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Standing in the Fire

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Dive into the fire with Kris, Garrett and John — three owners of Fireside.fm who know what it’s like to stand in the flames of entrepreneurship. In 'Standing in the Fire,' we tackle everything from the latest trends in podcasting to the realities of running a SaaS business. No scripts, no filters — just real talk about what it takes to keep the fire burning. Join us as we explore the triumphs, struggles, and surprising lessons learned along the way.

Recent Episodes

SEP 29, 2026
16: How Codex Fixed a Year and a Half of Bugs in Four Hours
Kris finally installed Codex, and couldn't sleep. John burned through a week of AI tokens in one morning with Astra. In between, they get into the Momentum Founder Fellowship, why vibe coders don't know what they don't know, using AI to fix a year and a half of production bugs, automating social media posts, and what it actually feels like to ship a feature when you've never touched the code before. A big one.
54 MIN
AUG 10, 2026
15: Hot Takes: AI Art, Vibe Coding, and Why Codex Isn't All Bad
ohn finally figured out what was making him feel off. Kris is learning to delegate without losing his mind. Together they get into AI art ruining the print shop, surviving a Railway outage with Claude running three terminals at once, hot takes on vibe coding, and why Codex might actually be useful for one specific thing.
47 MIN
AUG 3, 2026
14: Stop Fixing Every Bug (And Let Claude Handle the Rest)
John and Kris cover a lot of ground, from a health scare that rewired how John thinks about who deserves his time, to building an AI watchdog that redeploys servers in the middle of the night so he doesn't have to. Plus: coworking office strategy, new category thinking, personality and appearance, and a deep dive into the tools actually moving the needle right now.
42 MIN
JUN 24, 2026
Bonus Episode: Open Loops, Hiring Pains, and Not Quitting
A previously lost episode, finally found. John and Kris get into the real stuff: the mental weight of too many open loops, why hiring in person is harder than hiring online, and what it actually costs to be a yes-person when your time is finite. Raw, honest, and worth the wait.
30 MIN
JUN 10, 2026
13: Running on Empty: Burning Out, Finding Margin, and Growing on Purpose
Kris and John get real about the chaos of mid-spring: juggling multiple businesses, hiring pressure, and zero mental margin. They talk about the surprising value of intentional growth limits, a clever low-tech solution to a Momentum food problem, and what a road trip playlist taught John about B2B sales. Plus: the book Essentialism, the Physics of Startups podcast, and why growing your business bigger isn't always the point.
35 MIN