Welcome to a special Christmas Eve edition of Podcaster Stories. In this episode, I’m taking a look back at some of the amazing stories my guests shared in season two of the show.
Listen with me as my guests tell us about some of the things that changed their lives, and made them the person they are today.
In episode 1, Jennell Riesner and Rachel Bellotti of The True North Collective spoke about why it’s important to get messy when having difficult conversations.
The following week, Jody Hanks and Chris Rash of The Digression Podcast talked of their time in the US air force, and why their show doesn’t shy away from topics like suicide, death, and sexual assault in the armed forces.
Episode 3 saw me chat with Michael Levitt of the Breakfast Leadership Network, and how stress through the Covid pandemic was causing so many issues for people and businesses.
In episode 4, Sarah St John of Frugalpreneur shared how she found her passion when she became an entrepreneur.
In episode 5, Nate Garrison of The EXTRAordinary Podcast offered his advice on why success needs to be measured by the lifestyle you’re able to craft and spend your day, as opposed to just financial success.
Episode 6 saw my good friend Tim Jahn of We’re Only Human explain why our lives are defined by us, and we choose the paths we walk on.
In episode 7, Catherine Praisewater of Your Positive Imprint shared many inspiring and moving stories with us, including death threats to her guests, how a hospital visit changed her life, and why the small things in life are so important.
Finally, in episode 8, Mark-John Clifford had some amazing personal stories to tell, including a prison stint that changed his life for the better, and one that he did for his uncle.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this look back at the first half of season 2. Podcaster Stories will be back in the New Year with more amazing guests and stories, so don’t forget to subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and more – or hop on over to Podcaster Stories where you can sign up for the free newsletter.
Until the next time, have a wonderful holiday season and I hope it’s a safe and happy one.
Contact me: danny@podcasterstories.com
My equipment:
- Samson Q2U Mic
- Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen Audio Interface
- TRITON AUDIO Fethead In-Line Microphone Preamp
- Denon DJ HP-1100 Over Ear Headphones
- RockJam MS050 Adjustable Mic Suspension Boom
- Dragonpad Pop Filter
Recommended resources:
Transcript
Danny (0s):
Hi, and welcome to a special Christmas Eve edition of Podcaster Stories. In this episode, I’m taking a look back at some of the amazing stories my guests shared in season two of the show. Listen with me as my guests, tell us about some of the things that changed their lives and made them the person they are today. In episode one, Jenell Riesner and Rachel Bellotti of the True North Collective podcast spoke about why it’s important to get messy when having difficult conversations.
Jenell (26s):
In my own journey. For example, we just launched a mini series called Amplify, and we’re speaking with people basically about race/racism, being in a system that doesn’t allow you to be authentically you or celebrate you. And I know that’s something, you know, Rachel had this beautiful brain child have an idea and we set it up and I’ve been so grateful because those are the types of conversations that I have passion for, but I’m so scared to be a part of, because I feel like I don’t, I don’t know what to say. I don’t know the right thing to say. And I think the podcast has been a platform, whether it be on that topic or other topics where we’ve really pushed ourselves.
Jenell (1m 11s):
And I know I’d been pushed, but in a space that does feel safe where I’m publicly saying like, Hey, I don’t know the answer here. I’m gonna get it wrong and I’m going to be a messy and can we all be okay with that?
Danny (1m 28s):
The following week, Jody Hanks and Chris Rash of The Digression, Podcast talked of their time in the US Air Force and why their show doesn’t shy away from topics like suicide, death, and sexual assault in the armed forces.
Chris (1m 40s):
You know, those kind of things, we would deal with, you know, you know, we had our problems with substance abuse. We’ve had our problems with suicides. You know, the whole spectrum of the human condition is what we had to deal with day in and day out. So as much as we want to have fun on the podcast, we take what we, you know, experiences we had in the air force and we examined some of the things that are going on in the military today, and, you know, they were very, very serious subjects. We, you know, we, we know that we’ve talked to also in that episode about the sexual assault scandal in San Antonio, Texas for the air force, with the military training instructors. And, you know, that was, you know, those were kind of, those are the issues that a chief and a first Sergeant would have to work every day, every day. So we just incorporate that into our podcast because you know, a lot of our listeners relate to it, to, you know, you know, having to deal with the chief in the shirt, you know, in some way, shape or form.
Danny (2m 31s):
Episode 3 saw me chat with Michael Levitt of the Breakfast Leadership network, and how stress through the COVID pandemic, was causing so many issues for people and businesses.
Michael (2m 40s):
I think a lot of it boils down to we as humans don’t have proper boundaries and how we live and the boundaries of what we consume, not just food, but the information that we consume. Yeah, right now is a stressful time. And if we’re watching the news several hours a day we’re consuming a lot of negative information and that stresses people out. It concerns us as governments opened things up and then closed things back down again, that’s stressful for many people because they’re worried they have fear that they can lose their job. There could be an income drop in their household. They won’t be able to do the things that they like doing with the holidays coming up.
Michael (3m 23s):
There’s a lot of concern of will I be able to go home for Christmas or see loved ones for the holidays or whatever holiday you observe. It’s really, really problematic. And you know, that stress builds up.
Danny (3m 38s):
In episode 4, Sarah St John of the Frugalpreneur podcast shared how she found her passion when she became an entrepreneur.
Sarah (3m 45s):
I don’t know if it’s like a gene or in your DNA or I feel like it’s something that you must be born with. Because even when I was a kid, I would gather up like free candy and pencils and things like that and then sell them to my friends. But I didn’t actually start a business until 2008 was my first business. And it was actually a photography business. But after a few years I decided I wanted to switch to online business just because the overhead was getting so expensive with photography, with maintenance and upkeep of the equipment and stuff. And, and so it was, I think once I start online businesses that I really realized that that’s the path that I want to go.
Danny (4m 30s):
In episode 5, Nate Garrison of The EXTRAordinary Podcast offered his advice on why success needs to be measured by the lifestyle you’re able to craft and spend your day as opposed to just financial success.
Nate (4m 41s):
You know, it’s really not so much about the, the money. The success success is very important because I think success leaves characteristics and traits that are very important. But when it’s so tied up into money into the financial side of it, then there’s these other things that get neglected. These are the things that get removed. And when you can, when you can realize your success based on the lifestyle that you’re able to craft, when you’re able to value success on how you spend your day. Okay, well now we’re on to something that we can kind of say, okay, well let’s craft the lifestyle that allows me to have the day that I want to have.
Danny (5m 22s):
Episode 6 saw my good friend Tim Jahn of We’re Only Human explain why our lives were defined by us and we choose the paths we walk on.
Tim (5m 30s):
The biggest thing for me personally has been this idea. And this is why I keep going is every conversation as a reminder and inspiration of this idea that we can define our own lives like this isn’t something I don’t know if you’ve figured this out or not or anyone listening has, I did not figure this out, that like I am the one who can define my life. I think for a long time, I was just kind of asleep at the wheel and you know, sort of going through motions that, you know, whether someone else decided this was a good path for me or I believe this was a good path for me or you know, it was recommended or whatever. But you know this idea now that what I do for a living, what I do with my time every day and what I want to do next year, like this is all going to happen based on the intention, I put forth.
Danny (6m 19s):
In episode 7 Catherine Praisewater of Your Positive Imprint shared many inspiring and moving stories with us, including death threats to her guests, how a hospital visit changed her life forever, and why the small things in life are so important.
Catherine (6m 31s):
And so when I came back to the United States, I was, I was teaching, I told the students this story and I said, do you know when you go to the grocery store, simple things like putting the cart in its spot makes a difference for people who work at the store. Don’t don’t put that cart in the middle of the parking lot. I mean, that’s just such a little simple thing for little children to know, but tell your parents work with your parents because this woman has lived through hell.
Danny (7m 4s):
Finally, in episode 8, Mark-John Clifford of ADHD: It’s All Mishegoss had some amazing personal stories to tell, including a prison stint that changed his life for the better, and one that he did for his uncle.
Mark (7m 16s):
They were offering him five years. And my lawyer said, you know, if you want, we can work this out. You could take his place. So what I did is I confessed to doing a lot of things which I had done. And the agreement was that I would get five years and take my uncle’s place and they would come after me. Well, they decided that five years wasn’t enough. The judge made a decision that there was more to me than met the eye. Everything she thought and read about from the FBI was true.
Danny (7m 44s):
I hope you’ve enjoyed this look back at the first half of season two. Podcaster Stories will be back in the New Year with more amazing guests and stories. So don’t forget to subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts, Amazon Music and more, or hop on over to the PodcasterStories.com where you can sign up for the free newsletter. Until the next time, have a wonderful holiday season and I hope it’s a safe and happy one.
