9B: A Podcast for People Who Run Things
This is 9B, a podcast for people who run things. Here, Business and BS are hashed out over a Beer, Bourbon, and a Boulevardier cocktail by three Bombastic, Bloviating Blokes in Bryan, TX. Nine Bs.
We are Christian fathers and business owners, serving our slightly jaded ideas without the hottest slang. It's as honest as an evening Texas drive with the windows down and George Strait wafting through the stereo. Welcome.
Episodes
9 episodes
9B: Episode 9: Grok spits out family odds
Grok spits out family odds. In this episode, we query GROK - 'on the statistical odds of outrageous family success,' and the results are surprising!
9B: Episode 8: Teen Drivers?! We have an answer
We discovered the cheapest, most durable answer to running a household fleet: old Toyotas. We unpack it all right here.
9B: Episode 7: 'Have we lost the idea of a vocation?'
'What even is a career anymore?' Have we lost the idea of vocation?Hear our leadership team discuss the importance of business being more than just profit. Have businesses in general, moved away from being about and for their people?&nbs...
9B: Episode 6: We used to build Cathedrals
In this episode of 9B, we discuss the cultures that used to build cathedrals and now build mini malls. What happened? Could we even imagine what it would look like to build now, knowing that it wouldn't be complete for 150 years in the future?
9B: Episode 5: DEI and Business.
In this episode, we discuss DEI and Business. Where did it go? Is it truly gone? How does the culture in the US compare to other cultures, both historically and in modern times?
9B: Episode 4: The Blue Collar Swap out
In this episode, we discuss the blue-collar swap-out — trading spreadsheets for sheetrock. It's the desk-to-ditch revolution.
9B: Episode 3: Generational Cohorts
Generational Cohorts: how they spar, work, and interact with one another, and what happens next.
9B: Episode 2: What Builds a Texas Mindset
This our best effort to capture the majesty and magnitude of the State of Texas in one digestible episode. Texas is wild and so very unusual - just ask any transplant to the Lone Star. Why are we like this?! What builds the Texas mindset? What ...
9B: Episode 1: Business and Entrepreneurship in the AI Era
Exploration of the impact of AI on expertise and good work, particularly on young talent in the workforce. Social media, trust, and the emerging conviction that there’s big power in real-life connections. Finally, we look at the dystopian socie...