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A podcast about truth, transition, and transformation. Hosted by Marc Bulandr, sociologist, founder of Qualitative Intelligence Systems, and storyteller with a pastor’s heart. Through conversations and reflections on faith, family, and technology, we explore the moments that shape us, break us, and call us back to what matters. You’ll also hear from Verity Grey, the AI voice Marc developed as part of his ongoing work with human and artificial intelligence. Driftless reflections. Chicago truth. Spiritual depth. Always real.

Recent Episodes

The Return of Verity: AI, Family, and the Human Gate

Send us Fan Mail Verity Grey, the AI voice of Qualitative Intelligence Systems, returns with a four-minute reflection on human control of AI and the family story behind QIS. Five AI models agreed. All five were wrong. Checking the original rule changed Joshua’s case. Marc and Jennifer’s family experience brings the Human Gate into focus: check the evidence, keep the person at the center, and take responsibility for the final decision. Read the full transcript: https://qualividence.com/the-r...

4 MIN

Doomed for the Drawer: Alex Montgomery on What Makes a Nonprofit Durable

Send us Fan Mail Why do some nonprofit strategic plans become how an organization actually works, while others get approved, praised, and quietly put in a drawer? Alex Montgomery has spent more than 25 years inside the nonprofit world in nearly every seat there is: lawyer, Skadden Fellow, fundraiser, operator, executive. Today she consults with nonprofits on strategy, leadership transitions, and board governance as Managing Director at Team VKA. In this conversation we get into what boards ge...

52 MIN

First Marc My Sabbath · Mother's Day · May 10, 2026

Send us Fan Mail The first Marc My Sabbath. Sunday, May 10, 2026. Mother's Day. The Sixth Sunday of Easter. Isaiah said "Here am I, send me" — but only after he saw the Lord, saw himself, and grace touched his lips. The order matters more than the slogan does. This homily gathers the week's daily words into one through-line. It listens carefully to three Mother's Day witnesses from yesterday's 1440 News digest. It names a complicated mother story I have spent years carrying. And it ends wi...

11 MIN

The Valley and the Voice

Send us Fan Mail Marc My Words, Season 2, Episode 4 The Valley and the Voice Fourth Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday DeSoto and Freeman Lutheran Churches, April 26, 2026 The Readings Acts 2:42-47, the early churchPsalm 23, the shepherd through the valley1 Peter 2:19-25, returned to the shepherd and guardianJohn 10:1-10, the gate, the voice, the shepherdThe Hymns 🎵 Gathering, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (ELW 858) https://youtu.be/JEh7Vt9sxmc 🎵 Hymn of the Day, Shepherd Me, O God (EL...

14 MIN

Send us Fan Mail Second Sunday of Easter. April 12, 2026. DeSoto and Freeman Lutheran Churches, Ferryville and DeSoto, Wisconsin. The Gospel is John 20:19-31. The disciples are behind locked doors on Easter evening. The tomb is empty. The news has been spoken out loud. They are still afraid. Thomas was not even there. This sermon draws on what was already happening in two small Mississippi River communities: volunteers at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery repairing mussel cages ten days before...

11 MIN