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The Maté Experience
by The Maté Experience
Gathering around the Maté, to discuss music, literature, and the stuff of life.
Episodes
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The Maté Experience (S4 E20) Nate Menold Mongolia 1
Nate shares his experiences in traveling to Mongolia. Although it was just a short mission trip, just getting there can be more eventful than one would imagine.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E19) Jacob Klopfenstein
By popular request, show favorite Jacob Klopfenstein returns. From house remodeling, to "Peak Singleness" we cover a wide swath.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E18) Tyler Stahl
Returning guest Tyler Stahl, joins us for an impromptu episode on all things Winnie-the-Pooh.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E17) Curt Grimm
Curt Grimm Joins us after a trip to Ukraine. What does farming look like on the edge of a war? Hear all about it, right here on The Maté Experience.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E16) Oliver
Words fail me to describe this one. Just listen to it I guess.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E15) Dawna, From an Abused Child to a Thriving Adult
Not everyone grows up with loving Father. Maybe that's you, or maybe you thought you had a bad one and he really isn't so bad compared to Dawna. Anyway this is Dawna's story as she emerges from the cocoon of physical traumas to flying as free as a butterfly.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E14) Tyler Grimm
Returning guest, Tyler Grimm, sits down for another rousing discussion. Join us to hear all about A.I. and how it is effecting his life.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E13) John Lehman India
John Lehman makes a 2nd appearance to take us to India.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E12) Lucas Linden
Join us, along with Life Star Medic Lucas Linden. From the Caribbean to Brooklyn, and back to the Midwest. Lucas has seen EMS from many angles.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E11) John Lehman
Hear how a boy from the Midwest ended up in Africa on a dark night. Join us, along with John Lehman, and travel to Ethiopia.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E10) Josh Burger
Returning guest from season 1, Josh Burger. Joins us for a world travel session.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E9) Jared and Fritz Peer support
Peer pressure or Peer support? learn more in Episode 9.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E8) Jacob Klopfenstein
Returning show favorite, Jacob Klopfenstein, enlightens us on the effects of good and bad gossip.
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The Maté Experience (S4 E7) Jared and Fritz
Episode 7 finds Fritz back on the show. From Kansas to McMurdo, its all right here.
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The Florida State Film Crew (S4 E6)
Four friends from FSU, Madi, Maggie, Liana, and Sean, travel the country filming documentaries. Listen here to learn what they are up to, and how we got connected in Kansas. Get their perspective on how life is viewed though the lens of a film maker.
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(S4 E5) The Schupbach's
This week took us on the road to sit down and chat with some family friends. We discuss our time spent in Louisiana with Harvest Call as a very poorly explained definition of Mardi Gras.
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(S4 E4) Danny Lehman and Jarod Hartter 2.0
This week's episode brings two returning guests to talk about a second trip taken to Kenya to support a small school there. We discuss the differences in serving God locally and abroad as we explore our personal experiences. Stay tuned to the end to see how you may be able to personally assist in...
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(S4 E3) What is "Success"
Join Jared and a few of his friends as they sit around a makeshift studio in central Illinois. This group of men was a random assortment of single Christians that had traveled from various places to be together for the weekend.
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(S4 E2) Kent Schmidgal and Company
This week's episode takes a walk into the life of a what many may see as an ordinary man, husband and father. Journey with us as we explore a bit of literature and life with our friend Kent Schmidgal and his son William.
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(S4 E1) A Trip to Japan with Atticai Margrave
In this episode, one of Jared's friend's friend sits down to talk about his experience of moving from LA county, California to the Midwest for college at Kansas University. He shares also of the highs and lows of a mission trip he took to Japan in the summer of 2025.
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(S3 E26) Sage Wisdom For Jared
Fritz becomes undead to share with Jared and the listeners some wisdom that life has taught him. https://dietiredco.com Use code mate10 at checkout.
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(S3 E25) Life in a Small Church (Derek and Clint Anliker)
Come with us as we explore the challenges and rewards of living in what we Apostolic Christians call a small church. Also, as often happens when single men are given a mic, the topic of marriage arises. Listen as we uncover how to find a spouse in a rather unique way, and learn how to properly…
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(S3 E24) A Farewell to Fritz
In episode 24, Fritz takes his last moments to share with our guest Tyler Stahl the challenges of real adult life beyond monetary concerns.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E23) Benji Aberle
In Episode 23 Benji Aberle enlightens us on the finer points of Roman Candle wars. And how he lost an eye in one.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E21) Jarod Hartter
Enjoy this episode with Jarod Hartter, and hear what makes a firefighter run into a fire.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E20) Jacob and Silas Rassi
This is one for the birds. Join us, along with Jacob and Silas Rassi, and hear about birds, watching birds, listening to birds, making lists of birds. In short all things birds.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E19) Tyler Grimm
The Maté Experience sits down with pilot Tyler Grimm in Ep. 19 to explore the wonders of flight. But unexpected topics distract us, the international dateline, Jared monologues about reality, and so on.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E18) Aaron Hertzel
For Episode 18 we sit down with Aaron Hertzel. Aaron gives us the rare opportunity to delve into his experience with a DUI, and all the ways it has continued to affect his life.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E17) Thomas Beer and Evan Mogler
Join us along with serial guest Thomas Beer as well as Evan Mogler making a debut appearance. Hear about the big city of Philadelphia, refugees, art, and all other happenings in the world of Thomas.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E16) Jacob Klopfenstein & Hard Work
Join us in the 16th Episode of Season 3, along with returning Guest Jacob Klopfenstein, to discuss how Hard Work effects our lives.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E15) Cody Lanus and William Kuhn
The 15th Ep. of Season 3 finds us on the road to a small town in the Midwest. Join us in a conversation with Cody Lanus, and hear about how life has dumped him in West Bend Iowa. After years in Federal Prison, next door to his brother William Kuhn. Find all the details of that experience,...
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The Maté Experience (S3 E14) Jared and Fritz
Jared and Fritz sit down and catch up in a guestless episode. Topics range from Marcus Aurelius to the Lockheed CL-1201.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E13) Antarctica part 14 The Real World
In this closing Episode of Fritz's time in Antarctica, we join him, for his last day on the Ice. And then fly north with him to Christchurch. Where the sun sets everyday and rises in the morning, where one can experience rain, and the smell of green grass, back to the real world.
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The Maté Experience Bonus Ep. Rooftop Roundtable #2
In our second edition of the Rooftop Roundtable, we are joined by four young men from the East. Hear what Anchor, Jacob, Alex, and Eli have to say. Both roof oriented and non roof oriented.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E12) Adam Yurkiewitz
In this standard bi-weekly Episode we turn to the South Pole. Join us to visit with Adam Yurkiewitz in the dead of winter at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Hear about his work there, the ice tunnels, and of course the weather.
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The Maté Experience Bonus Ep. Rooftop Roundtable #1
In this special off week edition of The Maté Experience. We interview a large group of volunteers from a local roofing project. To learn more about this and meet our guest's, listen to the first edition of the Rooftop Roundtable series.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E11) Gardy Moreau
Some people live in the same place all there lives, literally in the house they were raised in. And then there are others that pick up and move thousands of miles. Learn a new language, and send there lives down a whole different pathway. Meet Gardy Moreau, a man born in Haiti, raised in…
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The Maté Experience (S3 E10) Monika Fehr and Ty Strahm
Episode 10 brings Monika Fehr and returning Guest Ty Strahm, in another unprecedented double appearance. In this multifaceted episode Monika and Ty discuss the different aspects of being adopted, and how it effects there lives. (Monika would like to note she can pronounce reciprocity)
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The Maté Experience (S3 E9) Sarah Rokey and Alyssa Strahm
In a double guest appearance Sarah Rokey and Alyssa Strahm join us for the 9th episode of Season three. Italy, the Colosseum, Venice, the Dolomites, and even Austria. Hear all about it, and more, in this extra long episode.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E8) Addison and Carla Metzger
Join us for a unique interview with husband and wife Addison and Carla Metzger. In the age of online dating, hooking up, and breaking up. The Metzger's give us an inside look at how they moved past all of this by trusting in God, stick around and immerse yourself in their experience with Faith...
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The Maté Experience (S3 E7) Thomas Beer
Thomas Beer joins us as a returning guest, to discuss school. Public school, Private school, Homeschool, or the lack thereof.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E6) Jonny Tomic
Jonny Tomic Joins us from Ohio, along with Justin Steiner, Silas Cottrel, and Braxton Martin. Jonny Tomic has various thoughts and theory's, about life, religion, and the broader universe. Listen and find out what they are.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E5) Jarod Hartter and Danny Lehman
You may know Jarod Hartter the Fireman. But have you met the one who went to Africa? Join us as we travel to Kenya with Jarod, along with Danny Lehman. Music Credit, Dreamers by Jungkook
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The Maté Experience (S3 E4) Antarctica part 13 Heading North
After months of working his way south, to the very bottom of the Earth. This episode finds Fritz turning Northward.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E3) Willpower
Join us for a last minute discussion that has turned into Episode 3 of our 3rd season. Willpower is the illusive yet desirable trait of our focus.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E2) Ethan Moser
Already 2025 has brought us to Episode 2 of our 3rd season. Excited to join us is Ethan Moser all the way from the eastern seaboard. Ethan gives us a personal account of his quest for purpose in life.
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The Maté Experience (S3 E1) Aaron Calhoun
Season 3 of the Maté Experience opens with a visit from Aaron Calhoun. Aaron a recent graduate of West Point, shares his experience in getting appointed to this long running Army officer school. As well as pursuing a career as an Army Diver.
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The Maté Experience (S2 E26) Isaac Hartzler
Isaac Hartzler joins from Ohio and helps us wrap up Season two of The Maté Experience. And to share a few laughs over Calvin and Hobbes, and other childhood (and adult) comic memories.
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The Maté Experience (S2 E25) Blake Gay
As 2024 nears enters its last days, Blake Gay joins us from the capital city. In an informal sit-down, Jared and Blake compare their childhoods, and beyond.
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The Maté Experience (S2 E24) Elijah Plattner
Former guest Elijah Plattner returns on Episode 24 along with more K-pop. To tell of his travels in India, Bangladesh, Japan, and his 2nd Semester of study abroad in South Korea. He also explains why the people of Nagaland are Happy Credits. Intro Music "Black Pink"
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Gathering around the Maté, to discuss music, literature, and the stuff of life.
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