Meeting of Minds Podcast

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💡Politics, business, ESG, & culture.
💬 Talking with intellectuals, innovators, & industry professionals.

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🎙️ Which states are winning and losing in 2026?

In Ep. 131, @JerryLeeBowyer is joined by @Taxeconomist (@ALEC_states) to discuss:

📍Red state migration
📍How COVID reshaped 'local' work
📍What's behind corporate redomiciliation?

Listen below! ⏬

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🎙️ Which states are winning and losing in 2026?

In Ep. 131, @JerryLeeBowyer is joined by @Taxeconomist (@ALEC_states) to discuss:

📍Red state migration
📍How COVID reshaped 'local' work
📍What's behind corporate redomiciliation?

Listen below! ⏬

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Our cofounders Luke and Jen sat down with @BowyerPodcast to talk about something most gaming platforms avoid: child safety isn't a feature request, it's a design decision. This conversation covers what's actually happening on gaming platforms, what parents need to know, and why building a safer platform doesn't mean building a worse business. Give it a listen.

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🚀 "Oftentimes, preventing exploitation gets framed as 'worse for business but for the greater good.' I’m not ready to cede that it *is* worse for business."

Check out @IsaacWillour's interview w/ Luke & Jennifer Richey in Ep. 180 of @BowyerPodcast! https://t.co/VDLhSz9VoG

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What is the theology of being pro-business and also anti-exploitation? 🔽

In the latest episode of @BowyerPodcast, I had the privilege of interviewing Luke and Jennifer Richey, cofounders of Haiven, an AI-powered gaming platform.

We had a fascinating conversation around the world of gaming, the challenges and threats facing young gamers in the rapidly evolving online space, and the theology of building a business focused on combatting online exploitation. We covered:

🔸 What parents need to know about the reality of child safety on online gaming platforms
🔸 How Haiven is changing the game in combatting grooming and predation on these platforms
🔸 The moral and business case for confronting online child exploitation

There are so many conversations that are happening in this space, and it's always a privilege to be involved in them. As I pointed out in the podcast:

"A lot of times, [preventing exploitation] gets pegged as ‘you’ll lose money but it is for the greater good. My take is, I’m not ready to cede that premise. I’m not ready to cede the premise that it is worse for business. We’re ‘all of Christ for all of life’ people, and that includes business and online marketplaces.
I don’t know if I believe that God allowed us to design a system that works best when you exploit people the most.”

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"As Americans, we have a strong, reflexive reaction to the word ‘racist.’ That reflexive reaction exists for a reason, and to co-opt the strength of that reaction to serve [partisan activist] ends is vile."

Check out @IsaacWillour's interview with @Tyler2ONeil below!

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🎙️Had the privilege of interviewing @Tyler2ONeil about the latest in the SPLC's indictment saga. 🔽

Had a fantastic conversation with Tyler on @BowyerPodcast about his work covering the SPLC's track record, including two books and a massive body of reported work at The Daily Signal. Our discussion included:

🔹 Breaking down the superseding indictment of the SPLC
🔹 How corporate America is cutting ties with activist groups like the SPLC
🔹 The moral and theological ramifications of treating political affiliation as tantamount to hatred

A discussion well worth your time. And, in my opinion, an excellent example of a Hillsdale alum and a Grove City alum getting along peaceably - on an issue that's only becoming more important.

Listen below.

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Why are major corporations relocating to red states, and what does it mean for investors?

In Ep. 128, @JerryLeeBowyer talks with Ridgeline Research’s Tom Carter on corporate migration, the conservative coalition, & the American Conservative Values ETF's corporate engagement. ⏬

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LISTEN: @DavidBahnsen delivers a masterful speech at Gilead Sciences' annual meeting:

"Gilead does not need activist plaudits. Its core business, meeting the needs of humanity by combatting the world’s deadliest diseases, is a noble, model every investor can be proud of." ⏬

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My speech at Truist on behalf of @Heritage:

"While our nation has come to realize that ... 'diversity, equity, & inclusion' ... routinely mean[s] discrimination in practice, Truist has unfortunately been associated w/ such initiatives." via @BowyerPodcast https://t.co/VUKUi69pFG

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☕ @Heritage recently called out Starbucks for work with the Southern Poverty Law Center. Here's what they said. ⏬

At Starbucks' annual meeting, the company faced a shareholder proposal from The Heritage Foundation via its Free Enterprise Initiative over its reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center in vetting charities. FEI principal @StefanPadfield presented for Heritage, urging the company to drop this biased, discredited data source as part of its responsibility to fiduciary duty and political neutrality.

"Given that relying on the SPLC’s Hate List is a business decision that must be fully informed in order to satisfy applicable fiduciary duties, shareholders can seemingly only conclude that Starbucks is aware of how biased the Hate List is, and either simply doesn’t care or actually supports that bias."

Also of note - this meeting happened before the DOJ's indictment of the SPLC. Conservative investors' risk calculus is being vindicated once again.

Give it a listen below (@BowyerPodcast). CC @JerryLeeBowyer @andyolivastro @allenmendenhall @ThePolForum @MHowellTweets @robbystarbuck @SFOF_States @OJOleka @1792Exchange @greg_scott @DustinDeVito @ADFLegal

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At its AGM, Sbux "faced a SH proposal from @Heritage via its Free Enterprise Initiative over its reliance on the SPLC in vetting charities." Stefan Padfield urged the company "to drop this biased ... source" to comply with fiduciary duties. @BowyerPodcast https://t.co/n3s6Ok8N5g

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LISTEN: Our client Dana recently spoke at Disney's annual meeting. Here's what she had to say. ⏬

At Disney's annual meeting, the company faced a shareholder proposal from Dana (a client of Patron Partners), asking for transparency around the company's charitable giving practices, including reported exclusions of religious/politically conservative organizations such as @TPUSA. Listen to Dana's full remarks here.

"I love Disney, and the many happy moments it’s provided me and my family and friends for decades. The way it’s dodging questions on this issue isn’t in keeping with that. Let’s get Disney away from biased corporate policies, and back to creating more of those happy moments. Choosing political neutrality is how to do that."

A huge thank you to Dana for her willingness to engage! Shortly after this annual meeting, Disney came under FCC review over its DEI policies. The company can't say no one was sounding the alarm now.

Listen below. CC @JerryLeeBowyer @1792Exchange @RickForTexas @DustinDeVito @greg_scott @ADFLegal @Jeremy_Tedesco @Hobbnobbin

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���️Here's what comes after the SPLC indictment.

In Ep. 127, @JerryLeeBowyer talks to @Greg_Scott, executive VP at @1792Exchange. They discuss the DOJ's indictment, the disturbing connection between the SPLC's 'Hate Map' & political violence, and what's next.

Listen below. ⏬

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🚨 What are proxy advisory services? And why do they matter for America's future?

In Ep. 126, @JerryLeeBowyer talks with @JustinDanhof, director of policy at the Department of Labor's EBSA division, about proxy advisors and their real‑world impact. Give it a listen below! ⏬