1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,880 Hey, everybody, this is your host, Jeff. I've got just one question for 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:04,160 you. 3 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,080 The only live news podcast about 4 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,480 podcasting from the space. 5 00:00:36,460 --> 00:00:39,100 The only live news podcast about 6 00:00:39,420 --> 00:00:41,820 podcasting from the stage. 7 00:00:47,340 --> 00:00:51,140 The only live news podcast about podcasting from the 8 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:54,220 stage. Very meta. And I've got a very special guest, 9 00:00:54,540 --> 00:00:58,310 Rachel Minion, joining me today. Rachel, welcome to the show. Thank you 10 00:00:58,310 --> 00:01:02,110 so much for having me. This is awesome. Well, thank you. It's a 11 00:01:02,110 --> 00:01:05,030 one man show and I feel like I'm over producing it at this point. 12 00:01:08,070 --> 00:01:11,750 This is Coffee with Poduty in the news. We started this show as a way 13 00:01:11,750 --> 00:01:15,350 to celebrate and showcase our live podcast theater here. But 14 00:01:15,590 --> 00:01:18,230 during the week, a lot of us work jobs, a lot of us are doing 15 00:01:18,230 --> 00:01:22,030 interviews. So we thought, hey, Saturday morning, let's slow it down a bit, let's have 16 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:25,750 some coffee, let's talk about what's going on in live podcasting news 17 00:01:26,060 --> 00:01:29,860 and let's have incredible guests like Rachel come on and share the 18 00:01:29,860 --> 00:01:33,460 news with us. Tell our story, Tell her story. And that's kind of one of 19 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:36,700 the things we want to do early on here. Let's do a quick introduction. Rachel, 20 00:01:36,780 --> 00:01:40,620 where are you calling in from? I'm calling in from a tiny little 21 00:01:40,620 --> 00:01:43,900 town. It's a 700 person town in the middle of Florida called 22 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:47,340 Walaka. Walaka. We got one 23 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:51,020 stoplight here. A true one stop light 24 00:01:51,020 --> 00:01:54,060 town. Almost like one of our. The first guests we ever had on here is 25 00:01:54,060 --> 00:01:57,730 Maria Daniels. Very same situation, the 26 00:01:57,730 --> 00:02:01,570 middle of Ohio. I think they just got their first stoplight and they'd 27 00:02:01,570 --> 00:02:05,290 have a coffee shop right on the corner, so it's perfectly placed. Well, 28 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:08,970 we are right on the St. Johns River. And the best part about this 29 00:02:08,970 --> 00:02:12,810 is there's so many different things to do on the river and restaurants 30 00:02:12,810 --> 00:02:16,650 and bars and live music. This is the ultimate place. Awesome. Well, tell us 31 00:02:16,650 --> 00:02:20,410 a little bit about what you do down in Florida. So 32 00:02:20,410 --> 00:02:24,130 I run Rockstar Moon, which is a rev ops organization 33 00:02:24,130 --> 00:02:27,900 that helps consultants go kick some butt. Let's get the foundation 34 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:31,660 in place so that they can go soar and do what they do best and 35 00:02:31,660 --> 00:02:35,340 get them out of the day to day admin. But get systems running that really 36 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:38,500 help them scale so they don't need to add additional people to their team. 37 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:42,340 It's all about efficiency. I love it. Getting those right 38 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:46,100 strategies in place. You know, every business is different, right? You, you might have 39 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:49,940 different people in different places, different positions, and sometimes it's like a 40 00:02:49,940 --> 00:02:53,770 big jigsaw puzzle. How do you put it all together? Well, I think the cool 41 00:02:53,770 --> 00:02:57,370 Part is we have AI now and we have so many different 42 00:02:57,370 --> 00:03:01,210 automations and so many things that could just be an engine for you 43 00:03:01,210 --> 00:03:05,010 if you knew how to put it in place. I lost one of my key 44 00:03:05,010 --> 00:03:08,770 employees in June and believe it or not, my husband challenged me. He said, 45 00:03:09,650 --> 00:03:13,410 instead of trying to hire somebody who has all of this company knowledge all of 46 00:03:13,410 --> 00:03:17,170 a sudden and can go make things happen for the company, what happens 47 00:03:17,170 --> 00:03:19,910 if we just try to automate 80% of her? 48 00:03:21,190 --> 00:03:24,990 And after 21 days of a very, 49 00:03:24,990 --> 00:03:28,150 very long, long, no day off experience, 50 00:03:29,030 --> 00:03:32,870 she was almost fully automated. And we're running 51 00:03:32,870 --> 00:03:36,510 faster and better than ever. So if I can do that in my business in 52 00:03:36,510 --> 00:03:39,430 21 days, what can we do for your business? 53 00:03:40,230 --> 00:03:43,150 Awesome. And if people want to reach out and connect with you, what's the website 54 00:03:43,150 --> 00:03:46,210 or best way to do that? Rachelminion.com 55 00:03:46,850 --> 00:03:49,890 well, that's easy. Super easy. You know, like 56 00:03:50,610 --> 00:03:52,450 I'm like one of those little yellow people. 57 00:03:54,930 --> 00:03:58,610 I was gonna ask you. I didn't want to do that joke because I figured 58 00:03:58,690 --> 00:04:02,490 you get that everywhere you go. Well, there's no way that I 59 00:04:02,490 --> 00:04:06,050 ever would have changed my last name to my husband if that 60 00:04:06,050 --> 00:04:09,330 movie wasn't out. Well, Rachel, we have some 61 00:04:09,330 --> 00:04:12,810 incredible stories today. We have Anderson Cooper, Rapid 62 00:04:12,810 --> 00:04:16,310 Response, Going with the Grain, and Broadway 63 00:04:16,310 --> 00:04:19,270 Takeover. Are you ready to start? 64 00:04:19,990 --> 00:04:23,750 I am. Let's make it happen. Let's go to that first 65 00:04:23,750 --> 00:04:27,390 story. We've got crisis mode. How to win back trust 66 00:04:27,390 --> 00:04:31,150 without burning the brand. This might be a great topic for you to jump 67 00:04:31,150 --> 00:04:34,830 in on. This comes to us from fast company. When your company's 68 00:04:34,830 --> 00:04:38,390 reputation is in ashes, do you rebuild or start 69 00:04:38,390 --> 00:04:41,830 fresh? At the 2025 Masters of Scale Summit, 70 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:45,830 rapid response host Bob Safian sat down with two leaders 71 00:04:45,830 --> 00:04:49,550 who walked straight into chaos. Karla Vernon of the 72 00:04:49,550 --> 00:04:53,230 Honest Company and Jessica Berman of the National Women's 73 00:04:53,230 --> 00:04:57,030 Soccer League, both inherited organizations shaken by scandal 74 00:04:57,030 --> 00:05:00,830 and learned that trust isn't restored with slogans. It's rebuilt 75 00:05:00,830 --> 00:05:04,630 through vulnerability. Focus and showing up with real humanity. 76 00:05:05,450 --> 00:05:08,970 From union negotiations to cartoon inspired empathy lessons, 77 00:05:09,850 --> 00:05:13,370 their playbooks for transformation prove that transparency and 78 00:05:13,370 --> 00:05:16,970 emotional intelligence might be the most underrated 79 00:05:16,970 --> 00:05:20,809 business tools of all. And this was the Masters of 80 00:05:20,809 --> 00:05:24,090 Scale Summit. And the podcast that we're going to be talking about is the rapid 81 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:27,930 response. And one of the focuses of this podcast is to 82 00:05:28,090 --> 00:05:31,690 look at why you would put on an event like this. Why would you bring 83 00:05:31,770 --> 00:05:35,580 business owners into a. Into an event like this? One 84 00:05:35,580 --> 00:05:38,820 is the connections. Right here we have business owners 85 00:05:39,140 --> 00:05:42,820 two and telling they have two great stories about crisis management. 86 00:05:43,220 --> 00:05:46,820 And what better way to share that in real time than with an 87 00:05:46,820 --> 00:05:50,500 audience full of people who are not only love 88 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:53,940 this podcast rapid response, but probably running their own business, 89 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:57,860 probably looking for their own advice for their own 90 00:05:57,860 --> 00:06:01,360 situations. What did you see or take away from this story, 91 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,200 Rachel? Well, what's interesting to me is 92 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:09,440 I came from Ticketmaster. I think Ticketmaster 93 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,920 is the most hated company 94 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,840 because they're doing this incredible thing of connecting 95 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:21,120 you with live music, but there is no transparency. 96 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:25,640 And they're been working really hard over the years to be able 97 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,480 to restore that transparency, but 98 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,520 I don't think that they've done enough. And for a live event company, 99 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,960 there hasn't been a live event on the transparency and 100 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,440 ticketing or having any type of vulnerability or 101 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,840 sure, there's blog posts about where ticket fees come 102 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:49,160 from, but let's look at our 103 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,160 demographics. Who's going to read a blog post 104 00:06:52,910 --> 00:06:56,670 and who's going to believe it? Because it's pumped out by company PR versus 105 00:06:56,670 --> 00:06:59,990 the alternative of putting somebody up on stage and having that 106 00:06:59,990 --> 00:07:03,070 conversation because it should be one of the most 107 00:07:03,310 --> 00:07:06,990 loved entities in the world. Yeah, 108 00:07:07,150 --> 00:07:10,790 Ticketmaster seems to keep trying to be a better company, 109 00:07:10,790 --> 00:07:14,430 but then acquires another silo of entertainment, 110 00:07:14,590 --> 00:07:18,070 then takes over all the event spaces that the large 111 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:21,790 acts can travel to. Then they contract the large acts. So. 112 00:07:22,380 --> 00:07:25,900 Well, that's the Live Nation side. The Ticketmaster side is 113 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,180 under the umbrella of Live Nation. Right. And 114 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:33,660 as an employee, it's awesome. My first 115 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:37,220 year at Ticketmaster, I went to go see 275 different 116 00:07:37,220 --> 00:07:40,980 artists. It's access that we all want and we 117 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:44,660 all crave to those idols that we have, whether 118 00:07:44,660 --> 00:07:48,060 it's WWE or NASCAR or 119 00:07:48,060 --> 00:07:51,790 NFL or some amazing band 120 00:07:51,790 --> 00:07:55,590 that you've been dying to see. It doesn't matter. We just 121 00:07:55,590 --> 00:07:59,110 all want that access. And that's what the company, in the end provides. 122 00:07:59,830 --> 00:08:02,870 And how they get it to us 123 00:08:03,510 --> 00:08:07,270 is the most muddled thing. And there's no consumer that will ever 124 00:08:07,270 --> 00:08:10,590 understand it. And this is, this is one of those examples for this event in 125 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:14,270 particular, that transparency, how important that is. And events like 126 00:08:14,270 --> 00:08:17,990 this can show a human side to your organization, to your 127 00:08:17,990 --> 00:08:21,710 business. You can show the audience, hey, look, we're trying here. 128 00:08:21,950 --> 00:08:25,510 We're people, we're trying to do the best we can. Sometimes we make 129 00:08:25,510 --> 00:08:29,230 mistakes, sometimes we get it right. But here's what we're doing, and here's what 130 00:08:29,230 --> 00:08:32,910 we're doing to work toward to a better future, a better tomorrow. 131 00:08:33,230 --> 00:08:36,270 And I think fans will really appreciate that transparency. 132 00:08:37,230 --> 00:08:40,590 There was a day I was in the office and I was sitting across 133 00:08:41,070 --> 00:08:44,770 in Chicago from the war room. And this 134 00:08:44,770 --> 00:08:48,170 is the day Hamilton went on sale. Okay. 135 00:08:48,890 --> 00:08:51,930 The level of stress in the office, you know when you can walk in and 136 00:08:51,930 --> 00:08:54,690 all of a sudden you feel like, oh, my God, I think I might be 137 00:08:54,690 --> 00:08:58,330 having a heart attack. I'm not sure what's happening. Like, it's. Everyone is that 138 00:08:58,330 --> 00:09:02,170 tense. So I go to my office, 139 00:09:02,170 --> 00:09:05,850 which has glass on it, so I can go see into the war 140 00:09:05,850 --> 00:09:08,970 room. And I am watching this in real time and I'm thinking to myself, 141 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:13,260 wouldn't it be so cool right now if I had a camera and 142 00:09:13,260 --> 00:09:17,100 I'm filming this so we can watch bot takedowns? Because the 143 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:20,660 bots had scooped up so many of the tickets in the beginning, and then there 144 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:24,300 was so much fraud. And then they're re releasing and they're validating. Right. 145 00:09:25,019 --> 00:09:28,700 All in real time. And had anyone seen that, 146 00:09:29,580 --> 00:09:33,020 the level of comments and nonsense on socials 147 00:09:33,260 --> 00:09:36,990 would have ended. Yeah, it's a never ending 148 00:09:36,990 --> 00:09:40,390 war trying to battle these bots and the ticketing system. 149 00:09:42,230 --> 00:09:45,990 I wouldn't ever sleep at night if I had to be in charge. But I 150 00:09:45,990 --> 00:09:49,030 think that's where the vulnerability could come in. Especially when 151 00:09:49,670 --> 00:09:52,710 we're looking at. Look at all these people who are behind the scenes trying to 152 00:09:52,710 --> 00:09:56,550 make sure that you can get access to go see your favorite things. And 153 00:09:57,110 --> 00:10:00,830 we don't ever show that. Had the team shown any part of 154 00:10:00,830 --> 00:10:03,670 that and how hard they're working and that they're trying to do the right thing 155 00:10:03,670 --> 00:10:07,350 by fans, and it would have changed the whole narrative. Awesome. 156 00:10:07,350 --> 00:10:11,150 Let's go to our second story. We're 157 00:10:11,150 --> 00:10:14,830 going to an industry where you might not think a podcast 158 00:10:14,910 --> 00:10:18,350 would be a place to host one or to have an event. 159 00:10:18,830 --> 00:10:22,350 And this one's called off the Wall. When Podcasts build Community 160 00:10:22,910 --> 00:10:26,710 brick by brick, this comes to us from the Fine Home building channel on 161 00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:30,510 YouTube. At the 2025 Fine Home Building Summit, the 162 00:10:30,510 --> 00:10:34,140 FHB podcast took the stage for a live episode 163 00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:37,700 that quite literally broke down the walls of houses 164 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:41,020 and of podcasting. Hosted by Senior Editor 165 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:44,540 Patrick McComb and a panel of industry pros, the show 166 00:10:44,540 --> 00:10:48,140 invited builders, engineers, and energy experts to share 167 00:10:48,140 --> 00:10:51,620 questions straight from the audience about the future of wall 168 00:10:51,620 --> 00:10:55,420 assemblies, air quality tools, and explaining mechanicals 169 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:59,010 to clients. Sponsored by Koop Koopman 170 00:10:59,010 --> 00:11:02,730 Lumber, this live session turned a niche trade conversation 171 00:11:02,730 --> 00:11:06,570 into a master class in audience participation, showing 172 00:11:06,570 --> 00:11:10,290 that when you put your podcast in front of people who 173 00:11:10,290 --> 00:11:13,970 live your content every day, the dialogue gets a whole 174 00:11:13,970 --> 00:11:16,930 lot smarter. Do you want to take this one first, Rachel? 175 00:11:18,050 --> 00:11:21,890 I think one of the coolest things is once we become a 176 00:11:21,890 --> 00:11:24,850 fan of content, we just want to know more. 177 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,360 We want to know, okay, what does it take to make this happen? 178 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,200 How does this next segment go together? 179 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,040 How, if I'm thinking about this, what's the right way? And while we see 180 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,680 in pieces of content the high levels and some get a little bit 181 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:44,480 deeper, we all have those questions when we are a fan of 182 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:48,280 the content, and that keeps us even more engaged because we want to keep 183 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,930 turning in. But once you turn it into something interactive, where 184 00:11:51,930 --> 00:11:54,810 now I get to ask the thing that's been bothering me for the last three 185 00:11:54,810 --> 00:11:57,770 months, since I've been following you, it changes the game. 186 00:11:59,450 --> 00:12:03,050 Yeah. And a construction conference, you wouldn't expect to see 187 00:12:03,130 --> 00:12:06,770 a podcast pop up. And if you're attending that conference 188 00:12:06,770 --> 00:12:10,610 or if it was a home show, you're invested. 189 00:12:10,610 --> 00:12:14,290 You may be a contractor, you may work in contracting, you may have 190 00:12:14,290 --> 00:12:17,690 some sort of role in putting houses together. But now you're at this event, 191 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:21,980 and here's a panel of people who are experts in your industry 192 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:26,500 giving you the ins and out and what's coming. What's down the road. Are there 193 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:29,820 new laws changing, new zoning requirements? And 194 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:34,060 what a great way to stay updated and be current and 195 00:12:34,060 --> 00:12:37,660 relevant in your industry. It creates fans for life. 196 00:12:37,820 --> 00:12:41,500 And I think that's the biggest piece is once you get 197 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:45,180 involved with a podcast that's live, you become 198 00:12:45,420 --> 00:12:49,250 part of it. If you're there and there's some energy 199 00:12:49,330 --> 00:12:53,170 about being live in a live event with all the other people 200 00:12:53,170 --> 00:12:56,930 around who have just as much passion as you do, it takes it to a 201 00:12:56,930 --> 00:13:00,450 whole new level. Yeah. That immersion. One of the things 202 00:13:00,770 --> 00:13:04,370 we say is when you listen to a podcast, maybe in your morning commute or 203 00:13:04,530 --> 00:13:08,330 just passively in the background, you really feel like you're in the room 204 00:13:08,330 --> 00:13:11,650 with those hosts. Now, here's an opportunity at this 205 00:13:11,650 --> 00:13:15,480 FHB summit to be actually in the room. And like 206 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,120 you're saying, Rachel, when you see somebody in real time, 207 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,920 you know how they react, how they think about the questions, how they, you 208 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,680 know, interact with the audience. You can't get that from just listening to 209 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:30,440 this podcast in your earbuds. It's a whole new experience on 210 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,240 a whole nother level to really immerse yourself in 211 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,040 contracting. And then these five guys, they probably feel like your 212 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,280 buddies. Now. You might have a beer after or go get a burger. You feel 213 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,930 like you could be best friends with them. And there's 214 00:13:44,930 --> 00:13:48,410 something going from just the guy that's talking in my ear 215 00:13:49,130 --> 00:13:51,930 to having a shared moment together. 216 00:13:52,890 --> 00:13:56,650 And that makes them feel even more human 217 00:13:57,290 --> 00:14:01,050 than anything else that we could do. Right. If you walked into them in 218 00:14:01,050 --> 00:14:04,770 a coffee shop, you may fangirl a little bit and say, oh, look who it 219 00:14:04,770 --> 00:14:08,530 is. But having this experience where you're all in the same room, you're talking the 220 00:14:08,530 --> 00:14:12,370 same things, we're all doing this together, that energy there, 221 00:14:12,370 --> 00:14:16,090 it just changes the game. Yeah, I love it. I 222 00:14:16,090 --> 00:14:19,810 am so bullish on real time, in person events. This 223 00:14:19,810 --> 00:14:22,770 is a great way. And this was in an industry that I didn't expect that 224 00:14:22,770 --> 00:14:26,570 was going to be doing podcasting. So really wanted to showcase it here this morning 225 00:14:26,970 --> 00:14:30,730 on Piduti in the news. Let's 226 00:14:30,730 --> 00:14:34,570 go to story number three. I translated this one, so apologies 227 00:14:34,570 --> 00:14:38,280 to anybody in Germany. The first Hamburg podcast night 228 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,800 turning local voices into a live stage 229 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,520 revolution. This comes to us from pop 64 in Hamburg, 230 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,240 Germany. Podcasting just went live. Literally the first 231 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,920 ever Hamburg podcast night packed the historic Hansa 232 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,680 Theater with five local shows, each performing in front of an eager 233 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,400 crowd of first time listeners. From comedy to local 234 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,160 politics to football, the night turned passive podcast fans 235 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,800 into an active community. Some hosts brought guests, others 236 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,000 served food. One even grilled the city's education 237 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,640 senator live on stage. It was a reminder that 238 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,360 podcasting doesn't just belong in studios, it belongs in theaters, 239 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:22,040 cafes, and communities ready to laugh, learn and 240 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,560 connect in real time. And I mean, this is my mantra, 241 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:29,250 basically. I love this event and to see 242 00:15:30,210 --> 00:15:34,050 a bill with five events on it, five entertainers on it, 243 00:15:34,290 --> 00:15:37,930 this is where I see the future of podcasts going. When we talk 244 00:15:37,930 --> 00:15:41,490 about like in the 80s, I'm a, I'm a, I'm A child of the 80s. 245 00:15:42,210 --> 00:15:45,970 There were these things called the Monsters of Rock tour, and 246 00:15:45,970 --> 00:15:49,570 then we had Lollapalooza and the Lilith Fair and the 247 00:15:49,570 --> 00:15:53,250 Vans Warp Tour. And as like a band would go and 248 00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:56,780 they'd fill an arena, they realized I can't just be the only person on the 249 00:15:56,780 --> 00:15:59,420 ticket. If I want to sell more tickets. I got to have an opening act, 250 00:15:59,660 --> 00:16:03,300 I got to have a local act. And so as concerts 251 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:06,620 grew through the 80s, they started to add more and more people to the show 252 00:16:06,620 --> 00:16:09,820 to sell more and more tickets. And right now we're doing a live show. It's 253 00:16:09,820 --> 00:16:13,140 just Rachel and I and it's just two of us. But if we had a 254 00:16:13,140 --> 00:16:16,980 night put together and we had two or three podcasts on 255 00:16:16,980 --> 00:16:20,740 there, that might be something on there that somebody might want to come see. 256 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:24,590 Just like, people wanted to go see these touring heavy metal bands in 257 00:16:24,590 --> 00:16:28,430 the 80s, and I love that they're already thinking about that. There was five 258 00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:32,190 different types of podcasts to really bring in a wide 259 00:16:32,190 --> 00:16:35,870 array of people, local people to come in and watch these podcasts. 260 00:16:36,030 --> 00:16:39,710 I thought it was just a great way to bring the community together. You know 261 00:16:39,870 --> 00:16:43,310 what's interesting? I love that you compare it to the festivals, because 262 00:16:45,390 --> 00:16:49,070 growing up in the world of music, it's my favorite 263 00:16:49,070 --> 00:16:52,630 thing. My walls are covered in guitars. There's no question I am a girl who 264 00:16:52,630 --> 00:16:56,270 is a f. But I will tell you, I found 265 00:16:56,270 --> 00:17:00,110 all of my favorite bands by being the opening act 266 00:17:01,230 --> 00:17:04,990 to a band I really wanted to see. So, for example, 267 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:08,590 Jimmy's Chicken Shack came out and they opened for Violent 268 00:17:08,590 --> 00:17:12,390 Femmes. I really want to see Violent Femmes. I think I'm 14 or 269 00:17:12,390 --> 00:17:16,190 15. And so we bought the tickets and we go. And 270 00:17:16,830 --> 00:17:20,590 we didn't stop talking about Jimmy's Chicken Shack for three years after 271 00:17:20,590 --> 00:17:24,330 that. There's a level of awareness that you get because, you know, you 272 00:17:24,330 --> 00:17:27,810 want to go see this that you're already aware of, but you're not going to 273 00:17:27,810 --> 00:17:31,450 have enough time, effort, and energy to go find all the other podcasts and things 274 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:34,930 that you should be listening to. I'll give you another example. 275 00:17:35,650 --> 00:17:39,290 We bought tickets to go see Guns N Roses in Chicago when we were 276 00:17:39,290 --> 00:17:43,010 living there, and it was their first tour back. We were really excited. 277 00:17:43,090 --> 00:17:46,770 They didn't even announce who was opening. We get 278 00:17:46,770 --> 00:17:50,250 there early because I want to see the openers and it's 279 00:17:50,250 --> 00:17:53,810 Alice in Chains. I didn't even know that they were 280 00:17:53,810 --> 00:17:57,290 back. And we are very involved in the music space. 281 00:17:58,090 --> 00:18:01,050 So if I didn't know that and, you know, 282 00:18:01,930 --> 00:18:05,449 then how else was I going to find out that they existed? And so I 283 00:18:05,449 --> 00:18:09,250 went to go see the next few tour stops that they had just of Alice 284 00:18:09,250 --> 00:18:12,530 in Chains, which is so cool. And I never would have been able to do 285 00:18:12,530 --> 00:18:16,130 that otherwise. Just a little opening act. 286 00:18:16,130 --> 00:18:19,630 Not. Not one of the biggest acts of the 90s. We're not even going to 287 00:18:19,630 --> 00:18:23,430 mention it. They didn't mention it on the ticket. I had 288 00:18:23,430 --> 00:18:26,510 no idea. I didn't even know they were touring. Yeah. 289 00:18:28,590 --> 00:18:32,310 And with your Ticketmaster background, this is. I chose 290 00:18:32,310 --> 00:18:35,870 this story because of your love of entertainment. And you're telling this great 291 00:18:35,870 --> 00:18:38,910 story already about Violent Femmes and Guns N Roses. 292 00:18:39,470 --> 00:18:42,990 And I really do believe I wouldn't have opened a theater space like this 293 00:18:43,470 --> 00:18:46,590 if I didn't believe that this is the future of podcasting 294 00:18:46,990 --> 00:18:50,670 and just this ability to Have a night out. Get out of your 295 00:18:50,670 --> 00:18:54,470 house for maybe, this was maybe $10, $15 for 296 00:18:54,470 --> 00:18:58,230 a night out. You're not doom scrolling on TikTok all night. You're 297 00:18:58,230 --> 00:19:01,750 meeting people who think like you and talk like you and have your 298 00:19:01,750 --> 00:19:05,470 interests. And it's just something that we really need to get 299 00:19:05,470 --> 00:19:09,310 back to to build community and to just share our passions 300 00:19:09,470 --> 00:19:13,240 with each other. You know, there was. There's 301 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,720 a moment of awareness that is probably the biggest 302 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,080 hurdle for every single content 303 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,960 provider, because you have to get to that person. How are you 304 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,560 going to get there? You hope that it's a referral. You hope they stumble across 305 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,360 you, but that may not necessarily be the case. And 306 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,160 so while, yes, we ask our friends, okay, who should 307 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,870 I be listening to? That doesn't get you to 308 00:19:39,350 --> 00:19:43,190 the podcast. That just fits you perfectly. And you have to try 309 00:19:43,190 --> 00:19:46,910 so many, right? And then we get stuck and 310 00:19:46,910 --> 00:19:50,550 it's like, we'll watch the same TV series for forever. 311 00:19:50,550 --> 00:19:53,710 We'll listen to the same podcast forever, and we'll be fans for life. But how 312 00:19:53,710 --> 00:19:56,790 do you introduce something new and find the time to do that? 313 00:19:57,510 --> 00:20:01,190 And I think being able to have a festival 314 00:20:01,190 --> 00:20:04,400 style brings people who love 315 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,680 podcasts and live entertainment and everything together 316 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,400 into something that they never would have had otherwise. What better 317 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:16,200 way to celebrate each other and to just have 318 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,920 these shared passions, shared experiences? It's, you know, what's the worst 319 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,720 case scenario? $10. If you have the worst night 320 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,520 of your life, you probably meet 30 new people and you get introduced to 321 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,810 four or five shows. It sounds like a win win. 322 00:20:31,610 --> 00:20:35,330 Well, it's the same as going to a comedy club. Do you remember way 323 00:20:35,330 --> 00:20:39,050 back when you could go to a comedy club in New York and you'd 324 00:20:39,050 --> 00:20:42,410 have no idea who was going to come on stage, but you just went 325 00:20:43,370 --> 00:20:47,130 and it introduced you to all those people who were coming up or same 326 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:50,930 as if you go in Nashville. We went in Nashville and 327 00:20:50,930 --> 00:20:53,690 I took us on a bar crawl, and 328 00:20:54,650 --> 00:20:58,380 in one of the bars we met an artist named 329 00:20:58,380 --> 00:21:02,180 Hunter Girl. She was up on stage. This is at 330 00:21:02,180 --> 00:21:05,980 noon, right? This isn't at prime time in the 331 00:21:05,980 --> 00:21:09,380 evening. She isn't an opening act. This is Hunter Girl before 332 00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:13,300 anything happened, and her name stuck out to me. And then 333 00:21:14,420 --> 00:21:18,100 fast forward a few years and she's on American Idol now. 334 00:21:18,260 --> 00:21:21,740 We already were introduced to her content. So of course we're huge 335 00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:25,230 fans because we've seen now this epic 336 00:21:25,230 --> 00:21:28,910 transformation. And without that 337 00:21:28,910 --> 00:21:32,750 level of awareness in the beginning, would 338 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:36,390 we have cared? Probably not. Would we have followed? Nope. Would I have Downloaded any 339 00:21:36,390 --> 00:21:39,630 of her music? Nope. But it gave us that 340 00:21:39,630 --> 00:21:43,230 amazing warm intro that changed the game for us. 341 00:21:44,110 --> 00:21:47,830 Yeah, it's those little chance encounters throughout your life that you'll find they 342 00:21:47,830 --> 00:21:51,650 kind of meander back and through your timeline. That hunter girl you 343 00:21:51,650 --> 00:21:54,810 met, you never heard of before. You had this great 344 00:21:54,890 --> 00:21:58,450 lunchtime experience and you kind of 345 00:21:58,450 --> 00:22:01,930 followed the career. Then all of a sudden, boom pops up on American Idol. Hey, 346 00:22:01,930 --> 00:22:05,370 we know that person. It's just amazing how 347 00:22:05,610 --> 00:22:08,890 getting out and getting involved in the community, in real life, 348 00:22:09,210 --> 00:22:13,010 having real life experiences can really change the trajectory of your 349 00:22:13,010 --> 00:22:16,410 life. It's kind of funny, right? Like, if you 350 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,280 think about the gamer community, we all the phrases 351 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,040 go touch grass because we want you to go get outside. 352 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,040 And it's almost the same thing with podcasts, because we're listening to them when 353 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,280 we're working out, when we're driving, when we're commuting, when we're doing this, when we're 354 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,880 doing that. But now, when you have that moment of 355 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:40,360 live entertainment and an experience together, it completely 356 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,960 changes. The atmosphere. The energy and how you're feeling at the moment 357 00:22:44,490 --> 00:22:47,770 will immediately change. It's automatically going to be elevated. 358 00:22:48,810 --> 00:22:52,610 Yeah. Yeah. Love it. This type of event, there's things like this. 359 00:22:52,610 --> 00:22:56,290 You don't need to have a theater space like we have here. There are bars, 360 00:22:56,290 --> 00:22:59,930 coffee shops, restaurants in your hometown that are probably doing live 361 00:22:59,930 --> 00:23:03,290 podcasting. Probably just somebody who's maybe 362 00:23:03,290 --> 00:23:07,090 generating five to 10 people in the audience. Imagine the experience 363 00:23:07,090 --> 00:23:10,530 you could have so early on as this form of 364 00:23:10,530 --> 00:23:13,960 entertainment gets built up. You could go see. I don't want to. You know, the 365 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,840 next big podcaster could be in your own hometown. 366 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:22,040 And we were talking Nashville, Nashville music. The other thing to do in 367 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,640 Nashville was drinking. Let's go to our next story, Going 368 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,160 with the Grain. Brewing collaboration into 369 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,720 community. This comes to us from Crafty pint on episode 370 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,560 68 of Going with the Grain. Three Australian pioneers, 371 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,170 wildflower Wildflower Bear Wildflower 372 00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:43,890 Beer Organically. Greenwood and Voyager Craft 373 00:23:43,890 --> 00:23:47,570 Malt show that collaboration can be as intoxicating as the 374 00:23:47,570 --> 00:23:51,130 beer itself. What started as a shared curiosity about 375 00:23:51,130 --> 00:23:54,770 regenerative farming and sustainable brewing turned into a friendship 376 00:23:54,770 --> 00:23:58,570 that sparked Grain Stock, a live event uniting farmers, 377 00:23:58,730 --> 00:24:02,370 maltsters and brewers under one roof. Recorded live at the 378 00:24:02,370 --> 00:24:06,170 festival, the conversation flowed from saltbush brewing in Belgium 379 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,240 to the science of Voodoo juice. All serve with laughter and 380 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,760 community spirit. Together, these makers prove that when 381 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,640 creativity meets purpose, collaboration 382 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,400 becomes its own kind of craft. 383 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:24,400 I love how you wrote that in there. 384 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,600 And we'll start off this one with Rachel, 385 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,840 this type of event, here's. We had one with home builders, 386 00:24:34,540 --> 00:24:38,300 here's one with beer crafters and farmers. What were some of 387 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:42,140 your takeaways on this one? Well, I don't know 388 00:24:42,140 --> 00:24:45,900 about you, but if we're in a new town, I love to go to 389 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:49,020 the breweries. There's something about hearing a 390 00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:52,620 brewmaster speak about the inspiration behind something or 391 00:24:53,020 --> 00:24:56,700 what it means to them or where something came from or what's coming 392 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:00,380 up next that connects you to that brewery forever. 393 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,200 Now, if you're adding in the farmers, you're adding in the maltzers, you're 394 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,680 doing all of those things with the brewers. It changes the game 395 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,480 for how someone connects to a brand. And I 396 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,240 think the coolest part about it is, you know, 397 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:20,000 when you go to a brewery, you normally get, it's just somebody up on stage 398 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,760 playing music, if there's a stage or a guy in a corner. But then 399 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,520 you also have the time to go do the tours or even if you go 400 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,400 to a distillery. It's the same thing. And 401 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:34,080 what I truly loved was there's 402 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,760 a collaboration that takes it to an 403 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,600 exponential level. Yeah. The fact that three competitors, 404 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,400 right. Their passion for brewing. And you hear that passion, if you're 405 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,760 somebody who loves beer, you love trying different beers, seasonal beers and 406 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,840 beers with all kinds. They put all kinds of things in beers now. Beer has 407 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,500 everything in it. And you hear the brewers, they're 408 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:59,340 talking about why they do this, how they do it, this where they're 409 00:25:59,340 --> 00:26:02,980 sourcing from. If you're a beer fan, your 410 00:26:02,980 --> 00:26:06,620 love of beer just got elevated, just like you're saying, Rachel, like, it's incredible to 411 00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:10,420 immerse yourself in between people who are already passionate about 412 00:26:10,420 --> 00:26:14,020 it. They're supporting local farmers. They're brewing 413 00:26:14,020 --> 00:26:17,380 very passionately, and they're not even worried about the competition. 414 00:26:17,940 --> 00:26:21,620 They're just want to talk about beer. They just want to share their love for 415 00:26:21,620 --> 00:26:25,120 beer. And it's kind of that rising tide lifts all ships. If. 416 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,040 If we can all get together with similar people in our community and 417 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,880 bring that community together, imagine what you could do for. For all 418 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,400 three of those businesses and the love and respect that the community 419 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,600 would have for. For each one of those, it just. 420 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,440 Amplifies that reach, and it creates this mutual momentum 421 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,040 that creates 422 00:26:47,930 --> 00:26:51,690 for people who are already passionate about something. If you're passionate about 423 00:26:51,690 --> 00:26:55,250 craft beer, you are passionate about craft beer. You want to be able 424 00:26:55,250 --> 00:26:59,090 to know more about it, see more about it, watch it created, 425 00:26:59,090 --> 00:27:02,650 go to the place that it's brewed. You will also go Find it in every 426 00:27:02,650 --> 00:27:05,970 single store that you can. So as you're walking through your local 427 00:27:05,970 --> 00:27:08,890 ABC or liquor store, say, hey, wait a minute, 428 00:27:09,610 --> 00:27:13,330 I know about that. You're going to go pick up a case. And it 429 00:27:13,330 --> 00:27:17,010 makes it so much more connected to who you are and the things 430 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:20,650 that you know. And not only that, once you have the case and 431 00:27:20,650 --> 00:27:23,770 you know the story behind it, guess what you're going to do when you share 432 00:27:23,770 --> 00:27:27,490 that beer with a friend or a family member? You're going to tell 433 00:27:27,490 --> 00:27:31,330 that story like, oh, I met the crafter, the guy who makes this incredible, you 434 00:27:31,330 --> 00:27:34,650 know, the way he sources, the way he brews, the way the love and passion 435 00:27:34,650 --> 00:27:38,490 he puts into it. You're going to share that experience and multiplies 436 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:42,030 throughout. It's a ripple effect through the community and just 437 00:27:42,030 --> 00:27:45,790 another great event to showcase talent in real 438 00:27:45,790 --> 00:27:48,670 time. And I love that this was three 439 00:27:49,470 --> 00:27:53,310 competing, I'm guessing competing crafters, competing brewers that just 440 00:27:53,310 --> 00:27:56,830 want to share their story and their love of beer. And I think 441 00:27:57,950 --> 00:28:01,470 in the end it's those live experiences that bring us all together. 442 00:28:01,790 --> 00:28:05,270 But it's also, if we take a step back, it's the love of 443 00:28:05,270 --> 00:28:08,990 beer and brew that just brings us even 444 00:28:09,070 --> 00:28:12,260 closer together. And it's just such a great takeaway. 445 00:28:13,060 --> 00:28:16,740 Very much so. Let's go from beer to Broadway 446 00:28:17,620 --> 00:28:20,940 behind the curtain. Broadway's live podcast 447 00:28:20,940 --> 00:28:24,620 Takeover comes to us from Variety. Broadway took center 448 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:28,060 stage in podcasting last month as Variety's stagecraft 449 00:28:28,060 --> 00:28:31,620 podcast wrapped its season with a live recording from 450 00:28:31,780 --> 00:28:35,380 the Business of Broadway 2025 Breakfast, featuring 451 00:28:35,950 --> 00:28:39,550 Keanu Reeves, Kristin Chenoweth, Lea Michele 452 00:28:39,550 --> 00:28:43,350 and more. Together, the stars of Chess Ragtime, the Queen 453 00:28:43,350 --> 00:28:46,630 of Versailles and Waiting for Gadot shared 454 00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:50,110 backstage secrets, wild rehearsals and 455 00:28:50,190 --> 00:28:53,630 years of creative evolution that led to opening night. 456 00:28:54,030 --> 00:28:57,670 The audience got stories straight from the Source, from Keanu and 457 00:28:57,670 --> 00:29:01,270 Alex Winter studying Japanese dance for Gadot, to 458 00:29:01,270 --> 00:29:04,960 Chenworth producing her own musical debut. It might be 459 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,320 Godot. Is it Godot or Godot? It's Godot. 460 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:12,080 They're gonna correct me in the comments. Godot. To Chenworth 461 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,160 producing her own musical. It was a master class in 462 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,520 collaboration, creativity and how live conversation 463 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,440 can transform a panel into pure performance. It's Gail 464 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,600 Gadot and then Godot. I love. 465 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,720 So here's a. Here's obviously Broadway, 466 00:29:30,370 --> 00:29:34,090 massive segment of entertainment, but there's these, all these 467 00:29:34,090 --> 00:29:37,810 little events around Broadway where they're showcasing the talent, 468 00:29:37,810 --> 00:29:41,570 the behind the scenes stories and I love that they have a breakfast. 469 00:29:41,570 --> 00:29:45,370 You know, there's a breakfast where they're just talking Broadway and they have 470 00:29:45,370 --> 00:29:49,090 a Recording. They're recording a podcast here. And not. 471 00:29:49,250 --> 00:29:52,130 Not B or C listers. There's some A listers on this one. 472 00:29:54,050 --> 00:29:57,840 You know, my coolest moment in time is that 473 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,520 through a family member, I was introduced to Archer King. 474 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,720 Archer King is the one who 475 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,840 found James Dean, right? 476 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,359 Ron Howard. The list of names with this man is 477 00:30:13,359 --> 00:30:16,320 unbelievable. And Broadway 478 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,640 was his baby. And one of the things that was really cool 479 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,840 is that I got to meet him later in life and 480 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,520 he gave me the behind the scenes of everything. 481 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:32,000 Told me who was fun to work with, who was great. He got 482 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,680 us house seats to all the local Broadway shows and told us 483 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,200 where we want to be and what shows to go see 484 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,040 and the drama behind them or ones that really work well. 485 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,400 He gave me a connection that I 486 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,960 couldn't have found otherwise. And then it happened. 487 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,400 We were invited to his 90th birthday. 488 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,160 And this firecracker. I think that's 489 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,920 the best way to describe him, opened us up to a whole new 490 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:06,680 world where I'm standing in a corner and I. I love to talk, 491 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,120 I'll chat with anybody, but I am absolutely, totally, 492 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,880 utterly starstruck because I'm looking around and I'm seeing 493 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,680 all the soap stars that I've known and watched over the last 20 years, 494 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,160 and then there's some Broadway stars that are coming in, and 495 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,000 I just don't have words. It has changed 496 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,880 that level of emotional connection that you have 497 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,520 as being a. Fan again, that immersion 498 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,360 being there. Here's the soap stars from Days of Our Lives 499 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,640 or Guiding Light are all in this room that you grew up watching. 500 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,880 Sometimes you watch them with Grandma when you're home sick from school. You got the. 501 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:51,620 Grandma always had to watch her soaps when I was over her house. And 502 00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:55,500 you just see these people, you kind of grow up with them. And then all 503 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:59,340 of a sudden, here you are in a room. Here you are getting to see 504 00:31:59,340 --> 00:32:02,740 them face to face. And those reactions and seeing people 505 00:32:03,060 --> 00:32:06,660 alive and in the moment and just living is so much 506 00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:09,620 different than seeing them perform or being on stage. 507 00:32:10,260 --> 00:32:14,070 You just get a whole nother different reaction from people 508 00:32:14,070 --> 00:32:17,830 and a whole new experience, a whole new way to absorb who that person 509 00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:21,670 is and how they act. It's something about being in the room where 510 00:32:21,670 --> 00:32:25,150 it happens. Right. Little nod to Hamilton. 511 00:32:25,870 --> 00:32:29,550 Yeah. First person point of view, and 512 00:32:29,630 --> 00:32:32,710 not a great point of view, a first person point of view. But this is 513 00:32:32,710 --> 00:32:36,190 kind of a sad story that turns positive. This is a traditional 514 00:32:36,590 --> 00:32:40,280 media play, turn podcast, turn turned back into 515 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,560 traditional media. I love the story. I 516 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,640 don't wish that you had to make a show out of grief. But 517 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,200 Anderson Cooper has really been helping people, 518 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,160 turning grief into these connections with some of his fans. And 519 00:32:55,239 --> 00:32:58,880 this is from Mike to mainstream, and maybe from mainstream to 520 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,440 Mike to mainstream and back. Anderson Cooper turns grief into a live 521 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,290 connection. This comes to us from USA Today and Anderson 522 00:33:06,290 --> 00:33:09,610 Cooper's deeply personal podcast. All There Is a heartfelt 523 00:33:09,610 --> 00:33:13,130 exploration of grief, loss and healing is stepping out of the 524 00:33:13,130 --> 00:33:16,810 earbuds and onto live television. CNN announced 525 00:33:16,810 --> 00:33:20,450 that Cooper will host a weekly live version of the show, blending 526 00:33:20,450 --> 00:33:24,210 real time audience interaction with his signature empathy and storytelling. 527 00:33:24,610 --> 00:33:28,290 What began as an intimate audio diary has become a movement proving 528 00:33:28,290 --> 00:33:31,890 that vulnerability isn't just good 529 00:33:31,890 --> 00:33:35,520 radio, it's powerful television. In an era when 530 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,840 authenticity rules, Cooper's evolution from 531 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,600 podcaster to live host shows that the next big stage for storytelling 532 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:47,600 might just be the one with a camera pointed right back 533 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,120 at the truth. I got through that one, Rachel. I don't know how, 534 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,480 but I did. And we're not going to take away 535 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,120 that Anderson Cooper hasn't built a legacy career in television. 536 00:33:59,540 --> 00:34:03,100 He hosted a podcast, and now that same legacy is 537 00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:06,940 bringing him back to traditional media. And he has a different path than most 538 00:34:06,940 --> 00:34:10,500 people. But it is a testament to the 539 00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:14,260 power of podcasting, the power of authenticity, and 540 00:34:14,340 --> 00:34:18,100 just being one on one with people and sharing 541 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:21,620 stories with them. I think there's some level of being 542 00:34:21,620 --> 00:34:25,300 honest and raw that helps us all connect better. 543 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,200 When I was diagnosed with cancer, 544 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,200 when it was a hard moment, right as you can 545 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,040 imagine, now you're facing life and death. But it went from 546 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,760 my phone ringing 24 hours a day. I always had someone calling 547 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:45,200 me, texting me. It just never stopped. My husband used to scream, put down the 548 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,800 phone. To where after the diagnosis, it went silent. 549 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:53,410 And I think that there is some level of people don't 550 00:34:53,410 --> 00:34:56,650 know what to say and they don't know what to do 551 00:34:57,210 --> 00:35:00,930 when something terrible happens unless they've had it happen to them 552 00:35:00,930 --> 00:35:04,690 before in some way, shape or form. So it could be that their mother was 553 00:35:04,690 --> 00:35:08,529 diagnosed with cancer and then they know how to speak to you and how to 554 00:35:08,529 --> 00:35:09,850 respond. But I think 555 00:35:12,330 --> 00:35:15,970 in most cases, someone's going to say, okay, like you've had 556 00:35:15,970 --> 00:35:19,710 something terrible happen to you. I don't know what to do. So it's probably best 557 00:35:19,710 --> 00:35:23,190 to just leave you alone so you can go through this journey and then I'll 558 00:35:23,190 --> 00:35:26,750 see you on the other side. And being able 559 00:35:26,830 --> 00:35:30,630 to watch something that is raw and see 560 00:35:30,630 --> 00:35:34,430 other people going through it now gives you that shared collective experience. 561 00:35:34,830 --> 00:35:38,590 So whatever that episode is that you're watching it 562 00:35:38,590 --> 00:35:42,430 now. You have felt it, because you've heard 563 00:35:42,670 --> 00:35:46,040 on the other side what someone experienced 564 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,800 and now you know how to react. So if someone says to you, hey, 565 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,880 I was just diagnosed with cancer, well, hey, I just saw a podcast on this 566 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:58,000 here, you know, here's some resources, here's what to say, here's what 567 00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,960 to do. And just breathe with me. 568 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,160 Yeah, we tend to be so isolated today. We have more technology, 569 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,840 more connection than ever, and we're so isolated a lot of times 570 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,780 that. And you end up wallowing in your own grief or, or you don't 571 00:36:12,780 --> 00:36:16,260 know the right way to seek a solution. Some people are 572 00:36:16,260 --> 00:36:20,060 turning to artificial intelligence. They're 573 00:36:20,060 --> 00:36:23,740 asking ChatGPT how to deal with their grief. And that may or 574 00:36:23,740 --> 00:36:27,140 may not be the best answer. We don't have the data on that yet. 575 00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:29,860 If that's the right way to seek help, 576 00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:34,620 I would suggest it's probably better to make these real time connections 577 00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:38,290 or seek out shows like this where you can at 578 00:36:38,290 --> 00:36:42,010 least experience real emotion from other people. You can at 579 00:36:42,010 --> 00:36:45,690 least understand how they're grieving and how they're feeling 580 00:36:45,690 --> 00:36:49,410 and how they're handling their emotions in that situation. And I think shows like 581 00:36:49,410 --> 00:36:53,090 this are maybe that bridge to let's get back out of our 582 00:36:53,090 --> 00:36:56,890 house, let's get back into the community. But start here. Maybe 583 00:36:56,890 --> 00:37:00,570 start with, how do I handle this emotion? I've never felt this 584 00:37:00,570 --> 00:37:04,210 before. What are some other people doing to handle something like 585 00:37:04,210 --> 00:37:07,840 this? And I think there's a very big difference 586 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,600 between what we would expect is the sensationalized media 587 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,240 that he would have previously reported potentially, versus 588 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,080 the raw, authentic emotions and how you 589 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,200 navigate that story gracefully. 590 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,720 Yeah, this won't be like New Year's Eve with Anderson Cooper. This will be 591 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,480 very heartfelt, very emotional, very raw. 592 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,880 And it's, I think, just a bridge that's needed for a lot 593 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,440 of people to understand and deal with and cope with, 594 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,560 just to hear, you know, how my neighbor is dealing with the 595 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:48,400 situation. And it's a great. Not only a great show, I think, 596 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,880 but a great service and a great way to cope. 597 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,640 Agree. I think the coolest part about it is 598 00:37:58,850 --> 00:38:02,650 that no matter what happens in the podcast 599 00:38:02,650 --> 00:38:06,210 and how he's navigating the story, I think we all have something to learn from 600 00:38:06,210 --> 00:38:09,730 it and it's growing us 601 00:38:09,730 --> 00:38:13,410 emotionally and growing that EQ that we all have and need to have. 602 00:38:14,930 --> 00:38:18,290 Definitely, definitely. And that wraps up our stories and probably the worst 603 00:38:18,690 --> 00:38:22,290 transition into the next slide. I've got 604 00:38:22,610 --> 00:38:26,390 Poduty shirts for $10 are here at the theater, but it 605 00:38:26,390 --> 00:38:30,110 Sounds Ridiculous now. 5 sizes, 4 colors. Stop into 606 00:38:30,110 --> 00:38:33,870 the theater and pick up your own Poduty shirt. We 607 00:38:33,870 --> 00:38:37,070 have some upcoming shows. The Pittsburgh Podcast meetup was announced 608 00:38:37,550 --> 00:38:40,990 December 6th. If you come in theater in person at 6pm, 609 00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:45,390 I feed you. We usually have pizza, sandwiches, drinks. The live stream 610 00:38:45,390 --> 00:38:48,910 starts at 7pm we do one hour of the show livestream where we're doing Q 611 00:38:48,910 --> 00:38:52,350 and A, answering your most pressing podcast questions. 612 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,680 Tonight, this won't matter because this slide will be out of date by the time 613 00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:00,520 the show comes out. But tonight, Tamara is doing her Nailed 614 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:04,080 It Motherhood podcast. It's a live event already 20 tickets 615 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,880 sold. Her goal was 10, so she has doubled her goal. We'll 616 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,280 be doing this show tonight at 6pm we have an 617 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:15,120 improv class coming up with Paul Mattingly November 18th. 618 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:18,850 It's a free class 2 hour immersive into the 619 00:39:18,850 --> 00:39:22,690 deep dive into improv. We're thinking of it as a 620 00:39:22,690 --> 00:39:26,410 play for podcasters. Learning how to be on stage, learning how to react 621 00:39:26,410 --> 00:39:30,010 with one another, how to give energy, bring energy back and 622 00:39:30,010 --> 00:39:33,730 push the topics around the stage. So and if you like 623 00:39:33,730 --> 00:39:37,050 the podcast, hey, why don't you join me old Jeffers November 22nd. 624 00:39:37,370 --> 00:39:40,690 I'll be doing a three hour immersive. Everything you want to know about 625 00:39:40,690 --> 00:39:44,540 podcasting, but you didn't even know what to ask. We'll be talking about the 626 00:39:44,540 --> 00:39:47,660 basics. What is an RSS feed? What's a podcast even 627 00:39:47,980 --> 00:39:51,740 defined as in 2025? All that 628 00:39:51,740 --> 00:39:55,460 night, right after my my session, Anime on the Allegheny is 629 00:39:55,460 --> 00:39:58,300 back. They're going to film their second episode November 22nd. 630 00:39:58,940 --> 00:40:02,220 Tickets just went on sale this morning. We have 631 00:40:02,220 --> 00:40:05,580 Davin the Vaughn Magwood, the Black Friday 632 00:40:05,820 --> 00:40:09,420 Comedy special. On Black Friday, it's going to be a 633 00:40:09,420 --> 00:40:13,260 $10 show. There's five comics, two 2 hours of live 634 00:40:13,260 --> 00:40:16,980 comedy. The first time ever we're going to do comedy live on stage 635 00:40:16,980 --> 00:40:20,740 as an as an entertainment. And we have Audio Fiction 636 00:40:20,740 --> 00:40:23,980 Primer with Jessica SUTTON Coming up December 28th. That's 637 00:40:24,380 --> 00:40:27,820 coming up right after the weekend after Christmas. It's a three hour 638 00:40:27,820 --> 00:40:31,660 immersive audio drama. You can take it in theater 639 00:40:31,660 --> 00:40:34,940 or live on stream. You can stream the whole class 640 00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:39,630 and the Tarentum Holiday Spectacular. This is an event 641 00:40:39,630 --> 00:40:43,350 I'm putting on here to showcase the businesses of the town that we're located. We're 642 00:40:43,350 --> 00:40:46,990 in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Every night, December 3rd and 643 00:40:46,990 --> 00:40:50,750 4th, for two hours, every 10 minutes, we're going to bring up a 644 00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:54,510 new local business and showcase, tell their story, give their links, 645 00:40:54,510 --> 00:40:57,510 show what they sell. And we're going to do that for two nights straight to 646 00:40:57,510 --> 00:40:59,910 help Toronto business owners finish the year strong. 647 00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:04,780 And the humorous podcast Last one coming in March. Check 648 00:41:04,780 --> 00:41:07,860 this, check the site for details at some time in March. They're coming in from 649 00:41:08,820 --> 00:41:12,060 New Hampshire or Connecticut. I got to get all the details because I keep not 650 00:41:12,060 --> 00:41:15,820 having it ready for this episode. And I wouldn't 651 00:41:15,820 --> 00:41:19,220 be remiss if I didn't turn the stage back over 652 00:41:19,940 --> 00:41:23,660 to Rachel and let Rachel. 653 00:41:23,660 --> 00:41:26,420 Where'd she go? Oh, wait, we lost. Hey, 654 00:41:27,460 --> 00:41:30,980 Anna. Rachel, you knocked it out of the park on this episode. 655 00:41:31,530 --> 00:41:35,210 Thank you so much for joining us. One more time, let us know 656 00:41:35,210 --> 00:41:38,410 how can we connect with you, meet with you? I know the website's super easy. 657 00:41:38,410 --> 00:41:41,370 Wait till the audience hears this. It's all 658 00:41:41,370 --> 00:41:45,170 rachelminion.com come join and connect me. Let's go have a great 659 00:41:45,170 --> 00:41:48,850 conversation. Awesome. That was. See how 660 00:41:48,850 --> 00:41:52,330 easy rachelminion.com the link is in the show notes. 661 00:41:52,810 --> 00:41:56,250 Let's play that theme song. What time is it? 662 00:42:32,780 --> 00:42:35,420 The only live news podcast about 663 00:42:35,740 --> 00:42:38,060 podcasting from the stage. 664 00:42:43,500 --> 00:42:47,300 Poduty and the News Rachel, thank 665 00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:51,100 you once again. That was a blast. You really brought it on this episode. 666 00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,960 I love the perspectives. I love that we could tie some live event stories 667 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,320 with your ticket master background. And 668 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:02,240 I just had a great time today. Thank you so much. I had such a 669 00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:06,080 blast. Thank you so much for inviting me. I'm so grateful. Awesome. And if you 670 00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:09,800 want to hear more about Rachel in January, we're recording a 671 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:13,560 My Guest Tonight episode, so check it out. Myguestonight.com you 672 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,400 will hear the full Rachel Minion story.