Drawing on history, comparative politics and arguments based on political principles, Blind Politics seeks to examine current events and future trends both at home and abroad, and to answer the big questions behind the headlines. Along the way, we’ll strive to find common ground and practical solutions to complex, polarized and seemingly intractable political problems. Your host, Dr. A.J. Nolte is Assistant Professor at Regent University’s Robertson School of Government. Don’t forget to rate ...
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Do you struggle with managing money, getting your head around investing or you just want more money to live a life on your own terms? I’m Alex Robertson host of The Real Wealth Podcast and in this show I am going to be exploring the 4 C’s in Wealth; 1)Controlling your finances. 2) Creating wealth and all the various strategies 3) Compounding your investments 4) Conservation of your wealth in the long term. I will be speaking to a host of experts on wealth, finance and entrepreneurship, all t ...
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EP46: The Property University with Laurie Duncan
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In this episode, Alex is joined by business partner Laurie Duncan to discuss the launch of The Property University! Register your interest here.By Alex Robertson
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In this episode Alex discusses his life lessons through his early years and discusses how to really master wealth in your 20s.By Alex Robertson
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EP 44: Property Prices, Wealth and the Future of Housing - Rory Sutherland
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Rory Sutherland, one of the world's foremost experts on consumer behaviour and the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising, joins Alex for a compelling discussion on the rising cost of property and its multifaceted impact on the economy, society, and the environment. Rory, an accomplished author and thought leader, delves into the need for a more democ…
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Join Alex Robertson as he dives into the implications of the recent UK General Election results for business owners across the country. In this video, Alex examines how the outcome, including the roles of key figures like Rishi Sunak and the Tories, as well as Keir Starmer and Labour, will impact the business landscape. Find out what policies and c…
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22-Year-Old Drop Shipping Entrepreneur Mackenzie Haldane
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Join us for an inspiring conversation with Mackenzie Haldane (@mackenzie.haldane), a remarkable e-commerce entrepreneur. At just 22 years old, Mackenzie has transformed his financial future through the innovative world of drop shipping. Don’t miss this episode to learn about his journey and the insights he shares on achieving success at a young age…
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EP41: Identifying Investment Opportunities with Alex Robertson
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In this week's episode, we're flipping the script as our social media manager takes the interviewer's seat, asking me with a series of questions on various investment opportunities and how you can truly make your finances work in your favor. Get ready for an engaging discussion packed with insights on seizing investment chances and maximizing your …
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EP40: 3 Things that are critical for a happy & successful life | Alex Robertson
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In this podcast, I delve into three critical areas pivotal for a fulfilling and successful life journey: Money, Mindset, and Love. Money: In an era defined by technological advancement, understanding wealth creation is important to mitigate the risks posed by AI-induced job displacement. I talk about the importance of personal financial management,…
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EP39: The secrets to property Investment - Rewdgroup
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In this episode, I'm joined by my two business partners, Laurie Duncan and Conar Tracey. We delve into the secrets of property investment, revealing the secrets that helped us to over 200 properties in just two years. Tune in as we discuss core finance strategies, effective deal sourcing, the nuances of residential versus commercial investment, dev…
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EP38: Former International Rugby Athlete Turned Lettings Director
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Join us in this episode as we explore the remarkable journey of Marcus Di Rollo, a former international rugby player turned lettings director. Marcus shares with us the heart-wrenching tale of his departure from the rugby scene after being recruited by one of the top teams at the time. However, from the disappointment emerged a newfound passion for…
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EP37: 20-year-old high school dropout turned CEO
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This week’s episode features Flynn Blackie, a high school drop out turned founder and CEO of MOD Digital. Despite only being 20 years old, Flynn has been described as the next Zuckerberg as well as being a finalist for the Young British Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 3 years running. You don’t want to miss this! Like, Subscribe and Share for we…
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Join us this week as we chat with Laurie about his inspiring journey from tough times to being a successful business owner. In this episode, we talk about common struggles like social media addiction and parenting. Laurie also shares his own mistakes and simple tips for getting better every day. We furhter discuss why having a business mindset matt…
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EP35: The Creator Operator - Scott Mcclure
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Join us this week as we delve into the world of e-commerce entrepreneurship and online brand monetization with Scott McClure. Scott shares his journey through entrepreneurship, highlighting the challenges and setbacks he faced along the way. From those early struggles, Scott has emerged as a leader in helping online creators monetize their brands a…
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EP34: Taking The Whisky Industry By Storm - Julian Mithoff
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This episode covers Julian Mithofs journey from being an engineer to venturing into whisky investment alongside property investment. He discussed his background, including his aspirations to become a pilot, his experiences in engineering, and the catalyst events that led him to explore entrepreneurship and financial education. Julian explained how …
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EP33: Unlocking Trading Success with Samuel Kavanagh
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In this week's episode, we talk with Samuel Kavanagh, a successful young entrepreneur trading expert and owner of KB Trading. He shares his journey from a working-class background, lessons in business, trading strategies, and his conversion to Christianity. Follow Samuel @Samuelkavanagh Like, Subscribe and Share for weekly podcasts! Our story on St…
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EP.32 The fight to the top - Building a legacy - Mark Ewen
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In this special episode, we took a different approach by interviewing Mark Ewen, a professional MMA fighter with an impressive 5-0 record. We explored Mark's journey, from humble beginnings to pursuing his passion for MMA. We discussed how he plans to manage his earnings from fighting, his mindset, and his goals for 2024. It's a conversation that g…
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EP.31 From Banker to Crypto Mogul | Scotland’s Crypto King | Don Cameron
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In this episode of The Real World Podcast, I sit down with Donald Cameron, co-owner of Crypto Glasgow Partnership. The conversation focused on Cameron's entrepreneurial journey and transition from the finance industry to cryptocurrency, prompted by perceived flaws in the financial system. The lengthy discussion also delved into their current busine…
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EP30: What Does the Future Hold for REWD?
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This week, once again, my two business partners, Laurie Duncane and Conor Tracey, join me as we reflect on our business over the past year and outline our focus for the year 2024. Like, Subscribe and Share for weekly podcasts! Our story on Starting Real Estate Wealth Development and going for 0-200 properties in two and a half years: https://rewdtr…
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Gold vs Silver Join Alex Robertson in this week's episode as he explores the pros and cons of investing in gold and silver. In a world of financial uncertainties and inflation risks, diversifying your investment portfolio is key. Gold shines as a resilient asset in market fluctuations, historically outpacing inflation. Its liquidity and tax efficie…
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EP28: The Mexican Cartel - 16 Properties in 6 months - Connie & Etan's Story
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In this week's episode, we sit down with one of our clients, Connie and Etan and discuss their transition into property. This couple has built up an impressive 16 unit portfolio since working with us. If you're eager to learn about property, follow our education platform on all socials @Rewdgroup. Our Book: Fast track to Property Millions: Fast-Tra…
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EP27: Meet one of Scotland's Crypto Kings | DECLAN KELLY
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Welcome to today's YouTube podcast! In this episode, we sit down with Declan Kelly, one of the men behind Crypto Glasgow. Get ready to explore Declan's fascinating journey, from working as a roofer with his father to developing his keen investment mindset at a young age. We'll also delve into the exciting world of cryptocurrency investments, discus…
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E26: The Scottish Rental Revolution with Conar Tracey
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In this episode, I'm joined once again by one of my business partners, Conar Tracey, to discuss our monthly recurring webinar known as the "Scottish Rental Revolution." The "Scottish Rental Revolution" is a transformative educational platform that offers in-depth insights into how you can establish a highly profitable buy-to-let property portfolio …
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E25: Turning Your Home Ownership from a Liability into an Asset
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In this episode, I delve into the debate surrounding whether home ownership should be considered a liability or an asset. We'll explore the various aspects that can be leveraged to potentially transform owning a home into a strategic financial advantage, such as the benefits of having a mortgage with manageable debt levels that enable you to redire…
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E24: Professional Property Investment with Conar Tracey
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I am Lucky enough to call Conar Tracey my business partner and in this episode we talk about how CT became a powerhouse in the property industry, becoming Scotlands youngest valuer. When then go on to discuss our business Real Property Scotland and how we are helping numerous clients scale there buy to let portfolio and achieve financial freedom th…
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E23: Getting Wise on Entrepreneurship with Elliot Wise.
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I am lucky enough to joined live in person with Elliot Wise, founder of Limitless university. Elliot has been an Entrepreneur since the age of 13 and built several multi-million pound businesses. He talks me through the downfall of his first 7 figure business in his early 20's and what he learned to move forward and scale his current businesses. Fr…
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EP22: Get Your Head Straight! With Laurie Duncan
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In this weeks episode I sit down with my business Partner Laurie Duncan to delve more deeply into a consistent theme across all interviews to date. MINDSET! This recurring theme seems to be a key between success in any venture whether it's wealth creation, sports or career, getting your head straight can be the difference between success and failur…
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EP 21: Limitless Entreprenuership with Josh Dexter
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This week I was joined in person by Business Mentor and Limitless Entreprenuer Josh Dexter. Josh travelled up to Scotland to spend the day with us and we spoke about his journey to Entrepreneurship and all the work he does at Limitless University to help a diverse range of Entrepreneurs scale their business. This is not Financial Advice Like, Subsc…
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E20: The Joy of Business with Simone Milasas
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This week I was honoured to sit down with Simone Milasas, 3 time author and global business women, Simone spends the majority of her time helping others find a route to financial security, whilst finding fulfilment in life. This was a great conversation with an inspirational women. This is not Financial Advice Like, Subscribe and Share for weekly p…
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In this weeks episode I asked Ryan Retson our property aquisition specialist to interview me as we flip the script and give him the opportunity to "Ask me Anything". This was a great chat and Ryan got into a lot of my past experience that led to forming REWD group, as well as getting into some advise for young aspiring Entrepreneurs. This is not Fi…
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EP18: Top 10 MISCONCEPTION about Wealth Creation.
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This weeks episode is aimed at dispelling the 10 biggest misconceptions people have about wealth creation: 1. Wealth is only achievable through luck: 2. Wealth is a zero-sum game 3. Wealth is solely measured by monetary value 4. Wealth is a quick and easy process 5. Only the highly educated can create wealth 6. Wealthy people are inherently greedy …
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This week I am talking about our most valuable resource, not gold, or silver or even minerals, it is of course TIME. One thing all successful peoplle have in common is that they are aggressively protective over their time. It's common place for those that achieve great things, that they have a strategy around managing their time effectively and eli…
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E16: The BIGGEST threat to human kind has landed.
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In this weeks postcast I am joined by my two business partners Laurie Duncan and Conar Tracey and we will be discussing THE most important topic of all, more important that global warming, more important than the cost of living crisis, global economic instability. There is no more important topic to be discussing right now as we are on the presipis…
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E15: The most ESSENTIAL business tool for most SME Entreprenuers with Paul Barry
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Paul Barry SSAS Specialist gives us an insight into the world of pensions for small to medium sized business owners. The Small Self Administered Scheme pension (SSAS) is a massive business tool, to help scale your business, save huge amounts of tax and extrapolate you wealth in the long term. Key takeaways: - SSAS pension can be set up for anyone w…
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E13: 200 properties in 2.5yrs. 6 million+ in the pipeline. How to think bigger
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The story of my Company, Real Estate Wealth Development. This is a recording of myself, Laurie and Conar on the "Rags to Riches" podcast with Terry Blackburn. We talk about scaling our BTL property portfolio to over 200 units in 2 and a half years. Like, Subscribe and Share for weekly podcasts! Our story on Starting Real Estate Wealth Development a…
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E14: Multi-Millionaire Take-away Mogul Ajmal Mushtaq - Secrets to Business Success
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In this weeks podcast I talk to take-away Mogul Ajmal Mushtaq, as he reveals the secrets to building his multi-million pound business empire and how his business Boss Pizza plans to take on Pizza giant Dominos. Ajmal Left a successful corporate career in London to come home to Scotland and start a restaurant. In a few short years he build Britains …
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E12: Bankruptcy to Millionaire with Matt Haycox
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In this weeks podcast I talk to Entrprenueur powerhouse Matt Haycox about his journey from Entreprenuership at a young age, building Britains biggest Lap Dancing chain in his mid-twenties, to losing it all in 2008 and his journey back from Bankruptcy to Finance Guru. Matt turnaround his father failing clothing corporate clothing company within 3 ye…
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E11: The Timeless Truths of Wealth Creation
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In this weeks podcast I talk about a favourite financial book of mine, the timless classic “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George Clason. I give an overview of this incredible book written in the 1920s and set in 18th century BC, over 4,000 years ago, explaining how the 7 “curses for a lean purse” hold timeless truths on money and wealth creation: …
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E10: DON'T LET THE TAX MAN TAKE YOUR MONEY!
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In this weeks episode of the Real Wealth Podcast I'm giving you an insight into one of our property training calls, as I discuss some of the key points about tax avoidance for business owners. Whilst this content is particularly geared to property investment tax avoidance there are some truths on tax avoidance that apply to business broadly. Key po…
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E9: Is Property Investment Dead? with Lyndsay Yuill
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In this episode, we sit down with Lyndsay Yuill the Managing Director of Rent Locally. We are getting into the nitty gritty of the property investment market in 2023 and aiming to answer the question is buy to let Dead? Key points: Like, Subscribe and Share for weekly podcasts! Our story on Starting Real Estate Wealth Development and going for 0-20…
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E8: 5 Wealth Building Strategies in 2023 for someone starting out.
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In this episode I cover 5 key wealth strategies for someone who is just looking to start their wealth creation journey in 2023. Key Takeaways: - Welcome – not financial advice. - Inherently means we are looking at low cost start up investment options. - First thing to mention it is near impossible to start this phase of wealth creation if you haven…
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E7: The Importance of Tax in Entrepreneurship with Michael Donnelly
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In this episode, we sit down with Michael Donnelly the Managing Director of AD plus accounting services. We speak about all of the Entrepreneurs he meets in his profession, common traits and the importance of tax in Entrepreneurship. Key points: - Michael runs a large successful accounting practice in Central Scotland - The importance of network to…
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EP 6: Award Winning Entrepreneur - Terry Blackburn
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In this episode, we sit down with Terry black burn. Terry Blackburn is an award-winning entrepreneur and founder of seven successful businesses in property investing, mortgage brokerage and life insurance including Bespoke Financial which is one of the largest life insurance brokers in the UK. Like, Subscribe and Share for weekly podcasts! Check ou…
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E5: Cash is Trash. Understanding the risks in holding cash.
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Description: In this solo episode I am talking about the risks in having cash in the bank. With 3 banks going down in the last few months its more important than ever you understand the banking system and risks in holding cash. Its not the safe option your taught to believe it is. Highlights: The History of Money Money is printed as debt The streng…
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E4: Turning Passion into Profession with Chris Bradley
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Episode 4: Turning Passion into Profession with Chris Bradley Description: The Upgraded Coach, Glasgow PT and Author of Fitness Business Mastery, Chris Bradley has built a successful business training PT professionals to scale their business. In this episode we talk about turning your passion into profession, mastering digital marketing, as well as…
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E2: 0-200 properties in 2.5 years with Laurie Duncan
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Description: Laurie Duncan the Co-Founder of Real Estate Wealth Developments talks about his journey to Entrepreneurship and financial freedom, by building a property portfolio with over 200 properties in just a few years. Highlights: - Laurie share his journey from sales to entrepreneurship and the drivers behind that. - Laurie talks about mindset…
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E3: Taming Dragon's Den with Robbie MacIssac
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Episode 3: Taming Dragons Den Multi-award winning you Entrepreneur and founder of Flux solutions, Robbie MacIsaac sits down with us this week to talk wealth building from a young age and his experience on Dragons Den. Highlights: - Robbie outlines his journey and entrepreneurship from a young age, the spark that led him to invent his first product …
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A News Consumer's Guide to Finding Out What's Going On
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When it comes to the news, we've all asked the question, "who can I trust?" In this episode, Dr. Nolte engages with this question and provides tips for figuring out what kinds of sources you should listen to.
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In the year since Putin invaded Ukraine, we have learned new things about Russia, Ukraine, the West, the US, and the future of geopolitics in the 21st century. Dr. Nolte outlines the key lessons we have learned from the ongoing conflict and forecasts what might become evident in the future.
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In Episode 1 your host Alex Robertson is explaining his journey to entrepreneurship, escaping the system and the corporate machine. Highlights: - This not financial advice always take professional advice. - The Real Wealth podcast is aimed at opening your eyes to the potential of financial freedom and living a life on your own terms. - We are all b…
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The Social and Political Implications of Revivals
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The Asbury revival has gained national attention and prompted Dr. Nolte to ask what this revival means for politics. The short answer is: we don't know yet. Still, we can look to history and consider past revivals' social and political impacts even as we speculate about the implications of modern-day revival.…
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2024 Presidential Match-ups I'd Love to See
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In this episode, Dr. Nolte plays match-maker, setting presidential candidates against their ideal opponents. He uses this criteria: which challenger would produce the most entertaining or edifying presidential contest?
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