I Always Wanted To
75 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsA podcast for people who long to try something bold but need some encouragement.
Liz Sumner interviews people who are doing (or teaching) things that others have always wanted to do.
What have you always wanted to try?
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Listen to Unpacking Peanuts
March 21, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBHi everyone. While I’m taking a break from this podcast I’m working on another one called Unpacking Peanuts, where 3 cartoonists take an in-depth look at the greatest comic strip of all time-- Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. This is a labor of love from three smart, funny, comic artists, one of whom is my husband Michael. Regular listeners might remember my episode titled I Always Wanted to Create A Graphic Novel with Michael and Jimmy Gownley. The third member of the triumvirate is Haro...
Take A Break
February 28, 2022 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.09 MBI want to let regular listeners know that I’m taking a break from creating new episodes of I Always Wanted To. I have plans to make additional “best of” compilations like the Learn To Sing and Travel episodes I released at the end of last year. I’m also going to share some other projects I’ve been working on that I think you’ll enjoy. I will stay in touch now and then but not on a regular schedule. I had no idea when I started how much I would come to love podcasting. I love listening ...
Join the Circus
February 21, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBAllison’s interest in becoming a performing artist began when she joined FSU’s Flying High Circus in 2004 where she was able utilize her background in gymnastics training as well as other athletic sports. In 2007, she embarked on a professional career in the circus arts when she joined a 7-person flying trapeze act. Shortly after joining the troupe, Allison trained with the internationally recognized flying trapeze artist, Ivan Espana, and together developed a dynamic solo swinging trapeze ...
House the Homeless
February 14, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBJosh Young is an athlete, leader, and follower of Jesus. He graduated from F&M with honors while playing two NCAA sports, D1 wrestling and football. Since then, Josh has worked in investment banking, non-profit, and helped run a successful political campaign. Now, Josh is Chief of Staff at New Story, with a mission to pioneer solutions to end global homelessness. He declined acceptance to Harvard grad school to lead and love within his role at New Story. New Story is one of the f...
Find a Diet I Like
February 07, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBJess Reid is a self-care keto coach, a certified life coach with the International Coaching Federation, and the founder of her own coaching practice, The Keto Fit. She’s passionate about helping women to lose weight with a keto diet and a self-care mindset, by providing both the concrete scientific strategies to lose weight and the mindset work that will help women change their beliefs surrounding weight, food, and body image, so that they can have life-long success with ease, peace, and joy...
Be A Podcaster
January 31, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBIn late 2017, with no previous experience in audio-making or storytelling, Lori Mortimer simply decided it would be a good idea to start a podcast. Then she learned how hard it was. "Since then, I've studied the art and craft of podcasting, audio editing, interviewing, nonfiction storytelling, sound design, and podcast marketing. Through more classes and workshops than I can count, and the support found in online and in-person audio communities, I've stitched together the basic set of skills ...
Make Ceramics
January 24, 2022 10:04 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBCatherine is an audio storyteller with a background in art based in Oakland, CA, where they produce and host Material Feels, a podcast exploring the intimate relationship between artists and their materials. They began working with clay as a teen and considers the ceramics studio another version of home. They've worked as a fine art framer, gardener, ceramics instructor and art supply copywriter; their writing has been published in The New York Times, WIRED, The British Medical Journal, Leon...
Write A Novel
January 17, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBNicole Meier is a multi-published author and book coach living in the Pacific Northwest. Her debut novel, THE HOUSE OF BRADBURY, was chosen as a Best Book of 2016 by Refinery29. Her second book, THE GIRL MADE OF CLAY, was named a Top Book according to Bookbub readers. Her newest novel, THE SECOND CHANCE SUPPER CLUB, is out now. Nicole has taught writing workshops in schools, libraries, wellness retreats, and writers' conferences. She currently works as a book coach for fiction writers,...
Be A Fashion Designer
January 10, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBNic Hyl (pronounced Nick Hill) is the founder and creative director of New York’s emerging and award winning swimwear, clothing and activewear brand, Nic Hyl Clothing. As a lover of travel, fitness, fashion and having previously worked in the fashion industry for brands including Norma Kamali and Ralph Lauren, Nic has taken her experience, love of fashion, Jamaican roots, and Florida upbringing to create a brand inspired by her love of quality fashion and a vacation inspired lifestyle. ...
Be More Adventurous
January 03, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBHeather Hansen O’Neill is an international speaker, author, adventurer, and entrepreneur using her action-packed experience to Fire Up audiences. She stimulates vibrant energy, focus, and action for those who want to collaborate effectively, lead change, and achieve massive results. As host of the From Fear to Fire podcast, 2x TEDx speaker, and behavioral change expert, Heather's research and programs help individuals and companies’ breakthrough fears, judgments, and blocks to break limiting...
Keep My New Year's Resolutions
December 27, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBIn this year end episode I share some tips for creating New Year's Resolutions you'll actually keep, plus some alternative approaches from Dave Evans and Bill Burnett, authors of Designing Your Life. TRANSCRIPT Hi everyone. I published these thoughts as an article a number of years ago, and I still believe them to be true. Here’s my take on New Year’s Resolutions that Work What usually happens to your resolve in the New Year? Does it disappear before the pine needl...
Travel - From the Vault
December 20, 2021 16:17 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBWhen I ask people what they’ve always wanted to do, a frequent response is travel. They want to go places they’ve never been and experience the cultures they’ve only read about or seen on the screen. My episodes related to travel are some of my most popular. Over the years I’ve approached the topic from several angles and I’ve gathered some excerpts here to give you a sample. My guests Jennifer Sumner and Barbara Castleton are seasoned travelers who share their experience and ad...
Be A Podcaster - Bonus Preview
December 13, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.99 MBIn late 2017, with no previous experience in audio-making or storytelling, Lori Mortimer simply decided it would be a good idea to start a podcast. Then she learned how hard it was. "Since then, I've studied the art and craft of podcasting, audio editing, interviewing, nonfiction storytelling, sound design, and podcast marketing. Through more classes and workshops than I can count, and the support found in online and in-person audio communities, I've stitched together the basic set of skill...
Learn To Sing - From the Vault
November 29, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBThis episode is a compilation of my favorite excerpts from my most popular podcasts-- the series on Learning To Sing. In putting this together I see the same themes expressed by each of my guests. Singing is joyful and expresses who we are. That vulnerability can be frightening and easily trampled. But there are excellent teachers available to help us get over our fears and rediscover the joy. In part one, Nancy Salwen talks about her debilitating stagefright and how that led her to cr...
Hear Your Feedback
November 08, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.69 MBLiz wraps up Season 8 and talk about what's upcoming over the next few months. I love hearing listener feedback. Here’s a sample from the recent series. The underwater explorer? I loved her. I bought her book. The cave diver? Aaack - it makes me claustrophobic. I totally understand Dr. Leslie’s love of self-contained solo riding. Oh come on, there’s nothing wrong with e-bikes. You were not all in agreement and that’s just fine. I want to hear what you thi...
Leave an Abusive Relationship
November 01, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBPatrisha McLean is a photojournalist whose life was upended in 2016 when her husband of 29 years was arrested for domestic violence. The arrest set her free, and on a course of activism around women’s rights. In 2019 she started the non-profit organization and movement breaking the silence of domestic abuse Finding Our Voices, which is at FindingOurVoices.net. She has a podcast and radio show of conversations with survivors and for 2021 was named one of 21 leaders for the 21st century by W...
Bike Across the Country
October 25, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBDr. Leslie Kasanoff has spent her life in healthcare, including 25 years as a holistic chiropractor on the Central Coast of California and 10 years before that as a medical laboratory scientist. Recently, Dr. Leslie has been combining her science knowledge and her holistic & nutritional expertise in health coaching and consulting. She works with women who want to lose weight, address hormone issues, and resolve or reverse chronic health issues, not just treat them, using food and lifestyle ...
Play A Theremin
October 18, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBDorit Chrysler has been dubbed a superior wizard of the theremin. An Austrian-born, New York-based composer, producer, and singer Chrysler is the co-founder of the New York Theremin Society and founder of the first school for theremin. As much as the theremin is a tool in Chrysler’s electronic instrument arsenal she's also one of the most visible thereminists spreading the gospel of this mysterious sounding instrument which is basically played by massaging thin air. Her music has been des...
Spot Disinformation
October 11, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBScott Ruston is a Research Professor with Arizona State University’s Global Security Initiative, a university-wide interdisciplinary hub for researching complex challenges in the global security arena. He directs the Center on Narrative, Disinformation & Strategic Influence, leading research teams that combine humanities, social science and computer science in order to better understand manipulations of the information environment and develop technologies to identify malign influence activi...
Be A Competitive Athlete (Starting At Age 57)
October 04, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MBMadonna Boclair Hanna had a successful career in the fashion industry at the corporate level. She retired as an award winning fashion marketing educator. Presently, is a motivational speaker, freelance writer, actress, amateur competitive athlete and she presently writes a monthly article for the Senior Scene publication chronicling her journey to the 2022 National Senior Games in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Madonna was selected as the January 2020 National Senior Games Association Athlete of ...
Play the Harmonica
September 27, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBMy guest, Mark Radel, describes himself this way: I have always been around music. I sang in the church choir, school choirs, acted in musicals in high school, was into music but never took up an instrument. After my wife and I moved to Seattle my commute was 30 minutes and I was bored driving back and forth each day. I thought about what I could do and saw a book named "harmonica playing for dummies", with it came a cheap C major harp and a cassette. So each daly as I drove to and from...
Be A Cave Diver
September 20, 2021 04:00 - 34 minutes - 48 MBJILL HEINERTH is an underwater explorer, writer, photographer, speaker, and filmmaker. A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, she has led expeditions into icebergs in Antarctica, volcanic lava tubes, and submerged caves worldwide. Jill is the first Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Her memoir, INTO THE PLANET, has been lauded by the Wall Street Journal, Oprah Magazine, and the New York Times. Her children’s book THE AQUANAUT is a Blue Ribbon Selection for ...
Know What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
September 13, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBMy guest, Annie Handmer, is a final year PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Science, in the School of History and Philosophy of Science. Her research traces the social history of Australian space science projects in order to better understand international and interdisciplinary cooperation, the social construction of achievement, and the nature of the military-industrial-academic complex in Australian space science. In addition, she is on the Advisory Council for the S...
Find My Purpose
September 06, 2021 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.15 MBIn this, my 50th episode, I talk about the upcoming season which begins Monday, September 13th. Coming up on I Always Wanted To: Know What I Want To Be When I Grow Up Be A Cave Diver Learn to Play Harmonica Be A Competitive Athlete Spot Disinformation Play A Theremin --and more-- ********************* I want to get to know you better. Please fill out a 5-question survey at lizsumner.com/survey. Let me know when you're done and I'll send you a coupon code for my online cou...
Go Behind The Scenes
June 21, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 6.96 MBLiz Sumner tells the story of how I Always Wanted To podcast came to be, where she finds her guests, and shares her favorite podcast mentors. Juleyka Lantigua Williams of Podcasting Seriously https://www.podcastingseriously.com/ Twila Dang of Matriarch Digital Media https://www.matriarchdm.com/welcome-1 Arielle Nissenblatt of Squadcast https://squadcast.fm/ ********************* I want to get to know you better. Please fill out a 5-question survey at lizsumner.com/survey. Let...
Find My Birth Mother
June 14, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBAnnie Peguero is a High-Performance Mindset Coach who helps female entrepreneurs integrate spiritual development into their business so they can make more money online. She's a military spouse of a marine, a mom of girls, and an adoptee who went live on Facebook asking for help in finding her birth family. Annie teaches the skill of adventuring with self-doubt, asking yourself better questions to reveal your inner badass so you can serve and shine from your highest level. Annie's 6-mont...
Build A Tiny House
June 07, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBEthan Waldman is a tiny house author, speaker, and teacher. He built his own tiny house on wheels in 2012, and has been passionately helping future tiny house dwellers on their own journeys ever since. Ethan’s guide, Tiny House Decisions, has helped thousands of readers answer the big questions about tiny houses and plan each system in their future home. He’s also the creator and host of the Tiny House Lifestyle Podcast, a show that brings you weekly conversations with tiny house luminaries,...
Be An Archaeologist
May 31, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBSmiti Nathan, PhD has been an archaeologist for 15+ years. Her current research focuses on ancient societies in Oman and Ethiopia. She works with interdisciplinary teams to uncover answers to questions like, “How did past societies use plants?”, “Where did people choose to live?”, and “What role did the environment play in past life?” In addition, she discusses her work, travels, and creative pursuits on the website, Habits of a Travelling Archaeologist: https://habitsofatravellingarchaeol...
Visit A Haunted House
May 24, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBIn 2014, Dr. Kristy Sumner coupled her passion for travel, history and the paranormal when she formed Soul Sisters Paranormal, an all-female team, made up of Sumner, her two sisters and two friends. As a team of 5 investigators, Soul Sisters Paranormal traveled to some of the most historic and, reportedly, haunted locations in the U.S. in an attempt to determine for themselves if spirit activity does exist and to highlight the rich history of each location. The team traveled to and investig...
Create A Graphic Novel
May 17, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBJimmy Gownley is the New York Times Bestselling author of Amelia Rules! And the Dumbest Idea Ever. He has done work for Disney on properties such as Tangled, Zootopia and an upcoming Little Mermaid series. His new book 7 Good Reasons Not to Grow Up is out now from Scholastic. https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jimmy-Gownley/20799241 https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/jimmy-gownley/ Michael Cohen Co-writer/artist of Strange Attractors, a science fiction comic w...
Be A Sommelier
May 10, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBLindsay, now part-owner of Rimessa Roscioli and co-founder of the Roscioli Wine Club, came to Rome 5 years ago while studying wine in Santa Barbara with the Court of Master Sommeliers. She recognized that studying wine was about being completely immersed in it, not merely reading from books. Wine and vineyards became her compass as she traveled the major wine regions of Spain, France and Italy on a 10-week solo vacation - ultimately landing her at a mind awakening wine tasting at Rimessa ...
Live Abroad
May 03, 2021 07:52 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBHeather is a graduate of Environmental Biology from Antioch College and Antioch University Graduate School. She has dabbled in higher education administration, teaching from kindergarten through the graduate level, placing international college students in summer resort jobs, educational travel, and now moving recyclables. She describes herself as a mismatched girl who pets bees and is seeking timeless days. In Brazil, she was known as "mae de Willow" because no one could say the name Hea...
Intro to Season 7
April 26, 2021 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.49 MBThe new season begins May 3rd with more fascinating interviews with regular people doing things that others long to do.
Understand Why People Like Hip-Hop - Part 2
March 29, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBIn part two Manny responds to some of my preconceptions about what hip hop music is and is not. In part one he explained the culture of hip hop and why he founded the center for Hip Hop Advocacy. Manny Faces is an award-winning new media journalist and podcast producer based in the New York Metropolitan area. He is the co-creator, co-producer, audio editor, and host of News Beat (www.usnewsbeat.com), a groundbreaking, multiple award-winning podcast series that melds hard-hitting social just...
Understand Why People Like Hip-Hop - Part 1
March 22, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn part one Manny explains the culture of hip hop and why he founded the center for Hip Hop Advocacy. In part two he responds to some of my preconceptions about what hip hop music is and is not. Manny Faces is an award-winning new media journalist and podcast producer based in the New York Metropolitan area. He is the co-creator, co-producer, audio editor, and host of News Beat (www.usnewsbeat.com), a groundbreaking, multiple award-winning podcast series that melds hard-hitting social justi...
Climb Mt Kilimanjaro
March 19, 2021 03:26 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBSIMONE KNEGO leads an ordinary life filled with extraordinary moments. As a wife, mother to six children (and three dogs), and a serial entrepreneur, she splits her time between her family, businesses, and personal growth. She’s realized the small choices she makes every day to do good actually have the power to inspire others. With this book, she hopes to inspire you to embrace life’s ups and downs and realize the impact you’re making on the world. Read more about her at her website: http...
Learn Another Language
March 11, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 62 MBPolyglot with 8 currently active languages and more on the side. Former expat and international English teacher, now back in the US trying to conquer her latest adventure: new motherhood. Speaks six languages with her toddler daughter regularly. http://chooseyourlifeadventure.com Resources Sarah mentions: Verbling.com italki.com Quizlet for flashcards Busuu - language site Liz mentions
Run For Office
March 05, 2021 08:39 - 26 minutes - 37 MBLiz Sumner, a candidate for the 23rd Wisconsin Assembly District in 2018, is a Fox Point resident, small business owner, wife and mother of two small children. Liz was born and raised in Milwaukee, spending her first years in the Sherman Park neighborhood before moving to Shorewood, where she attended Shorewood public schools and graduated from Shorewood High School. Liz was lucky enough to spend two years abroad, one with her family during her sophomore year of high school in Utrecht, T...
Intro Season 3
March 05, 2021 08:20 - 1 minute - 1.81 MBLiz Sumner introduces the new series which begins November 4th.
Figure Out Social Media
March 01, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBShaily started doing social media for her hobby community in high school… ON MYSPACE. She didn't realize what she did was doing social media until after college when she saw a question on a job application asking if she had ever managed an online community, and she realized there was something there. She graduated from Indiana University with a degree and certification in elementary education K-6, and she now uses those mad teaching skills to lead workshops, work with business owners 1-on-...
Make Money with My Music
February 22, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBIsabella Bedoya helps independent artists establish profitable and sustainable music careers so they can get paid doing what they love. She is the founder of The Fame Hackers, an artist accelerator for musicians that want to go from starving artists to thriving artists. After working as an A&R under Sony Music, Isabella uses her industry experience coupled with cutting-edge strategies to help musicians monetize their music careers and reach the levels of success they desire. Isabella has not...
Intro Series 6
February 15, 2021 12:11 - 1 minute - 2.52 MBWe have a great line up for Series 6 beginning February 15, 2021.
Change the World
February 15, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBOrly is the founder of the global non-profit, Life Vest Inside, a kindness expert, educator, best selling author, entrepreneur and keynote speaker who inspires audiences to take action. Her talks and workshops provide the groundwork for lasting change and motivate people to become the best version of themselves so that they can influence the world for good. Drawing from her personal journey, groundbreaking science, and her signature wit, Orly inspires people to tap into the power of kindness...
Go Into Outer Space
September 28, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBAnnie Handmer is a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Science, in the School of History and Philosophy of Science. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy, with Honours in History and Philosophy of Science, also from the University of Sydney. Annie’s research focuses on science and technology studies and the sociology of science in extreme environments. Annie also tutors an undergraduate subject called ‘Science, Ethics, and Society’ at the University of Sydney. ...
Learn to Play Jazz Piano
September 21, 2020 04:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBHello, I’m Dr. Bob Lawrence – the founder and President of The Dallas School of Music. I am a native of Rock Island, Illinois (located a couple hours west of Chicago). Growing up in a musical family and continuously hearing the Dixieland sounds of Bix Beiderbecke, I was destined to be a professional musician from early on. Many gifted and accomplished local jazz musicians were enormously influential during my early years of formation in the Quad-Cities (Al Frandsen, Warren Parrish, and J...
Dig for Dinosaur Fossils
September 14, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBBecky Barnes is a paleontologist with the North Dakota Geological Survey, located in Bismarck, ND. She works as the lab manager and volunteer coordinator for the paleo. Department, and is one of three paleontologists on staff. Her summers are spent out across North Dakota, collecting fossils and assisting with public fossil digs. Her winters are spent cleaning those same fossils in the lab (located in the basement of the Heritage Center and State Museum), wrangling volunteers, doing publi...
Produce a Broadway Show
September 07, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBMia Moravis is a three-time Emmy® Awards-nominated producer, a Remi® Award-winning filmmaker (Seeking Heat, about the international artists on David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label), an award-winning actress, and 27-time ASCAP PLUS Award-winning songwriter. Mia is a Member of The Broadway League, a Judge for multiple genres of the Emmy® Awards, a Voting Member of The Recording Academy~Grammy® Awards, an Executive-, Co-, and Associate Producer at Grammy® Award-winning Broadway Records (including the...
Intro to Season 5
September 02, 2020 12:55 - 2 minutes - 2.83 MBNew episodes of I Always Wanted To begin September 7th, 2020.
Be A Songwriter
May 02, 2020 16:34 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBJudy Fine Judy Fine is a singer and music educator who owns Online with Judy Fine, a resource for DIY singing and songwriting courses as well as in-person singing, keys, and theory/songwriting lessons online. To use Judy's Chord Book bundle for free, visit https://onlinewithjudyfine.com/music-theory-songwriting/ to place the Workbook Bundle into your cart. In the cart, apply coupon code THEORY123. After checkout, you will be able to download the bundle. Website: www.OnlineWithJudyFine....
Understand How Sound Works
April 21, 2020 12:26 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBSteve Armstrong - from Springfield MA. Fell in love with and studied String Bass for a few years in the 60s' Went to college for Music ed. Received a BA in Music theory and composition - too shy to be classroom teacher. Along the way, played in R+R dance bands in bars and clubs. Went into music electronics repair. While in school took a job at KSC as their main academic audio support person. In that role I applied my love for physics and knowledge of electronics to the tasks at hand; Providi...