Believe! The American Stream
Doug DeVos
Bringing entrepreneurs, civic leaders, and everyday Americans together to discuss the principles that both unite us and set us apart from the pack. This is The Believe! Journal’s broadcast series www.thebelievejournal.com
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Jan 16, 2026 • 1min
Free Enterprise Is About Morality, Not Just Money
Fr. Robert Sirico asserts that strong economies grow out of strong cultures, where free enterprise is animated by kindness, responsibility, and care for one another.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Jan 8, 2026 • 7min
Redemptive Entrepreneurship and the American Idea
Evan Feinberg contends that America’s Judeo-Christian roots call for redemptive entrepreneurship—using faith, freedom, and creative action to renew culture and human flourishing.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Jan 1, 2026 • 9min
The Big Myth
Tim Carney dismantles the myth that big business opposes big government, showing how corporate power often allies with regulation and taxation to entrench itself and undermine true free enterprise.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Dec 26, 2025 • 7min
The Republic of Garages
Peter Gietl argues that free enterprise is born not in boardrooms but in garages and basements, where ordinary people take risks, create, and turn imagination into opportunity.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Dec 18, 2025 • 11min
Thomas Jefferson's Mistake is a Warning to Us All
John Papola warns that revolutions built on unconstrained visions of man inevitably lead to tyranny, while America’s founders preserved liberty by embracing humility, limits, and moral order.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Dec 11, 2025 • 11min
Entrepreneurship and the Spirit of Adventure
Aaron Renn argues, prosperity does not come from government but from people who take initiative, embrace responsibility, and pursue opportunity with courage and creativity.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Dec 4, 2025 • 13min
America’s Real Business
Henry Ford and Rich DeVos both championed hard work, personal responsibility, and free enterprise—arguing that government cannot create prosperity, only people can.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Nov 28, 2025 • 9min
Keeping America’s Promise
Andreas Widmer argues that free enterprise relies on trust, virtue, and creativity, warning that without ethical leadership and real competition, cronyism will erode the freedom that drives progress.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Nov 20, 2025 • 11min
USA Founders: ‘Natural Aristocracy’ Protects Freedom
Joe Lonsdale argues that free enterprise survives only when principled leaders engage in public life and warns that without them, cronyism and populism threaten the freedoms that enable prosperity.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
Nov 14, 2025 • 11min
What America Needs from You
Alan Smolinisky’s immigrant to owner story shows how free enterprise empowers ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things in a nation built on opportunity.Follow The Believe! Journal:Instagram FacebookX LinkedInVisit thebelievejournal.com for more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebelievejournal.com
