Bonus: Exploring the World of Podcasting. Insights & Musings

Exploring the world of podcasting and the challenges we face in storytelling, sound editing, & decision-making. We reflect on the evolution of our journeys.

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Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once.  I'm the Rosetta Stone of Healthcare. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare.  Let's make some sense of all this.

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Contents
Proem.. 1

Podcast intro. 1

Introducing Steve Heatherington, Alpaca Shephard. 2

Virtual podcasting friends.  Yes, friends. 2

Podcasting and writing. 3

Sound editing. 3

What’s the story?. 4

Unexpected engagement 5

A word from our sponsor, Abridge. 5

 Call to action. 6

So much to do. Music! 6

Many Decisions to Make. 6

Decisions in disability. 7

Podcast workshop. 8

Reflection. 9

Podcast Outro. 9
Episode
Proem
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Welcome subscribers and patrons to this first exclusive bonus episode #200 (egads, #200). If you could look around the room, you’d see 275 long-standing subscribers, 12 monthly Patrons, and ten one-time supporters who contributed almost $300 in May and nearly $675 in June. Beyond my wildest expectations! I have an advisory call scheduled in early July with some experts who work with emerging adult interns. My colleague and friend Fatima has agreed to help me manage the initiative. I’m burning with excitement to get going. Thanks to you, I can afford it. My friend and crony in podcasting, Steve Heatherington, of Alpaca Tribe fame, joins me in today’s bonus episode as we muse about this intriguing podcasting world. I love that I can still learn with my Swiss cheese brain.  Check out the quilt in Steve’s background if you’re watching the video. Very cool.

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Podcast intro
Welcome to Health Hats, the Podcast. I'm Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged cisgender old white man of privilege who knows a little bit about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let's make some sense of all of this.
Introducing Steve Heatherington, Alpaca Shephard
Health Hats: Steve. Thank you so much for doing this with me. So, you know that this is for me. This is going to be my first bonus episode. Nice. In my new Patreon world that I'm setting up. I'm excited to talk about all things podcasting with you since we've been buddies for four and a half, five years, and four and a half. Yeah. Four and a half years. And we've been podcasting, and we meet weekly to discuss anything about podcasting and life—the six or seven of us who, however many, it changes from time to time.

So anyway, thank you. Why don't you introduce yourself?

Steve Heatherington: It's a pleasure and a privilege to meet up like this, and Wow. Honor to be part of the first bonus episode. Wow, that's so exciting. Yeah. How did this happen? It happened by mistake almost.

I'm based in Swansea in the UK. And we have a farm, and I'm an alpaca shepherd. So, we got currently got 36 alpacas that I care for. Most of the time, it's straightforward, but occasionally you turn a corner, and there's something new and challenging. I used the alpacas to learn to podcast, and it's kept going. So I've been going over four years now.