310 - Essential Tools to Level Up Your Podcast Workflow and Production

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Good morning, podcasting,
morning chat.

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Today is Friday, May 23rd, 2025,
and today we're diving into your

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mailbag questions again,
everything from using AI and

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audio dramas to podcast
milestone ideas.

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Plus, we'll wrap up with the
winds from the week.

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The.
Good morning again podcasting,

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morning chat, thanks for being
here.

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I am your host Mark Ronick and
on stage with me we have Dr.

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Faye, Nick Naulback and Sid
Meadows.

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I'm sure we will see more of the
cast and crew momentarily.

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Happy Friday, Happy Memorial Day
weekend to those of you in the

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US Hope you got some fun things
planned.

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Looks like I will be driving
back to North Carolina today.

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And then, yeah, we're going to
be.

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We have some friends that right
down the road from our house.

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They've purchased land and
they're building a giant retreat

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center type place and it just
had its soft opening earlier

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this month.
And they are now inviting all

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their friends to come Sunday and
Sunday night to enjoy it for

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free and just have a good
Memorial Day party weekend.

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So I'm looking forward to doing
that and getting back to North

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Carolina, enjoying that area
again.

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I've actually missed it even
being on vacation.

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And yeah, so real quick, I just
had to share.

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I don't see him yet here in the
audience, but Janae, who has

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been joining us more and more
over the past couple of months.

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He is from the Washington DC
area where I am currently, and

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we had a great lunch together
just to catch up, to connect,

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etcetera.
And he even brought some

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equipment, not surprising
knowing Janae.

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He brought a nice little Canon
camera specifically made for

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video and couple of wireless
rode mikes and we ended up

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shooting some content after we
had our lunch, which I really

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appreciate it.
And it was a great reminder to

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me that a, you don't have to
have a lot of equipment to, to

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do something quick and on the
spot and you can make it really

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simple.
And that's what he did.

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And it was it was cool to see
that.

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And like I said, a good
reminder.

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I'm sure we will see Janae here
momentarily.

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And he got to tell me a little
bit more about his interview

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that he had hosting Pat Flynn on
his show, which I think is very

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cool.
So here's what we're going to do

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today.
As you know, if you are a

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regular listener, Fridays we
celebrate our wins from the

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week.
But first I want to dig back

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into the mailbag because we had
a bunch of questions on the

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docket yesterday and only got to
a few of them.

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So I thought we would keep going
and answering these questions.

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There's there's some stuff in
here that I think are really

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relatable and I think that a lot
of us can can add some value to

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it.
So let me start.

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We've got and by the way, if you
are listening live, ping some

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people in the room.
Let's get some people in here.

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And to those of you who are
here, our I would consider all

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of you that I see right now in
here, our regulars, our loyal

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and faithful.
Thank you for showing up as much

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as you do every single morning.
It means the world to me.

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I was just telling Janae that
yesterday, being one of those

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people who shows up here
regularly, how much you keep me

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going.
If it wasn't for you showing up

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here, and I'm talking to you
specifically, those people who

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show up here every day, if it
wasn't for you here, being here

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all the time, I don't know that
I'd have the energy, the

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willpower, the determination to
keep going.

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So thank you.
You're.

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Going to make me cry, you'll.
Make me cry.

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Yeah, and I see Billy's joined
us on stage, so whenever

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somebody jumps up here, I just
want to stop and say hello.

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So Billy, good morning.
Anything in particular you just

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joined in the fun today?
Yeah, I'm joining you from the

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Miami airport and actually just
saw Sebastian Rusk walking

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through the airport with his
giant podcast.

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And so I yelled at him.
I go, yeah, podcast do suck.

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And then we soaked hands and
took a picture and connected

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that way.
And so anyway, yeah, I think

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earlier in the week or some
point, man, I'm all scattered.

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Somebody who's talking about
personal branding and all that

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kind of fun stuff.
So definitely.

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Works for him.
That's really cool.

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Yeah, I know Sebastian.
I see him a lot at conventions.

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Do you know where he was going
or coming from?

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I think he was going to some
family event, I think he said.

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Oh, OK.
Oh, OK.

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I was curious if he was heading
to one of the conventions going

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on.
Cool, very cool.

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I love that.
All right, so and please stick

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around if you'd like Billy and
actually this, you may have some

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thoughts on this.
First question.

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This comes from the podcasters
on Facebook.

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Facebook group Stewart is the
person's name.

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And Stewart says with Skype
having ripped RIP, is there a

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decent and free alternative to
video chatting?

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And I just first got to say I
didn't realize people were still

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using Skype these before it went
under.

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And he said goes on to say and
with the ability to record the

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chat for editing, I tried
Microsoft Teams last week but

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the free option on APC doesn't
allow you to record it.

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He said he ended up in Zoom and
splitting his episode into 240

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minute parts with a 10 minute
wait in between.

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He said he may opt out for just
going YouTube Live, but that

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doesn't really allow graphics on
the live stream.

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So here's what I first want to
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It's it.
Like I said, it is a relatable

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question, especially when I
think about so many independent

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podcasters who seem to be on the
constant hunt for those solid

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free solutions.
And while I don't think many

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people, like I said, we're using
Skype near its end, it's shut

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down to me still highlights the
bigger issue that I'm reading

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between the lines here.
Dependable and cost effective or

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maybe better put, free tools are
hard to come by.

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We've got platforms like he
mentioned, like Zoom or even OBS

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that can fill the gap.
But I think there's always a

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trade off.
There's things like recording

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limits like he was talking
about.

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He had 40 minutes and he had to
wait 10 minutes in between free,

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I'm sorry, feature restrictions,
steep learning curves, all those

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kinds of things can creep in
when we talk about free tools.

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And I think it comes down to you
get what you pay for.

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Free options might work in a
pinch, but I think they lack the

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consistency or functionality
that are needed to really put

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together a solid podcast or a
podcast workflow.

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So I think it's, I think
personally, it's worth making a

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small investment on tools like
that, tools that you use

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regularly every for every
podcast, however often you do it

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every week, every day, every
month.

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But I think if it's something
that's a regular part of your

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workflow, I think investing a
little bit of money into it is

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really important because it
makes it makes a big difference.

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It can eliminate some of those
headaches that we get doing this

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kind of thing.
And I think it keeps everything

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looking top notch, professional,
high quality.

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So yes, sure, explore the free
tools.

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Just stay mindful of their
limits and how they fit with the

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long term goals for your
podcast.

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And I get it, not everybody has
unlimited budget to do this kind

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of thing.
But I also believe if you're

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investing your own time into it,
you, you can most, in many cases

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you could afford a $10 a month
solution.

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Don't go to Starbucks for a
couple of days and instead

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invested in this that you're
putting your heart, your time,

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your soul into.
So with that, I, I just, I'll

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get off the soapbox.
But it I get more and more

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frustrated seeing people
constantly ask how do I get this

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for free?
And then you see a lot of

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complaints later down the road
on those free tools on their

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group sites, whether it's a
Discord or a Facebook group, you

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see them complaining about this,
that and the other thing.

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Well, you get what you're paid
for.

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Yeah, Dr., go ahead.
Actually, I saw Nick's hand up

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first.
OK, go ahead, Nick.

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I was just going to say I agree
with you.

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I mean, there are tools You can
look at stuff like Google Meet.

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That would be a free tool.
As long as you have a Google

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account, I think it's free.
But you have to think about how

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that is going to affect your
workflow down the road because

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even doing something like Zoom,
you have to take that file, you

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have to bring it into other
platforms sometimes, like

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depending on how you want the
format to be, you're having to

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manipulate the video itself to
actually look the way that you

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want it to.
And it becomes a time consuming

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process.
And if you use something like

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Riverside or Descript with their
squad cast set up, it's paid.

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But you basically have a built
in workflow right there that is

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geared towards podcasting.
So it's going to save you time

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down the road, even just for the
sole fact that you get two

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different video and audio tracks
like that alone, because that

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saves me a ton of time
personally.

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But yeah, I I just think that
the the time spent managing all

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these other free tools and
getting everything ready for you

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to edit and work with it, it's
just worth paying the couple

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dollars a month to have it set
up and ready for you.

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Yeah, I'm with you.
And yeah, like you said,

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Riverside I think is such a
great solution in or

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alternative.
It's really not an alternative

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in my opinion.
It's the way to go.

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But if you're looking for
something a step up from these

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free options, go with something
that's dedicated to your

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industry, go with a Riverside
that's dedicated to creating

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content.
And they've done such a good job

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over these past few years really
working hard to become an all in

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one solution.
And, and it may not be for

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everybody.
And I think for a lot of people

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who are getting their feet wet
getting into this industry, I

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think having that kind of all in
one solution can really make all

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the difference in the world And
it can grow with you.

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It's not one of those tools that
I'm suggesting like as a

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beginner, you use it and
eventually you're going to

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outgrow it because it's
constantly evolving and it has

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so many features already that
you don't have to start with.

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But as you grow, as you get more
comfortable, you can start

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adding on working with getting
to know how to use it.

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Dr. What did you want to add?
Well, you have stepped down from

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your soapbox, so I'm going to
hop back on it.

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A lot of a lot of people who are
constantly looking for the free

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stuff, free stuff.
You know what, most of us in

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this room, our podcast is a
business and sometimes you have

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to invest in your business.
And so that's why, that's why

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sometimes the paid platforms are
really the best way to go.

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Yeah, it, it is a little
frustrating to me when I hear a

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podcaster not willing to put or
invest, like you said, into some

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of these tools.
It it frustrates me because I'm

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on the other side of their
mouth.

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Often times they're also hoping
for a payoff, right?

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This isn't a lottery podcasting,
right?

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It's not.
So what something that you can

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do entirely for free and expect
it to be a side hustle or expect

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it to replace your full time
job.

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I think if you're investing
time, you need to invest money

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as well and you got to treat it
like a business, like you said.

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Anyone else want to comment on
this?

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And you don't have to comment on
the free versus paid.

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You get what you pay for.
You can actually share some some

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other ideas.
Nick shared Riverside, which is

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the one I would have shared with
you as well.

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And by the way, Riverside does
have a free option to get to

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know it.
I think you can record up to two

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hours a month, which doesn't
give you a lot, but it gives you

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enough to at least play with it
and see if it's something you

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so you can actually do something

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It only goes up to 70.
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Try their two hours a month for
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worth your while.
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Riverside butt kissing, I I
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with their team as a whole.
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especially with businesses that
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like Riverside is to that point,
it feels like you can't get any

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You can't get any support from

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the team because they're just
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their team is very involved.
I It gives me the warm fuzzy

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feeling knowing that the people
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of that group you mentioned that
we're in, people throw out

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suggestions, requests what they
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down the road and Riverside
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three months down the road, all
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Sid, I saw you had something.
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Good morning, everybody.
I have a couple things.

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First off, you know, I'm a big
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have or use what you already
have purchased right before you

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go in and start investing in
other things simply because you

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don't know how long this is
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long you're going to do this.
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statistics prove that, you know,
people don't necessarily stay

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with being a podcaster.
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started and whether it's Zoom or
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use that you've got.
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I have used Zoom since the first
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like it.
It works for us and it's

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convenient and I use it across
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So, you know, it's easy.
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agree with the statement that
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talk about this before, that
that your podcast is a business

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like a business.
I think if people really did

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treat their podcast like a
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the significant drop off of
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business is hard, right?
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effort, you got to be focused,
you got a strategy, you got to

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know what you're doing.
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of the problem while we see
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actually don't treat it like a
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Thank you, Sid, and I appreciate
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perspective, you know, work with
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early on in the game.
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about the question that I read
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a person who's been doing it, it
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using a different tool and now
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definitely be leaning more
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with what you got because it can
be, it can be challenging to

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learn all the new tools jumping
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So Zoom is often a a great tool
for people because they're used

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to using it for other things.
So finding the the right

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buttons, finding the right
features, you already kind of

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know where those things are in
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That point of entry is so much

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easier at that point.
I'm with you there.

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Anyone else have any other tools
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Stewart's case, a Skype?
I mean, Nick also mentioned the

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script and their integration
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what they're using.
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there.
Stream Yard I believe is still

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I don't use Stream Yard often.

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stream Yard and I know ecam
Live, but that's for Mac users

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only Ecam Live can do well.
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something that Stewart had said
that he was thinking about maybe

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using something like a YouTube
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work well.
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had mentioned here is, you know,
you can't do a lot with popping

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hardware to make that happen.
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and I don't, I think it's been
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Has anyone heard of Jitsi JITSI,
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conferencing thing.
It's kind of like a Zoom, but

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it's open source.
You don't have to have an

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Quote, UN quote.

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It's fully encrypted.
It's free to use.

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this question and it's something
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about, especially again, if I
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bit, it might be a tool that I
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podcasters, But Nick has a
thumbs down.

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Nick, you, you're familiar with
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I was just thumbs down like no I
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OK, OK, got it.
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All right, so we're going to
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We'll do see if we can get to
one or two more before we share

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wins from the week.
And if you're listening live,

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start if you haven't already
thinking about some of your wins

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from this week, big or small,
that's that's up to you to

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judge.
We don't care what size of a win

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you think it is.
Just come up here.

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If you've gotten out of bed
every day this week after a

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tough week, then that's, that's
a perfectly acceptable win.

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We would love to celebrate with
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And if you've got some big
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we're we're happy to celebrate
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So bring them up if you got
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We'd love to have you up here.
So here's a question from

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Samuel, also from the podcasters
on Facebook.

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Group.
Says after a 2 1/2 year hiatus,

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I'm undertaking a new audio
project and I'm seeing how

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radically the production
landscape has changed in such a

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brief period of time.
I'm not the biggest fan of AI

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for many reasons.
My professional hat is a

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translator, so you can imagine.
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the fact that AI can do a lot of
translation for you now,

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although they've been a plenty
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helps you do that too.
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But I'm also aware that AI is
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sure I'm not being stubbornly
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My question is, are any of you
happy with new AI tools out

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there or finding them useful?
In my case, I'm making audio

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drama with multiple layers,
narration, characters, sound

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effects, etcetera.
I'm mainly curious if there's

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anything out there that could
speed up the manual edition, and

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I think he means maybe editing.
Speed up the manual?

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I'll just read it word for word.
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The idea of AI writing my
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I'm also fairly concerned about
property rights and how much

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creative output you see directly
to the AI owner.

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Any thoughts, tips, advice,
misgivings, warnings, etcetera

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would be most welcome.
I think Nick would probably be a

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good person to start with here.
Nick, what do you think?

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Do you have any tips or advice
for Samuel on what AI tools he

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should use, especially
considering he's in my opinion

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feeling a little threatened?
By it.

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Yeah, I, I think first of all, I
want to commend Samuel for not

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being stubbornly turning the
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Like he's recognizing the fact
that AI is here to stay and he

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needs to look at using it as a
tool as opposed to just

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pretending it doesn't exist.
There's a lot of people that

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want to put their head in the
sand with it all, but I think

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there are so many.
And I, I keep seeing, even from

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the Google IO thing this week,
seen so many different tools

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that have existed or are proving
that I didn't even know existed.

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Google is they already have
different music tools out.

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I know we've a lot of us have
heard of Suno that can generate

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music and they'll add like words
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your songs.
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music creation tool called music
LM and I think it also is called

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Lyria LYRIA.
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different tools like that that
can help aid in the creative

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process that might otherwise be
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or difficult to pull off as a
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And we're seeing more tools
coming out, video editing,

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images, obviously you have AI
sound or AI voices and things

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like that.
I mean, it's, it's just going to

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come down to what is he OK with
letting AI handle for him versus

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having to do himself?
I, I think the big thing with

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all these AI tools now that
we're seeing as they're becoming

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increasingly more popular for
creators and being created for

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creators and trying to cut down
on that time spent on the

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creative process that VO3 that
we were talking about the other

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day with video that now creates
sound and music and soundscapes

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and everything that goes behind
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Like imagine just putting
together a a 32nd video that has

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all of those elements to it.
It's going to take you a long

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freaking time, much less do an
entire audio drama for however

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long that's going to be.
I mean, these tools can

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definitely help.
So I'd, I don't know necessarily

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what is the best tool for you
because you do have a lot going

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on, but I definitely start
playing with some of these

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things, see where it can help
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The last thing I'll say to this,
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share a couple videos that
people have been making with the

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platform, the model, and a lot
of what people are doing.

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They're not just using the AI to
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me.
They're using it to blend with

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real content that they're
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So lady, she wanted to create
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and she had footage that she
shot with characters that she

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has like real actors in.
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supplement that and create
scenes that would have taken a

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lot of graphic designers and a
lot of work, video editors,

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etcetera to pull off.
And she was able to create this

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whole short film just by herself
and obviously the actors that

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she hired for this thing.
So it it doesn't have to be an

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all or nothing.
You think about how can you

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blend AI into what you're doing
to help save you time and.

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Save.
You money and save you money too

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in a lot of cases, right?
We're talking, we just the last

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question we were answering is
somebody looking for free

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options to create his content.
Well, this is a a great example

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and I love the example that
you're sharing.

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Yeah, you've created as much as
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this intentionally humanly
possible.

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And now if there are gaps, if
there are things missing that

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you can't afford to do, you
don't have the time to do,

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etcetera, that's a great
opportunity to lean on AI.

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And I, I do find it interesting
that when a lot of people who

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are hesitant to use AI, they go
right to things like it writing

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everything for you.
I think that's because it's

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probably the easiest thing that
you could do with AI, but it is

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not the only thing you can use
AI for.

449
00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:34,720
There are plenty of ways to use
AI, including just using it for

450
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,440
brainstorming and to get ideas.
I've been doing that a lot

451
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,480
lately.
I've been working on content

452
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,480
where I get the overall concept.
I have it in my head and it's

453
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,800
floating around, and sometimes
it's hard for me to sort or sift

454
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,000
through it and organize it in a
way that just makes sense when

455
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,040
I'm trying to put it on paper.
So I just vomit out the idea to

456
00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:01,080
a ChatGPT and then I have it
organize my thoughts for me, add

457
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,560
on to it for me if it needs
that.

458
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:09,040
And man, does does that help
move things along and help my

459
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,800
mind continue to turn and be
creative and and come up with my

460
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,760
own ideas on top of that?
Yeah, Dr., go ahead.

461
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:18,680
Well he mentioned a couple
things.

462
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:25,440
One is editing and the other one
was script writing for me.

463
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:31,320
For editing, I have a program
called Resound that I used for

464
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:36,600
my first pass.
And if it's a solo show, usually

465
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,400
that's all I need.
It's flags all the UMS and ah's

466
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,960
and the big gaps and stuff like
that.

467
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:49,800
And it's, it's great.
I love this this program.

468
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:58,520
If it's a interview show, then
Resound gets about 85% of the

469
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,680
job done.
Sometimes I will move

470
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,920
conversation if they start
talking his organically.

471
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,040
If they start talking on top of
each other a little bit, I will

472
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,840
move the conversation to where
it they are separate.

473
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,360
They're pretty much butted up
against each other, but they are

474
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,600
separate.
People can hear them, but if

475
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:20,040
it's someone laughing, they're
laughing together and talking

476
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,880
and laughing.
I'll leave that the way it is,

477
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:29,680
but yeah, resound dot FM is the
one that I use for my first pass

478
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,320
and basically for about 75 to
80% of my editing.

479
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,480
Yeah, very cool.
I know I've heard several people

480
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,720
talk talking about Resound.
I have not personally tried it.

481
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,120
So thank you for sharing a
little bit.

482
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:46,920
I didn't realize it had a lot of
that AI functionality built into

483
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:47,640
it.
That's very cool.

484
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:52,040
Thank you.
Dr. Anyone else have anything

485
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,600
before I'll jump in?
Go ahead, Sid.

486
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:55,720
So I have a couple things on
this.

487
00:29:56,080 --> 00:30:00,280
The first thing I would do is I
would look at my workflow and I

488
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,880
would look at my workflow and
then I would say, OK, we're in

489
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,680
my workflow.
Can I leverage a tool, an AI

490
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:09,680
tool to save me time, right?
Like where is it Then?

491
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:11,360
Maybe it's not the editing,
right?

492
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,040
Because of the editing is so
important, right?

493
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,960
Maybe that's not where you want
to do it, but we're in your

494
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,960
workflow.
Can you use a tool to save time?

495
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:22,040
Because that's really what AI
should be for is to help reduce

496
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,680
time and be a tool for you,
right?

497
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,440
I don't think a lot of people
treat it that way, but that's

498
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,760
how it should be used.
And I'm certainly how I'm

499
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:33,120
leaning into it.
And then something that Nick hit

500
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:38,200
on and you hit on it just a
minute ago is using AI not to

501
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:43,600
necessarily organically create
the content from a prompt, use

502
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,720
it a little bit differently.
So I the other day gave it a

503
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,800
prompt of Chat GPTA prompt of
what I wanted to do.

504
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:55,560
And I said to ask me a series of
up to 10 questions about this

505
00:30:55,560 --> 00:31:00,320
topic, ask them individually.
And so it asked me the

506
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,200
questions, I answered each
question individually, and then

507
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:09,800
I asked it to create a draft of
a blog for me based on my

508
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,400
responses.
So basically, it takes a little

509
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,880
bit longer, but basically what
it's doing is taking my

510
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,640
thoughts, my original thoughts,
my responses to its questions,

511
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,680
and crafting an article or a
blog for me.

512
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,960
That is actually what I want to
say and not what it wants to

513
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,760
say.
So you can use it similar to the

514
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,120
brainstorming that you're
talking about, Mark.

515
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,640
And then you actually get
content that's more relevant to

516
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,600
who you are, to your audience
and things of that.

517
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,280
Nick.
Yeah, I think you said and

518
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,160
something that made me giggle,
you said, you know, it takes a

519
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,480
little bit longer, which yes, I
hear what you're saying and it's

520
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,520
all relative, right.
It takes longer in the sense of

521
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:50,760
what when it when we're talking
about AI and using AI, it would

522
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,120
make the process a little bit
longer, but probably still saves

523
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,520
you a ton of time if you didn't
have AI to use.

524
00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,840
Oh, 100%.
I mean, that article would have

525
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:03,200
taken me an hour and a half
maybe to write, get my thoughts

526
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,200
organized and then rewrite, use
Grammarly to check it and all

527
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,680
that kind of stuff, right?
And I probably did it in 20

528
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,720
minutes with it asking me the
questions and then getting me to

529
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,520
get the draft.
Then I got the draft.

530
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,600
I put it into my Google Docs and
I reviewed it.

531
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,160
I edited, I changed it, and then
I fed it through Grammarly to

532
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,520
just check everything.
So you definitely short

533
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,920
circuits.
But when you think about how

534
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,080
fast AI moves, right, people
want to put in a prompt in the a

535
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,760
few seconds later, there's an
article, right?

536
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,000
So in this case of rather than a
few seconds or a couple of

537
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,760
minutes, it probably took 20
minutes.

538
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,040
Yeah, I love that.
Thank you, Sid.

539
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,640
Great example.
And if anyone, does anyone else

540
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,480
have anything before I go to
this, I'll call it our last

541
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:47,160
mailbag question before we share
our wins from the week.

542
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:52,520
OK, so this last one comes from
Ramon, also from the podcasters

543
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,960
on Facebook group.
Ramon says I post new episodes

544
00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:01,640
of my show every week.
Next week will be my 100th

545
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,840
episode.
Any suggestions on what I should

546
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,880
do?
So first I want to say Congrats

547
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:13,240
on 100 episodes.
It's a huge milestone and very

548
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,640
suiting for a Friday here on the
podcasting morning chat since we

549
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,480
celebrate our wins.
So and you know, also I want to

550
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:24,160
say especially worth celebrating
because we know we've talked

551
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,960
about it here before.
How many podcasts don't get past

552
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:32,200
8 to 10 episodes?
So really a milestone worth

553
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:36,120
celebrating.
Kudos to Ramon, and as far as

554
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:42,480
some ideas what Ramon can do for
the 100th, I mean, that's really

555
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,200
it.
It's really up to you and I

556
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,640
think it is worth celebrating
with your audience.

557
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:50,240
I think there's all sorts of
ways, a simple thank you, a

558
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,800
simple moment that you can take
at maybe at the beginning of the

559
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,840
show to share your gratitude
could be all that you need to

560
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,960
do.
And there are plenty of other

561
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,160
things that you could do.
You could, well, you could do a

562
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,680
giveaway, right?
In honor of the 100th, you could

563
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:11,000
do some kind of giveaway if your
podcast is related to your

564
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,800
business, maybe it's something
related to your business.

565
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:20,000
Maybe it's a, you know, one hour
consult with you or maybe it's

566
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:24,520
an actual physical item that you
want to just give as a thank you

567
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,400
to a lucky winner of your
audience who helped get you to

568
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,199
100.
If you're an audio only podcast,

569
00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:33,199
you may want to consider just
for that episode, you do some

570
00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:37,560
video for the 100th.
I think an audience that is used

571
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:41,400
to listening to you every, at
the very least, every so often,

572
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:45,560
being able to see you doing your
thing makes it really special.

573
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:49,360
So if you're looking at 100
episodes as special to you, do

574
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,600
something like that that they
would appreciate.

575
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,679
Anyone else?
Has anybody hit a milestone with

576
00:34:54,679 --> 00:34:56,360
their podcast?
Oh, yeah.

577
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,240
Let's go to Yvonne.
Yvonne, good morning.

578
00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:01,200
Welcome to the stage.
What do you suggest for

579
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,280
celebrating the 100th episode?
Good morning.

580
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:10,280
I've done it a number of ways.
My let's see for milestones like

581
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,160
my my five year milestones
coming up.

582
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:17,320
And this year I decided to do it
as a reflection of what I've

583
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,320
learned over five years of
podcasting.

584
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:27,040
The in past years for either,
you know, 100th episode or 200

585
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:34,720
episodes, I've invited past
guests to send me a recording,

586
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:39,560
like a short recording.
I've have the speak pipe feature

587
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:44,160
on my website and that's been
really handy for gathering audio

588
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,680
from people.
So anyway, I had past guests

589
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:52,480
come and give me an update on
what they were up to since we

590
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,360
last spoke.
So that was a cool one.

591
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,480
I think that was my first 100
episodes that I did that for.

592
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:04,240
And then I've also had, I've
asked questions of audience

593
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:08,280
members and, you know, former
guests and then just ask people

594
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:12,360
to leave me a little bit of, you
know, a sound bite that I can

595
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,240
use on the episode.
And that's been fun.

596
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:18,360
And another time I celebrated
with my mastermind group.

597
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:23,040
We got on a Zoom call and we did
a big group conversation talking

598
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,000
about milestones and things like
that.

599
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:28,240
I like that, particularly that
last one you shared, just

600
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:31,840
because sometimes maybe the
celebration is internal.

601
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,080
It doesn't always have to be an
external celebration.

602
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:38,880
I mean, I think it is valuable
to celebrate with an audience

603
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,040
too.
And I just appreciate the idea

604
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,760
of getting together with the
people that may have helped you

605
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,040
get to 100 behind the scenes.
Yeah.

606
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:52,400
And actually we recorded that.
So it it went out as an episode.

607
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,960
So it was a private
conversation, recorded and sent

608
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:55,720
out.
That's.

609
00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:58,120
Very cool, I love that.
Thank you for that suggestion or

610
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,640
that idea.
Yvonne, that's really cool.

611
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,880
And speak pipe.
I just wanted to briefly add on

612
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,400
to that just so that some people
who may be unfamiliar with it

613
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,360
understand.
Yeah, like Yvonne said, it's

614
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,920
it's a way to capture audio from
your audience.

615
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:17,440
Think of it like voicemail, but
it all works online and you can

616
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:21,680
embed a little player or button
on your website.

617
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,400
They click it and then they can
record a message to you and then

618
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,240
you can download that file and
use it, play it on your podcast

619
00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:31,360
and then speak to it if you so
choose.

620
00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:35,920
It's a great feature and I, I, I
recommend it really to anyone

621
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:40,880
because where we're doing a
format of audio and, or video, I

622
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,720
like the idea of giving our
audience that opportunity to

623
00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:47,480
provide it back to us.
And, and it's, I think it holds

624
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:52,920
a lot more weight value when
you're actually able to hear the

625
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,160
voice of that listener as
opposed to like what I'm doing,

626
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,880
just reading it on their behalf.
It just adds another layer,

627
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,200
another element to it and it
keeps keeps people engaged and

628
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,080
interested as they're listening
to your episode.

629
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,840
Anyone else have any other Sid?
I saw you had something.

630
00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:10,280
Yeah, I.
Think there's a couple of things

631
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,040
here that you can do for my
100th episode.

632
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,720
And Stacy to this too.
I had somebody interview me to

633
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:19,040
talk about my journey and I
always think that's really great

634
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,200
because then your listeners get
the opportunity to hear you

635
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,480
behind the mic, right?
So you're on the hot speed and

636
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,040
they get to know you and connect
with you better.

637
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,520
I think that's a really great
idea.

638
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,680
I also think that if you
depending on the type of show

639
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:36,480
you've got, you could go through
your catalog and look at

640
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,640
highlight moments that were
really important into the

641
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,280
podcast or things that you
thought were conversations you

642
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,000
thought were really impactful
and create a special episode

643
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,400
that highlights some of the
things that were said or talked

644
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,000
about on your show for the last
100 episodes.

645
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,320
So any kind of, you know,
compilation, if you will, that

646
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,200
is a celebration I think would
be really good too.

647
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,600
So that's just a couple of ideas
for.

648
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,760
Love that.
Thank you Sid and I'm going to

649
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,840
keep it moving and go to
Jinnade.

650
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:06,360
Jinnade, welcome to the stage.
I shouted you out before you got

651
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:10,920
here and just sharing how much I
enjoyed our lunch and recording

652
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,800
session yesterday.
Please share you have any ideas

653
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,240
for celebrating the 100th
episodes.

654
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:18,000
Good morning.
Thank you, Mark.

655
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,480
Yeah, that was a lot of fun
yesterday, getting to hang out

656
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:25,720
with you and all the
conversations to recording,

657
00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:30,640
getting to repurpose real life
connection through podcasting,

658
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:31,920
right?
It's it's really powerful.

659
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,160
And talking about celebration,
that's another way to celebrate.

660
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,720
Maybe you did 100 episodes.
Maybe you can invite a few

661
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:41,600
people and do kind of like a
like a celebration party.

662
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:45,000
I don't like what you wanted and
a Zoom call, maybe do it in

663
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,240
person.
I know that might be fun.

664
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,240
What I've done, I've done, you
know, combination of celebration

665
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:54,880
like that were, you know, my, my
wife brought all these balloons.

666
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:59,080
We had people over for the 500th
episode.

667
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:04,040
And then for the 700th episode,
I recorded a reflection, you

668
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,840
know, talking about what I did
in the past and the amazing

669
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,520
conversation, the connections
that we were able to make and

670
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,520
what we're going to be doing
differently and season 7.

671
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,960
So again.
You're not only am I

672
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,840
celebrating, but also setting
the the expectations for what

673
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:25,880
what the audience can expect in
the future of the new episode.

674
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,760
So yeah, thanks so much.
Yeah, Thank you, Janae.

675
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,480
Love that.
I love the idea of throwing the

676
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,680
party for the 500th or whatever
milestone you choose, but in

677
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:39,680
your case for the 500th and
again, recording that content.

678
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:43,200
And because now you have that to
share in multiple ways.

679
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,880
If maybe you're, you can find
ways to incorporate it into an

680
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,960
episode.
And if not, or in addition to

681
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:53,160
you can use it for social media.
People love to see the behind

682
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,000
the scenes stuff and what's
going on there and they love to

683
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,960
see those kinds of celebrations
too.

684
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:02,720
I think that's a a, a great way
to both celebrate your milestone

685
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:07,960
and share more content.
That's awesome.

686
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:12,040
All right, Well, I think does
any, anyone else want to add or

687
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,360
shall we move on?
I know we've got Jonathan on

688
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:15,320
stage.
No pressure.

689
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,640
Jonathan.
Yeah.

690
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,760
OK, so then let's do it.
I'm going to ask all of you who

691
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:25,880
are listening live to come up on
stage and share any wins from

692
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,680
your week.
Please come up because that's

693
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,240
the whole purpose of our
Fridays.

694
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:34,440
We like to wrap up on a positive
note and with for those of you

695
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,120
on stage, get ready.
I'm coming to you now.

696
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,000
Let's begin.
I you know what?

697
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:43,600
I'll start with one because it's
an easy one and it's already

698
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,280
been shared this week.
I'm Sharon.

699
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:50,520
I had two lunches that I
consider wins this week.

700
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:55,680
One with my old Co host and best
friend Lowell talking about what

701
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,040
our future holds with our
podcast.

702
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:00,560
It's been on the shelf for a
while now.

703
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:05,480
And when we posted a picture
from that lunch saying that

704
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:09,280
something's in the works, we got
a huge response on social media.

705
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:13,880
And it really made me realize
that we did.

706
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:17,160
We were doing something really
special and I knew at the time

707
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:21,840
it was and we had some pretty
good success with that show, but

708
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,000
I kind of was a little hesitant
to bring it back because I

709
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,480
thought, you know, we're
probably yesterday's news.

710
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:31,360
We, they people have probably
moved on and the response we got

711
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:35,000
proved that completely wrong.
Our audience has been waiting

712
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:41,080
and really shared some really
kind words about their

713
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:45,160
excitement for it coming back.
So that really refueled my fire

714
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,240
for sure.
And of course my other when

715
00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:51,360
similarly was having lunch with
Janae yesterday, I already

716
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,200
shared a lot about that at the
top of the show.

717
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:58,800
And worth saying again, it was
absolutely a win to be able to

718
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,360
sit down and connect with Janae,
sit down and connect with

719
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,840
Lowell.
I think making those in person

720
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:09,920
connections and keeping them
going really adds a lot to those

721
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:15,280
relationships as opposed to just
maintaining them online or via

722
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,480
text, etcetera.
So that's one win for me.

723
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,880
I'm going to keep it going.
Dr. Do you want to share any

724
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:29,400
wins from your week?
Well I have found Ava to help me

725
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:36,160
with all the YouTube mishegash
that I hate so much and so

726
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:40,480
that's my win.
She has relieved me of a lot of

727
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:44,960
stress and has given me some
time back.

728
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:49,040
So I I am very appreciative.
That's my win.

729
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,400
Awesome, congratulations.
Love that.

730
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:56,040
Love hearing when people
recognize the areas of weakness

731
00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:00,440
or areas of disinterest and
recognizing I could bring

732
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:04,760
someone in and do that for me.
Yes, Michael Mishigash, he said,

733
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:06,680
he said in the chat.
Mishigash.

734
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:12,240
You want to try to define that.
Bullshit.

735
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:16,400
There you go.
Yeah, I'll take.

736
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,080
That I'll let it that out.
You don't have to.

737
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,040
You could bleep it if you want,
I don't care.

738
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,000
I didn't even hear mushy.
Gosh, I heard the second when

739
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,040
you said it.
I think it's.

740
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:26,520
Just there you go.
Yeah, you're a girl, OK?

741
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,960
And good morning to Jackie.
Let's see, let's keep it going.

742
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,000
Sid, would you like to share
some wins from your week?

743
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,640
Yes, good morning again.
So I have two.

744
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:42,400
Yesterday was the official
launch of our new business that

745
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:47,400
I started with my partners and
friends and we made it public

746
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,040
yesterday and we've gotten a
really positive response and

747
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:55,200
it's been really great to see
all the messages on LinkedIn and

748
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:58,400
the comments and stuff.
So that's been really good.

749
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:04,240
And now we're off to the races.
The second one is we have a big

750
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:07,440
event coming up in June, a big
furniture event coming up in

751
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,480
June.
And I had a listener who's been

752
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,440
listening for a long time reach
out to me and say, hey, I'm

753
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:16,400
going to go and can we meet up?
I would really appreciate the

754
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,480
opportunity I'm reading.
I really appreciate the

755
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,320
opportunity to simply shake your
hand and say thank you in

756
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:24,640
person.
I've benefited from have benef

757
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:28,520
that have benefited throughout
the years from your from you and

758
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,400
your podcast.
And it would be great to be able

759
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:34,000
to shake your hand in person.
And when I get messages like

760
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,200
that, that's the reason I do
what I do.

761
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:38,280
That's the reason I choke
everyday.

762
00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:41,080
It's the reason I do my podcast
and create content, and it's

763
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:42,480
always nice to be reminded of
that so.

764
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:46,520
Congratulations that that just
warms my heart.

765
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,560
And 1st, congratulations on the
business launch.

766
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:53,000
I know I commented on LinkedIn
and I want to just say it here

767
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,120
too.
Congratulations.

768
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:58,320
I've heard and felt your
excitement and passion for this

769
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,040
both on the show and behind the
scenes.

770
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,720
And it's so exciting to see that
come to life.

771
00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:08,880
So kudos to you and that
listener reaching out, just

772
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:10,880
wanting to say thanks.
I agree with you.

773
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:14,800
That's why I do this, right?
We don't have thousands of

774
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:16,880
people listening to this show
all the time.

775
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:20,720
And I'm OK with that.
What I love is when people reach

776
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:24,880
out to me privately and say
thank you that meant so much to

777
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,520
me or thank you.
I never thought of things that

778
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:29,280
way.
And I appreciate that you do

779
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,960
this show and you help me see
new perspectives.

780
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:36,000
I get that kind of stuff all the
time and, and it really every

781
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:41,120
time it, it revitalizes me, it
gets me more excited the next

782
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,760
day to come wake up in the
morning and do this show.

783
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:47,320
I feel that said, thank you for
sharing that, Jonathan, Good

784
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:48,800
morning.
We haven't really talked to you

785
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,680
yet this morning.
Got any wins to share with us?

786
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:55,560
Good morning.
So sure, it's been a bit of a

787
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,520
rough week for me.
I've been in in and out of the

788
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:02,040
vet with one of my boys pretty
much all week.

789
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,520
So, you know, we've, I have an
appointment today, we're going

790
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:09,320
to make a decision today.
But you know, he's, he's doing

791
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:10,920
all right and he's sitting next
to me.

792
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,640
So I'm happy about that today.
But making it through the week

793
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,640
honestly has been a positive
thing.

794
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:20,760
And you know, I'm actually
running, I'm also running a

795
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,680
challenge in my in my business
and being able to at least

796
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:27,560
manage that without a losing too
much ground this week has been,

797
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,800
it's been a good thing.
Well, thank you for sharing that

798
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:34,720
and congratulations to you in
the sense that you're still able

799
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:38,120
to keep things going with
business while dealing with

800
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,560
personal.
And and that's not to say I

801
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:44,920
would fault you for putting
business aside to deal with

802
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,120
personal.
Of course, there there's nothing

803
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:50,440
wrong with that and that's
definitely a worth celebrating

804
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:55,160
that you were able to accomplish
both dealing with the dog,

805
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:58,080
dealing with work all at the
same time.

806
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:02,040
So kudos to you Jonathan and
I'll be thinking about you and

807
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:05,200
thinking about the pup and I
hope that everything works out

808
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,840
OK.
Let's keep it going and check in

809
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:10,160
with Yvonne.
Yvonne, good morning.

810
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:11,720
Please share a win or two with
us.

811
00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:12,680
Good.
Morning.

812
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:19,920
Well, my first win is that my
youngest kiddo graduated from

813
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:26,080
Community College on Wednesday,
2 weeks before his high school

814
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:29,680
graduation.
He got an associate's degree in

815
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:33,640
web development and we got to
see him graduate with all the

816
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:35,560
other Community College kids
about.

817
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:39,880
There's a program that he's in
at his high school and about 20

818
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:44,360
kids managed to do this, this
particular feat.

819
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,120
So I'm very proud of him.
And then we've got his high

820
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:48,840
school graduation in a couple of
weeks.

821
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:54,360
So that was a major win.
And on the, on the podcast end

822
00:48:54,360 --> 00:49:00,160
of things, you know, my, my
community is, is intimate and

823
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:05,160
it's, but recently I got a new
member and then I got an inquiry

824
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:07,960
call.
I got on with another woman who

825
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:09,520
was interested in joining the
group.

826
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:12,400
And I was like to kind of vet
people before they join, make

827
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,600
sure it's a good fit.
And I said so.

828
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:18,680
So I said, did you find me
through the podcast kind of

829
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,760
assuming that?
And she said, no, I found you

830
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:26,440
through this magazine article
that you were featured in.

831
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,200
And I was like, Oh my gosh.
That's so cool.

832
00:49:29,240 --> 00:49:32,160
Because it, you know, you go on
other podcasts or you get

833
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:37,120
featured somewhere and I never
really know if it ever leads to

834
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,040
anything.
But there was, there was

835
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:43,280
something that, you know, she,
she connected and, and so she's

836
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:45,920
going to be joining the
community and that was a thrill.

837
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,760
Congratulations on both those
wins to your son.

838
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:53,800
And with the second one, I'm
which magazine article was this?

839
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:55,960
Can you tell us a little bit
about, I feel like you may have

840
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:59,440
told us before, but I just want
to hear a little bit more What,

841
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,800
what was that all about?
It's a magazine called Certain

842
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:08,160
Age, and it's literary magazine.
Actually, the woman who produced

843
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:12,520
it moved to Greece some time ago
and decided to do this passion

844
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:17,160
project of hers.
And so she Jean Shields Fleming.

845
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:21,760
So she's a writer and she's
taking now she's built it up to

846
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,320
a point where she's got
contributing writers who are

847
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:27,400
doing things and she's got a
poetry editor and she's she's

848
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:31,440
grown it into a little thing,
you know, and really nice lady.

849
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:36,360
So yeah, Certain Age magazine
was the name of it.

850
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:39,400
She originally approached me
asking if I would want to

851
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:42,800
contribute or written article
or, you know, constantly

852
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,240
contribute.
And I was like, I'm not in my

853
00:50:45,240 --> 00:50:47,360
bandwidth right now.
And then she said, well, how

854
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:51,000
about if I do a feature on you
and I'll interview you and put

855
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,160
that in?
And so that was delightful.

856
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:56,000
She, she was great.
And then she ended up being a

857
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,480
guest on my podcast, so.
Very, very cool.

858
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:01,280
I love that.
And it just goes to show you,

859
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:04,920
you know, you never know who's
going to be reading one of those

860
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:07,440
those things.
I know that it's a good reminder

861
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:10,360
to me because sometimes I'll get
requests like that, and

862
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:13,320
sometimes I hesitate just
because I don't know the person,

863
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:17,360
I don't know the publication.
And this is a good reminder that

864
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,960
just because I don't know
doesn't mean that the right

865
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:24,080
person isn't going to read that
article at the right time and

866
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:28,000
become a client or become a new
listener of our show, whatever

867
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,840
that looks like.
I think it's important to put

868
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:33,440
ourselves out there in as many
ways as we can, and if an

869
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:35,960
opportunity like that presents
itself, go for it.

870
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:36,960
Can't hurt.
Yeah.

871
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:39,520
Absolutely.
I'll, I'll say I've done a

872
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:43,840
number of these and I, and I do
them just like with the

873
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:50,280
intention of practice, like and,
and try just trying to hone my

874
00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:54,680
message and keep getting better
at what I'm trying to say, what

875
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:58,840
I'm trying to share with people.
And I just put it out there with

876
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,400
no expectations.
So I literally had no

877
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:06,280
expectations of this and it was
amazing to to see something come

878
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:07,720
of it.
Awesome.

879
00:52:07,720 --> 00:52:09,880
Congratulations.
All right, I'm going to keep

880
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:12,680
things moving and because also I
want to share a couple other

881
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:16,600
wins when it comes back to me.
So stick around, stay tuned for

882
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,000
that.
In the meantime, Janae share

883
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,280
some wins with us.
Good morning again.

884
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,120
Some of the wins again, you
know, the one that you mentioned

885
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:29,080
getting to mean to you getting
to interview Pat Flynn on the

886
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:33,800
podcast, getting to report a few
other episodes on the podcast,

887
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:40,960
you know, putting some tools
together for an in person event.

888
00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:45,040
And like lots of all these
things are just coming together.

889
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,640
And then of course, the launch
of VO3.

890
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:49,760
Come on, that's, that's rigging.
Amazing.

891
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:54,320
There's a project that I'm I've
submitted a proposal for using

892
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,560
AI for video production, kind of
like what Nicholas was

893
00:52:57,560 --> 00:52:59,680
mentioning earlier.
So I'm going to be doing

894
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:02,200
something like that.
We'll see how that goes.

895
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:04,880
So I'm excited for these new
technologies coming in.

896
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:07,400
One of the guests that I
interviewed said, you know,

897
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:12,600
three to six months, these
things are moving so fast that

898
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:15,200
people were talking about four
years ago that this is going to

899
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,840
happen in 10 years, but it's
already here.

900
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:22,920
So there are some of my wins.
And I don't know if I shared.

901
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:28,760
I created this song out of
nowhere and I had Mark listen to

902
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:30,680
it.
It's done in AI.

903
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:35,800
Think that was a pretty really
cool head and people have been

904
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:38,400
loving whoever I've shared with,
they've been loving this song

905
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,360
and they're like, what?
This is all done in AI.

906
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:43,880
It was a lot of fun putting that
together.

907
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:45,960
So that's me.
Thanks.

908
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:48,160
Yeah, congratulations.
And I love the way you

909
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:51,960
experiment with these different
tools and, you know, you're one

910
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:55,560
of the people that will help a
lot of us get to know some of

911
00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:59,680
these tools and get to know what
tools may be for us and what

912
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:01,760
tools may not be.
So I appreciate that you

913
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:05,800
experiment and then put it all
out there for all of us to enjoy

914
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:07,800
and to learn from.
So thank you, Janae.

915
00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:11,480
Jeff, good morning.
Good to have you on stage.

916
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:12,920
Would you share some wins with
us?

917
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,720
Good morning, guys.
Well, you know, one of the one

918
00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:20,560
of the things that I would kind
of point out as a win that I've

919
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:25,560
I've been going through we're
building in January, we started

920
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:31,080
I say we Maddie True and I were
asked to start doing a radio

921
00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:33,480
countdown for radio station on
the weekends.

922
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:39,840
And this coming up in a couple
of weeks is CMA Fest, which is a

923
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:41,720
big country music celebration in
Nashville.

924
00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:46,600
And we are going to do our first
live event that's tied to that

925
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:50,840
radio show.
The countdown is called Breaking

926
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:57,800
Indies and we highlight
independent artists and the DJ

927
00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,280
for the radio station is going
to be coming into Nashville and

928
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:05,120
we've built our first Breaking
in These live, which is going to

929
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:10,520
feature a lot of those artists.
And I mean, so the fact that

930
00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:13,960
we're even going to have the
event is a win.

931
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:18,640
But we all know with our
podcasts and our other projects,

932
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:22,880
how much we wish other people
were sharing some of those

933
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:25,320
things.
And we make graphics for our

934
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:27,960
guests that they never use and
they never share.

935
00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:33,040
And some do, but many don't.
And, and I've, I've, you know,

936
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:35,920
gotten some appreciation out of
the fact that some of the guests

937
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:41,600
we have on this lineup have been
requesting graphics and asking

938
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,640
for what can we do to, to kind
of spread the word.

939
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,960
And I've furnished some graphics
to people and they've actually

940
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:53,160
shared it.
And so that's been encouraging.

941
00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:59,440
You know, the reminder to me is,
is not to get frustrated by the

942
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:04,320
people that don't show up just
because it just highlights

943
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:09,320
people that do show up.
I would give an example of an up

944
00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:13,600
and coming artist that I've
emailed them four times because

945
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,160
they said they wanted to do it
and they never responded.

946
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:22,960
But I sent one e-mail about an
artist and I got an immediate

947
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,200
response.
And the immediate response was

948
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:27,480
from John Oates of Hall and
Oates, who's working with that

949
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:32,120
artist.
So, you know, it reminds me not

950
00:56:32,120 --> 00:56:38,000
to get frustrated by the people
that don't show up and just, you

951
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:39,720
know, realize that you're just
kind of digging through the

952
00:56:39,720 --> 00:56:43,200
drawer to find the people that
do show up that fit our mode and

953
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:47,400
fit our game plan and, you know,
share our vision.

954
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:54,440
So, and with that, the other win
would be today we release a new

955
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,760
single that we're excited about
for Maddie true single of the

956
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:01,040
year.
So yeah, if you're if you're

957
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:05,600
looking for something new to
listen to today, single of the

958
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:11,200
year is on your Spotify.
So that's it for me.

959
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:13,360
Yeah.
Congratulations, Jeff, on all of

960
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:16,560
those wins.
And I appreciate similarly to

961
00:57:16,560 --> 00:57:20,120
what I was saying about Yvonne's
win, although it's a little bit

962
00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:25,240
different, but just the fact
that what podcasting can do it,

963
00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:27,960
it can deliver so many other
opportunities.

964
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:32,840
And I believe, and maybe I'm
wrong, but I believe that part

965
00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:36,040
of the reason you and Maddie
were asked to do that is because

966
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,440
you guys have done a lot of
podcasting together.

967
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:42,920
You you're, you're proof that
you can do something like a

968
00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:46,600
weekly countdown.
I think it adds to that resume.

969
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:51,360
It makes it more makes you more
valuable to a radio station like

970
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:53,480
that.
So I think that's super cool.

971
00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:57,480
Thank you for sharing all of
those wins, Jeff, and looking

972
00:57:57,480 --> 00:57:59,680
forward to hearing that single
as well.

973
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:03,360
Greg, welcome to the stage.
Please share a win with us.

974
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:10,680
Real quick, let me say that
yesterday I got the news that I

975
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:16,360
am qualified and by that I mean
I have qualified getting 100,000

976
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:21,280
signature run to run for Metro
Council next year.

977
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:23,840
So that's what I'll be doing
doing next year.

978
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:26,440
Congratulations, Greg.
That's awesome.

979
00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:29,600
Very cool.
I appreciate you sharing that

980
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:32,600
win and please forgive me, I
want to keep things moving

981
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:34,680
because they see we're past
8:00.

982
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:38,240
So Michael, go for it.
Share some wins with us.

983
00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:41,080
Yeah, just I'll be real quick
with this.

984
00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:46,680
A couple of things.
I'm in a podcast accelerator or

985
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:49,600
cohort with a bunch of folks.
The.

986
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:55,360
Hard date to launch the podcast
is going to be July the 1st so

987
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:57,560
excited about that.
And then this Tuesday, we're

988
00:58:57,560 --> 00:59:02,600
going to have a small group Q&A
with Pat Flynn to talk about our

989
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:05,800
the podcast we're working on So.
So that's a win.

990
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:10,040
And then my near miss is Mark is
going home today when I have to

991
00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:14,240
work and he's going to be
passing about maybe 10 minutes,

992
00:59:14,240 --> 00:59:16,760
15 minutes from.
Where I work, I'm assuming

993
00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:21,560
you're going down Interstate 81,
of course, but if you happen to

994
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:25,280
switch your plans and you go
home tomorrow, give me, you

995
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:27,960
know, just reach out and we'll
try to connect on your way down.

996
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:30,840
I can meet you right in
Christiansburg, which is about

997
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:32,840
10 minutes from Blacksburg,
where I live and work.

998
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:38,120
Yeah, I know the area well.
It's often an area I stop along

999
00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:40,960
the way on that route.
So yeah, that's interesting.

1000
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:43,760
If if we stop there, I will or
if we're thinking about stopping

1001
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:45,800
there, I will let you know.
That's awesome.

1002
00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,280
OK, that sounds great.
I will keep checking.

1003
00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:50,720
I guess we're I think we're
connecting on Facebook in some

1004
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:51,800
other ways.
I don't know if you have my

1005
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:53,920
direct number.
If not, I'll shoot you a message

1006
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:55,880
here in Clubhouse.
Shoot me a message so that I

1007
00:59:55,880 --> 00:59:57,080
have that.
That would be awesome.

1008
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:58,840
Thank you, Michael.
Yep.

1009
00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:02,480
All right.
And Jackie, before I take us

1010
01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:05,440
home and wrap us up, go for it.
Share a win or two with us.

1011
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:09,640
Hello everybody, it's people
like to work out at 5:00 AM.

1012
01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:13,360
I've been at work at 4:30.
AMI have not seen any of you in

1013
01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:15,840
such a long time.
It is great to be in here.

1014
01:00:15,840 --> 01:00:21,840
So that's when #1 #2 my baby boy
is going to kindergarten next

1015
01:00:21,840 --> 01:00:25,600
year and I got to see him
graduate from pre-K.

1016
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:29,440
It was so sweet.
Oh my gosh, crying so hard,

1017
01:00:29,920 --> 01:00:32,680
trying not to let him see that
because he cries when I cry.

1018
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:35,960
Okay.
Also my daughter who I've talked

1019
01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:39,720
about on my podcast, she has the
rare genetic condition.

1020
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:47,520
We got her an IEP and she is not
as delayed as we were thinking,

1021
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:52,080
so it does create a lot of
mayhem in our schedule because

1022
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:55,640
she's not getting all of the
stuff that we thought she would.

1023
01:00:55,640 --> 01:00:59,800
However, what a great way to
cause mayhem in your life.

1024
01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:03,000
Learning that your daughter that
you didn't know what would

1025
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:07,800
happen cognitively is actually
very close to her peers makes me

1026
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:11,240
want to cry again.
I know, sappy Mom, but those are

1027
01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:14,240
my two biggest wins and getting
to see you guys again because I

1028
01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:15,800
feel like it's been over a
month.

1029
01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:18,960
Oh my God.
Well, congratulations, Jackie.

1030
01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:22,760
I know you're hustling behind
the scenes, doing all the

1031
01:01:22,760 --> 01:01:27,000
things, being a mom working and
being a working mom as well.

1032
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:29,920
I know it's a lot of work.
And thanks for making the time

1033
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:31,880
to be here when you can.
It's good to have you back.

1034
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:34,920
One more.
So Speaking of work, I'm going

1035
01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:37,560
back to doing hair too.
Oh nice.

1036
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,960
Who would have thought?
Been out of it for four years,

1037
01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:44,080
been a hair stylist for 20.
I'm going back home.

1038
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:46,800
Very cool, very cool.
Congratulations.

1039
01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:50,480
And Jackie, keep in mind
Empowered Podcasting Conference

1040
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:53,800
because you were one of our
original attendees last year.

1041
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:56,680
It's coming at the end of
September, and if you can make

1042
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:58,240
it work, we'd love to have you
back there.

1043
01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:01,160
So keep that.
Yeah, put that in your calendar

1044
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:04,080
and let's talk about it.
All right, so for me, my other

1045
01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:08,160
wins, our Empowered Podcasting
Facebook group hit 2000

1046
01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:12,960
subscribers this week.
I prematurely celebrated it

1047
01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:16,320
earlier this week.
And then what I often do with

1048
01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:19,680
the group is I usually end up
removing some people who I who I

1049
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:24,480
know are not there to actually
serve and be served.

1050
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:28,800
They're there to either scam or
make some money.

1051
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:33,640
So I had removed them and saw it
went under 2000, but then we

1052
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:37,000
have since surpassed it.
So that's a big win just to see

1053
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:40,240
this group growing and
continuing to grow the way it

1054
01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:42,000
has.
Over on Facebook, that's

1055
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:45,400
Empowered podcasting, the
Facebook group, if anybody is

1056
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:49,040
not a part of it and is
interested, another win is.

1057
01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:52,120
I had a great talk.
Was it yesterday or the Yeah,

1058
01:02:52,120 --> 01:02:57,040
yesterday or the day before with
Riverside about partnering with

1059
01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:59,680
the Empowered Podcasting
Conference in September?

1060
01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:05,360
They were a partner last year,
but this conversation was to be

1061
01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:09,120
a more significant part of what
we're doing in September.

1062
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:12,680
And they seemed very, very
interested.

1063
01:03:12,680 --> 01:03:15,760
In fact, I think the quote was
we are definitely going to

1064
01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:18,400
partner with you guys.
So we had to send them some more

1065
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:21,280
information and she's taking it
back to the team and they're

1066
01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:23,920
going to get back to us as far
as how they're going to do that.

1067
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:30,800
So super exciting as we start to
land more sponsors for the big

1068
01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:33,720
event.
September 26th through the 28th.

1069
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:37,920
And finally, personal win
celebrating my stepdaughter's

1070
01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:42,360
graduation from the University
of Maryland nursing school.

1071
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:47,320
So cool to see all of that work
and she's a great example of

1072
01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:51,640
really following your heart.
She went to school 1st to study.

1073
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:57,920
What was it, man, God, criminal
justice, I can't.

1074
01:03:58,080 --> 01:04:02,120
Something along those lines.
And about halfway into it

1075
01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:04,760
decided, you know what?
This isn't for me, my real

1076
01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:06,680
calling.
I want to be a nurse.

1077
01:04:06,760 --> 01:04:12,000
I want to help people.
And she went for it.

1078
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:18,080
It meant adding another semester
or so to her college career.

1079
01:04:18,320 --> 01:04:22,040
She went all in and finished
with flying colors.

1080
01:04:22,040 --> 01:04:25,880
And I, I just appreciate that.
Not only that she had that

1081
01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:28,680
desire, but she followed her
heart and made the switch no

1082
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:30,640
matter how challenging it was
going to be.

1083
01:04:30,880 --> 01:04:34,080
And here she is on the other
side of it now and she already

1084
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:37,320
has a job lined up.
So I'm very proud of her and I

1085
01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:39,600
know she's very proud of herself
as well.

1086
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:45,760
OK, so with that, a reminder, we
are back Tuesday the 27th, 7:00

1087
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:48,480
AM Eastern.
Monday is Memorial Day, so we

1088
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:53,560
are taking that day off.
Enjoy your long weekend and join

1089
01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:58,840
us on Tuesday and every day,
usually Monday through Fridays

1090
01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:01,520
here live on Clubhouse.
You can get that info in the

1091
01:05:01,520 --> 01:05:04,920
show notes and if not, you can
get the podcast just a couple

1092
01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:10,440
hours after we finish here.
So until Tuesday, make it a

1093
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:12,680
great weekend.
Everybody take care.