You're listening to Family Talk, the radio broadcasting division of the James Dobson Family Institute.

I am that James Dobson, and I'm so pleased that you've joined us today.

Welcome to Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.

I'm Gary Bauer, senior vice president of policy and culture here at JDFI.

I'm also the host of the Defending Faith Family and Freedom podcast, and I'm really glad that you've joined us today.

We've got another great show.

They're all great, but this show is particularly great. It's another one of our installments

of our Everyday Hero series. Our guest is Rich Bot. Rich was a dear friend to the Dobsons,

as well as to all of us at the James Dobson Family Institute.

And I think it's kind of ironic.

Some of you are probably listening to the show today on the bot network.

I also have a daily commentary I do that Rich runs on the bot network,

and I'm very proud to have that opportunity every day

to talk to his wide audience. Rich is the third-generation Christian broadcaster. He follows in the

footsteps of his grandfather, the Reverend Dr. S.H. Patterson, who founded the Radio Prayer League and

began broadcasting the gospel in 1926 in Denver, Colorado. And of course, his father, Dick Bott, who founded KCCV, Kansas City's Christian Voice in 1962,

which was the beginning of the Bot Radio Network.

Now, today, Rich, my friend, serves as the president and CEO of Bot Radio Network.

And look, this is not some seat-of-the-pants operation.

It reaches over 64 million listeners across 130 stations. Rich is also part of the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame,

which our founder, Dr. James Dobson, was part of, and he also serves on the board for N.R.B., the Far East

Broadcasting Company, and the D.L. Moody Center. He and his wife, Faye, live in Kansas.

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