The Main Thing Podcast

Our special guest Shawn Lesser has a powerful story. You'll hear Shawn's story, along with his crucial wisdom in this special 20-minute bonus episode. As you listen, I encourage you to think about someone who might also need to hear this message. Be ready to share this episode, as it could help to save someone's life. Shawn Lesser is a seasoned finance professional and social entrepreneur, known f...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast! Our wise guest is a multi-talented creative professional who lives to inspire others and help restore hope to struggling people. Ayanna Pope shares her insights on how to use wisdom to create meaningful connections and to empower others. She offers her advice on how to cultivate a mindset of growth and resilience. She also provides a special preview of her latest...

Building a Legacy of Wisdom with Clay Davis: The Power of Presence, Patience, and Reflection Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. Ready to build some wisdom? I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Clay Davis - a podcast host, author and technology executive. We explored his intriguing journey and the philosophy behind his aptly named podcast "Build with Cl...

From 'Watch for Deer' to Wisdom: A Journey of Creativity, Resilience, and Self-Discovery with Pamela Kesling Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. Growing up in the countryside of West Virginia, my dear friend Pamela Kesling was infused with a creative spark that continues to shine brightly in her life today. Her journey is a captivating tapestry of creativity, resil...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast. Our special guest is a savvy, serial entrepreneur with several start-ups and successful exits to his credit. Marc Gorlin is the founder and CEO of Roadie, a UPS Company. Roadie is a logistics management and crowdsourced delivery platform that provides businesses with a faster, cheaper, more scalable delivery solution. Before launching Roadie, Marc co-founded Kabb...

Welcome back to the Main Thing Podcast. Today's special guest is someone who had the honor of flying Air Force One, for President George W. Bush. Mike Grenke is a retired Air Force pilot and Lieutenant Colonel with 21 years of service. He started out flying the KC-135 in the Air Force and then transitioned into flying the nation's leaders in Gulfstream III/IV/V before finishing his career flying A...

In this special episode of The Main Thing, our show host Skip Lineberg switched microphones with entrepreneur Mark Burdette. As Mark interviewed Skip, they explored his journey of hacking wisdom over the past three and a half years. This show was recorded at the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston, WV.   People know Mark Burdette as the voice of entrepreneurship in West Virginia. Whether it...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! This is a special episode. It's the next in our mini-series "Wisdom Revisited," where we are reconnecting with a few of our most popular guests from Seasons 1 & 2. As we revisit those guests and their 'main thing' wisdom, what will we find? Has it remained a primary driving force in their life? Or has something new taken that place of prominence in their hea...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast. Our special guest is a Chicago native who's lived in Nashville for the past 30 years. Maureen Doyle's path has offered her many twists and turns. As the daughter of an Irish immigrant, she has always felt free to follow her own curiosity and passion.   Maureen Doyle's initial career in banking was followed by a call to adventure in the airline industry until...

Discover the power of a 9-minute dose of wisdom.  Each show introduces you to a wise guest who will inspire and enlighten you. In the time it takes you to brew a pot of coffee, unload your dishwasher or fold a load of laundry, you will gain wisdom. Wisdom to help you get unstuck. Wisdom to give you a new perspective. Wisdom to help you level-up for a new life stage. Wisdom in the form of a new Aha...

Welcome back to the Main Thing Podcast! Our special guest, Tom Minturn, is incredibly wise and one of the most generous people I've ever known. Tom Minturn grew up in the mountains of West Virginia, as the son of a pastor. An athlete, he played basketball in high school and college. He earned his master's degree from Liberty University. Tom began his career with Chick-fil-A in 2000 in Lynchburg, V...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! Our special guest, Kate Reed, is a wise and gifted teacher whose passion for discovery will inspire you. Kate Reed works with leaders across West Virginia in her role as Communications & Development Manager at Leadership West Virginia. Kate also works as Co-Founder & President of Wonder & Grow, a non-profit she co-created in 2018. Its mission is to ignite a...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast. I'm your host Skip Lineberg, and I'm thrilled to bring you this very special episode.   Along with millions of business professionals around the world, I discovered Tom Peters in the early 1980s with his break-out, best-selling book In Search of Excellence . I was captivated by Tom's fresh way of looking at companies, cultures and customers. Tom and his co-author...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast! Our wise guest, Connie Cruthirds, is a storyteller, photo-journeyist, and weaver of words. She writes in the style of Mary Oliver and David Whyte, helping readers discover the intriguing life within us all. Her work has been featured in Beyond Knowing, Huffington Post, A Sacred Presence, and Lifeline. Her new book, "The Current" is a collection of soulful poetry...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. Our special guest is an author, manager and dear friend. Steffanie Peterson is also one of the most courageous people I know. On Episode 82, you heard 9 mins. of her wisdom. That was "The Main Thing." Today you get "The Whole Thing." In this 25-minute show, you'll get more of my conversation with this bold dynamo, who's also a gi...

Welcome to the Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host, Skip Lineberg. Our special guest is a powerhouse thinker and connector. He's as gifted in   crafting harmonies and melodies as he is in composing high-impact connections between action-oriented, natural-givers. Tune in to discover the power and impact of David Homan's unique approach to relationships, connections and composing.   David Homan is a c...

Welcome back to the Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host, Skip Lineberg. Our special guest is a dear friend and a bold dream-chaser. Today, you will get a firsthand dose of courage, faith and humor from Steffanie Peterson.     A West Virginia native, Steffanie Peterson is a single mother, who took on the biggest challenge of her life, when she relocated her Broadway-dreaming daughter to the bright li...

Welcome to the Main Thing Podcast! Our special guest today is one of my favorite authors. For more than 30 years Michael Card has endeavored to engage with the text of Scripture, whether through the writing of music and books or in the context of the conference or the classroom. In the course of 30 albums, 22 books and numerous concerts, Michael has invited listeners and readers to honestly wrestl...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast! A shout out of gratitude to my subscribers. And a sincere thank-you to our returning patron, Bill from Tennessee. Folks like Bill help to keep this pipeline of wisdom flowing.  Our special guest today is a wise, insightful and gifted person. Max Knapp is a born and raised West Virginian who prides himself on his curiosity, and attributes his open-mindedness to th...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! This special episode is part of  our mini-series "Wisdom Revisited," where we are reconnecting with a few of our most popular guests from Seasons 1 & 2. We will revisit those guests and revisit their wisdom, their main thing. Has it remained the  driving force in their life? Or has something new taken that place of prominence in their heart and mind?   In th...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host - Skip Lineberg.  My new friend, Debbie Henne, is a speech-language pathologist by day and an author by night.   All day every day, she is a wife, mother and Jesus lover. Debbie can often be found typing away at her computer after tucking her kids in at night. She doesn't always write at a computer. Sometimes she can be found writing with an old-fas...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! In this special 18-minute episode, we are joined by Andy Malinoski. Three years ago, Andy appeared as our first wise guest on Episode 1, the debut of this show. Andy Malinoski is the director of the Office of Marketing and Communications for the West Virginia Department of Commerce, where he leads a talented team of creative professionals. He's also a conten...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast! Our special guest today is an empathetic entrepreneur.     Jill Scarbro is the 2022 National Small Business Person of the Year, a prestigious honor bestowed by the U.S. Small Business Administration.   Having grown up in rural West Virginia with dyslexia, Jill's need for specialized services to learn how to read shaped the trajectory of her life. This sparked her...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast! Today we are joined by a very special guest - my wise and beautiful wife, Lisa Lineberg. Lisa is a gifted communicator. An experienced entrepreneur. She's a confidante to me and countless friends in our community. Lisa is a Jesus follower. She's someone who is adventurous, perceptive and very genuine. A friend to many, Lisa is one of the most gifted, skillful lis...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! This is a special episode. It's the next in our mini-series "Wisdom Revisited," where we are reconnecting with a few of our most popular guests from Seasons 1 & 2. As we revisit those guests and their 'main thing' wisdom, what will we find? Has it remained the primary driving force in their life? Or has something new taken that place of prominence in their h...