Latest / Abbey the Podcast Lady / Your First Episodes Are Supposed to Be Bad, Here's Why That's Okay with Richard Wilmore
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- 0:05Hello and welcome to another episode of Abby
- 0:07the Podcast Lady. It has been a minute since
- 0:10I've had a guest on, but I kind of took a little
- 0:12bit of a summer off of using the Podmatch service,
- 0:15which I am so incredibly fond of. But the nice
- 0:17thing about it is even with taking my summer
- 0:20off, it was still working in the background and
- 0:22still finding me some really cool matches. So
- 0:25we have my friend Rich joining us today. Hello,
- 0:27Rich. Good morning, afternoon, evening, whatever
- 0:30it is. Yes. So we got connected through Podmatch.
- 0:33You had a wonderful pitch for me. And I am super
- 0:36excited to hear about how you operate your business
- 0:39and what your role is in the podcasting industry.
- 0:42Because as I was saying before we got started
- 0:44recording here, everyone's is so different and
- 0:46every journey is so different. So how did you
- 0:49find yourself? behind a microphone? Well, I was
- 0:53a kid who didn't want to be noticed. And so we've
- 0:57been working a lot the last couple of years with
- 0:58my therapist on trying to be okay with that part
- 1:02of it. But at 12 years old, I was on summer break,
- 1:06flipping through the channels, saw the Rosie
- 1:07O'Donnell show. If this is how either sick my
- 1:10mind is, it was a rerun from when she was in
- 1:12LA. She took her show from New York to LA and
- 1:15everything about it from the moment I saw it,
- 1:17I was like, oh my God, this place is magical.
- 1:19And it didn't matter if you were a celebrity
- 1:22on the stage, if you were a crew member, an audience
- 1:24member or someone at home, like everybody mattered
- 1:27in that production of her show. And I thought,
- 1:30I want to do that. I needed a place where I felt
- 1:33like I belonged. And that was it. And I was like,
- 1:36I want to do that for other people. And so one
- 1:38way or another, I just started doing it. I would
- 1:40sit in my bedroom while my brothers were outside
- 1:42playing baseball or whatever they were doing.
- 1:44I had a desk and I would literally just sit here
- 1:46and mouth things because I didn't want my family.
- 1:48to like hear what I was doing. And so I would
- 1:50talk to celebrities in my room, no cameras, no
- 1:52anything. It was just me. And that's still kind
- 1:55of what I do. But 30 years later, and that's
- 1:57how it started. That is amazing. I love that.
- 2:00Like the fear of being caught by your family
- 2:03doing something like this, because I wanted to
- 2:05be a radio DJ growing up. And I kind of had the
- 2:07same thing where I was scared of being too perceived,
- 2:09but I would listen to the radio for hours on
- 2:12end. And then I would just like sit there and
- 2:14like pretend like if I was the DJ, here's how
- 2:16I would introduce this song. like this is what
- 2:18I would do with my show. Like I feel that so
- 2:21deep in my bones. So I'm glad that there's a
- 2:23kindred spirit out there with me. I used to go
- 2:25to Spencer's Gifts in Duluth, Minnesota. And
- 2:27that's where you could buy like the fun lights
- 2:30that you would use at parties and the little
- 2:32lamps with bubbles. And I literally just had
- 2:34a TV studio kind of. And I would have musical
- 2:37guests on and I would play the CD. And then I
- 2:39would have all the lights going. It was a whole
- 2:41production. You had the full production. Oh,
- 2:44I love that. Another invisible string for us.
- 2:46I worked at the Spencer's at the Mall of America.
- 2:48So I know all about all those lights. Yes. Do
- 2:51you remember when I first fell in love? This
- 2:54is good. to be like a Minnesota cheese fest.
- 2:55But when I was a kid, there was a meteorologist
- 2:57in Duluth that I fell in love with. Her name
- 3:00was Rhonda Grusendorf. And I thought she was
- 3:03just so pretty. And I love the way she spoke.
- 3:06And I wrote her a fan letter to the TV station.
- 3:09And she wrote me back like this two page letter.
- 3:11It was so sweet. I never got to meet her. I wanted
- 3:14to reach out to her when I was doing my show.
- 3:16But she's like out of the business. So I didn't
- 3:18reach out to her because I didn't want to bother
- 3:20her. But if you're listening, Rhonda, I love
- 3:21you. Rhonda, come find her. Come on. You know,
- 3:25I actually have a friend who used to be a news
- 3:27reporter at the Duluth station. So I wonder if
- 3:29we can, let me send some texts after this. We'll
- 3:31see if we can get Rhonda on the horn. My dreams
- 3:33come true. It's all about who you know, right?
- 3:37Exactly. That's amazing. Okay, so you're a kid.
- 3:40You got all the lights. You built a full TV production
- 3:42in your bedroom. How does that then translate
- 3:44to podcasting as an adult? What was kind of that
- 3:48journey in between there? I went to school for
- 3:50theater. I went to UW -Milwaukee for theater
- 3:52and thought, well, I'll just become an actor.
- 3:54I'll be famous and then I'll get a talk show
- 3:56because that's what Rosie did. So that's what
- 3:57I'll do. Yeah, that doesn't work like that, it
- 3:59turns out. But I always wanted to do it. I did
- 4:01it on Milwaukee Public Television. I did a couple
- 4:04episodes of a show. I just have sort of always
- 4:06done it one way, whether it was being filmed
- 4:09or not, or out there or not. But I've always
- 4:12looked at it as a TV talk show, like not really
- 4:14a podcast. And so in 2015, 2016, there was like
- 4:19some random app that I came across. And it was
- 4:23sort of podcasting before video podcasting was
- 4:25a thing. And I thought, well, I'm going to do
- 4:27that. And so I converted a basement in my house
- 4:30in Maryland into a studio. And I had a section
- 4:33for audience members. Fans would come over and
- 4:35I started filming, but I didn't know how to do
- 4:38anything. I just knew that I wanted to talk to
- 4:40people. Like I didn't have microphones. I didn't
- 4:42have lights. I had cameras with like the little
- 4:45microphones on top, but I didn't know, but I
- 4:47knew I wanted to do it. And so I just started
- 4:49filming and talking to people. And then I was
- 4:51like, oh, I have to get it from here. Like on
- 4:54to suddenly I was my grandma. Like, how do I
- 4:57get it onto that thing? Like, how do I do this?
- 5:00And so I just taught myself. Like I Googled like
- 5:02free editing software. And started doing it myself.
- 5:05And then as my friends who had businesses like
- 5:08saw what I was doing and having fun. They were
- 5:10like can you help me do that? Like maybe I want
- 5:13to start doing video. And so I was just throwing
- 5:15stuff up on YouTube. That's what I was doing
- 5:17in 2016. And then I got to do a game show for
- 5:22a non -profit in San Antonio. That was really
- 5:25fun. That was on TV. It's just been a weird kind
- 5:28of like it was always like the side thing. Like
- 5:30I'm still hidden. Like don't really tell anybody
- 5:32that you do. that and go get a real job and even
- 5:34though all my real jobs were also creative and
- 5:37ridiculous and like not real jobs at all and
- 5:39a couple years ago I left a job that I thought
- 5:42I would have for the rest of my life and in my
- 5:44head I didn't have a backup plan and I didn't
- 5:46know what I was doing and I quit and I was like
- 5:48oh I guess I'm a podcast producer now and then
- 5:50I was like well that's what you should have been
- 5:52doing the entire time like why were you trying
- 5:55to do anything else but that so for the last
- 5:57couple years that's what I've been doing full
- 5:58-time that's amazing and there's so many again
- 6:02invisible string theory here. Like I literally
- 6:04left a job I thought I would have the rest of
- 6:06my life and was like, I guess I'm a podcast producer
- 6:08now. So like the fact that there's another one
- 6:12of us out there, I feel so much less alone. This
- 6:14is amazing. Free therapy right here on your show.
- 6:18Yes. Have you ever watched Only Murders in the
- 6:20Building? Yes. Okay. So like, I think it was
- 6:22like season two or season three when Selena Gomez
- 6:24was having the identity crisis. And she has that
- 6:26great little quip where she's like, I'm a podcast
- 6:29producer. podcast producer and I'm like that's
- 6:33me I know. I know. Because it feels like it's
- 6:36too good to be true. Yeah. Like, I don't know.
- 6:38I still struggle with it all the time of like,
- 6:41this is what I get to do because it's what I
- 6:43always wanted to do. It's like nobody gets to
- 6:44do that. They're gonna make me cry at the end
- 6:47of the show too. It's okay. This is a safe space.
- 6:49Okay, good. But yeah, it just feels like every
- 6:51day I get to learn from everybody I get to work
- 6:53with. And it's amazing. I could not agree with
- 6:56you more. So let's get into what your role is
- 6:59as a podcast producer. Because what I have found
- 7:01is there's a lot of us, but there's no not a
- 7:03lot of us out there. And every time I come across
- 7:05another one of us, we're all kind of doing it
- 7:08a little differently. So how are you working
- 7:10with your clients, serving them? What is kind
- 7:12of your role in their shows? I like to be the
- 7:15person and work with people. Actually, I love
- 7:17to work with people who want to be in front of
- 7:20the camera, want to have a podcast, but do not
- 7:23know how and do not care how anything else happens.
- 7:27Because I wish I had me back when I started mine.
- 7:30And that's what I love is like, you know, you
- 7:32have a talent or you have something to say, you
- 7:34have information to give. And so I do everything.
- 7:36I have a studio. I now have a real studio and
- 7:38all the walls here have different backdrops.
- 7:40And I build little sets for everybody that I
- 7:42work with and they come in and I film it. I edit
- 7:46it. I put it out on all the platforms. I do all
- 7:49of that for them. So they get to just show up,
- 7:51do what they're good at, and then leave me alone
- 7:53so I can go do what I'm good at. And so I have
- 7:55that part of it. And I realized over the years
- 7:58that I've been doing this, that people have a
- 8:00lot to say and should be bragging about the stuff
- 8:03that they're doing, no matter what it is, they're
- 8:05putting great stuff out into the world. And they
- 8:07didn't think that podcasts were like a way to
- 8:09do that, because it felt like it was too far
- 8:12away, you know, like that was unobtainable. And
- 8:14so I started helping people find podcasts to
- 8:16go on, like they had great experiences with me.
- 8:19And I wanted to be like it, but it doesn't have
- 8:20to stop here. Like you can still have more fun
- 8:22and make more content and get your word out by
- 8:24going on all these others. So I kind of bridge
- 8:26the two together now. That's amazing. I love
- 8:29that you're doing that for your lines because
- 8:31that's the exactly my approach to it's hey you
- 8:34have something to say you have a story worth
- 8:36sharing you have ideas worth spreading but you
- 8:38don't need to handle any of the back end work
- 8:40because I'll do it and I really like doing it
- 8:42so just let me do it yes and we'll talk to some
- 8:45people who think they want a podcast and like
- 8:48are you sure you don't just want to like maybe
- 8:50go on podcasts as opposed to all that goes into
- 8:53creating and producing a show like that's a light
- 8:57bulb moment for a lot of people too like there's
- 8:59so much which you probably talk about all the
- 9:01time. Like there's so much you get out of one
- 9:0330 minute interview that you really couldn't
- 9:05do by yourself. Exactly. Yes. That 30 minute
- 9:08interview is so much more than just an interview.
- 9:10And I feel like I am a broken record saying that
- 9:13over and over and over, but it's so true. And
- 9:15I feel so passionately about it. Yes. I just
- 9:18want to shake everybody that I meet. Like I get
- 9:21people from that have been on my show a year
- 9:23ago that still are sharing clips. Like it's still
- 9:25relevant stuff and it still is new information.
- 9:29Like this interview with us is just the beginning
- 9:32of promoting this episode. There's everything
- 9:35that comes after that it can be used for. Yes.
- 9:37And it can be literally everything. Everything
- 9:40can start with just this and just sprawl out
- 9:42into everything else. And I try to explain that
- 9:44to not only my clients, but just everyone I come
- 9:47in contact with. And I think people are like
- 9:49avoiding eye contact with me when they see me
- 9:51in person at this point. It's like, ah, that's
- 9:53a crazy podcast lady. Yeah. So like before we
- 9:55started filming, I took a picture of myself.
- 9:57And then after this, I'll post a picture that's
- 10:00like with your logo on it to say that I was on
- 10:02it and like look forward to that coming out,
- 10:04whatever, with the description tagging you. Like
- 10:07it's a whole little ecosystem that you have to
- 10:10build when you're doing these things because
- 10:11it helps you and it helps the podcast person.
- 10:14And hosts are doing so much work. This is a different
- 10:18topic we could go down, Abby. Well, maybe we'll
- 10:19do this on a different one. You can cut this
- 10:21out if you want. Oh no, we'll keep it all in.
- 10:22The little like fight argument about whether
- 10:26or not podcasts should. be charging their guests
- 10:29to come on. I don't know what your thoughts are
- 10:31on that. I have very big thoughts on that. But
- 10:33hosts work really hard to put out, oh, many hosts,
- 10:36not all, but many hosts work really hard to put
- 10:39out great content for you as part of your marketing
- 10:42plan. And if it's done well, it works. Exactly.
- 10:45That's the thing. Like if it is done correctly,
- 10:48it is so effective. I have seen like podcasts
- 10:51that are done well, get turned into USA Today
- 10:54bestselling book deals and cross country. speaking
- 10:57engagements and hundreds of thousands of clicks
- 11:00a month on websites, but you got to do it right
- 11:03in order to have those results. Yeah. And be
- 11:06consistent and we should have our own podcast
- 11:09of us just yelling at people. Like you also have
- 11:12to have your personality in there and you have
- 11:13to like do what feels good for you, but it's
- 11:16not as simple as people think when they're first
- 11:19starting out, but it's also not as complicated.
- 11:22It's scary at first because it's just like anything.
- 11:25I was just having this conversation. conversation
- 11:26with a new client i'm onboarding she just recorded
- 11:29the first couple episodes i have a studio as
- 11:31well and she came in studio and worked on it
- 11:33and then she's like okay i'm ready to tackle
- 11:34this on my own i'm like okay call me if you have
- 11:36issues that's why i'm here i'm in your back pocket
- 11:39but she called me she's like i recorded the first
- 11:41two and i just think that they're so bad and
- 11:43i put so much work into them and i think they're
- 11:44horrible and no one's gonna listen and i'm like
- 11:46here's the thing you don't go to the gym for
- 11:48the first time and pick up a 50 pound weight
- 11:50you start with the fives yeah you got to start
- 11:53small and get those reps in and Honestly, I'd
- 11:56be upset if you didn't hate your first couple
- 11:57episodes because that means you're not growing
- 11:59and changing. I do test episodes all the time
- 12:01with everybody that I'm starting with. Like we're
- 12:03going to record them in case they're good. But
- 12:05this is just like figuring out what works for
- 12:07you, what doesn't, your timing. I mean, to look
- 12:10at any author, any book you read, that is not
- 12:12the first thing that was written. And they were
- 12:15like, done. Gosh, can you imagine? Yeah. I would
- 12:18love to see some of those though. I feel like
- 12:20that was Britney Spears' memoir, different topic.
- 12:24Abby, can you imagine what that started out as?
- 12:26No, because the final version was so hard to
- 12:28read. I did the audio version because I couldn't
- 12:31read it. I did the audio version while I was
- 12:32walking my dog. And that was like, I needed to
- 12:35take breaks. Oh, I'm so glad that someone agrees
- 12:39with me on that. That makes me feel good. But
- 12:41it's so true. Like the first version of anything
- 12:43usually doesn't see the light of day. And you
- 12:45just got to get through that first version in
- 12:47order to get to the second version, to get to
- 12:49the third, fourth, fifth. Like you got to start
- 12:51really crappy. Like if someone made me listen
- 12:53to my first radio shows, nope, I'm running the
- 12:56opposite direction as fast as I can. That is
- 12:58not happening. Yeah, you're like, how did I not
- 13:00get fired after episode one? Truly, what were
- 13:02they thinking putting me on the payroll? When
- 13:05I first started, I would watch every episode.
- 13:07which for a person like me is probably not smart,
- 13:09but I would like, what is one thing that I can
- 13:12change for the next time I do it? And it doesn't
- 13:14have to be major. It doesn't have to be a huge
- 13:16overhaul, but like, what is one thing that I'm
- 13:18noticing? Like, oh, that light is weird. Or maybe
- 13:20the camera should be over zoomed in zoom, like
- 13:22little things that maybe someone might not really
- 13:25notice, but it is just that slow, steady, at
- 13:28least you're improving. That's what I always
- 13:30think. Yes. I got it right here. And this isn't
- 13:33like, oh my God, promote what I do. It's literally.
- 13:36just came in the mail yesterday. I created a
- 13:38podcast journal for my clients because I wanted
- 13:41them to do that improving. So it has like enough
- 13:43pages in it to plan a year's worth of content,
- 13:45but there's an entire page and it's like the
- 13:47good side of the book to write on of like what
- 13:49went well, what needs to be improved? What are
- 13:52we doing different next time? I'm like, this
- 13:54is every client is getting this book and we are
- 13:56going to fill it out. Yeah. Where can people
- 13:58get that? Cause I want it. It's published on
- 14:00Amazon. I'll get you a link. Yeah. It just went
- 14:02live and I just got the first copies. So congratulations.
- 14:05Thank you. Thank you. I couldn't find anything
- 14:08I wanted, so I made it myself. That's what happens.
- 14:11Truly. Since we have very similar brains, similar
- 14:13businesses, I would love to hear your take on
- 14:16this. I had a client meeting a couple of weeks
- 14:18ago and they are interested in starting a podcast,
- 14:21but their argument is, well, everyone else already
- 14:25has a podcast. Everyone and their mom has a podcast.
- 14:27What's your response to that? Well, you don't
- 14:29have one. Like, yes. I think what I love about
- 14:32podcasting now is there's a low barrier to entry.
- 14:35And I love that because people can be creative
- 14:37and people can get their voices heard. problem
- 14:39is it's a low barrier of entry and so everybody
- 14:42grabs onto them most don't last that long there's
- 14:45a ton of burnout and your perspective isn't out
- 14:48there and there might be something similar but
- 14:50it's not your voice it's like listening to a
- 14:52tape recorder of exactly what i said to them
- 14:54yeah like same thing why do musicians remake
- 14:57other people's songs or do covers of them Exactly.
- 15:00I just thought of that just now. So I'm going
- 15:02to write that down and use that. But yeah, make
- 15:04a note of that one. And figure out then if you
- 15:06think every year is going to be the same, then
- 15:08figure out why you think you do want one or what
- 15:11you can maybe do that is a little bit different
- 15:13than everybody else. Yes, I completely agree
- 15:16with all that. It seems like everyone has a podcast.
- 15:19That's not true. If everyone had a podcast, me
- 15:21and you would never have a free second in our
- 15:22lives because we'd be editing until the wee hours
- 15:25of the morning. Well, it is 4am that we're filming
- 15:28this, everybody. Yeah, this daylight is the sun
- 15:31coming up. Oh, right. Movie magic. But it's like
- 15:35you have a unique story to share. And even if
- 15:37someone like look at all the murder podcasts
- 15:39that are out in the world, there's a lot of them
- 15:41covering the same stories, too. But everyone
- 15:43has a different perspective on it. Yep, exactly.
- 15:46I don't like that argument because also otherwise,
- 15:49why are you even thinking about it? There's a
- 15:50reason you're thinking about doing it. Yes, for
- 15:52sure. So I would love to know what your favorite
- 15:55parts of working with clients are, because I
- 15:58know what mine are and it seems like our businesses
- 16:00are very similar. So I'd love to know, like when
- 16:02someone comes to you and they're. getting the
- 16:04podcast process started, like what are the parts
- 16:06you're most anticipating? I love set design is
- 16:09what I'm falling in love with. Like I build little
- 16:12sections of the room. And I think my favorite
- 16:15story when you started bringing up that question,
- 16:17what popped in my head was I started a podcast
- 16:19for an HR consultant. And she was like, I think
- 16:21I just want it to be audio only. Like I want
- 16:24to just be relaxed. Like it's just a conversation.
- 16:27I don't think I want to like get that deep into
- 16:29it. And so I was like, all right, yeah, audio
- 16:31podcast. Great. And then And she started getting
- 16:34like excited about after a few episodes. And
- 16:36she was like, maybe we should do video just so
- 16:39I have content, like just so we can record it
- 16:41so I can throw it out there. And I was like,
- 16:43yeah, great. And we were doing it remotely as
- 16:45well. And then after a while, she was like, this
- 16:47is really fun. I don't know why everybody doesn't
- 16:49have a podcast. And I was like, well, what do
- 16:52you think about maybe filming it at the studio?
- 16:56And she was like, yeah, we can try it. And she
- 16:59walked in on the first day, like I designed a
- 17:00thing, a set that she didn't really know what
- 17:02it looked like. And I walked in and she was like,
- 17:04oh my God, I feel like I'm Ricky Lake walking
- 17:05onto my set for the first time. And she like
- 17:07the joy in people's faces when it's going well
- 17:11and when they're having fun and it doesn't feel
- 17:13like work, even though it is, it's part of the
- 17:16whole plan. That's what I love about it. Like
- 17:18just the excitement of being around people in
- 17:21person and everybody's just like looking forward
- 17:24to what's coming next. Yeah. That in -person
- 17:26recording, there's truly nothing like it. I have
- 17:29clients kind of scattered across the country,
- 17:31but I work with a lot of them locally in the
- 17:33St. Cloud area in Minnesota. And the ones that
- 17:35I get to like connect with on even a monthly
- 17:37basis to come in and batch content in the studio,
- 17:40like getting to spend that time in person, it's
- 17:43technically work for all of us, but it never
- 17:46feels like work. Like we're just hanging out
- 17:48and having a good time, sharing some laughs,
- 17:50sharing some stories. Like it's genuinely so
- 17:53fun. Yes. I was just talking about this to someone
- 17:56else too. Because we work in such small groups,
- 17:59right? Like it's just me and one other person
- 18:02or maybe their guest to really be careful with
- 18:05who you work with and making sure you all gel
- 18:08and make sure you get along because you are working
- 18:10in close proximity or close quarters to someone.
- 18:13And if you're not getting along, it's... going
- 18:17to show up somehow in that process. And that
- 18:20took me a while to learn too. I don't know about
- 18:21you, but like when I first started, I was like,
- 18:23I'll work with you and I'll work with you because
- 18:25you have $5. And then it was like, my energy
- 18:27was just drained because you're creating art
- 18:30is really what you're doing. And so there's a
- 18:31lot of output and you have to be able to maintain
- 18:34that. Yeah. I learned that lesson when I was
- 18:36a radio DJ, when I was a morning show host back
- 18:39in COVID, our entire radio station cluster kind
- 18:42of got, they hit the shuffle button and they
- 18:44just shoved us wherever we needed to be with
- 18:46the law. loss of staff. And there was a bunch
- 18:48of us that got paired up randomly to like make
- 18:50a morning show. And it just like, we tried to
- 18:52make it work and it just like didn't work because
- 18:54there was nothing organic about it when it's
- 18:57forced like that. It's just hard. And if it doesn't
- 19:00work, it doesn't work. And you do need to know
- 19:01when to take that step back and say, Hey, it's
- 19:04not working. And that's probably going to lead
- 19:05to a hard conversation, but I can guarantee you're
- 19:09going to feel a hell of a lot better after that
- 19:10conversation is had. Yeah. Well, I'm bringing
- 19:12that back to like what works for a person. person's
- 19:15podcast, like that's also like, what does success
- 19:18look like in your podcast? You know, like so
- 19:20many people start, like I did the same thing
- 19:22where I'm refreshing views on YouTube. Do I have
- 19:25five views yet? Like how come millions of people
- 19:27aren't watching today when it went out and really
- 19:30figuring out like what you consider success for
- 19:32your podcast. And then when you reach that, making
- 19:35sure that you're celebrating that because that's
- 19:38important. Yes. You can go like, okay, yes. Stop
- 19:41and recognize it. Yell about it. Shout about
- 19:44it. Tell everybody you know, because it's easy
- 19:46to go, well, I got to do the next thing. I got
- 19:47to go to the next, or how can I get 50 ,000 more
- 19:50views? You know, like you can constantly be running
- 19:54around in circles and constantly be elevating
- 19:58the bar for yourself in this world. As a firstborn
- 20:01Leo oldest daughter, the goalpost is never reached.
- 20:05It's just moved further down the field. It's
- 20:08a sports reference. I don't really understand
- 20:10that. Yeah, exactly. It's so important because
- 20:13sometimes it feels like you're just sitting here
- 20:15by yourself. And oftentimes we are when we're
- 20:17creating this stuff. And then it's like, who
- 20:19is happening? Like, am I really doing this by
- 20:22myself? You know, so yeah. And you're never truly
- 20:25alone. It might feel like you're alone, but you
- 20:27do have that audience. Even if it's a small audience,
- 20:29there's people cheering you on and they'll probably
- 20:31never tell you that they're cheering you on,
- 20:34but they are. They're the ones that are like
- 20:36every week waiting for you. your show to drop
- 20:38on that Tuesday morning. Like they're out there,
- 20:40but you probably are never going to hear from
- 20:42them. And that's unfortunate, but yeah, the people
- 20:45who need it will find it is what I always tell
- 20:47people and myself. Amen to that. Well, this has
- 20:51been such a wonderful conversation. I am so happy
- 20:55to find a kindred spirit, a kindred Midwesterner,
- 20:58even though you're not a Midwesterner anymore.
- 20:59I'm still a Midwesterner. Come on. I lived there
- 21:02for like 30 years. I have to be. I'll wear that
- 21:04proudly. Can't take that cheese out of that Wisconsinite.
- 21:07No. This has been so fun. Okay. So if people
- 21:09want to work with you further, how can you help
- 21:11them? How can they reach out to you? What do
- 21:13you offer to help them on their podcasting journey?
- 21:16Yeah. I have a studio. If you're in the like
- 21:18sharp. Charlotte, North Carolina area and South
- 21:20Carolina. I have a studio. You can come here
- 21:21and hang out and film stuff. I book people on
- 21:23shows. I host a couple of shows. So maybe you
- 21:26want to be a guest on one of mine, but makeyourdayricher
- 21:28.com. You can message me there. Wonderful. Thank
- 21:31you so much for being on my show and taking the
- 21:33time to do this. I appreciate it. And we'll just
- 21:35have to stay in touch about literally everything
- 21:37podcasting. Seriously. This is fun. Thanks.