Plain Values Podcast
Episodes
EP #35 - The Radical Truth About Christian Missions | Aaron and Katie Ficker
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast, Marlin sits down with Aaron and Katie Ficker for the first of several conversations.Aaron, the oldest of ...
EP #34 - Linda Kate: As Compassionate as a Judge
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast, Marlin sits down with his neighbor and friend, retired judge Linda Kate.Linda shares her journey from a s...
EP #33 - Brian Dahlen: What it Means to Follow Christ in a Complicated World
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Marlin invites listeners into a warm, wide-ranging conversation with his friend Brian Dahlen.Brian spe...
EP #32 - Tom and Ferree Hardy: A Widow and Widower with a Beautiful Second Chapter
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast… Some stories remind us that God writes better endings than we ever could.Tom and Ferree Hardy both los...
EP #31 - Kristen Smith on Faith, Family, and Natural Health
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Kristen Smith never planned on becoming an herbalist. As the oldest of three, she grew up surrounded...
EP #30 - Zach & Katie Miller: From Brokenness to Building Men (and a Homestead)
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Some stories don’t just inspire you, they quietly rebuild your hope.That’s what happened the mome...
EP #29 - Turning Wheelchairs into Witness, One Restored Life at a Time
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Joni Eareckson Tada was 17 when a diving accident in 1967 left her quadriplegic. What followed was n...
EP #28 - An Amish Preacher and a Former Real Estate Guru Walk Into a Hospital
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Most of us have felt it… that quiet exhaustion when the body is running on empty and the spirit fee...
EP #27 - The One Question That Changed an Entire Movement
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … It was in his hometown church where Ryan Wolfe grew up and was drawn early to adults with intellectua...
EP #26 - Nobody Talks About It. Melissa Brown Will Never Stop Fighting It.
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Melissa Brown never planned to lead Ohio’s largest faith-based residential home for teen survivors ...
EP #25 - She Miscarried, Then God Called Her to Save Lives She Never Expected
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast, Bekah Hilty, executive director of the Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County (in Ohio), shares her unexpe...
EP #24 - An Absolute Miracle, Lived in Six Irreplaceable Years
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this raw and unforgettable episode of The Plain Values Podcast, photographer Eric Brown opens his studio in rural Eastern NC and his life. He talk...
EP #23 - He Saw Too Much as a Paramedic … Then the Land Started Healing Him
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jake Drumm, a longtime paramedic now running Drumm Emergency Solutions and managing Watauga Flats Farm in East Tennessee, sat down for a raw, beautifu...
EP #22 - More Than Coffee: How Muletown Coffee Revived a Town Square and Built Real Community
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this warm, heartfelt episode, Chris and Kelli Coyne (owners of Muletown Coffee in Columbia, Tennessee) share the unlikely story of how a small coff...
EP #21 - The True Heroes of This Life … Foster Parents
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a raw and moving episode of The Plain Values Podcast, Kevin Hewitt, CEO of Christian Children’s Home of Ohio, pulls back the curtain on a lifetim...
EP #20 - From Castro’s Cuba to the Operating Room: The Extraordinary Life of Dr. Roberto Matthew
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this remarkable conversation, we sit down with Dr. Roberto Matthew — born in Cuba, shaped by revolution, exile, poverty, and perseverance to trac...
EP #19 - From Atlanta Highways to New York Hayfields: Buck Alford’s Unlikely Journey
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Buck Alford, an Atlanta native who traded suburban life for the wide-open fields and beauty of upstate New York. Buc...
EP #18 - Kent Ernsting’s 35-Year Calling to Walk With the Wounded
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s conversation, we sit down with therapist Kent Ernsting, a man shaped by a lifetime of caring for wounded hearts. Trained in Marriage...
EP #17 - How Dave Sims Found His Calling After Losing Everything
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our friend Dave Sims. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Dave Sims is a man whose life was split clean...
EP #16 - Where Hunting Meets Heart | Curt Yoder, Brian Yoder, Mark Schlabach
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our friends Curt Yoder, Brian Yoder, and Mark Schlabach. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.In the rol...
EP #15 - Julie Kirby’s Mission to Wrap Foster Families in Care
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our friend Julie Kirby. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Julie is the founder of Hope’s House Fost...
EP #14 - Chad and Kyla Kethcart on Healing, Art, and the Homestead
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our friends Chad and Kyla Kethcart. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Chad and Kyla Kethcart’s jour...
EP #13 - Pam McCue on Going from Defense Science to Divine Evidence
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our friend Pam McCue. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.After a distinguished 30-year career as a sen...
EP #12 - Griffin Long on God’s Work Through Special Needs
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our friend Griffin Long. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Griffin and his wife Rachel live in Canton...
EP #11 - Josh Thomas on Building a Healthy, Free, and Secure Life| Plain Values
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friend Josh Thomas. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.As Co-Founder of The Homesteading Fami...
EP #10 - Gabe and Mandy McCauley on Work, Play, and the Miracle of Children
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friends Gabe and Mandy. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Gabe McCauley is an actor and film...
EP #09 - Ryan and Sara Heckert on Adoption and The Good Life
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friends Ryan and Sara. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Ryan Heckert is first and foremost ...
EP #08 - Sam Burchfield on Sacred Music, Sacred Life
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friend Sam Burchfield. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Sam Burchfield is a musician. But w...
EP #07 - Dave Stauffer on Mental Health and Community Healing
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friend Dave Stauffer. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Dave is the Executive Director of Sp...
EP #06 - Steve Axtell on the Life of a Professional Puppeteer
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friend Steve Axtell. Learn more about Plain Values at https://plainvalues.com.Steve Axtell is the founder of Axtell...
EP #05 - David Stelzer (Azure Standard) on Building Something that Lasts
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friend David Stelzer. Learn more about Plain Values at https://www.plainvalues.com.David Stelzer is the founder and...
EP #04 - Joel Salatin on just about everything
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friend Joel Salatin. Learn more about Plain Values at www.plainvalues.com.How do you describe a man like Joel Salat...
EP #03 - Tristan Griffin on the joy of trials
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friend Tristan Griffin. Learn more about Plain Values at www.plainvalues.com.Tristan began a beautiful project with...
EP #02 - Dale Cramer and John Schmid on miraculous reconciliation
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friends from just down the road, Dale Cramer and John Schmid. Learn more about Plain Values at www.plainvalues.com....
EP #01 - Shawn and Beth Dougherty on gain through grief
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is with our dear friends from just down the road, Shawn and Beth Dougherty. Learn more about Plain Values at www.plainvalues.com.Sha...