29 episodes

The Courageous Economy offers solutions to the daily issues that freedom-loving Americans experience in their jobs. Do you ever feel like you can't live out your values at work? Whether you're an employee or an entrepreneur, this show is full of inspiration, ideas, and actionable advice for you! RedBalloon CEO Andrew Crapuchettes and his guests will share stories of courage in the workplace, and help you take action today to connect, work, shop, build and invest in a way that leads to freedom in your life and career.

The Courageous Economy Andrew Crapuchettes

    • Business
    • 4.9 • 37 Ratings

The Courageous Economy offers solutions to the daily issues that freedom-loving Americans experience in their jobs. Do you ever feel like you can't live out your values at work? Whether you're an employee or an entrepreneur, this show is full of inspiration, ideas, and actionable advice for you! RedBalloon CEO Andrew Crapuchettes and his guests will share stories of courage in the workplace, and help you take action today to connect, work, shop, build and invest in a way that leads to freedom in your life and career.

    S1:E28 The Employee Bill of Rights with Laura The Labor Lawyer

    S1:E28 The Employee Bill of Rights with Laura The Labor Lawyer

    What are your rights when your employer still requires you to wear a mask? What are your rights when your employer expects you to participate in pride month, tells you not to say ‘Merry Christmas,’ or expects you to act against your conscience? 
    In the final episode of Season 1, Andrew talks with Laura The Labor Lawyer about all these issues, and more. As the author of RedBalloon’s Employee Bill of Rights, Laura draws from her Harvard Law degree, her love of freedom, and her extensive knowledge of labor law to address issues that conservative employees are facing in their work environment. 
     
    In this Episode 
    RedBalloon.work/Bill 
    RedBalloon.Work  
    Full Show Notes
    Want to help Andrew spread these stories of courage? Subscribe to The Courageous Economy, rate & review the show, and share it with a friend! 
    Thanks for joining us for the first season of The Courageous Economy. If you want more courageous content during our break, check out any Season 1 episodes that you missed, and take some time to apply the action steps shared by each guest.  
    We’ll be back next season with more stories of courage, and more ideas for you as you seek freedom for your career, and for this country. God bless America!  
    Take Action, and Take Heart, 
    The RedBalloon Team 

    • 23 min
    S1:E27 Speak Truth Without Fear with Jordan Sarmo

    S1:E27 Speak Truth Without Fear with Jordan Sarmo

    Jordan Sarmo was a career musician who kept his political views to himself when he started to see cancel culture in the entertainment industry. That all changed when he went to Washington on January 6, 2021, and witnessed the corporate media’s lies and distortions about the events of that day. He was inspired to start speaking the truth without fear, and is now helping his fellow Americans do the same. 
    Jordan shares insights from the entertainment industry, talks about how education and entertainment are shaping the political views of America’s next generation, and discusses the profound impact that speaking the truth without fear has had on his personal life and career.  
    “We are where we are today because of our silence, because of our fear.” 
    -Jordan Sarmo 
     
    In this Episode 
    Speaktruthwithoutfear.com 
    Love Letter to America by Tomas Schuman 
    Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky 
    RedBalloon.Work  
    Full Show Notes  
    Want to help spread these stories of courage? Subscribe to The Courageous Economy, rate & review the show, or share it with a friend! 
     

    • 23 min
    S1:E26 Parler's Courageous Comeback with CPO Mike Hebert

    S1:E26 Parler's Courageous Comeback with CPO Mike Hebert

    After a career in tech that took him to places like Wayfair.com, Monster.com, and edX, Mike Hebert joined the pro-free-speech platform Parler. Within hours of starting his new job as COO of Parler, Mike Hebert and the rest of the company were shocked to discover that Amazon, Google, and Apple had launched a coordinated attack to make the #1 app disappear from the internet. 
    Mike talks about Parler’s courageous comeback, the Indie Tech Council – of which Parler and RedBalloon are founding members – and how people in woke jobs can start taking action today to get closer to pro-freedom work.
      
    In this Episode 
    Parler.com 
    IndieTechCouncil.com 
    RedBalloon.Work  
    Full Show Notes
    Want to help Andrew spread these stories of courage? Subscribe to The Courageous Economy, rate & review the show, or share it with a friend! 

    • 20 min
    S1:E25 The State of Liberty in Canada with Andrew DeBartolo

    S1:E25 The State of Liberty in Canada with Andrew DeBartolo

    This week Andrew Crapuchettes talks to Andrew DeBartolo, a Canadian pastor representing Liberty Coalition Canada, a group of clergy, politicians, and business leaders that formed during Trudeau’s oppressive Covid-19 response.  
    Originally meeting in secret with cellphones banned, Liberty Coalition Canada has exploded into a national movement that courageously stands for freedom by engaging in political advocacy, mobilizing pro-freedom Canadians, and providing legal aid for those who have been discriminated against through lawless mandates. Andrew DeBartolo shares stories from the front lines of the Canadian struggle for freedom.  
     
    In This Episode 
    https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/  
    RedBalloon.Work   
    Full Show Notes 
    Do you want to help spread courage to more people across your country? Subscribe to The Courageous Economy, rate & review the show, or share it with a friend! 

    • 25 min
    S1:E24 A New Conservative Age is Rising with Dr. Steve Turley

    S1:E24 A New Conservative Age is Rising with Dr. Steve Turley

    If you are a conservative, there is a lot to be excited about, even in these tumultuous times. That's what internationally recognized scholar, speaker, and author Dr. Steve Turley says. He joins Andrew to share how the modernist myth has lost its hold, and why secularism is failing across the world, giving way to a new, conservative age. 
    From Russia to Europe to the U.S., citizens are rising up and reasserting their religion, culture, and nation as mechanisms of resistance against the dehumanizing tendencies of secularism and globalism. If you sometimes feel like fighting for freedom is a losing battle, Dr. Steve will convince you otherwise. 
      
    In this Episode
    www.turleytalks.com 
    Exhausting Modernity by Teresa Brennan 
    The Postmodern Condition by Jean-François Lyotard  
    Solzhenitzyn's Harvard Speech 
    www.walkawaycampaign.com 
    www.redballoon.work 

    • 30 min
    S1:E23 Having Courage as a Jewish Business Leader with Joel Wolh

    S1:E23 Having Courage as a Jewish Business Leader with Joel Wolh

    Joel Wolh shares how he went from being a ‘boring plastics salesman’ to a successful serial entrepreneur. Joel recently sold a top-performing Amazon Ads company and co-founded Bizfluence – an alternative to LinkedIn that focuses on work, productivity, and avoiding censorship and cancel culture.  
    Joel talks to Andrew about the personal change that transformed his career, his preference for Big Government over Big Tech, the need for moral grounding in times like these, and the tactics that the Jewish community has used to respond to government overreach.   
     
    In this Episode 
    Bizfluenceapp.com 
    Powwowevent.com 
    Redballoon.work 
    Full Show Notes

    • 20 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
37 Ratings

37 Ratings

buffalofandan ,

We’ve need this!

The conversation we’ve all been waiting for someone to pickup. I’m hopeful we can get back to doing good work with our teams, growing people, caring for each other…without trying to force ideology on people as a requirement to work. Free to work indeed!

edunford2924 ,

Great podcast

I love this podcast—- it gives me great hope for America

Pickett Old Scout ,

Short, Encouraging, and to the Point

What I love about this podcast:
20 minute episodes on average. Not a big burden to add to your ever-growing podcast list.
Encouraging. Great stories of true courage. We are not alone in this insane world, and there’s good companies to work for.
To the point. No fluff, Andrew is an excellent host with great questions for the guests, lets them talk.
Basically lots of value packed into a short amount of time. Highly recommend.

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