Living It Loud

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Annemarie Smith is a visionary leader with 25+ years of experience strategizing with multimillion dollar companies to further their success. As a business owner and longtime mentor, Annemarie brings business acumen and a deep heart for service into her role as Love INC’s Executive Director.   Annemarie is looking forward to this new role with Love INC because of the ch...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Rich Vreeland loves Jesus, his girlfriend/wife Patti, and motorcycles. As a Harley Davidson dealership owner with his brother for 35 years in Pennsylvania, in 2025 they closed the dealership to allow themselves more freedom to share the Gospel wherever God was leading them. Rich and Patti are spending the summer serving with A Christian Ministry in the National Parks,...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Warren and Arlene Johnson   Northern Minnesota natives Warren and Arlene Johnson have been together since they were 17. In the decades between way-back-when and today, they've built an extraordinary life together, raising son Kurt – a 42-time national event winner – and earning six NHRA and two IHRA championships. W.J. was a pioneer in the ultra-competitive class...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Jeffrey Alumbaugh grew up in Aurora, Colorado, where some of his earliest memories are sitting on the living room floor with a box of crayons, drawing for hours and letting his imagination run. That early passion eventually turned into a hands-on career as an artist, painting everything from billboards on the Las Vegas Strip alongside some of the nation’s top billboard...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Joe and Marla Truitt are the founders of Best Day Ministries, a faith-driven ministry dedicated to creating belonging, purpose, and opportunity for people of all abilities. Inspired by their son Seth, who has Down syndrome, Joe and Marla began building spaces where individuals with diverse abilities are celebrated for their gifts. Their work includes Joy House, a nonpr...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Rich Karlis was a placekicker for nine seasons for the Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, and Detroit Lions in the NFL from 1982 to 1990. He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats and is known as the last of the field goal kickers who kicked barefoot full-time in the NFL. Karlis is best known for kicking the game-winning field goal in overtime for Denver a...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD:  Buddy Hull, a third generation drag racer, has built a thriving business and racing career from humble beginnings in central Illinois. He grew up with a strong work ethic doing chores, mowing lawns, odd jobs, and as a young man even working in NHRA Funny Car legend Tim Wilkerson’s garage. He took up powerlifting as a young adult and for a period was among the Top-5 ra...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Erica Mallery is a coach, podcaster, founder of ShameOver —and the hype girl women didn’t know they needed when it comes to alcohol + life! She helps women ditch the shame spiral, drink less without quitting completely, and build a relationship with alcohol that actually supports the life they want to live. Think: more energy, fewer regrets, and drinks that are enjoyed...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD:  Taylor McGregor is a college football and UFL sideline reporter for ESPN, joining the network in September 2019. McGregor currently teams up every Saturday with Dave Pasch and Dusty Dvoracek to call games around the country, primarily on ESPN and ABC. McGregor also serves as a host for Marquee Sports Network in Chicago, where she is also the lead reporter on Cubs game...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Flyin’ Ryan Oehler  Flyin’ Ryan Oehler (born May 2, 1984) is a professional motorcycle drag racer from Bloomington, Illinois, and a proven championship competitor at the highest levels of the sport. Known for his consistency, mechanical understanding, and competitive drive, Oehler has built a respected career across multiple sanctioning bodies.  Oehler is the owner of...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: STEVEN TAYLOR An active performer in concert, on stage, and as a voice actor, Steven most recently performed as the Apostle Luke with Dave LeMieux and Blue Gospel Scripts’ presentation of, The Newborn King. Often sought after as a teaching artist and narrator, Steven serves as Dean of the School of Music at Colorado Christian University. His versatile singing career ra...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Josh Hart is an American race car driver and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Florida. He drives the Burnyzz NHRA Top Fuel Dragster in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series for John Force Racing. Joshua "Josh" Hart was born in Huntington, Indiana. In 2010 Josh and his wife, Brittanie, moved to Ocala, Florida and founded Burn...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: "Big Daddy" Don Garlits is an American race car driver and engineer, and a revered figure in drag racing. Born in Tampa, Florida in 1932, Garlits developed his mechanical skills fixing farm equipment and bikes. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame as an inaugural member and is considered the godfather of drag racing. Garlits is an NHRA World Cham...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: "Big Daddy" Don Garlits is an American race car driver and engineer, and a revered figure in drag racing. Born in Tampa, Florida in 1932, Garlits developed his mechanical skills fixing farm equipment and bikes. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame as an inaugural member and is considered the godfather of drag racing. Garlits is an NHRA World Cham...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD:  Jerry Schemmel, in the fall of 2025, wrapped up his 14th and final season as a Radio Announcer for the Colorado Rockies. He was the broadcast voice of the Denver Nuggets for 18 seasons, from 1992 to 2010, also working both radio and television. Prior to the Nuggets, he spent two seasons as a broadcaster for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Schemmel is the author of the boo...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Libby Noeth serves as the Greater Denver Collegiate Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where she works to engage, equip, and empower athletes, coaches, and staff. She has been part of FCA for over eight years and has spent the last year and a half in her current role. Driven by her love for the intersection of sports, relationships, and faith, she is pa...

This week on Living it Loud: Jack Pelon of Lakewood, Colorado is retired from a 52 year career in Denver radio. He started his radio career at KLIR and KRKS Radio in Denver in 1969.  After managing KRKS for several years he then managed KWBI radio with Colorado Christian University. After KWBI was sold to K love he became general manager of KPOF radio in Denver until he retired in 2022. During his...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Two-wheel racing legend Larry “Spiderman” McBride is motorcycle drag racing’s most accomplished and popular racer for good reason. For more than three decades McBride has dominated the Top Fuel Motorcycle category, amassing more than 20 world championships and numerous elapsed-time and speed records.  McBride, who earned his nickname for his signature riding style, has...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Brian Laurence has been the General Manager at Colorado National Speedway, the last asphalt short track located 30 minutes north of Denver just off I-25 in Dacono for the past 14 years.  As a native of Colorado, he grew up in Silverthorne on the ski slopes and on a snowmobile.  After earning his undergrad at DU, Brian attended law school at DU and clerked for two judge...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Ken Ham is the Founder of Answers in Genesis, the highly acclaimed Creation Museum, and the world-renowned Ark Encounter, he is the author of more than 30 books.  Ken and his wife, Mally, reside in Northern Kentucky.  They have five children and 18 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren! Tune in live each week at 8am MST on Wednesdays (re-air at 6pm MST on Fridays) o...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Darden K. Coors, the Head of Lettuce (CEO) of Salad Collective — the fast-casual restaurant group behind MAD Greens, Snappy Salads, and Tokyo Joe’s 🍃🥗🍣 Since joining in 2013, Darden has helped grow the company from 12 restaurants to 60 locations across the U.S., leading major expansions including the merger with Snappy Salads and the acquisition of Tokyo Joe’s. A tr...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Kenny Youngblood  From the kitchen table to motorsport legend 🏁 At 15, Kenny Youngblood was sketching dragsters in Rosemead, CA when his mom said, “Someday you’ll get paid for doing that.” She was right. From painting icons like the Snake & Mongoose and Blue Max to creating ZZ Top’s Eliminator hot rod and Dale Earnhardt’s famous “3,” Kenny’s “Blood Did It” mark be...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Matt & Harri (aka Teresa) met almost 24 years ago. Both worked in Radio and loved the Lord! Matt continued in the broadcasting and musical world and leading worship, while Harri broke off during their move to Colorado into a career in ministry and church. They just moved to Iowa where Matt is now Programming and Operations Manager for Iowa PBS. He's also Worsh...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: Larry Dixon:   Three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion and 2021 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee Larry Dixon is a legend in the sport of drag racing. Dixon won NHRA Top Fuel World Championships in 2002, 2003 and 2010. The second-generation Top Fuel racer is the third winningest Top Fuel driver in NHRA history with 62 wins. Dixon grew up in Southern California whe...

This week on LIVING IT LOUD: As the former driver of the Make-A-Wish Funny Car for Don Schumacher racing, Tommy Johnson Jr. began racing when he was eight years old and earned his NHRA competition license when he was 15 years old.  He went on to race in Super Gas, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Top Fuel; and Funny Car, logging 25 career wins.  In 2019, he won the Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway...