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Mike Bassett, a trial lawyer, author, podcaster, friend, and genuinely solid dude , joins Kevin and Stewart in the studio this week for a great hour or so of story telling around being in the ditch and how inflection moments if your life sometimes bring forward a full gamut of life's experiences.  We talk about finding Jesus in the front of the boat, mentorship and friendships, life's le...

This week it’s a podcast TAKEOVER as Kevin and Stewart, in the middle of their peer group retreat, turn over the mics to the OG Mountain Movers … Matt Fisher, David Fultz, Daniel Harris, Kolby May, and Preston Pressley.  The group chats about the value of being known in a community of like-minded people, joys and challenges of parenting, supply chain woes, and a few new books are tossed in to the...

This week Kevin and Stewart sit down this week and recap the last couple shows with Kevin Butler and Eddie Penney, and then chat about Kevin's recent loop of faith, word, obedience, and action.  Our hope is that you can connect and be encouraged by a personal story about daily disciplines leading to intimacy with God.  And maybe there's a little wisdom nugget here that helps move the nee...

Eddie Penney joins Kevin and Stewart in the studio this week for an amazing chat about ... everything . Eddie spent 20 years in the U.S. military, first as a Marine and later as a Navy SEAL assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), better known as SEAL Team Six.  As you can imagine, stories abound over those 20 years and the guys talk through many of them, searching for the...

This week Kevin Butler sits down in studio for a great conversation around growing up, construction, and a lot of basketball.  From Jackson, Mississippi to Arlington, Texas to Oakland, California and back to Texas where Kevin is now the President of Butler & Butler Construction, President of Butler Masonry , and Director of 3-D Sports . The guys do a great job of finding great nuances through...

In this episode, Stewart literally and figuratively takes the guest seat as he chats with Kevin about having recently left the private practice of law and joined Osburn Contractors as their chief legal officer.  The guys talk through how the opportunity developed and the decision points around making a change of this magnitude. We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message here! || Connec...

As the 17Twenty team kicks off the next-100 episodes, they come out swinging with a huge guest, Dan Lombardo, the Chairman of The Board for One Tribe Foundation, formerly known as 22Kill based upon the US Department of Veteran Affairs report that indicated an average of 22 veterans and active military die by suicide every day.  Although 22Kill started as a social media movement to raise awareness...

100 Episodes.  101 hours and 5 minutes of content. 68 guests.  Dozens of book recommendations.  Tens-of-thousands of listens.  Thank you notes.  Coffees.  Lunches.  Connections. ... and uncounted and uncountable stories of growth, change, faith, vulnerability, curiosity, and mountains-moved ... most of which are yet-untold .  We didn't do any of it; you did it.  You listened.  You responded. ...

Kevin and Stewart chat this week about (i) annual goal updates and the value of getting started or restarted today, even there was a fall off over the year (ii) resetting and reevaluating where you're heading, (iii) focusing on the daily practice of being a parent, (iv) an update on things Kevin and Stewart are reading and listening to outside of the prep for the podcast. ... y'all keep...

Mental health and suicide.  Grace demonstrated for entry-level employees.  A new Stewie-Bingo tile. This week's episode balances between a few laughs and a very serious topic.  We hope you enjoy a brief "duos" episode with Kevin and Stewart this week.  And if y'all need anything, don't hesitate to reach out. We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message here! || C...

Despite a well-prepared prep sheet this week by Kevin, Stewart manages to wag the episode all over the studio while the guys chat with Sam Russo,  Pastor at Life. Church Mansfield. Powerful.  Impactful.  Noteworthy.  Real and raw.  This story really has it all.  Growing up in southern Louisiana in a family with an unusual story.  Finding Christ and being on fire for the Church followed by a very d...

This week the 17Twenty crew sits down with Kent Rabalais, the founder and CEO of Kent Studio, a company powered by creatives and technologists who tell redemptive stories that reveal the wonder so often hidden in our world. Kent is often-described as Stewart's oldest friend, dating back to around 1988.  Though the story that's told on this week's podcast starts with an old basketbal...

This week the 17Twenty crew has the honor of sitting down with AT Moore, Retired Force Recon and Special Operations Marine who now works to identify and introduce veterans to the best leaders, companies, and families in America.  From Force Recon Marine to the MARSOC Raiders, to Security Operations Manager for the U.S. Department of State, AT has great stories and lessons to teach the most seasone...

This week we have the opportunity to sit down with Michael Horne, the President and CEO at Parkland Foundation.  This conversation winds through growing up in Brooklyn, lessons learned from a family that highly valued education, reconciliation conversations, living in India, some time spend in Cambridge, a lifelong commitment to education, and now manifesting itself in philanthropic efforts that a...

In this week on the 17Twenty podcast, Kevin and Stewart sit down for a scatter shooting episode including chatter about last week's episode with Jake Thompson, hosting Pine Cove counselors for a week, the state of the construction industry following last week's rate hike, the Warriors winning a title, little things to make employees feel appreciated, and some lessons learned from Coach K...

Happy Monday Mountain Movers!   This week Jake Thompson with Compete Every Day joins 17Twenty for round #2!  Jake had just finished an amazing session with TEXO's Executive Development Partners (EDP) executive group.  Kevin and Jake discussed the main takeaways from the session including hard work vs talent, wanting change vs wanting to change, self-talk strategies, the midnight rule, the wha...

This week Kevin and Stewart have the absolute honor of sitting down with Chris Cassidy, a recent retiree from the Navy following 28 years of service.    After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, Chris served for a decade with the U.S. Navy Seal Teams where he served in Afghanistan merely two weeks after the September 11 attacks.  Chris then served for eighteen years with NASA where he particip...

In this week's episode, Kevin and Stewart sit down to revisit and recap the hot-streak they have been on with the last three-weeks of guest.  The guys talk through some awesome wisdom nuggets from Dale Payne, Chase Wood, and Jeff Wittenberg, and prepare for the next-three-up, as the hot streak continues. Keep Moving Mountains!   We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text message here! ||...

Another week in the studio for the 17Twenty crew, this time with Jeff Wittenberg, the Managing Director & Practice Leader, Construction & Real Estate with Kaye/Bassman International, an executive search and recruitment firm with the simple mission of impacting companies and enhancing careers by providing the finest in professional, executive, technical and scientific search. Jeff talked wi...

In this week's episode the guys sit down in the studio for a fantastically fun recording session with Chase Wood.  Professionally, Chase is the CEO & partner at Kalterra Construction, a turn-key design/build general contractor specializing in the high-end multi-family, retail, and office markets across Texas.  From Tyler, Texas to Zambia, and then back to Dallas, Chase talks with the guys...

This week Kevin and Stewart return to the studio for an amazing conversation with Dale Payne, the chief executive officer of Prism Electric.  Although Prism Electric is powerful electrical trade partner with offices all throughout Texas and into Oklahoma, the conversation rarely lingered there.  Rather, the conversation wandered through Dale's life-giving experiences in the construction indus...

After a technical glitch last week, the 17Twenty crew persisted with the tech support team with the online recording studio.  After a few days of clicking, searching, and looking, the support team located a low-fidelity backup of the files.  So this week, we bring to you the missing episode! In this episode, the crew tackles a few ideas -- life, wife, and Jesus -- around the Masters win of Scottie...

As many of you know, for months Kevin has been working on finding, acquiring, finishing, and moving in to new space for Dynamic Glass.  The process of keeping all the balls in the air and getting this project over the finish line is not for the faint of heart, and consumed a significant amount of time over these last few months.  Now that the move is complete, the 17Twenty team talks through the p...

Dan Bradley joins the 17Twenty crew for an engaging in-studio interview where Dan tells his story from growing up in Colorado Springs as the son of two FBI agents, through his time at the United States Air Force Academy and his training-for and service-within the elite Tactical Air Control Party community within the Air Force Special Warfare unit, to his move to Dallas to join the construction ind...

This week you hear from Grant Hagen, a guy who spends his 9-5 as a Strategic Product Consultant for DroneDeploy.  But if you know Grant, you know that even though he was on the cutting edge of deploying drones on construction sites as a useful tool, he's so much more than the OG of drones.  In this episode you hear Grant's story of learning to love the Lord, grow in his faith, and wrestl...