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Two bible nerds explore the theology behind some of the secular-seeming things in daily life. Every Wednesday, Ryker and Benjamin will dive into the meaning behind the mundane - and seek to find the bigger, Christ-centered story behind the everyday things of life in the 21st century.
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Sermons and other audio from worship services at Old Orchard Church in Webster Groves, MO near Saint Louis; a member of the Presbyterian Churches in America (PCA).
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Leading design minds share their perspective on why, how and what design drives forward.
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Welcome to The Resilient Heart Podcast where we dive deep into the difficult topics of unexpected loss, suicide, and post traumatic stress. Trauma and loss can make you feel like you are in a deep dark pit of impossibility. It takes courage to step into freedom. No matter where you are in this journey, it’s never too late to reclaim the life God has designed for you. So come alongside us as we empower you to reclaim your life. Contact us at www.theresilientheartpodcast.com
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Educated Guess (EG) is a research and design organization concerned with humanity's relationship to machines, images, and cities. Conceived in 2018 as a "liberal arts school for everyday people", Educated Guess garnered attention initially through this public lecture series. Serving over 45,000 humans across 18 countries, the series (archived in 2022) covers topics of personal growth, design practice, and art history. These lectures have been consumed virtually and collectively–resulting in ...
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An episode from the archives! Benjamin and Ryker talk about where to find God–not in the valleys or on the mountaintops–but in the flatlands of ordinary life. Show Notes (The Theology of The Mundane) S3:E1 Table of Contents & Timestamps: (0:00-3:40) Update (3:40-7:40) Introduction (7:40-14:20) Where is God on Mondays? (14:40-18:57) Diagnosis: We ar…
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Felix is the Co-founder & CEO of ADPList and sets the vision and strategy for the company. Founded in 2021, the company grew into a global town square for expert knowledge, with 20K+ Mentors from companies like Netflix, Airbnb, and Google, hosting over 100 million minutes of sessions on topics such as product design, product management, and coding …
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In our new episode, we delve into an enriching conversation with Ole Lutjens, exploring the fascinating evolution of design, both in his personal journey and the current technological landscape. Ole shared captivating anecdotes, starting from his childhood fascination with Commodore 64, where coding ignited his passion for computer graphics. His pi…
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In the episode, together with Wolfgang we talk about what designers need to learn in order to become great design leaders, which kind of skills they need. And how do you push forward design ideas or innovation ideas within an organization and create a win-win between different stakeholders? Wolfgang has a lot of experience in the space and giving a…
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Brandy Costello is the creator and host of the Spoken Truth Talk Show, which is a Christian Talk Show that talks about real issues that is going on in the world today. She uses this platform to bring healing to those that are in pain and hope to those that are hopeless. Brandy loves to keep it real and uncut through transparency, to reach people in…
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Interview with Daniel Jarvis of 22 Zero. This podcast was recorded in 2021. With Veterans Day coming next week I thought it was a good time to release the podcast. www.22zero.orgBy Beverly Shoemaker
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In this episode of we engage in a captivating conversation with Sheng-Hung Lee, an accomplished design expert and a dedicated PhD researcher at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sheng-Hung's journey in the realms of design, engineering, and academia has equipped him with a wealth of knowledge and insights, making this dis…
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In this episode, we explore the dynamic relationship between design as a creative discipline and the systems and tools that shape this creativity, for better or for worse. We delve into the importance of customizing design processes to allow designers to focus on the most impactful aspects of their work, including the strategic and psychological co…
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Jessica is a faith-based fitness coach, podcast host speaker, and author. She hates rules, restrictions, and religious duties and lives her life by putting God first. She loves to live authentically with integrity and freedom through Christ. The cycle of becoming afraid of food. When you finally get to that place where you’re like, “I’m doing this …
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Glen is a licensed family therapist who's been on the focus counseling team for 23 years. Prior to joining focus, he spent time in church counseling and pastoral ministry. He and his wife Elizabeth have three young children. Glenn loves Jesus has an affinity for lasagna, and cheers for the Las Vegas Raiders. What are core wounds in a person’s life?…
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Stéphanie Rousselle is the founder of Gospel Spice Ministries. Her motto is, “God’s glory, our delight!” She thrives on Bible-centered inspirational writing and speaking, and dark chocolate. She knows herself too well to take herself seriously... Born and raised in France, she has lived over the last two decades on three continents, four countries,…
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In this episode, we delve into the relationship between design as a creative discipline and how systems and tools shape this creativity for better or worse. We also talk about why it helps designers to customize their processes and how this allows designers to focus on where they can have the most impact, which is often the strategic side of design…
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As we dive into season #2, I have the pleasure of sharing an interview I recorded last year with a special friend of mine. Dr. Kathy Koch earned a Ph.D. in reading in educational psychology from Purdue University. She was a tenured associate professor of education at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, a teacher of second graders, a middle schoo…
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The Guest Lindsey Mosby is a partner in Prophet’s Austin office, specializing in healthcare transformation and innovation. For nearly two decades, she has worked to make healthcare more connected, compassionate, transparent, and, dare we say, delightful. That necessitates thinking big, being brave, and listening well, all of which she has honed ove…
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In EP75, we had the pleasure of speaking with James Martin, co-founder of BabyGiant Design Co. and the founder of Made By James, a brand-focused and design-led creative agency in the UK, also the author of the book "Made by James: The Honest Guide to Creativity and Logo Design" which was released this year. His clients include The Chainsmokers, Mic…
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We had the pleasure of speaking with Liliia Mandrino, UX Director at EA Sports, on this episode. She has also held the positions of Director of Product Design at Fitplan Technologies Inc., Head of Design Foundations (Global Design Language) at HomeAway, and Head of Design & Founder at Olilija DOO - as well as other businesses. She has spent over te…
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We had the pleasure of speaking with Paul Lafata, VP of product management at Heal and former CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA/Lab1886 Daimler's USA, in this episode. He has also worked as the Head of Design & Innovation at Laureti, the Experience Design Director at BCG Digital Ventures, the Design Director at Bird, the Director of User Experience at Qualc…
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In EP72, we are talking with Jan-Erik Baars Currently, Jan-Erik is head of the CAS in Design Management at the University of Applied Science in Lucerne, Switzerland. He also does research on the aspects of organizational maturity, design leadership and customer-centricity. As a result, he created the Customer Centricity Score (CCS) and is the autho…
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“If you know every single thing, then it’s hard to think outside of the box” — TESLIM ALABI Buckle up for a fresh episode of Designdrives, where you can learn from the world’s best and most forward-thinking design minds. In EP71, as inspirational as it was, we had a great time hosting Teslim Alabi, who serves as a Product Design Lead at Netflix, th…
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“Design’s superpower is to evolve abstract into concrete” — DOGAN SEKERCIOGLU In this episode, we chat with Dogan Sekercioglu, who is a former Industrial Design Lead from IDEO and currently works on future robotic and medical designs at Intuitive in California. With Dogan we chat about the interplay between abstract and concrete and how it’s actual…
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"Every project needs to start with inspiration" - Hussain Almsosawi. In this episode, we had the pleasure to chat with Hussain Almsosawi. Hailing from Bahrain, 3D motion designer Hussain Almsosawi has since moved to Brooklyn, New York, and started his own studio – Mossawi Studios. Across his exciting career, which is equally striking as it is satis…
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“Failing is the first ingredient of design” — SAMUEL NORTHWAY In this episode, we had the pleasure to chat with Samuel Northway, Head of Product Design at Mason. In the past, he worked as VP of Brand Product Design at Goldman Sachs, worked as a lead designer on Deloitte and as Design Director at AT&T, among many other experiences. We talk about his…
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“If it’s not Co-Created it will fundamentally fail ” — SCOTT ROBINSON In this episode, we had the pleasure to chat with Scott Robinson, Founder and CEO of FreshForm. A customer and UX agency based in San Diego. When it comes to design, Scott Robinson thinks Frank Lloyd Wright said it best: “Form follows function—that has been misunderstood. Form an…
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"The circular design is about really eliminating the concept of waste by designing it in a way that every material can be reused." - Karel J. Golta Circular design: the next step of design thinking? Circular design, by bringing the subject of resources to the forefront, also creates an opportunity to integrate increasingly more important strategic …
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“With Play, we just serve up all of these amazing things that Apple has created and give designers the ability to kind of play in the sandbox that Apple has created we layer our essentially our play UI on top o that and we give them the properties to manipulate.” — Dan LaCivita What if it were possible to design and build a mobile product all on yo…
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“There’s such a business aspect to design that doesn’t exist in the creative artistic world, and we got to remember that when we are doing design it’s artistic by nature but it’s a lot different than art” — MICHAEL JANDA So you are planning to launch your own creative business or you’ve already launched, and you’re starting to grow. That’s great! B…
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"Unfortunately or fortunately UX design is now being the hot topic everybody wants to give you suggestions. So how not get irritated but understand that why people are showcasing so much of interest is because our discipline matters and take it constructively and take that opportunity to educate people about not being a pretty picture but how it is…
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Leaning Into the Mundane (ft. Lütjens Padmanabhan) | Ep. 221
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Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten was established by Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan in 2007. The recent work of the practice focuses on housing in the residential districts surrounding the cities of Zürich, Basel and Munich. Despite their love for a more refined, urbane architecture, Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan have light-heartedly e…
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“We can take a lot of inspiration from our engineering friends in this department. I think engineering is always at least a few years ahead in any company because they are usually the first people to start working at a startup”. — DARSHAN GAJARA. We are super excited to kick off 2022 with a fresh episode of Designdrives. In EP62 we had the chance t…
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“It doesn’t necessarily take advanced technology to have a great impactful project. I think sometimes as technologists we forget that” — JOSH CLARK We are thrilled to launch our EP61 featuring Josh Clark founder of Big Medium in New York. Josh is a vivid speaker, a brilliant author, and an expert on UX design for AI. With Josh, we jump into how AI …
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The goal is to be in line with the vision and then the way in which you align with the vision that's where you get to creative. Brittany Arthur ——— We are excited to announce our EP60 featuring Brittany Arthur, Co-founder & Director of Design Thinking Japan & Business Karaoke Podcast. With Brittany, we dive into the connection between culture and i…
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EP59 with Fabrice Pöhlmann, Founder and CEO at HelloDesignWith Fabrice,we talk about why, how, and what to focus on behavior design principles and how he's now implementing these principles to any kind of project. We also discuss how to use behavior design to drive business goals and actually get stakeholders motivated to use gamification in order …
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Heather Shore is the CEO and co-founder of Women of HERstory, and co-host of Women of HERstory: A Podcast. As a performing artist, when the COVID-19 pandemic swept through NYC, she knew she had to embark on a new adventure- entrepreneurial- as there was no guarantee of when live theatre would be making its’ way back to our stages. Heather has alway…
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We are thrilled to launch EP58 with Bob Baxley, Senior Vice-President of Design at ThoughtSpot. Before ThoughtSpot he served as a Senior Manager of Design and product management at Apple and Head of Product Design at Pinterest. With Bob, we talk about the software as a creative medium and a potential opportunity for designers. We also talk about th…
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A New Model for Design Studios (ft. UnderConsideration, LLC.) | Ep. 220
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Established in 2007, UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating their own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Since 2002, they have been publishing content online, starting with the design blog Speak Up, that ran through 2009 and was one of the most active, entertaining, and well-regarded blogs, even …
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For over twenty-five years Pamela Christian has compassionately helped people discover and live in, life-giving truth. Teaching, keynote, radio/television talk-show, podcaster, multi-award-winning author and blogger, apologetics enthusiast (Biola University), and an ordained International Itinerant Minister, as a charismatic apologist Pamela unique…
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In EP57 we have the chance to learn with Catherine Nygaard, Design Director wat WhatsApp and former Director at Airbnb and Spotify. With Catherine, we explore how to grow design teams, foster creativity in your team, and what she has learned working with some of the world’s best product teams in the world. We also learn her personal approach toward…
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When the Message is Beyond the Medium (ft. Robert Newman) | Ep. 219
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Robert Newman is a painter, director, and designer. After graduating from Morehouse College in 2014, Robert moved to Harlem to continue both his career as an artist and his career on Wall Street (Morgan Stanley and Neuberger Berman). His work has been featured in galleries, events, and museums across the city of New York and internationally. In add…
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In September of this year, the Texas Heartbeat bill went into effect. The battle for life is on a fast track to the supreme court. This week I had the opportunity to interview a man very involved in fighting for the value of life, Joel Patchen. Joel is the author of five books including the “ Who Am I” bible study, a comprehensive overview of the v…
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In EP56 we have the chance to learn from Margot Bloomstein, author of Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap (2021) and Content Strategy at Work (2012). She is the principal of Appropriate, Inc., a brand and content strategy consultancy based in Boston. With Margot chat about the driving content design and strat…
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Melissa Bright is the host and creator of the Bright Side of Life Podcast. She was ranked number seven out of 50 and top moms in podcasting and podcast magazine this year. On her podcast, She talks to people that have been through struggles and pains in their life and how they found their path back to the bright side, (whatever that means to them) …
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# 58 Adam and Brooke Fish - Moving In The Power Of God
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Married for 18 years, Brooke and Adam Fish have 2 boys and live in Dallas, Texas. The running joke is that they do everything together - from their podcast ministry, The Unseen Story, to working together in their individual creative professions and raising their boys to serving in marriage ministry - God has made it abundantly clear that they are a…
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Very excited to launch our 55th episode featuring Jaime Levy an American author, lecturer, interface designer, and user experience strategist. She wrote one of O’Reilly’s bestselling books called UX Strategy: Product Strategy Techniques for Devising Innovative Digital Solutions. She first became known for her new media projects in the 1990s. For mo…
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How to Re-contextualize Your Upbringing (ft. Curry Hackett) | Ep. 218
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Curry Hackett is a transdisciplinary designer, public artist, and educator. His practice, Wayside Studio is formerly based in Washington, DC, and currently operates out of Knoxville, TN collaborates with communities and organizations to engage matters pertaining to culture, infrastructure, ecology, and the public realm. Noteworthy work includes the…
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VONA JOHNSON is Living Her More. After a successful 30-year career in affordable housing, she found her soul was longing for more peace and fulfillment. She courageously stepped into her second career and true calling, inspiring others to live and share their faith. Through her writing, coaching, and speaking, she helps Christians to discover what …
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# 56 Nancy Hicks - Entering into the pain with God
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Nancy Hicks is a speaker, teacher, podcaster and author who works at the intersection of head, heart and soul to help women live fully alive in their faith. For over a decade Nancy engaged millions of viewers as an on-air spokesperson for QVC—she understands what it’s like to try and balance work, marriage and motherhood. In every season, she has l…
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In EP54 we have the chance to learn from Philipp Steiner a Design Leader, former Executive Director at IDEO, and Senior Director at Teague. With Phillip chat about the driving industries with future thinking. During the episode we explore: The power of mixing design disciplines. Aviation Experience x Service Design The importance of future thinking…
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#54 Laura Diehl - Guiding Parents In Child Loss
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After the death of their oldest daughter, Laura Diehl, along with her husband, Dave, founded Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) and travel full time in their Hope Mobile (a 38-foot motor home) providing support and resources to grieving parents on their difficult journey, including local weekend retreats. Laura hosts the weekly Grieving Paren…
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Happy 1st birthday, The Theology Of...! Ryker and Benjamin take some time to talk about and pray for what's coming next for the podcast and ask that you join them in prayer for the coming season. We are so unbelievably thankful for you, our listeners and supporters, and would love to hear from you! You can drop us a line on our social medias (Faceb…
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Sherry Smith, LMFT, CDC is a psychotherapist, Certified Divorce Coach, coparent coach, author, speaker, and podcast host. Combining her expertise in family therapy, her training as a divorce coach, and her own life experience, Sherry has made the commitment to promote a non-adversarial divorce environment that is sensitive to the family system. She…
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