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Big Hearted Indy is the Citizen 7 podcast about genuine friendship, big-hearted service, and forming whole leaders in Indianapolis. Hosts Greg Enas, Don Palmer, and Chris Spangle sit down with men who are building, mentoring, serving, and leading across Indianapolis. If you want deeper friendships, a clearer sense of purpose, and practical examples of leadership shaped by service, you’re in the right place. Visit our websitefor more: www.citizen7indy.com Also included are special talks given at C7 events.
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- 1 weeks ago47 min
Marcus Hall and Zach Garrett: Growing a Business Without Making Family an Afterthought
Zach Garrett built Liftify at night until it earned more than his corporate job. Faith and work shaped how he took that risk. The founder and CEO spent nine months building it on the side, initially charging Marcus Hall about $27 to test a service that helps local businesses generate online reviews. Hall, president and partner at California Closets, part of Threefold, describes leaving Salesforce for the trades and making closets at 11:30 p.m. on a Sunday. The conversation centers on a distinction that can get lost in an ambitious career: Work matters for eternity, but it is not your identity. Garrett and Hall discuss what their corporate roles taught them, why mentors matter and how to surround yourself with people whose skills fill your gaps. Garrett also explains why he declined an acquisition offer and how a hire who backed out a week before starting pushed him to pursue a more experienced leadership team. At home, both men describe specific routines that protect their relationships. Garrett avoids evening events, prioritizes nightly family devotions and makes time to play with his four children, even when it is just 15 minutes of freeze tag. Hall protects a morning routine of exercise, devotions and reading, and takes each of his twin daughters on a separate trip to spend time together. Hosts Jackson Troxel and Drew Kelley lead the conversation at Citizen 7's Honor God in the Grind event.
- 2 weeks ago36 min
Speed City: Why Indianapolis Wins by Moving Fast
Speed City gives Indianapolis a broader claim than racing: a city where ideas, careers and businesses can move quickly because people reduce friction and act with conviction. Moderator Dave Neff leads a panel with Kristian Andersen, co-founder and partner at High Alpha; David McKissic, founder and CEO of Cerebro Creative House; and Matt Mindrum, president and CEO of the Indy Chamber. They trace the idea from Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the city's racing identity to a larger argument about civic culture, entrepreneurship, creativity and regional competitiveness. The discussion points to Indianapolis' history of bold bets, from major sports infrastructure to the rapid execution of the NCAA tournament bubble. Andersen argues that speed should become part of the city's operating system, including faster decisions from investors, businesses and public institutions. McKissic describes Indianapolis as a place where proximity and relationships can remove barriers for creatives and entrepreneurs. Mindrum reframes affordability as speed, from paying off student loans to buying a first home, while stressing that roads, education, public safety, housing and other basics remain essential to attracting talent. The panel also looks at Downtown West, a proposed vision connecting major health care, higher education, tourism, sports and development assets, and at Eli Lilly and Company's role in setting a pace for innovation and wealth creation. The conversation closes with a shared test for the Speed City idea: it succeeds when residents embrace it as culture, not just a campaign, and when Indianapolis becomes the place people choose to build their lives, careers and businesses.
- 3 weeks ago1h 5m
Bill and Taylor Moore on How Men Can Build Deeper, More Honest Friendships
Male loneliness is leaving young men isolated behind phones, pornography, gambling and shallow digital connection. Bill Moore and Taylor Moore say the answer starts with men who stay, listen closely and build trust face to face. Bill Moore, CEO and co-founder of Heart of a Man, traces his approach to fatherhood and mentoring to a childhood marked by his father's departure when Bill was 2. He explains how Bible study and friendships with Christian men reshaped his life, then became the foundation for how he led his family and the food manufacturing company PacMoore. Taylor Moore, president and co-founder of Heart of a Man, describes the opposite childhood experience: a father who was present, taught Scripture, welcomed friends into the family home and made time for his sons. After work at Procter & Gamble, Vanderbilt, Microsoft and PacMoore, Taylor returned to Indiana and found himself deeply lonely. Backyard gatherings with other men helped reveal the need that eventually became Heart of a Man. The conversation turns practical as Bill and Taylor explain how men can earn trust through eye contact, questions, confidentiality, emotional vocabulary and specific vulnerability. They also discuss fatherlessness, the despair they see among unmarried young men, the effects of phones and online isolation, sports betting, pornography, marriage, and the role older men can play by mentoring younger men without pretending to have every answer. Heart of a Man: heartofaman.org Citizen 7: citizen7indy.com
- 3 weeks ago38 min
More Love, Less Contempt: Civil Discourse With Scott Fadness and Chris Lowery
Civil discourse works best when leaders can disagree without dividing. Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness and former commissioner of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education Chris Lowery share how they approach conflict with humility, restraint and conviction. The conversation is hosted by Marlon Webb and introduced by Kraig Kinchen. The Citizen 7 ACT Series event, "More Love, Less Contempt: A Civil Discourse Discussion," centers on whether people can listen with curiosity, preserve dignity and still hold firm to what they believe. Fadness recounts meeting privately with a resident who had repeatedly criticized him, and how asking about her life changed the conversation. He also defines political courage as staying focused on a constructive outcome rather than adding to the noise. Lowery describes four values he tries to bring into difficult conversations: honor, trust, grace and gratitude. He recalls a contentious Indiana Senate committee hearing and explains why he chose a direct phone call instead of public retaliation. He also argues that complex problems require more than isolated information, and that stronger solutions emerge when people from business, education, government, nonprofits and philanthropy are brought to the same table. The discussion turns to lived experience after flooding damaged homes in Fishers, the difference between civility and passivity, and the role of truth in productive disagreement. Both speakers make the case that respectful dialogue does not require surrendering deeply held beliefs. It requires knowing where common ground exists, when to keep listening and when continued argument is no longer useful. Presented by Citizen 7's ACT Series, Advancing the City Together.
- Aug 15, 20261h 0m
Jackson Troxel and Drew Kelley on How to Honor God in the Grind
Honor God in the Grind reframes work as something that matters for eternity without becoming a man's identity, especially when career, fatherhood and faith collide. Drew Kelley and Jackson Troxel, hosts of Honor God in the Grind, sit down with Big Hearted Indy hosts Greg Enas and Chris Spangle to explain how their friendship grew through Indianapolis technology circles and deeper conversations about marriage, ambition, purpose and faith. Kelley traces his path from Marian University athletics and technology sales to marriage, three children and the challenge of staying motivated while working remotely. Troxel reflects on growing up on a dairy farm near LaCrosse, studying at Purdue University, joining Orr Fellowship and building a career that included venture capital, Springbuk and software leadership. Their central tension is familiar to ambitious professionals: work can matter deeply without becoming the source of worth. They discuss comparison, achievement, remote work, the pressure to provide, the desire to be present fathers and the need for habits that protect time at home. The conversation also turns to vulnerability and friendship, including why men need a community broad enough to remind them they are not alone and a smaller circle capable of carrying honest struggles. Kelley and Troxel describe Honor God in the Grind as a place to examine how faith shapes work, family, service and identity while they are still learning those lessons themselves.
- Jun 29, 20261h 1m
Todd Maurer and David Morgan on Jewish & Christian Common Ground and Repairing the World
Todd Maurer, interim CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis and founder of a commercial real estate firm, and David Morgan, founder and CEO of Senior Home Companions and Story Cottage memory care, join hosts Don Palmer, Greg Enas, and Chris Spangle for a conversation that covers tikkun olam, the Jewish concept of repairing the world, and how that principle connects to Christian ideals of service and generosity. The discussion ranges from how parents shape character in children of successful families, to how the Jewish Federation engages younger generations through programs like Koach and Atid, to what both traditions teach about hospitality, mourning, and genuine friendship. Maurer also discusses the September 1 Indianapolis appearance of Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the American-Israeli hostage killed following the October 7 Hamas attacks. The event is open to the full Indianapolis community. - https://www.jewishindianapolis.org/a-mothers-voice-a-communitys-strength Morgan and Maurer reflect on what it means to build friendships that cross faith lines, how to cultivate vulnerability in men's groups, and why the word mensch may be the highest compliment one person can give another.
- Jun 25, 20261h 7m
Jeremy Pryor and Guy East on Family Teams and Building Multi-Gen Wealth | Honor God in the Grind
Author Jeremy Pryor and local leader Guy East challenge the modern assumption that work defines a man's identity, making the case that fatherhood is the most important team a man will ever lead. Pryor, founder of Family Teams, draws on years of research, time living in Jerusalem, and first-principles thinking rooted in Genesis 1 to reframe what it means to be a father, a builder, and a man on mission. East, an Indianapolis real estate investor and community catalyst, shares how leaving a performance-driven background as a professional athlete led him to discover Sabbath, hospitality, and intentional community as the anchors of a flourishing household. They join hosts Drew Kelley and Jackson Troxel to cover the freedom-scale-legacy business framework Pryor uses to coach families out of W-2 dependence and toward multi-generational asset building. They also address atomized identity, the collapse of disciple-making movements in the West, why Western Christians rarely discuss family wealth-building, and how the Genesis mandate to be fruitful, multiply, fill, subdue, and rule is a pre-loaded vision statement for every household. East reflects on moving from San Diego to Indianapolis and finding relational density and brotherhood he had never experienced in California. Both guests discuss the high cost of genuine community, public repentance, and what it looks like to pursue interdependence rather than independence.A conversation for fathers, entrepreneurs, and anyone wrestling with how faith, family, and work belong together rather than in separate, competing boxes. Learn more in Jeremy's book Family Revision or at https://www.jeremypryor.com/ or on his podcast Family Teams. Honor God in the Grind is a production of Citizen 7, a community focused on encouraging men in Indianapolis to live with purpose and intentionality.
- May 25, 20261h 4m
Greg Ballard and Joe Loftus on Friendship within Leadership, Indianapolis and the Secretary of State Race
Greg Ballard built one of Indiana's most unlikely political careers, winning the Indianapolis mayor's race as a near-total unknown against a heavily favored incumbent. Now he's running for Indiana Secretary of State as an independent, and the coalition that helped him govern is rallying behind him again. Ballard, a 23-year Marine Corps veteran and author of "The Last Urban Republican Mayor," joins attorney and political strategist Joe Loftus for a candid conversation about how they built a city government from scratch, why Indianapolis punches above its weight on civic collaboration, and what has gone wrong in Indiana's political system. Loftus, who previously served under Mayor Steve Goldsmith and spent decades at Barnes & Thornburg, explains how he assembled a transition team, recruited talent, and handed Ballard a complete governing blueprint two days after an election almost no one expected him to win. The two discuss pre-K funding, the water and wastewater transfer to Citizens Energy, the city's long-running sports strategy, transit equity, and why cross-partisan relationships, not ideology, define effective local government. Ballard also lays out his case for opening Indiana's ballot access, ending straight-ticket voting, and pursuing a Voter's Bill of Rights as part of his Lincoln Party candidacy. For information on signing the ballot petition, visit gregballard.com or ballardontheballot.com. To get involved with Big Hearted Indy and the Citizen 7 community, visit citizen7indy.com.
About Big Hearted Indy - The Citizen 7 Podcast
Big Hearted Indy is the Citizen 7 podcast about genuine friendship, big-hearted service, and forming whole leaders in Indianapolis. Hosts Greg Enas, Don Palmer, and Chris Spangle sit down with men who are building, mentoring, serving, and leading across Indianapolis. If you want deeper friendships, a clearer sense of purpose, and practical examples of leadership shaped by service, you’re in the right place. Visit our websitefor more: www.citizen7indy.com Also included are special talks given at C7 events.
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