Picking up where my last podcast left off, the focus of this show will be to facilitate conversations covering culture & the arts, self-improvement, and my fairly typical growing pains, just to name a few. In other words, I'll try to cover a lot of ground.
My first full episode will be published on October 27, 2020. But before that happens, I will be releasing short trailers, just to test the water. Below are brief descriptions of each trailer.
Trailer #1: The Divine Ratio
Talk less, listen more. That's the premise of my new show. With full episodes coming in the late Fall, I will shine a spotlight on all of the conversations, debates, and even arguments that are of interest to you, the listener.
Trailer #2: To Those Who Persecute You
This episode is being recorded and published in the final days of a bitterly contested 2020 Presidential campaign. In this time of crisis and confusion, here's my brief contribution to the conversation...
Trailer #3: Part of the Solution
With about three weeks before our next election, we need to decide if we are part of the problem or part of the problem. If you choose the latter, and if you haven't already, please take the time to formulate your election plan.
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By: Ken Boone In a couple of days, I'll be posting the next to last episode of my podcast, "From Grievance to Gratitude". Although my listeners are small in number, they give me the gift of their time and patience. I learned a lot about the medium of podcasting, but even more about myself. Doing that show helped me to uncover a hidden desire of mine. You see, I always wanted to be a radio host. It started when I was quite young. We belonged to a religion where they observed in a pretty strict way. From sundown the day before until sundown the day of, worldly activities were shelved. That meant the TV was off! Bummer! But we could listen to some radio. Hooray! When restrictions meet an active imagination, all kinds of magical things happened in my mind. In my mind, my raspy voice became deep and soothing while I read the news and spun the records. My mom's old Panasonic cassette recorder took quite a beating. Not to mention my meager allowance being spent on blank cassette tapes. I also learned that I could "use my words" when things would upset me or. My younger self would let things fester until I erupted. That wasn't good because I always ended up either saying the wrong thing or saying the right thing wrong. And that always left me appearing less credible, and somewhat nuts. Over time, I found out that my grievances were dwarfed by a feeling of gratitude for what I had, hence the name of the show. I also carried that premise over to my first blog. In fact, after two years and one major health scare, I ran out of stuff to gripe about. At least broadcast-worthy stuff. Doing the show and the blog, as well as creating and producing content for others, has helped me to figure out what I wanted to do as a recent retiree. Continue doing what I'm doing now, sans the airing of grievances. But what does an habitual complainer do when there's not much to complain about. I decided to get out of my own head and see what others are thinking, feeling and talking about. When I started my campaign of benevolent trolling, I quickly learned that many of my friends are deeply concerned with state of our country, particularly our people. I couldn't agree more. On my last gig, I was working for a nonprofit run by two people who couldn't be more different in their political and spiritual views. So the organization took on an apolitical, non-religious posture. To each his own, but if I had to work in that environment today, I'd go nuts! But all things, good or bad, must come to an end. Or should I say they must come to a pause. While I will be hosting a new show later this Fall, I have a slightly used show available for the taking to anyone who fits the profile. That is, somebody who has a bunch of grievances they want to air. The only caveat is that they have to balance that with heartfelt expressions of gratitude. I think that's fair enough. I will have to warn any prospective replacements - doing this show may change you for the better. If it does, and you get tired of complaining, kindly pass the show on to the next person. We can always create another new show for you. That's what we do here! The decision has been made to move on. I'm placing a pause on the podcast I recorded for the past two years. I really wanted to just shut it down, but people wiser than me suggested that I try to find a replacement host for the show. But I still had to record a final episode with me as host.
I planned on recording that last episode a couple of weeks in advance. But to do that, it would have to be less current. I couldn't give you hard numbers on the Coronavirus or the unemployment rate, which were topics I'd been discussing in recent episodes. So I tabled the recording for the time being. In the meantime, a lot has happened here, there, and everywhere. At the top of the list was the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. While expected, the news was still devastating to people of all genders and political stripes. I hadn't seen my wife cry that much in years. She was, and still is, a huge RBG fan and supporter. She even got me on the bandwagon. Politically, we are watching a group of highly-placed individuals trying to rig an election. And they're doing it in plain sight as if we can't see it. Using their bully pulpit(s), the post office, and right-wing media, they're throwing the lamest plates of spaghetti against the wall, hoping that something will stick. And it's unfortunate that a lot of very nice people (on both sides) are seeing life-long relationships come to a screeching halt. Why? For either power, money, or the desire to stay out of prison. Take your pick. Moving to a more micro set of circumstance, I wanted to record episodes from two of our other podcasts. It's been over a month since the last episode of "Can I Say Something w/ Angel Snipes" was published. That's sad because the show was gaining momentum, with more listeners coming aboard each day. When Angel did sit down to record, she revealed that one of the reasons for the long break was fear. Somehow, she overcame that fear, and in one take recorded her best episode EVER! Then it was Celia's turn. She had so much to say that we recorded a revealing and brutally honest two-part episode. She shared with the audience how fear, self-hatred and insecurity drove her to addiction and had her seriously contemplating suicide. All I can say is that I'm glad she gathered the strength to push back the dark clouds. She is the reason I am doing what I'm doing today! I'm glad that I waited to record my final "From Grievance to Gratitude" episode. Although I have enough material to talk for over an hour, I promised that I'd keep the episode length down to between 20 and 25 minutes. I also have to save some creative energy for my next podcast show, titled "Much More to Say". It's a show that will focus a lot less on me and my woes, and more on you. In fact, I just recorded my first "Teaser" episode that should be published by the time this post gets published. I'll post a link to the mini episode on Facebook and Twitter later this week. This has been one incredible week, and I think things will only become more challenging. So now is the time to open our eyes, ears, and minds in preparation for the storm ahead. Stay safe and don't forget to create a voting plan. We need each and every one of you! |
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