bonus
The Hey, I Know You Episode
In this bonus episode, I talk with someone you may recognize - me! This comes after receiving a few emails from listeners who were curious as to whether I'd ever spoken about my own podcaster journey.
In this short episode, I share how long I've been podcasting and what it means to me, as well as details about two other shows of mine that I'll be relaunching in the new year.
I also share some details you might not know about me, including a fun story about Sean Connery, and my time as a fairy godmother, costume and all!
As we get ready to close down for the holidays, I want to thank you for listening to the show each week, and making Podcaster Stories a part of your regular podcast listening schedule.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season, and manage to relax, recuperate, and spend some quality time with those that matter the most. Here's to 2021 being a better year for all.
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
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Transcript
Hi, and welcome to Podcaster Stories each episode we'll have
Speaker:a conversation with podcasters from across the globe and share
Speaker:their story. What motivates them, why they started to show
Speaker:how they grew in the show and more will also
Speaker:talk about their personal lives and some of the things
Speaker:that have happened that made them the person they are
Speaker:today. Now here's your host. Danny Brown. Hi, and welcome
Speaker:to a special bonus episode of Podcaster Stories this week,
Speaker:I'm talking to myself, this comes from a couple of
Speaker:emails that I received over the last month or so
Speaker:where people were, you know, sharing an enjoyment of the
Speaker:show and the guests I was speaking to, but they
Speaker:were curious if there'd been any episodes where I'd, you
Speaker:know, either chatted about my own podcast or journey if
Speaker:you like, or been on other podcasts.
Speaker:So I thought I'd put this one together as a
Speaker:bonus episode, as I wind down 2020 into the holidays
Speaker:and ready for the continuation of Podcaster Stories in January.
Speaker:So I am Danny obviously, and I have been podcasting
Speaker:on and off since 2010, but giving it the right
Speaker:amount of focus since 2018, I currently host this show,
Speaker:Podcaster Stories, and I have two other shows I will
Speaker:be relaunching in the new year after a hiatus last
Speaker:year, whilst my wife and I moved home, brought our
Speaker:kids up north, et cetera. So these shows are A
Speaker:Downsized Life, which charts my family's decisions to move from
Speaker:a big city to a little village, about three hours
Speaker:North, and looked to lead to a simpler life. The
Speaker:other show is called Mental Health and Me, which I
Speaker:cohost with my wife.
Speaker:She used to do it herself, but we've decided to
Speaker:make it a cohosted show as we relaunch it. And
Speaker:this looks to talk about dealing with mental health issues
Speaker:from a family point of view. My wife suffers from
Speaker:both depression and anxiety. I was diagnosed with both of
Speaker:them a couple of years ago, and our young son
Speaker:also has anxiety. So between the three of us, we've
Speaker:got a lot of, you know, things that A) we
Speaker:can cover together, but B) helps us understand some of
Speaker:the issues that, that we go through and may help
Speaker:you if you have your own mental health issues. So,
Speaker:as I mentioned, they'll be relaunching probably mid to late
Speaker:January next year. Some of the things that you may
Speaker:not know about me include the fact that James Bond
Speaker:used to deliver milk to my grandmother.
Speaker:Back when Sean Connery was a young man, he worked
Speaker:as a milkman in Fountainbridge, which is a, sorta, little
Speaker:place, It's like a, a suburb of Edinburgh, if you
Speaker:like, back in Scotland, where I come from, as you
Speaker:can probably tell. And a milkman's role was to deliver
Speaker:milk to customers. And you'd go around in like a,
Speaker:a horse and cart and dropping off the milk bottles,
Speaker:to customers way early in the morning. So my grandmother
Speaker:was one of these customers. And used to love to
Speaker:tell us how James Bond always gave her a special
Speaker:delivery each day, make of that what you will. I
Speaker:was also the Fairy Godmother in my school plan of
Speaker:Cinderella, complete with wand and big puffy dress. And I
Speaker:can play any tune you give me, using just a
Speaker:pencil and my teeth, as long as I know what
Speaker:the tune is. When it comes to podcasting, for me,
Speaker:it's an amazing medium to share stories, connect with people,
Speaker:and learn about the things that you may never have
Speaker:heard of otherwise.
Speaker:Because of the spoken voice format, it feels more intimate
Speaker:than say blogging or video. And because of this, lets
Speaker:a podcaster, and the listener really connect. And I think
Speaker:that's why I have really moved in the last couple
Speaker:of years, ah, to really focus on podcasting as opposed
Speaker:to the, the weekly blog newsletter that I used to
Speaker:do. It's also led to me joining the Captivate FM
Speaker:team, which means I'm really fortunate enough to be doing
Speaker:something I really love with people that are genuinely nice
Speaker:and want only the best for fellow podcasters. This includes
Speaker:the Captivate FM, you know, podcast hosts services, podcast websites,
Speaker:a Rebel Base Media team, et cetera. So it's been
Speaker:really awesome to join the team this year and see
Speaker:what they've got coming out, you know, for next year.
Speaker:And I guess I should say "we've" got coming out
Speaker:now that I'm part of the team. Anyhoo, this has
Speaker:been a bonus episode of Podcaster Stories. Like I said,
Speaker:I will be taking a short break over the holidays
Speaker:so I can just sort of switch off, enjoy my
Speaker:time with family, and sort of look back over, on
Speaker:what's been a, a really weird year in a lot
Speaker:of ways, but a really enjoyable year in many, many
Speaker:other ways. They'll be a couple of these special 'year
Speaker:end episode roundups' for next week and the week after.
Speaker:The show will be back to its usual chat format
Speaker:in January, but until then, take care, stay safe, and
