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Friday, December 29th, 2017 |
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2017-The Year That Was
Completing a record 50 guest interviews made for a very robust & successful
year for the MoxieTalk brand.
Below are just some of 2017's most notable and popular episodes, as well as
a sneak peek at several of our big name guests coming in 2018!
Here's wishing you a very Happy, Safe & Prosperous New Year!
Stay tuned! - Kirt Jacobs
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WENDY WHELAN Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet Wendy Whelan spent 30 years with New York City Ballet, 23 of those years
as principal dancer. She has danced virtually every major Balanchine
role, and worked closely with Jerome Robbins on many of his ballets. She
originated leading roles in works by such notable choreographers as
William Forsythe, Twyla Tharp, Alexei Ratmansky, and Christopher
Wheeldon.
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NAT IRVIN II Author, Innovator, Futurist, Teacher, Commentator & Founder of Thrivals at IdeaFestival
Author, innovator, futurist, teacher, commentator and founder of
Thrivals at IdeaFestival, Nat Irvin, II, is the Woodrow M. Strickler
Executive in Residence, Professor of Management Practice, College of
Business, University of Louisville where he has taught change
management, leadership, future studies, and team dynamics since 2007.
From 1996-2007, Irvin led Future Focus 2020, a think tank dedicated to
providing leadership in bringing futurist thinking to urban communities.
In 2000, Future Focus 2020 became a center of the Babcock Graduate
School of Management at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, where Dr. Irvin served as Executive Professor of Future
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EMILY DREYFUSS Senior Writer at WIRED Magazine
Emily Dreyfuss is a Senior Writer at WIRED, one of the top 10 technology
news websites in the world. Reaching approximately 30 million people
monthly, WIRED focuses on how emerging technologies impact breakthroughs
and innovations in business, the economy, politics, security, science,
design, and culture. As Senior Writer at WIRED, Dreyfuss covers the
intersection of technology and society and is in a unique position to
monitor trends, innovations, and factors that influence the future.
During the 2016 presidential election, she led WIRED’s National Affairs
coverage. Before that, she managed and edited WIRED Opinion and WIRED
Security sections.
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JOHN KING CNN Chief National Correspondent, Analyst & Anchor of Inside Politics
CNN chief national correspondent, analyst, and anchor of Inside Politics John King offers his thoughts and insights on the increasing polarization of the US electorate. King will provide insights from the front-line of the national debate, historical context and thoughts on where we might go from here. He will then be joined by psychologist Phil Kraemer Ph.D. and artist Hannah Drake for a broader conversation offering differing perspectives on this issue and the fact that any possible "solutions" are fraught with many complex and very deep issues that go far beyond simply political differences. |
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ROBBIE BARTLETT Band Leader, The Robbie Bartlett Band Robbie Bartlett’s signature voice spans R&B, soul, and jazz.Bartlett
and her band have opened shows for Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Sheryl
Crow, The Righteous Brothers, and many others. David Crosby and Graham
Nash specifically asked for her to perform before and after their
concert. The legendary B. B. King once sent word back through his
daughter, Shirley King, “Who is that? I like her voice,” after hearing
Robbie sing with her band. She is an accomplished vocalist, bandleader,
composer, and performer.
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THERESA RENO-WEBER President and CEO, Metro United Way, and Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
The desire to serve her community and have a greater impact on more people fuels Theresa Reno-Weber to excel.
Recently named president and CEO of Metro United Way, which serves
counties across Kentucky and southern Indiana, Reno-Weber has a wealth
of experience in private and public sectors. She most recently served
Louisville Metro Government where she oversaw the Office of Performance
Improvement and Innovation (OPI2), the Department of Information
Technology, and the Department of Human Resources. |
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SUMMER DICKERSON Founder & Director of Women of the Well Ministries
Summer was a victim of child abuse & sexual abuse & a victim of human trafficking which led to pain, gang violence, sexual torture, drug addiction, mental health illness including PTSD & she was even buried alive & pistol-whipped. While living with & in constant fear for her life, not to mention unrelenting anxiety, Summer was-in her words-delivered through a relationship with Christ & now it is her calling to work with women that are in similar situations & lifestyles. So much so, she has now founded a Ministry called Women of the Well Ministries which has a Residential Program to help women change their lives-so they can walk in the destiny God created for them.
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KEN HAM Speaker, Author, President, CEO, and Founder of Answers in Genesis
The president, CEO, and founder of Answers in Genesis-US, and the highly
acclaimed Creation Museum, and the world-renowned Ark Encounter, Ken
Ham is one of the most in-demand Christian speakers in North America. |
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STEVE BESHEAR 61st Governor of Kentucky
Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear (born September 21, 1944) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 61st governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980, was the state's 44th Attorney General from 1980 to 1983, and was the 49th lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1987.
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FRED MINNICK Bourbon Blogger & National Bestselling Author
Fred Minnick graduated in 2001 from Oklahoma State University with a B.S. degree in
Agricultural Communication/Journalism. Fred then went on to author 6 different
books from 2009 until this interview with such titles as: 2016’s
Bourbon-The rise & Fall and rebirth of an American Whiskey or 2015’s
Bourbon Curious: A Simple Guide for the Savvy Drinker, or 2013’s Whiskey
Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch & Irish Whiskey
or total diversionary topics away from distilled spirits such as 2010’s
Certified Angus Beef History Book or his first book in 2009 entitled
Camera Boy: An Army Journalist's War in Iraq. Minnick resides in
Louisville, Ky., and has authored six books, including a Wall Street
Journal bestseller, a ForeWord Reviews Gold winner and Spirited Award
winner. He writes for international periodicals.
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JERRY ABRAMSON 55th LT. Governor of KY & Louisville Metro Mayor (2003-11) & (1986-99)
Jerry Edwin Abramson (born September 12, 1946) is an American Democratic politician who was the 55th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.[1] On November 6, 2014, Governor Steve Beshear
announced that Abramson would step down from his position as Lieutenant
Governor to accept the job of Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in
the Obama White House. He was replaced by former State Auditor Crit Luallen.[2]
Abramson previously served as the Mayor of Louisville
for an unprecedented two decades. He was the only three-term mayor of
the old city of Louisville (1986-1999) and subsequently served two terms
as the first mayor of the consolidated city-county of Louisville Metro (2003-2011).
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DR. R. ALBERT MOHLER, JR. President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Dr.
R. Albert Mohler Jr. serves as president of The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary – the flagship school of the Southern Baptist
Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world.
Dr. Mohler has been recognized by such influential publications as
Time and Christianity Today as a leader among American evangelicals. In
fact, Time.com called him the “reigning intellectual of the evangelical
movement in the U.S.”
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