{"podcast":{"title":"Wholehearted with Shawn Zajas","slug":"wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588","podcast_index_feed_id":6410588,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/shawn-zajas-show/","website_url":"https://shawnzajas.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ea40e6f8-01bb-4d2e-b5ec-cf48de12c96b/wholehearted-cover-light.jpg","author":"Shawn Zajas","episode_count":93,"summary":"Somewhere along the way, a lot of good men lost heart. Not their nerve — their heart. The part that used to hope, create, and believe it could still be good. It got buried under shame, under failure, under the quiet verdict that it's too late for them now. Wholehearted is for those men. This is a show about the who, not the what. I've spent years sitting across from people in the middle of their story — not the polished \"after,\" the messy middle — and I've never gotten tired of the same thing: the beauty that comes out of brokenness when a person is finally seen and finally honest. So that's what we do here. Real conversations with people who've walked through moral failure, loss, addiction, doubt, or the slow death of a dream — and found their way back to life. No advice. No fixing. No five-step formulas. Just presence, honesty, faith, and the stubborn belief that restoration is real and no one is past it. If you're a man who's quietly given up on part of yourself — or you love someone who has — pull up a chair. You're not as far gone as the shame keeps telling you that you are. It all starts at the root: becoming whole. From there comes authentic brilliance, and a life that crea…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:21:20.464259+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588"},"episode":{"title":"79 ::: From Paper Routes to AI Publishing: An Entrepreneur's Journey with John Ayers","slug":"79-from-paper-routes-to-ai-publishing-an-entrepreneur-s-journey-with-john-ayers","published_at":"2025-01-24T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588/79-from-paper-routes-to-ai-publishing-an-entrepreneur-s-journey-with-john-ayers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588","url":"https://shawn-zajas-show.captivate.fm/episode/79-john-ayers","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/6211482d-435a-47be-a22f-23089ed0fca1/AYERS-AUDIO.mp3","summary":"In this engaging episode, serial entrepreneur John Ayers shares his journey from childhood paper routes to founding Chapters.io, an innovative AI-assisted book publishing company. Through candid discussion, John reveals how his early experiences with technology, business ownership, and continuous learning shaped his approach to entrepreneurship. The conversation explores the evolution of his various ventures, including a coffee house near ASU and early web development, culminating in his current mission to help others share their authentic stories through AI-enhanced book publishing.","meta_description":"In this engaging episode, serial entrepreneur John Ayers shares his journey from childhood paper routes to founding Chapters.io, an innovative AI-assisted…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3356,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588/episodes/79-from-paper-routes-to-ai-publishing-an-entrepreneur-s-journey-with-john-ayers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588/79-from-paper-routes-to-ai-publishing-an-entrepreneur-s-journey-with-john-ayers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}