I began my podcast journey late in 2018. The inspiration came upon me quickly and  unexpectedly. A year earlier, I didn’t even know what a podcast was. That’s how clueless I was. When I discovered them, I became immediately obsessed and I couldn’t get enough. Listening to podcasts replaced listening to the radio in the car. I bought headphones so that I could listen to podcasts when I was out for a walk, working around the yard or, well, doing almost anything that gave me the opportunity to listen.

Podcasts became a new part of my education. I’d been designing a custom school for myself for more than a decade. Deciding what I wanted to learn about and finding the resources to teach me. With podcasts, my education menu exploded. A couple of clicks on my phone and I could be listening to, and learning about, anything I wanted. Talk about freedom – and opportunity!

Listening to podcasts got me thinking about my strengths. I’m not creative. At least not in the classic sense. I’m not an artist or poet. I can’t draw or paint or rhyme well. At least not yet.

But I am curious – and it occurred to me that being curious was one of the most important talents that the podcasters I was listening to share. From there, it was easy to create an “if they can do it, I can do it” dialogue with myself. Then, before I knew it, I was sitting at a table in my basement recording the first episode of the How’d It Happen podcast.