January 15, 2024 • 17 mins
When the 'Podfather' speaks, we listen. Teddy D, a towering presence and beacon of the podcast community, graces our show with tales of his foray into the world of audio storytelling.
As we engage with Teddy, he unveils the narrative behind his popular podcast 'Why Not,' which has carved out a space for African American voices to be heard and celebrated. His influence didn't just stop at his listeners; it reached my own doorstep, guiding me into the realm of content creation and demonstrating the profound impact of mentorship. Teddy's knack for nurturing connection through conversation has fostered a sense of unity in our digital neighborhood, proving that the right voice can turn a ripple of an idea into a wave of change.
The airwaves hum with the resonance of Teddy's commitment to his craft, a testament to the hard work that has amplified his presence both in and out of our community. His 'Why Not' podcast not only entertains but ignites a fire in the hearts of those who tune in, encouraging them to raise their own voices. As I reflect on the ways Teddy's podcast has enriched our conversations and connections, I am moved to invite our listeners to not just witness his journey but become part of it. By embracing the invitation to create, share, and thrive in our content-driven world, we step into a circle of support where every story matters and every voice can find a home.
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Teddy Drinkard (00:00):
Hello.
Greg Kuhn (00:14):
Today, I would like to introduce you to one of my
neighbors, a man who goes by thename Teddy D.
Now, Teddy is also a member ofour Facebook manifesting group.
How cool is that?
Thank you, Teddy.
As I mentioned, he lives downthe street from me.
(00:36):
How did you get so lucky tolive so close to me, Teddy?
Teddy Drinkard (00:41):
I wake up every day and ask myself that I mean
along all the things in ourlives.
That's top three.
We actually do enjoy the nameof the lot, though I'm surprised
by how many families we enjoyand mesh with in the
neighborhood.
You know what I mean.
Greg Kuhn (00:57):
So it's good.
It's good.
It is fortunate to find aneighbor who's cool.
It just is.
I've always enjoyed that, andsome of the things that makes
Teddy a cool neighbor I want toshare with you.
He's a successful husband andfather.
He's got a successful career.
(01:19):
He's also a podcaster.
He's currently hosting the whyNot podcast.
Actually, can you tell us alittle bit about the why Not
podcast, Teddy?
Where can people listen to itand what can they expect from it
?
Teddy Drinkard (01:37):
Yeah, so it's been posted everywhere.
You know, the fun line the mostpodcasters say is anywhere a
podcast can be found, right.
The beginning of it all wasreally just a desire to have
your voice be heard.
I had the opportunity to gueston a couple of podcasts and I
really enjoyed it and it justkind of snowballed from there to
(02:01):
the point of starting my ownshow, figuring out the format,
and people kind of understoodwhat I was going for, what we
were trying to do.
So it just kind of snowballedfrom there and I'm happy to say
I'm a podcaster.
Greg Kuhn (02:17):
You're touching on some things that I definitely
want to circle back to before weclose off today.
I like the direction you'regoing.
I don't want to necessarilycrack that egg before first
saying that.
Teddy, when I first met you andlearned that you were a
podcaster, I also learned thatsome people call you the
(02:38):
podfather and you always chucklewhen I say that to you.
How did that start?
Why do some people call youthat nickname?
Teddy Drinkard (02:46):
So started and has continued as a complete joke
.
The premise of it was what Ijust touched on when I began
podcasting.
One of the big reasons was Ididn't feel like there were a
lot of voices from the AfricanAmerican community being heard
(03:09):
and it just bothered me the waythat sometimes we were
misunderstood and misrepresented.
So that became one of thefoundations of why I wanted to
get started.
And when people would come onand be a guest on my show or
someone else's, they would kindof get bitten by the bug.
So they wanted to start theirown and I would just show them
(03:30):
how I started and give them someof the details and mic
information and RSS feeds,whatever that needs to be known
to really get the ball rolling.
And they responded back withthe podfather nickname, which I
think is hilarious, but my wifegot me a T-shirt with it as a
(03:51):
joke, so it kind of became arunning joke.
Greg Kuhn (03:54):
I don't think it's a joke anymore, man, I don't know.
You've got a coaching treeunderneath you.
Teddy Drinkard (04:01):
Don't you?
Yeah, that's one way to say it,right?
Well, hopefully it's not a badcoach.
I'm not going to reference,just in case somebody's a fan of
a team I don't like.
I think that speaks not toanything that I've been doing
that's been special but just howmuch people want to be heard
and understood.
There's something to be saidabout Having someone that you
(04:22):
respect hear something thatyou've said or thought about on
a show and Then being interestedin it, and it really is a
natural, high almostappreciation that this person
that I enjoy talking to kind ofunderstood what I was going for.
Doesn't have to be a hundredpercent agreement, but it is a
cool way to connect betweenpeople, even if you don't get
(04:45):
the chance to Spend as much timetogether as you want.
It almost feels like you've hada good conversation with
someone when you listen to apodcast with them and it's done
a certain way.
It's like, okay, yeah, Ihaven't spoken in a couple weeks
, but I feel like I'm up to date, you know.
Greg Kuhn (05:01):
That's how I feel after or while I'm listening to
one of your podcasts.
I feel like I'm sitting on thecouch listening to a
conversation that's interestingand engaging, and I actually
want to ask you a little moreabout that.
First, before we get into that,I wanted to touch on the idea
that sometimes we're helpingpeople when we don't even know.
(05:24):
You're referencing people thatyou've helped or that have taken
help from you and you reallyhave provided me with help at
least two ways, and you probablydon't even know it.
I remember when we first met, ITold you back then that I was
planning to retire from theJefferson County Public School
System in 2022 and start doingthis full-time and, of course,
(05:49):
now I am doing it and I want youto know, and I want our
manifesting group to know, thatHaving a successful and
confident content producer rightdown the street from me, it was
always motivating to me and Iwanted to thank you for that,
even though you might not havebeen aware that you were having
that effect on me, and also,part and parcel to that, by
(06:15):
making myself Accountable to you, by sharing those goals
publicly with you and by youallowing me to do that, you
helped me create what I call apositive checkmate, where I was
just another Reason, anothermotivation to follow through.
So I thank you for helping medo that.
Teddy Drinkard (06:38):
Well, that's extremely kind, man, and you're
right, I did not have any ideaabout that, because when you and
I talk, it's genuine connectionand that's always a goal when
you want to create certaincontent, because the
connectivity I don't know.
I think connectivity can comein a lot of different ways and
(07:01):
the one that everyone's familiarwith is person to person.
You're in front of someone,you're talking, you're
connecting.
Body language is a big part ofit.
So, especially when it's not avisual podcast, it's just audio,
you have to ask yourself howcan you get that same feeling
across, whether it's just thespeaking cues, the agreements,
whatever.
(07:22):
And yeah, you saying that isfunny because you and I both
know that every time we've had achance to stop and talk, we
always say like, oh, just aquick second, let me just talk
to you for a second.
Then 15 minutes later I'mapologizing for stopping you
from your run or walking yourdog or whatever, because we have
a good, like-minded connection.
So, no, man, that's incrediblykind, but I think it's, once
(07:45):
again, it's just the nature ofwho we are as humans why people
enjoy just kind of eavesdropping.
It almost feels like, on a goodconversation, a good content
like that, it's genuinelymotivational and it can
hopefully be funny sometimes andinsightful.
All the good stuff, man.
So, yeah, I think it's also atwo-way street with you saying
(08:06):
that.
So, and especially not to gotoo far, but especially when it
was in the early stages of COVID, when we weren't all very sure
how close we could get.
And now so it came.
Those conversations that youhave with neighbors and
coworkers, if you were goinginto work at the time, they
meant that much more to havethat human connection.
(08:29):
You know what I mean.
Greg Kuhn (08:30):
Neither one of us is ever short of things to say.
That's right, that's right, Idon't know that's better.
Oh, I don't know how Jasminefeels about this, but I know
Sean is happy that there'ssomeone else that I can talk to
sometimes.
Teddy Drinkard (08:47):
Especially during COVID.
She's like, oh, go talk tosomebody.
Greg Kuhn (08:51):
Oh yeah, and this is a perfect segue because I
brought up the names of spousesyou have a young son, you have a
full life, you have yourhomestead to take care of in
addition to everything else.
Podcasting takes a lot ofeffort.
(09:11):
You were referencing thephysical tasks and chores of
doing it, let alone the planningand the mental energy and being
in a good space and that kindof prep work.
So how do you make podcastingfit into your life?
Does it serve a purpose for you?
Is it a means to an end?
(09:31):
Is there a larger connectionthere that it maybe brings you
into a space that you treasure?
How does that work for you?
Teddy Drinkard (09:40):
So the answer is probably evolved since I've
been doing it.
In the beginning it was theneed to.
We always used to say some ofthe episodes can just be auto
therapy.
You get done with it and youfeel like, oh man, that really
got a load off of me.
But the other ones aregenuinely just trying to stay in
touch with people that you know.
(10:03):
On a typical day we're too busyto talk on the phone or meet up
for coffee or whatever it isand keep friendships going and
connections with old coworkersand whoever it may be.
So the end goal in thebeginning, I would say, was
(10:23):
probably just to see how far itcan go, and that's evolved into
today.
I look at it as a volunteeringthing that I do, and the reason
why I changed that mentality isthe priorities that come in my
life.
I have a lot of them before Iget to podcast it and I was
(10:46):
beating myself up in thebeginning because I didn't have
the chance to stay consistentlike I wanted to once I got busy
with work and family andeverything that I have as far as
responsibilities in my life.
So I evolved into now Iactually record a lot of
episodes before I release one,and that way I don't have to be
(11:10):
confined to a weekly schedulewhere if I can't make it this
week because Noah's got a lot ofactivities and I wanna be there
for him and with him, then Ican wait and record it three
weeks later and then fastforward to four months when we
released the first episode ofthe season.
No one has to know that timeconstraint was so stressful when
(11:31):
we recorded those four episodesover the course of three months
.
Whatever it may be, there's awhole philosophy of making like
evergreen content and you try tomake something that's timeless
quote, unquote.
But the little tricks of thetrade are you can't really
reference things that happenedas of something that happened
last week.
You can just generally speakabout a topic and you don't have
(11:56):
to make it specific towards adating time.
You know what I mean.
Greg Kuhn (11:58):
So yeah, so I probably shouldn't be asking you
how you feel about BarackObama's victory yesterday.
Teddy Drinkard (12:06):
And it just happened.
That's so crazy.
It just happened yeah.
I mean I just really think thiscountry is just gonna come
together.
You know what I mean.
Greg Kuhn (12:14):
I'm sure nothing is on the way that could spoil this
charm.
We feel, hey Good that.
Teddy, I'm hoping that thisisn't the last time that we talk
.
I don't wanna let you gowithout asking you something
that I think is probably ofgreat value to other folks in
(12:35):
our manifesting group.
I would encourage anybody to beconfident that we all have a
divine essence, that we all areso unique and individual in the
sense that we have gifts and wehave purpose and we have meaning
and we have value that not onlycan we intentionally cultivate,
(12:56):
we can intentionally spread andeven search for and nurture.
I think that somebody whopodcasts a public persona, you
have a voice that you've notonly given yourself permission
to tap into, but you've givenyourself permission to follow
(13:17):
the muse of sharing it, and Iknow that, in principle, whether
someone wants to be a podcasteror not, that idea is not only
enticing, it's captivating,because I think all of us have
that.
Knowing that we too have thatvoice, what would you share with
(13:37):
somebody who might be wonderingwhere they could look for that
voice, or what they can do togrow that voice, or what they
can do with that voice as theygrow it?
Teddy Drinkard (13:52):
Well, I think the first step is to know that
any level of self-doubt that youfeel is natural and it's almost
expected when you startsomething that you look at as a
new journey.
And that's where the name ofthe show actually came from the
why Not podcast.
It was born in self-doubtbecause I had different versions
(14:14):
of it beforehand.
I'm like I don't know who wantsto hear this, like what am I
doing?
And eventually I got to a pointwhere I'm just like why not?
What's the worst that canhappen?
And sure enough, it was juststepping out on faith, which is
hey, even if no one listens to asecond of this, I feel better
(14:35):
in producing this content andwhat I would encourage people to
do is realize that, whether youknow it or not, you do have a
unique voice and you do havesomething to say.
And as a selfish reason,typically not always, but
typically you can grow as aperson by putting yourself out
(14:57):
there to try something new andsee if you get some level of
enjoyment about it.
You don't have to feel guiltyabout just doing something that
you enjoy and if you don't wantto change the world, guess what?
There's plenty of podcasts outthere that don't have that goal,
obviously, but there are alsopeople that listen to them, that
(15:17):
listening to that content helpsimprove their day.
So, really, that's what a bigpart of this is connecting to
people that enjoy hearing whatyou have to say and don't feel
guilty about just tryingsomething new.
That's the basis of it.
You can complicate things in amillion different ways, but it
comes down to do.
(15:38):
I have the confidence to stepout and try something new and
see if someone will enjoy it.
Greg Kuhn (15:45):
I love it.
I love it.
Thank you so much for sharingsome of your day with us today,
teddy, I will say to our groupmembers two things One, check
out the why Not podcast andyou're going to hear one of our
own tearing it up on the mic.
And two, if I should have aconversation with you and we
(16:10):
should introduce you to the restof the group, reach out to me.
I'd love to get to know you alittle bit better and consider
that.
I'll tell you what, teddy.
We really took advantage ofthis time today to create
something, as you just said.
I'm hopeful and confident thatit's entertaining and engaging,
but I also believe it's reallyvaluable.
Teddy Drinkard (16:29):
I love it, man, and publicly, I'm proud of you.
You got it.
I was talking about this acouple of years ago and you've
taken off, man, so not a shock,but it's cool to see.
Greg Kuhn (16:38):
So keep it up.
Well, thank you.
I'm going to keep working hardand I appreciate any opportunity
that I get to be a value.
So thanks, man.
Hello.
Greg Kuhn (00:14):
Today, I would like to introduce you to one of my
neighbors, a man who goes by thename Teddy D.
Now, Teddy is also a member ofour Facebook manifesting group.
How cool is that?
Thank you, Teddy.
As I mentioned, he lives downthe street from me.
(00:36):
How did you get so lucky tolive so close to me, Teddy?
Teddy Drinkard (00:41):
I wake up every day and ask myself that I mean
along all the things in ourlives.
That's top three.
We actually do enjoy the nameof the lot, though I'm surprised
by how many families we enjoyand mesh with in the
neighborhood.
You know what I mean.
Greg Kuhn (00:57):
So it's good.
It's good.
It is fortunate to find aneighbor who's cool.
It just is.
I've always enjoyed that, andsome of the things that makes
Teddy a cool neighbor I want toshare with you.
He's a successful husband andfather.
He's got a successful career.
(01:19):
He's also a podcaster.
He's currently hosting the whyNot podcast.
Actually, can you tell us alittle bit about the why Not
podcast, Teddy?
Where can people listen to itand what can they expect from it
?
Teddy Drinkard (01:37):
Yeah, so it's been posted everywhere.
You know, the fun line the mostpodcasters say is anywhere a
podcast can be found, right.
The beginning of it all wasreally just a desire to have
your voice be heard.
I had the opportunity to gueston a couple of podcasts and I
really enjoyed it and it justkind of snowballed from there to
(02:01):
the point of starting my ownshow, figuring out the format,
and people kind of understoodwhat I was going for, what we
were trying to do.
So it just kind of snowballedfrom there and I'm happy to say
I'm a podcaster.
Greg Kuhn (02:17):
You're touching on some things that I definitely
want to circle back to before weclose off today.
I like the direction you'regoing.
I don't want to necessarilycrack that egg before first
saying that.
Teddy, when I first met you andlearned that you were a
podcaster, I also learned thatsome people call you the
(02:38):
podfather and you always chucklewhen I say that to you.
How did that start?
Why do some people call youthat nickname?
Teddy Drinkard (02:46):
So started and has continued as a complete joke
.
The premise of it was what Ijust touched on when I began
podcasting.
One of the big reasons was Ididn't feel like there were a
lot of voices from the AfricanAmerican community being heard
(03:09):
and it just bothered me the waythat sometimes we were
misunderstood and misrepresented.
So that became one of thefoundations of why I wanted to
get started.
And when people would come onand be a guest on my show or
someone else's, they would kindof get bitten by the bug.
So they wanted to start theirown and I would just show them
(03:30):
how I started and give them someof the details and mic
information and RSS feeds,whatever that needs to be known
to really get the ball rolling.
And they responded back withthe podfather nickname, which I
think is hilarious, but my wifegot me a T-shirt with it as a
(03:51):
joke, so it kind of became arunning joke.
Greg Kuhn (03:54):
I don't think it's a joke anymore, man, I don't know.
You've got a coaching treeunderneath you.
Teddy Drinkard (04:01):
Don't you?
Yeah, that's one way to say it,right?
Well, hopefully it's not a badcoach.
I'm not going to reference,just in case somebody's a fan of
a team I don't like.
I think that speaks not toanything that I've been doing
that's been special but just howmuch people want to be heard
and understood.
There's something to be saidabout Having someone that you
(04:22):
respect hear something thatyou've said or thought about on
a show and Then being interestedin it, and it really is a
natural, high almostappreciation that this person
that I enjoy talking to kind ofunderstood what I was going for.
Doesn't have to be a hundredpercent agreement, but it is a
cool way to connect betweenpeople, even if you don't get
(04:45):
the chance to Spend as much timetogether as you want.
It almost feels like you've hada good conversation with
someone when you listen to apodcast with them and it's done
a certain way.
It's like, okay, yeah, Ihaven't spoken in a couple weeks
, but I feel like I'm up to date, you know.
Greg Kuhn (05:01):
That's how I feel after or while I'm listening to
one of your podcasts.
I feel like I'm sitting on thecouch listening to a
conversation that's interestingand engaging, and I actually
want to ask you a little moreabout that.
First, before we get into that,I wanted to touch on the idea
that sometimes we're helpingpeople when we don't even know.
(05:24):
You're referencing people thatyou've helped or that have taken
help from you and you reallyhave provided me with help at
least two ways, and you probablydon't even know it.
I remember when we first met, ITold you back then that I was
planning to retire from theJefferson County Public School
System in 2022 and start doingthis full-time and, of course,
(05:49):
now I am doing it and I want youto know, and I want our
manifesting group to know, thatHaving a successful and
confident content producer rightdown the street from me, it was
always motivating to me and Iwanted to thank you for that,
even though you might not havebeen aware that you were having
that effect on me, and also,part and parcel to that, by
(06:15):
making myself Accountable to you, by sharing those goals
publicly with you and by youallowing me to do that, you
helped me create what I call apositive checkmate, where I was
just another Reason, anothermotivation to follow through.
So I thank you for helping medo that.
Teddy Drinkard (06:38):
Well, that's extremely kind, man, and you're
right, I did not have any ideaabout that, because when you and
I talk, it's genuine connectionand that's always a goal when
you want to create certaincontent, because the
connectivity I don't know.
I think connectivity can comein a lot of different ways and
(07:01):
the one that everyone's familiarwith is person to person.
You're in front of someone,you're talking, you're
connecting.
Body language is a big part ofit.
So, especially when it's not avisual podcast, it's just audio,
you have to ask yourself howcan you get that same feeling
across, whether it's just thespeaking cues, the agreements,
whatever.
(07:22):
And yeah, you saying that isfunny because you and I both
know that every time we've had achance to stop and talk, we
always say like, oh, just aquick second, let me just talk
to you for a second.
Then 15 minutes later I'mapologizing for stopping you
from your run or walking yourdog or whatever, because we have
a good, like-minded connection.
So, no, man, that's incrediblykind, but I think it's, once
(07:45):
again, it's just the nature ofwho we are as humans why people
enjoy just kind of eavesdropping.
It almost feels like, on a goodconversation, a good content
like that, it's genuinelymotivational and it can
hopefully be funny sometimes andinsightful.
All the good stuff, man.
So, yeah, I think it's also atwo-way street with you saying
(08:06):
that.
So, and especially not to gotoo far, but especially when it
was in the early stages of COVID, when we weren't all very sure
how close we could get.
And now so it came.
Those conversations that youhave with neighbors and
coworkers, if you were goinginto work at the time, they
meant that much more to havethat human connection.
(08:29):
You know what I mean.
Greg Kuhn (08:30):
Neither one of us is ever short of things to say.
That's right, that's right, Idon't know that's better.
Oh, I don't know how Jasminefeels about this, but I know
Sean is happy that there'ssomeone else that I can talk to
sometimes.
Teddy Drinkard (08:47):
Especially during COVID.
She's like, oh, go talk tosomebody.
Greg Kuhn (08:51):
Oh yeah, and this is a perfect segue because I
brought up the names of spousesyou have a young son, you have a
full life, you have yourhomestead to take care of in
addition to everything else.
Podcasting takes a lot ofeffort.
(09:11):
You were referencing thephysical tasks and chores of
doing it, let alone the planningand the mental energy and being
in a good space and that kindof prep work.
So how do you make podcastingfit into your life?
Does it serve a purpose for you?
Is it a means to an end?
(09:31):
Is there a larger connectionthere that it maybe brings you
into a space that you treasure?
How does that work for you?
Teddy Drinkard (09:40):
So the answer is probably evolved since I've
been doing it.
In the beginning it was theneed to.
We always used to say some ofthe episodes can just be auto
therapy.
You get done with it and youfeel like, oh man, that really
got a load off of me.
But the other ones aregenuinely just trying to stay in
touch with people that you know.
(10:03):
On a typical day we're too busyto talk on the phone or meet up
for coffee or whatever it isand keep friendships going and
connections with old coworkersand whoever it may be.
So the end goal in thebeginning, I would say, was
(10:23):
probably just to see how far itcan go, and that's evolved into
today.
I look at it as a volunteeringthing that I do, and the reason
why I changed that mentality isthe priorities that come in my
life.
I have a lot of them before Iget to podcast it and I was
(10:46):
beating myself up in thebeginning because I didn't have
the chance to stay consistentlike I wanted to once I got busy
with work and family andeverything that I have as far as
responsibilities in my life.
So I evolved into now Iactually record a lot of
episodes before I release one,and that way I don't have to be
(11:10):
confined to a weekly schedulewhere if I can't make it this
week because Noah's got a lot ofactivities and I wanna be there
for him and with him, then Ican wait and record it three
weeks later and then fastforward to four months when we
released the first episode ofthe season.
No one has to know that timeconstraint was so stressful when
(11:31):
we recorded those four episodesover the course of three months
.
Whatever it may be, there's awhole philosophy of making like
evergreen content and you try tomake something that's timeless
quote, unquote.
But the little tricks of thetrade are you can't really
reference things that happenedas of something that happened
last week.
You can just generally speakabout a topic and you don't have
(11:56):
to make it specific towards adating time.
You know what I mean.
Greg Kuhn (11:58):
So yeah, so I probably shouldn't be asking you
how you feel about BarackObama's victory yesterday.
Teddy Drinkard (12:06):
And it just happened.
That's so crazy.
It just happened yeah.
I mean I just really think thiscountry is just gonna come
together.
You know what I mean.
Greg Kuhn (12:14):
I'm sure nothing is on the way that could spoil this
charm.
We feel, hey Good that.
Teddy, I'm hoping that thisisn't the last time that we talk
.
I don't wanna let you gowithout asking you something
that I think is probably ofgreat value to other folks in
(12:35):
our manifesting group.
I would encourage anybody to beconfident that we all have a
divine essence, that we all areso unique and individual in the
sense that we have gifts and wehave purpose and we have meaning
and we have value that not onlycan we intentionally cultivate,
(12:56):
we can intentionally spread andeven search for and nurture.
I think that somebody whopodcasts a public persona, you
have a voice that you've notonly given yourself permission
to tap into, but you've givenyourself permission to follow
(13:17):
the muse of sharing it, and Iknow that, in principle, whether
someone wants to be a podcasteror not, that idea is not only
enticing, it's captivating,because I think all of us have
that.
Knowing that we too have thatvoice, what would you share with
(13:37):
somebody who might be wonderingwhere they could look for that
voice, or what they can do togrow that voice, or what they
can do with that voice as theygrow it?
Teddy Drinkard (13:52):
Well, I think the first step is to know that
any level of self-doubt that youfeel is natural and it's almost
expected when you startsomething that you look at as a
new journey.
And that's where the name ofthe show actually came from the
why Not podcast.
It was born in self-doubtbecause I had different versions
(14:14):
of it beforehand.
I'm like I don't know who wantsto hear this, like what am I
doing?
And eventually I got to a pointwhere I'm just like why not?
What's the worst that canhappen?
And sure enough, it was juststepping out on faith, which is
hey, even if no one listens to asecond of this, I feel better
(14:35):
in producing this content andwhat I would encourage people to
do is realize that, whether youknow it or not, you do have a
unique voice and you do havesomething to say.
And as a selfish reason,typically not always, but
typically you can grow as aperson by putting yourself out
(14:57):
there to try something new andsee if you get some level of
enjoyment about it.
You don't have to feel guiltyabout just doing something that
you enjoy and if you don't wantto change the world, guess what?
There's plenty of podcasts outthere that don't have that goal,
obviously, but there are alsopeople that listen to them, that
(15:17):
listening to that content helpsimprove their day.
So, really, that's what a bigpart of this is connecting to
people that enjoy hearing whatyou have to say and don't feel
guilty about just tryingsomething new.
That's the basis of it.
You can complicate things in amillion different ways, but it
comes down to do.
(15:38):
I have the confidence to stepout and try something new and
see if someone will enjoy it.
Greg Kuhn (15:45):
I love it.
I love it.
Thank you so much for sharingsome of your day with us today,
teddy, I will say to our groupmembers two things One, check
out the why Not podcast andyou're going to hear one of our
own tearing it up on the mic.
And two, if I should have aconversation with you and we
(16:10):
should introduce you to the restof the group, reach out to me.
I'd love to get to know you alittle bit better and consider
that.
I'll tell you what, teddy.
We really took advantage ofthis time today to create
something, as you just said.
I'm hopeful and confident thatit's entertaining and engaging,
but I also believe it's reallyvaluable.
Teddy Drinkard (16:29):
I love it, man, and publicly, I'm proud of you.
You got it.
I was talking about this acouple of years ago and you've
taken off, man, so not a shock,but it's cool to see.
Greg Kuhn (16:38):
So keep it up.
Well, thank you.
I'm going to keep working hardand I appreciate any opportunity
that I get to be a value.
So thanks, man.
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