1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,719 Okay. So you're here for some great church 2 00:00:04,719 --> 00:00:08,160 leadership content. The podcast is great, but there's 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,719 also another piece of content you need to 4 00:00:10,719 --> 00:00:13,525 be enjoying each week. It is the Leading 5 00:00:13,525 --> 00:00:14,984 Saints email newsletter. 6 00:00:15,285 --> 00:00:18,024 Now I get it. Email newsletters feel so 7 00:00:18,085 --> 00:00:18,585 2,006, 8 00:00:18,964 --> 00:00:20,964 you know, but it isn't as old fashioned 9 00:00:20,964 --> 00:00:22,724 as you might think. It's actually one of 10 00:00:22,724 --> 00:00:25,364 the most popular pieces of content that Leading 11 00:00:25,364 --> 00:00:26,184 Saints produces. 12 00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:29,309 Each week, I share a unique leadership thought 13 00:00:29,309 --> 00:00:31,570 that can only be found in the newsletter. 14 00:00:31,789 --> 00:00:33,630 I keep it short and sweet. Most can 15 00:00:33,630 --> 00:00:35,390 read it in less than 5 minutes. And 16 00:00:35,390 --> 00:00:37,390 then we share with you recent content you 17 00:00:37,390 --> 00:00:40,189 might have missed, throwback episodes, and Leading Saints 18 00:00:40,189 --> 00:00:42,314 events that happen more often than you might 19 00:00:42,475 --> 00:00:42,975 anticipate. 20 00:00:43,434 --> 00:00:44,715 If you want to make sure you are 21 00:00:44,715 --> 00:00:47,375 on the email list, simply visit leading saints.org/14. 22 00:00:48,714 --> 00:00:50,094 That's leading saints.org/14. 23 00:00:51,994 --> 00:00:54,314 That will also get you 14 days access 24 00:00:54,314 --> 00:00:57,200 to our full library of content not available 25 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,200 to the general public. So look for leading 26 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,440 saints in your inbox by going to leading 27 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:01,940 saints.org/14 28 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,219 or click the link in the show notes. 29 00:01:10,174 --> 00:01:12,415 Hey. Did you know that we video record 30 00:01:12,415 --> 00:01:14,334 the vast majority of our interviews on the 31 00:01:14,334 --> 00:01:15,555 Leading Saints podcast? 32 00:01:15,935 --> 00:01:17,935 That's right. And then we upload it to 33 00:01:17,935 --> 00:01:20,655 YouTube because we have a Leading Saints YouTube 34 00:01:20,655 --> 00:01:22,515 channel, and you should subscribe, 35 00:01:23,099 --> 00:01:24,700 Especially if you're the type of person that, 36 00:01:24,939 --> 00:01:26,620 listens to the podcast while you do the 37 00:01:26,620 --> 00:01:28,859 dishes or workout, you can put up the 38 00:01:28,859 --> 00:01:31,980 video and get the more immersive experience by 39 00:01:31,980 --> 00:01:35,260 seeing my beautiful mug and also the face 40 00:01:35,260 --> 00:01:36,944 of the various guests that are on the 41 00:01:36,944 --> 00:01:39,424 Leading Saints podcast. And, it really helps us 42 00:01:39,424 --> 00:01:41,664 out to go to YouTube anyways. Subscribe to 43 00:01:41,664 --> 00:01:43,664 the channel because that helps us dial in 44 00:01:43,664 --> 00:01:46,224 the algorithm and reach more people and get 45 00:01:46,224 --> 00:01:48,784 these powerful interviews out to leaders across the 46 00:01:48,784 --> 00:01:51,620 world who could benefit. So go to YouTube, 47 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,920 search for Leading Saints, find our familiar red 48 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:55,380 logo, and subscribe. 49 00:02:06,005 --> 00:02:08,905 Hello, everyone. Welcome to this live stream 50 00:02:09,284 --> 00:02:11,284 with Kurt Francon with leading saints. I'm gonna 51 00:02:11,284 --> 00:02:13,365 talk about why you need a podcast. And 52 00:02:13,365 --> 00:02:14,564 I know you didn't even know you needed 53 00:02:14,564 --> 00:02:16,564 a podcast, but you do. And as I 54 00:02:16,564 --> 00:02:18,885 go through here as different ideas, especially those 55 00:02:18,885 --> 00:02:19,784 who are experienced, 56 00:02:20,460 --> 00:02:23,120 any ideas come to mind, then 57 00:02:23,419 --> 00:02:25,340 please put it in the put it in 58 00:02:25,340 --> 00:02:27,740 the comments and I'll be monitoring those. I'm 59 00:02:27,740 --> 00:02:29,099 just pulling up my email because I got 60 00:02:29,099 --> 00:02:32,060 some sweet emails from people who've actually started 61 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:32,879 award podcasts. 62 00:02:33,645 --> 00:02:37,164 Kathy from Edmonton, Alberta, serenity teacher, but love 63 00:02:37,164 --> 00:02:37,905 this idea 64 00:02:38,365 --> 00:02:39,985 for our steak also. 65 00:02:40,284 --> 00:02:41,805 I don't know. I think that would be 66 00:02:41,805 --> 00:02:43,664 a phenomenal idea as well. 67 00:02:44,125 --> 00:02:47,025 Peter says, I am the ward engagement specialist 68 00:02:47,084 --> 00:02:49,919 in Pittsboro, North Carolina, and we're getting ready 69 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:51,379 to start one this month. 70 00:02:51,759 --> 00:02:53,459 Peter's gonna do awesome with that. 71 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,459 Judy's here from Utah. 72 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,860 A neighbor here. Love the idea. 73 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,120 Is it Cali Kimpel? I'm pricing that wrong 74 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,919 from on the road, RV family, primary pianist 75 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,025 currently, but want to create. I mean, if 76 00:03:06,025 --> 00:03:08,425 you're road tripping, you need a YouTube channel. 77 00:03:08,425 --> 00:03:10,185 Right? That's the what the cool kids are 78 00:03:10,185 --> 00:03:13,224 doing these days. John, thinking about a youth 79 00:03:13,224 --> 00:03:15,224 run steak podcast. Oh, let me know how 80 00:03:15,224 --> 00:03:17,465 that goes where they share family history stories 81 00:03:17,465 --> 00:03:19,479 as a lead up to track. Yeah. That's 82 00:03:19,479 --> 00:03:21,319 a great idea. One that I wanna include 83 00:03:21,319 --> 00:03:21,819 here 84 00:03:22,199 --> 00:03:22,699 is 85 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,919 it doesn't have to be like this project 86 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,780 that we're gonna do forever. 87 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,159 Right? Maybe it's just, hey. We're gonna do 88 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:30,439 the next 6 months. We're gonna have a 89 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:32,280 family history focus in the ward with the 90 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,914 youth for youth trek, whatever it is, and 91 00:03:34,914 --> 00:03:36,834 create some stories, put them together, and then 92 00:03:36,834 --> 00:03:38,754 you can just be done with it. So 93 00:03:38,754 --> 00:03:40,614 love that. Fishers Indiana, 94 00:03:40,914 --> 00:03:43,474 we have a podcast, not super consistent yet, 95 00:03:43,474 --> 00:03:46,514 but I'm loving it. Consistency is not important. 96 00:03:46,514 --> 00:03:48,460 I mean, it helps. I'm kind of in 97 00:03:48,460 --> 00:03:50,060 a lull with my word podcast right now 98 00:03:50,060 --> 00:03:51,420 ever since I was called as the elder 99 00:03:51,420 --> 00:03:53,099 score in president. I need to find someone 100 00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:54,379 else in the word to help me, but, 101 00:03:54,379 --> 00:03:56,620 you know, all the things I gotta do. 102 00:03:56,620 --> 00:03:58,960 So this is an excellent idea 103 00:03:59,420 --> 00:04:02,300 for stakes and for coordinating council levels too. 104 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:02,800 Absolutely. 105 00:04:03,275 --> 00:04:04,094 We've even, 106 00:04:04,395 --> 00:04:04,875 people 107 00:04:05,194 --> 00:04:06,715 I'll read those emails here in a minute, 108 00:04:06,715 --> 00:04:07,295 but people 109 00:04:07,675 --> 00:04:09,675 have interviewed, like, nonmembers in their area. Right? 110 00:04:09,675 --> 00:04:11,754 There's no rules with this. Right? Unless your 111 00:04:11,754 --> 00:04:13,115 bishop finds out and says, hey. I have 112 00:04:13,115 --> 00:04:15,534 a few rules for your the work audience. 113 00:04:16,395 --> 00:04:18,360 I kid. I kid. Alright. But, basically, this 114 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,680 is what happened. Well, first of all, I 115 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,460 wanna say, we are at this is 116 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:22,740 December 28, 117 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:23,620 2024 118 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,680 at the end of the year, and I 119 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,480 would not run a good nonprofit if I 120 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,199 didn't invite you to participate in some form 121 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:33,485 of donation. If you get any benefit even 122 00:04:33,485 --> 00:04:34,384 from this livestream, 123 00:04:34,845 --> 00:04:36,464 would you mind going to leading saints.org 124 00:04:37,245 --> 00:04:40,225 and click on that big beautiful donate button 125 00:04:40,524 --> 00:04:41,024 and 126 00:04:41,644 --> 00:04:43,725 give a few bucks? Give a few a 127 00:04:43,725 --> 00:04:45,884 $1,000. Give a few $1,000,000. I mean, we'll 128 00:04:45,884 --> 00:04:47,680 take it all if you happen to give, 129 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,180 and it really does go to a phenomenal 130 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,300 organization, Leading Saints. We're impacting 131 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,839 church culture in such a positive way around 132 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,240 the world. I mean, just people flooding in 133 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:58,740 here 134 00:04:59,115 --> 00:05:00,795 to learn about something as simple as a 135 00:05:00,795 --> 00:05:02,394 war podcast, but let me tell you what. 136 00:05:02,394 --> 00:05:04,314 You get award podcast going in your award, 137 00:05:04,314 --> 00:05:06,475 it will shift culture. So if you wouldn't 138 00:05:06,475 --> 00:05:08,875 mind to open a additional tab and, take 139 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:11,274 time to to donate, that would really be 140 00:05:11,274 --> 00:05:13,595 beneficial. So gotta give a shout out to 141 00:05:13,595 --> 00:05:16,430 my man, Sean Edwards. Greetings. Good to see 142 00:05:16,430 --> 00:05:18,370 you, my friend. I had a tough time 143 00:05:18,509 --> 00:05:21,310 getting momentum behind this idea, so looking forward 144 00:05:21,310 --> 00:05:22,129 to your thoughts. 145 00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:23,329 Yeah. Sometimes, 146 00:05:23,629 --> 00:05:25,949 you know, the leader's ready, but the ward 147 00:05:25,949 --> 00:05:27,729 is not. Right? So 148 00:05:28,115 --> 00:05:30,274 you pick your battles. It's part of leadership, 149 00:05:30,274 --> 00:05:33,074 but, hey. Maybe you can send this link 150 00:05:33,074 --> 00:05:35,555 to somebody who is who's wanting to do 151 00:05:35,555 --> 00:05:36,375 a war podcast. 152 00:05:36,834 --> 00:05:38,514 There's somebody in the ward and just, like, 153 00:05:38,514 --> 00:05:40,834 get the get the motivation, get the ideas 154 00:05:40,834 --> 00:05:42,535 flowing for them. K? So 155 00:05:42,850 --> 00:05:43,910 I actually recorded 156 00:05:44,290 --> 00:05:45,029 this episode, 157 00:05:45,410 --> 00:05:47,569 the first version of this episode back in 158 00:05:47,569 --> 00:05:48,949 December of 2021. 159 00:05:49,330 --> 00:05:52,389 So, I mean, the good 3 years ago 160 00:05:52,850 --> 00:05:53,170 that, 161 00:05:53,970 --> 00:05:56,209 I originally posted this, and I actually listened 162 00:05:56,209 --> 00:05:58,334 to it this week. And throughout the whole 163 00:05:58,334 --> 00:06:00,175 interview or it wasn't an interview. It was 164 00:06:00,175 --> 00:06:02,735 a monologue episode. I'm just telling myself, now, 165 00:06:02,735 --> 00:06:04,495 Kurt, that's a terrible idea. Don't tell him 166 00:06:04,495 --> 00:06:06,334 to do that. Right? And so I wanted 167 00:06:06,334 --> 00:06:08,254 to give kind of a refresh on this 168 00:06:08,254 --> 00:06:11,214 idea, some resources, some ideas, some ways to 169 00:06:11,214 --> 00:06:13,629 approach it, and hopefully, it will help you 170 00:06:13,769 --> 00:06:16,889 because there's new resources, there's new technologies. And 171 00:06:16,889 --> 00:06:18,970 along my journey of doing this in 3 172 00:06:18,970 --> 00:06:21,449 different wards, I've learned a few things. And 173 00:06:21,449 --> 00:06:23,389 I've realized, wow, that I overcomplicated 174 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:25,529 it before. I can see how that could 175 00:06:25,529 --> 00:06:26,189 get somebody 176 00:06:26,824 --> 00:06:30,045 discouraged on this path. So I want to 177 00:06:30,264 --> 00:06:30,764 give 178 00:06:31,305 --> 00:06:33,384 a record a new episode like this and 179 00:06:33,384 --> 00:06:35,225 delete the old one so that there is, 180 00:06:35,705 --> 00:06:37,324 so so we continue momentum 181 00:06:37,785 --> 00:06:40,845 building towards this. So why award podcast? 182 00:06:41,579 --> 00:06:42,560 The big thing 183 00:06:42,939 --> 00:06:44,939 as I see it, and this don't let 184 00:06:44,939 --> 00:06:46,639 me go off and do a tangent because 185 00:06:46,939 --> 00:06:49,519 I will if I'm not disciplined here. But 186 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:51,180 one of the purposes of word in my 187 00:06:51,180 --> 00:06:53,759 opinion is to stimulate community. 188 00:06:54,355 --> 00:06:54,855 And 189 00:06:55,235 --> 00:06:56,535 all positive culture 190 00:06:56,995 --> 00:06:59,634 is based on a foundation of community. My 191 00:06:59,634 --> 00:07:01,475 friend Dan Duckworth is board member at Leading 192 00:07:01,475 --> 00:07:03,415 Saints talks about culture is 193 00:07:03,875 --> 00:07:07,330 the memory of a 1,000 moments. Right? And 194 00:07:07,330 --> 00:07:09,410 that's the elusive thing about culture. It's hard 195 00:07:09,410 --> 00:07:12,790 to you can't just create policy and influence 196 00:07:13,090 --> 00:07:15,990 culture or create rules that influence culture. Just, 197 00:07:16,290 --> 00:07:17,670 you know, speak words 198 00:07:18,050 --> 00:07:20,370 and influence culture. It's so much deeper than 199 00:07:20,370 --> 00:07:22,115 that. And it's gotta be based on a 200 00:07:22,115 --> 00:07:24,435 foundation of community because if you're like me 201 00:07:24,435 --> 00:07:25,975 and have had a human experiences, 202 00:07:26,595 --> 00:07:28,035 you know that when you get to know 203 00:07:28,035 --> 00:07:28,535 somebody 204 00:07:29,154 --> 00:07:29,654 you're 205 00:07:30,115 --> 00:07:33,810 intrigued by them. You're endeared towards them. Right? 206 00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:36,610 You understand them. You're more empathetic. You're more 207 00:07:36,610 --> 00:07:37,990 patient with individuals 208 00:07:38,689 --> 00:07:41,569 whom you know. And a war podcast does 209 00:07:41,569 --> 00:07:42,469 this. Now 210 00:07:42,849 --> 00:07:45,490 what we typically do in our experience is 211 00:07:45,490 --> 00:07:46,629 we do the sacrament 212 00:07:47,345 --> 00:07:48,644 sacrament meeting introduction 213 00:07:48,944 --> 00:07:51,345 period. Right? Maybe a new couple moves into 214 00:07:51,345 --> 00:07:53,264 the ward, a new family. You ask the 215 00:07:53,264 --> 00:07:55,524 mother and father to speak. And, 216 00:07:55,985 --> 00:07:56,485 typically, 217 00:07:57,104 --> 00:07:58,884 the sister stands up and says, 218 00:07:59,185 --> 00:08:01,764 let me take a few minutes to introduce 219 00:08:02,139 --> 00:08:04,139 my family to you. Now that makes sense. 220 00:08:04,139 --> 00:08:05,740 In the years past, that was sort of 221 00:08:05,740 --> 00:08:06,639 the only forum, 222 00:08:07,100 --> 00:08:08,000 the only megaphone 223 00:08:08,379 --> 00:08:09,279 you had to 224 00:08:09,580 --> 00:08:11,740 project out your story, to share who you 225 00:08:11,740 --> 00:08:13,580 are, where you're from, what you do for 226 00:08:13,580 --> 00:08:15,764 living, where you served your mission. Right? But 227 00:08:15,845 --> 00:08:18,264 one, that's not the purpose of sacrament meeting. 228 00:08:18,324 --> 00:08:20,185 Right? It's to get to know each other. 229 00:08:20,485 --> 00:08:22,985 And 2, it just takes precious time. 230 00:08:23,525 --> 00:08:24,025 And 231 00:08:24,485 --> 00:08:26,564 3, sometimes they go off for ALS. Right? 232 00:08:26,564 --> 00:08:28,504 We've all been in that sacrament meeting. 233 00:08:28,850 --> 00:08:30,850 So I would just like even as you 234 00:08:30,850 --> 00:08:32,309 get a podcast going, 235 00:08:32,690 --> 00:08:35,409 just having an appropriate form to really get 236 00:08:35,409 --> 00:08:37,330 to know one another. Another thing I was 237 00:08:37,330 --> 00:08:39,490 gonna add there is that a few minutes 238 00:08:39,490 --> 00:08:40,470 is not enough 239 00:08:40,865 --> 00:08:43,985 to understand very complex people with very complex 240 00:08:43,985 --> 00:08:45,204 faith journeys and 241 00:08:45,584 --> 00:08:47,284 careers and personalities. 242 00:08:48,144 --> 00:08:49,825 And so you create a form in which 243 00:08:49,825 --> 00:08:51,584 to do that. Now with modern day technology, 244 00:08:51,584 --> 00:08:53,684 it's so easy to do that. So 245 00:08:54,029 --> 00:08:55,709 the reason why you wanna do a word 246 00:08:55,709 --> 00:08:58,909 podcast is to stimulate positive culture. Right? And 247 00:08:58,909 --> 00:09:00,350 I could say that maybe for any piece 248 00:09:00,350 --> 00:09:02,269 of content the leading saints creates is that's 249 00:09:02,269 --> 00:09:04,209 what we're striving to. That is what leadership 250 00:09:04,350 --> 00:09:04,850 is, 251 00:09:05,309 --> 00:09:06,289 culture influence. 252 00:09:06,669 --> 00:09:09,855 Right? Hopefully for the better. Another reason you 253 00:09:09,855 --> 00:09:10,914 wanna do this is, 254 00:09:11,454 --> 00:09:12,834 it's a good word history. 255 00:09:13,294 --> 00:09:15,134 And, man, I would love to go back 256 00:09:15,134 --> 00:09:16,514 to my childhood ward 257 00:09:16,975 --> 00:09:19,615 and listen to interviews of people that I 258 00:09:19,615 --> 00:09:20,115 saw 259 00:09:20,574 --> 00:09:22,014 that I grew up with. Right? That would 260 00:09:22,014 --> 00:09:23,954 be so intriguing to have that history 261 00:09:24,490 --> 00:09:25,230 not only 262 00:09:25,610 --> 00:09:27,769 for ward members, but for family members as 263 00:09:27,769 --> 00:09:28,269 well 264 00:09:28,730 --> 00:09:29,470 is awesome. 265 00:09:29,850 --> 00:09:32,649 And then yeah. So those are maybe some 266 00:09:32,649 --> 00:09:35,370 main reasons to consider a podcast. And and, 267 00:09:35,370 --> 00:09:37,065 again, don't put a lot of pressure on 268 00:09:37,065 --> 00:09:38,664 ourself. We as Latter day Saints have a 269 00:09:38,664 --> 00:09:40,684 tendency to make a thing a thing like, 270 00:09:40,745 --> 00:09:42,745 oh, this is we're doing this now, and 271 00:09:42,745 --> 00:09:45,065 it's every week. And, you know, there's a 272 00:09:45,065 --> 00:09:47,065 pressure to stay on top of it. Sometimes 273 00:09:47,065 --> 00:09:48,985 it's hard to get somebody to sit behind 274 00:09:48,985 --> 00:09:51,529 a microphone and and talk about their story. 275 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:54,389 So just remove all pressure and say, let's 276 00:09:54,389 --> 00:09:57,110 get as many stories recorded as possible. Right? 277 00:09:57,110 --> 00:09:58,470 That's what I'm doing in my ward right 278 00:09:58,470 --> 00:09:59,929 now. Before I was called president, 279 00:10:00,710 --> 00:10:02,629 that was one of my focuses is doing 280 00:10:02,629 --> 00:10:04,789 the ward podcast, and I did it pretty 281 00:10:04,789 --> 00:10:06,794 much. You know, I regularly hit and miss 282 00:10:06,794 --> 00:10:08,394 here. And now it's kind of in a 283 00:10:08,394 --> 00:10:10,714 break, but I'll I'll get behind it again 284 00:10:10,714 --> 00:10:12,634 and get some people involved, and that's okay. 285 00:10:12,634 --> 00:10:14,095 Right? We'll get to those stories. 286 00:10:14,394 --> 00:10:16,154 But it's awesome to know that the stories 287 00:10:16,154 --> 00:10:17,754 I did record are just out there, and 288 00:10:17,754 --> 00:10:20,330 people can learn about, you know, Christophe and 289 00:10:20,330 --> 00:10:22,889 Sam and all these other individuals in in 290 00:10:22,889 --> 00:10:25,129 our ward about their story. And then as 291 00:10:25,129 --> 00:10:26,570 they listen to them, it's so fun to 292 00:10:26,570 --> 00:10:26,889 hear these 293 00:10:27,610 --> 00:10:30,089 hear these conversations in the hallway of, oh, 294 00:10:30,089 --> 00:10:32,089 I listened to your episode. That's so cool. 295 00:10:32,089 --> 00:10:33,370 Tell me about this and this and the 296 00:10:33,370 --> 00:10:36,205 other. Right? And it really stimulates conversation and 297 00:10:36,205 --> 00:10:37,644 it makes it easier to talk with one 298 00:10:37,644 --> 00:10:39,105 another. So alright. 299 00:10:39,485 --> 00:10:40,384 A few testimonials 300 00:10:40,764 --> 00:10:42,065 I wanted to share. 301 00:10:42,445 --> 00:10:43,664 This is from Brian 302 00:10:44,125 --> 00:10:46,684 Murray. He said, I started a word podcast 303 00:10:46,684 --> 00:10:48,605 a few years ago listening to Kurt talk 304 00:10:48,605 --> 00:10:49,985 about it on his podcast. 305 00:10:50,419 --> 00:10:52,659 We interview ward members of the ward and 306 00:10:52,659 --> 00:10:55,620 encourage them to tell their life story with 307 00:10:55,620 --> 00:10:56,120 emphasis 308 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:59,059 on their spiritual development. I'd actually been released 309 00:10:59,059 --> 00:11:00,419 as a bishop of the ward. And one 310 00:11:00,419 --> 00:11:03,195 thing I noted while serving is that even 311 00:11:03,195 --> 00:11:04,955 though we are in the same ward for 312 00:11:04,955 --> 00:11:07,115 years we actually do not know each other 313 00:11:07,115 --> 00:11:09,115 very well. I felt that the the first 314 00:11:09,115 --> 00:11:10,955 step in building Zion society is come to 315 00:11:10,955 --> 00:11:13,675 know each other more in more meaningful ways. 316 00:11:13,675 --> 00:11:15,995 I used to talk by Sister Beck on 317 00:11:15,995 --> 00:11:18,589 building Zion as my guideline. We released about 318 00:11:18,589 --> 00:11:20,669 1 episode per month, and they tend to 319 00:11:20,669 --> 00:11:21,330 be long, 320 00:11:21,709 --> 00:11:24,190 60 to 90 minutes each. The one problem 321 00:11:24,190 --> 00:11:26,830 we have encountered is that some people do 322 00:11:26,830 --> 00:11:27,889 not want to participate. 323 00:11:28,269 --> 00:11:30,044 They do not want to be known. I 324 00:11:30,044 --> 00:11:32,445 presume out of fear of some kind. But 325 00:11:32,445 --> 00:11:35,024 those who have participated, they are always extremely 326 00:11:35,085 --> 00:11:37,325 grateful for the opportunity and have used it 327 00:11:37,325 --> 00:11:39,164 as a basis to start their own life 328 00:11:39,164 --> 00:11:40,625 story of for posterity. 329 00:11:41,085 --> 00:11:43,884 Many members have commented that after listening to 330 00:11:43,884 --> 00:11:46,519 a story that they they can now understand 331 00:11:46,519 --> 00:11:49,240 other members better. One member died suddenly and 332 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:49,740 unexpectedly 333 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,019 about 1 334 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:52,860 year after their episode. 335 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:54,459 That member's family 336 00:11:54,839 --> 00:11:55,820 was so grateful 337 00:11:56,199 --> 00:11:59,100 to have the recording archived. Isn't that awesome? 338 00:11:59,445 --> 00:12:00,804 So and this so I do that every 339 00:12:00,804 --> 00:12:02,565 time when I record. I usually send the 340 00:12:02,565 --> 00:12:04,325 person I I send them the, you know, 341 00:12:04,325 --> 00:12:05,845 the the raw file of the m p 342 00:12:05,845 --> 00:12:07,924 3. Say, here it is. Do what you 343 00:12:07,924 --> 00:12:09,125 want with it. And I think you can 344 00:12:09,125 --> 00:12:11,225 actually upload it to FamilySearch 345 00:12:12,085 --> 00:12:14,404 and put it there and away it goes. 346 00:12:14,404 --> 00:12:16,080 So for the posterity. 347 00:12:16,620 --> 00:12:18,059 J 2 b says this is also a 348 00:12:18,059 --> 00:12:20,139 great way to involve missionaries and at a 349 00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:22,620 stake in area level, get involved with government 350 00:12:22,620 --> 00:12:25,899 officials, interfaith councils, business owners, etcetera. Absolutely. This 351 00:12:25,899 --> 00:12:27,200 could be something your communications 352 00:12:28,139 --> 00:12:30,205 rep can do with getting to know the 353 00:12:30,205 --> 00:12:33,404 community, interviewing local businesses, local pastors, you know, 354 00:12:33,404 --> 00:12:35,565 and and creating a forum where you can 355 00:12:35,565 --> 00:12:36,845 get to know get to know one of 356 00:12:36,845 --> 00:12:39,325 their so very dynamic ways we can use 357 00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:41,565 this. Let's see. I wanted to share my 358 00:12:41,565 --> 00:12:44,120 good friend, Ken. I've been doing award podcasts 359 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:45,720 on and off for a couple years. Here's 360 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,379 what I've learned. Everyone thinks they are boring, 361 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,440 including the guy who speaks Arabic and the 362 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,379 woman who does forensic genealogy. 363 00:12:52,839 --> 00:12:54,804 It's so true. I've even noticed that with 364 00:12:54,804 --> 00:12:56,105 leading saints that 365 00:12:56,485 --> 00:12:58,404 everybody thinks they're boring. And once you get 366 00:12:58,404 --> 00:13:00,745 them talking, they're everybody's fascinating. 367 00:13:01,045 --> 00:13:03,705 He says, number 2, everyone is interested and 368 00:13:03,845 --> 00:13:06,485 and has incredible everyone is interesting and has 369 00:13:06,485 --> 00:13:09,379 incredible stories. People I've known for decades have 370 00:13:09,379 --> 00:13:11,399 parts of their story I've never heard before. 371 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:13,460 Too many people are afraid to sit down 372 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,059 in front of my phone, but so far, 373 00:13:15,059 --> 00:13:16,440 I haven't had any casualties. 374 00:13:16,899 --> 00:13:19,379 It's true. I've never witnessed a death during 375 00:13:19,379 --> 00:13:22,034 a podcast. He says, I'm not interviewing you. 376 00:13:22,034 --> 00:13:24,434 We're just having a conversation like we would 377 00:13:24,434 --> 00:13:26,434 if we were having lunch together. I'm not 378 00:13:26,434 --> 00:13:28,274 going to dig. So if you want don't 379 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:30,355 want to discuss something, don't bring it up. 380 00:13:30,355 --> 00:13:32,355 I'm doing the podcast for me. I love 381 00:13:32,355 --> 00:13:33,254 getting to know 382 00:13:33,570 --> 00:13:35,970 members of my ward better. That's a really, 383 00:13:35,970 --> 00:13:38,129 like, a fringe benefit is the those who 384 00:13:38,129 --> 00:13:40,210 actually do the podcast. I know of a 385 00:13:40,210 --> 00:13:42,370 guy who did the word podcast, and then 386 00:13:42,370 --> 00:13:43,809 he was called as a bishop of that 387 00:13:43,809 --> 00:13:45,910 ward, and he continued to do the podcast. 388 00:13:46,174 --> 00:13:47,615 Because it is such a easy way to 389 00:13:47,615 --> 00:13:49,454 get to know people, and it's a fun 390 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:51,615 way too. He says rather than go back 391 00:13:51,615 --> 00:13:54,334 and forth to coordinate schedules, I have a 392 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:56,514 scheduling link through Calendly 393 00:13:57,615 --> 00:14:00,414 that puts people in my calendar. It's mutually 394 00:14:00,414 --> 00:14:00,914 convenient. 395 00:14:01,329 --> 00:14:04,209 I've had couples and individuals on the podcast. 396 00:14:04,209 --> 00:14:06,289 Couples have the easy for the person who 397 00:14:06,289 --> 00:14:08,289 won't otherwise be on the podcast, and they 398 00:14:08,289 --> 00:14:10,929 always share stories. And the videos make it 399 00:14:10,929 --> 00:14:13,329 easy to learn more in each person in 400 00:14:13,329 --> 00:14:16,085 the family. I kind of suggest my approach. 401 00:14:16,085 --> 00:14:18,004 I mean, if somebody is really nervous and 402 00:14:18,004 --> 00:14:19,845 they only wanna do it if their spouse 403 00:14:19,845 --> 00:14:21,925 is there, I understand that. Just roll with 404 00:14:21,925 --> 00:14:25,365 it. But I would much prefer doing individuals, 405 00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:28,600 and it's fun doing, like, one one spouse 406 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,199 followed the by the other spouse because you 407 00:14:30,199 --> 00:14:31,879 just kinda hear their dating story and how 408 00:14:31,879 --> 00:14:33,000 they met, and then they get the other 409 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,279 side of the story, and it kinda builds 410 00:14:34,279 --> 00:14:36,439 this fun dynamic. You kinda see who's, you 411 00:14:36,439 --> 00:14:39,179 know, 2 versions of the same story. 412 00:14:39,639 --> 00:14:41,480 Ken also says, I won't pressure my wife 413 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:42,759 to be on the podcast, but I do 414 00:14:42,759 --> 00:14:45,134 sprinkle things about her when there's an easy 415 00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:46,735 connection. It's totally worth it. You should do 416 00:14:46,735 --> 00:14:50,095 it. So really cool stuff. Brad asked about 417 00:14:50,095 --> 00:14:52,014 editing. I'll get to that. How much time, 418 00:14:52,014 --> 00:14:53,934 cost of equipment, the software? Oh, I got 419 00:14:53,934 --> 00:14:56,174 a great great answer for you there. And 420 00:14:56,174 --> 00:14:57,235 here's Ken himself. 421 00:14:57,539 --> 00:14:59,860 I don't edit mine. I think that's much 422 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:02,659 added value. So that's actually Ken who we're 423 00:15:02,659 --> 00:15:03,559 just reading about. 424 00:15:04,019 --> 00:15:05,940 Jason says we've been running a word podcast 425 00:15:05,940 --> 00:15:07,379 for over 2 years now, and it's still 426 00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:09,299 going strong. We actually interview members of an 427 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:11,379 entire stake and have also interviewed members of 428 00:15:11,379 --> 00:15:13,565 other faiths. I think more than anything we 429 00:15:13,565 --> 00:15:15,725 learned that people want connection. As a bishop, 430 00:15:15,725 --> 00:15:18,044 it certainly has helped me build relationships with 431 00:15:18,044 --> 00:15:20,605 people who not normally be on my social 432 00:15:20,605 --> 00:15:21,424 net network. 433 00:15:21,884 --> 00:15:23,725 So true. Alright. I know you wanna get 434 00:15:23,725 --> 00:15:25,024 to the good stuff. So 435 00:15:25,429 --> 00:15:27,429 let's jump into that. So the first thing 436 00:15:27,429 --> 00:15:29,589 I wanna say is when starting a war 437 00:15:29,589 --> 00:15:31,909 podcast, I can't emphasize this enough. You've got 438 00:15:31,909 --> 00:15:34,549 to keep it simple. Okay? And you may 439 00:15:34,549 --> 00:15:36,549 think, oh, you know, what about brother so 440 00:15:36,549 --> 00:15:38,389 and so? He's got, like, a garage band 441 00:15:38,389 --> 00:15:40,264 that he he does and does some audio 442 00:15:40,264 --> 00:15:42,825 work, and that's fine. You can call him 443 00:15:42,825 --> 00:15:44,184 and have him help with the podcast. But 444 00:15:44,184 --> 00:15:46,664 what happens is that he brings his technical 445 00:15:46,664 --> 00:15:49,625 mind. He brings the all the equipment, right, 446 00:15:49,625 --> 00:15:51,720 and the mixers and the the top of 447 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,559 line mics, and he's got the studio, and 448 00:15:53,559 --> 00:15:55,179 he invites people, and he overcomplicates 449 00:15:55,559 --> 00:15:57,320 it, which is fine for him. For him, 450 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,080 it's not overcomplicated. He's like, oh, I could 451 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,179 do this in my sleep. But then 452 00:16:01,639 --> 00:16:03,735 he moves out or he gets a different 453 00:16:03,735 --> 00:16:05,295 calling and you call someone else and there's 454 00:16:05,295 --> 00:16:07,274 a sort of this high standard. Right? 455 00:16:07,654 --> 00:16:10,455 So even myself as a podcaster, I keep 456 00:16:10,455 --> 00:16:12,774 it really, really, really simple. I mean, I 457 00:16:12,774 --> 00:16:14,554 use this mic simply because 458 00:16:14,855 --> 00:16:16,134 this is where I happen to be, and 459 00:16:16,134 --> 00:16:18,649 it's a good podcast mic. But there's nothing 460 00:16:18,649 --> 00:16:20,809 wrong with using your laptop mic. And I 461 00:16:20,809 --> 00:16:23,049 know there's audio engineers out there, like, screaming 462 00:16:23,049 --> 00:16:25,789 at me, but but really there's no reason 463 00:16:26,490 --> 00:16:30,269 to overcomplicate this. Most laptops now, most phones, 464 00:16:30,409 --> 00:16:32,589 most iPads, they have phenomenal 465 00:16:33,195 --> 00:16:35,195 microphones as compared to anything in the past. 466 00:16:35,195 --> 00:16:37,915 So really keep it simple. Don't let the 467 00:16:37,915 --> 00:16:40,795 tech guy run over, and, really, there's almost 468 00:16:40,795 --> 00:16:43,215 no cost to this. I would probably suggest, 469 00:16:43,274 --> 00:16:45,115 like, you think of all the money that 470 00:16:45,115 --> 00:16:47,774 goes towards cold ham on Christmas or 471 00:16:48,299 --> 00:16:49,519 decorations for 472 00:16:49,899 --> 00:16:51,740 the, you know, trunk or tree, and you 473 00:16:51,740 --> 00:16:52,399 could probably 474 00:16:52,860 --> 00:16:55,179 give 50, to a $100 every year to 475 00:16:55,179 --> 00:16:57,500 the war podcast, and it would probably make 476 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:00,559 a considerable difference or but definitely not necessary. 477 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:03,465 Okay? So let's talk about equipment and software. 478 00:17:04,005 --> 00:17:05,625 So this is the thing. Keep it simple. 479 00:17:06,005 --> 00:17:09,125 Use Zoom. In my first episode, the my 480 00:17:09,125 --> 00:17:10,484 first recording, I said, you know, it's really 481 00:17:10,484 --> 00:17:11,765 good if you go to their house and 482 00:17:11,765 --> 00:17:13,444 you can use your phone or just get 483 00:17:13,444 --> 00:17:15,779 a simple recorder or whatever. But no. Like, 484 00:17:16,259 --> 00:17:17,240 especially after 485 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:21,320 the pandemic, everybody is pretty comfortable with Zoom, 486 00:17:21,380 --> 00:17:23,240 and it's very easy to record. 487 00:17:23,539 --> 00:17:25,220 And everybody knows how to hook their microphone 488 00:17:25,220 --> 00:17:27,619 up, and it's so much easier to convince 489 00:17:27,619 --> 00:17:28,980 people when they just have to get on 490 00:17:28,980 --> 00:17:30,580 a Zoom call rather than have you come 491 00:17:30,580 --> 00:17:32,394 over. I gotta clean the house or, oh, 492 00:17:32,394 --> 00:17:33,634 I gotta go over to this person's house. 493 00:17:33,634 --> 00:17:35,035 I don't know if you're comfortable. You wanna 494 00:17:35,035 --> 00:17:37,195 meet at the church or it's just again, 495 00:17:37,195 --> 00:17:39,994 keep it simple. Right? Just do Zoom. Say, 496 00:17:39,994 --> 00:17:41,755 I'll send you a Zoom link, and we'll 497 00:17:41,755 --> 00:17:43,275 get on, and we'll just have a conversation. 498 00:17:43,275 --> 00:17:45,000 And you just record it via Zoom, and 499 00:17:45,079 --> 00:17:46,759 you download the audio file and go from 500 00:17:46,759 --> 00:17:47,500 there. Right? 501 00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:51,000 Very simple. Just use Zoom. Now there are 502 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:51,500 free 503 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:52,460 audio 504 00:17:52,759 --> 00:17:53,259 editing, 505 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,259 softwares out there if you do. 506 00:17:55,559 --> 00:17:57,640 Maybe there's an interruption or there's some tweak 507 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,400 you wanna give it, but really there I 508 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,484 rarely edit anything of interviews. I do now, 509 00:18:02,484 --> 00:18:04,644 of course. I've done almost, you know, 8, 510 00:18:04,644 --> 00:18:05,144 900, 511 00:18:05,924 --> 00:18:06,424 interviews 512 00:18:06,805 --> 00:18:08,325 in my professional life, so it's a little 513 00:18:08,325 --> 00:18:10,005 bit easier for me. I I recognize that. 514 00:18:10,005 --> 00:18:11,384 But you can use Audacity, 515 00:18:11,845 --> 00:18:14,120 which is a free software that you can 516 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:15,559 pretty much do anything with when it comes 517 00:18:15,559 --> 00:18:18,279 to audio editing. Or, most Macs as I 518 00:18:18,279 --> 00:18:21,080 understand it, come with a GarageBand, which is 519 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,500 a software pre installed on the Mac that 520 00:18:23,559 --> 00:18:25,640 pretty straightforward with editing audio, so you can 521 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,684 do that. There's also an online service called 522 00:18:28,684 --> 00:18:29,184 Auphonics 523 00:18:29,565 --> 00:18:31,964 a u p h o n I c 524 00:18:31,964 --> 00:18:33,884 s. I can and I'll link to all 525 00:18:33,884 --> 00:18:35,244 these things in the in the show notes 526 00:18:35,244 --> 00:18:37,265 what's I I get done here. Auphonics 527 00:18:38,044 --> 00:18:40,470 runs the audio through it and balances it 528 00:18:40,470 --> 00:18:42,230 so that way if someone has a really 529 00:18:42,230 --> 00:18:44,390 soft voice or their their mic was quieter 530 00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:46,630 than the other just balances it so that 531 00:18:46,630 --> 00:18:48,390 one person's not screaming at you while the 532 00:18:48,390 --> 00:18:49,609 other person is whispering. 533 00:18:49,990 --> 00:18:52,150 It's the same level and you know they 534 00:18:52,150 --> 00:18:55,244 have a freemium model so there's plenty of 535 00:18:55,244 --> 00:18:56,684 bandwidth there for you to do a Word 536 00:18:56,684 --> 00:18:59,664 podcast and using Auphonic. So record on Zoom. 537 00:18:59,725 --> 00:19:01,424 I export the MP 3 file. 538 00:19:01,725 --> 00:19:03,005 Maybe I need to edit it, put it 539 00:19:03,005 --> 00:19:04,705 into Audacity or GarageBand, 540 00:19:05,085 --> 00:19:06,059 make a few tweaks. 541 00:19:06,539 --> 00:19:08,620 In my opinion, some people like to get 542 00:19:08,620 --> 00:19:10,779 cute with the podcast and do some music 543 00:19:10,779 --> 00:19:13,019 and maybe a, you know, a read through. 544 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:14,240 Like, welcome to 545 00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:18,779 the Wonder Wander Ward podcast, and my name 546 00:19:18,779 --> 00:19:21,085 is Kurt and no. No. Stop it. Just 547 00:19:21,085 --> 00:19:23,345 put it out there. Right? Keep it simple. 548 00:19:23,404 --> 00:19:25,884 You don't wanna have this editing process. Even 549 00:19:25,884 --> 00:19:27,325 if you can do it, the next person 550 00:19:27,325 --> 00:19:28,684 may not be able to do it. So 551 00:19:28,684 --> 00:19:29,985 keep it simple. Right? 552 00:19:30,445 --> 00:19:32,525 So no music. I don't put any music 553 00:19:32,525 --> 00:19:33,990 on. Just here it is. We just start 554 00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:35,750 talking and people listen to it, and nobody's 555 00:19:35,750 --> 00:19:37,990 ever complained or accused me of having a 556 00:19:37,990 --> 00:19:38,490 very 557 00:19:38,950 --> 00:19:41,430 low professional podcast because it's not a professional 558 00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:43,269 podcast. It's a word podcast. Right? So keep 559 00:19:43,269 --> 00:19:44,009 it simple. 560 00:19:44,390 --> 00:19:44,890 So 561 00:19:45,269 --> 00:19:47,634 Zoom, export the m p 3 file. Maybe 562 00:19:47,634 --> 00:19:49,795 I'll edit it through Audacity, run it through 563 00:19:49,795 --> 00:19:50,295 Auphonics, 564 00:19:50,674 --> 00:19:53,475 and there you go. You upload it to 565 00:19:53,475 --> 00:19:54,215 the podcast 566 00:19:54,914 --> 00:19:57,654 host. Now that takes us to hosting. 567 00:19:58,115 --> 00:19:59,174 Last time I recorded, 568 00:19:59,569 --> 00:20:01,569 you could use Anchor which I believe still 569 00:20:01,569 --> 00:20:02,549 exists. Spotify 570 00:20:02,929 --> 00:20:05,170 in the last few years bought Anchor. Anchor 571 00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:07,089 was simply I think it's Anchor dot f 572 00:20:07,089 --> 00:20:08,630 m is the web address. 573 00:20:09,009 --> 00:20:09,509 And 574 00:20:09,970 --> 00:20:12,609 Anchor was bought by Spotify last few years. 575 00:20:12,609 --> 00:20:13,795 But I think it still exists that you 576 00:20:13,795 --> 00:20:15,575 can still use it as a free 577 00:20:16,035 --> 00:20:16,535 podcast 578 00:20:17,315 --> 00:20:19,634 host. Right? And so you can create there, 579 00:20:19,634 --> 00:20:21,875 put your podcast art there, you can use 580 00:20:21,875 --> 00:20:24,115 Canva or take a picture of the front 581 00:20:24,115 --> 00:20:25,174 of your church or 582 00:20:25,519 --> 00:20:28,480 your bishopric or release study presidency, whatever, and 583 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,879 make that your podcast art. Again, keep it 584 00:20:30,879 --> 00:20:32,879 simple. It doesn't really matter as long as 585 00:20:32,879 --> 00:20:34,720 people know where to go. I think I 586 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,460 just use Canva, use a few, you know, 587 00:20:37,705 --> 00:20:38,445 clip arts 588 00:20:38,825 --> 00:20:40,904 and font and you're off and running. Pick 589 00:20:40,904 --> 00:20:41,725 a nice color. 590 00:20:42,265 --> 00:20:42,765 So 591 00:20:43,065 --> 00:20:45,705 with hosting, you can try Anchor because to 592 00:20:45,705 --> 00:20:47,705 me, some people will want to they're used 593 00:20:47,705 --> 00:20:49,545 to this podcast. They will want to subscribe 594 00:20:49,545 --> 00:20:50,125 to it. 595 00:20:50,505 --> 00:20:52,829 Now there are ways and I think Anchor 596 00:20:52,829 --> 00:20:55,869 has this ability. I also recommend Blueberry, which 597 00:20:55,869 --> 00:20:58,130 is a paid host, and transistor 598 00:20:58,829 --> 00:21:01,250 dot f m is another one I've used. 599 00:21:01,549 --> 00:21:03,470 A bit those are paid. Right? But again, 600 00:21:03,470 --> 00:21:05,494 might be worth it. And usually for a 601 00:21:05,494 --> 00:21:08,075 really low key podcast, they have pretty affordable 602 00:21:08,615 --> 00:21:10,375 rates there. But, again, you don't have to 603 00:21:10,375 --> 00:21:11,595 do that. Now 604 00:21:11,974 --> 00:21:13,255 a lot of hosts, they will have an 605 00:21:13,255 --> 00:21:15,575 option to do a private podcast, which means 606 00:21:15,575 --> 00:21:17,674 if somebody's searching through Apple Podcasts, 607 00:21:18,294 --> 00:21:19,914 they're not going to to see 608 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,720 your word podcast pop up. Now in my 609 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:23,220 opinion, 610 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,779 I have a lot of unpopular opinions, 611 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:26,660 privacy 612 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:27,700 and 613 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:29,539 it being public available 614 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,759 doesn't really matter because nobody's searching for your 615 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:36,375 word podcast. K? So they're probably not going 616 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:38,375 to stumble over it. You're not gonna get 617 00:21:38,375 --> 00:21:39,194 a lot of traffic 618 00:21:39,494 --> 00:21:41,974 because you're not reaching for a broader audience. 619 00:21:41,974 --> 00:21:42,474 So 620 00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:45,255 Apple or Spotify is not going to promote 621 00:21:45,255 --> 00:21:46,694 it or put it on top of some 622 00:21:46,694 --> 00:21:47,514 list somewhere. 623 00:21:47,894 --> 00:21:49,494 And even if they do, I just don't 624 00:21:49,494 --> 00:21:51,630 think people care. Now some people are weird 625 00:21:51,630 --> 00:21:54,269 about their stories or whatever. There's other things 626 00:21:54,269 --> 00:21:56,830 you can do about that. Another this actually 627 00:21:56,830 --> 00:21:59,070 was a suggestion from my good friend, Lindsey 628 00:21:59,070 --> 00:22:01,309 Clyde, and she runs the why I stay 629 00:22:01,309 --> 00:22:03,375 podcast, which you should check out. She's done 630 00:22:03,375 --> 00:22:05,455 it where she uploads, and this is, you 631 00:22:05,455 --> 00:22:07,455 you can upload it to YouTube. K? And 632 00:22:07,455 --> 00:22:10,015 just put it as unlisted. And that way, 633 00:22:10,015 --> 00:22:10,835 only those 634 00:22:11,295 --> 00:22:12,195 with the link 635 00:22:12,815 --> 00:22:13,714 to the actual, 636 00:22:14,095 --> 00:22:15,234 video or interview, 637 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,039 Those who have the link, only they can 638 00:22:18,039 --> 00:22:19,819 access it if it's unlisted. 639 00:22:20,279 --> 00:22:21,799 I believe that's the case. You can create, 640 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:22,299 like, 641 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:23,740 a a playlist, 642 00:22:24,279 --> 00:22:26,519 you know, of all the episodes and they 643 00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:28,184 should be able to get in that way. 644 00:22:28,424 --> 00:22:30,585 Or you can really keep it simple and 645 00:22:30,585 --> 00:22:33,884 secure and just create a Google Drive folder, 646 00:22:34,265 --> 00:22:36,585 a Dropbox folder, and just put it there 647 00:22:36,585 --> 00:22:38,424 and then give everybody the link to that 648 00:22:38,424 --> 00:22:40,365 folder and then they can listen to it 649 00:22:40,505 --> 00:22:42,664 that way. But to me, I just really 650 00:22:42,664 --> 00:22:45,039 don't think you're not exposing me. Let's it's 651 00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:46,819 not like you're putting it out on Facebook, 652 00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:49,119 right, and saying, here's my friend. Listen to 653 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:52,159 their interview. Like, the way podcasts and RSS 654 00:22:52,159 --> 00:22:55,605 feeds work, nobody's really gonna stumble upon it 655 00:22:55,684 --> 00:22:57,204 if it's in a podcast feed, and I 656 00:22:57,204 --> 00:22:58,884 know people appreciate it. We'll listen to it 657 00:22:58,884 --> 00:23:00,644 more if they can add it to their 658 00:23:00,644 --> 00:23:01,845 Apple Podcasts or their 659 00:23:02,404 --> 00:23:04,744 or Spotify list or whatever it is. K? 660 00:23:05,044 --> 00:23:06,744 So, hopefully, that answers 661 00:23:07,444 --> 00:23:09,779 I saw this question from Reid. Can you 662 00:23:10,019 --> 00:23:12,420 restrict to access the podcast to own to 663 00:23:12,420 --> 00:23:13,779 your own word, or does it go out 664 00:23:13,779 --> 00:23:15,140 to all the world? Yeah. So hopefully I 665 00:23:15,140 --> 00:23:17,940 answered that. Sean says, you could put a 666 00:23:17,940 --> 00:23:20,019 link in the unit history page of your 667 00:23:20,019 --> 00:23:23,115 word. What a phenomenal transition, Sean. But the 668 00:23:23,115 --> 00:23:26,154 church has recently created a word history a 669 00:23:26,154 --> 00:23:27,134 word unit. 670 00:23:27,595 --> 00:23:29,515 You're logged in and you go to unit 671 00:23:29,515 --> 00:23:30,015 history.churchofjesuschrist.org. 672 00:23:32,394 --> 00:23:34,494 It will take you into your unit history. 673 00:23:34,890 --> 00:23:36,970 And I think only ward council members have 674 00:23:36,970 --> 00:23:38,730 access to creating something that has to be 675 00:23:38,730 --> 00:23:41,210 approved or your ward historian. So whoever does 676 00:23:41,210 --> 00:23:42,269 your ward podcast, 677 00:23:42,730 --> 00:23:44,330 you can give Maxus here. Now I've talked 678 00:23:44,330 --> 00:23:46,650 to with the project manager at the church 679 00:23:46,650 --> 00:23:49,304 office building is actually doing the unit history. 680 00:23:49,304 --> 00:23:50,744 I don't think they have a way of 681 00:23:50,744 --> 00:23:51,244 attaching 682 00:23:51,784 --> 00:23:53,625 audio files yet to the word history, but 683 00:23:53,625 --> 00:23:55,065 you could put a link in there, right, 684 00:23:55,065 --> 00:23:56,825 from Google Drive or wherever it is and 685 00:23:56,825 --> 00:23:58,744 then point people that way. And then that 686 00:23:58,744 --> 00:24:01,704 will create some more security that way if 687 00:24:01,704 --> 00:24:02,204 you 688 00:24:02,825 --> 00:24:05,570 so desire. So that's with hosting. I think 689 00:24:05,570 --> 00:24:06,230 I've covered 690 00:24:06,690 --> 00:24:09,009 as far as hosting some options there. Again, 691 00:24:09,009 --> 00:24:10,070 just keep it simple. 692 00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:12,150 Let's talk about interviewing. 693 00:24:12,850 --> 00:24:13,350 So 694 00:24:13,730 --> 00:24:15,430 like it was mentioned in some of those 695 00:24:15,809 --> 00:24:18,105 emails, some people don't wanna be interviewed, and, 696 00:24:18,105 --> 00:24:20,904 really, that's fine. Unfortunately, it's the older generation 697 00:24:20,904 --> 00:24:22,605 of the ward who's, like, really suspicious. 698 00:24:23,705 --> 00:24:24,924 I've had a few interesting 699 00:24:25,865 --> 00:24:27,865 conversations as I approach, you know, the sweet 700 00:24:27,865 --> 00:24:29,625 80 year old lady who's probably has a 701 00:24:29,625 --> 00:24:31,509 phenomenal life story and, what, you wanna corner 702 00:24:31,509 --> 00:24:33,750 my house and talk about my life and 703 00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:35,750 put it on the Internet? Like, what? You 704 00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:38,710 know? And usually, I don't you know, there's 705 00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:40,789 no reason to push, but you can, you 706 00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:42,630 know, maybe take the angle of this will 707 00:24:42,630 --> 00:24:44,789 be a wonderful family history. We can send 708 00:24:44,789 --> 00:24:46,309 it to your family and make sure they're 709 00:24:46,309 --> 00:24:48,464 aware of it. They would love that, obviously. 710 00:24:49,005 --> 00:24:50,924 But I would say get the low hanging 711 00:24:50,924 --> 00:24:52,444 fruit at the beginning. I always try when 712 00:24:52,444 --> 00:24:54,284 I start a war podcast, I try and 713 00:24:54,284 --> 00:24:54,944 get the 714 00:24:55,244 --> 00:24:57,744 bishopric, the release study presidency, the word council, 715 00:24:57,884 --> 00:25:00,420 all recorded sort of setting that example. And, 716 00:25:00,420 --> 00:25:01,940 of course, people you know, these are people 717 00:25:01,940 --> 00:25:03,380 that are more prominent 718 00:25:03,700 --> 00:25:05,799 you know, visually prominent in the word that 719 00:25:05,940 --> 00:25:07,860 people might be intrigued by their story or 720 00:25:07,860 --> 00:25:09,539 who these people are. They're our leaders, but 721 00:25:09,539 --> 00:25:10,980 who are they? What's their story? Right? And 722 00:25:10,980 --> 00:25:12,900 so I usually start with the word council. 723 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:14,920 And then as you get more and more 724 00:25:15,224 --> 00:25:16,904 interviews out there and people listen to them, 725 00:25:16,904 --> 00:25:19,304 people become more and more comfortable with what 726 00:25:19,304 --> 00:25:21,964 you're doing. And but there are people who 727 00:25:22,105 --> 00:25:24,105 don't wanna do it. And oftentimes, I'll say, 728 00:25:24,105 --> 00:25:25,464 if they're really like, I don't wanna do 729 00:25:25,464 --> 00:25:27,384 that. Say, how about this? I'll come over 730 00:25:27,384 --> 00:25:29,325 or we'll connect through Zoom, make it simple. 731 00:25:29,529 --> 00:25:31,769 Let's do a Zoom call. We'll record it 732 00:25:31,769 --> 00:25:33,130 just as a test run. We'll just see 733 00:25:33,130 --> 00:25:35,609 how it goes, and, then we can decide 734 00:25:35,609 --> 00:25:37,650 at that point if you want to share 735 00:25:37,650 --> 00:25:39,309 it with Ward. And worst case scenario, 736 00:25:39,769 --> 00:25:41,369 you can just keep the file, and you'll 737 00:25:41,369 --> 00:25:42,934 have a a living history, 738 00:25:43,554 --> 00:25:45,654 share with your posterity. Right? And that usually 739 00:25:46,115 --> 00:25:47,714 gets them to the point of, okay. Actually, 740 00:25:47,714 --> 00:25:49,875 this isn't too bad or that interview went 741 00:25:49,875 --> 00:25:51,474 better than I thought. So, yeah, why don't 742 00:25:51,474 --> 00:25:52,835 you share it with the Ward? It's fine. 743 00:25:52,835 --> 00:25:55,015 I've had that happen quite a bit. So 744 00:25:55,099 --> 00:25:57,019 how we send them the m p three 745 00:25:57,019 --> 00:25:59,259 separately for their records. And again, they can 746 00:25:59,259 --> 00:26:02,220 attach that upload that to family search. I 747 00:26:02,220 --> 00:26:05,759 recommend interviewing spouses separately unless they're really apprehensive. 748 00:26:06,059 --> 00:26:08,375 I think it people seem more at ease 749 00:26:08,375 --> 00:26:10,054 when they're just talking about themselves, and they're 750 00:26:10,054 --> 00:26:12,054 not, like, wondering, you know, well, if I 751 00:26:12,054 --> 00:26:13,974 say this, my spouse will think that or 752 00:26:13,974 --> 00:26:15,734 they'll interject or, no, it didn't happen that 753 00:26:15,734 --> 00:26:17,494 way. This is what happened. Right? A lot 754 00:26:17,494 --> 00:26:18,934 of people ask me, well, what questions do 755 00:26:18,934 --> 00:26:20,579 I ask? And, again, this is a hard 756 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:21,619 one for me just because I have so 757 00:26:21,619 --> 00:26:23,319 much experience interviewing people, 758 00:26:23,619 --> 00:26:25,960 but I just say, just get really curious 759 00:26:26,259 --> 00:26:27,240 about their life. 760 00:26:27,539 --> 00:26:29,059 And I've tried to do it through a 761 00:26:29,059 --> 00:26:30,900 timeline, like, tell me about, you know, where 762 00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:31,720 were you born? 763 00:26:32,099 --> 00:26:34,565 The question I always start with is, 764 00:26:34,865 --> 00:26:36,644 tell me where does your name come from? 765 00:26:36,784 --> 00:26:38,944 And, man, I've I've learned so much about 766 00:26:38,944 --> 00:26:41,585 people when they talk about their name and 767 00:26:41,585 --> 00:26:43,904 their middle name and their last name and 768 00:26:43,904 --> 00:26:45,125 their maiden name and 769 00:26:45,505 --> 00:26:47,744 ancestors or this funny story of where their 770 00:26:47,744 --> 00:26:49,700 parents got the name. Like, it's a phenomenal 771 00:26:49,759 --> 00:26:52,579 first question. And I literally, like, hit record. 772 00:26:52,799 --> 00:26:55,279 Tell me about your name. I say, what 773 00:26:55,279 --> 00:26:56,659 name is on your birth certificate? 774 00:26:57,039 --> 00:26:59,279 And that usually launches off in a conversation. 775 00:26:59,279 --> 00:27:00,880 And they're just talking about their upbringing, what 776 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,319 their parents did, what kind of kid they 777 00:27:02,319 --> 00:27:04,214 were. And then I get into their faith 778 00:27:04,214 --> 00:27:06,134 development, you know, as a youth, like, what 779 00:27:06,134 --> 00:27:08,055 was being like a youth for you? Were 780 00:27:08,055 --> 00:27:10,055 you always a believer? Was it was a 781 00:27:10,055 --> 00:27:12,055 mission a no brainer for you? Or was 782 00:27:12,055 --> 00:27:13,734 it something you really question whether you should 783 00:27:13,734 --> 00:27:15,734 do. Right? I think the trick is you're 784 00:27:15,734 --> 00:27:16,954 always looking for 785 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,440 the friction point in their life. And this 786 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,440 is sometimes a little uncomfortable and takes some 787 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,160 practice. But, man, I remember an interview I 788 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,859 did a few words back with 789 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:27,059 a a lady, 790 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,119 had a young family and one of theirs 791 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,660 their children passed away 792 00:27:31,045 --> 00:27:33,525 as an infant. And, man, just to talk 793 00:27:33,525 --> 00:27:35,765 about that, you know, very respectfully, but the 794 00:27:35,765 --> 00:27:37,525 faith development that came out of the the 795 00:27:37,525 --> 00:27:39,765 miracles they saw through tragedy and all that 796 00:27:39,765 --> 00:27:42,404 was such a touching story. And so don't 797 00:27:42,404 --> 00:27:43,065 be afraid 798 00:27:43,445 --> 00:27:44,025 to maybe, 799 00:27:44,470 --> 00:27:45,990 know, whether you need to ask permission or 800 00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:47,350 whatever say, hey, can I ask you about 801 00:27:47,350 --> 00:27:48,789 that? I would imagine that was like a 802 00:27:48,789 --> 00:27:50,470 real struggle for you. What was that like? 803 00:27:50,470 --> 00:27:52,970 Right? Because that's the point where the humanness 804 00:27:53,110 --> 00:27:55,509 comes out is in those friction points. The 805 00:27:55,509 --> 00:27:56,009 struggle 806 00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:59,769 is, the points where Jesus shows up. Right? 807 00:27:59,855 --> 00:28:02,575 So lean into that. And then then just 808 00:28:02,575 --> 00:28:04,255 keep going, you know, asking the general questions. 809 00:28:04,255 --> 00:28:06,414 What did tell me about your career or 810 00:28:06,414 --> 00:28:08,815 why'd you pick that career? Where'd you work? 811 00:28:08,815 --> 00:28:10,414 Did you like it? Right? Like all those 812 00:28:10,414 --> 00:28:12,255 things. And then usually I end with the 813 00:28:12,255 --> 00:28:14,109 question of, if you were to get into 814 00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:15,710 a time machine and go a 100 years 815 00:28:15,710 --> 00:28:16,529 into the future, 816 00:28:16,990 --> 00:28:19,809 what one message would you tell your posterity? 817 00:28:19,869 --> 00:28:20,769 And, man, 818 00:28:21,150 --> 00:28:22,849 you it is so cool 819 00:28:23,150 --> 00:28:25,069 to hear some of those responses and to 820 00:28:25,069 --> 00:28:25,569 know 821 00:28:25,974 --> 00:28:28,214 that their prosperity will will literally hear that 822 00:28:28,214 --> 00:28:29,815 in a 100 years. That is so powerful. 823 00:28:29,815 --> 00:28:32,294 Right? Like, I wonder what my great grandfather 824 00:28:32,294 --> 00:28:34,714 would say to me. Like, if he had 825 00:28:34,855 --> 00:28:36,934 2 minutes with me, what's the one message 826 00:28:36,934 --> 00:28:38,214 he would share with me? I would love 827 00:28:38,214 --> 00:28:39,919 to hear that. Right? So it's just such 828 00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:43,299 a blessing to to record that mission, professional 829 00:28:43,359 --> 00:28:43,859 life. 830 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,759 Alright. So that's the general interview. I do 831 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:48,640 I'll look for questions as they they come 832 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,119 through if anybody has that. Again, just keep 833 00:28:51,119 --> 00:28:54,115 it simple. It's gonna feel like uneasy or 834 00:28:54,115 --> 00:28:55,394 think I didn't do a very good job. 835 00:28:55,394 --> 00:28:56,755 It doesn't matter. You did more of a 836 00:28:56,755 --> 00:28:59,474 job than anybody else did by just doing 837 00:28:59,474 --> 00:29:01,634 the podcast. Right? And they'll appreciate it. I 838 00:29:01,634 --> 00:29:03,974 would much rather hear of the worst interview 839 00:29:04,355 --> 00:29:05,255 of my grandfather 840 00:29:05,634 --> 00:29:06,775 or my great grandmother 841 00:29:07,315 --> 00:29:07,815 than 842 00:29:08,329 --> 00:29:10,730 no interview at all. Right? So don't put 843 00:29:10,730 --> 00:29:12,490 too much pressure on you. Alright. The next 844 00:29:12,490 --> 00:29:14,509 thing as far as promoting the podcast, 845 00:29:14,809 --> 00:29:16,190 this is kinda tough because 846 00:29:16,570 --> 00:29:18,410 some people aren't familiar with podcasts or how 847 00:29:18,410 --> 00:29:19,849 it works. Other people are like, oh, how 848 00:29:19,849 --> 00:29:21,609 do what's it called? Bing bing bing boom. 849 00:29:21,609 --> 00:29:23,369 I'm subscribed. I'll I'll listen to these. This 850 00:29:23,369 --> 00:29:25,815 looks great. Right? But I make a real 851 00:29:25,815 --> 00:29:27,734 intent to promote it. And so one thing 852 00:29:27,734 --> 00:29:29,974 I've done is I will get a 853 00:29:30,535 --> 00:29:32,775 I'll just print out I'll put a QR 854 00:29:32,775 --> 00:29:34,535 code. So we if you don't know how 855 00:29:34,535 --> 00:29:36,455 to make a QR code, ask a high 856 00:29:36,455 --> 00:29:38,700 schooler or somebody. Make a QR code that 857 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:40,160 links directly to the podcast 858 00:29:40,539 --> 00:29:42,700 feed or the Google Drive folder or the 859 00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:45,420 YouTube channel, you know, whatever it is. And 860 00:29:45,420 --> 00:29:46,859 so people can just scan it with their 861 00:29:46,859 --> 00:29:49,339 phones. I usually put one that goes to, 862 00:29:49,339 --> 00:29:51,180 like, in the relief society role and the 863 00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:52,400 Sunday school roles. 864 00:29:53,044 --> 00:29:55,444 And usually every week, I'm, like, printing a 865 00:29:55,444 --> 00:29:56,724 new one out and just make sure I 866 00:29:56,724 --> 00:29:58,884 have it. I'll approach people at church like, 867 00:29:58,884 --> 00:30:00,565 hey. Have you you know, here it is. 868 00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:02,325 Have you listened to the podcast at all? 869 00:30:02,325 --> 00:30:04,325 Right? And then I'll take time to just 870 00:30:04,325 --> 00:30:06,779 raise my hand, you know, before a lesson 871 00:30:06,779 --> 00:30:08,700 and say, hey. We have a word podcast. 872 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:09,980 You should really listen to it. If you 873 00:30:09,980 --> 00:30:10,960 have a word program, 874 00:30:11,339 --> 00:30:13,259 definitely go it was in the word programs. 875 00:30:13,259 --> 00:30:15,019 The people can find it there as, you 876 00:30:15,019 --> 00:30:16,779 know, they're in sacrament meeting or whatever it 877 00:30:16,779 --> 00:30:18,940 is. But I just keep mentioning it. Right? 878 00:30:18,940 --> 00:30:21,105 If you another place of word Facebook group. 879 00:30:21,184 --> 00:30:22,704 If you have one of those, you know, 880 00:30:22,704 --> 00:30:24,384 place link in there that makes it really 881 00:30:24,384 --> 00:30:24,884 easy. 882 00:30:25,345 --> 00:30:27,345 And some people listen, a lot of people 883 00:30:27,345 --> 00:30:29,424 won't, but that's okay. Like, some people would 884 00:30:29,424 --> 00:30:31,345 get around to it. But, we had one 885 00:30:31,424 --> 00:30:33,585 another great approach is sometimes you get those 886 00:30:33,585 --> 00:30:35,424 saccharomy talks that are like, woah. Like, that 887 00:30:35,424 --> 00:30:38,600 was awesome. Remember one sister in my ward 888 00:30:38,820 --> 00:30:41,940 talked about her her journey with being diagnosed 889 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:44,180 as bipolar as a young mother and how 890 00:30:44,180 --> 00:30:46,580 that's impacted her life. But, you know, she 891 00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:49,335 talked for 15, 20 minutes. Right? And I 892 00:30:49,335 --> 00:30:50,934 wanted the whole story. Wait a minute. There's 893 00:30:50,934 --> 00:30:52,615 so much more there. So I interviewed her 894 00:30:52,615 --> 00:30:54,934 the following week. And so people love that 895 00:30:54,934 --> 00:30:56,375 in the ward to just hear the whole 896 00:30:56,375 --> 00:30:58,054 story and do you really dig in? We 897 00:30:58,054 --> 00:31:00,134 talked for over an hour about her life 898 00:31:00,134 --> 00:31:02,134 and things. So look for those opportunities for 899 00:31:02,134 --> 00:31:04,214 those who speak in church that maybe there's 900 00:31:04,214 --> 00:31:07,170 an opportunity for them to talk. So QR 901 00:31:07,170 --> 00:31:09,490 code, put on Facebook group, become a word 902 00:31:09,490 --> 00:31:09,990 historian. 903 00:31:10,450 --> 00:31:12,369 I've talked about you unit history dot church 904 00:31:12,369 --> 00:31:14,369 of Jesus Christ dot org, and I think 905 00:31:14,369 --> 00:31:16,470 that's it. Let's go to Jess here. 906 00:31:16,930 --> 00:31:18,674 Love this. Plan to chat about this as 907 00:31:18,755 --> 00:31:20,914 bishopric tomorrow morning. My ward has a lot 908 00:31:20,914 --> 00:31:23,975 of OG members with so much to share. 909 00:31:24,195 --> 00:31:26,674 Have you involved youth in any podcast episodes? 910 00:31:26,674 --> 00:31:28,994 Just thinking of them too. Yeah. I actually 911 00:31:28,994 --> 00:31:30,674 get this question with leading saints a lot. 912 00:31:30,674 --> 00:31:32,799 Like, why don't you interview more youth? 913 00:31:33,820 --> 00:31:35,259 And I'll be honest, youth are just hard 914 00:31:35,259 --> 00:31:35,920 to interview. 915 00:31:36,779 --> 00:31:38,000 If you've ever been a bishop, 916 00:31:38,299 --> 00:31:40,779 you know this. Right? And so you definitely 917 00:31:40,779 --> 00:31:42,380 can. Maybe there's a fun way to do 918 00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:43,359 it. Maybe interview 919 00:31:43,795 --> 00:31:45,575 3 boys at a time in the ward, 920 00:31:45,634 --> 00:31:47,474 3 girls at a time. Maybe they can 921 00:31:47,474 --> 00:31:49,714 play off each other or something, but it's 922 00:31:49,714 --> 00:31:52,214 just tough. Right? Or maybe have a really 923 00:31:52,595 --> 00:31:53,815 verbose, teenager, 924 00:31:54,355 --> 00:31:55,174 you know, who's 925 00:31:55,634 --> 00:31:57,590 the drama kid who's used to being on 926 00:31:57,590 --> 00:31:59,509 stage and whatever. Maybe they could run with 927 00:31:59,509 --> 00:32:01,049 it and do a youth channel, 928 00:32:01,509 --> 00:32:02,570 right, for it. So 929 00:32:03,109 --> 00:32:04,710 try it out. A lot of these things 930 00:32:04,710 --> 00:32:06,390 I haven't tried, but doesn't mean they don't 931 00:32:06,390 --> 00:32:08,070 work. And I'd love to hear how it 932 00:32:08,070 --> 00:32:09,875 goes. So but that 933 00:32:10,174 --> 00:32:12,654 is that's the gist of why your Ward 934 00:32:12,654 --> 00:32:14,835 needs Ward podcast to build community. 935 00:32:15,214 --> 00:32:17,234 Just keep it simple. Just use Zoom. 936 00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:19,775 Keep it going that way. Here's Ken. He 937 00:32:19,775 --> 00:32:21,535 says, I did a group interview with several 938 00:32:21,535 --> 00:32:23,329 young men at a high adventure camp a 939 00:32:23,329 --> 00:32:25,170 couple years ago. It was great. Yeah. I 940 00:32:25,170 --> 00:32:27,170 love that where you get them in an 941 00:32:27,170 --> 00:32:29,250 atmosphere where maybe they've been hanging out for 942 00:32:29,250 --> 00:32:31,089 a day or 2. They're the young men's 943 00:32:31,089 --> 00:32:32,849 camp. They're hanging out by the fire. It's 944 00:32:32,849 --> 00:32:34,710 just there's a lot more you know, 945 00:32:35,009 --> 00:32:37,170 everybody feels relaxed, and maybe they'll they're more 946 00:32:37,170 --> 00:32:39,234 likely to to chat that way. So so 947 00:32:39,234 --> 00:32:41,575 love it. And again, when you're in person, 948 00:32:41,714 --> 00:32:43,555 keep it simple. Just use the recorder on 949 00:32:43,555 --> 00:32:45,555 your phone. Right? And you can, you know, 950 00:32:45,555 --> 00:32:47,154 as you're holding it, you can just say 951 00:32:47,154 --> 00:32:49,154 yada yada yada. What do you think? Yada 952 00:32:49,154 --> 00:32:51,590 yada yada. What do you think? Right? And 953 00:32:51,590 --> 00:32:53,690 just keep it simple. Don't buy equipment. 954 00:32:54,390 --> 00:32:56,549 Don't get a studio. Don't ask your bishop 955 00:32:56,549 --> 00:32:58,890 for a $1,000 to buy the perfect microphone. 956 00:32:59,350 --> 00:33:00,730 Not worth it. So 957 00:33:01,109 --> 00:33:01,850 with that, 958 00:33:02,630 --> 00:33:04,490 this video, it's a live 959 00:33:04,894 --> 00:33:07,134 on YouTube. If you haven't subscribed to our 960 00:33:07,134 --> 00:33:08,974 YouTube channel, if you'd be sure to go 961 00:33:08,974 --> 00:33:11,294 do that so that, we can continue to 962 00:33:11,294 --> 00:33:12,575 do these lives and get more of a 963 00:33:12,575 --> 00:33:14,815 reach the more people we like or give 964 00:33:14,815 --> 00:33:16,654 this video a thumbs up that all always 965 00:33:16,654 --> 00:33:19,029 helps as well. So, again, if you wouldn't 966 00:33:19,029 --> 00:33:20,470 mind taking the time to go to leading 967 00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:23,830 saints.org and, hitting the donate button and, hopefully, 968 00:33:23,830 --> 00:33:25,830 this is a value and help us continue 969 00:33:25,830 --> 00:33:28,090 to do this type of content by contributing 970 00:33:28,150 --> 00:33:31,705 to the the nonprofit organization, Leading Saints, and, 971 00:33:31,945 --> 00:33:34,345 be great. Jessica says, thank you, Kurt. I'm 972 00:33:34,345 --> 00:33:36,105 excited to make this happen. Please keep me 973 00:33:36,105 --> 00:33:38,025 posted. I'd love to hear how it goes 974 00:33:38,025 --> 00:33:38,684 for people. 975 00:33:38,985 --> 00:33:40,505 Ken says, I haven't done it yet, but 976 00:33:40,505 --> 00:33:42,025 I'm thinking of passing around a list like 977 00:33:42,025 --> 00:33:43,785 a missionary calendar to get people who are 978 00:33:43,785 --> 00:33:46,019 willing to be on the podcast. Love it. 979 00:33:46,259 --> 00:33:47,720 Always just test it. Right? 980 00:33:48,019 --> 00:33:50,180 Wendy says do you just record with voice 981 00:33:50,180 --> 00:33:52,580 memo or another app? I've had recording apps 982 00:33:52,580 --> 00:33:54,420 fail me in the past. I'd like to 983 00:33:54,420 --> 00:33:56,099 find the apps that give me an m 984 00:33:56,099 --> 00:33:58,019 p three file. So if you just search 985 00:33:58,019 --> 00:33:59,299 and try a few apps and just make 986 00:33:59,299 --> 00:34:01,240 sure it downloads an m p three file 987 00:34:01,444 --> 00:34:02,484 even if you have to pay a few 988 00:34:02,484 --> 00:34:04,005 bucks for it, it's well worth it. I 989 00:34:04,005 --> 00:34:05,865 think Google has one that's already 990 00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:08,724 a voice recorder on their Android devices. But, 991 00:34:08,724 --> 00:34:10,724 yeah, find one that you can try the 992 00:34:10,724 --> 00:34:12,324 voice memo. You know, if it gives you 993 00:34:12,324 --> 00:34:14,329 an m p 3 that's easy to edit 994 00:34:14,329 --> 00:34:16,570 and things like that. So Brian says, I 995 00:34:16,570 --> 00:34:18,409 know you said you use Zoom, but what 996 00:34:18,409 --> 00:34:20,989 camera are you using? I'm using a Canon 997 00:34:21,130 --> 00:34:21,630 EOS. 998 00:34:22,650 --> 00:34:24,409 I don't know. I have a very nice 999 00:34:24,409 --> 00:34:26,985 camera. Obviously, this is I use this for 1000 00:34:27,545 --> 00:34:30,345 top level leading saints contents, but you do 1001 00:34:30,345 --> 00:34:32,265 not need this kind of camera. Any laptop 1002 00:34:32,265 --> 00:34:34,445 camera will be just fine. Do you collect 1003 00:34:34,664 --> 00:34:35,805 participant releases 1004 00:34:36,184 --> 00:34:36,925 for podcasts? 1005 00:34:37,864 --> 00:34:40,425 I don't. Maybe you should. You can talk 1006 00:34:40,425 --> 00:34:42,000 to the attorney in your work, but I 1007 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,079 don't even do that with my Leading Saints 1008 00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:46,480 podcast. So maybe there's a class action lawsuit 1009 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,320 coming my way. I don't know. But I 1010 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,559 think generally in this world, I just don't 1011 00:34:50,559 --> 00:34:51,840 see a reason for it. So no, I 1012 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,440 do not do that nor will I. I 1013 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,375 don't think it's worth worrying about but I 1014 00:34:55,375 --> 00:34:57,055 don't know. Maybe an attorney will say you're 1015 00:34:57,055 --> 00:34:58,275 crazy if you don't. So, 1016 00:34:58,575 --> 00:35:01,055 Kathy, this was very valuable. Thank you. A 1017 00:35:01,055 --> 00:35:04,815 great start starting post for me. Awesome. Yeah. 1018 00:35:04,815 --> 00:35:07,375 Get started. Go out there and start the 1019 00:35:07,375 --> 00:35:10,170 word pod podcast, build community, share each other's 1020 00:35:10,170 --> 00:35:12,909 stories, and I promise it will shift the 1021 00:35:13,130 --> 00:35:15,769 the feeling of the ward, the relationships of 1022 00:35:15,769 --> 00:35:17,150 the ward, and it'll be awesome. 1023 00:35:24,704 --> 00:35:27,184 The end. That's it for this Leading Saints 1024 00:35:27,184 --> 00:35:29,184 episode. I encourage you to check out some 1025 00:35:29,184 --> 00:35:31,344 of the most popular episodes of the podcast 1026 00:35:31,344 --> 00:35:32,945 that we list at the bottom of the 1027 00:35:32,945 --> 00:35:35,025 show notes. If you haven't listened to all 1028 00:35:35,025 --> 00:35:37,630 of those, do so now. And remember, to 1029 00:35:37,630 --> 00:35:39,710 get on the email newsletter list, simply go 1030 00:35:39,710 --> 00:35:40,690 to leading saints.org/14. 1031 00:35:51,844 --> 00:35:54,405 It came as a result of the position 1032 00:35:54,405 --> 00:35:57,304 of leadership, which was imposed upon us 1033 00:35:57,764 --> 00:36:00,565 by the God of heaven who brought forth 1034 00:36:00,565 --> 00:36:01,464 a restoration 1035 00:36:01,764 --> 00:36:04,105 of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 1036 00:36:04,839 --> 00:36:05,739 When the declaration 1037 00:36:06,199 --> 00:36:08,539 was made concerning the only 1038 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,639 true and living Church upon the face of 1039 00:36:11,639 --> 00:36:12,300 the earth, 1040 00:36:12,839 --> 00:36:15,579 we were immediately put in a position of 1041 00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:16,139 loneliness, 1042 00:36:16,519 --> 00:36:17,099 the loneliness 1043 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:18,059 of leadership 1044 00:36:18,804 --> 00:36:21,704 from which we cannot shrink nor run away, 1045 00:36:22,485 --> 00:36:24,965 and to which we must face up with 1046 00:36:24,965 --> 00:36:26,505 boldness and courage 1047 00:36:27,045 --> 00:36:27,784 and ability.