Independent voices. Indianapolis roots.
A video podcast with Nick Williams and Jason Yocum. Interesting people, real stories, no single niche.
Paul Malott · 55 min
Paul Malott builds AI automation for a living, and he'll tell you that more often than not, the business asking for AI ends up needing a simpler fix to how it already works.
Episode notes & audio →Fresh from the show
▶ Watch + listen · 38 minJ.S. Clockwise
He writes every word. AI makes the music. So who's the artist?
Sep 30, 2026
▶ Watch + listen · 36 minPamela Topjian
At 50, exhausted from two abusive marriages and a career spent taking care of everyone but herself, Pamela Topjian sold almost everything she owned, bought a one-way bus ticket, and left home not knowing where she'd land. Ten years later, she's a published author, a podcast host, and living what she calls the first equal, respectful marriage of her life.
Sep 23, 2026
▶ Watch + listen · 46 minGrant Shouse
Grant Shouse is 22 years old and has been inside 125 high school gyms in Indiana. He wants to be inside every one of them — somewhere north of 410 — before he turns 30.
Sep 17, 2026New around here?
A filmmaker. An angler. A sports broadcaster.
Different worlds. Plenty to talk about.
▶ Watch + listen · 38 minHunter Baughman
At nine months old, Hunter Baughman's parents were told he had a zero percent chance of surviving bacterial meningitis. He's now closing out his sixth season on the National Professional Fishing League.
Sep 9, 2026
▶ Watch + listen · 44 minHeidi Mikac
Heidi Mikac writes, directs and stars in her own films, and funds them with money from strangers who have never met her. She talks with Nick and Jason about Written in the Dark — the prequel to her award-winning Written in the Light — about the psychic-serial-killer feature she built out of something that really happened at her high school, and about why…
Sep 2, 2026▶ Watch + listen · 46 minGrant Shouse
Grant Shouse is 22 years old and has been inside 125 high school gyms in Indiana. He wants to be inside every one of them — somewhere north of 410 — before he turns 30.
Sep 17, 2026The Mosaic Minds idea
That's a good reason to listen. We sit down with people from all walks of life—creators, athletes, entrepreneurs, advocates, and people with a story you haven't heard.
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A little humor. A lot of curiosity.
Room for a different point of view.
01 / NICKCo-owner · Host · Creator
Curiosity, humor, and a belief that interesting people make interesting conversations. Nick created Mosaic Minds in February 2024 to make room for stories that don't fit neatly into one category.
02 / JASONCo-owner · Host
Grounded conversation, sharp humor, and deep community connections. Jason brings a world of experience from fishing, wrestling, and Indiana life—and a curiosity that reaches well beyond them.
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