31:26

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Stefan Mai was a Senior Manager (M2) with experience across Meta and Amazon. We went over his career story in growing to M2 which is equivalent to Senior Staff (IC7) in big tech. Since he started his own company now, he was happy to be fully transparent about the behind the scenes of managing in big tech. Since he founded the interview prep company…

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Instagram Staff (IC6) Promo Despite 10 Team Switches in 9 Years (Career Story) 48:15

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Sash Zats grew to be a Staff Engineer (IC6) at IG despite switching teams 10 times in 9 years. His career journey was a series of jumps to exciting projects and letting career growth happen as a byproduct. I interviewed him to show you how team switches can play out. We discussed: • How 10 team switches in 9 years affected his career • The story be…

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Amazon VP On Promotions, Getting Fired Twice, Working With Bezos | Ethan Evans 53:25

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Ethan Evans went from being fired twice because of poor soft skills to getting promoted to Vice President at Amazon with a team of over 800 engineers. I asked him about everything he learned along the way. We discussed: • Being fired for poor soft skills • What VP promotions look like • Working with Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy (current Amazon CEO) • …

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Tech Lead for Meta's Most-Used Programming Language (Promotion Story) 46:09

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Dwayne Reeves is a Senior Staff Engineer (IC7) at Meta who is the Tech Lead of the most used programming language (Hack) at the company. He started at the company as a new grad from MIT and shared the story of how his career grew. We discussed: • His promotions to Senior (IC5), Staff (IC6), and Senior Staff (IC7) • The value of type systems • Trans…

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GoogleX Chief Scientist On Imposter Syndrome, Career Growth, Project Taste 1:11:26

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Carey Nachenberg was a Chief Scientist at a GoogleX moonshot, a Fellow (senior most eng at Symantec) and a professor at UCLA. I interviewed him about his career story and we discussed: • Story behind his growth to IC10 (VP equivalent) • How high-level IC recruiting works • How imposter syndrome held him back • How to develop “project taste” • How A…

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Meta Senior Staff Eng (IC7) On Zuck Stories, Rapid Career Growth, Code Machine Archetype 1:26:21

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Michael Novati got promoted to Senior Staff (IC7) Eng at Facebook by the age of 27. He did it while the company was still called Facebook so he had a bunch of interesting pre-IPO stories. In our conversation, we discussed: • Growth to Senior Staff (IC7) by 27 • Being the #1 code committer at Meta • Volunteering to resign if his code broke prod • St…

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26 Year Old Meta Staff Eng (IC6) On Promotions, Redefining Expectations, Secret Equity Bonuses 1:17:28

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Simon Kindström is a Staff Software Eng (IC6) at Instagram who joined the company as a new grad and got promoted every year. He also achieved the highest ratings ("Redefines Expectations") twice which is almost unheard of. He shared stories about his high performance including what it's like to receive secret equity bonuses. In this episode, we dis…

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Instagram Principal Engineer (IC8) on Promotions, Breaking Prod, Tech Leading | Jake Bolam 50:25

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Jake Bolam grew from Staff Eng (IC6) to Principal Eng (IC8) at Instagram. He had some hot takes about diff reviews and risk (he accepts diffs that’ll break prod). He also shared interesting stories about his promotions as well as many tips on how to have IC8 impact with a solid work life balance. We discuss: • Struggling initially at Facebook • His…

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OpenAI & Meta Distinguished Engineer (IC9) On Working With Zuck, Carmack & Career Growth | Philip Su 1:20:40

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Philip Su grew to Distinguished Engineer (IC9) at Meta and OpenAI. He has a bunch of interesting stories about working with people like Zuck and John Carmack as well as a ton of advice for software engineers. I was really looking forward to chatting with him and enjoyed this conversation a lot. I hope you find it helpful! In this conversation, we d…

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Industry Secrets We Wish We Knew Before Graduating | Staff Eng Talk @ UCLA 47:57

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Ricky (Google Engineering Manager) and I were recently invited to give a talk at UCLA for the UPE/ACM clubs. We wanted to share the industry secrets that college didn’t teach us about the tech industry, career growth, and more. Students were able to submit questions in advance that we prepared slides for. We received a bunch of interesting question…

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21x Hackathon Winner Turned College Dropout | Jia Chen Interview 34:27

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Jia Chen is a 21 year old that won 21x hackathons and co-founded her own startup, all while being a content creator. She’s worked hard to succeed in tech despite attending a non-target school, and has recently dropped out to work on her startup, Sprint.dev. We discuss: • Winning hackathon strategies • How to stand out as a college student • Content…

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Amazon Principal Engineer On Layoffs, Interviewing & Career Growth | Steve Huynh 1:18:48

10M ago1:18:48

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Steve Huynh became a software engineer at Amazon with a Liberal Arts degree. He started as a Support Engineer and eventually became a Principal Engineer (top ~1% at Amazon) before starting his own career growth YouTube channel, A Life Engineered. We discuss: • Why most interview prep advice is garbage • Why most people don’t become Principal Engine…

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Staff Engineer @ Meta by Age 25 | Evan King 1:57:15

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Evan King went from Junior (IC3) to Staff (IC6) at Meta 3 years out of college. After that he quit FAANG to start a few companies that were each acquired. In this conversation we go over his career growth, his transition to startups and what he learned along the way. We discuss: • What got him promoted to Staff in 3 years • What stands out in Meta’…

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Ex-Meta Staff Eng & YC Startup Cofounder | Rahul Pandey 1:20:14

1y ago1:20:14

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Rahul Pandey (@rpandey1234) grew to Staff at Meta through a few interesting legs of his career: • Stanford to Startup - He joined a startup that one of his professors was starting right out of college. This startup was acquired within a year by Pinterest. • Junior to Mid-level @ Pinterest - His promotion was rejected twice. He appealed the second r…

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28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google 41:59

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Ricky (@findingricky) went from Junior (IC3) to Staff (IC6) at Google by 28. He doesn’t consider himself the best engineer, instead crediting his blend of technical and soft skills for his ability to land promotions quickly. In our conversation, we discuss: • Managing your manager • Finding good projects (and rejecting bad ones) • Imposter syndrome…

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Staff at Airbnb by Age 26 | Zach Wilson 1:06:41

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Zach Wilson is an engineer who grew to Staff (IC6) at Airbnb by age 26. He worked at Meta, Netflix, Airbnb and more recently has started his own company. In our conversation, we discuss: • His promotion from Junior (IC3) to Mid-level (IC4) at Meta • What blocked his promotion to Senior (IC5) at Meta • Job hopping to Senior at Netflix instead • Burn…

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Does evangelicalism hold up in public? ft. Michael Wear 18:01

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Young people today are looking around and wondering whether it's worth holding onto their Christian beliefs in society. Some feel like they have to quarantine their beliefs to be respectful among their peers. Michael Wear is helping evangelicals reclaim their faith message in society as they pursue positions of leadership. Drawing from Neighborly F…

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Are young evangelicals into angry politics? 20:52

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Few know better than Dr. Daniel Bennett about how young evangelicals are approaching politics. As Chair of the political science department at John Brown University, he meets with students every day who are navigating America's tense political landscape and wondering where they fit. In this episode we discuss whether evangelical college students ar…

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The impact of young evangelicals in American politics ft. Ryan Burge 24:35

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Ryan Burge is one of America's most well-known researchers on religion in America. In this episode, Ryan exclaims, "We can't discount the role of evangelicals in American political life... There's not a more important religious group in the political landscape today than evangelical Christian, period. Nothing comes close." The question that remains…

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BSP 6/28 with Andy Picklesimer, Dylan Perry and Tod Hernandez 1:57:08

4+ y ago1:57:08

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The crew sits down to talk with Andy Picklesimer, Dylan Perry, Tod Hernandez

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BSP 6/22 w/ Live Your Dreams MX Bryan & Ryan Meyung, Tyler Slaven & River 1:55:18

4+ y ago1:55:18

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The crew sits down to talk with Live Your Dreams MX Bryan & Ryan Meyung, Tyler Slaven & River

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BSP 6/15 w/ Camryn Kecskes, Landon Gentry, Josh Walker, Lawson Davis and Hamilton Byrd 1:57:57

4+ y ago1:57:57

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The crew sits down to talk with Camryn Kecskes, Landon Gentry, Josh Walker, Lawson Davis and Hamilton Byrd

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BSP 6/8 w/ Jim Gilbert & Dillon Peterman 1:31:07

4+ y ago1:31:07

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The Crew sits down to talk with Jim Gilbert & Dillon Peterman

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BSR - 6/1 with Toni Bethune 1:34:51

4+ y ago1:34:51

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The Crew from Scenic City Motorsports sits down to talk with Tony Bethune about this past weekend's Motocross event at Boyd's.

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BSP 5/25 w/ Scott and Landon Gentry 1:27:11

4+ y ago1:27:11

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The crew sits down to talk with Scott and Landon Gentry as well as talking a little bit about the upcoming Motocross event this weekend.

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BSP - 5/18 w/ Ronnie Johnson, Morris Bice, Bobby Mason and Robby Mason 2:17:07

4+ y ago2:17:07

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The crew sits down to talk with Ronnie Johnson, Morris Bice, Bobby Mason, and Robby Mason. They discuss the role of Joe Lee Johnson on dirt track racing in Chattanooga as well.

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BSP 5/11 with Morris & Beau Bice and Brandan Francis 1:50:51

4+ y ago1:50:51

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The crew sits down to talk with Morris & Beau Bice and Brandan Francis about racing and Boyd's Speedway.

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5/4 with Chuck Christopher and Frankie & Lilly Qualls 2:10:30

4+ y ago2:10:30

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The Crew sits down for the weekly podcast to talk racing with Chuck Christopher and Frankie & Lilly Qualls.

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BSP 4/27 2:13:11

4+ y ago2:13:11

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The Crew sits down to talk about what's going on at Boyd's.

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BSP 4/13 1:42:21

4+ y ago1:42:21

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The Crew sits down to talk about what's going on at Boyd's.

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BSP 4/6 1:19:45

4+ y ago1:19:45

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The Crew sits down to talk about what's going on at Boyd's.

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Asma Uddin and Andrew T. Walker Discuss The Politics of Vulnerability 1:00:35

5y ago1:00:35

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Threats to religious freedom abound. Can evangelical Christians and Muslims cooperate toward a shared future in America in which their freedoms are equally protected and upheld?

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Episode 8 with Brent Lowery 30:36

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This week Larry had a great conversation with Brent Lowery of The D-Swane and B-Low Show as there was plenty to talk about after the live concert with Smith & Wesley and the exciting Shamrock Race! Brent's show was broadcasting live from the event...By Boyd's Speedway Staff

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Episode 7 with Brian Highfield 12:13

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Larry interviews local business owner Brian Highfield from East Ridge, Tn, who has tried his hand at the Enduro race at Boyd's Speedway. Brian had never thought about racing and did not grow up in a racing family. His only exposure to racing was...By Boyd's Speedway Staff

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Episode 6 with Brent Rhodes 12:23

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Larry interview racer Brent Rhodes from Boaz, Al. Brent has been racing since he was 16 and has continued to build on that year after year. He has now been racing for 20 years. Brent tells Larry about his career in law enforcement and the various...By Boyd's Speedway Staff

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Episode 3 18:53

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Cindy was so excited to be able to talk with Larry about racing and Boyd's Speedway. Emerson Russell, local to Chattanooga, bought Boyd's Speedway and has turned it into a family racing thing. How Larry came to joining the Russell Racing team. How did...By Boyd's Speedway Staff

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Episode 2 with Carden and Canon Cochran 21:17

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These 3 brothers Carden (19), Canon (17), and Coleson (15) are a team of racers and wanted to go this direction because it allowed their family a hobby to do together. They talk about cars, family, and how they got to where they are now after a decade...By Boyd's Speedway Staff