My conversation with James Divine In this conversation, James and I discuss his background as a member of the US Army Band, marring his high school sweetheart and being a cool grandpa to six grandchildren. James and I also dive into his work as a speaker, coach,...
EP 12 – Being taught confidence, self-worth, and spirituality
A granddaughter's memories of her cool grandfathers This conversation is the first episode that I have recorded with a granddaughter, and I was blown away with what I learned about Dee's grandfathers. Dee shares with us how her cool grandpa's influenced her from a...
EP 11 – Big John shares lessons about being a great grandpa
A front porch conversation with John Hosler about being a great grandpa This is a great impromptu conversation with John Holser, the father of Jon Holser. Jon was a previous guest on the Cool-Grandpa podcast. John shares his reaction to learning about becoming a great...
EP 10 – Nature, Scouts, and Loving Adventures with Grandpa
In this conversation with Charles Pineo, we discuss raising two in-home grandsons. Charles discusses his love of the outdoors, especially for epic canoeing trips in Canada and the North East United States. We talk about using scouts and the outdoors to help teach...
EP 9 – Rodney’s Appalachian Grandpa Shares Lessons That Last a Life Time
Rodney shares awesome stories about growing up the grandson of an Appalachian farmer. In our conversation, Rodney discussed powerful lessons that his grandfather shared with him about literally walking away from a bad situation. We also learn where Rodney's love...
Episode 8 – The power of example and the lasting influence of grandpas
In this great conversation, Russell Wynne shares the valuable lessons that his grandpas shared with him. Russell discusses lessons that were taught to him about business and contract negotiations which have served as a guiding example in Russell's business dealings...
Episode 7 – Lee Shimbel
This great conversation with Lee explores how a grandfather's example of service teaches the grandchildren valuable lessons about helping others. We also discuss how Lee and the family positively install closely held family values to the upcoming generation. Lee...
Episode 6 – Lee Johnson
This was from the Oct 2005 Camp Toccoa reunion, shortly before he died in March 2006.He stands adjacent to monument dedicated to the 11th Airborne and the action they saw in WWII Lee Johnson in his WWII jump gear This was from the Oct 2005 Camp Toccoa reunion, shortly...
Episode 5 – Jon Hosler
Episode 4 – Jim Davies

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