The Culture Matters Podcast

"The secret of freedom lies in educating people whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximillien Robespierre



We're getting back into the time machine for this episode of The C…

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." - Benjamin Franklin



COO of the Hubert Vester Auto Group, creator of the "Faith. Family. Fulfillment." podcast, and the author of t…

"Self-control makes the man. A man without discipline is a boy full of reactions rather than a man of good actions." Greek proverb



Bill Mervin is the leader of the Bill Mervin Mortgage Team and we're …

"Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life." - Seneca



Our favorite philosopher and artisan contractor with Vision Stone and Tile Nathan Merrill is back on the show today and…

"When your belief is real and your self-love is real, you can find the honor you deserve. I am an honorable human. I live by a code of ethics I would put up against most people and believe I would co…

Today on The Culture Matters Podcast is part four of our ongoing series where our very own Jay Doran discusses his book, Thirty Days of Thought, chapter by chapter.  In this section, Jay discusses wh…

"Another thing, of course, is life will have terrible blows; horrible blows; unfair blows. Doesn't matter. And some people recover and others don't. And there I think the attitude of Epictetus is the…

"When we do not interrupt others, their authenticity becomes clearer to us. Authethentic."



Robert Frehafer is the founder and owner of Guardian Roofing & Siding and we're talking about the second "A" …

“If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards. And they will push you, and push you, and push you, until you fall off a cliff.”



Founder and Chief Victory Officer …

"You don't have a lot of envy. You don't have a lot of resentment. You don't overspend your income. You stay cheerful in spite of your troubles. You deal with reliable and you do what you're supposed…

“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and books you read.” - Charlie "Tremendous" Jones



Retired United States Marine and law enforcement officer, a…

"Talent hits a target others can't hit, but genius sees a target others can't see." - Arthur Schopenhauer



As we continue to go back in time to Jay's New Year's Eve 2023 run of podcasts, this episode f…

"If your ego is driving, you're not going to learn from reality." - Skye Michiels



Former history teacher, former Head of Coaching at Compass, founder of the 6AMERS, real estate professional, and found…

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." - Salvador Dalí



We're throwing it back again today to Jay's marathon New Year's Eve 2023 podcasting session with transformative health and well…

"As long as you live, keep learning how to live" - Seneca



Today's show is part three of our ongoing series with our very own Jay Doran where he examines his book, Thirty Days of Thought, section by se…

"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." - Mark Twain



Sales expert, speaker, and founder of Sales Connection Kayvon Kay is back on the program today and we putting our feet on the g…

On a special episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own Jay Doran discusses the book How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom.  A voracious reader in his own right, Jay uses Bloom's book as a ca…

"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting, that is laziness, but to keep going when the going is hard and slow. That is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolsto…

"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting, that is laziness, but to keep going when the going is hard and slow. That is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolsto…