488. What Your Podcast Reveals About You

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Good morning podcasting Morning
Chat.

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Today is Friday, April 3rd,
2026, and today we're trying

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something new with Finish the
Sentence.

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A simple but revealing way to
reflect on why we podcast,

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reconnect with our purpose, and
spark some honest conversations.

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Good morning again Podcasting

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Morning chat.
Thank you so much for being

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here.
I am your host Mark Ronik and

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currently on stage with me we
have BC Babbles, Jonathan

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Howard, Sid Meadows, Dr. Faye,
Ralph Estep and also Tide AKA

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Nikki has joined us on stage.
Good morning to all of you.

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If you want to learn more about
my Co host, just go to

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podcastingmorningchat.com/people.
And today before we get into the

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main topic, before we celebrate
and share and celebrate our wins

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from the week, I want to get
through a couple of quick notes

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for the community.
First, this Monday, we are back

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with our Money Mondays episodes
and we're also going to announce

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a giveaway on Monday when I'm
calling it Win, Ralph's

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Roadcaster Duo.
And I'll let Ralph share what

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we're discussing on Monday and a
little more about that giveaway.

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Go for it, Ralph.
Well, good morning everybody.

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It sounds like win Ralph's money
maybe.

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No, that's all right.
But on Monday I want to talk

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about why creators lose
thousands and I'm going to

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propose a 10 minute fix to that.
So you definitely want to join

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us for that on Monday.
It's going to be a great

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discussion, but we're also going
to announce the road caster duo

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giveaway.
And I'm going to sweeten the pot

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a little bit here.
I'm going to give an hour free

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consultation with that as well.
So not only can you win the road

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caster duo now it's slightly
used about six months ago, but

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you'll also get an hour
consultation with me.

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So if you find value in that,
make sure you come Monday we'll

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be talking about how to get
involved in that free giveaway.

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Thank you, Mark.
Yeah, you're welcome.

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Thank you, Ralph.
That's going to be fun.

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We did this several years ago
with my original Rd. caster when

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I upgraded to the Road Caster
Pro 2 and it went really well

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and we got a lot of new
listeners from that too, so you

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never know.
We may end up building up the

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community a bit while we do
this, but it'll be a lot of fun.

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We use King sumo.com to organize
the giveaway and I'm sharing

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this with you because you may
consider doing a giveaway on

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your show sometime and I find
that King Sumo does a great job

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of managing it.
And no, this is not a paid plug,

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a sponsorship.
This is just me sharing a tool

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that I use that has worked
really well for us in the past.

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So thank you, Ralph.
Looking forward to that

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discussion, looking forward to
learning more about that.

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We even had some inquiries in
our Facebook group about when

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we're giving away Ralph's road
caster duo.

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So now you all know and more
details on Monday.

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And if you're curious, if you
listen to yesterday's show, I

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shared that I was going to have
a talk with a Class, A digital

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marketing class at Vanderbilt
University went really well, was

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a class of about a dozen
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I was going to say kids.
And that just makes me feel old.

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So it doesn't students.
And they're currently the idea

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of right now as they are, I
guess, in the final legs of

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their classes, they're currently
working on a starting a podcast

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project where they develop a
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And then I believe if I have
this right, they do a mock pitch

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to a company or a brand to use
that podcast for their company

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or brand.
So they're and they're actually

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using real companies, real
brands.

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Like sure, microphone happens to
be one of them.

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And another one is Hoka the
sneakers, right?

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So these students are coming up
with concepts and ideas for a

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podcast that these brands could
adopt and use with for their

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company to help their marketing
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Really cool concept.
And so I I gave them first some

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best practices based on a lot of
the stuff we talked about

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yesterday on the show.
I answered some questions about

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some podcasting myths and then
we did AQ and a where they asked

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me a bunch of questions to help
them along with their projects.

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It was really fun and it's
something I really want to do

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more of.
Unfortunately, the professor I

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believe, is leaving the
university and going to another

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one, so maybe I'll be doing this
with another university down the

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road or hopefully she'll put in
a good word for me over at

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Vanderbilt.
I I appreciate that invite.

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And also Speaking of events from
yesterday, the EPC Empowered

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Podcasting Conference community
call went really well yesterday,

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except for the fact that I
forgot to record the video.

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That was just a complete failure
on my part.

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But we did capture all the
audio, so we'll be able to

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provide that to our community
for anyone who missed it.

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But we did talk about our
creator partner program.

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I'm not going to go into it now
because I don't want to take up

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too much of your time and I want
to get to the the meat of the

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show.
But more to come.

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I'll share more about the
creator partner program, a

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program that we believe is very
affordable for the content

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creator, the DIY content creator
that maybe doesn't have a big

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budget, but wants to get the
word out there about their

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podcast, their business,
etcetera.

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So we'll share more about that.
And if you're interested, just

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shoot me an e-mail
mark@ironicmedia.com and I'm

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happy to get you more info in
the meantime.

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OK, so it's Friday before we get
to our wins from the week like

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we do every Friday, I want to do
a quick exercise that I mean,

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I'm not that I'm coining this
phrase by any stretch, but we'll

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call finish the sentence.
Yesterday we discussed

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podcasting best practices.
So I want to hear more about

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your podcast journey.
And the reason why I like this

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kind of prompt is because
sometimes the fastest way to get

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something meaningful is to stop
overlooking or overthinking and

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just respond.
So these kinds of sentence

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starters, I think, can reveal a
lot about your podcast, about

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your purpose, about your growth,
and even the stuff you may not

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be saying out loud enough.
I want to help all of us

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continue to connect with our
podcasts and why we're doing it.

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I mean, because like I said
yesterday, it's important, I

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believe, for you to be
interested in this podcast as

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much as your audience, right?
Like I, yes, we do this for our

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audience, but I want you to also
do this for yourself.

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So I think that exercises like
this help us reconnect with that

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very thing.
I'm pausing here for a moment

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because Ralph got cut off of the
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There he is.
He's back now.

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But yeah, so these kinds of
sentences, I think can help you

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reconnect with why you started,
notice how far you've come, and

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maybe even uncover an idea you
need to talk about more.

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And I mean that for you too, as
the listener, even though maybe

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if you're not listening live and
can't participate, I encourage

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you to participate at least in
your head, play along with us

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because I think that this really
does reveal a lot.

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So I'm going to start with a
sentence.

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I'd love for you all to finish.
Ideally, I'm going to start the

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sentence and then I'm going to
see everybody's emojis flashing

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because you're all going to
participate.

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And I'm going to remind you in
the audience, if you're on

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Clubhouse, come join us up on
stage and share.

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And if you're on one of the
video streams, put it in the

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chat.
And thank you, Tim.

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Appreciate you heating that
call.

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So let's go with a pretty
standard one.

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I would say I started my podcast
because dot dot dot why did you

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start your podcast?
BC is going to go first BC live

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from a parking garage in the
basement of a parking garage.

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BC go for it and you can explain
why.

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I started my podcast because I
realized there's so much that

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lies ahead of young
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whether or not their plan is to
be traditionally employed or to

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go the entrepreneur route.
There's so much happening in the

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business world that affects the
world, but also each of us

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independently.
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conversations within that world
that I feel are not provided to

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students or young professionals
before they leave the classroom.

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And so they enter this world
where they've learned a little

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some about about it a little
bit, but there's so much nuances

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and so much so many unique
experiences that they are are

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going to have that they should
know how to navigate.

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So I wanted to provide this kind
of like virtual Co working space

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where young professionals can
sit down, have a powwow, discuss

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what's going on, how do you
navigate this versus that?

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And ideally help them leave the
conversation with some kind of

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actionable, OK, if this happens,
I can do this.

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If I hear about this, I can
pivot this way and provide them

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as many tools as possible just
to kind of make more sense of

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this crazy business world that
we all live in and try to make

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sense of on a day-to-day basis.
I love that.

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Thank you BC very cool.
So you're creating the space,

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but with the podcast, I'm
curious are, are what other ways

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are you doing it within the
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Like how are you providing this
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Like is this a solo show?
Are you bringing guests on as

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well?
I'm just a little curious to

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hear more about how you're doing
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Yeah, for sure.
The show is definitely taking a

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few different turning points
since I initially kicked it off

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in 2020, which at the time was
intended to be an interview

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based show.
Great timing of course.

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So that didn't really pan out at
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So I did do a a soft relaunch in
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It was heavily interview based
at the time, had a good run,

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pretty good consistency.
That year I did shifted to

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attempt to see maybe like a
morning show format could be

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better.
I realized not so much, at least

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not in the way that I was doing
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But coming into 2026, I've
decided, well, I reflected and

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kind of realized, you know what,
I'm kind of allowing the guests

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to determine what the topic
should be and kind of regardless

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of if the topic they come with
is timely or not.

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And I kind of realized, you know
what, there's a lot happening

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every single day.
There are kind of main themes

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happening in the business world.
So I need to take the reins a

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bit more and be a lot more
purposeful in determining what

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each next episode will be about.
So I now have a conflux of

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information coming at me every
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I have systems in place to help
consolidate, make it more

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palpable.
And so I am now in 2026,

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deciding, OK, here's the what's
happening right now actionable

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topic.
If someone has reached out to me

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who can fit into it, cool.
If not, it's a solo episode.

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You know, I should be.
And I think this is for every

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podcaster too.
I think every podcaster should

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be establishing their own
thought leadership as well.

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Don't just let your guests do it
because you want to be able to

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let the audience know you come
with your own expertise.

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You come with your own
background.

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You know they should be able to
look at you for some kind of

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authority or coordination based
regardless of what your

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background is.
Thank you BC and well, I'll

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first comment then I'm going to
ask you one last question.

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I just, I, we talked, we talked
yesterday about being able to

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pivot or be flexible with your
podcast, because often times

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what we go in thinking it's
going to be, it ends up being

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something a lot different.
And I appreciate how you don't

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keep banging your head against
the wall wondering why it's not

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working.
And instead, I mean, look, maybe

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you are a little bit I was.
I know I I'll bang my head

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against.
The Wall A.

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Little bit for a while, but
eventually you recognize, OK,

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it's not working.
I have to try something

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different.
And I appreciate that about you.

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And then the question was, was
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I, I introduced you by saying
you're in the bottom of a garage

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right now and that, that might
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So you wanted to share what are
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right now?
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networking and I love, you know,
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online but also in person.
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great stuff happening in
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bottom level of a parking garage
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called Creative Mornings to kick
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I'm going to spend today meeting
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around, and seeing if there are
any awesome people I've yet to

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meet yet in Charlotte.
That's cool.

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Creative mornings is there are
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one offs today that I'll say,
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happens once a month if I'm not
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Keep me posted.
I might want to drive into

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Charlotte and participate in one
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days.
That's cool.

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Yeah, that would be really cool.
Awesome.

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Thank you for sharing BC I
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I'm going to keep things moving
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Let's see here with Tim.
Tim, good morning to you.

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Great having you at the
Empowered Podcasting Community

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call last night.
And yeah, I'll give you the same

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sentence.
I started my podcast because dot

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dot dot.
Well, which podcast are you

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talking about?
Because I run a few.

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Well, you maybe.
How about your very first one?

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Well, my very first one, which
morphed into the one I'm running

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right now, which is Create our
podcast.

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So back in, oh gosh, 2016, I
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one of the things that we were
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was art therapy.
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military, artists are kind of,
you know, poo pooed as, you

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know, I don't understand this.
It's not going to make me any

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money.
You know, artists are weak,

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blah, blah, blah.
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of the things that these guys
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So I rebranded my old podcast,
thanks to Dave Jackson to call

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it now create our podcast.
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that is a lot of people talk
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avatar.
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unfortunately have the privilege
of having a picture of a soldier

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that unfortunately took his
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so I I always am talking to him
whenever I do an episode.

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And I know it helps out folks
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creative type person.
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BC was saying about the creative
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national program.
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they have one in DC.
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that.
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one in Fredericksburg yet
because I haven't started it

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yet, but I'm a little bit busy
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I get their emails all the time
and they do great programming

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all the time.
So I highly recommend if they

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have it where you're at or down
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If if they're having one in
August I'll probably do a both

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EPC 3 and that.
Very cool.

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Awesome.
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Thank you.
And yeah, I didn't realize it

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was a a national thing that
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guess it's just, it's just a
bunch of creatives.

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Is that.
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OK, Yeah, different, different
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creators, I'm sure some
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painters, all that kind of good
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They have the theme every months
and they bring somebody in that

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talks on that theme and it's a
great networking opportunity.

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Awesome, and thank you for
sharing, Tim.

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Thank you for sharing your story
of how you got into this as

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well.
And always cool to hear Dave

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Jackson's name getting thrown
around here.

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I think yesterday maybe it was
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much Dave helped him as well.
Yeah, cool.

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Thank you, Tim.
Appreciate you.

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And feel free to stay on stage
and keep playing along.

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And then that's actually a good
invite to anyone listening.

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You are welcome to join us like
Janae, who's joined us as well

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up here on stage.
Good to have you.

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I'm going to, I have a new
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I'm going to so throw out the
question, but I'm going to let

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me just say I'll 1st, I'm going
to give Ralph the question that

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we're currently sharing.
And then I'm going to give you

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ahead of time the next question
so you can think about this

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while Ralph is sharing.
The episode that I'm most proud

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of was dot dot dot.
So think about your favorite

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episode that you put out your
podcast.

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And in the meantime, Ralph, I
started my podcast because.

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Well, I started my podcast
because, and this is my daily

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financially confident Christian
show.

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I started because so many people
live in this cycle of financial

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shame because they've made bad
decisions, they've had things

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happen in their lives.
And I said, you know what, I can

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help people.
So that's the reason I started

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because my whole mantra of my
show is helping you break the

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cycle of financial shame and
actually find confidence in your

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decisions.
And I've been doing this for 30

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years and I know what works.
I know the battles that people

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have gone through because I've
gone through them too.

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And I really felt like this was
an area where I could help

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people.
And it's been great.

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Like this past week, I'll share
this later, but I have a win

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about the amount of growth I've
seen in that show now since

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since you posed the second
question, if it's OK, I'll throw

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an answer out for that one too.
Sure, go for it.

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So it's in a bit of a story.
So when I was about 12 years

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old, my mother and dad split up
when I was about 8, but when I

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was 12 years old, my mom had
this old Honda hatchback and it

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was time for her to get a new
car.

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And she went to the car
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And these folks at the car
dealership treated my mother

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like she was from another
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And I will never forget that
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impact.
They tried to scam her.

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They tried to tell her that what
they were saying wasn't hers.

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And I was like, anyway, it ended
up in the finance manager's

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office.
They had agreed to a monthly

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payment.
Now, this is back in in the

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early 80s, they'd agreed to a
certain payment, went into the

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finance manager's office, and
all of a sudden that payment

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number jumped by $100 a month.
And my mother, you could see she

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just got really upset.
I mean, she was struggling as a

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single mom.
She got really upset.

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And she looks at me now, I'm 12
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Ralphie.
So there's a little secret about

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what people have called me
Ralphie.

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She said, Ralphie, what am I
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And here I'm 12 years old.
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I said to the finance manager, I
said, don't disrespect my

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mother.
And then he says.

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IE down little boy, this isn't
for you.

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O my my best eisode I've ever
done was I shared that

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experience and I showed people
how to beat the car dealer at

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their own game.
It has been my most downloaded

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eisode because I've bought a few
cars in my day and I know how to

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play that game.
But it impacted me because of

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the way that they try to take
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So and that's one of the most
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because I saw how she was taken
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And that's what I do on my show.
I want to be the guy that

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doesn't criticize you, that
doesn't say, well, you should

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have done this and you should
have done that.

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No, I want to come across, put
my arm around you and tell you,

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hey, it's going to be OK.
I've made those same decisions.

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So thank you for letting me
share that story.

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It's it's one of those stories
you remember as a kid that you

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know, I'm never going to let
another person get taken

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advantage of like that.
Oh, and to finish the story, she

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ended up getting the car for
what they told her she was going

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to get it for.
And I ended up getting my Burger

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King afterwards because that's
the only reason I went to the

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car dealership in the first
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So.
Anyway, now you know, and don't

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call me Ralphie unless your mom
or dad or somebody like that.

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Darn it, I was ready to just
start calling you Ralphie.

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Maybe can I call you Ralphie on
the days that you're wearing

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your cowboy hat every Thursday?
We'll think about.

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That he doesn't like that.
OK, that's fair.

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And I think they call those core
memories that as far as what

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you're sharing right now, it's
that's definitely sounds like a

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core memory locked in for sure.
Very cool story.

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And very cool to hear that that
such a core memory ended up

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being a one of your most
popular, if not, you may have

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said the most popularly
downloaded episode of your

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podcast.
Very cool.

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Thank you for sharing that.
Ralph, thank you.

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Thank you, Mark.
Appreciate that.

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OK, so that next question that I
just threw out there, the

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episode I'm most proud of was
now come on, there's no way that

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you guys are have no episodes
that you're proud of.

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OK, thank you.
OK.

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And there now everybody's
raising their hand.

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I'm going to go to Sid.
We haven't talked to Sid yet

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this morning.
Go for it, Sid.

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Good morning.
Good morning, everybody.

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And Mark, it's in the defense of
the crew on stage, your pattern

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this morning had been asking the
question and then directly

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calling on someone.
So we were all just waiting.

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Got it.
Got it.

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OK, fair.
So I have two that fit in this

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category.
I've talked about them both

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before.
One of them is episode number

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76, Mind you, Monday, we'll
launch episode #180 And it's

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with the young man who I met.
And it's the transition of the

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family business.
And when I met him, he wanted to

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have his dad on the show to talk
about being a Cuban immigrant

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and starting a business and blah
blah blah.

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We did a pre interview and
before we could actually record

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the actual session, his father
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And so we did an episode
honoring.

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The first part of that episode
was honoring his dad's legacy

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and what he built and why he
built it and how the business

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was being transitioned to him.
Though it was in the works to

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transition to my guest, but
unexpectedly you had to take

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over a lot faster.
And so we talked about that and

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some of those challenges.
It was really one of the most

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powerful episodes to be able to
honor someone's life and the

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legacy that they left in in our
industry.

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The other one is episode #90 I'm
looking for it real quick, 97, I

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think I was right, 97.
And it's called a little table

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company with a big mission.
And I met Brandon Rayburn, who's

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my guest at an event, and he
started to share his story how

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one day his wife said get sober
and get clean or get out.

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And so he checked himself into a
rehab facility because he had a

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drug and alcohol problem and
he's coming out of the rehab

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facility.
You know, a year or so later, he

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needed a job and this little
table company offered him a job

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in their factory because the
this company does that.

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They reach out to people that
have been incarcerated, people

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that are having drug and alcohol
issues.

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They have a factory overseas in
a country that really could use

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the economic boost of having a
factory in Europe.

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And they hired him.
And that was, I forget 15 years

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ago.
Today he is the president of

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that company.
And the journey of being

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basically kicked out of your
house, being hired to work in

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the factory and then 1015 years
later you're the president of

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the of the company.
It just shows you what's

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possible if you really focus on
you and your recovery and your

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commitment to your family.
And it just, it's one of the

451
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,320
most powerful episodes I've ever
done.

452
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,880
So those are my two favorite.
I have a lot of favorites, but

453
00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,200
those two stick out when you ask
the question mark.

454
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,640
I was like, I can't choose
between these two because

455
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,680
they're both so good.
That's really cool that that

456
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:23,040
second story episode 97 with
Brandon, it reminds I just saw

457
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,760
this.
I don't know TikTok or reel or

458
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,000
what whatever it was about a
woman.

459
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,560
It was a news story about a
woman who for, like, maybe

460
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,720
around the same amount of time,
something like 10 years, was a

461
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:40,960
janitor at a hospital.
And the video they were sharing

462
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:46,120
was a viral video of this woman
who was opening up an envelope

463
00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:51,000
revealing that she just got
accepted to become an

464
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,000
anesthesiologist at the same
hospital.

465
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,200
So she had gone through medical
school after being a janitor,

466
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,240
and she had just gotten the
acceptance that she was going to

467
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,680
actually now be working there as
a doctor.

468
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,360
I thought that it was really
cool.

469
00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:07,400
So those kinds of stories I
could imagine or would be a

470
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,600
favorite of mine too, if I had
an episode like that.

471
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,800
And yeah, I'm sure I can see an
audience gravitate to something

472
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,520
like that too.
Very cool stories.

473
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,600
I know.
So that one that was this most

474
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,680
recent one was episode 97.
The first one was what episode?

475
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,760
76 I believe.
OK, I'm going to.

476
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,840
I'm going to scroll real quick
and look and see 70.

477
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,160
That's with.
Yeah, 76 Evan Evan Lagarillo,

478
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:33,600
the transition of a family
business.

479
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,720
And you know, what's really cool
about that story is his

480
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,800
grandfather was on the last
plane and his grandfather and

481
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,320
his dad, which was a little boy,
like 6 or 8 years old, were on

482
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,120
the last plane to leave Cuba
before Castro shut down the

483
00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:51,160
country.
And it just like what they did

484
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,640
when they landed in Miami with
the businesses they started, how

485
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,720
they got to North Carolina and
those kinds of things.

486
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,480
So it's a, it's a very powerful
story.

487
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,520
And literally, it's a story of
the American Dream.

488
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,200
Yeah, it sounds like it.
And again, I know we have talked

489
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,680
about, it's been a long time
since we have, but we've talked

490
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,560
about that episode and it's just
so powerful.

491
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,000
Just thinking about how the
expectation was you were going

492
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,320
to sit down with this man and
interview him and do more or

493
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,680
less a typical kind of episode,
but then, you know,

494
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,480
unfortunately he passes.
But then to be able to honor

495
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,640
him, still learn about him and
his legacy through his son, it's

496
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,840
there's just nothing like that.
It's such a special type of

497
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,920
opportunity to be able to do
something like that.

498
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,320
So thank you for sharing that
Sid and.

499
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,200
So here's the thing, Mark, about
that, is that that that

500
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,080
recording is there, right?
And Evan, who's now a good

501
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:46,400
friend and a client, his
children, we'll be able to

502
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,440
listen to that episode and
they'll be able to hear the

503
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,160
story, to hear their dad tell
the story of their grandfather

504
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,640
and not missing anything.
So that mean that just goes to

505
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,120
show you the power of
podcasting, the power of

506
00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,640
Evergreen material that just
it's there and that story can be

507
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,080
told over and over and over
again.

508
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:04,280
Love that.
Yeah.

509
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,000
Thank you, Sid.
OK.

510
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,280
Would anyone else?
I know we saw several people.

511
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,520
All right, I'll just look at who
raised their hand.

512
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,720
Let's go to Janaid, who's joined
us on stage.

513
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,800
Good morning, Janaid.
Yeah.

514
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,640
Please tell us what was your
favorite episode that you've

515
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,960
done?
Good morning, everyone.

516
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:27,680
Mark after Sid, I don't know if
anyone want to follow after

517
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,280
that.
And I was like, OK, I can't

518
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,240
remember anything that would be
so good, but something that I

519
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,520
remember that's that was a dream
of mine of to be able to do was

520
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:43,080
to be able to interview our our
good friend Pat Flynn.

521
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:48,120
So I got to interview him as
well as his mentor, Cliff

522
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,680
Ravenscraft on the podcast and
learn so much about their

523
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,160
journey from, you know, a
one-on-one perspective.

524
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,680
So those are some of my
memorable episodes on the

525
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,760
podcast.
There was another one which

526
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:08,480
again, remembering a really dear
person in our community, in the

527
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,360
LinkedIn community that we've
grown up with.

528
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,600
I interviewed him twice on my
podcast and then later

529
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,040
discovered that he passed away
due to cancer.

530
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:22,480
So I did another episode just to
remember him because he was such

531
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:27,800
a powerful person in the
community, encouraging everybody

532
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,160
to, you know, create content, do
videos and whatnot.

533
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:35,600
And that was that was when that
was a memorable 1 to do.

534
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,600
Yeah.
So Janae, the Pat Flynn episode.

535
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:42,480
I mean, I, I know why.
I have some ideas why it was

536
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,440
your favorite, being that we're
both huge fans of Pat's and I

537
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,960
know you've gotten to know Pat
even on a more personal level,

538
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,800
but it was there anything
specific other than that?

539
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,760
And it's OK if that's your
answer, but it was there

540
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,600
anything specific about that
episode that made it your

541
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,520
favorite?
The one thing that made this

542
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:04,960
even the most highlight was it
was a round circle moment

543
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,760
because I discovered about Pat
Flynn reading Gary Vaynerchuk's

544
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:16,360
book and he was promoting his
book Lean Learning where I was

545
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:20,480
mentioned in his book.
So kind of like a round circle

546
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,560
moment.
Like I could see the growth in

547
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:28,280
myself and the impact that I was
able to make in that community

548
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,920
and be be able to be mentioned
in his new book.

549
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:38,120
So that was what made it so
remarkable, like wow, you, you

550
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:42,960
discover about somebody and then
you you put so much time in

551
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,800
growing that you are then being
noticed by them.

552
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,960
So that was what was powerful
about that.

553
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,120
Episode very cool.
That is so cool.

554
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:57,560
And that is episode 725, and you
can go to hacksandhobbies.com to

555
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,880
get that, and we'll put a link
in the show notes as we will

556
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,080
SIDS episodes.
So yeah, we'll do that.

557
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,320
And then, all right, I'm going
to do one more.

558
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:10,720
Let's go to Is Alex still here?
Yeah, Alex is here.

559
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,680
Alex, did you want to share your
favorite episode?

560
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,040
Sure.
I guess my two favorite

561
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:22,000
episodes, one with Lucy is I
forget what number it is, it's

562
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,920
like 6 or 7.
And the reason why it, there's

563
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,560
nothing really special about the
episode and it kind of goes to

564
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,280
the reason why we did the
podcast.

565
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,520
You know, she came to me wanting
to podcast.

566
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,480
We had to figure out a topic and
what it just really clicked.

567
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,440
I mean, that's the one that we
we submitted for the

568
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,960
Communicator award.
We won.

569
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,760
And it's not because we won the
communicator award on it.

570
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:50,200
It's because it just flows
really well And and it was it's

571
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,040
just a fun episode.
She loves the book.

572
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,360
And I think that's the that was
the nice thing about it.

573
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:58,320
What?
Was the book again.

574
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:09,680
It was called Act AACT and the
writer just talks about school

575
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:14,080
problems and what to do.
It was a fun episode and it it

576
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:18,000
really was more about her
comfortability on the mic.

577
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,640
And we should also remind people
who may not know anyway, we

578
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,880
should tell people.
And how old was Lucy at the time

579
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,280
you did this?
She was 8, so, yeah.

580
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:33,000
So I mean, she was 8 or 9 and it
it was just like I said, you

581
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,360
know, trying to get comfortable
on the mic is one thing, but

582
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,680
I've said this all along, you
know, podcasting is really an

583
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:45,200
easy thing for kids.
And it's not for the reasons you

584
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,560
may think.
I mean, they already understand

585
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:52,200
the outline because of YouTube
and because of all the social

586
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,400
media that they see.
And it just works really well.

587
00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:01,720
So on the other one that I did
what is from we our first

588
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,640
celebrity interview and the only
reason it was it it it's my

589
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:09,040
favorite is it was our first and
we I contacted her on Facebook.

590
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:13,840
She answered and you know, I was
talking to Dr. yesterday and

591
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,480
it's funny because she had a
problem with the time.

592
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,000
You know, she she always messes
up the time because she's in

593
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,080
Tennessee.
We had the same problem with

594
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:25,200
this actress because she's in
Nova Scotia and they're an hour

595
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,520
ahead.
So she's like emailing us, where

596
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,280
are you guys?
And we're an hour behind because

597
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,080
we're like, we didn't even
realize that there was a time

598
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,680
change.
But the interview itself was

599
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,440
great.
It was just fun to do something

600
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,640
like that because after we
recorded, like, Oh my God, we

601
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,120
actually did that kind of thing.
That's why it's my favorite.

602
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:46,320
It's not because of anything
like what Sid had or what Janae

603
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,040
had.
You know, it wasn't this awesome

604
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,520
moment or whatever.
No, it was just because it was

605
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:51,360
our first.
Yeah.

606
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:52,080
So.
Cool.

607
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,640
Thank you, Alex.
And yeah, that episode, the

608
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,960
first one was episode 10.
I found it on your your website

609
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,240
and I'm sharing it here and in
the show notes as well if

610
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,640
anybody's interested.
Cool, I haven't heard that

611
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,280
little hello voice come on
lately from Lucy.

612
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,280
Yeah, well, you know, we, we,
you guys have polished it up, so

613
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,320
I didn't want to interrupt.
No, we anytime we're it's always

614
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,360
nice to hear Lucy's voice in the
morning especially.

615
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,239
Yeah, OK, cool.
Sid, I saw when Alex was sharing

616
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,760
you wanted you raised your hand.
Did you want to add in anything?

617
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,239
Oh, you remembered me.
Thank you, I did.

618
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,920
So I actually have a question
for you in Dr. OK.

619
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,840
So as producers on the show,
what are what's a favorite

620
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,320
episode of your favorite episode
that you've produced?

621
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,280
So in specific, well, I guess
specific to podcasting, morning

622
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,679
chat.
No, you, you're a producer.

623
00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:45,120
You produce multiple shows,
right?

624
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:46,440
Yeah.
They're like, what's your

625
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,000
favorite episode that you've
ever produced that you walked

626
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,280
away from going?
Wow, that was really good.

627
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:52,400
I've got one.
Yeah.

628
00:34:52,719 --> 00:35:00,000
You go ahead, Dr. OK, so I had a
client that was a a pediatric, a

629
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:05,240
retired pediatrician who also
has a seat on the board of the

630
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:11,680
American Pediatrics Association.
And she just loved her show.

631
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:17,240
She has since sundown because
she had to do, you know, a care

632
00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:21,040
person for her husband.
But one of the shows that we did

633
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:28,360
was all about palliative care,
and that is when you're caring

634
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,160
for someone who you know is
dying.

635
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:37,000
And she's a pediatrician.
So it was about children who are

636
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,960
dying who are in this palliative
care stage.

637
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:50,920
And it was such a heavy, heavy
show, I bet to to edit that I

638
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:55,720
for the first time, and only
time, as far as I know so far, I

639
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:59,120
just had to get up from my desk
and, and get out of the house.

640
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:04,720
I had to get out.
So I went, I went to Target and

641
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:08,560
in our Target, they have a
Starbucks.

642
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,800
And so I went into Starbucks,
and I was sitting down at a

643
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:16,920
table, and I was just kind of
decompressing, you know,

644
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,800
everything that I had heard and
this emotional ride that the

645
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,680
episode takes you on.
And this woman gestured towards

646
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,360
the seat next to me.
Is this taken?

647
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,760
I said, oh, no, go ahead, go
ahead.

648
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:32,240
And I looked over to her at it
after a time, and it looked like

649
00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:34,920
she was, like, in the same state
that I was.

650
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,840
And I said, tough day.
She goes, oh, man, tough day.

651
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,160
You wouldn't believe it.
She and I got into a

652
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:48,880
conversation and it turns out
that her husband's son, who was

653
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,720
13, was in palliative care at
that moment.

654
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:58,800
Now, I had never even heard of
the word until this episode.

655
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,440
Wow.
She had never even heard, yeah,

656
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:08,240
heard of it until her stepson, I
guess you could call him, was in

657
00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:13,600
that stage.
And both of us just sat there.

658
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:19,800
We held hands, we cried.
And it was just so amazing.

659
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,480
And I came back with, you know,
to the house, to the editing Bay

660
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:29,880
and with kind of a renewed, OK,
I can do this, I can do this.

661
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:37,800
And yeah, it was, it was just an
amazing because the interview

662
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:42,440
was with the parents and it was
just a really an amazing

663
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:46,080
episode.
I love when there's a story

664
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,320
behind the story, right like
this one.

665
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:52,480
The story itself could be
compelling enough to be a

666
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,000
favorite episode as as the
producer, but then to have that

667
00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,440
moment outside of the show that
reconnects you with that episode

668
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,920
in such short period of time,
like happening right around the

669
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,160
same time.
You know that that's in my

670
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,760
opinion, not a coincidence.
That is there is something

671
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,280
working at a higher force
working that's making something

672
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,640
like that happen, putting that
together.

673
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,560
Fascinating.
And maybe it was just the fact

674
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,520
that you were that episode came
to you so you would learn about

675
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,400
it and then be in the right
moment with that person at the

676
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,320
right time to be there to
console and to support another

677
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:30,320
fellow human being.
We both.

678
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,320
Acknowledged.
We both acknowledged, you know,

679
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:37,000
this isn't this someone else is
working this for us as to why we

680
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,400
even met this, This was not just
coincidence.

681
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,320
Someone there's something
working for us.

682
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,520
Yeah.
So cool, thank you for sharing

683
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:48,960
that Dr. Mine look it it.
Some of you may say that it's a

684
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,560
cop out, but because I often
reference one of my favorite

685
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:56,040
episodes, but it is true.
It's it's an episode with

686
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,720
Heather parody.
And I believe that is episode.

687
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:04,880
Well, I have it right here.
It is episode 79, I believe.

688
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,320
Of course, now I've just totally
forgotten.

689
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:11,760
But yeah, 79 and it was an audio
and a video episode.

690
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:15,920
And I was particularly happy
with the video episode because,

691
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,360
look, we don't do a lot of
heavily produced episodes.

692
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,240
And I'm not maybe heavily
produced isn't the best word to

693
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:24,040
use.
But usually when we put the

694
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,840
videos out, we're not doing a
whole lot of production on them.

695
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,240
A lot of times it's just our
live video that we just let just

696
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:35,880
speak for itself.
But this one we put in time with

697
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:40,880
one of my editors, David, to
really make this thing special

698
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,720
because the content was so good.
I really wanted to make sure

699
00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,440
that the production value was
just as good.

700
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,360
And I think we executed that
really well just with, you know,

701
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,960
proper use of things like B roll
and lower thirds.

702
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,400
And it just felt really like an
interview to me.

703
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:01,400
It felt like what you would see
more like you would see on TV,

704
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,240
for example.
So I'm really proud of that one.

705
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,000
The titles going viral means
nothing with Heather parody.

706
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,480
And again, and if you want to
check it out, podcasting morning

707
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:15,360
chat.com/seven 9 for the episode
number.

708
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,680
So that is mine.
Thank you said great question

709
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,520
for sure.
I appreciate you putting us on

710
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:26,880
the spot.
It's time for wins from the

711
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:30,680
week.
So this is where every Friday we

712
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:34,520
all take a moment and pause and
stop and smell the roses.

713
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:38,280
Recognize what's gone on over
the past week that deserves a

714
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:42,320
moment to celebrate and share
with the community.

715
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,200
Interesting.
I'm going to have to call Alex

716
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,160
out after.
Right when I announced wins from

717
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:51,280
the week, Alex disappeared.
So I'm going to have to find out

718
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,000
where he went and if that was a
cop out or not.

719
00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:59,160
All right, so let's do this.
Tim was raising his hand.

720
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:00,920
So we're going to start with
you, Tim.

721
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:02,560
Please share a win from your
week.

722
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,400
Well, Ralph is really going to
like this one.

723
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:14,400
So April is Financial Literacy
Month and we kicked off with a

724
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:19,240
webinar on Medicare, talking
about Medicare for federal

725
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:25,960
employees.
And we had about 500 people

726
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:32,120
register, 200 people showed up.
And as I'm talking to you right

727
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,840
now, I'm sitting here at my
desk, I'm getting emails left

728
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:39,000
and right, people saying thank
you so much for doing this.

729
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,960
So, and This is why I do the job
that I do for the federal

730
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:45,120
government is to turn on that
light bulb.

731
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:49,080
And you know, I translate that
into my podcasting practice.

732
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,960
So turning on light bulbs for
people is what I do.

733
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,240
So that's my win for the week.
Thank you for sharing that, Tim.

734
00:41:55,760 --> 00:42:00,520
And that actually leads to
there's, it's a tie in to one of

735
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:04,120
my wins, which is, well, first I
want to say I, I feel you.

736
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,720
I feel that when you get those,
those emails with positive

737
00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:12,520
feedback, people thanking you
for doing what you do, I, I feel

738
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,840
that wholeheartedly.
And you did that for me just

739
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:19,200
last night after the EPC
community call, you reached out

740
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:22,080
and really shared some kind
words about how proud you are of

741
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,400
this community and, and what
we're doing with the community.

742
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,240
You said a lot of nice stuff and
I'm not going to sit here and

743
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:31,280
share it all with everyone, but
thank you because that that was

744
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,640
a huge win from my week.
Getting that kind of feedback

745
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,840
really fuels me and keeps me
going.

746
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,960
So thank you for that.
Glad to do it, Sir.

747
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:40,720
Thank you.
Yep, you're welcome.

748
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:45,000
All right, I'm going to keep it
going and I'm let's go with our

749
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,800
friends from the audience that
have joined us on stage.

750
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,760
So Nikki, do you have a moment
to share a win from your week

751
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:54,080
with us?
Yes, I'm trying to think of a

752
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,080
win from the week my affiliate
link for kind of the first thing

753
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,120
that comes to mind.
I had posted it in a few places

754
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:04,440
and made a made, you know, made
a little Commission on that.

755
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:08,280
I thought that was really cool.
And then as far as my wins of

756
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,800
the week, I did have a person
tell me that they cried

757
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,680
listening to one of the episodes
because the guest of the and

758
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,520
their story, similar to what you
guys were saying, resonated with

759
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,640
them so much.
And it just feels really good to

760
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,880
feel like I'm really moving
forward.

761
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:27,080
I also did meet a lady at the
school.

762
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,600
Where I work, we had a career
day and I walked up to her.

763
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:36,160
She was an employee of the SPCA
and I spoke to her and I said,

764
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,360
hey, well, I have a podcast I'd
love to kind of promote.

765
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,760
What you guys are doing?
And she, her eyes lit up.

766
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:43,800
She seemed really excited about
it.

767
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,600
I sent her an e-mail yesterday.
But there may be a potential

768
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:49,880
collaboration there or maybe I
could just support what they do

769
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,520
because I do love animals.
And so yeah, it was the, the

770
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:56,240
podcasting thing really has
pulled me into a lot of

771
00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:58,840
different directions and helped
me to achieve a lot of goals and

772
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,040
just grow as a person.
So I would definitely count that

773
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,160
as a win.
Thank you for sharing both of

774
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,480
those wins, Nikki.
I appreciate it.

775
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:09,920
And I, I appreciate it because
especially how you wrapped that

776
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,240
up, right?
Just the way that our podcasts

777
00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:15,000
surprise us.
And I think it's, This is why we

778
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,000
share things like this with the
community, because sometimes

779
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,520
I'll even question like, you
know, why is the general

780
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,120
audience going to care about us
sharing our wins?

781
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:28,280
And my answer is always yes.
I, when I come back to it, yes,

782
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:32,400
because this is showing people
what's possible.

783
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:36,120
This is these, these crazy
things that happened that we've

784
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,720
shared today, Dr. stuff and what
tide is sharing here with us.

785
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,960
You never know what to expect
from your podcast.

786
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:46,080
And there's so many wonderful
things that come from it,

787
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,160
wonderful surprises that come
from it.

788
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,680
So I'm, I hope that these kinds
of shares inspire people,

789
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:55,680
empower people to keep going,
especially if they're in a maybe

790
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,200
a season right now where they're
feeling a little low about their

791
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,400
podcast.
There is always something

792
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,680
magical around the corner with
our podcast.

793
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,640
That's in my experience anyway,
that's the case.

794
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:09,480
So thank you for sharing that.
Nikki Janade coming to you,

795
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:16,480
please share a win with us.
I have launched prmbook.com and

796
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:21,200
I am looking for people to jump
in and to do a review so they

797
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,560
can get a free copy.
So that's what I'm working on

798
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:28,960
this month.
And then the full launch on

799
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:34,320
Apple Podcasts are always in
your mouth on Amazon will be

800
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:36,520
next month.
So then, you know, I want to get

801
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:42,280
to 150 reviews before I launch
it on KDP or Amazon Kindle

802
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:44,640
platform.
Right now it's available as a

803
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,360
paperback book.
So that is something that I'm

804
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,320
working on.
So if anyone's interested to get

805
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:52,600
a free copy of PRM book, reach
out to me.

806
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,720
I can share a link here or Yeah,
yeah.

807
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,000
And we're sharing it right here,
live right now.

808
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,680
It's can you tell?
Us what it's about a little bit

809
00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:04,200
because I didn't get anything
from the title is just initials.

810
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:07,960
Yeah, well, the the actual book
is podcast Relationship

811
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:11,080
Management is the full title.
But go ahead, go ahead, Janae.

812
00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:12,440
Thank you.
Yeah.

813
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:15,840
So the book is about building
these connections.

814
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:19,160
I mean, what we've been hearing
right now did building that

815
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:23,920
relationship with the gentleman
and his his dad who passed away,

816
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:28,560
you know, Dr. making that
connection because of

817
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,200
podcasting.
How are you building these

818
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:32,600
relationships when you're
bringing guests on your show?

819
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,040
Because a lot of us think about,
Oh my God, the episode is done.

820
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:39,040
That's the product.
But if you really think about

821
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:42,920
it, it's the relationship that
we get to build with podcasting.

822
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:47,560
So that's some of the things
that I boil down in inside of

823
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:48,800
it.
And how do you manage that

824
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,920
relationship, right?
We have contacts, we have

825
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:55,040
calendars, we have so many
different places, emails.

826
00:46:55,240 --> 00:46:57,280
And it's, it's really
interesting.

827
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,120
Like how do you keep that
relationship alive?

828
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:04,360
And I've been so fortunate
enough to be in a podcasting

829
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:07,400
morning chat room.
I'm building relationships on an

830
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:09,600
ongoing basis, right?
So there's so many different

831
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,760
ways.
So that's what the book talks

832
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:14,400
about.
It goes deeper into it.

833
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,560
And what are some of the things
that we should be looking at

834
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,320
when building this
relationships?

835
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,080
I can share the link in here.
Thank you so much.

836
00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:28,600
Yeah, prmbook.com.
Check out Janae's book and get a

837
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,320
free copy if you're willing to
leave him a review.

838
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,040
That's awesome.
Yeah, Thank you, Janae.

839
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:36,440
And I know, is pod glue coming
around the corner too.

840
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:39,480
Yes, Pod Glue is launching next
week.

841
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:45,320
I've got some final plumbing to
make sure that it's it's end to

842
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:49,280
end working that is coming out
next week and I'll be sending

843
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,560
out emails to the 46 people that
are on the wait list.

844
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:54,320
So super excited for that as
well.

845
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:55,520
Thank you.
You're welcome.

846
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:59,200
Congratulations on that.
That is a podcast management

847
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:04,240
system for lack of a better word
or term and more to come on that

848
00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:05,920
when it launches.
I'm sure we will.

849
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,840
We, I know we will give Janae
another opportunity to share

850
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:10,840
about that.
Congratulations on your wins,

851
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:13,480
Janae.
And now I'm going to go down the

852
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:16,200
line and let's try to do this
rapid fire team.

853
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:19,480
So let's start with Jonathan.
Jonathan, please share a win

854
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:24,640
from your week and pass it all.
Right, so if God needs a moment,

855
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:29,440
which is something I said on
Monday's episode, and apparently

856
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:32,560
it caught on and I appreciate
when.

857
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:36,080
When something I say is
something I say makes an impact.

858
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:41,240
Because we got to somebody
actually create a real that with

859
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:43,400
that little.
With that little comment from

860
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:44,720
Monday.
So I'm going to count that as

861
00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:46,680
the win.
I think that's a great win.

862
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:47,560
Yeah.
That's really.

863
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:50,720
I was really excited for you.
And and that what a powerful

864
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:53,640
moment to have like something
that you say quoted and then

865
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,960
somebody going as far as making
multiple social media pieces

866
00:48:57,160 --> 00:48:59,840
about that term that you coined
for.

867
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:03,440
Yeah, I will say you coined it.
But yeah, thank you, Jonathan, I

868
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:06,040
missed.
It what was what did he coin I?

869
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,600
Jonathan, will you say it again
because he did kind of cut out a

870
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:12,080
little bit every.
Episode needs a moment, which

871
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:15,000
was just one of the takeaways
from Obsession Worthy podcasts.

872
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:17,200
Yep, Yep.
So and Jonathan was talking

873
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,000
about the fact that really, if
you're trying to design A

874
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:24,080
podcast that's obsession worthy,
you got to make sure that every

875
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:28,200
episode has at least a moment in
there to really hook that

876
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:30,320
listener and get them to want
more.

877
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:31,200
Yeah.
Thank you.

878
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:32,880
Jonathan.
Sid coming to you.

879
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:35,280
Thank you, Mark.
So I have two wins.

880
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,920
So yesterday I was not yesterday
Dave Forrest, I was catching up

881
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:42,240
with a friend also somebody that
I is a fellow podcaster,

882
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:45,600
somebody that I had on my show a
couple of times.

883
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,920
We're just, we have an
occasional like every other

884
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:49,320
month to catch up, just to chat
about things.

885
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:53,360
And of that conversation, I got
a new coaching client because he

886
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:56,560
was not the intent of the call,
but he asked me to coach one of

887
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,400
his young sales people.
So pretty excited about that.

888
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:01,680
It's always fun when an
accidental client comes your

889
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:05,840
way.
And then I got, I looked at my

890
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:13,360
analytics for the month of March
and our listens were up 49% /

891
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,640
2025 in the month of March.
And then because it's the end of

892
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:20,760
the quarter, I looked at the
quarter over quarter, so from

893
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:25,320
2025 in the first quarter to
2026 in the first quarter and

894
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:30,600
our listens are up 65.39%.
So some of the things we're

895
00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:33,200
doing are working.
And yeah, we went from in the

896
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,720
first quarter of 2025, we had
857 total downloads.

897
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,880
This is all shows my back
catalog is getting listens like

898
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:44,520
crazy.
And this this quarter we have

899
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:48,520
20, four 2476 downloads in the
quarter.

900
00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:52,000
So super proud of how this show
is growing and the recognition

901
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,320
that it's getting.
And so it's fun to track those

902
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,800
numbers.
Thank you for sharing that, Sid.

903
00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:01,120
I'm, I'm proud of you as well.
And I'm also grateful that

904
00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:05,400
you're willing to share those
inside numbers with everybody

905
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:07,680
like that, because I know
sometimes some people aren't

906
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:11,200
comfortable.
And it's really exciting to see

907
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:14,680
how your show's growing and all
the effort you put into it ahead

908
00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,560
of time.
And now to get that pay off,

909
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,400
it's really exciting.
We we celebrate this win with

910
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:21,240
you, Sir.
Well, thank you, Sir.

911
00:51:21,240 --> 00:51:23,160
Mark, I have a cue for you.
If you got your little

912
00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:25,760
soundboard ready, could you cue
the timpani?

913
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,880
Because I think that might help
Dr. with her win.

914
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:31,440
You cue the timpani.
We're so bad.

915
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:38,400
You're so such a bad, bad boy.
OK, I do have one.

916
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:43,240
So my sister is thinking about
doing a podcast.

917
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:49,440
And you know what?
I know from past experience that

918
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:55,960
I don't think I work well with
family members or or opinionated

919
00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:00,160
family members.
Before I even got my very first

920
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:04,440
client, my nephew, I was talking
to my nephew about doing a

921
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:07,920
podcast.
He's like this master gardener

922
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:12,400
or something.
And he no, no, we're going to

923
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,160
stick with the name.
No, we're going to stick with

924
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:15,520
the artwork.
No, we're going to.

925
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:19,560
I'm like, you know what?
Maybe producing is not for me

926
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:22,680
because he is like squashing
everything I say.

927
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,440
So I decided I'll never work
with family again.

928
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,480
Ever But then my sister said,
you know, I'm kind of thinking

929
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:34,720
about doing something for widows
and widowers and, you know,

930
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:38,080
going on to the next chapter of
your life.

931
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:41,280
And I said, you know what, I
will be happy to be like a

932
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:44,680
consultant, but I'm not going to
work with you as producing it.

933
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:50,960
So I'm happy that I know that
about myself and that, you know,

934
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:54,200
I can move.
On Yeah, You know what?

935
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:56,040
I really appreciate that win.
Thank you.

936
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:57,200
Yeah.
It's basically you're

937
00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:00,880
celebrating the fact that you
recognized your boundaries and

938
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,400
you stuck to it.
Yes.

939
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:05,280
Yeah, that that.
And that can be really

940
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:09,560
challenging for some people.
So yeah, kudos to you, Dr. Yeah.

941
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:13,520
And my wins.
I shared one already that came

942
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:19,240
from Tim and I also celebrate a
successful empowered podcasting

943
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:22,640
call yesterday.
I think that we received several

944
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,960
inquiries after we shared about
the Creator Partnership program,

945
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:30,640
several people saying they want
to take advantage of that.

946
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:35,200
So that is absolutely a win.
And just getting together with

947
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:38,880
the community itself, that's a
win in itself.

948
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:43,520
And of course, yesterday's
Vanderbilt University talk that

949
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:48,040
I did with that class of digital
marketing students, I, I love

950
00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:50,600
connecting with people and
connecting with people in those

951
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:54,120
specific ways.
So I am absolutely celebrating

952
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:57,960
that this week and proud of
myself for doing all of that

953
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:00,560
with a migraine yesterday on top
of it all.

954
00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:04,160
So that that is huge for me
because I, it's hard for me to

955
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:07,880
even operate, even talk when I'm
getting a migraine.

956
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:10,920
So yeah, I'll, I'll take that
extra win as well.

957
00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:12,720
All right, listen, we are back
on.

958
00:54:12,720 --> 00:54:14,400
Monday.
Oh, Ralph.

959
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,960
I'm so sorry, Ralph.
I'm so sorry, Ralph.

960
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:19,080
Totally forgot You totally
forgot.

961
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,320
You go for it, my friend.
No, totally good.

962
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:24,480
So two big wins win #1 my Daily
Show.

963
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:28,800
I hit 8000 downloads last month,
which is my second best month

964
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:31,040
ever, so I'm very happy about
that.

965
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,760
Second win is I mentioned on
this show that I'm now doing

966
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:37,400
free monetization audits of your
content.

967
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:40,880
Had a couple people reach out to
me and I just want to plug that

968
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:42,840
one more time.
We revamped we, we had put

969
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:46,400
together a Google request form.
It was 6 pages long.

970
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:48,360
I got a little feedback that
says that's a lot.

971
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:50,880
So we've narrowed it down to one
page.

972
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:57,040
You can get to it by going to
contentcreatorsaccountant.com/audit.

973
00:54:57,720 --> 00:55:01,480
And what I'm offering there is a
free audit of your content to

974
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:05,680
help you find ways to find money
to help you support your

975
00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:07,360
content.
Again, Content

976
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:12,800
creatorsaccountant.com/audit.
No, no, no strings attached.

977
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,440
Just I want to reach out.
I want to give back and help

978
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:16,800
anybody who's interested in
doing that.

979
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:18,960
So Mark, thank you for letting
me share those two.

980
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,360
Didn't mean to cut you off
there, but I didn't want to.

981
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:24,400
The wrong thing and.
I'll throw one more thing out

982
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:26,440
there.
Yeah, I want to mention this

983
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:27,880
today.
If you want to support the

984
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:30,440
Podcasting morning chat, you can
do that.

985
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:33,360
You can buy us a virtual coffee.
You can make a donation by going

986
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:36,280
to
podcastingmorningchat.com/support.

987
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:37,720
We'll put that in the show
notes.

988
00:55:37,720 --> 00:55:40,400
But I just want to end the week
out with, and we really want to

989
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:42,720
build community here, but it
would be great if people could

990
00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:44,200
support the show as well by
going to

991
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:47,640
podcastingmorningchat.com/support.
Thank you, Mark.

992
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:51,600
Yeah, the only currently the
only direct way you can support

993
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:55,520
this show financially right now.
So if this show has done you any

994
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:59,360
good, if you're interested in
supporting us to keep us going,

995
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:02,120
that would be a wonderful way to
do that.

996
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:03,880
So, yeah, thank you for
mentioning that.

997
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:06,680
And congratulations to you,
Ralph, on the big month your

998
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:11,040
show has had and yeah, and on
this new offer that you're

999
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:14,480
putting out there as well.
And kudos to you for hearing the

1000
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:17,640
feedback and actually taking
action on the feedback.

1001
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:20,520
I noticed that too.
I felt like, oh, that's a lot of

1002
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:24,160
pages.
So thank you for for consoling

1003
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:27,800
this ADHD brain and making it a
little easier for those of us

1004
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:29,720
who might have been intimidated
by that.

1005
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:32,760
OK, so we are back.
Speaking of Ralph, we are back

1006
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:37,520
Monday with Ralph leading us on
a discussion for Money Mondays.

1007
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:40,120
You heard all about that.
So I won't go into that again

1008
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:42,640
right now.
But also come back on Monday to

1009
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:47,280
learn how you can win his Rd.
Caster Duo, which is only a few

1010
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:50,520
months old really, so you're
practically getting a new device

1011
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:52,960
out of it.
You'll find all the details on

1012
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:57,400
Monday, so come join us then.
And until then, make it a great

1013
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,360
weekend.
Everybody take care.