Tuesday, November 25, 2025

A new focus for my podcast. Hang on tight...

 The following is a transcript of my podcast episode PILOT for the new direction that my podcast is taking. This could be fun. Or not. Either way is fine with me. Did I correct the grammar from the AI transcript? No.

If you want to listen to the podcast itself, click here.

Is this recording? Yep. Okay. All right.

So hey, here I am sat in my shed Frustrated, frustrated, frustrated because I can't seem to get this expensive Rode Micro Wireless microphone thing to work and I really want it to work because I wanted to simultaneously record voice on one device and voice and video on another device so that I could have video along with this so that I could have video because I'm trying to lean into this and It's super frustrating. So That having been said welcome Welcome to and this is pretty much how things are gonna go, right? If you know me, you know me and this is pretty much how things go because I plan or I plan and then I Sometimes execute and sometimes don't and sometimes test things before I jump in and sometimes don't and this is a case where I thought I had tested things before I jumped and Apparently not or at least not to the satisfaction That I or the level that I needed to have in order to make this work, but enough about the rambling even though sometimes some of the things that I've read about Podcasts production and things like that say that you should talk for a couple of minutes At the beginning of your podcast to get your voice warmed up So that when you get to the topic your voice is warmed up. So a minute and a half plus in hey welcome to a pilot episode for this new podcast Idea That I've had and I'm gonna move forward with it and we'll see what happens Do I expect anything grandiose to come with this? Nah, am I gonna change lives? Probably not Um, is anything monumental gonna come out of this? No, but it'll give me something to do, right? So my podcast I have a title for my podcast and it is moments that last so welcome to moments that last Where we're going to explore moments that shape us from stories captured through my camera lens Uh through um Vermont folklore and history which we've kind of touched on already Uh, and then two other two other topics that uh are meaningful to me is of course.

Um My work as a hospice nurse and as a nurse in general, but specifically over the past six years as a hospice nurse um and um What I talk about, you know I'll share some experiences and talk about some things from that Uh, and then another thing that's that's kind of near and dear to me And this is the one that I'm kind of on the fence about but we'll see how things evolve Uh are Japanese traditions and foods Um, I really like a lot of the Japanese traditions. I like a lot of their food Uh, I think some of it can tie into how we live our lives now so That one I'm kind of on the fence about and that one may be a Flexible category if that makes sense, but I'm definitely going to be talking about photos that I've taken talking about Pictures and my experiences as a photographer and maybe even being able to offer some tips along the way Vermont folklore Uh and in history, I mean there's so much around here that I that I think just goes unnoticed or maybe at least unnoticed by me So if I'm not noticing it then My assumption is that other people aren't noticing you either and so why not bring those things to light? uh so The way I'm going to structure Or at least the idea of the way I'm going to structure this podcast going forward starting next week Is that each month is going to have a theme? and Within that theme each week will have a theme. So for example the first week of And I want to say first week of the month, but the way I mapped it out um and the way things fall It was going to be like the first week of the month was going to be for example stories about stories About photography pictures that I've taken some background behind some of them And then the second week was going to be We'll call it Japanese culture food and other interests Uh third week was going to be hospice related anecdotes insights and lessons learned And the fourth week was going to be about Vermont folklore history and interesting tidbits from around upper valley and as I was mapping it out for the next like three or four months or something like that because I I'm going to try to stick with the schedule and plans And things like that and kind of treat this whole Hobby, if you will more like a part-time job so that I'm scheduled to do things uh As I was mapping it out it was Fairly soon.

It was that the first week of the month really wasn't like uh stories about photography It was like the last week of the month ended up being that and then the first week of the month was the second So it just kind of rolls. So it's just going to be in a four-week cycle Like I said first week It's going to rotate between stories about photography stuff about Japan Japanese culture Foods those kinds of things other interests that I have Third week is going to be hospice related anecdotes insights lessons learned I'm, not going to say anybody's name And I will try to keep things as vague as possible because here in the upper valley A lot of people know a lot of people And I don't want to oops. Wow, that's gonna sound awful Uh, and I don't want to infringe on anybody's privacy um and Uh, then the last one is going to be about vermont stuff and upper valley stuff So it's going to be a rotating basis.

And then like I also said Monthly, i'm going to have themes. So the december theme is going to be family Uh, january is going to be beginnings and i'm not going to talk about. Um I'm not going to talk about new year's resolutions because So it's going to be about beginnings, right? Why not? Uh february it looks like I have on my calendar it's going to be a talk about love actually and I don't know maybe Because it's february, uh, but I might not I don't know and march is to be determined It's way too far in the future for me to talk about My goal and i'm going to put this out there.

My goal is to have a new episode released every tuesday morning Um, and it's funny because as I was mapping this out I had on my calendar for yesterday That I was going to record this, uh so that I could have it scheduled to post Today because as we as we sit here as I sit here in my shed um Today is tuesday. And so it was supposed to post and already be in people's inboxes or People's um, anyway, it was gonna be posted By tuesday morning and I already blew, uh That whooshing sound that I heard yesterday evening was my deadline passing me by um So i'm already behind schedule. So i'm going to try to have the goal is to have new episodes released every tuesday and um as people listen and comment and Have interest or not Please let me know if it's something that you want if there's something out there that you want to discuss or let's say it's a hospice Related question because a lot of people have questions about hospice uh Feel free to to send me those questions and maybe I can address them on a on a future episode Uh, keep in mind though if it's things about hospice, I cannot Uh talk specifically to situations that you may be going through And any advice is just general um So yeah, that's it.

And i've also got a um, so my my title, uh Of the podcast is moments that last so big zig podcast moments that last or big zig Moments that last with big zig or I don't know. We'll figure that part out. Uh, and then my catchphrase, uh, which is kind of my my, uh overall, um Theme, uh is uh, stay rooted stay connected and stay focused.

So Haha, this is scream so much cheese. It's funny. Uh, I got a whole charcuterie bar of cheese.

It's so cheesy um, anyway, so thanks for thanks for hanging out with me for um, For I don't know how long it's been 10 15 minutes or so, uh, and my ramblings, uh, but welcome to the Thank you for tuning in, uh to the pilot episode of moments that laugh And until next time, uh, stay rooted stay focused. No, no Oh my god, stay rooted stay connected and stay focused Appreciate you guys. Bye

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