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the found podcast with molly knuth

Stories, strategy, and straight talk from the small-town Midwest. Conversations with Founders, builders, and community leaders on business, leadership, and the issues shaping our towns.

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WHERE SMALL TOWNS GET HEARD

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I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE.

This show started in 2020 as The Small-Minded Podcast, and 270+ episodes later, the idea hasn’t changed: the people building businesses, schools, nonprofits, and county offices in places like ours have stories worth hearing. Some weeks it’s me with a mic and a strategy. Some weeks it’s a neighbor you should know. Every week, it’s for the people building the business and the town.

Must listens

Sunk Costs, Small Town Opinions, and Starting Anyway

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Six Reasons 2026 Is Your Year to Start That Business

SMALL-TOWN BUSINESS

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The Worst Business Plan I Ever Made

STRATEGY

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Every Ballot, Every Deed, Every Dollar with Whitney Hein

CIVIC LIFE

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How Two Foster Moms Built Moms Connect Dubuque

COMMUNITY

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Better Every Day with Dr. Dan Butler

EDUCATION

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guest spotlight

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ED RABER ON SHOWING UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

Ed is Dubuque County’s Director of Planning and Development, and the guy with an $8 name badge who has spent thirty years showing up to whatever room needed one more person willing to raise their hand. We talk about building an entrepreneurial ecosystem with no wrong door, how one meeting he called himself started the Farley library project, and why making a difference means sticking with it.

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265: Wear the Name Badge:
What Ed Raber Knows About Showing Up

ED RABER / DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, DUBUQUE COUNTY

STRAIGHT FROM MOLLY

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The Messy Middle: What Rebuilding My Business Has Actually Looked Like

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Small Business Burnout: 7 Lessons from the Thing That Makes Me Zero Dollars

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Using AI Without Losing Your Voice

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The Midyear Check-In Founders Never Put on Their Calendar

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TELL ME ABOUT A FOUNDER IN YOUR TOWN

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I'M MOLLY, A BIG DREAMER IN A SMALL TOWN

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MOM OF 4, FORMER TEACHER, BUSINESS OWNER,
AND CO-RUNNER OF A CATTLE OPERATION

You've come to the right place,
and I'm so glad you're here.

I started Molly Knuth Media in 2017 after teaching high school English, and I've spent nearly a decade helping small-town businesses tell their stories. These days I’m using my own voice, too: on the podcast, on stage, and anywhere small towns need someone to speak up. Because what you build here ripples out past your own front door and beyond your ZIP code.