Liberty Spenders™

Most businesses don't have a lead problem. They have a positioning problem. Kurt Luidhardt sits down with Nas Vou, founder of Do It Digital, to explore why LinkedIn remains one of the most overlooked growth channels for founders, consultants, recruiters, and service businesses. Instead of relying on paid ads or cold pitches, Nas shares a different approach built around visibility, relationships, a...

Most businesses don't have a marketing problem. They have a positioning problem. Kurt Luidhardt sits down with Chance Benbow, CEO of JDA Worldwide, to explore why brands waste money chasing tactics before they've built a story people actually care about. The conversation traces the growth of JDA, from landing Museum of the Bible to becoming one of the country's fastest growing agencies. They also...

We can build in a day what used to take months. Sometimes Mike Koenigs even demonstrates that live from the stage. As an entrepreneur, author, and AI strategist, Mike joins Kurt and Kristen to explore how AI is collapsing the time between idea and execution. From building software prototypes and marketing assets to creating presentations and testing entirely new business concepts, Mike shares why...

What does it take to lead a Christian university without compromising its mission? Indiana Wesleyan University President, Dr. Jon Kulaga, joins Kurt Luidhardt to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing higher education today, the importance of remaining grounded in a Christ-centered mission, and why authentic institutions are seeing renewed interest from families seeking more than career p...

A sixth grade classroom visit changed everything. What Sherronna Bishop found inside her son's school raised questions that eventually pulled her far beyond the classroom and into some of the biggest education battles in the country. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt sit down with Sherronna to discuss why school boards became a national flashpoint, what most parents miss about how education policy is sha...

Jeremy Weisz was a practicing chiropractor when he stumbled into something that would eventually lead him to sell that business and go all in on podcasting. He's interviewed founders from Pixar, Atari, P90X, RXBAR, and hundreds of other companies. But the path from chiropractor to podcast entrepreneur looked nothing like a traditional business plan. Kurt Luidhardt sits down with Jeremy to explore...

Businesses rarely break because they lack systems. They break because leaders carry too much themselves, priorities compete for attention, and teams lose alignment. Hassan Bash joins Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt to explain why operational clarity starts long before SOPs, why accountability follows conviction, and how growing companies create bottlenecks when everything flows through the founder. The...

A company can hire a proven executive and still end up with the wrong leader. Kip Knippel, president and CEO of KIP Search, joins Kurt Luidhardt to discuss why culture fit often matters more than talent when hiring senior leaders. A candidate can look perfect on paper, but if their values don't align with the organization, the costs can extend far beyond a bad hire. The conversation explores retai...

After 13 years as an Army Ranger and nine combat deployments, Brett Baker thought he knew exactly what he was built to do… Then he left the military. What started as a solution for military spouses struggling to maintain careers through constant relocations eventually became a mission. Brett joins Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt to share how VAUSA evolved from a remote staffing company into a mission-f...

Capitalism has its lowest approval rating in America in more than 20 years. Alexander McCobin believes that's not because capitalism failed. It's because too few business leaders are willing to explain what capitalism actually is. As founder and CEO of Liberty Ventures, Alexander is building a network of investors, executives, and entrepreneurs committed to creating value, growing businesses, and...

Most people start a podcast hoping for more downloads, bigger rankings, or a larger audience. Seth Greene built his strategy around a different outcome. Instead of treating podcasting as a media business, he uses it to create access to the people who already have the trust of his ideal customers. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt sit down with Seth to unpack why podcasts may be the greatest relationship...

Max Krupp spent 28 years in Special Forces operating inside high pressure systems where responsibility could not be handed off to someone else. When retirement came, the next step looked obvious. Corporate leadership. Consulting. Executive life. But instead, Max Krupp bought cattle and land and built a one man ranch where he still handles nearly every part of the operation himself. Kristen Luidhar...

People are flooding the internet with AI-generated content faster than ever, making authentic human stories more necessary than ever–especially for believers who want to shape culture instead of letting algorithms shape it for us. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt sit down with bestselling ghostwriter and Silversmith Press founder Joanna Hunt to explore writing, publishing, storytelling, creativity, and...

America didn’t lose its political footing overnight. Gabriel Rench argues the deeper collapse happened earlier, inside churches, families, and the slow separation of faith from everyday life. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt sit down with Gabe, co-host of CrossPolitic and founder of Fight Laugh Feast, to unpack why politics became downstream from culture and why culture became downstream from disciplesh...

He started making grenade shaped soap in his garage because he was tired of building someone else’s company. What began as a side hustle slowly turned into a business that depended entirely on him. Every batch. Every order. Every decision. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt sit down with Chris McKinney, US Marine Corps veteran founder of K Bar Soap Company, to talk about the founder trap most entrepreneur...

Parents no longer trust much of the entertainment made for their children. Couples operate like opponents instead of teammates. Businesses create fragmented customer experiences because marketing, operations, and communication no longer work together… Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt speak with founders at the U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce SWC 2026 working across entertainment, marriage coaching, t...

Growth usually gets framed as momentum, expansion, or visibility–but these conversations focus on what happens when growth collides with pressure, cultural instability, leadership strain, and life’s sudden changes. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt record live at the U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce SWC 2026 in Orlando, speaking with leaders across business systems, workplace education, media, and glob...

Pressure creates movement, but movement alone doesn’t build something stable enough to last through hardship, growth, or transition. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt record live at the U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce SWC 2026 in Orlando, speaking with leaders across prison ministry, business coaching, marriage, and Israel advocacy–each describing how faith becomes practical when it reshapes systems,...

Grinding harder shows up as progress…until it starts creating the very problems founders are trying to solve. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt were on site at the U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce SWC 2026 conference, talking with founders across the event, each one pointing to a different moment where effort stopped working and alignment had to take over. With Kristen behind the camera, enjoy these co...

A 14-year sentence didn’t start the fight… It forced a new one. Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt sit down with Jeff Martinovich, who went from running a billion dollar wealth management firm to federal prison after cooperating with regulators during the financial crisis. By the time the case reached trial, public allegations had already collapsed the business and stripped away capital, reputation, and l...

A two year war ends and the expected collapse…never comes. Evan Liberman, founder of Wise Money Israel, sits down with Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt as Israel’s market outperforms during conflict, forcing investors to reconsider long held assumptions about risk. Valuations remain lower than US markets even as returns climb, while the shekel continues strengthening through long term structural demand....

Growth introduces a problem most owners don’t see until it’s already affecting the business. Karl Maier focuses on the moment when selling more no longer solves what’s happening underneath the surface. In this conversation with Kurt and Kristin Luidhardt, Karl walks through a business that expanded across multiple locations while continuing to rely on the same sales driven approach that worked ear...

Andrew Riddaugh built his company around a problem most business owners ignore–they depend on systems that can shut them out instantly. In this conversation with Kurt and Kristen Luidhardt, Andrew traces his path from presidential advance and the 2020 campaign to launching Liberation Technology Services after watching platforms remove access and control communication through vague enforcement. Tha...

John Hulen built his work around a connection most leaders overlook: how unresolved issues at home directly impact performance at work. In this conversation with Kurt Luidhardt, John walks through his path from ministry to entrepreneurship, including a failed startup and a divorce that forced him to confront how he handled relationships. That reality shows up inside companies where employees disen...

Avi Vatsa built multiple companies across marketing, AI, and software while working long hours and trying to manage everything himself. In this conversation with Kurt Luidhardt, Avi traces how that approach created constant bottlenecks, forcing him to confront the limits of doing the work alone. That pattern showed up in stalled growth, slow execution, and the repeated ceiling that came from relyi...