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* Basil & Rod* - From Zero to Podcast Hero: A Spiritual and Technical Guide - Podcast Bootcamp Class #1 · Millennial Mustard Seed

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  Welcome, everybody, Rod Smith here and obviously Basil.
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  And this is our hello, greeting and welcome video for the
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  podcast Boot Camp. Baz, what do you got for us?
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  You made it, everybody. Can you even believe you made it
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  to a strange land called the School app?
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  We hope you find your accommodations here acceptable.
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  But look, here's the thing, folks.
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  We're doing it. Are we like 3 or 4 months late
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  to doing it? Yes.
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  Was that three or four months required to cocoon the idea to
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  let God guide it and develop it in the direction that it
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  ultimately and eternally must go?
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  Yes, I think, I hope. And that's at least what we're
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  telling ourselves. But we're very excited.
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  And here's the thing, some of you may have actually spent some
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  time on the school app before, you know, some various Canary
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  Cry groups have run through this.
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  But if you haven't, we're sorry, OK?
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  We're not trying to give you another app to check or another
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  social media or something. But I do want you to think of
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  this place as a little bit different because here's the
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  thing, if you made it this far, if you've if you're watching
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  this video now, it means that you have made it past the
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  obstacle course that it takes to get in the group.
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  A sending an e-mail. B waiting four months.
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  C Hopefully my invitation e-mail made it into your inbox and it
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  probably didn't to about half of you and maybe you had to go into
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  your spam folder or your junk folder and you go, what is this?
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  What is this precious jewel of an e-mail?
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  It's an invite to my destiny and future as a podcast.
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  You're saying it's taking us so long to get this started because
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  we actually feel very strongly about it and we actually are,
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  you know, in in as much as a man with googly eyes on his face can
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  take something seriously. We're taking this seriously
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  because why you wonder why this? Well, because this is taking
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  extra time and energy from our lives to do this.
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  And because we are committing not just our time and energy,
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  but our experience. We've really, I think it might
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  be a little surprising to me. And it you tell me if it's
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  surprising to you, Rob, that as we go through and develop and
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  pray about how this whole thing is going to go, we find a sort
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  of swelling light of dawn filling us up and giving us sort
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  of a view on the horizon that's perhaps we've been kind of
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  looking around for. But we just couldn't see because
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  we're moving into an era where there's a number of people who
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  have been called and it's time for them to wake up and get
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  going. OK.
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  So if you're here, that's you. This is a very small group.
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  OK? There's there's gonna there's,
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  you know, as of recording this video, there's eight people who
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  have accepted the call. That's probably including you
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  and I, Rod. So that's six.
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  And the invitation only went out to a little over a dozen.
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  OK. Because we're very serious.
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  If you're here, this is your disclaimer.
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  If you are here, you are here to take this very seriously.
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  You are here to birth something into the world, whatever that is
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  to you. OK, We're going to be talking
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  about things in the context of podcasting, but maybe it's not a
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  podcast, maybe it's something else, maybe it's like a YouTube
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  channel or whatever. So just, you know, just apply
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  everything to whatever that is to you.
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  And so this is your opportunity, this is your last opportunity to
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  leave if it starts to sound too scary, if it starts to sound too
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  serious. And that's OK.
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  If maybe you're thinking like, oh, you know, OK.
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  I mean, it was, I wasn't that like amped up about it.
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  I just kind of wanted to hang out with people or I just kind
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  of wanted to talk to my buddies or something.
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  That's OK. That's totally OK.
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  But you're going to have homework before we get in to
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  what the class actually looks like.
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  Rod, did you have anything to add on top of my very?
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  Paternal the the horizon that we've been seeing is what what
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  I'm labeling as an echoing out from heaven.
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  Now's the time. Go do it.
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  And if you felt stirred up and just as Basil said to do
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  something for the Lord and you mistook and thought it was a
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  podcast, but God already answered that for you and he has
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  you doing something else and you want to back out.
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  No hard feelings. We're not going to like put your
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  name in a hat. But if you're committed and
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  you're here for the right reason, there is a message going
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  out from the Hashemi Eames and it's to go for.
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  And it's the same message it's always been.
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  Preach the gospel, plant seeds, water seeds, speak the truth, go
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  against this, you know, Nazi pharmaceutical, kamikaze,
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  compartmentalized governmental system of control, whatever that
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  may be. It could simply just be
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  encouraging another believer because I was getting seeds
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  planted by basil, I don't know, nine years ago and here I am.
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  So why can't you repeat that if you're here for the right
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  reason? We, we have expectations.
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  There's A to do list today. There's A to do list.
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  Our welcome video is going to cover Ground Zero and step one
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  and Basil, I'll pass it back to you with the idea of what is
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  step one that you did leave a a nice welcome chat.
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  Drop the message in the school app here.
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  And we expect, by the way, each one of you to welcome yourselves
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  in that message in the school app.
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  Just, you know, post who you are.
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  Hi, welcome. Things like that.
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  But when you read through what Basil asked us to do, there was
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  a requirement. Baz, what was that?
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  Yeah, before I jump into the 1st and 2nd requirement, I do want
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  to, well, no, let me take that back.
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  Let me jump in 1st to the 1st requirement.
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  Assignment one, Assignment one. No, I take that back.
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  Back it up. Reverse assignment 0. 0. 0 is a
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  strange thing. It's not technically a number.
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  It's a value between positive and negative numbers.
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  We the romance, you know, caused a lot of chaos with the #0 but
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  that's for another time number Assignment 0 is to get
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  comfortable, to get familiar with the school app and more
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  than anything, introduce yourself, reach out, start
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  talking, ask questions of your fellow members.
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  Because you will notice that the things that we ask of you are
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  going to be extremely, perhaps sort of intimidatingly simple.
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  You might be wondering what's, you know, do I actually have to
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  do this? Is this an actual important part
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  of the thing? I'm telling you?
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  If there's anything I promised, it is my, I guess, holy
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  obligation to not ask anybody to do anything that isn't of the
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  utmost importance. OK, That is the promise that I
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  make to you. I will not request anything of
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  you unless it is absolutely essential.
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  And so therefore it is essential.
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  So you must do it. But number one is start
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  interacting on the app. Introduce yourself, say hi, ask
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  questions, start building a rapport with your fellow
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  students because here's the thing, we are going to be giving
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  you, yes, the technical skills, the technical know how how to
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  make a podcast. OK, You will be sufficient and
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  proficient at the technical abilities to make a podcast.
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  Those abilities are they are the least important part of making a
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  podcast and that is coming from a couple of guys with a combined
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  experience over 20 years of podcasting.
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  And not just any podcasting, but like in the trenches, blue
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  collar podcasting. OK.
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  And when it comes to really making it work in the trenches,
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  blue collar podcasting not being, you know, sort of pushed
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  along by algorithms or advertisers or money or
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  whatever, because things are easy to do when you got it easy.
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  But before that, it takes friends, it takes a network, it
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  takes the people around you. Again, we talked about the
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  spiritual warfare going on in the world and the benefit and
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  the call for believers to stand shoulder to shoulder with one
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  another, to fellowship one another.
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  When two or more are gathered, there he is also.
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  It might be the most important thing in podcasting is to have
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  your little group. I had a little group.
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  We, Gonz and I had a little group back in 2012.
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  That little group, whether as podcasters, researchers,
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  authors, you know, whatever it was, if it weren't for building
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  those relationships, you're not going to make it very far.
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  And same with Rod had his own experience with that as well.
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  People in this group with you, they're going to be essentially,
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  you're going to be working together.
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  You're going to be presenting to one another.
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  You're going to be hearing each other's voices.
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  You're going to be hearing these people hear your voices, which
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  will be a big obstacle, I guarantee you.
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  So make sure to start introducing yourself now this,
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  let's jump to the app real quick because while this is a great
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  platform for putting together, you know, sort of classroom
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  courses and managing live streams and everything, we're
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  going to need to make you into podcasters, folks.
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  It's also a little bit like a social media, OK, So you can
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  send DMS, you can follow people, make sure to follow everybody
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  else in the group. If you look at the top of the
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  school app, you'll see tabs. The community tab is where, of
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  course, a lot of the socializing will take place.
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  A lot of the assignments will be posted there, A lot of
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  announcements, of course, get in there, leave comments, hit
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  thumbs up, do the thing. The classroom, the school app
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  tracks and rewards interaction. OK, you might poke around.
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  You'll go to your profile or you'll see this tab called
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  Leaderboard, and the app will actually be keeping track of
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  every way you interact with the app.
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  Now, it's not a contest. It's not you're not competing
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  for my love, everybody. But I will say school does keep
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  track and put everybody in a rank of the amount that they
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  interact. OK, that's the I didn't tell it
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  to do that. I can't even turn off but it
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  will. Be a parent feature.
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  It will be a parent who is and who isn't following assignment
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  zero. You'll also notice in the tabs,
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  there's the classroom tab. That is where video lessons and
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  things will be available. Soon you'll see the calendar tab
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  where when we do live streams or different events that you're
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  invited to jump on, they will be put there.
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  Member tab, You'll see the members map.
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  I don't even know what the map is.
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  OK, apparently it's just a map. I don't know if I like the map.
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  I might turn it off the map. When you click on the map, it
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  actually shows everybody within like a 20 mile of proximity of
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  their location. So we got three people on the
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  east. Coast.
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  And three people on the West Coast.
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  Let's see here. Pins are off by 10 plus miles
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  for privacy. OK well I might fudge with the
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  map a little bit. OK I don't know if I like the
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  map but then you'll see the leaderboard and the about so get
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  used to the thing. For those who need it.
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  There is a mobile application. You can put it on your phone so
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  you have easy access. I would recommend getting the
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  mobile app because of assignment one and the assignments that
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  follow as well. Of course, you're going to be
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  doing a lot of thinking. So is there anything you'd like
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  to follow up with that Rod with assignment 0I?
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  Mean it's yeah, it's get get the mobile app like what I've done
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  and you can see who's active, right?
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  So I've checked it in the morning, I check it once in the
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  afternoon and once in the evening just to see a very
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  simple thing that we're asking. Get to know the app, like the
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  statuses comment, leave a description.
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  If you're missing that step because you're too excited or
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  too wound up about this process, just take a deep breath.
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  Don't forget to breathe. Reread what Basil wrote.
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  Obviously, you're listening to this introduction video and get
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  familiar with the app. At the very bottom of the app,
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  there's also a like private chat.
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  You can start a chat with one of your future buddies that's here
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  on this Boot Camp podcasting assignment group.
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  And yeah, get familiar with the app and, you know, just follow
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  the steps, you guys, even if you're a veteran podcast.
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  It's mostly to, you know, to to be able to efficiently interact
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  a with your fellow podcasters and B assignment 1 is a good
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  reflection of what many of the assignments are going to be.
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  OK. Yes, we're checking willingness.
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  Also we're we're watching for the willing.
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  Like are you guys willing to do something super simple like
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  interact? So here's the thing, there's
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  going to be a lot of things that you're going to be learning and
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  I we, we are both very passionate as people who have
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  gone through the process. One thing you're going to get
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  from this class is this is not a monetized class.
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  We do not need to make a bunch of content to justify, you know,
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  charging people for a podcasting class.
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  It's not a class. This is a boot camp
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  discipleship, you know, is this is very difficult to actually
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  try to describe what we're doing here, but you're going to be
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  overcoming very early the real obstacles.
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  OK, you can Google like you saw in my e-mail, you can Google how
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  to make a podcast and get a bajillion lists and walkthroughs
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  of how to make podcast that information of is everywhere.
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  OK, you're here because there is the deep, dark secrets of what
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  to expect, and my hope is to usher you in to podcasting in a
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  way that exercises the muscles to help you get over the
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  obstacles that stop 99% of podcasters somewhere along the
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  line. Most podcasters don't get to
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  episode 10. Even fewer get to episode 50.
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  Many cases I have been both of those people.
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  So this is really going to be coming from the experience of
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  people who made it work, who did the suffering for the many
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  years, who had to learn the lessons early and #1 is hearing
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  your own voice and #2 is actually pressing record, as
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  everybody here knows. You can think, you can pray, you
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  can wonder, you can plan, you can fantasize, you can think
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  about forever how wonderful it would be when you get your
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  podcast or your project off the ground.
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  It'll be perfect. You know, it'll be wonderful.
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  And I'm telling you, that's not how it goes.
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  So assignment one will be sort of the baby version of most of
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  the assignments as they unfold and it is strictly done by
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  recording yourself. OK, pressing record is the
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  number one thing. It's very simple.
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  Many of you probably already have an idea of the podcast you
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  want to start. Many of you could probably sit
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  here and pitch it to us and that's good.
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  But before we start, this is before, OK?
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  This class is not about coming up with an idea.
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  It is not about learning how to format and refine your idea,
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  although all those things will be happening.
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  It's all about execution. By the end of this class, you
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  will have executed, you will be live, you will have at least one
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  episode, maybe more, and you will have a community of other
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  podcasters to work with to get your journey started and you'll
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  probably have a bit of an audience right off the bat.
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  OK, that's part of the, but it all starts with actually doing
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  it. Doing it, doing it.
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  So assignment 1, you have your idea.
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  You have a name, you can describe it.
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  You have a phone, and on that phone is a voice recording
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  application. All you're going to do is press
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  record and tell us, introduce your show, tell us the name,
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  give us about one paragraph. Now here's the thing.
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  As you can see in the instructions, if you're looking
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  at them, it must be between 25 seconds and 30 seconds, OK,
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  We've already had some people try to do this.
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  And you know, it's very hard to make it short.
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  It's very hard to make it long. Everybody's going to have
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  problems, but the number one problem is if you can't describe
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  your show in 30 seconds, you need to find a way to do it.
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  If you can't fill 25 seconds, you got to find a way to do it.
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  And you got to be prepared to hear your own voice and have
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  others hear your own voice. Now don't panic, you're not
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  being graded on the quality of your idea, OK?
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  Whether it's a good name, a bad name, or the quality.
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  Of the recording. If it's you're recording on your
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  cell phone, don't worry if it's fuzzy, if there's noise in the
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  background, we're not looking for that kind of perfection at
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  all. Right.
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  And so there's a few things we want to know and a few things
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  that we want you to think about and talk about.
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  Of course the name. And then when you describe your
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  podcast, remember you're pitching it, OK?
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  It's like you're pitching, let's say this is playing on the radio
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  and you wanna get people to listen to your podcast.
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  You've got a 30 second commercial spot.
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  This is the time you're trying to fill.
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  So of course, the name of the show, short description of the
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  show things. That I would recommend adding
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  like the format of the show. Is it an interview show?
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  Is it a research scripted show? Is it off the cuff?
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  Is it out in the field? Is it in the, you know,
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  something like that. Also the purpose of the show.
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  Why? What is the purpose of the show?
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  You know, for instance, you know, Canary Cry, it was to
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  introduce the Christian Church going community into this sort
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  of fringy biblical stuff that they might not have been hearing
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  in church. That was, you know, the original
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  description. You're going to want to talk
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  about your target audience. Are they Christians?
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  Are they non Christians? Is it humorous?
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  Are they are you trying to podcast the dogs?
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  You know, this kind of stuff, very simple, and then you have
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  an opportunity to kind of list out a couple of the topics or
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  subject matter or episodes they kind of have in mind.
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  And this will give people, you know, an idea if they want to
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  pop in. For instance, hey, this is
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  Canary Cry Radio. We're making a show to educate
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  and entertain Christians in the church community who might not
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  hear about the Nephilim or secret societies or UFO programs
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  or whatever, that kind of thing. It's easy as that.
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  OK, if you're getting too descriptive and you're going
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  over 30 seconds, time to cut it down.
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  Now, this might be the most important way to go about this
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  as far as recording, and you know you're not going to be.
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  Do not submit written answers. I will not read them.
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  You're not posting your answers. You are not emailing your
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  answers. You're not doing any of it.
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  Lord willing, in the Creek don't rise.
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  Every single assignment that you're given will be in audio.
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  You should be doing everything in audio.
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  And. By the time that you're done
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  with the class, not only will you, you know, have a full
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  episode that you will be posting and making live, but you will
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  have had ample opportunities to get used to recording yourself,
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  hearing yourself, and sharing your voice to others.
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  Which, yeah, is often something that I forget that I am even
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  comfortable with. Rod, do you agree?
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  Absolutely. I mean, the the secret recipe to
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  consistently podcasting is to continue to hit record through
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  all seasons of life. Yeah, keep going.
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  And for you guys, this is the valuable lesson right from the
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  gate, right from the RIP. That is going to be what you can
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  lean into and you're doing it with the community.
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  You guys are starting right off the RIP with the community.
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  Not only that, but 20 years of experience to help nudge along
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  the way. And you've answered the call
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  because God has put it in your heart.
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  And you said yes. And you said send me.
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  And so this is a big deal. We congratulate you.
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  We're honoring you for stepping forward to the torch Bearer and
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  to enter into the ring this arena of life and to capture
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  your own growth journey and how dangerous it can feel at times
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  to ask questions, not even always knowing the right answer,
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  to make yourself that vulnerable.
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  That takes courage and to do it publicly takes a lot of courage.
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  So you're in the right place, you guys.
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  The steps are laid out for you. We have smiles on our face.
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  We're excited for this endeavor. What God is going to do here and
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  you have a support team that has angels surrounding us who could
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  be against you. If you've heard the call and
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  you're doing this for the right reason, you should be pretty
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  stoked about what's coming down the pipe.
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  That's what it's good to remind people that they should be
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  stoked. You're wondering how you should
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  feel right now. You should feel stoked.
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  And so this video is already significantly longer than we
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  expected, but I think it's important because let's look at
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  the big picture and big picture what we're hoping you come out
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  of this experience with A, the technical proficiency and the
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  ability to put out a podcast, of course, but B, the experience of
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  doing the podcast, doing it consistently, building up those
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  skills, the many not just technical skills, but sort of X
• 25:08
  Factor skills, the emotional skills, the spiritual skills,
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  the grit, the, the, the, what's the word look?
• 25:21
  Building that still small voice for yourself.
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  That too, the Constitution. There we go.
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  Constitution of it, yes. And on top of that, but you
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  know, and that comes from what we're really excited about in
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  bringing not just the step by step, but the you know, you
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  might find sometimes that it sounds like perhaps at least
• 25:46
  myself are using this opportunity to pass on the sort
• 25:52
  of deep, deep, dark struggle of many years of podcasting on
• 25:59
  beforehand before. Because you know, this will also
• 26:03
  be an, an excellent opportunity for myself and Rod to put into
• 26:08
  words the, the real journey, the real journey making it work even
• 26:15
  in seasons of life that it seems like the least possible, the you
• 26:21
  know, the least convenient, the, the least, whatever you know,
• 26:25
  that's going to be very important.
• 26:28
  Of course you're going to come out of this with actual product.
• 26:32
  You will have made podcasting products that will have input
• 26:39
  and development built into it. But more than anything, you're
• 26:43
  going to be in a cohort of a new generation of podcasters, OK?
• 26:53
  This is why it's kind of boot camp, right?
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  You're not going to be come out the other side of this with the
• 27:00
  podcast and then just chug through 1/2 the chug through it.
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  Or maybe not, maybe give up or whatever, but one of the gifts
• 27:10
  of this program is that you're gonna start with a resource that
• 27:17
  it take. It took me a long, long time to
• 27:21
  build and that is a group of fellow people who are.
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  Called the missions. Who are, who can provide
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  support, who could supply advice, who could supply
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  content? Who can be your guests, Who can
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  You can collaborate? You can build not just
• 27:45
  relationships, build audience, build content with one another.
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  And the fun part is, Rod and I, we'll also have a new cohort of
• 27:58
  podcast buddies who we will be available for and they will be
• 28:04
  available to us. You know, it really is trying to
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  raise up a new generation of podcasters in whatever genre
• 28:12
  that you choose to be in. And that is going to be a real
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  treasure. I know it will be for me and I
• 28:20
  hope it will be for you, but. Yeah, it's going to be a
• 28:23
  treasure. It's sort of the number one
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  thing that will differentiate between the podcasts that don't
• 28:35
  make it to episode 2 and the podcast that make it to episode
• 28:39
  100 is going to be those sort of relationships.
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  So, so take that seriously. You will all be coming in
• 28:47
  contact with each other's work. You will be asked to comments on
• 28:54
  each other's work, You will, but you're not grading anybody.
• 28:57
  But the the the act of having other people around you hear the
• 29:04
  work that you create is again one of the most difficult skills
• 29:09
  to build up, but also one of the most rewarding in all sorts of
• 29:14
  different ways. And that's it.
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  This is our introductory video. We've invested 30 minutes into
• 29:23
  this introductory video. You better get a 32nd recording,
• 29:28
  no more than 30 second recording.
• 29:30
  That's a fair trade off. We can't wait to meet you guys
• 29:34
  to take this journey with you. And as everything that Basil
• 29:37
  said, you should be stoked. So we'll see you as the courses
• 29:43
  unfold. We want to see the comments and
• 29:45
  the sections. We want to see you guys
• 29:46
  introducing each other and pray. Listen, if you're watching this
• 29:50
  and there's only eight people, nine people in the group.
• 29:53
  If there's one more person who didn't sign up yet and get the
• 29:57
  school app and they're they're maybe they're sitting there
• 29:59
  thinking, should I do it? Should I not do it?
• 30:01
  I'm getting cold feet. Pray, pray for the group.
• 30:03
  Regardless, every person who said yes, because that's just
• 30:07
  the right thing to do. Yes, you guys, in all the future
• 30:12
  expeditions yet to be done. The next important date, we will
• 30:20
  officially be beginning the class in the first week of May.
• 30:27
  And this will you know, it'll take many forms.
• 30:29
  We'll give you the information and exactly when the first class
• 30:33
  will be. But as far as assignment one,
• 30:37
  the recording 32nd recording of your starting idea, remember it
• 30:42
  will evolve, it will change, and it will develop over the course
• 30:46
  of this. The idea that you present an
• 30:49
  assignment one might not even be the idea that you work on the
• 30:53
  whole time. OK, it's gonna change, believe
• 30:56
  me. We will give you we'll give you
• 30:59
  direction and where to upload that 30 second piece of audio.
• 31:03
  It will probably be here on the school app, but keep an eye out
• 31:07
  for future dates. But the recording must be
• 31:10
  provided before May 1st. OK.
• 31:14
  And. Not to be too intense for those
• 31:17
  who read my e-mail, I wrote the e-mail, went back and read it
• 31:21
  and said, wait, am I being too intense here?
• 31:24
  Do I feel intense about this? I think I do feel intense about
• 31:28
  this. And I asked Rod and he said, no,
• 31:30
  it's great, it's fine. And I thought to myself, wow, if
• 31:34
  I don't put more than 5 exclamation points in an e-mail,
• 31:37
  I feel like I'm being like a, a, a boot camp.
• 31:41
  You know what? What do they call it?
• 31:43
  The. Is your boot camp buddy Basil?
• 31:46
  Yes, Sir. Boot camp buddy Basil?
• 31:48
  Yeah. Drill Sergeant.
• 31:52
  So there you go. Oh Oh yes.
• 31:55
  The point is, and this is lovingly from your best buddy
• 31:59
  Basil, if you do not make the recording and have it available
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  by May 1st, the first class is not for you.
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  OK, I say this all in love. If your assignment 1 is not done
• 32:19
  and provided by May 1st, that is you telling us, and hear me
• 32:26
  right, all the love, but I'm giving you the reality of the
• 32:33
  situation. If you do not do assignment one
• 32:37
  by May 1st, that is you telling us that you graciously have
• 32:43
  changed your mind and the class is not for you and that's OK.
• 32:49
  That's what matters. All right, everybody go and do
• 32:53
  it. We will stay in contact, you
• 32:57
  will hear more from us in various ways, whether it is
• 33:02
  posts on this app or emails that go out or perhaps even both.
• 33:08
  But we are praying for you. We are impressed by you and we
• 33:13
  are stoked. So you should be stoked and God
• 33:17
  bless you. And you're off and your
• 33:19
  offerings to him as you respond to the call that he has put on
• 33:24
  your heart. OK, everybody, the world needs
• 33:27
  you. The world is ready for you.
• 33:29
  It's your turn. OK?
• 33:31
  God bless. Go.