# One Year, One Yes | The Empowered Life Podcast Anniversary Special with Chris Burgin Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/empowered-life-podcast-7763452/one-year-one-yes-the-empowered-life-podcast-anniversary-special-with-chris-burgin Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/empowered-life-podcast-7763452/one-year-one-yes-the-empowered-life-podcast-anniversary-special-with-chris-burgin.md Podcast: [Empowered Life Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empowered-life-podcast-7763452) Published: 2026-07-13T16:31:05+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meredith-murray2/episodes/One-Year--One-Yes--The-Empowered-Life-Podcast-Anniversary-Special-with-Chris-Burgin-e3m1dru Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/1051ae478/podcast/play/122778942/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-13%2F427881764-44100-2-0baf6fc0f3122.m4a Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/empowered-life-podcast-7763452/episodes/one-year-one-yes-the-empowered-life-podcast-anniversary-special-with-chris-burgin Duration seconds: 4828 ## Resource What happens when a single yes turns into a movement? In this special anniversary episode of the Empowered Life Podcast, Meredith Murray sits down with Chris Burgin, Founder and CEO of Allies in Youth Development, to celebrate one full year of the show: 1.7 million views, over 1,000 hours of watch time, and listeners in 26 states and more than a dozen countries. Together, Meredith and Chris revisit the moments that defined the year: pastors going after "the one," a sheriff fighting trafficking before it starts, a financial advisor who learned to give without keeping score, a teacher whose question reached 2,000 people at a graduation, a mentor who found that consistency changes everything, and a survivor who is now the trusted adult she once needed. Chris also opens up about the leaps of faith that built Allies from nothing, and closes the episode with a message about what one yes, said 15 years ago in a Russian orphanage, has become. The Mission of Allies Allies in Youth Development exists to put a consistent, trusted adult in the life of every vulnerable child who doesn't have one. Right now, that means mentors showing up month after month for more than 27,000 children across 92 countries. ✨ JOIN THE MOVEMENT ✨ Learn more about how you can empower orphans and vulnerable children globally: 👉 Visit alliesyouth.org 👉 New landing page: empoweredlifepodcast.org 🕒 Chapters / Timestamps 00:00 - Celebrating one year of the Empowered Life Podcast 04:15 - Chris Burgin joins: "It's the power of the yes" 07:40 - Desi & Mychal Henk on going to "the ends of the earth" 19:20 - Sheriff Waybourn on early intervention & prevention 31:55 - Shannon Harris on generosity without an agenda 36:40 - Chris on faith, provision, and the founding of Allies 4… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/empowered-life-podcast-7763452/episodes/one-year-one-yes-the-empowered-life-podcast-anniversary-special-with-chris-burgin/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/empowered-life-podcast-7763452/one-year-one-yes-the-empowered-life-podcast-anniversary-special-with-chris-burgin.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.