
️ VOTE FOR US — Top Host 2026Mark: https://tophost.org/2026/mark-chepelyukAnna: https://tophost.org/2026/anna-chepelJessica Bowser was teaching fourth grade in Fairfax County when the pandemic cost her the job. Stuck at...


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Hosted by Mark Chepel · business · EN
Conversations with Mark and Anna Chepel. We’re competing for iHeartRadio’s Top Host. Help us make it to the finals!
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Signup to Generate a PitchFriendly Talk Show is hosted by Mark Chepel. The show has published 25 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "What Actually Makes a Good Host with Jessica Bowser" (30 October 2026, 89 minutes), "An Endurance Coach on Turning Your Passion Into Your Career" (8 October 2026, 61 minutes), and "Going from Tech Sales to Taste of Thai" (22 September 2026, 81 minutes).
Friendly Talk Show publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 68 minutes across 25 episodes.
Booking probability for Friendly Talk Show is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Friendly Talk Show requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Friendly Talk Show's contact route on record: verified email.
Mark Chepel hosts Friendly Talk Show, a business podcast with 25 episodes published.
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️ VOTE FOR US — Top Host 2026Mark: https://tophost.org/2026/mark-chepelyukAnna: https://tophost.org/2026/anna-chepelJessica Bowser was teaching fourth grade in Fairfax County when the pandemic cost her the job. Stuck at...

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What happens when you turn the thing you love into the thing people pay you for? Endurance coach, cyclist, and JMU instructor Averi joins Mark and Anna for a conversation about building a career around riding bikes...

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Daniel Phonelath joins us to talk about his journey from working in tech to returning to his family’s restaurant, and what that taught him about identity, ambition, and meaningful work. We get into the challenges of...

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Jared Miller started his business before he had everything figured out.In this conversation, we talk about risk, money, faith, growing through mistakes, and why waiting until you feel ready can keep you stuck. Jared...

Episode #22
Daniel Wenger is the co-founder of VFC Homes. We talk about growing a construction business, building trust, his faith, learning to let go, balancing business with family, and why even successful entrepreneurs are still...

Episode #21
Join Tim Lewis, Jill, Anna, and Mark for a friendly conversation about hiking, photography, relationships, online criticism, and building a life around what you love. We start in the studio, then finish the conversation...

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In this episode, Mark sits down with Nikita, owner of Grace Hill Construction, for a conversation about what it really takes to build a good home today.Nikita shares his story of growing up around hard work, learning...

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In this episode Mark sits down with Kyle Glenn, a certified financial planner and exit planner, to talk about the human side of building and leaving a business. They discuss why many business owners are not prepared to...

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<p>In this episode Mark sits down with Kyle Glenn, a certified financial planner and exit planner, to talk about the human side of building and leaving a business. They discuss why many business owners are not prepared...

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In this episode of Friendly City, Mark sits down with Kyle Glenn, a certified financial planner and exit planner, to talk about the human side of building and leaving a business. They discuss why many business owners...

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<p>In this episode of Friendly City, Mark sits down with Kyle Glenn, a certified financial planner and exit planner, to talk about the human side of building and leaving a business. They discuss why many business owners...

Episode #18
<p>In this episode, Mark sits down with Haima Askari for a conversation about identity, meaningful work, culture, language, convenience, and travel.Haima shares his perspective on photography, Kurdish-American identity...

Episode #17
<p>In this episode of Friendly City, Mark sits down with meteorologist and content creator Grant Coleman ( / cole_front ) and his wife for a conversation that starts with weather and content creation but evolves into...

Episode #16
<p>This week on Friendly City, chef and former restaurant owner Mikey shares the real story behind building Mashita — from identity and belonging to burnout, family, and learning when to walk away.</p><p>We talk about...

Episode #15
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Joe Holmes to talk about what people get wrong about artificial intelligence, how AI agents are changing work, and why the future of AI is going to be more personal, more powerful...

Episode #14
<p>Heidi Dove, founder of Village to Village, joins us to discuss her work in fostering community self sufficiency through a Christian organization. We talk about the challenges of starting a nonprofit organization and...

Episode #13
<p>In this episode, Nik Tucker shares his journey from chasing validation, success, and a party lifestyle to finding real purpose, identity, and transformation. We talk about mental health, self-improvement, faith, and...

Episode #12
<p>History usually feels like something that already happened.</p><p>Clean. Organized. Inevitable.</p><p>But the reality is… it didn’t feel that way at all.</p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Travis—a Revolutionary...

<p>In this episode, we sit down with Amelia Schmid, a truly confident woman who lives life on her own terms, which we find incredibly inspirational. We discuss how to be confident and the power of embracing your...

Episode #10
<p>Indi Hewavita is a prosthetist and orthotist at Valley Orthotics and Prosthetics, and his journey to this work is anything but ordinary. From tracking grizzly bears in Montana to building artificial limbs in the...
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