What does it take to hold onto your principles when the pressure to compromise is enormous? For former Vice President Mike Pence, the answer has been shaped by faith, failure, public service, and a willingness to stand alone when the stakes demand it. On this episode of the Going Big! podcast, Kevin Gentry sits down with Pence for a deeply personal conversation about the journey that took him from an Irish Catholic Democratic family in Indiana to the vice presidency of the Un

Some people build businesses. Others build institutions. Kip Woodward has spent a lifetime doing both. A fourth-generation business leader, investor, healthcare executive, and public policy advocate, Woodward has led organizations across retail, agriculture, healthcare, hospitality, and finance. Throughout his career, one trait has remained constant: an unwillingness to accept "that's just the way things are." On this episode of Going Big!, host Kevin Gentry explores how curi

What if the answer to some of society's deepest wounds wasn't found in a new program, a new policy, or a new institution—but in love, applied consistently and practically over time? That question sits at the heart of Reverend Becca Stevens' extraordinary work through Thistle Farms, an organization that has grown from one small home in Nashville into the largest network of long-term free housing for women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, addiction, and exploitation in t

What if we've gotten one of life's biggest goals completely backward? For decades, we've been taught to view work as something to escape. Popular culture celebrates Friday afternoons, counts down to retirement, and imagines success as the day we no longer have to work. But David Bahnsen believes that mindset isn't just mistaken—it may be robbing people of lives filled with meaning. On this episode of Going Big!, Kevin Gentry sits down with David Bahnsen, founder and Chief Inv

What if the solution to America's foster care crisis isn't just more funding or more government programs—but helping neighbors rediscover one another? That question sits at the heart of Kevin Gentry's conversation with Adrien Lewis, founder and CEO of CarePortal. What began as a deeply personal calling for Adrien and his wife, Cynthia, has grown into a nationwide movement that uses technology to connect children and families in crisis with people who are ready to help. Today,

Few institutions touch the lives of Americans as profoundly as the financial markets. Whether through retirement accounts, mutual funds, pensions, or direct stock ownership, millions of people have a stake in the success of American businesses. Yet most people rarely think about the organization charged with helping ensure those markets remain fair, transparent, and trustworthy: the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. On this episode of Going Big!, Kevin Gentry sits down