1 00:00:06,712 --> 00:00:10,233 Hey, everybody. I'm Connor. That's Doug, and this 2 00:00:10,233 --> 00:00:12,870 is the Bethel School District presents podcast? And 3 00:00:12,870 --> 00:00:14,468 who boyd do we have a heck of 4 00:00:14,468 --> 00:00:16,626 a show for you this week? Not only 5 00:00:16,626 --> 00:00:18,979 are we gonna be hearing from some student 6 00:00:19,914 --> 00:00:21,589 were coming for our jobs, 7 00:00:22,227 --> 00:00:25,018 but first, hot off the press from the 8 00:00:25,018 --> 00:00:27,831 home office in Sioux City Iowa where did 9 00:00:29,260 --> 00:00:32,131 where our audio accountants are working hard to 10 00:00:32,131 --> 00:00:32,371 determine. 11 00:00:33,008 --> 00:00:35,321 How many listeners we have and where those 12 00:00:35,321 --> 00:00:37,450 good people come from, and we've got some 13 00:00:38,127 --> 00:00:38,627 absolutely 14 00:00:39,243 --> 00:00:41,952 shocking figures for you. So Doug, you have 15 00:00:41,952 --> 00:00:45,274 not seen these numbers yet. So you are 16 00:00:45,632 --> 00:00:45,791 ignorant. 17 00:00:46,825 --> 00:00:48,836 Can we agree on that? Webster 18 00:00:49,290 --> 00:00:51,756 definition, I suppose that's true. We love Webster 19 00:00:51,756 --> 00:00:53,608 around here. I'm sure as you've guessed 20 00:00:54,079 --> 00:00:56,713 the vast majority of our many, many listeners 21 00:00:56,713 --> 00:00:58,309 come from the great State of Washington. I 22 00:00:58,309 --> 00:01:00,464 would assume a hundred percent of our listeners 23 00:01:00,464 --> 00:01:02,300 are in Washington. We do a lovely school 24 00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:04,712 district podcast, and I assume the people in 25 00:01:04,712 --> 00:01:06,231 our district would be very interested in it. 26 00:01:06,390 --> 00:01:07,589 I don't think it would have much reach 27 00:01:07,589 --> 00:01:09,907 outside of that. You would think, But you're 28 00:01:09,907 --> 00:01:12,200 absolutely wrong doug. We have listeners all over 29 00:01:12,398 --> 00:01:12,876 great country. 30 00:01:13,671 --> 00:01:15,660 How many states and I'm looking at these... 31 00:01:15,979 --> 00:01:17,252 I'm looking at the map right now. 32 00:01:17,968 --> 00:01:20,453 There's 50 states. Okay. There we go. I 33 00:01:20,453 --> 00:01:21,572 was counting Them I'm real quick ready to 34 00:01:21,572 --> 00:01:22,372 take my shoes off. 35 00:01:24,290 --> 00:01:26,847 So Doug, if you had to guess how 36 00:01:26,847 --> 00:01:29,379 many states are represented among our listeners 37 00:01:29,979 --> 00:01:31,417 Well, I do know there's a Bethel school 38 00:01:31,417 --> 00:01:33,335 district in Connecticut. I think there's 1 in 39 00:01:33,495 --> 00:01:36,132 Alaska. There's definitely 1 to our neighbor to 40 00:01:36,132 --> 00:01:38,550 the south in Oregon. So 41 00:01:39,262 --> 00:01:40,855 Yeah I'm gonna throw on a couple of 42 00:01:40,855 --> 00:01:43,245 random from maybe Texas because it's a really 43 00:01:43,245 --> 00:01:45,555 big state. So maybe, like, let's say 8 44 00:01:45,555 --> 00:01:46,112 or 9 states. 45 00:01:46,829 --> 00:01:47,706 Slightly above that. 46 00:01:48,439 --> 00:01:51,716 All 50 states. All 50 states. Plus the 47 00:01:51,716 --> 00:01:54,832 district of Columbia. Holy smokes. So interesting. Shocking. 48 00:01:55,072 --> 00:01:56,671 I don't know I don't know why they're 49 00:01:56,671 --> 00:01:58,838 listening, but they are. And we love. So 50 00:01:58,838 --> 00:01:59,474 everyone in Dc. 51 00:02:00,348 --> 00:02:00,746 Big ups. 52 00:02:02,495 --> 00:02:04,404 Know my family listens in Virginia, so that 53 00:02:04,404 --> 00:02:06,153 gives us at least 1 listener there. That's 54 00:02:06,153 --> 00:02:08,954 very interesting information. What's even more shocking, Doug. 55 00:02:09,193 --> 00:02:11,105 So I I can see or shocked, but 56 00:02:11,105 --> 00:02:12,539 this is prepared to even be more shocked. 57 00:02:12,778 --> 00:02:15,168 I. Okay. Because it's not just the United 58 00:02:15,248 --> 00:02:17,182 States of America. We have listeners 59 00:02:17,652 --> 00:02:19,562 you won't believe this. We have listeners all 60 00:02:19,562 --> 00:02:22,369 over the world. If you had to guess 61 00:02:22,744 --> 00:02:24,494 where would most of our listeners be coming 62 00:02:24,494 --> 00:02:27,053 from outside of America. Okay. So the United 63 00:02:27,212 --> 00:02:29,358 States is number 1 on this list of 64 00:02:29,358 --> 00:02:30,788 nations that enjoy our show. 65 00:02:31,822 --> 00:02:33,490 I'm gonna have to go with Canada, I 66 00:02:33,490 --> 00:02:35,650 guess as number 2 because they're right next 67 00:02:35,650 --> 00:02:37,158 door to us just a few hours to 68 00:02:37,158 --> 00:02:39,618 the north. It's an English speaking province. So 69 00:02:39,935 --> 00:02:41,681 Canada, That's my answer. And that is a 70 00:02:41,681 --> 00:02:43,444 great guest doug. That would have been my 71 00:02:43,444 --> 00:02:45,116 guess if I didn't have the information in 72 00:02:45,116 --> 00:02:47,663 front of me. Canada actually cracks the top 73 00:02:47,663 --> 00:02:49,493 5, but just barely. It comes in at 74 00:02:49,493 --> 00:02:51,814 number 5. Our number 2 country for listeners 75 00:02:51,814 --> 00:02:54,040 leadership. Is actually Germany. We're big in Germany. 76 00:02:54,279 --> 00:02:56,107 We're like David Has. I love this. We 77 00:02:56,107 --> 00:02:58,253 are. We're we're huge in Germany, and we're 78 00:02:58,253 --> 00:03:00,978 actually pretty big in France of all places 79 00:03:00,978 --> 00:03:02,336 as well. That comes in at number 3. 80 00:03:02,656 --> 00:03:05,132 We're like Jerry Lewis. That's that's amazing. We're 81 00:03:05,132 --> 00:03:07,130 like, the nutty professors and the night riders 82 00:03:07,130 --> 00:03:09,618 of the podcasting world. So if Canada's number 83 00:03:09,618 --> 00:03:11,771 5, what's in the number 4 slot? India. 84 00:03:12,649 --> 00:03:14,403 India. Can you believe it? India. I... What's 85 00:03:14,403 --> 00:03:17,409 a gigantic country with a huge population. So 86 00:03:17,529 --> 00:03:18,884 I guess I can believe that a little 87 00:03:18,884 --> 00:03:21,594 bit. So the most shocking thing. That this 88 00:03:21,594 --> 00:03:23,746 isn't shocking enough. You you thought this was 89 00:03:23,746 --> 00:03:25,260 shocking. This is nothing. 90 00:03:25,832 --> 00:03:27,818 Compared to what you're about to hear. Okay. 91 00:03:28,453 --> 00:03:30,438 I got an email. You haven't seen this 92 00:03:30,438 --> 00:03:32,186 doug because I don't include you in the 93 00:03:32,186 --> 00:03:32,901 high level stuff. 94 00:03:33,949 --> 00:03:35,304 I got an email alerting me to the 95 00:03:35,304 --> 00:03:37,798 fact that we rank number 22 96 00:03:38,016 --> 00:03:41,546 in all news related podcasts in the beautiful 97 00:03:41,604 --> 00:03:42,720 country of Belarus. 98 00:03:43,293 --> 00:03:46,395 That's some in Belarus. Belarus. They love us 99 00:03:46,395 --> 00:03:49,100 in minsk. That's very, very cool and hello 100 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:52,058 to all of our Belarus Listeners, and all 101 00:03:52,058 --> 00:03:54,683 our listeners across this great globe across the 102 00:03:54,842 --> 00:03:57,172 United States, and especially right here at home 103 00:03:57,308 --> 00:03:59,794 in the Bethel School District If you haven't 104 00:03:59,794 --> 00:04:01,314 done so yet, we would love for you 105 00:04:01,314 --> 00:04:03,794 to jump on whatever podcasting platform you use. 106 00:04:04,115 --> 00:04:05,794 Give us a 5 star review, leave us 107 00:04:05,794 --> 00:04:08,448 a comment. And without a doubt, please share 108 00:04:08,448 --> 00:04:10,525 the show with a friend, you guys are 109 00:04:10,525 --> 00:04:13,323 our best marketing team out there. If you 110 00:04:13,323 --> 00:04:14,681 like what you're hear and you want other 111 00:04:14,681 --> 00:04:16,200 people to know about that great things, your 112 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,813 district is doing, go ahead and share with 113 00:04:17,813 --> 00:04:19,811 a friend. And speaking of great things, 114 00:04:20,610 --> 00:04:21,968 let's talk fishing, Doug. 115 00:04:23,806 --> 00:04:25,405 That was a hard turn. I love. Let's 116 00:04:25,405 --> 00:04:26,938 go. Yeah. Not much of a transition there, 117 00:04:27,098 --> 00:04:28,616 but, yes, you and I went and spoke 118 00:04:28,616 --> 00:04:30,534 at Elk Alpine School of choice recently to 119 00:04:30,534 --> 00:04:33,330 their leadership class who are all putting together 120 00:04:33,330 --> 00:04:33,730 podcast. 121 00:04:34,222 --> 00:04:36,288 Themselves, and 2 of those podcasts, we are 122 00:04:36,288 --> 00:04:38,353 going to share with you. Right now, the 123 00:04:38,353 --> 00:04:40,578 first 1 is about fishing of all things, 124 00:04:40,736 --> 00:04:42,977 Doug, Yeah. This student had a great idea 125 00:04:42,977 --> 00:04:44,034 of doing a podcast 126 00:04:44,567 --> 00:04:46,952 where she the host actually knew nothing about 127 00:04:46,952 --> 00:04:49,352 the subject and invites on a guest. To 128 00:04:49,352 --> 00:04:50,863 help her a better understand it. I love 129 00:04:50,863 --> 00:04:53,727 that idea, and your 3 minutes of fishing 130 00:04:53,727 --> 00:04:54,364 begins now. 131 00:04:55,239 --> 00:04:56,830 Hello. My name is Karen, and welcome to 132 00:04:56,830 --> 00:04:57,387 a podcast. 133 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,439 Today we'll be interviewing preston and benedict and 134 00:05:00,439 --> 00:05:02,120 his experience with fishing over the years. 135 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:04,439 Have you ever won to learn how to 136 00:05:04,439 --> 00:05:06,212 fish or maybe learned some tip so before 137 00:05:06,212 --> 00:05:08,356 you start. Well this podcast is to grow 138 00:05:08,356 --> 00:05:10,421 your knowledge about fishing and learn about other 139 00:05:10,421 --> 00:05:13,463 people's experiences too. So hopefully enjoy this podcast 140 00:05:13,519 --> 00:05:15,840 by me. So Tara Look and my cousin 141 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:16,556 press benedict. 142 00:05:17,510 --> 00:05:20,294 The first question is, tell me about the 143 00:05:20,294 --> 00:05:22,777 first time you fit Oh, I knew nothing 144 00:05:22,777 --> 00:05:24,289 about fishing in the very first time I 145 00:05:24,289 --> 00:05:24,448 went. 146 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,951 My dad and my mom taught me had 147 00:05:27,951 --> 00:05:29,066 a fish actually. 148 00:05:30,034 --> 00:05:32,333 But all, all they did was was cast 149 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:33,443 it for me and all I did was 150 00:05:33,443 --> 00:05:33,919 reel it in. 151 00:05:34,633 --> 00:05:36,536 So, I mean, I I knew nothing. 152 00:05:37,584 --> 00:05:38,942 Well, the first time I fished, 153 00:05:40,461 --> 00:05:41,419 I was out in the country. 154 00:05:42,218 --> 00:05:44,376 My house. I was about what? I think 155 00:05:44,376 --> 00:05:45,095 5 years old. 156 00:05:46,861 --> 00:05:49,247 It was my uncle uncles pond, uncle Wayne 157 00:05:49,247 --> 00:05:50,065 pond, and 158 00:05:51,236 --> 00:05:52,111 we were catfish fishing. 159 00:05:53,078 --> 00:05:54,981 Very end. We we started bass fishing in 160 00:05:54,981 --> 00:05:56,353 the very beginning, and 161 00:05:56,805 --> 00:05:59,105 I caught about 2 bass and towards the 162 00:05:59,105 --> 00:05:59,739 end of the night, 163 00:06:00,468 --> 00:06:02,298 I caught my first ever catfish fishing. I... 164 00:06:02,457 --> 00:06:03,332 That I was pretty fun. 165 00:06:04,048 --> 00:06:05,241 I'm probably professional now. 166 00:06:06,116 --> 00:06:06,991 From from the first time, 167 00:06:07,721 --> 00:06:08,539 No. I've 168 00:06:08,992 --> 00:06:10,183 I've learned a lot on my own. 169 00:06:11,295 --> 00:06:13,780 I've learned certain knots in certain ways to 170 00:06:14,153 --> 00:06:17,103 catch bass, and learn certain fish and all 171 00:06:17,103 --> 00:06:19,165 that. So I've... I've learned so much. 172 00:06:20,116 --> 00:06:22,019 How often do you fish now? 173 00:06:23,223 --> 00:06:25,126 All, I can't say every day because I 174 00:06:25,126 --> 00:06:26,578 got other things to do, but 175 00:06:27,189 --> 00:06:28,403 I... I'd say about 176 00:06:28,775 --> 00:06:30,996 Monday through Friday. I probably fish, 177 00:06:32,522 --> 00:06:35,386 almost every day, I'd say, probably Monday, Tuesday, 178 00:06:35,864 --> 00:06:38,171 then Thursday, Friday. If you were talking to 179 00:06:38,171 --> 00:06:41,050 a person who knows almost nothing about phishing 180 00:06:41,050 --> 00:06:43,437 example, I don't know anything about fishing. What 181 00:06:43,437 --> 00:06:44,471 would you tell them about it? 182 00:06:45,425 --> 00:06:47,255 Well, I tell them that 183 00:06:47,989 --> 00:06:49,427 Fishing pretty fun relaxing. 184 00:06:51,585 --> 00:06:54,142 It's definitely not hard to do. They just 185 00:06:54,142 --> 00:06:56,240 gotta learn a couple things, but 186 00:06:57,744 --> 00:06:59,649 I mean, you just need your basics, 187 00:07:01,317 --> 00:07:02,849 fishing pull line and 188 00:07:03,302 --> 00:07:05,385 a barber and a hook, pretty much all 189 00:07:05,385 --> 00:07:07,218 you need to start start out and learn. 190 00:07:07,616 --> 00:07:09,688 What do you think are 3 or more 191 00:07:09,688 --> 00:07:12,636 very important things about fishing? You definitely need 192 00:07:12,636 --> 00:07:13,990 a buddy tell you what. 193 00:07:14,883 --> 00:07:15,383 Because 194 00:07:16,718 --> 00:07:18,474 fishing by yourself is not bad, but man, 195 00:07:18,713 --> 00:07:20,788 we whenever you have a friend, it it 196 00:07:20,788 --> 00:07:23,517 just enhances the fishing experience it's... You you 197 00:07:23,517 --> 00:07:25,273 definitely need a pole. You definitely need a 198 00:07:25,273 --> 00:07:26,012 fish efficient pull 199 00:07:26,470 --> 00:07:26,710 because, 200 00:07:28,146 --> 00:07:29,503 I fish with a stick once, and it's 201 00:07:29,503 --> 00:07:32,464 not the greatest, but it's Yeah. Knee pull. 202 00:07:33,098 --> 00:07:34,843 And for the third thing, 203 00:07:36,191 --> 00:07:37,880 I'm not too for sure. Probably 204 00:07:39,539 --> 00:07:40,257 some head gear, 205 00:07:40,975 --> 00:07:42,651 maybe, like, you know, to keep the sun 206 00:07:42,651 --> 00:07:44,567 off you because you you'll definitely get sunburn 207 00:07:44,567 --> 00:07:46,483 burned by the water. In the future, do 208 00:07:46,483 --> 00:07:48,809 you think it'll be better or more experienced 209 00:07:48,809 --> 00:07:50,876 at fishing? On the future. Well, 210 00:07:51,671 --> 00:07:53,023 well, every time you go out, you always 211 00:07:53,023 --> 00:07:55,488 learn something. So I think I'm gonna learn 212 00:07:55,488 --> 00:07:57,769 more. Is there any other things about fish 213 00:07:57,968 --> 00:08:00,516 that you think are fun boring, confusing, interesting, 214 00:08:00,754 --> 00:08:01,073 etcetera? 215 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:02,187 Well, 216 00:08:02,904 --> 00:08:06,581 definitely not catching anything is boring. Thing fishing 217 00:08:06,581 --> 00:08:09,074 it's not all about catching fish. It's the 218 00:08:09,212 --> 00:08:11,443 moments and memories you share with your family 219 00:08:11,443 --> 00:08:11,842 or friends. 220 00:08:12,878 --> 00:08:15,755 In my podcast? We discussed what makes fishing 221 00:08:15,755 --> 00:08:18,693 a memorable and fun experience. You need basic 222 00:08:18,693 --> 00:08:20,837 materials, patience and a good spirit to have 223 00:08:20,837 --> 00:08:23,324 a good run of fishing. And remember, if 224 00:08:23,324 --> 00:08:25,324 you with the family or friend, it always 225 00:08:25,324 --> 00:08:26,764 makes it better because it can make it 226 00:08:26,764 --> 00:08:27,564 a special moment. 227 00:08:28,444 --> 00:08:30,538 Thank you for listening to my podcast. I 228 00:08:30,538 --> 00:08:31,336 hope you brand something. 229 00:08:32,293 --> 00:08:33,888 Well, Connor, I gotta say I know more 230 00:08:33,888 --> 00:08:35,404 about fishing now and I did 3 minutes 231 00:08:35,404 --> 00:08:38,116 ago. Love that podcast. You're from Montana, I 232 00:08:38,116 --> 00:08:39,551 gotta assume you grow up with a fishing 233 00:08:39,551 --> 00:08:41,474 pole in your. That is a good assumption, 234 00:08:41,633 --> 00:08:43,300 Doug. You ever see the movie, a river 235 00:08:43,300 --> 00:08:45,444 runs through it? I have not. Well, if 236 00:08:45,444 --> 00:08:47,190 you would have, I could've said it was 237 00:08:47,190 --> 00:08:47,960 based on my life 238 00:08:49,505 --> 00:08:51,012 I'll still believe it. Robert Red in that. 239 00:08:51,250 --> 00:08:53,152 Yeah. He directed me. I was in. I'm 240 00:08:53,311 --> 00:08:53,628 Bread pitt. 241 00:08:56,182 --> 00:08:58,812 Big surprise. Yeah. Listeners around the world are 242 00:08:58,812 --> 00:09:00,565 shocked today. Well, you know, you see the 243 00:09:00,565 --> 00:09:02,796 resemblance. Alright. Well, let's move on to our 244 00:09:02,796 --> 00:09:05,365 second podcast. This 1 a more serious tone, 245 00:09:05,524 --> 00:09:07,280 which we're gonna need to transition to ourselves 246 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,531 here. This is about near death experiences, 247 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:13,524 It is not for the faint of hearts. 248 00:09:13,764 --> 00:09:15,205 We'll give you a little trigger warning here 249 00:09:15,205 --> 00:09:16,725 if that's something you don't wanna listen to. 250 00:09:17,125 --> 00:09:18,404 We'll give you full permission to shut off 251 00:09:18,404 --> 00:09:19,684 the show right now, and we will talk 252 00:09:19,684 --> 00:09:21,538 to you again next week. And for those 253 00:09:21,538 --> 00:09:23,054 that are staying with us, we wanna thank 254 00:09:23,054 --> 00:09:25,688 the students for sharing these stories and let 255 00:09:25,688 --> 00:09:27,523 letting us share them here on the show 256 00:09:27,523 --> 00:09:29,095 so that other people can learn from there 257 00:09:29,293 --> 00:09:31,356 experiences, we especially wanna thank their parents for 258 00:09:31,356 --> 00:09:33,103 giving their permission for us to share these 259 00:09:33,103 --> 00:09:35,666 stories too. So here we go near death 260 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:36,380 experiences. 261 00:09:36,848 --> 00:09:38,538 Take it away. And I realized 262 00:09:39,229 --> 00:09:40,975 I can't breathe out of, like, my throat. 263 00:09:41,213 --> 00:09:43,594 So I'm like, panicking to I kinda started 264 00:09:43,594 --> 00:09:43,912 drowning. 265 00:09:44,962 --> 00:09:47,434 Like kind of a betrayed me. For the 266 00:09:47,434 --> 00:09:49,986 next 5 minutes, you be listening to 3 267 00:09:49,986 --> 00:09:52,378 near death stories from 3 different eighth graders 268 00:09:52,378 --> 00:09:53,255 here at Elk Plain. 269 00:09:53,828 --> 00:09:55,742 What happened to them. How did they survive? 270 00:09:56,061 --> 00:09:56,859 Well, let's find out. 271 00:10:00,607 --> 00:10:01,644 Hey. I'm Madeline. 272 00:10:02,441 --> 00:10:05,491 I'm gonna... Good? Yeah. So what was your 273 00:10:05,491 --> 00:10:07,248 scariest new death experience? 274 00:10:08,447 --> 00:10:11,015 So this actually happened right? A littlest less 275 00:10:11,015 --> 00:10:12,790 in a year ago maybe a little bit 276 00:10:13,007 --> 00:10:14,919 few months ago. I don't know. Somewhere between 277 00:10:14,919 --> 00:10:16,513 there. And I was just on the couch 278 00:10:16,513 --> 00:10:19,403 laying down, watching a show, and I had 279 00:10:19,794 --> 00:10:21,304 I had, like a plastic water bottle with 280 00:10:21,304 --> 00:10:22,973 me, and the cap was like on but 281 00:10:22,973 --> 00:10:24,960 the water still came out. So I was 282 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,709 drinking out of it with the cap mostly 283 00:10:26,709 --> 00:10:28,219 on and I was laying down and then 284 00:10:28,219 --> 00:10:30,543 suddenly the cap, Comes off and goes into 285 00:10:30,543 --> 00:10:32,795 the back of my throat, and I realize 286 00:10:33,490 --> 00:10:35,323 I can't breathe out of, like, my throat. 287 00:10:35,482 --> 00:10:37,735 So I'm like, panicking, and I'm home alone 288 00:10:38,191 --> 00:10:40,034 just with my my dog. And so I 289 00:10:40,034 --> 00:10:42,338 started panicking, and I tried to, like, coughing 290 00:10:42,338 --> 00:10:43,529 it out and it's not working. 291 00:10:44,324 --> 00:10:47,080 And luckily, the water bottle cap was a 292 00:10:47,199 --> 00:10:49,424 facing up, so I was able to grab 293 00:10:49,424 --> 00:10:50,798 it out. So 294 00:10:51,569 --> 00:10:54,112 it was really scary, but I'm still here. 295 00:10:54,843 --> 00:10:56,198 I was thinking that I was about to 296 00:10:56,198 --> 00:10:57,554 die. And I was really scared. 297 00:10:58,351 --> 00:10:59,489 How'd do feel afterwards, 298 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:02,598 relieved that 299 00:11:03,468 --> 00:11:03,968 I 300 00:11:04,426 --> 00:11:06,341 was able to get it without, like, 301 00:11:07,458 --> 00:11:09,134 having anything go wrong I guess. 302 00:11:12,816 --> 00:11:13,771 Hi. I'm Siri. 303 00:11:14,328 --> 00:11:15,704 What was your 304 00:11:16,319 --> 00:11:18,491 scariest near death experience? 305 00:11:20,708 --> 00:11:22,398 It was probably when I was 306 00:11:23,009 --> 00:11:25,468 maybe 9 or 10, and we went to 307 00:11:25,468 --> 00:11:26,102 ocean shores. 308 00:11:26,674 --> 00:11:27,713 And I was swimming, 309 00:11:28,592 --> 00:11:30,989 and I got carried out really far back. 310 00:11:32,348 --> 00:11:33,327 Yeah. It was 311 00:11:33,946 --> 00:11:36,037 bad. I almost... I was kinda started drowning. 312 00:11:36,435 --> 00:11:38,744 And what were you thinking you're feeling while 313 00:11:38,823 --> 00:11:39,460 It was happening? 314 00:11:39,938 --> 00:11:42,008 Very scared, and I felt like I couldn't 315 00:11:42,008 --> 00:11:43,894 breathe because obviously, I was being pushed started 316 00:11:44,493 --> 00:11:45,132 underneath the water. 317 00:11:46,090 --> 00:11:46,590 And 318 00:11:47,127 --> 00:11:49,123 because, you know how you go farther back, 319 00:11:50,081 --> 00:11:52,097 the the from the back, you go, it 320 00:11:53,208 --> 00:11:54,962 the heart and, you know, of course, deeper 321 00:11:54,962 --> 00:11:56,956 it gets the the waves do, but stronger? 322 00:11:57,195 --> 00:11:57,355 Yeah. 323 00:11:58,152 --> 00:11:59,827 Like, I felt like nobody was gonna see 324 00:11:59,827 --> 00:12:00,465 that I was, like, 325 00:12:01,262 --> 00:12:02,034 going under 326 00:12:02,554 --> 00:12:03,754 How drew you back to safety? 327 00:12:06,235 --> 00:12:07,774 Apparently, my order cousin 328 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:10,815 had saw me, which is really good. So 329 00:12:10,954 --> 00:12:11,274 he, 330 00:12:12,008 --> 00:12:13,623 What's? We usually bring 331 00:12:14,079 --> 00:12:16,231 1 of those big safety movies just with 332 00:12:16,231 --> 00:12:17,505 us when we go to that beach. 333 00:12:19,019 --> 00:12:20,294 He bring that out and swim out, and 334 00:12:20,294 --> 00:12:21,011 then he got me. 335 00:12:22,141 --> 00:12:22,800 And then 336 00:12:23,413 --> 00:12:25,640 I was, like coughing and it was really 337 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,651 bad because I was just laying there. 338 00:12:28,106 --> 00:12:29,481 And we're revealing afterwards. 339 00:12:30,428 --> 00:12:32,499 Very relieved, but still, like, 340 00:12:33,136 --> 00:12:33,455 shocked. 341 00:12:34,172 --> 00:12:34,672 And 342 00:12:35,207 --> 00:12:36,800 it took me a while to get over 343 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,791 the fear of going into the ocean, 344 00:12:39,524 --> 00:12:41,119 But now, I'm able to, because I'm no 345 00:12:41,119 --> 00:12:43,294 longer scared, but it was terrifying. 346 00:12:43,831 --> 00:12:45,266 If you could do a duo homework would 347 00:12:45,266 --> 00:12:47,659 you stop it from happening? Yeah. I would 348 00:12:47,659 --> 00:12:49,429 not go as far as I did. There 349 00:12:49,429 --> 00:12:50,548 anything you learned from that? 350 00:12:51,507 --> 00:12:53,584 I learned that when you see, like, the 351 00:12:53,584 --> 00:12:55,662 waves are pretty big. Do not go towards 352 00:12:55,662 --> 00:12:57,100 them. You will get carried out. 353 00:12:57,899 --> 00:12:57,955 Is 354 00:12:59,981 --> 00:13:02,524 I'm zoe we beat. What was your scariest 355 00:13:02,524 --> 00:13:03,660 near that experience. 356 00:13:05,782 --> 00:13:07,948 1 time when I went to the pool 357 00:13:07,948 --> 00:13:10,266 with my cousin and my grandma. We were 358 00:13:10,266 --> 00:13:12,264 swimming, and I thought I was super cool 359 00:13:12,264 --> 00:13:14,182 and swim in the 8 foot part of 360 00:13:14,182 --> 00:13:16,394 the pool. I realized I cannot swim 361 00:13:17,628 --> 00:13:19,298 And so I was gonna reach for the 362 00:13:19,298 --> 00:13:20,650 ledge of the pool because I had to 363 00:13:20,650 --> 00:13:23,847 go get back up. Well, I act 7 364 00:13:23,847 --> 00:13:25,517 reached out my cousins pants, and then I 365 00:13:25,517 --> 00:13:27,824 made him moon the entire pool, which was 366 00:13:27,824 --> 00:13:29,813 not cool, but then he pushed me back 367 00:13:29,813 --> 00:13:31,416 down in the water and then I actually 368 00:13:31,416 --> 00:13:33,638 started drowning, and then he realized that I 369 00:13:33,638 --> 00:13:35,383 was wasn't front of pants him, and I 370 00:13:35,383 --> 00:13:37,287 was drowning and tried to help me back 371 00:13:37,287 --> 00:13:39,765 up. And so I survived person But it 372 00:13:39,765 --> 00:13:42,075 really painful. That are bunch of water in 373 00:13:42,075 --> 00:13:44,704 emma? Emma my lu. It looks like he 374 00:13:44,704 --> 00:13:46,616 kind of betrayed me Yeah. What you would 375 00:13:46,616 --> 00:13:47,832 you feel afterwards? 376 00:13:49,338 --> 00:13:51,168 My my throat kinda of hurt kinda coughing 377 00:13:51,168 --> 00:13:52,919 and a bunch of water up. Felt like 378 00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:54,272 a fish could you regret? 379 00:13:55,863 --> 00:13:56,102 No. 380 00:13:58,827 --> 00:14:01,380 What's something you learned from that. Don't swim 381 00:14:01,380 --> 00:14:02,817 an a foot part of the pool. 382 00:14:03,535 --> 00:14:04,653 Well you know you can't swim. 383 00:14:07,058 --> 00:14:08,513 Everyone has their own experiences 384 00:14:08,967 --> 00:14:10,638 and when they share them, others can learn 385 00:14:10,638 --> 00:14:13,000 for them. Like when I was 12, I 386 00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:15,267 fell off a fallen tree into a freezing 387 00:14:15,267 --> 00:14:17,573 pond with full snow gear on. It was 388 00:14:17,573 --> 00:14:19,721 super heavy, and I almost didn't get out. 389 00:14:20,372 --> 00:14:21,962 But my advice to you is don't be 390 00:14:21,962 --> 00:14:23,791 scared to climb a tree over a pond 391 00:14:23,791 --> 00:14:25,301 or swim in the ocean as long as 392 00:14:25,301 --> 00:14:27,288 you have a plan and are careful. Thank 393 00:14:27,288 --> 00:14:27,924 you for listening. 394 00:14:30,561 --> 00:14:32,626 Harrowing stuff there. Thank you again to the 395 00:14:32,626 --> 00:14:34,294 students and their parents for allowing us to 396 00:14:34,294 --> 00:14:37,073 share their podcast and big props to Christine 397 00:14:37,073 --> 00:14:39,163 link the teacher librarian over there at Elk 398 00:14:39,243 --> 00:14:41,820 Play school of choice who brought this together 399 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,558 so many cool podcasts we got to listen 400 00:14:43,558 --> 00:14:46,115 to and choosing these 2. Absolutely And Doug, 401 00:14:46,275 --> 00:14:48,754 you know, This is sensitive topic, but I 402 00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:50,898 am curious. Have you ever had a near 403 00:14:50,898 --> 00:14:51,613 death experience? 404 00:14:52,328 --> 00:14:54,789 I have actually, and it's a good reminder 405 00:14:54,789 --> 00:14:57,511 out there for everybody? So I was driving 406 00:14:57,511 --> 00:15:00,303 from somewhere south of Richmond. I can't really 407 00:15:00,303 --> 00:15:02,457 remember exactly where back north to where my 408 00:15:02,457 --> 00:15:03,016 parents lived in. 409 00:15:03,828 --> 00:15:05,818 Get a warrant in Virginia, and I had 410 00:15:05,818 --> 00:15:07,807 gotten myself some snacks for the road, 1 411 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:09,479 of which was, you know, those sweet tart 412 00:15:09,479 --> 00:15:11,961 that are big, they're they're soft. Sweet tart. 413 00:15:12,279 --> 00:15:13,950 I actually love those. I do know those. 414 00:15:14,188 --> 00:15:15,859 I I I'd love them till this point. 415 00:15:16,018 --> 00:15:17,155 So I was just 416 00:15:17,848 --> 00:15:19,599 well seeing country music to myself in the 417 00:15:19,599 --> 00:15:20,337 car and 418 00:15:20,649 --> 00:15:22,567 chow down on these sweet sweetheart and boy 419 00:15:22,567 --> 00:15:24,484 when Them didn't get lodged in the back 420 00:15:24,484 --> 00:15:26,561 of my throat. I was trying to, you 421 00:15:26,561 --> 00:15:28,412 know, get it out as I was s 422 00:15:28,412 --> 00:15:29,924 1 70, and then I realized I should 423 00:15:29,924 --> 00:15:31,675 probably pull over because I was not able 424 00:15:31,675 --> 00:15:33,346 to breathe. I don't really remember what happened. 425 00:15:33,585 --> 00:15:35,097 I got out of the car. I did 426 00:15:35,097 --> 00:15:36,370 get it out of my throat, and then 427 00:15:36,450 --> 00:15:38,238 I lost my taste for those sweet tart 428 00:15:38,535 --> 00:15:40,446 to your food connor. It's a good advice. 429 00:15:40,605 --> 00:15:43,313 Yes. Thank you. I've still learning doug. Oh, 430 00:15:43,552 --> 00:15:46,101 about you. Any near death experiences on your 431 00:15:46,101 --> 00:15:47,873 side I almost choked on a Turkey sandwich 432 00:15:47,873 --> 00:15:48,831 like 10 minutes I ago. 433 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:53,065 Now, I I have, hopefully, you know, I 434 00:15:53,225 --> 00:15:55,558 I don't... Think I have that close to 435 00:15:55,558 --> 00:15:57,555 death, but I did have a pretty scary 436 00:15:57,555 --> 00:16:00,353 experience growing up as we've mentioned numerous times 437 00:16:00,353 --> 00:16:02,670 in Montana. We love Montana. We do. I 438 00:16:02,670 --> 00:16:03,070 I'm gonna go there. 439 00:16:04,042 --> 00:16:06,433 I was a snow border, and on the 440 00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:09,222 beautiful slopes of big Mountain, now called white 441 00:16:09,222 --> 00:16:11,949 fish Mountain resort, 1 day I. Fell into 442 00:16:11,949 --> 00:16:13,867 a tree well. Connor, let me stop you 443 00:16:13,867 --> 00:16:15,225 real quick for listeners that don't know what 444 00:16:15,225 --> 00:16:17,463 a tree well. It's a space around a 445 00:16:17,463 --> 00:16:19,621 tree under the branches that doesn't get the 446 00:16:19,621 --> 00:16:22,345 same amount of snow as the surrounding open 447 00:16:22,345 --> 00:16:23,880 space. It kinda creates this 448 00:16:24,335 --> 00:16:26,961 empty area below the branches that you can 449 00:16:26,961 --> 00:16:28,632 get stuck in. It's dangerous to hike and 450 00:16:28,632 --> 00:16:30,398 snow borders and people like that. Yeah. And 451 00:16:30,558 --> 00:16:32,471 I labor found out that actually 50 people 452 00:16:32,471 --> 00:16:34,863 have died from Tree wells certification from 2000 453 00:16:34,863 --> 00:16:35,660 to 2015. 454 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:38,292 So it's a very serious, potentially very serious 455 00:16:38,292 --> 00:16:38,451 thing. 456 00:16:39,184 --> 00:16:40,461 I didn't know it at the time, so 457 00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:42,457 I wasn't that freaked out, and I was 458 00:16:42,457 --> 00:16:44,373 thankfully able to climb out on my own, 459 00:16:44,772 --> 00:16:46,288 but other people have not been so lucky. 460 00:16:46,448 --> 00:16:47,645 So I will count that as a near 461 00:16:47,645 --> 00:16:50,368 death experience. Absolutely. That's terrifying. I have never 462 00:16:50,368 --> 00:16:52,118 been skiing or snowboarding and this is 1 463 00:16:52,118 --> 00:16:53,812 more check the call not to go. 464 00:16:56,973 --> 00:16:58,816 So that it's gonna wrap up our show 465 00:16:58,816 --> 00:17:00,802 for today. Thanks again to help playing school 466 00:17:00,802 --> 00:17:02,549 of choice. This is the second year they've 467 00:17:02,549 --> 00:17:04,773 given us podcast and let us air them 468 00:17:04,773 --> 00:17:06,838 we really enjoy that partnership and we hope 469 00:17:06,838 --> 00:17:08,447 that we get to broadcast some of them 470 00:17:08,447 --> 00:17:10,601 next year to all of you and join 471 00:17:10,601 --> 00:17:12,038 us next week where we speak to some 472 00:17:12,038 --> 00:17:14,990 of our outstanding seniors as they prepare to 473 00:17:14,990 --> 00:17:16,993 graduate. Thanks again for listening everybody to our 474 00:17:17,073 --> 00:17:18,686 German listeners. Avi.