500. 500 Episodes Later: What Actually Grows a Podcast

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Good morning podcasting Morning
Chat.

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Today is Tuesday, April 21st,
2026, and today we're

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celebrating 500 episodes with
the voices who built this

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community, sharing lessons,
lasting moments, and tackling

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your biggest questions about
growth, change, and staying true

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Good morning again, Podcasting
Morning Chat.

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Thank you for being here.
I'm laughing because I didn't

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unmute at when I started to say
hello.

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And here we are at 500 episodes.
You'd think maybe I'd know to do

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that.
I am your host, Mark Ronik, and

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currently on stage.
Well, I can't go over well, who

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cares?
I'll go over every name here.

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We have quite the full stage.
Here we have Ralphie Step,

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Jonathan Howard, Dr. Fey, Pedro
Messiel, Nick Nallback, Sid

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Meadows, Jason Sercone, Alex
Baelish, Dominic Lawson.

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I'm laughing 'cause I said
Howard last time he was here for

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some odd reason.
Well, that's another story.

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We also have James Scott, and
Cliff Ravenscraft is on stage

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with us as well.
And a good morning to those of

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you in the audience as well.
I'm gonna, you are all welcome

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to come up today.
Well, you're really welcome to

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come up any day, but especially
today with episode 500.

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And by the way, we also have
some of these fine people that I

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just mentioned over on the video
stream as well.

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Pedro has joined us and Ralph,
as always, has joined us.

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And Jonathan Howard is on video
as well.

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So if you want to see us, you
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If you're on the other side of
things and want to come over

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here.
Yes, Austin, this is quite a

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full stage and you want to come
online and see Jonathan's dog

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because Jonathan has his dog in
his lap today.

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Yes, he does well as he normally
has to have that puppy in his

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lap because I know that puppy is
quite rambunctious and also

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injured.
Jonathan, remind us of the

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injury and how is the puppy
doing?

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He Jack broke his leg about 8
weeks ago but he is fully healed

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and running around like a crazy
like a crazy dog like nothing

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ever happened.
Right, so cool.

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I'm glad he's doing better.
That's awesome.

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Good for you.
I'm sure that's a little bit of

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a relief for you as well 'cause
that was that looked like it was

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quite the effort to have to take
care of that pup.

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Thank God he's little.
He's carrying around bigger dog

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with a.
Broken leg would have been a

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problem.
No kidding.

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No kidding.
Well, I'm glad you're here and

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same with Jack.
Glad Jack's here as well.

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So let me start here.
We are going to get to some

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there you go, let's jump back.
Well, let's jump officially into

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the show here.
I think the best place to start

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is a little background first.
Pedro.

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As I said, Pedro, he's an old
schooler.

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He was part of the podcasting
morning chat team before I ever

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was, and it was around during
the early Clubhouse days, I

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guess.
Officially launched in 2020, and

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it was only on Clubhouse for
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It went away for a little while
and then Pedro, you had the itch

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to bring it back.
And I think I was doing a little

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research.
I've always been telling people

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and telling myself that we
rebooted PMC together, but I

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think you were actually doing it
for like a week, at least a week

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or two before I ever joined you.
Is that the case?

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Do you remember?
Yeah, it was definitely one of

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those things that, you know,
again, early, early clubhouse

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days, very nostalgic, very cool.
But yeah, I was going, it was

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probably about a good 2 1/2
three weeks span that, you know,

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we tried to reboot and get
everybody together and bring

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everybody back, kind of get that
that feel like we had before.

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But yeah, and then along came
Mark and, you know, we had some

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synergy.
We talked a little offline and

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kind of like discuss some things
and yeah, I'm glad that, you

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know, keeping the podcast in
morning chat alive and well and

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kicking and.
Here we are. 500 episodes in.

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Yep, Yep.
So that Pedro and I officially

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connected and started doing PMC
together on actually.

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I think it was Valentine's Day
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I think that episode was Avoid
Podcast Heartache, I believe,

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and we were joined.
At the time, the mod team was a

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lot smaller.
It was me and you, Kim White,

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Carrie Zarb, I believe they were
our regulars on stage with us

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and so was Chuck Taylor, who's
just joined us here on stage.

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It's so cool to see some of
these old profile pictures that

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I remember seeing for so many
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Like I said, 2022, this is when
we rebooted the podcasting

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morning chat and then this show
started January 31st, 2024.

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As far as a podcast specifically
goes, that was our first

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official episode and we recapped
it was part one of two parts of

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our Pod Fest 2024 recap.
So we had several people joining

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us that attended the event and
we talked about it and yeah,

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broke it all down.
So, and actually, why not?

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I'll just play it for you.
I want you guys to hear.

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Now, I can't say this is awful,
but I will say this is my very

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first intro from that February
14th episode and you'll hear.

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So I believe the music is
playing.

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Side note, I used to just play
licensed music when I started

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the podcasting morning chat.
When I would start the show, I

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would play a little bit of
music, a popular tune that I

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knew would get people going.
And I'm going to just jump the

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line for a second and say hello
to Chuck Taylor because Chuck, I

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think you are the reason why we
have our infamous theme song

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that so many people comment on
that they love so much.

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We never would have had that if
it wasn't for you giving me a

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hard time about playing licensed
music.

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So thank you for that.
And good morning to you, Chuck.

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Welcome.
Are you able to come off Mike?

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He might be in a break.
If for those who don't know,

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Chuck is a professional radio
personality, has been doing it

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for decades.
And in true fashion, sometimes

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he can't come off mic.
When we call to him, there he

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is.
Good morning, Chuck.

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Yeah, I'm sorry, I haven't used
the app in so damn long I forgot

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how to turn the mic on.
Well, things have moved around

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since you've been here.
Yeah, they absolutely have it.

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That's a new mic or new app
layout U UI if you would yeah.

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I don't believe in playing
license music because you can

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get fined very huge for it in my
line of work.

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So yeah, I gave you a hard time
and I will continue to do it if

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you ever play licensed music.
Again, well, I appreciate it and

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I preach that all the time these
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And I think I was a little
loosey goosey with it because it

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was on Clubhouse and I just felt
like no one will care, no one

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will hear it.
But once especially we became a

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podcast, it was time to change
that up.

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But we had changed it prior to
the podcast.

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This is the intro, the very
first intro I did.

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I would say if anything, you're
going to notice how slow and

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dragged out I make the intro.
And this was all before I was

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really caring more about the
timing of the music with my

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intro, etcetera.
But yeah, let me play it for

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you.
Good morning, podcasting,

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morning chat.
Today is Monday, January 29th,

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2024 and today we're talking
about Pod Fest 2024.

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Jeez.
So if you don't mind, hit the

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share button, bottom left hand
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However, Clubhouse lets you do
that, whether it's a text to a

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fellow content creator or maybe
it's so pushed to somebody you

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know here on Clubhouse.
Just whatever you do, please

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give it a share.
And in the meantime, give us

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about two minutes and we'll get
things rolling.

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Thanks for being here. 2
minutes. 2 minutes.

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Ouch. 2 minutes.
Say it.

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Say it.
Yes, give us 2 minutes.

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That was what we used to do.
I used to let the music run are.

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We doing wins that took so long.
I think it's Friday.

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Yeah, it was just, I don't know
what what I was thinking there,

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but I was just dragging my feet.
Were you broken?

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I don't know.
Oh, hello, Jason.

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Was I broken?
What do you mean?

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Oh.
I just felt just, it took you so

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long.
It's like you're trying to put

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yourself back together as you
spit that intro out.

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Yeah, yeah.
It really don't know what.

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I was thinking about.
In your defense, in your

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defense, it was COVID, so people
had nothing to do.

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No, COVID was long over.
This was 2020.

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Four trying to help me.
It was long.

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It was long over, but I think
Mark a that intro great.

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Everybody has to find their
cadence.

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And again, starting a new show.
Yeah, you do it on Clubhouse,

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impromptu jumping popcorn style.
But the cadence was good.

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And now you can look back from
first episode to 500 episode and

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see how you've done.
And kudos to you, man, Congrats.

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Thank you.
And that's, you know, look,

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that's I've been podcasting at
that point, it was like 15 years

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and yet still struggled with
that intro.

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So I think there's something
important there.

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I appreciate you bringing that
up.

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Not to call myself out, but more
to say, you know what, it can be

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a new show and we can still
struggle.

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Even if we've got years of
experience, right it, we still

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got to find that cadence, like
you said, find that rhythm and

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flow.
And the best way of doing it is

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just doing it instead of trying
to perfect it prior to the first

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time hitting record on that.
Chuck, sorry, I saw you were off

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mic.
Go ahead.

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I was saying my problem with it
was the fact that you had been

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in broadcasting and knew better.
Yes, you're right.

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You're right.
I have no excuses, but there you

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go.
All right, So with that, you

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listen.
We've got more people that have

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joined us, more people from our
past and present too, because

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sometimes they join us.
Dominic, I've already mentioned

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Simona Costantini is here.
Simona, good morning to you.

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Welcome.
This is the first time that

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you've joined us since becoming
a mom.

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So an official podcasting
morning chat.

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Congratulations to you.
How are you?

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How is sunny?
Good morning.

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I'm so excited to be here.
She is great.

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She wants to make her debut and
cry into the mic.

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Also I'm in AI don't know if you
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different room for two seconds.
But it's good.

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It's really good.
It's been oh.

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You hear I'm literally on the

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other side of the the whole
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But honestly, it's been really
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I honestly can't complain other
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crying, Sure, a pretty good
baby, you know?

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So yeah.
How is juggling everything now?

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Because look, we all joke about
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always on the go, move in, has a
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Now she's throwing a baby into
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So Simona, if you're able, how
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that?
It's definitely interesting.

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She had her first trip this this
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We went to a conference that I
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bit wild.
She's only six weeks old.

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That was fun.
We got to see Sid there, which

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was so fun, and Sid got to meet
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really good.
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It's definitely made me slow
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nice.
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the room is a parent and a
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you don't always get to take all
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So I was kind of thrown back
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So it's been, it's been a really
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Oh my God.
But I'm.

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Sure.
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But congratulations, Simona, and
I'm glad to hear that it's

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teaching you a little bit of the
idea of slowing down.

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I think that's good for all of
us, a good lesson to be forced

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into.
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getting a little bit of that and
of course, enjoying motherhood

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as well.
And congratulations to you guys.

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And I mentioned Dominic a moment
ago and I think it's appropriate

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to say hello to Dominic here
because where we were just

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talking to Chuck when Chuck had
to, well, not had to, he made

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the decision to bow out from
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podcasting morning chat.
Dominic's name was the first

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person he recommended to take
his place, if you will take that

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seat and be the leader here, and
he was.

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Dominic was always contributing
to this show as a community

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member, and it was such an
obvious choice that I'm so glad

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Chuck suggested because Dominic
has been a huge part of this

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community.
Yes, he's not here as often, but

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he's still a big supporter of
the community, helping people

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individually, helping me at
joining when he can.

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And of course, one of the big
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the first year of Empowered
Podcasting, which I will always

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be grateful and appreciative of
that.

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So Dominic, good morning.
I'm going to actually ask you

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because I haven't even really
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question to the group, so I'll
start with you here.

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What was it about this community
for you?

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What kept you coming back for so
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And anything else you want to
share, feel free.

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Go for it, Dominic.
Good morning, everybody.

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Hope everybody is well.
And I just want to say it's so

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great to see everybody.
I was definitely a big fan of

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Chuck.
So I'm definitely glad to see

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him.
And I didn't know that tidbit

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that he kind of, I did not know
that.

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So I'm deeply honored for sure
because I definitely had a lot

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of respect for all of you,
including Chuck.

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So I really appreciate that.
I think what had me coming back

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is when started podcasting in
2016 and when I was doing that,

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it was kind of hard to find a
stable community.

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And I say stable community
because you have Facebook groups

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and stuff like that.
And really all of those places

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were really like, you know,
share your show type of farms,

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if you will, right?
And then people just like, you

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know, follow me, follow me back,
you know, this whole deal.

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But this was one of the first
communities I saw where people

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were actually sharing ideas,
collaborating in that regard.

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And so it really was just a
sense of being able to get out

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thoughts and, and share thoughts
and share expertise.

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And like, yeah, I got this tool
I'm working on or I got this

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concept I'm working on and to
kind of, you know, use those

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ideas, you know, into your own
show or not use it, you know,

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whatever.
But it was just good to know

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that there were a group of
people who were like minded and

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we're trying to do things in
this very empathy industry we

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call podcasting, which is still
definitely much in this embassy.

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But I think that's what just
kind of kept me coming back.

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It was the sharing of ideas, the
sharing of tools, freely open

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and honestly, all right.
And I think that's what made me

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keep coming back.
So it's just really great to see

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this stage full of people from
the, you know, the people who

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joined recently, like your Dr.
and Jonathan and Ralph to Pedro.

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I definitely remember those
early days with Pedro and stuff

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like that.
So it's just really glad to kind

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of see everybody.
It's really cool to see.

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Thank you, Dominic.
Yeah.

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And we are really blessed and
honored that all for all these

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different people joining and and
contributing to this community.

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And it's really cool, Dominic,
that you've been a part of it

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for so long.
You've been able to really

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become a big influence on so
many of us.

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And we're so proud of the multi,
multi multi awards that you've

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received over the years.
And we're just proud to be a

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little small part of that with
you.

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So thank you for being here
today and always whenever you're

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able.
All right, So I think what I'd

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like to do is keep thinking
about that question, gang, what

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keeps you or has kept you in the
past coming back to this

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community?
And I will say this, yeah, some

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of you don't come back as often,
if maybe at all, except for

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maybe today.
And that's cool with me.

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I just want to make that really
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us do move on over time.
And a lot of you, most of you,

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almost every single one of you
join this community in the

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mornings or have joined it
really as just out of the

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kindness of your own heart
because you care about

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community.
It wasn't like I was paying you

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to be here.
So I get it that at some point

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it might run its course for all
for a lot of you, a lot of our

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team leaders.
But what doesn't go away are

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those bonds, those friendships,
the community aspect of it.

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You know, like the fact that
Simona just shared and she met

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up with past and present
community members in person.

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This past week at a convention
at Military Con, I believe

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that's right.
So the community still lives on

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and that's what's really one of
the most important things to me.

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So with that, I do want to get
to the mailbag here for a

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second.
We have so many.

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Let me pull it out here.
We have so many big voices here

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that I'm excited to get through
some of these mailbag questions

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to have some fresh perspectives
for our audience.

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So this one comes from Jason.
No, not Jason Sirkone, who's on

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stage with us, Jason M of
Columbus, OH.

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Jason says, you all have me
thinking a lot about podcast

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growth lately, and I keep
wondering how much of it really

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comes from getting better at
podcasting versus simply being

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connected to the right people.
I can work on my contact, my

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content, my delivery, and my
consistency, but sometimes it

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feels like relationships and
networking open more doors than

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the quality of the show itself.
For those of you who've been at

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this for a while, how do you see
that balance?

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How much of growth comes from
improving the craft and how much

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comes from being connected to
the right people?

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I see Ralph has his hand up, so
let's go to him and then I will

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check in with Jason Sercone who
wants to answer.

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I see several people want to
answer.

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So awesome.
Let's go to Ralph first.

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Go ahead, Ralph.
Good morning, everybody.

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I think it has everything to do
with building relationships.

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I've said that on the show since
I joined the show.

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I think the real secret to
growth is not going out on AI

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and asking AI how you're going
to grow your show.

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It is going to give you bad
information.

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The best way to grow your
podcast is to grow it one person

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by one person by building those
relationships.

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And I honestly think that is the
secret to long term growth.

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It's not quick, it's not going
to happen overnight, but you

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definitely need to connect with
people who will put you in front

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of other people and put you in
front of other audiences that

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you're not currently connecting
to.

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So I think that really is the
secret, Mark.

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Thank you, Ralph.
I appreciate that.

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And I'm curious to hear what
others think as well.

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There's a lot of validity to
what you had to say.

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And I'm feeling like some people
are going to not necessarily

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disagree, but they're going to
learn more toward the quality of

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content more.
But I'm curious.

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Let's see, I might be
projecting.

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So I think yes, Jason will go to
you and then Nick, go ahead.

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Jason, good morning.
Good morning, Mark.

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Good morning, everybody.
I honestly believe that it's a

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combination of both.
I think knowing the right people

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and having the right
relationships is going to allow

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you to get more opportunities
and open up more doors.

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But I know we've talked about
this in other settings.

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If your content isn't dialed in,
it doesn't matter who you

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attract, you're not going to
keep them in the seat for long.

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They're going to discover other
shows that satiate their needs,

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and getting better at your craft
allows you to tell your story

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better and allows you to amplify
those relationships and take

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them to another level.
I'll give a perfect example

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before I pass the mic.
And I'm not one to ever brag

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about my stuff, but my episode
of my show Podcasting Strategy

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Simplified that comes out
Thursday.

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I did an episode with Courtney
Rhymer, who I met at the

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Empowered Podcasting Conference.
We both realized very early in

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our conversations that we have a
lot of like minded thoughts and

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we wanted to capture that in
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And we did her show first, then
we did mine.

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It's one of the best podcast
episodes I feel I've ever had,

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both as the host and just from
the conversation alone.

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I'm very excited to get this out
because I want the feedback.

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I'm thinking on this level of I
felt like this was high enough

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that this will be the episode
that I put out for awards and do

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a lot of marketing around
because it really captures the

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essence of everything we're
talking about here.

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It was built on a relationship,
but it also came from 11 years

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of building a skill set.
So my take on it is both are

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very important.
Yeah, I think I lean a little

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bit that way too.
I'm going to bite my tongue just

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because I know there are several
people that are going to want to

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chime in.
I'm going to retract the order

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for a second that I just teased.
So stand by Nick.

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I want to go to Pedro first.
Pedro, please share.

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So what do you think?
Is there a balance here?

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Or does is it content that's
king, or is it all about who you

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know?
It's a little bit of bow, but I

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want to say and push back on
what Ralph had said about the

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AI.
Most definitely take one of your

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episodes, one of your
transcripts, put it into AI, ask

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it how you can get better and
compare it to something in your

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niche that's doing really well
and how, you know, give yourself

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some goals to say, hey, I want
to get to that place.

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What am I doing or what can I
do?

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But yes, your network is your
net worth, right?

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You have to be in the same rooms
with the same people that you

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want to be, you know, associated
with.

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But not everybody's built to be
a content creator.

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Not everybody's built to have a
voice on a podcast.

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Maybe you're good at social
media management.

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Maybe you're good at live
streaming, right?

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Trying these different avenues
and verticals to, to get the

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message out there to attract
your crowd.

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And it once you hit that, that
one that you know is going good,

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Hey, I'm dope on TikTok versus
me not being dope on Instagram.

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OK, we'll focus now on TikTok
and continue you to put that out

450
00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,640
there, refine and rehone that
story that you're trying to get

451
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,640
out and then the community will
come.

452
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,000
But yeah, definitely, definitely
use AI.

453
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,080
And I know Ralph, you can
respond if you want, because I

454
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:11,040
know Ralph is a big fan of using
AII think it's a matter of how

455
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,640
you use it.
Would that be fair to say,

456
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:13,800
Ralph?
Yeah, absolutely.

457
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,880
And I just want to clarify what
I'm saying.

458
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,840
I think that relationships and
being, you know, present and

459
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,040
doing all things is great.
My issue with AI is a lot of new

460
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,560
content creators go to AI and
say how do I grow my podcast?

461
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,800
And it's not going to work
because I agree with what Jason

462
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,600
said about, you know, erfecting
your craft.

463
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,360
But my point is, if you don't
know who you're speaking to in

464
00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:39,080
the first place, you've got to
start there.

465
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,680
So you've got to build the
relationships to understand what

466
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,680
people are coming to you for.
I honestly will take a different

467
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,400
approach.
I believe you can be a little

468
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,560
sloppy with your craft, but if
people are making a connection

469
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,400
with you, they will let that
stuff slide because they're

470
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,360
connecting with you.
They want to hear what you have

471
00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:57,000
to say.
You bring value to them.

472
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,680
But my issue with the AI, Pedro,
is to just, I think a lot of

473
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,080
people just dump in the AI and
say, well, whatever it tells me,

474
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,520
that's what I'm going to do.
And I think it leads to a lot of

475
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,960
heartbreak.
Oh yeah, most most definitely

476
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,320
concur with that, Ralph.
And again, it's what you're

477
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,800
feeding the AI to give back to
you and not just going off of

478
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,160
that, doing market research and
actually, you know, practicing

479
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,200
your stuff.
It's not a end all be all, OK,

480
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,480
I'm going to take this and be
successful, you know, use it as

481
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,640
a tool to help elevate the
message and what you got going

482
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:26,520
on.
I agree.

483
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,440
Thank you both.
Appreciate that.

484
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,120
I see Simona here in the chat on
Clubhouse asks, how do you do

485
00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:33,880
that?
How do you raise your hand?

486
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,160
Yeah, it's been a while, Simona,
and things have changed a lot.

487
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,240
Yeah, just go ahead and tap my
face here on Clubhouse.

488
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,480
You'll see some emojis pop up.
And then all you got to do is

489
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,000
click a Simona, click the hot
pepper.

490
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,680
It's as easy as the script.
It's no problem.

491
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:58,000
No problem and I just want to
say that she when she did her.

492
00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:02,920
Evaluation of her life, it took
more than three breaths.

493
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,960
And I think that alone shows you
the power of having a kid

494
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,080
because normally it would have
taken her one breath, the whole

495
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:15,920
entire thing.
Thank you, Alex.

496
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,240
Oh my God, I had a baby and then
I had to get coffee and I had to

497
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,280
go see Sean.
Oh my God.

498
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,000
And then I had to go do a
podcast.

499
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,480
Oh my God, It was just so
amazing.

500
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,480
Oh, I have to go.
I have to go figure out the

501
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,200
script.
That was one of the that was one

502
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,600
of the beautiful things of
having Simona in the mornings

503
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,240
regularly as she really helped
pick up the energy of the room.

504
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,040
Yeah, go ahead, Simona.
You're all picking up my energy

505
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,000
this morning.
Can I chime in?

506
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,320
I don't want to.
Sure, sure.

507
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:41,960
Go ahead.
I wasn't.

508
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,960
Sure, I wasn't sure how to do
this and when you're like, you

509
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,000
know, we're all pretty good at
tech, but this thing's got me

510
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,240
through a loop over here.
I'm like, where is the emojis?

511
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:50,880
How do I react to people's
comments?

512
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,720
I'm like, what's going on here?
In any case, I think it's really

513
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,800
interesting because the question
that the person asked was like,

514
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,560
you know who or that Jason asked
was that you're we're talking

515
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,360
about growing the podcast
through who, you know, right.

516
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,760
So I think that's a really
interesting perspective because

517
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:10,360
it's not always like, yes, it
matters who you know, but even

518
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,080
if you know, whatever people you
think, quote UN quote will get

519
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,640
to the next level, those people
may not be listeners of your

520
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,720
podcast, right?
So that's where we think about

521
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,040
like in the agency, something
we've prioritized for over a

522
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,840
year now is everything coming up
with the all the like large

523
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,880
language models, right?
So it's how you are searched,

524
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,680
how people find you, how your
content can get found that

525
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,520
matters equally as much in my
opinion, as you know, your

526
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,800
social media marketing strategy,
your, you know, podcasting

527
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,160
growth, like guesting growth
strategy, your go to a

528
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,280
conference and talk about your
podcast on stage strategy.

529
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,240
Like there's so many different
ways to grow your podcast.

530
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,480
I think all of them very much
work holistically and you need

531
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,040
to have an overarching strategy
to do that instead of just one

532
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,080
or two lanes.
Yep.

533
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,200
Thank you, Simona.
Appreciate that.

534
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,520
And I do want to take a moment
to shout out Chris Vaglio, who's

535
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:07,240
also an old schooler in this
community, was here way before I

536
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,680
rebooted it with Pedro.
So good to see you, Chris,

537
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:15,000
formerly of the Chris and Amanda
Show, no longer the Chris and

538
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,240
Amanda Show.
But yes, I think some of you

539
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,120
will remember Chris in that
regard.

540
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,720
And then another Chris, Chris
Wagen, welcome.

541
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,880
Great to see you here as well.
A regular listener of this

542
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:31,200
community has had some stuff go
on in his life work that's

543
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,120
making it more difficult to join
us, but I know he tries to join

544
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,480
us when he can.
And a big shout out to all of

545
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,880
you here this morning joining
us.

546
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,360
And I'm especially impressed to
see Rich Perry here, who always

547
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,600
my one of my business partners
for Empowered Podcasting.

548
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,400
He always gives me a hard time
that we do this show way too

549
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:53,480
early and so he's usually not
here for that, but more to come

550
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,880
on that.
By the way, I do believe we do

551
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,840
have a time change coming up
here in the PMC.

552
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,400
And as I've also teased for some
of you old schoolers who may not

553
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,840
know this, please don't get
upset or sad, but we are going

554
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,480
to be changing the name from
Podcasting Morning Chat to

555
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,480
Podcasting Morning Show because
it does feel more like a show

556
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:15,720
these days.
What?

557
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:21,480
Yes.
Oh my God, OK, I'm not sure I

558
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,280
like change Mark, but I'm just.
Kidding.

559
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:29,040
Well, trust me, I don't either.
Yeah, I hesitated for a long

560
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,840
time on whether or not I wanted
to make this change, and it was

561
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,560
for that very reason 'cause I
know how people respond to

562
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,240
change, and a lot of times, not
so well.

563
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,680
So I've thought long and hard
about that, but here we are.

564
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,920
This is what we're going to do.
All right.

565
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,400
I've stalled long enough, not
intentionally.

566
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,320
All right.
So with that then Jonathan, do

567
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:53,640
you want to be the final answer
to Jason Ms. question about

568
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,040
balancing?
Is there a balance growth with

569
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,760
growth as far as content
networking?

570
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,360
What do you think?
Yeah, balance doesn't exist.

571
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,600
So I mean, you just got to try
what you got to try.

572
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,560
But what I wanted to say was
don't forget about all the

573
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,920
foundational stuff.
The things like who are you

574
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,880
reaching?
Who needs to know what you're

575
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,000
talking about?
How are you helping them?

576
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,280
All of that foundational stuff
is the stuff that you can build

577
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,200
your craft on, but make sure
that you have it because that's

578
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,400
going to help you grow.
Yes, it's a mix of the content.

579
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,920
It's a mix of knowing people but
also have the foundation solid.

580
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,360
Yeah, fair enough.
I can appreciate that.

581
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,320
I think where I fall on this is
I do think it's a balance

582
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,560
because when I think about this
very show, I was doing a lot of

583
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:43,400
the things, the strategies to
help it grow and it was growing,

584
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:48,440
but it was pretty slow in the
early years, in the first, let's

585
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,120
say couple of years.
It wasn't until I really started

586
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:56,840
embracing community and
networking and going outside of

587
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:01,040
our little bubble that I started
to notice a change, right?

588
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,160
And I do believe you've got to
have the good content.

589
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,920
You can network and meet a
million people, but if you're

590
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,040
putting out content that is of
no interest to them, it's not

591
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,480
going to matter.
You might see some spikes here

592
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,240
and there with your content, but
you're not going to see steady

593
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,280
growth.
So that's why I say there is a

594
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,480
balance there.
I think that you got to put

595
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,680
together a quality show and then
you need a community behind you

596
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,400
to support it or to support you,
right?

597
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,680
That doesn't mean they have to
be listeners of your content or

598
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,080
viewers of your content, but you
can learn a lot from your

599
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,560
community.
You can get a lot of great

600
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,920
insight that's going to help you
improve or help you with your

601
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,280
growth or help you with whatever
your goals are.

602
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,960
You know, I saw somebody in the
chat earlier saying something

603
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:50,280
about how if I'm in a room full,
if I'm the smartest person in

604
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,080
the room, I'm in the wrong room.
So I think it is important to

605
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,320
surround yourself with people
that are doing big things and

606
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,360
that can help lift you up and
your show up.

607
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,400
So I think it's really a matter
of both.

608
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,880
All right, let's get back to our
community that's here today.

609
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:14,080
You're welcome to answer that
question about what kept you

610
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,639
coming back to this community
for so long.

611
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,960
But also I'm going to throw out
another question.

612
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,600
Is there a lesson about
podcasting or maybe even about

613
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,960
yourself that being part of this
community helped you learn?

614
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,679
It doesn't have to be about your
podcast.

615
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,880
And in many ways, I think I've
learned a lot about myself,

616
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,000
maybe more about myself than
podcasting being a part of this

617
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,120
community.
But Sid, I'm going to come to

618
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:39,760
you first on this one.
Go for it.

619
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,760
Good morning.
Good morning, everybody.

620
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:42,880
I hope you can hear me pretty
well.

621
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,120
I'm driving to the airport this
morning.

622
00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:50,040
But wow, how cool it is to see
all these amazing faces.

623
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,159
Pedro, I have not heard that
voice in what seems like come on

624
00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:54,560
to Sunday.
So welcome, man.

625
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,120
It's really good to see you and
Chuck and everybody else here

626
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:02,000
this morning.
You know, this community is

627
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:06,480
responsible for so much of who
I've become as a podcaster.

628
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,840
And I remember the first time I
came in the room and a man

629
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,160
divided me up on stage.
And I'm like, no way I'm going

630
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:12,640
up on stage with all those
experts.

631
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,160
My question will be really
stupid.

632
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,560
But you know, because of this
community, I have a better mic.

633
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,640
Because of this community, I
have headsets.

634
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:25,200
I remember Pedro told me to go
buy some headsets and I couldn't

635
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,840
figure out which one.
When I was at the store, I had

636
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,960
dropped all the way across the
other side of the Metroplex to

637
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,960
the music whatever store.
And I'm texting him like, which

638
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:33,200
ones do I buy 'cause there's too
many.

639
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,920
I'm so confused.
Have them back because of this.

640
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,680
I have a road caster because of
this community, but most

641
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,920
importantly, I think one of the
things that this community

642
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,280
really helped me do was really,
really believe in myself as a

643
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:49,240
podcaster and a content creator.
So it's one of those moments in

644
00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:51,720
my life that I'm forever
grateful that I walked into this

645
00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:55,560
room and I met this group of
people that really helped me

646
00:35:55,560 --> 00:36:00,600
lean into something today that I
truly love to do.

647
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:04,560
And proud to say that I am a
podcaster and a content creator.

648
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,640
So for all you old guard folks,
you had a lot of ripple effect,

649
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,120
including me.
You're starting with me, and I

650
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,240
know it ripples down throughout
the podcasting industry.

651
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,760
So thank you all very much.
What a beautiful share.

652
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,600
Thank you so much, Sid.
And yeah, I think one of the

653
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:25,400
biggest things to date that I
see from you, Sid, is the fact

654
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:29,720
that now you're preparing to
speak on stages, helping fellow

655
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,960
podcasters.
I think that is really exciting.

656
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,400
It's cool to see that.
Look, Sid being one of our

657
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:41,040
longest running members, we, you
could say maybe this community

658
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,840
has run its course for him being
a part of it for so long.

659
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:48,320
But clearly it still has gifts
to give, and Sid still has gifts

660
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,840
to give us.
So it's really special.

661
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,720
It's really powerful, and I so
appreciate that, Cher.

662
00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,360
Sid, thank you.
I see that we have several

663
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,960
people Jonathan wants to share,
Simona.

664
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:02,640
Dominic, Alex, I'm going to mix
up the order a little bit.

665
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,760
Dominic, I'm coming to you next.
I believe maybe you want to

666
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,280
answer this question.
What's a lesson about yourself

667
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,680
about podcasting that being a
part of this community helped

668
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:16,320
you learn?
I think the biggest thing for me

669
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,960
is, you know, it is as a
podcaster was honestly embracing

670
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:25,280
video, I think for the longest
time as a narrative podcaster,

671
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:30,600
that was a big hurdle for me.
But, and I shared this with Mark

672
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,360
and Nick privately, but I'll
share with the group.

673
00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:38,320
I remember when Nick and Mark
first showed the first iteration

674
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,520
of Sora and that was the first
moment or one of the first

675
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,680
moments.
I was like, OK, this may be the

676
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:50,000
path to transitioning Black as
America into some type of video

677
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,680
format.
And so we've been able to do

678
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,200
that, not necessarily
exclusively with Sora, but it

679
00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:01,920
kind of gave the idea of what a
new iteration of very popular

680
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,600
show, very successful show could
look in this iteration.

681
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,120
And so now the season, we call
this the Black as America

682
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,960
cinematic era.
And honestly, now I'm probably

683
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,760
transitioning from podcasting
into filmmaking with my first

684
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,800
documentary coming now next
month.

685
00:38:19,240 --> 00:38:24,360
And so this community is just a
wealth of knowledge and a wealth

686
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:29,080
of, again, just sharing ideas.
And I think it just it, you

687
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,160
know, I think what I've learned
as a content creator is that

688
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,200
like, there's never a ceiling.
I don't think there's ever a

689
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,800
ceiling once you have, you know,
the will.

690
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,400
I mean, there's a willingness to
like to grow and always getting

691
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,200
better, stuff like that hashtag
Mama mentality, but also at the

692
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,640
same time being around people
who are collectively trying to

693
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,280
get better as a group.
And I think it's a very good

694
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:52,840
combination.
Yeah.

695
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:54,360
Thank you, Dominic.
Very cool.

696
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,960
And sorry that we LED you to
Sora, which is now no more.

697
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,720
I know it's all good.
It's just again, it opened the

698
00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:05,560
idea of what some the next
generation could look like.

699
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,600
So sometimes things are just
like you were saying about Sid

700
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,240
and this and the other.
And I guess for many of us who

701
00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:14,040
aren't here every day, I think
sometimes things are just here

702
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,360
for a season, right?
And but it's also just, you

703
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,160
know, important for overall
growth, I think.

704
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,680
Yep, Yep.
Thank you, Dominic.

705
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:25,920
Appreciate that.
And I'm going to check in with,

706
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,360
you know what I'm going to.
I know you didn't volunteer at

707
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,560
all yet, but I'm still going to
go to some people who are on

708
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,200
stage that we haven't heard
from.

709
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:38,440
Also some old familiar faces,
old schoolers, I should say.

710
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,240
I'm going to first say hello to
Amanda Yoa on stage.

711
00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:44,040
Amanda, it's been a minute.
Good morning.

712
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:48,680
Good morning.
Congratulations on your 500th

713
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,840
episode.
So happy to be here this

714
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,680
morning.
Happy to see everybody.

715
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:54,600
How are things going with you
now?

716
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,960
I believe the podcast is still
going.

717
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,360
I know that you've seen you on
social media sharing that you're

718
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,680
doing your stand up.
How's everything going with all

719
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,240
that?
It's been a wild, crazy ride,

720
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:08,560
but it's been a lot of fun,
Yeah.

721
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,800
I'm really focusing on, you
know, booking live events, my

722
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,600
podcast.
This is season 6 for me, which

723
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,440
will be wrapping up soon.
And then in true Amanda yo of

724
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:23,720
fashion, we will be revamping,
gonna convert to a studio and

725
00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:28,840
possibly bring in a Co host.
So my podcast now is, you know,

726
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,080
really heavily comedy based.
Just looking for someone to join

727
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,840
in on the fun.
So we have that going on that

728
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:38,680
I'll probably launch maybe like
the end of summer.

729
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,400
I usually take like a big long
break in the summer to be

730
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:45,080
present with my kids.
So yeah, it's been a lot of fun.

731
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,600
So did you pick your host yet?
Your Co host or is that an

732
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,280
ongoing search?
That's an ongoing search.

733
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,600
I have a few people in mind that
probably don't know that I have

734
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,600
them in mind yet that I'm going
to ask them.

735
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:01,520
But I mean, they have to be
committed because it's monetized

736
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:05,200
and it's, you know, it's, they
have to show up and it's, you

737
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,240
know, a commitment.
So we'll see.

738
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:09,360
I don't know.
We'll see.

739
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,800
Awesome.
Well, thank you for being here.

740
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,720
And I don't know, Amanda, not to
put you on the spot, but if did

741
00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,160
you want to answer that
question, if it was there one

742
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,080
thing maybe that you can recall
that you learned about your

743
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,640
podcast or about yourself that
being a part of this community

744
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,720
helped you with?
Oh my gosh, You know, when you

745
00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:30,000
asked that question, I honestly
didn't know where to begin

746
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,760
because I was like a baby
podcaster when I, you know, came

747
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,760
into this room religiously.
And I feel like I've learned so

748
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:42,360
much about the game and, you
know, every aspect, you know,

749
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:47,080
showing up on social media, the
use of AII can't really nail

750
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,280
down one specific thing.
But I will say what I think

751
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,680
stands out to me, and I think
I've heard what other people

752
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:56,240
have said too, is just the
community and being able to, you

753
00:41:56,240 --> 00:42:01,800
know, bounce ideas off of people
and to take through wisdom,

754
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,760
which is for me, you know, you
can spout things out, but if you

755
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,640
haven't lived things and haven't
done things, you know, that's

756
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,720
where you get the juice, right?
The wisdom versus the knowledge.

757
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:16,000
So I know there's many people in
here who have that wisdom.

758
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,640
So I'm always wanting to learn
things from people who have done

759
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:22,080
the thing and say, OK, this is
what I've learned through my

760
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,240
experience.
And I think that's what has

761
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:27,520
helped me the most with podcast
Morning Chat.

762
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,680
So thank you to every single
person in this room.

763
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,080
You're welcome and thank you for
being a part of this community.

764
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,360
We appreciate you and thank you
for that answer.

765
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:39,360
I appreciate that.
And I want to check in with our

766
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,320
resident musician of the
community, Jeff McMahon.

767
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:47,240
Jeff, welcome also been a minute
since we've talked to you on

768
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:49,120
stage.
How the heck are you?

769
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:53,920
Hey guys, I am good.
I will say that my absence is

770
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,240
more often than not tied to the
fact that I'm working more as a

771
00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:06,480
musician, which means 6:00 AM in
my time zones have become more

772
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,280
challenging than when I was
working more behind the scenes

773
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,080
with people and not so much on
stage.

774
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:15,600
But yeah, I'm good.
Just to kind of build off what

775
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,000
everybody was saying, I can say
that the main impetus I had from

776
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,400
the podcast here was just the
fact that everybody was trying

777
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:26,120
to raise the bar, and that was
really important to me when all

778
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,720
this started during COVID.
That was the thing

779
00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:34,000
professionally, that was so
madding to me during COVID.

780
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:38,560
So many platforms, so many
podcasts, so many.

781
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:45,080
Facebook lives were.
Growing and thriving even though

782
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,920
their content was garbage
because we all had so much time

783
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:53,280
to fill.
And it made me crazy recognizing

784
00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:57,840
how people were settling for
really bad content.

785
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:02,280
Noisy microphones, poor
planning, no planning.

786
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,840
People just weren't trying to be
good because they didn't have to

787
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,240
be.
And that was one of the things

788
00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:09,480
that I really dug about the room
was just the fact that that we

789
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,840
were all trying to help one
another get better.

790
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:15,920
And we knew that we were not
crazy by trying to get better

791
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,320
because a lot of people early on
didn't have to.

792
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:22,520
They just had to show up.
So yeah, that was kind of what

793
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,960
brought me in.
And then I got to know Chuck

794
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,080
personally, got to have coffee
with him.

795
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:31,320
And Simona's a real face friend.
And Chris is back.

796
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,720
Hello, Chris.
He snuck back in on you, Mark.

797
00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:36,000
So yeah, that's kind of what
brought me in.

798
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,200
And I appreciate, Mark.
You reaching out, let me know

799
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,640
that you were going to be
celebrating this sedan, to be a

800
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,040
part of it.
I love it.

801
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:44,760
I'm so glad you're a part of it,
Jeff.

802
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,760
And real quick, what's the
latest gig?

803
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:49,680
What are you up to?
It's musically.

804
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:55,240
I'm working most weekends with
an artist named Chris Cagle, who

805
00:44:55,320 --> 00:45:01,560
had some number ones and top 10s
in the 2000s Maddie True, who

806
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:05,000
some of you will remember.
I know Simona does because

807
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,240
Simona.
I think Simona and Maddie have

808
00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:10,000
established their own little
girlfriendship.

809
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,880
We're getting ready to work
towards the release of her first

810
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,440
full EP, and she just had some
big owners thing and in context

811
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:25,280
with the room, Maddie and I just
got through hosting a bunch of

812
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:29,760
interviews at the Country Radio
Seminar, doing interviews of

813
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,680
other artists, which is an
offshoot.

814
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:35,800
Either things that I learned
through this community or

815
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:40,600
interest that were certainly
watered in this little garden of

816
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,200
podcasts.
And yeah, that's kind of what's

817
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,160
going on here.
Love it.

818
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:47,200
Thank you, Jeff.
Congratulations on all of your

819
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,040
your return to music, if you
will.

820
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:52,160
I know you certainly never fully
stopped, but as far as

821
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,440
professionally goes and running
around, being on stage instead

822
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:57,320
of behind the scenes, that's
really exciting.

823
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,120
And I'm so happy that you're
here.

824
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,160
Thank you for being here.
I want to keep it going because

825
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:04,600
we have lots of familiar faces
here.

826
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:10,320
And let's check in with James.
James is across the pond and

827
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:14,000
that might be a familiar name to
some of you because he used to

828
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:18,600
have a Sports Network, all the
podcast related called Across

829
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,360
the Pond.
James also recovering from a

830
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:25,640
little bit of surgery, I hear
from yesterday and might be a

831
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:29,000
little intoxicated from those
that from that medication.

832
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,960
So I'm curious to hear you,
James.

833
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,080
But good morning to you, Sir.
And yeah, if there was a lesson

834
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:37,040
about podcasting or yourself
that being a part of this

835
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:39,880
community has helped you learn,
I'd love to hear it.

836
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:43,040
Go for it.
Yeah, the pain meds are

837
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:47,400
definitely kicked in.
So play #9 to know lessons, Wow.

838
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:54,120
I mean, Pedro, Sid, Ralph,
Amanda, Chris, they taught me so

839
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:58,560
much about podcasting, not just
podcasting, but how to grow your

840
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,520
podcast, how to get the right.
Sound.

841
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,160
I mean, there's just so many
lessons I learned because I'd

842
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,720
only been podcasting 6 months.
And by the time Clubhouse came

843
00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:12,960
around and I jumped into the
rooms and I just learned so

844
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:14,440
much.
And then it must have been about

845
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,760
maybe six months down the road
from that, people started asking

846
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:21,280
me questions.
And that's when I got real

847
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:24,240
scared because I was like, why
are people asking me questions?

848
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:27,160
I'm still new at this.
But I think as well, one of the

849
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:29,280
big lessons was around
collaboration.

850
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:34,600
Like so many people from podcast
and Morning Chat were guests on

851
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:37,000
one of my.
Shows or many of my shows.

852
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:42,400
Mark, you were on the NFL show.
But one of the most fun

853
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,880
collaborations that I ever did
was actually with Simona when

854
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:51,800
the WNBA came to me and offered
me media credentials for a game

855
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,400
interval Toronto, an exhibition
game that they were going to

856
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:59,040
have pre season.
And I went to Simona and I said,

857
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:01,240
how do you fancy going to WNBA
game?

858
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:05,000
And she was like, I'd love to.
Now obviously this was late at

859
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:07,520
night for me, so it's like 3 AMI
think by the same.

860
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:11,320
The game finished, but it was
just so amazing to be able to

861
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:15,080
collaborate with Simona.
And I still have the picture.

862
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,040
She took a picture on the court
after the game.

863
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,760
Still have that.
It's one of my prized pictures

864
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:24,960
because whenever I was given
media credentials for anything,

865
00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:27,280
it was something I kind of
treasured and made sure that

866
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:28,960
people got their flowers for
that.

867
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,880
And like, we got to go to the
White House as well.

868
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:35,640
I didn't personally, but like,
we did the WNBA game, we did the

869
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,360
White House because when a
sports team wins their

870
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:42,120
championships, you go to the
White House and shake the hand

871
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:43,760
of the president and that kind
of stuff.

872
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:48,920
And so.
I've done so much in the four

873
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:53,520
years that I owned across the
pond Sports Network like and

874
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:56,800
I've seen so much stuff being so
many places like Nike

875
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:01,480
headquarters, super.
Bowls like phenomenal, but I

876
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:05,400
always go back.
I could not have done it without

877
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:09,920
the podcast in morning chat
because I learned so much here

878
00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:14,960
and the roots of podcasting and
how to reach out to people, how

879
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:17,600
to talk to people, which was
something I wasn't very good at

880
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,240
before.
But as you can hear right now,

881
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:20,680
whether it's the drugs or not,
I'm.

882
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:25,440
Quite good at talking.
But yeah, I learned so much and

883
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:29,080
I cannot be ever more thankful
for Pedro and the gang when they

884
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:32,040
first started the podcast in
Morning Chat and Chuck too.

885
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:36,400
Chuck's, Mcguy and Jeff.
I wouldn't be into to country

886
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:40,920
music now if it wasn't for Jeff.
I love it.

887
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,960
I love all the different types
of ways we influence one

888
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:45,160
another.
That's awesome.

889
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,680
And James, what a great story.
Thank you for sharing that.

890
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:51,960
I see Simona put in the chat
that this one, that opportunity

891
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:55,560
was one of her favorite
podcasting moments since she's

892
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:58,840
been in the game.
So very cool experience, very

893
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:02,320
cool story, and particularly
excited that you're here, James,

894
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:03,840
today.
Thank you for making the effort

895
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:07,040
to be here despite a little bit
of surgery, despite a little bit

896
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:09,240
of medication.
Love that you're here.

897
00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:11,800
Thank you for being here.
And I got to keep it moving

898
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:13,840
because we have so many people
to get to.

899
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:18,880
So let me get right to it.
I'm going to say hello to Chris

900
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:21,960
Baglio.
Chris, welcome back.

901
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:25,440
And please share a lesson maybe
that you've learned through your

902
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:27,240
time.
Hey, what's going on?

903
00:50:27,240 --> 00:50:28,440
Everybody, Can you guys all hear
me?

904
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:29,520
OK?
Because I'm in the cars.

905
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,520
No problem.
OK, Cool.

906
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:32,680
Thanks.
Yeah.

907
00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:34,800
I was just thinking about it and
listening to everybody.

908
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:40,040
It's so awesome to hear James
and Jeff and so much.

909
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,440
It's just so great to hear all
these voices again, because it's

910
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:44,800
been I feel like it's been
forever, but it's but also

911
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:46,200
doesn't feel like it's been
forever.

912
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,480
I was just thinking back.
I'm like this community when I

913
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:51,840
joined.
I remember when Pedro started it

914
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,640
and it was back in 2021.
So like the power of this

915
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:58,480
community, I mean, it's 2026 and
this thing was going has been

916
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,520
going on since 2021 and it's
just awesome.

917
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:06,080
I mean, for me, I just at that
time, you know, I was podcasting

918
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:09,840
already, but being in a group
like this was just, it just

919
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:11,680
helped me level up.
Plus, it was also like a

920
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,440
mastermind group, too.
So it was like there was a lot

921
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:17,000
of the accountability and just
everybody wanting to help each

922
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,240
other out.
And so, you know, it just got me

923
00:51:19,240 --> 00:51:22,320
better with techniques and from
the technical side.

924
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,920
And of course, if it wasn't for
this group, I wouldn't have met

925
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:28,080
my partner in crime who I got to
do a show with for five years.

926
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:31,480
Miss Amanda Sharp, who, you
know, Yeah, We start off Chris

927
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,800
and Amanda's show, then went the
song swap showdown.

928
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:37,160
And, yeah, the show's evolved.
And, you know, Amanda decided to

929
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:40,200
take a step back from the show
and I wasn't sure what to do,

930
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,480
but we kept the show going.
And now I do the show with my

931
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:46,320
wife and we've rebranded it
Vinyl Verdicts, so, but we're

932
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:49,880
still, you know, doing it live.
We actually did our episode last

933
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:52,240
night and pumped to keep it
going.

934
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:55,200
I've still been pretty active
and a ton of stuff.

935
00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:58,960
If anybody follows me, I'm also,
I took a little bit of a career

936
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:01,640
change for a bit.
I'm working now at a rehab

937
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:04,840
facility with adults with
traumatic brain injury and

938
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:07,880
shocker, I'm producing podcasts
over there.

939
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:11,600
So I've got a podcast that I
host with another with a client

940
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,840
and we interview a lot of the
folks there who are in recovery

941
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:18,640
and it's been doing really well
actually.

942
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:20,760
It's amazing how fast that one's
taken off.

943
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:24,640
I'm having fun doing radio shows
with them doing that and also on

944
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:26,840
the radio side.
I hasn't been formally a Nash

945
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:29,200
yet, but I'm officially taking
over Radio Garden State.

946
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:30,480
Really.
What?

947
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:35,280
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
MM has decided to pursue other

948
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:40,360
endeavors and I am, yeah,
formally, I am taking it over.

949
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:42,480
I am now doing Radio Garden
State.

950
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:45,000
Yeah.
Well, congratulations.

951
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:48,080
I wish I could come into the
group as much as I used to.

952
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:51,240
My work schedule doesn't let me
do that as much as I would love.

953
00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:53,800
But I still listen.
I listen to the recording.

954
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:55,320
So I love everything everybody's
doing.

955
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:57,640
I'm just so happy that this
community is still rocking and

956
00:52:57,640 --> 00:52:59,320
rolling.
I really miss all you guys, man.

957
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:00,480
It's great.
It's so awesome.

958
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:02,520
I hear these voices.
Agreed.

959
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,360
And great to hear yours as well,
Chris.

960
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:07,720
And great to hear all of the big
things that you're up to these

961
00:53:07,720 --> 00:53:09,880
days.
And you know, that's what I keep

962
00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:13,920
coming back to in my head when I
hear each of you sharing that

963
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:18,400
haven't been here in a while,
just to see the progress that

964
00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,200
you know, again.
Well, I'll say it because a lot

965
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,160
of you have given credit to this
community.

966
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:26,320
It, you know, a lot of this has
to do with the influence, the

967
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:29,400
knowledge, the insights of this
community, seeing people do

968
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:32,280
these big things here, coming
back and sharing all that.

969
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:36,320
It's a little mind blowing and
really exciting for me to see

970
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:38,880
how everybody is growing so
much.

971
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:40,880
So thank you for sharing that,
Chris.

972
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:44,120
Appreciate you.
And we should say Amanda Sharp

973
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:48,240
wanted to be here today.
And unfortunately, she lost her

974
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:51,480
dog over the weekend.
The dog passed away, and it was

975
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:53,520
probably the dog's time.
I know her.

976
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:57,600
This was an older dog.
And it doesn't really matter

977
00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:01,040
because as Ralph said before the
show started, Amanda's lost a

978
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:04,680
family member and that is a lot
to take in.

979
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:08,200
So I certainly understand why
she's not here today.

980
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,920
And I know that she sends her
love as well.

981
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:14,880
And by the way, for those of you
who have been around for a long

982
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:19,720
time, I do have a familiar voice
who wanted to be here today but

983
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,920
couldn't make it.
It's our old friend who I think

984
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:26,080
Chris might have mentioned.
Somebody mentioned a moment ago

985
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:29,640
Roth wanted to leave a message
but he couldn't be here today to

986
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:31,400
do it personally, so he left
this.

987
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:34,760
Well, hello there Clubhouse and
all the podcast listeners

988
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:37,200
listening into Empowered
podcasting.

989
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:38,480
This is.
Rafael de Fordia.

990
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:41,400
From Not Your Average
Globetrotter and Newbound

991
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:45,920
media.com, I wanted to say a
huge congratulations to Mark and

992
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:49,600
the team for making to 500
episodes.

993
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:53,680
It's amazing to see what Mark
has created and put together

994
00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:56,880
building off of the old
podcasting morning chat.

995
00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:00,200
It's great to see that the
spirit of all of this has been

996
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:03,320
kept alive.
So really, I'm so sorry that I

997
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:05,680
can't be there with you guys
celebrating and enjoying this

998
00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:08,200
time.
But I'm sure you're having an

999
00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:12,520
amazing, amazing session.
So enjoy, keep going and I'm

1000
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:15,720
looking forward to 1000.
Thank you, Roth.

1001
00:55:15,720 --> 00:55:20,720
Yes, Roth has been a part of PMC
well before I was.

1002
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:24,440
He was part of the old crew with
Chris and Chuck and all the

1003
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,720
rest.
So yeah, good to hear from Roth

1004
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,440
as well.
Roth, not in this country.

1005
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:32,720
I don't know where the heck
Raphael is these days, but great

1006
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:35,960
to hear from him.
I want to go check in with

1007
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:37,840
Yvonne.
Yvonne, welcome back to the

1008
00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:40,080
stage.
And now I know you are more

1009
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:43,200
regularly still a part of the
community, at least in the

1010
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:45,240
mornings.
And you haven't been here in a

1011
00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:47,280
minute because I know you've
been doing some traveling.

1012
00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:50,080
So good morning to you.
Did you want to share a lesson

1013
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:52,600
that you've picked up over your
time with this community?

1014
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:56,320
So many lessons.
Where do I start?

1015
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,760
First of all, congratulations on
500.

1016
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:03,480
Wow.
I've been around since the early

1017
00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:09,560
days pre Mark, and I'm just wow,
you, you got to take all this

1018
00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:11,520
in.
This is crazy, right?

1019
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:14,400
You've kept this going and I'm
looking around at all these

1020
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:16,680
faces in front of me and it's
just blowing my mind.

1021
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:21,720
Yeah, I every time somebody
comes to me to talk about

1022
00:56:21,720 --> 00:56:26,200
starting a new podcast, which
happens and freaks me out

1023
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:29,840
because I'm like, why is that?
OK, I don't consider myself to

1024
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:33,160
be a podcasting pro the way a
lot of you are.

1025
00:56:33,720 --> 00:56:39,000
So I'm always referencing them
here and always referencing them

1026
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:42,440
to you, Mark, as somebody to go
to.

1027
00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:45,160
And I don't know if anybody ever
knows, but there you go.

1028
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:52,040
I was just in Santa Fe.
This week, this past week, doing

1029
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:56,080
photos and speaking.
And that all came from Empowered

1030
00:56:56,080 --> 00:57:00,400
Podcasting because I was there
and met Christina Vitovich in

1031
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:06,760
person, who then referred me to
Diana Place, who was putting

1032
00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:11,600
quests together.
And while I was there, somebody,

1033
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:16,240
another podcast guest who was
related to that whole thing

1034
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:21,720
invited me to moderate AQ and A
for her upcoming documentary

1035
00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:26,320
film that's coming out because I
had interviewed both her and her

1036
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:30,200
documentary film subject.
So like it all ties into what

1037
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:32,920
you asked in the mailbag
question at the beginning of

1038
00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:36,280
this, which is it the content or
is it the people?

1039
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:40,320
And it is all both.
I come here everyday because I

1040
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:44,600
learn from all of you and you
challenge me to get better every

1041
00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:46,920
single time I get on the mic.
So thank you.

1042
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:50,800
Thank you, Yvonne, and it's such
a pleasure having you part of

1043
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:53,400
this community.
And I know, you know, you said

1044
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,880
some a line there that I think a
lot of podcasters say, no matter

1045
00:57:56,880 --> 00:58:00,120
how long they've been doing it,
that idea that, you know, I'm no

1046
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:04,120
expert and you have the
experience that makes you an

1047
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:06,680
expert.
You have your own experience.

1048
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:08,280
You've been doing this for a
long time.

1049
00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:11,400
You've learned lots of stuff.
There are many people that are

1050
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,800
several steps behind you that
can learn a lot from you.

1051
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:17,160
And I say this to everyone, not
just Yvonne.

1052
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:20,600
So please keep that in mind and
remember that we all have

1053
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:23,840
something to offer people.
It's just a matter of finding

1054
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:27,440
the right people to speak to and
share our experiences and our

1055
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:30,080
insights.
Thank you, Yvonne, and thank you

1056
00:58:30,080 --> 00:58:31,600
all.
We're going to keep things

1057
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:33,880
moving.
I know we're over time and it's

1058
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:36,320
a special day.
So for those of you if you can't

1059
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:40,520
stay, I completely understand.
But if you can, would love to to

1060
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:43,120
have you continue celebrating
with us.

1061
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:49,320
First, I want to go to Ralph.
Ralph, please share a little.

1062
00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:51,400
You had a message you wanted to
share with everybody, and then

1063
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:53,480
we'll get back to the
celebration.

1064
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:56,040
Yeah, thank you, Mark.
I just thought today is a great

1065
00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:58,720
day to talk about how we can
support the show. 1 of the

1066
00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:00,680
things that I'm hearing
everybody talk about is how much

1067
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:03,480
the show has meant to them.
And this is a great opportunity

1068
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:06,480
to promote supporting the show.
And you can support the show by

1069
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:09,960
going to
podcastingmorningchat.com/support.

1070
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:12,400
That's the kind of support
that'll help us moving forward,

1071
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:15,760
help us grow the show, have us
advertise and really take it to

1072
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:17,360
the next level.
So again, I would really, I

1073
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:19,600
appreciate if everybody would
consider that today.

1074
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:23,240
Podcasting Morning
chat.com/support.

1075
00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:26,000
Thank you, Mark.
Thank you, Ralph.

1076
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:27,920
I think that's an important one.
Yes, please.

1077
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:31,760
We would appreciate your support
in any way that you can.

1078
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:36,800
And let's check in with Cynthia.
Cynthia, thank you.

1079
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:39,240
I reached out to Cynthia a
couple of times.

1080
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:42,680
It's been a long time.
Cynthia and Alex used to Co host

1081
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:47,120
the podcasting evening chat that
we did once a week on Friday

1082
00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:49,880
night nights.
That was quite an interesting

1083
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:53,680
show, a lot different than what
we do in the mornings and it had

1084
00:59:53,680 --> 00:59:57,800
so much character and energy.
I do miss that show and Cynthia

1085
00:59:57,800 --> 01:00:00,280
miss you as well.
Thank you for coming by.

1086
01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:03,880
Did you want to share a lesson
or something you learned about

1087
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:06,840
your podcasting or yourself
being a part of this community?

1088
01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:10,400
Hi, Mark.
Let me give a shout out to Mark

1089
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:16,600
and Alex and Dominic for giving
me the opportunity to do the

1090
01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:19,960
Friday night evening show.
And it did have its own

1091
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:23,680
character and it was nothing
like this.

1092
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:30,400
Good morning, good morning.
I have to jet, but thanks for

1093
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:34,560
letting me be a part of this.
And you know, I think of all of

1094
01:00:34,560 --> 01:00:39,040
you constantly, but I haven't
reached out because I'm going by

1095
01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:44,160
a different persona now so that
I can continue with my book and

1096
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:47,800
my book writings and teachings.
But let me tell you.

1097
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:51,320
I do appreciate this community.
Thank you very much.

1098
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:52,600
You're welcome.
Bye all.

1099
01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:54,040
Bye, Cynthia.
Thank you.

1100
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:56,960
Thank you for being here.
And, yeah, just having you here

1101
01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:59,400
and even hearing that voice
means a lot.

1102
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:02,560
So thank you for sharing.
And yes, being here as well,

1103
01:01:02,560 --> 01:01:05,240
Cynthia.
And cool to hear you're still

1104
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:07,920
doing your writing and would
love to learn more at some

1105
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:11,920
point, so please stay in touch.
All right, we're going to Janae

1106
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:14,360
next.
Janae, please share.

1107
01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:17,120
Go for it.
Good morning and congratulations

1108
01:01:17,120 --> 01:01:21,160
on 500 episodes, Mark and the
community, because you know,

1109
01:01:21,160 --> 01:01:23,520
it's all possible when we'd work
together.

1110
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:27,240
I wanted to give a shout out, a
big huge shout out to Junior who

1111
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:31,480
actually told me about Empowered
Podcasting Conference one.

1112
01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:34,840
He's like, hey, there's.
This thing happening in North

1113
01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:36,320
Carolina, you should go check it
out.

1114
01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:40,600
And that's when I first met.
Well, that's not the first time

1115
01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:42,520
I met Mark.
I think I've probably met you at

1116
01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:44,680
podcast.
But that's when we really got

1117
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:47,160
together.
And since then, I've been part

1118
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:50,880
of the community, listening and
joining in to podcast in morning

1119
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:52,520
chat.
And it's been absolutely

1120
01:01:52,520 --> 01:01:55,160
amazing.
I'm so glad to be part of this

1121
01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:56,760
community.
It's helped me grow.

1122
01:01:56,760 --> 01:02:00,000
It's helped me tackle things
that I haven't done before.

1123
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:01,960
And I'm so glad to be part of
here.

1124
01:02:01,960 --> 01:02:04,080
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Janade.

1125
01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:07,920
I'm grateful that Jr. connected
you with the community.

1126
01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:11,160
And yes, we had met before at
previous conferences like Pod

1127
01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:14,160
Fest, but we never really
connected, right?

1128
01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:18,160
We met, we said pleasantries,
but never really connected until

1129
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:21,800
Empowered Podcasting.
So I am so glad that you got

1130
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:25,160
that tip and that you came and
that you've become such a big

1131
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:27,560
part of the community.
Thank you for sharing and being

1132
01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:30,280
here today.
Let's go to Billy, another old

1133
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:33,360
schooler of the podcasting
morning chat.

1134
01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:35,400
Been here way longer than I
have.

1135
01:02:35,560 --> 01:02:37,560
Billy, thank you for showing up
today.

1136
01:02:37,560 --> 01:02:39,160
Thank you for being here on
stage.

1137
01:02:39,320 --> 01:02:40,920
What do you want to add to the
conversation?

1138
01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:43,680
Dude, I beat the buzzer but I
made it.

1139
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:47,720
So like everyone else has said,
man, congratulations on 500

1140
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:50,880
episodes.
I have seen a lot of people come

1141
01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:55,080
through and kind of host and do
their, you know, rendition of

1142
01:02:55,080 --> 01:02:56,680
the of what you have going on
here.

1143
01:02:56,680 --> 01:03:00,120
But you've definitely took it
and made it what it is today.

1144
01:03:00,120 --> 01:03:02,560
So a lot of work, a lot of
energy.

1145
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:05,920
And kudos to you man, it's
always been good, but this is

1146
01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:09,600
like the most consistent, best
quality content that's come out

1147
01:03:09,600 --> 01:03:11,480
of this since.
The beginning and no shade on

1148
01:03:11,480 --> 01:03:14,480
anyone else.
I just think it's what you do so

1149
01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:16,960
it makes sense.
So really appreciate, appreciate

1150
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:18,480
the community and I think it's
what I've.

1151
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:21,760
Gotten out of this because I've,
you know, been in podcasting,

1152
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:23,440
been out of podcasting, been on
the guest.

1153
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:27,680
Side the host side, but just as
a content creator and someone

1154
01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:30,800
who really believes we should
all be leveraging our skill sets

1155
01:03:31,160 --> 01:03:34,640
in a lot of areas, you know, to
do what we want to do, it's

1156
01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:37,560
really just been that staple I
can come to.

1157
01:03:37,560 --> 01:03:41,280
It's like my morning radio where
if I'm here for 5 minutes or 50

1158
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:42,720
minutes, it doesn't really
matter.

1159
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:45,840
I'm just like, OK, this feels
comfortable.

1160
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:50,520
This is my safe place to come
and, like, be around people who

1161
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:54,760
get me in that I can enjoy, you
know, their conversation and go,

1162
01:03:54,760 --> 01:03:57,920
yeah, I get that.
I understand those wins, losses,

1163
01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:00,400
struggles, you know, and
everything in between.

1164
01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:02,320
So thanks for holding space for
everybody, Mark.

1165
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,760
You're a trooper, man.
And I look forward to what the

1166
01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:06,560
future holds for you.
Thank you, Billy.

1167
01:04:06,560 --> 01:04:08,040
I appreciate that.
It's awesome.

1168
01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:10,760
Thank you means a lot.
All right, because of timing, I

1169
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:13,720
want to keep it going.
And Gene has joined us on stage

1170
01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:16,360
and appropriately so in the
sense that here we've been

1171
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:19,840
talking about winning Ralph's
Road Caster duo, which was

1172
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:24,600
inspired by the time that I gave
away my very first and the first

1173
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:28,320
rendition of the Road Caster
Pro, the Road Caster Pro 1.

1174
01:04:28,320 --> 01:04:32,040
I did a giveaway and Gene was
the winner of that.

1175
01:04:32,040 --> 01:04:34,360
And I think we did that like 3
years ago.

1176
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:38,480
And Gene, welcome to the stage.
Gene and I keep up a bit on

1177
01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:42,560
social media, so it's not
completely new to see him back

1178
01:04:42,560 --> 01:04:45,000
here, but it is cool to have you
back on stage here.

1179
01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:47,320
Gene, good morning to you.
What did you want to add?

1180
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:49,280
Good morning.
Good morning.

1181
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:52,040
Hey, I just yeah, that that
feels like that was such a long

1182
01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:54,520
time ago.
But no, I'm super excited.

1183
01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:57,400
I just really wanted to say
congratulations on 500.

1184
01:04:58,160 --> 01:05:00,440
Don't get a chance to get on as
much a lot of time because it's

1185
01:05:00,440 --> 01:05:02,520
so early in the morning.
I know you talked about that

1186
01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:05,080
earlier.
But then when I do wake up, it's

1187
01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:08,000
like, oh, forgot or I try to
catch it and then it's like the

1188
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:10,440
holiday sign and we're on break.
And so I said, well, let me just

1189
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:11,560
catch it on the pod.
Let me.

1190
01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:14,800
Catch the recording.
So no, it is, but I'm really

1191
01:05:14,800 --> 01:05:17,840
thankful for the community.
I've actually learned a lot,

1192
01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:21,120
even about being OK to just take
a break sometimes.

1193
01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:25,480
And I've taken a long break from
my Hijack My Life podcast, but

1194
01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:28,880
I've still been working
producing for the the previous

1195
01:05:28,880 --> 01:05:31,440
college that I worked for.
Now I'm producing a new video

1196
01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:34,480
podcast for this current college
that I'm working for, but am

1197
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:37,840
rebranding and kind of
restructuring, not the name of

1198
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:39,920
the show, but actually going
through it and working through

1199
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:44,760
what my my target customer or
target listener that I'm talking

1200
01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:47,560
to as far as my podcast.
So it all coincides with the

1201
01:05:47,560 --> 01:05:49,840
book that I wrote.
I got a new baby on the way.

1202
01:05:49,840 --> 01:05:52,040
I had one baby.
So it's been a lot that's been

1203
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:54,160
going on, but.
I'm still connected.

1204
01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:56,560
I got my.
Doctorate, yes, a lot of that.

1205
01:05:56,560 --> 01:05:59,800
So it's been a lot that's going
on, but I'm still connected.

1206
01:05:59,800 --> 01:06:01,400
I'm very thankful for the
community.

1207
01:06:01,800 --> 01:06:04,000
That's awesome, Gene.
Thank you for coming up here,

1208
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:06,600
being on stage.
I love that we kind of had that

1209
01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:10,200
full circle moment here having
the previous Rd. caster winner.

1210
01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:12,840
We've got the new one that we
just announced yesterday.

1211
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:15,680
Very cool.
And so cool to to have you up

1212
01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:19,600
here on stage.
And I'm look, I'm glad you are

1213
01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:21,960
able to be a part of the
community through the podcast.

1214
01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:24,680
That was the big one of the
biggest reasons why I decided to

1215
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:27,680
to start this as a podcast and
not just keep it to a live

1216
01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:31,400
stream on Clubhouse because
there were a lot of people that

1217
01:06:31,400 --> 01:06:33,840
wanted to be a part of it.
But like you were saying, maybe

1218
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:36,560
it was too early, maybe it just
didn't work with their schedule.

1219
01:06:36,560 --> 01:06:40,040
So I wanted to be able to put
something out there for everyone

1220
01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:43,000
and fully on it.
Being fully honest with you, I

1221
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:46,680
put it out there because here I
was a guy who helps people

1222
01:06:46,680 --> 01:06:50,040
podcast, I produce their
podcasts, I coach podcasters.

1223
01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:53,920
And I hadn't been, I wasn't
doing officially my own podcast

1224
01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:58,720
at that time and yet I was doing
a live stream every day that

1225
01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:02,640
could absolutely serve as one.
And it only took me like 2 years

1226
01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:06,240
to to realize that I could make
this into a podcast.

1227
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:12,480
And I am so grateful that I did.
If today's made anything clear,

1228
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:17,160
it's that this show has always
been about more than podcasting.

1229
01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:20,840
It's been about this, the
connection, the perspective, the

1230
01:07:20,840 --> 01:07:25,240
support and the growth.
And that's a pretty meaningful

1231
01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:29,000
thing to celebrate at episode
500.

1232
01:07:29,080 --> 01:07:33,120
And it's even more meaningful to
me personally to see some of

1233
01:07:33,120 --> 01:07:37,120
these old faces here today
supporting what we do here.

1234
01:07:37,520 --> 01:07:40,960
I, like I said earlier, I get
that not all of you can be here

1235
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:43,440
all the time.
And just to have you here

1236
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:46,800
showing your love, showing your
support, not of just me, but of

1237
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:49,360
the community and of some of
these individuals that are here

1238
01:07:49,360 --> 01:07:54,840
today, it's so special and I am
eternally grateful for what

1239
01:07:54,840 --> 01:07:59,440
we've built together here.
I genuinely do not take full

1240
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:04,120
credit for any of this and I'm
just glad that you all show up

1241
01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:06,320
and support in whatever way you
can.

1242
01:08:06,320 --> 01:08:09,280
So thank you.
And a reminder that we're back

1243
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:13,960
tomorrow, 7:00 AM Eastern.
Soon that will change that time.

1244
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:17,720
More to come on that.
And again, like I said earlier,

1245
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:20,399
the name is going to change too.
It's just one word.

1246
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:24,600
I'm removing chat and changing
it to show shouldn't jar.

1247
01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:27,000
Too many people ruffle too many
feathers.

1248
01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:32,600
I hope and looking forward to
the future of this show.

1249
01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:35,439
So tomorrow, like I said, I
don't know if I actually fully

1250
01:08:35,439 --> 01:08:36,960
said it.
Tomorrow we're doing news and

1251
01:08:36,960 --> 01:08:40,760
comment as we have done
traditionally for years on the

1252
01:08:40,760 --> 01:08:43,359
podcasting morning chat.
So come join us to get all the

1253
01:08:43,359 --> 01:08:48,359
latest info and our personal
take on that info.

1254
01:08:48,479 --> 01:08:50,840
Ralph, do you want to find a
word before I officially wrap?

1255
01:08:51,120 --> 01:08:53,120
I did.
I just want to say a big thank

1256
01:08:53,120 --> 01:08:55,880
you to you Mark.
I want to say it personally,

1257
01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:59,279
since I've come to know you,
Mark, it's changed my view on

1258
01:08:59,279 --> 01:09:01,520
community, it's changed my view
on podcasting.

1259
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:05,000
And it's very clear to me today
what you've built here.

1260
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:07,439
And I just want to say
personally, and I speak for a

1261
01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:09,840
lot of people in the audience
today, thank you for everything

1262
01:09:09,840 --> 01:09:12,560
you've done for the podcasting
morning chat, Mark.

1263
01:09:13,319 --> 01:09:16,040
Thank you, Ralph.
I appreciate that, truly.

1264
01:09:16,359 --> 01:09:19,960
And I received that.
I have a hard time responding to

1265
01:09:19,960 --> 01:09:22,359
it, but I do receive it.
Thank you.

1266
01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:27,240
It means a lot.
OK gang, until tomorrow, make it

1267
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:30,439
a great day everybody.
Take care and thank you for

1268
01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:31,000
being here.