February 26, 2025 • 10 mins
Imagine attending a highly anticipated event only to find yourself dashing out due to a speaker that didn’t quite hit the mark. That's exactly what happened to us at Podfest, where our initial excitement quickly gave way to a series of comic misadventures. From a misadventure with an Uber to an unexpected night at Howl at the Moon with fellow podcasters and some fun-loving Canadians, we navigated a rollercoaster of events. And despite a door that wouldn't lock at the hotel, we found our groove at an AEW wrestling show, where discovering Dalton Castle became a highlight.
Our escapades didn't stop there. A wild ride on a Guardians of the Galaxy-themed roller coaster got us ready for a space simulator that gave us a taste of astronaut life—but spoiler: it’s not for everyone (including us). Yet, amidst the chaos, we found clarity. Our podcast received positive feedback, which helped us sharpen our identity and strengthen our connection with our audience. While we didn’t cross paths with other adoptees, the journey motivated us to continue sharing the joy of our AdopTwins podcast. Tune in for laughs, lessons, and a peek into our zany adventures that celebrate the joy in life's unpredictable moments.
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visit us on the web at https://adoptwins.com/
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Speaker 1 (00:19):
Hi, this is Meg.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
And this is Billy.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
And we are.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
The Adopt Twins.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Meg and this is Billy , and we are the Adopt Twins.
Welcome to a podcast from twoadoptees who are navigating life
loss, moving on and growing up.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
For our adopted friends we hope to bring you a
familiar point of view and forour friends who aren't welcome
to the complicated so um, youand I went to this thing called
pod fest right after christmasnew year's we went and we were
(00:53):
super excited for it yeah,stoked yeah, but then it became
a thing it did.
Yeah really was a adisappointing experience on the
whole.
I I think it started off okayin terms of the potential that
was there.
Obviously, I didn't know whatto expect when it came to what
(01:16):
their execution of the event wasgoing to be, when it came to
who the speakers were going tobe, what vendors were going to
be there and the general purposeof the event.
So as it unfolded, it just kindof struck me as an event that
there was definitely some goodthings to take away from with
(01:37):
some of the speakers.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yes, which we haven't implemented at all yet.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Well, I think we implemented the change of the
titles.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, the titles of the episodes.
Yeah, the titles of theepisodes.
That's the only one we'vegotten to, so far.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
But yeah, then we both just gobsmacked with a
speaker who just, I mean, mypersonal feeling was did they
just find this person like onthe street ranting and raving?
Hey, come on in.
You've got some things to say,don't you?
And I think it could fill 30minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah.
So we made a very elegant exitby use of fake phone call and
emergency, and then we decidedto spend the rest of our day at
Universal.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
I remember going to Universal and our Uber driver
went and continued charging mewhile he was driving halfway
back to wherever he was.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Oh, have a good one Off you go.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Oh, that was sucked.
I didn't want to go to theparty at Howl at the Moon, so I
went to Disney Springs and thenI was going to go to the hotel
and the Uber driver brought meover to Howl at the Moon because
I had the wrong address inthere.
Oh yeah, that was great.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah, howl at the Moon, because I had the wrong
address in there.
Oh yeah, that was great.
Yeah, howl at the Moon was kindof cool.
Shout out to the Canadians wholistened to us we chatted with.
Maybe they're listening rightnow, time being a flat circle,
if you're listening.
Hello, it was wonderful to talkto you about the empire of
instruments that your family hadthe experience with and also,
(03:05):
just, I think there was a golfcourse.
There was a golfing thingnearby, that Howl at the Moon,
where it was podcasters andgolfers just blending together.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Were they with the Von Trapp-like place or
something in Vermont too, or wasthat someone else?
Speaker 2 (03:20):
No, I think that was them.
Yeah, like they were.
Yeah, it was yeah.
So that was pretty cool.
And then you showed up and I'mjust like I think you'd be
coming over to this one.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
And I said I didn't think I'd be coming over here
either.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
But it was fun.
It wasn't too offensive.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
And our hotel room door oh yeah, I remember there
being something with it.
And our hotel room door oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I remember there being something with it and our
door was open and would not lock.
That was the thing that we hadto contend with.
Yeah, it really was just acomedy of errors where the
decision was made.
I mean there were some coolthings that definitely happened.
We got to chat with anotherpodcasting group of people who
were really rad and they werevery kind and interested in what
(04:08):
we were accomplishing andworking towards.
There were some people'spodcasts that I certainly was
recommended to listen to.
That I listened to afterwardsNot necessarily my cup of tea,
but was happy to support anotherpodcaster who was making their
dream come true.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Absolutely, and everyone has different tastes.
So they have their nicheaudience, we have our niche
audience and it's good.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And definitely some of the advice that was there was
really cool and the sponsor Ithink it was the sponsor was
very accessible and reallyinterested in hearing feedback
and everybody's journey and itreally was just like, on the
whole, I would say, up until oneinciting moment, a fine
experience, yeah, and then, andthen it was unsafe.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
We almost joined a cult.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, we were.
You know, I've had myexperience with cult-like
situations.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Oh, yes, I remember that.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
But the red flags went off and all of a sudden it
was looking around, being likeone of us.
It's like no, that's okay,thank you so much, you have a
great one.
Bye-bye.
And then we no, that's okay,thank you so much, you have a
great one.
Bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And then we soothed ourselves with wrestling.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yeah, we hit up an AEW show that was playing
impromptu-ly, if that's a word.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
It was my first professional wrestling show.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
You seemed like you had a great time.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Oh yeah, I was so excited that then that night we
got to watch more wrestling onTV.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Oh, we watched the Royal Rumble, that's right, so
you got to see live wrestlingfrom a house show perspective.
That is mostly up and comingtalent, which I think we can
both agree that Dalton Castlewas the highlight of that show.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yes, I was going to bring that up.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Oh gosh, apparently he was a DJ like a radio DJ in
Albany back in the day and heinterviewed the lead singer of
one of my favorite bands wayback in the day and he did not
have In this Moment.
Are you familiar with them?
They're a really hard rock bandband.
The woman singer that, as Ithink, as Dave Grohl described
(06:24):
Kurt Cobain singing.
It's kind of like listening tosomebody boil nails.
That's her voice and it's sopowerful and it was just
interesting to see these twoworlds happening.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
How did you find this out?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I'd like to thank the algorithm, I guess, but anyways
, yeah him, with the boys downin Orlando, it couldn't look
away.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
So the next day we had our closing networking event
before the whole fest was over.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
We went to that.
We didn't go to that, did we?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
We went to Epcot.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
That was our closing.
That time we actually went intosaid park and did some rides
and ate lots of food.
We ate around the world, right,Ate around the world.
Yeah, and this is when I wasstill technically vegan quote
unquote among my peers and I wasbeing a little sneaky.
We have a new name fornon-vegan me and they call it
Road Billy.
I was being a little sneaky.
We have a new name fornon-vegan me and they call it
Road Billy.
(07:28):
The genesis of Road Billyhappened at this pod fest I
guess it was a harbinger ofthings to come where it's just
like all right, we're just goingto keep the expectations where
they are.
Oh, the reality is completelydifferent.
Everything is upside down andwe live in bizarro land.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
So we went to Epcot.
Epcot we ate around the world.
We got to ride the ride thatyou really wanted to do?
Speaker 2 (07:46):
yeah, it was.
I think it was a guardians ofthe galaxy inspired ride,
because that was in a simulatorof shooting into space.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Oh, that was terrible .
Speaker 2 (08:07):
That one shakes you to your core.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Yeah, I never want to do that again.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Yeah, astronaut, life is not for me Good for you if
you love it, but man.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Yeah, once this world is on its way to be completely
destroyed, I will just bedestroyed with it, because I
will not be able to go intospace.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
It's time to enjoy the little things.
But yeah, that's really nice,that kind of like kicked
everything off and it was nicenot drinking around the world
and then going on the Guardiansof the Galaxy ride, because I
don't think I would have beenvery helpful in an Uber at that
point.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
So all in all, it was successful in our reunion of
seeing each other in personagain, but we didn't meet any
other adoptees there, so thatwas sad.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
No, we didn't meet any adoptees, but there was
definitely a lot of interest inour take on the podcast realm.
I guess you could say what wewere doing because we were such
novices at it and a lot ofpeople had a lot more experience
and had an understanding oftechniques and tools.
But on the whole we got a lotof positive feedback about what
(09:24):
our podcast's vibe is Right andI think it was really fun to be
able to sort of hone in anddefine the definition of
ourselves, what our audience canrelate to.
That was a pretty cool course.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Yeah, so that did help us figure out more of what
we wanted to do.
If you liked this episode ofthe Adopt Twins, I urge you to
pull over if you're driving, orstop what you're doing and take
one minute to take out yourphone and text someone you know
that you think would also likethe Adopt Twins.
(10:00):
Send them a text that says hey,I've been listening to this
podcast and I think you'd likeit.
Let me know what you think andsend them a link to the show.
Word of mouth is the best wayto spread the hilarity of the
Adopt Twins, so stop gatekeepingus and let someone else know
We'll catch you all soon.
Hi, this is Meg.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
And this is Billy.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
And we are.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
The Adopt Twins.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Meg and this is Billy , and we are the Adopt Twins.
Welcome to a podcast from twoadoptees who are navigating life
loss, moving on and growing up.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
For our adopted friends we hope to bring you a
familiar point of view and forour friends who aren't welcome
to the complicated so um, youand I went to this thing called
pod fest right after christmasnew year's we went and we were
(00:53):
super excited for it yeah,stoked yeah, but then it became
a thing it did.
Yeah really was a adisappointing experience on the
whole.
I I think it started off okayin terms of the potential that
was there.
Obviously, I didn't know whatto expect when it came to what
(01:16):
their execution of the event wasgoing to be, when it came to
who the speakers were going tobe, what vendors were going to
be there and the general purposeof the event.
So as it unfolded, it just kindof struck me as an event that
there was definitely some goodthings to take away from with
(01:37):
some of the speakers.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yes, which we haven't implemented at all yet.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Well, I think we implemented the change of the
titles.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, the titles of the episodes.
Yeah, the titles of theepisodes.
That's the only one we'vegotten to, so far.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
But yeah, then we both just gobsmacked with a
speaker who just, I mean, mypersonal feeling was did they
just find this person like onthe street ranting and raving?
Hey, come on in.
You've got some things to say,don't you?
And I think it could fill 30minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah.
So we made a very elegant exitby use of fake phone call and
emergency, and then we decidedto spend the rest of our day at
Universal.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
I remember going to Universal and our Uber driver
went and continued charging mewhile he was driving halfway
back to wherever he was.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Oh, have a good one Off you go.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Oh, that was sucked.
I didn't want to go to theparty at Howl at the Moon, so I
went to Disney Springs and thenI was going to go to the hotel
and the Uber driver brought meover to Howl at the Moon because
I had the wrong address inthere.
Oh yeah, that was great.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah, howl at the Moon, because I had the wrong
address in there.
Oh yeah, that was great.
Yeah, howl at the Moon was kindof cool.
Shout out to the Canadians wholistened to us we chatted with.
Maybe they're listening rightnow, time being a flat circle,
if you're listening.
Hello, it was wonderful to talkto you about the empire of
instruments that your family hadthe experience with and also,
(03:05):
just, I think there was a golfcourse.
There was a golfing thingnearby, that Howl at the Moon,
where it was podcasters andgolfers just blending together.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Were they with the Von Trapp-like place or
something in Vermont too, or wasthat someone else?
Speaker 2 (03:20):
No, I think that was them.
Yeah, like they were.
Yeah, it was yeah.
So that was pretty cool.
And then you showed up and I'mjust like I think you'd be
coming over to this one.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
And I said I didn't think I'd be coming over here
either.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
But it was fun.
It wasn't too offensive.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
And our hotel room door oh yeah, I remember there
being something with it.
And our hotel room door oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I remember there being something with it and our
door was open and would not lock.
That was the thing that we hadto contend with.
Yeah, it really was just acomedy of errors where the
decision was made.
I mean there were some coolthings that definitely happened.
We got to chat with anotherpodcasting group of people who
were really rad and they werevery kind and interested in what
(04:08):
we were accomplishing andworking towards.
There were some people'spodcasts that I certainly was
recommended to listen to.
That I listened to afterwardsNot necessarily my cup of tea,
but was happy to support anotherpodcaster who was making their
dream come true.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Absolutely, and everyone has different tastes.
So they have their nicheaudience, we have our niche
audience and it's good.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And definitely some of the advice that was there was
really cool and the sponsor Ithink it was the sponsor was
very accessible and reallyinterested in hearing feedback
and everybody's journey and itreally was just like, on the
whole, I would say, up until oneinciting moment, a fine
experience, yeah, and then, andthen it was unsafe.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
We almost joined a cult.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, we were.
You know, I've had myexperience with cult-like
situations.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Oh, yes, I remember that.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
But the red flags went off and all of a sudden it
was looking around, being likeone of us.
It's like no, that's okay,thank you so much, you have a
great one.
Bye-bye.
And then we no, that's okay,thank you so much, you have a
great one.
Bye-bye.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And then we soothed ourselves with wrestling.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yeah, we hit up an AEW show that was playing
impromptu-ly, if that's a word.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
It was my first professional wrestling show.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
You seemed like you had a great time.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Oh yeah, I was so excited that then that night we
got to watch more wrestling onTV.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Oh, we watched the Royal Rumble, that's right, so
you got to see live wrestlingfrom a house show perspective.
That is mostly up and comingtalent, which I think we can
both agree that Dalton Castlewas the highlight of that show.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yes, I was going to bring that up.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Oh gosh, apparently he was a DJ like a radio DJ in
Albany back in the day and heinterviewed the lead singer of
one of my favorite bands wayback in the day and he did not
have In this Moment.
Are you familiar with them?
They're a really hard rock bandband.
The woman singer that, as Ithink, as Dave Grohl described
(06:24):
Kurt Cobain singing.
It's kind of like listening tosomebody boil nails.
That's her voice and it's sopowerful and it was just
interesting to see these twoworlds happening.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
How did you find this out?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I'd like to thank the algorithm, I guess, but anyways
, yeah him, with the boys downin Orlando, it couldn't look
away.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
So the next day we had our closing networking event
before the whole fest was over.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
We went to that.
We didn't go to that, did we?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
We went to Epcot.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
That was our closing.
That time we actually went intosaid park and did some rides
and ate lots of food.
We ate around the world, right,Ate around the world.
Yeah, and this is when I wasstill technically vegan quote
unquote among my peers and I wasbeing a little sneaky.
We have a new name fornon-vegan me and they call it
Road Billy.
I was being a little sneaky.
We have a new name fornon-vegan me and they call it
Road Billy.
(07:28):
The genesis of Road Billyhappened at this pod fest I
guess it was a harbinger ofthings to come where it's just
like all right, we're just goingto keep the expectations where
they are.
Oh, the reality is completelydifferent.
Everything is upside down andwe live in bizarro land.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
So we went to Epcot.
Epcot we ate around the world.
We got to ride the ride thatyou really wanted to do?
Speaker 2 (07:46):
yeah, it was.
I think it was a guardians ofthe galaxy inspired ride,
because that was in a simulatorof shooting into space.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Oh, that was terrible .
Speaker 2 (08:07):
That one shakes you to your core.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Yeah, I never want to do that again.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Yeah, astronaut, life is not for me Good for you if
you love it, but man.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Yeah, once this world is on its way to be completely
destroyed, I will just bedestroyed with it, because I
will not be able to go intospace.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
It's time to enjoy the little things.
But yeah, that's really nice,that kind of like kicked
everything off and it was nicenot drinking around the world
and then going on the Guardiansof the Galaxy ride, because I
don't think I would have beenvery helpful in an Uber at that
point.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
So all in all, it was successful in our reunion of
seeing each other in personagain, but we didn't meet any
other adoptees there, so thatwas sad.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
No, we didn't meet any adoptees, but there was
definitely a lot of interest inour take on the podcast realm.
I guess you could say what wewere doing because we were such
novices at it and a lot ofpeople had a lot more experience
and had an understanding oftechniques and tools.
But on the whole we got a lotof positive feedback about what
(09:24):
our podcast's vibe is Right andI think it was really fun to be
able to sort of hone in anddefine the definition of
ourselves, what our audience canrelate to.
That was a pretty cool course.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Yeah, so that did help us figure out more of what
we wanted to do.
If you liked this episode ofthe Adopt Twins, I urge you to
pull over if you're driving, orstop what you're doing and take
one minute to take out yourphone and text someone you know
that you think would also likethe Adopt Twins.
(10:00):
Send them a text that says hey,I've been listening to this
podcast and I think you'd likeit.
Let me know what you think andsend them a link to the show.
Word of mouth is the best wayto spread the hilarity of the
Adopt Twins, so stop gatekeepingus and let someone else know
We'll catch you all soon.
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