A Fiercer Delight with Matt Gordon

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Episodes 12

Avg. Duration 26m

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Since Sep 2025

Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Weekly

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Episodic

Consistency

34%

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About This Podcast

The world can feel heavy, full of pain that outpaces our joy. A Fiercer Delight is Matt Gordon’s search for something brighter - conversations with coworkers, business leaders, neighbors, and friends who are chasing goodness, truth, and wisdom in their real, messy lives.

Each episode explores the human experience - failures, turning points, small delights, and big transformations - to uncover how we might live with more light, more hope, and more joy. Starting with local voices and expanding nationally, A Fiercer Delight invites you to sit in on candid, thoughtful, sometimes funny talks that just might leave you inspired to find a fiercer delight of your own.

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Recent Episodes

S1E12 Lauren Steinhoff: Find the Nerds at the Bottom of the Cup

Feb 24, 2026 34m

Lauren Steinhoff joins Matt for a wide-ranging, funny conversation about chasing joy in everyday life, even when your palms are sweaty and the microphone is on.They get into what actually fills…

S1E11 Brock Bondurant: Slow Down, Make Real Coffee, and Waste Time with People

Feb 17, 2026 22m

In this episode of A Fiercer Delight, Damon sits down with Brock Bondurant to talk about chasing joy in real life and real coffee. From walking on at Mizzou as a quarterback to life as a husband and…

S1E10 Hannah Mayse: A Life with Something to Look Forward To

Feb 10, 2026 25m

Hannah Mayse is the kind of person who keeps joy on the calendar. In this episode, Matt and Hannah talk about why she needs something to look forward to, and how that “why not?” mindset has shaped…

S1E9 Zach Mast: People, Faith, and the Joy of Getting a Second Story

Feb 03, 2026 28m

Matt runs into our old friend Zach Mast at a coffee shop and turns it into an unplanned episode. The result is a funny, surprisingly honest conversation about where joy actually comes from when you…

S1E8 Craig Brumfield: Home, Rhythm, and the Joy of Daily Gratitude

Dec 16, 2025 21m

In this episode of A Fiercer Delight, Matt sits down with Craig Brumfield for a wide-ranging conversation about the quiet, repeatable practices that keep joy and hope within reach. They talk about…

S1E7 Kelly Wright: Finding Joy by the Water, in the Work, and with Your People

Dec 09, 2025 24m

Licensed professional counselor Kelly Wright sits down to talk about what it means to carry other people’s pain without losing your own joy. From early days drowning in secondhand trauma to a pivotal…

S1E6 Adam Canote: Family Bands, Harmony, and Small Joys

Dec 02, 2025 36m

Matt sits down with Adam Canote for a spontaneous, joy-chasing hang that starts with a brand-new jingle and wanders into music, family, and everyday delight. Adam shares what growing up second of ten…

S1E5 Damon Fontinel: Joy, Story, and Small Wins

Nov 25, 2025 23m

If you make things, lead teams, or just want more delight in your week, this episode gives you mindset shifts and practical habits.Matt sits down with Damon Fontinel to chase where joy actually comes…

S1E4 Drew Alexander: Joy, Sobriety & Starting Over

Nov 18, 2025 34m

Matt sits down with storyteller and Civil War–reenactor Drew Alexander to trace a surprisingly hopeful arc, from small-town ’90s roots and church community, through drifting in college, to getting…

S1E3 Madi Carey: Life's "Flash Moments": Theater, Healing, and Faith

Nov 11, 2025 24m

Today Matt sits down with Madi to trace five “flash” moments that shaped her life and joy: a lively blended family, an all-in high-school theater journey, recovering from a traumatic brain injury by…

S1E2 Francie Green: Adult Daughters, Chronic Pain, and Choosing Joy

Sep 30, 2025 20m

How do you hold on to delight when your days hurt and your kids are grown? Matt sits down with Francie Green to talk about the quiet contentment of watching her daughters, Taylor and Brooke, step…

S1E1 Zach Nelson: Recovery, Redemption, and Finding Joy in Pickleball

Sep 26, 2025 26m

On the first episode of A Fiercer Delight, Matt Gordon sits down with his friend and coworker Zach Nelson, whose story travels from a “good childhood” into addiction, treatment, and hard-won…