Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Podcast, hosted by Joe Russiello from the Asylum Studios in Eagle Pass, Texas. This episode marks the beginning of an exciting journey into the world of podcasting, where no topic is off-limits and political correctness takes a back seat. Joe shares his enthusiasm for returning to the "anything and everything" podcast format, reflecting on his three-year journey in podcasting and the success of his previous shows.
In this episode, Joe sits down with Barry Loubregts from PodHome.fm, a modern podcast hosting platform. Barry shares his background as a software engineer and his transition into podcasting, discussing the challenges and joys of creating content. They delve into the features of PodHome.fm, highlighting its affordability, customer service, and innovative tools that simplify podcast production and distribution.
Barry talks about his journey from software development to podcasting, his passion for learning through audio, and the creation of his own podcasts, Developer Weekly and Improving Barry. He emphasizes the importance of making podcasting accessible and efficient for creators.
Joe and Barry discuss the benefits of PodHome.fm, including its AI features, live streaming capabilities, and support for modern podcasting standards. They also touch on the personal aspects of balancing podcasting with family life and the evolving landscape of podcasting.
Join us as we explore the world of podcasting with insights from industry experts and personal anecdotes. Don't miss out on the opportunity to learn about PodHome.fm's offerings and how they can enhance your podcasting experience. Stay tuned for our next episode featuring George Antuna, former city manager of Eagle Pass, as we dive into local politics and more.
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(00:01) Introduction to the Podcast
(02:17) Meet Barry Loubregts of Podhome.fm
(07:37) Barry's Journey into Podcasting
(14:52) Creating PodHome.fm
(23:58) Balancing Podcasting and Family Life
(30:28) Personal Stories and Reflections
(38:38) Conclusion and Next Episode Preview
[00:00:01]
Unknown:
Welcome to the podcast where every episode promises an unfiltered dive into the eclectic, the profound, and sometimes the absurd. No topic is off limits. Nothing is sacred, and political correctness takes a back seat.
[00:00:20] Unknown:
Alright, folks. Hey. Welcome to the podcast. This is Joe Rusciello, and we are coming to you from the Asylum Studios here in beautiful Eagle Pass, Texas, right here along the border with Mexico. And, we are really really excited to bring you this this inaugural episode of the podcast. And, you know, this is really exciting for me. I've been looking forward to this for quite some time now. You know, I've been really wanting to get back into the world of the, you know, the quote unquote anything and everything podcast. And, well, you know what? Here we are. Here we are.
The the the thing is, you know, I've been doing podcasting now for about two, almost three years. It will be three years in April, doing podcasting consistently. I've tried it, you know, a number of different times, other types of shows, never really stuck with it. But, with the, the other podcast that I've been doing, we've we've come across some some really just incredible success with it and I'm I'm extremely pleased and excited about it. And, I really appreciate the audience that we have, and I'm hoping that, you know, a good number of those folks will, you know, follow us over here to the to the podcast. And, we'll be able to keep those numbers going and and just develop this thing as it goes.
You know, this is the number this is the first show, number one, episode number one of the podcast. And, the difference between this show and all of the other anything and everything shows that are out there is that on this one, we are really gonna talk about anything and everything. You know, we are going to explore the unsaid. We are gonna laugh. We're gonna learn. Sometimes we'll even be shocked. We're gonna expect the unexpected, and we are certainly gonna challenge the status quo. That's the whole point of an anything and everything podcast. So with all that said, we're not gonna harp too long on an opening of the show. We're gonna just really try to get right down to it.
But, with all of that said, we're gonna sit down today with Barry Loubregts of Podholm.fm. Now, like I said earlier, I've been doing podcasting for a while. You know, I've I've been on several different host platforms. I came across Barry, after listening to him on another podcast, talking about podcasting. And, when he mentioned that about all the services that he's been offering with the, podhome.fm platform that that he's developed, you know, for the for the for the, for the cost that they were offering it for, I mean, it was something I really needed to look at and I am so glad that I did. I am so glad that the previous platform that I was on was getting to be ridiculously expensive.
And the more expensive it became, the less features they were actually offering to you. And, so I I brought the podcast over to Barry. Now, PodHome.fm is is the most modern podcast host platform that's in the business today. And, you know, when I brought the podcast over there to Barry, man, when I tell you, I was so blown away by all of the features that that were being offered by Podom. And we're gonna talk about that with Barry, momentarily here. I said, I don't wanna, you know, I don't wanna, you know, put the cart before the horse, so to speak. But, just wanna say though that Barry actually became a really good friend over the last several months that I've been with Podholm.
And, you know, now that we're of course hosting, this podcast, this project on Pod Home as well, we're excited that, you know, Barry's enthusiasm behind it and his support of it has been just fantastic and we really do appreciate, everything that he's doing for us. Not only for our podcast, not only for the projects that we're working on, but also for all of the projects that are out there, all the other podcasts that are out there that are taking advantage of all the features that are being offered at Pod Home. And if you're in the market for a good, Pod Home for a good, podcast platform, host platform, head over to Pod Home. Check them out. You get three months free. You get two you get one month free just for signing up, and then using a coupon code they have called About Podcasting, you get an an additional two months free. It's really worth it. When you when you talk about the, the AI features, you talk about the recording, the the live broadcast and the transcripts, the chapters, the the, the clips that that they, provide for you. It is just everything that you need to get your podcast promoted and published and distributed. So, you should definitely definitely check them out if you haven't already.
Barry does great work there. Customer service is fantastic and we'll talk about all of that when, when we come back from this very, very quick break. So I really do hope you enjoy the conversation, and I look forward to getting with you, immediately after that. Alright. So this is the podcast. We'll be back right after this very, very short, short break.
[00:05:22] Unknown:
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[00:05:57] Unknown:
All right. So here we are. This is the podcast, and, this is our inaugural episode of the podcast. And, I have a great friend here with me, waiting to jump on into the conversation. And, I'm I'm not gonna waste too much time in trying to do a a scripted introduction of my good friend here. But what I will do is I will put this. So you know him. You love him. We have my good friend Barry from Podholm.fm and, the About Podcasting podcast. Brother Barry, welcome aboard.
[00:06:38] Unknown:
Yeah. Thanks, man. Thanks for having me. Yes, sir. That's, that was the intro music for the about podcasting podcast, which I really should make more episodes of, which which are coming. Yeah. We're looking forward to that. I really I really enjoy,
[00:06:54] Unknown:
listening to those. That gives me a lot of great ideas, a lot of insight, and a lot of, really good information too because you know, I'm new to the whole podcasting two point o environment. You never find the right word for it. Is it is it ecosystem? Is it environment? You know, what is it? But, but, I've learned so much just by listening to to your show about podcasting and listening to, to Adam Curry talk about a lot of stuff. You know, I just it's just been a blessing. But, but, Barry, thank you so much for taking the time out of your day. I know it's late where you are, for for being here on this first guest segment of the podcast, and this is a new adventure for me. I'm really excited to do this and, been looking forward to it for a very, very long time. So, Barry, just to get started, how about you give us just a little bit of a background? You know, what's your what's your background coming into the world of podcasting?
[00:07:46] Unknown:
Into the world of podcasting? Jeez. Well, I I started out as a software engineer. It has nothing to do with podcasting. And then I rolled into, making courses. So I there was a time when people used to go to places to learn things like, you know, you can see it's still in schools, right? They have these buildings where young people go in and you learn things and professional people would also go to those things called, in person classes. It doesn't happen anymore. Almost. And I used to do those things, and they they weren't very scalable because you can only do that for, you know, a handful of people, a classroom.
And then, online learning was becoming more popular and also in software development. So we used to learn from books or going, you know, one or two days to some course and it's very difficult to learn. Maybe that's not your day. Maybe you're tired. Maybe the teacher sucks or it's boring or something, or it's just not your style of learning. And so I started learning through online learning. And so, I thought, you know what, I can do this as well. And I, signed up for Pluralsight to become an author there, and all my heroes in software development were also already on that platform. So I learned from all those guys right to me, extreme heroes and legends in the software world. And if anybody's listening that is from that world is people like, Scott Hanselman, Julie Lerman, all that type, those types of folks, which are celebrities in the tech world, right in the little niche world.
So I also started to make content there, and it was fun. And then I started to get to know those people that I was looking up to so much. And I thought, you know what? I should make a podcast out of this because I was also listening to podcasts. That is one of my preferred ways to learn stuff, right? I learned about health through podcasts. I learned about, software development, through podcasts, about anything and everything, really, because I love to learn. And so I thought I can do this as well. I love audio, kind of a a geek when it comes to, you know, audio production and stuff like that. When you make online courses, you produce that stuff yourself as well. And so I made a developer weekly podcast, which is still out there. It's now hosted on Pothome, of course, which is a podcast hosting platform.
And that was my first podcast. I did 52 of them, and everyone, every one of them is an interview with one of those people. At first I thought, you know, I'm gonna talk about technology x, y, and z and why this is cool and get the experts, for that technology. And then I thought that is really boring. So most of these interviews are really about the person themselves and why they went into software development and why they care so much, because I find that much more, you know, intriguing. I want to learn about the people and not so much about software because, you know, who cares? So I did that. And then, I continue to learn about health and wellness as well, more for myself because I used to be pretty sick when I was a kid.
I had gut trouble, irritable bowel syndrome, you know, went to the doctor. Doctor says, oh, I don't know. It was irritable bowel syndrome. You need to learn to live with it. Bye. And I thought, that's just that's that's silly. That's ridiculous. That's ridiculous. They never asked, of course, you know, what do you eat, for instance, or stuff like that, which the vets would if you take your dog to the vets, that's the first thing they ask, which makes sense. It turns out I'm lactose intolerant, and gluten intolerance, which in The Netherlands is very strange because everything here contains milk, and every everything else is made out of bread. Right. So, that made sense.
But anyways, I learned about health and wellness also through podcasts. And then, I learned more through the Improving Barry podcast where I interviewed some of these doctors, and, wellness professionals and people that just think outside of the box and think more whole systems or not symptom, but more about the whole body. And it was very helpful for myself to learn from these people. It's still open ended, that podcast as well. But again, I need to make more episodes from it. And through that journey of making that, I, you know, I discovered how difficult it is to make a good podcast and how much time it actually takes because it takes a lot of time. Like, for an hour of audio takes a lot of time if you want to do it well. You know? And I was kind of a perfectionist, so I wanted to edit it, get rid of the umms and ahs. I don't do that anymore, but I used to do that.
You know, I get an intro and an outro and get all the metadata. So chapters, episode description, a good title, clips that you could put on social media. I used to do video as well. And then I was kicked off a future at some point because they don't like they do not like it when you talk about health and wellness that is against W. H. O. Guidelines. But anyways, so I thought, you know what? I want to make it easier for myself and for other people to make podcasts. And so with my, superpower off, software development, I started tinkering a little bit because I was, of course, using podcast hosting platforms to distribute my podcast because that is what such a platform does. You upload your episodes to it, and then it makes sure it gets to all the podcast apps like Apple podcasts, Spotify, and all the good ones like fountain.femme, true fans, and there's a lot more.
And that's kinda how I got into the podcast hosting elements. And whilst doing that and researching, hey, what what does, an RSS feed actually look like? What should be in it? Through that, I, came I Googled or DuckDuckGoats or BraveSearch now, podcast index with Dave and Adam, which, is kind of like a community and also a more modern version of what an RSS feed for podcasts can look like. So that's kinda, I don't know, two years ago or something that I came into contact with podcasting two point o as well. And, maybe, you know, three years that I came into the podcasting technical world, let's say, to actually find out what it's about and how you create all that type of stuff.
And, yeah, so still going strong with PodHomePodHome.FM, it's a podcast hosting platform. Lots of very interesting customers, including yourself. And we are now building an app as well, podcast, app. We can talk about that a bit more later maybe. Oh, yeah. That's great. That's fantastic, actually.
[00:14:55] Unknown:
And it's a good segue into my next question I was gonna ask you is, like, what what what brought you into creating PodHome. F m? Like yourself, I I I I've been doing podcasting now for about well, it'll be officially with my previous show, three years. It'll be three years to come April. And like you, I started out on, I think I started out with Anchor, was my first host platform, and then Spotify took it over to change a whole bunch of stuff. And and then I moved over to Spreaker for a little while, and, Spreaker just got ridiculously expensive. And and they started to really limit what you were able to do because I enjoy doing the live shows. I don't I don't particularly, you know, do prerecorded stuff. Like, this podcast is gonna be mostly recorded stuff. Might do a live show once in a while. I don't know yet. We're we're still, you know, playing our hat with the ideas of what what I'm gonna be doing with it.
But, but, Spreaker became a little bit restrictive on on all that stuff. And then just by chance, I just came across you somehow and and I was listening to you. I think it was on one of Adam's shows. I think it was the podcasting two point o podcast. Mhmm. I think that one. And, you were talking about Hot Home, and I was like, oh, I'm gonna check this out. And and, you know, then I met, I met a good friend of ours, Claude, And, you know, he was telling me about the whole podcasting two point o, world, and, and I got hooked. And then I I I checked you out, and I was like, wow. This this this looks like really something really you can get into. And, listen, you know, if if folks, if you're listening and you're looking for a for a new home for your pod for your podcast, I really would recommend going over to podhome.fm and giving them a spin.
You know? One of the great things about Podhome, Barry, that I I I really truly love is and I know that I'm not the only one who says this, but because I've seen, testimonials about it too is but you really do feel like you have a whole team working with you. And it's really not a whole team. It's not that many people involved in this. Correct? It this is really mostly you.
[00:16:57] Unknown:
Yeah. It's me and two, freelancers. So it's we're really small, and that's good. I wanna keep it that way. That means, small payroll, low costs, and that means that we can keep the costs low as well. And the reason why we can we can do that is because we were able to build on modern technologies, from the ground up, and we don't have the traditional costs that other hosting companies have. And so as you as a customer can maybe also see is we can move really fast on new ideas because we have the software architecture to do so.
[00:17:37] Unknown:
Oh, yeah. I totally totally see that. Any anytime I because, you know, it look. Every every company has a little glitch here or there. Every platform has a little glitch here or there. Of course. Yeah. And and, the the great thing with Pod Home is is that it's you you're quick to respond to it. You're quick to look at it. I mean, it was just just the other day, I had a little issue that I I had messaged you about, and and you were right on it. And, you know, that was that was great. You know? That that that's that's important. Like, I I remember going to other platforms when I was with the other platforms looking for some tech support or help or something like that, and it would take days before I got a response to my initial request. You know?
Yeah. But customer service that you provide is just phenomenal. I love it. It's it I it's to me, that's a a huge selling point when you when you're when you're you're you're working with another company like that, and that I think that's great. And, I mean, I really appreciate it that you guys do a great job. And when when I was talking when I said, you know, that feels like you have a whole team work with you, I don't just mean on the tech support side. I'm talking when it comes to actually publishing your podcast. Yeah. I mean, all the features that you're providing for a very, very low cost per month, a website that you could use, trans transcriptions, chapters, clips, everything, the ability to to connect all of your, podcast two point o value for value, features too. I mean, that that's huge. I mean, that that that saves so much extra work. You know? Now we just gotta figure out how to get the the transcription AI to to actually spell some of the words right. Yes. That's good.
Like, like, one of the things I noticed is because, you know, I wrote a I wrote a promo for you, one to two times per show on on my podcast, And, I am constantly having to scour through that because it keeps saying instead of saying podhome.fm, it AI makes it pot home. So
[00:19:36] Unknown:
It's fun. It's for The Netherlands. It doesn't matter. Oh, yeah. That's great. Yeah. It's fantastic.
[00:19:40] Unknown:
For a bible study podcast, we don't wanna Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Pot home. But, for this one, I don't care. You know?
[00:19:48] Unknown:
I'll let it roll. No. But that's that's, like, exactly what, what we're trying to do. Right? So I built when I built something like this, I built it for myself. Right? So what do I need to make it super easy for me? So in this case, I just want a button when I upload a new episode. I just want a button that says, alright. Figure out some chapters, show notes, titles, create some transcripts, and, give me some clips. I just do all that stuff, and that's it. I don't touch it anymore. I just pick, the best title out of that. Maybe I change it a little bit. I don't even look at the transcripts. I know they have errors in it. That's fine.
[00:20:20] Unknown:
You know? Yeah. Well, I'm a little bit of a of a picky person when it comes to some of that stuff. But, no. It's a it's a great service. And I just recently actually started making use of some of the other services, that you that you provide in that. Like, I've recently started using the, the episode art, and, I've recently started to to really start to use the clips more than I had been previously. And, it's helped. It's helped quite a bit. And, one of the probably one of the amazing things that, that I don't know if it's just timing or if it if it was because of the the, all the modern software and and capabilities that Pod Home has. I've noticed that, my original podcast is is was, like, very slow in its its progression, very slow in in picking up, listeners and whatnot.
And, you know, I feel like it it it I I think I've been with Podholm now for not even a year yet and went from a very, very small reach to now according to the analytics. My little bible study podcast is now heard in, I think, 90 countries around the world. You know? I mean, I'm not naive. I'm I'm I'm sure people using VPNs and things like that, so it might pick it up in that regard. You know? I'm sure, you know, there's some of that in there somewhere. But Mhmm. But just the downloads, the plays that that I've been getting, and it it's just it it's it's been great. You know? And I I think it has to do a lot with the with the modern podcast apps. There's so many more outlets now to get the shows out. And the fact that you stream to those, you can actually livestream through your through your through Pod Home. You have your own server for that, which is great, and I just recently started using that. You know, we talked about that before. You've helped me, you know, get it all set up, which was great.
So a Pod Home has been a blessing to me in in in innumerable ways, and I am really incredibly thankful for it, and it's it's been great. And, and the fact that it is a small operation that, you know, it's only you. I I even know you had two freelancers work. I thought it was just really you, for the most part, because one of the questions I was gonna ask you was, like, how do you manage your time? Because I know your family is really important to you, and, you want to spend time with your family. I know you have children. You wanna spend time with them and and and be there for them and and and everything that they're doing. You know, running a running a podcast platform, and then having at least two shows that that I'm aware of right now. You have Improving Barry and about podcasting that that I know that you're working on.
Yeah. How do you manage your time like that? How do, you know, how do how do you how do you do it? Because I'm struggling. I you know, like, you you mentioned earlier talking about, you know, how much work goes into a podcast. People don't realize how much work. With the other show, I do two live shows every week, and, you know, I don't just wing it, you know, because I'm handling very important material. I'm I'm handling the the Bible. I'm handling the word of God. I need to make sure that I'm good. I'm right. You know? I need to make sure I'm solid in what I'm teaching. So it takes me about eight hours of study to do one show.
So with that in mind, I'm doing two. That's sixteen hours of study every week. You know? Thank god I'm single, You know? Because I I don't I don't think that that, you know, if I was in a a a committed, you know, married relationship, I don't know that anyone would really wanna put up with, well, you got your nose in a book for sixteen hours, and then you're doing an hour and a half, two hour show twice a week. That's another four hours at least right there, and that's a lot of time. It's a lot of time. Yeah. And even with this, I mean, even though this is the the the first episode that I'm doing, I've spent at least six hours in the last couple of days just getting audio and getting, you know, intro, outros done and editing it down, trying to find music. And I think I told you, you know, one day that I was scrolling through the website that you recommended to me to to find some some good music, one of the first ones I picked out, I was like, oh, this is good. I'm gonna use this, and it was yours.
It's a popular one. Yeah. Yeah. It is. And then then I had to go back to the drawing board and pick out something else, and I got one I got a good one. Can you wanna hear it? Yeah. Yeah. Go on. Hold on. Let me let me scroll over to it. So, well, the the audience probably already heard this already because this is, like I said, a recorded one. But so this is this is our intro now for the new show.
[00:24:47] Unknown:
Welcome to the podcast where every episode promises an unfiltered dive into the eclectic, the profound, and sometimes the absurd. No topic is off limits. Nothing is sacred, and political correctness takes a back seat.
[00:25:06] Unknown:
That's nice.
[00:25:08] Unknown:
It came out pretty good. I was really impressed. And, like, I didn't I I was I think I sent you the the first one I did. The original one, would have had more the upbeat, you know, hard rock kind of thing. I don't know. It just didn't seem to flow right with with the with with the voice over. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I think that one works a lot better. And I I left the I left the, the political correctness takes the backseat in there. I like that.
[00:25:33] Unknown:
I left it there. Oh, it's nice. It's, yeah. It's good. It's it's crazy how good AI is getting. Right? Yeah. It's, it's it's incredible. Tell the difference anymore.
[00:25:43] Unknown:
Nope. But this was this was great. And, and, but one of the things that I'm planning on doing actually is is, every now and then changing the intros, the outros, and, you know, switching it around a little bit. So this will be it for a little while. Maybe two shows from now will be something different. I don't know yet. We'll figure it out, but, I'm just trying to cons I'm trying to think of how this is going to affect the other show yet. You know, like, I'm not sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Because I I could see this one actually, you know, moving kind of quick because of the subject matter. It's just it's gonna be anything, everything type stuff and Yeah. Whatnot. And, I'm gonna try to get Adam Curry to come on.
And I know that if I get Adam to come on, that that'll that'll probably give me a nice little boost. And we'll Definitely. Definitely. We'll see. I don't think you will, but, you know, we'll give it a shot. We'll try it out. You can always try. Yeah. Of course. So, I have and, like, the next the next guest that we're gonna have on is actually a political figure. So a local politics guy. It was interesting too because I I was listening to, No Agenda the other day, and Adam Curry was talking about starting podcasts at the local level, like something, you know, I think there's one called Podangelis or something like that he he mentioned on the on the thing.
So I'm thinking myself, you know, this that that's not that's not bad. That's not a bad idea. So, so I got this guy that's gonna be coming on, I think next week we're gonna be recording, and he was a he was a city manager here down in down in this part of Texas, and so we we became pretty good friends, and we're gonna have a nice little chat and talk about some local politics and some national politics. We're gonna get into that because we've had some great text conversations about those, and I'm like, all the time we're doing this, I'm like, this is a podcast. We need to be talking about this on a podcast, and so we're gonna do that. Then I got one guy coming in after that, just, just somebody that works in the same field that I do professionally.
And so we're gonna be, you know, talking about things like that. And then I got a couple of other invitations that are out there still that haven't responded yet. But, but, yeah, so that's the direction that we're going, and I'm really excited about it, man. I'm really excited. And, you know, you've been a lot of motivation for that, especially with your About podcasting, you know, show. I mean, I was like, wow. That's this is a good idea, and I like that. And now I'm gonna be doing it with the local stuff like Adam was talking about on his show, and I'm like, this this could be something pretty good. So who knows? I might have
[00:28:14] Unknown:
to slow down with the other one, cut that down to one day a week, and then do this one one day a week. I don't know. We'll see. See how it goes. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. For sure. So might be a good idea. I I just, I got a new customer, and he created a show called Central Texas Events. I just, was thinking about them. And that's a show he just had one episode so far, but you can subscribe to it. Central Texas Events, it's called. And he he just discusses, you know, this is the stuff that's going on in Central Texas, the events. Like, you know, here's a show in, Austin, for instance, on Saturday, and, this is going on.
[00:28:51] Unknown:
So very local show. Yeah. I'm gonna check it out. I'm gonna check him out. See if if, his contact info is available up there, I'll, I'll reach out to him. I'll say, hey, I'm down here. This is Texas. Let's, let's get together, do something. Yeah. Yeah. Why not? What do they call that on you, boob? Now they call it, what, collabs?
[00:29:07] Unknown:
Oh,
[00:29:08] Unknown:
yeah. I don't know. This that's for young people. Yeah. I don't know what that is. I'm trying, brother. I'm trying. Yeah. So I got my, my number 54 is coming up for me. Two weeks. Yeah. Two weeks, the twentieth. And, I'm not taking it well. You know? Like that. What do you care, man? Some arbitrary number. Like that. And, oh, I got some great news. I got some great news. I didn't ask it on the other show. My my my beautiful daughter had child number three, and so I am I am now a granddad three times. Congratulations. And, see, see, that's what makes it even worse because now, you know, I don't feel like I'm old enough to be a granddad. You know? But I think when I think of granddad, I think about my grandfather. My grandfather was old, man. You know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, it's a blessing.
Life moves fast. Life moves fast, you know? And you gotta grab it while you can. You gotta just, you know, don't worry about, I had this conversation with somebody else too recently, so so what are your long term plans? What do you think my long term plan is not to die. Alright. So so, my long term plan is I don't worry about long term. I let tomorrow worry about itself, which is a Bible principle, but know, let tomorrow worry about itself. I'm just gonna focus on what's going on right here in front of me today. And, you know, but that's a blessing. It's a blessing, brother. And just everything just moves so fast, and, like, I can't believe that, you know, little, she named him.
Ironically enough, she named him, Dominic Joseph. So, which which was my father's name, But she had no intention of naming him after. And I don't mean that in a negative way, but she wasn't going to name him after my my grand, my father, her grandfather. That's actually her husband's name. Oh, okay. So he's a I think he's a third. Like, I think he's DJ the third. And, so but I I pat myself on the back and say, well, at least my my name is in there somewhere. You know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now your kids are younger, though. Right? Your your kids are are still
[00:31:14] Unknown:
Yeah. Five and eight. Five and eight. So
[00:31:17] Unknown:
Those are very different. Those are great aids. I'm telling you. I I miss it. I I wish oh, by the way, if you hear snoring in the background, that's Charlie. Charlie, my my my three year old French bulldog is sleeping at night. You know? He he didn't wanna he didn't wanna leave the room when I went to show him. That's cute. But, yeah, he's my pal. He's my pal. And, so, so so, yeah, those are great ages. Five and eight, man. I I I wish I wish my kids were five and eight again just just for just for a day. Maybe a couple hours.
[00:31:51] Unknown:
Because they were tough. They can be little monsters. They they can. They have a girl. Can they have you? They can
[00:31:57] Unknown:
also be super sweet. Oh, for sure. But I remember I remember one time, my daughter's older, and, so we were it was in our first house, the first house that that we had, and we had our kitchen, and then we had this little window that out that looked out into the dining room and living room and and then out into the backyard. And, my daughter was on the floor, sitting on the floor watching I forget what it was, but it was something on Nickelodeon at the time. And, she had her cookies and milk. She had her Oreo. She loved Oreos. So she had her Oreos, cookies, and milk. And, my son, who is four years younger than her, they had us in an argument, and I I didn't jump right in. I I never I never jumped in when they were arguing. I said they have to figure out how to get along together. I'll listen. I'll pay attention to what's being said, and and, you know, then I'll inject myself if I needed to. But, so I turned I walked away from the window for a second. I came back, and then I saw my son take the cookies off her plate for throw them and stomp them into the carpet.
And then he yelled, and he said he didn't know I was looking at the window because he was looking at the he was looking at her doing this. He was like he yell he stopped them all to the carpet, like, mashed them all in and then yelled, dad, you have to see what Becky just did. Yeah. So, yeah, that that's that's the relationship that those two had, kinda growing up there. So it it was, yeah, interesting. And they would do that kind of stuff together to each other all the time, all the time. But, I I would go back to that in a heartbeat just for just for a little while just because it was so amusing, you know? And a great sermon material too, you know?
[00:34:04] Unknown:
Yeah. And, you know, sometimes. And sometimes I'm like, oh, you know what? I cannot wait until you guys are, teenagers. Somehow, I have in my head that when they are teenagers, it's easier. But I know it's probably not gonna be No. No. No. No. No. But it it's gonna be different. You know, it's gonna be, I don't know, less physical, more, psychological. So, yeah, especially the girl, I suspect. But we'll see. Well, she's going to be fine. She's going to have you wrapped around your finger around her finger. She already does. Yeah. Well, it'll be worse.
[00:34:42] Unknown:
Dad, I need a car. Dad, I want a car. Dad, give me this. Dad, give me
[00:34:46] Unknown:
that. Like, the across the way neighbor has a 17 year old girl, and apparently, they had a boy that was sleeping over. Oh. And immediately, we were like, Arches, can you imagine? Can you imagine that happened? That would never happen here. Never ever.
[00:35:02] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. Well, no. No. No. I agree. I I agree. Yeah. We were the I was the same way with my with my kids, and they knew that there were limitations. And, there was there was one time, one time that I was working late, and I got in from work, and, their mom, when I when I was with her, she wasn't home. She was working herself, and I came in late. And my daughter had, quote, unquote, friends over. And, like, I think she was 17 or 18 or something like that. Oh, yeah. And when I walked in the door and they turned around and looked at me, the the the look of, you know, first you say it and then you do it. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
See that? Busted. And that was the first and the last. They weren't doing anything. They were they were they were in the kitchen. They were at the kitchen table, and they they had their little snacks out there. They were eating, whatever, and and, just just the look of, oh my god. I'm a dead person. You know? That's all that was needed. That was all that would never happen again after that. So you have to establish that now, though. You have to establish the look. That's good. Look, I'm Sicilian, you know? So the one thing about Sicilians is my grandfather had this way about him that all he had to do was look at you a certain way, and your life passed in front of your eyes.
So I learned how to do that with my kids. Oh, okay. All I needed to do was give them that look, and that put an end to it right there. So I I was I was I was blessed in that way. I was I was really blessed in that. So you have to learn how to develop that look. You know? Mhmm. It takes time. It take and the best way to do it is to actually see it in action. So, like, if my kids were here, I if my kids were young and I would demonstrate the look for you, but it it's not gonna work on a dog. So because they just look at me like, oh, and,
[00:37:06] Unknown:
you know? But we'll see. You know? I don't know. Maybe, maybe that's, like, in ten years. Right? Ten years goes by fast, brother. I know, but I'm I'm like, I don't know. Maybe we feel differently by then. Maybe things are changed. I don't know. Who knows? We'll see. But now we're like, no, never, ever. It's not going to happen,
[00:37:28] Unknown:
you know? All right, brother. Well, you know what? Why don't you tell us where we can find you and all your contact information, and we'll we'll wrap this up over here. And, we'll say good night.
[00:37:38] Unknown:
Yeah. You can, just go to, podhome.fm. There you can, also find me. You can email me if you like it, [email protected]. We are on all the socials, pothome f m, wherever you can find socials. We hate social media, but you can find us, and we will respond to you. Amen to that. We are all there. And me personally, you can find me on, LinkedIn, for instance. I also am on Twitter at Azure Barry, you know, as in Azure, the color Barry, b a, double r, y. And, you know, send me a message, and I will respond if you like.
[00:38:16] Unknown:
Alright. Alright, Barry. Thank you so much for being here. Just stay with us when we, when we cut the the feed here. And, again, Barry, thank you so much. This has been a a great chat. I really appreciate it. I know it's late there. That's why we're cutting it quick. But, again, keep up the great work with Pod Home. And, folks, again, if you're if you're looking to start a podcast, you have a podcast, and you wanna get you wanna get some really good bang for your buck, podhome.fm is the place to go. You've gotta go try it out. At least, I at that, Barry, I'm I don't mean to continue on really, but you're offering, two months free, with a with a coupon code, and you get a month free when you sign up. Correct?
Yeah. Exactly. Alright. So you get three months to try it out to and to play play around with it and see if you like it, and I guarantee you're going to. So make sure you check them out, at Podholme.fm. Again, Barry, thank you so much, bro. I really appreciate you for being here and kicking us off. Alright. Thank you very much. Talk to you soon. Alright, folks. That'll just about do it for the first episode of the podcast. I really hope you enjoyed that conversation that we had today with Barry. Hey, listen. Don't forget to head over to podhome.fm and get your podcast hosted on the most modern podcast hosting and distribution platform. Get your thirty day free trial today just for signing up. And then, also, don't forget to use the coupon code about podcasting for an additional two months free.
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[00:00:20] Unknown:
Alright, folks. Hey. Welcome to the podcast. This is Joe Rusciello, and we are coming to you from the Asylum Studios here in beautiful Eagle Pass, Texas, right here along the border with Mexico. And, we are really really excited to bring you this this inaugural episode of the podcast. And, you know, this is really exciting for me. I've been looking forward to this for quite some time now. You know, I've been really wanting to get back into the world of the, you know, the quote unquote anything and everything podcast. And, well, you know what? Here we are. Here we are.
The the the thing is, you know, I've been doing podcasting now for about two, almost three years. It will be three years in April, doing podcasting consistently. I've tried it, you know, a number of different times, other types of shows, never really stuck with it. But, with the, the other podcast that I've been doing, we've we've come across some some really just incredible success with it and I'm I'm extremely pleased and excited about it. And, I really appreciate the audience that we have, and I'm hoping that, you know, a good number of those folks will, you know, follow us over here to the to the podcast. And, we'll be able to keep those numbers going and and just develop this thing as it goes.
You know, this is the number this is the first show, number one, episode number one of the podcast. And, the difference between this show and all of the other anything and everything shows that are out there is that on this one, we are really gonna talk about anything and everything. You know, we are going to explore the unsaid. We are gonna laugh. We're gonna learn. Sometimes we'll even be shocked. We're gonna expect the unexpected, and we are certainly gonna challenge the status quo. That's the whole point of an anything and everything podcast. So with all that said, we're not gonna harp too long on an opening of the show. We're gonna just really try to get right down to it.
But, with all of that said, we're gonna sit down today with Barry Loubregts of Podholm.fm. Now, like I said earlier, I've been doing podcasting for a while. You know, I've I've been on several different host platforms. I came across Barry, after listening to him on another podcast, talking about podcasting. And, when he mentioned that about all the services that he's been offering with the, podhome.fm platform that that he's developed, you know, for the for the for the, for the cost that they were offering it for, I mean, it was something I really needed to look at and I am so glad that I did. I am so glad that the previous platform that I was on was getting to be ridiculously expensive.
And the more expensive it became, the less features they were actually offering to you. And, so I I brought the podcast over to Barry. Now, PodHome.fm is is the most modern podcast host platform that's in the business today. And, you know, when I brought the podcast over there to Barry, man, when I tell you, I was so blown away by all of the features that that were being offered by Podom. And we're gonna talk about that with Barry, momentarily here. I said, I don't wanna, you know, I don't wanna, you know, put the cart before the horse, so to speak. But, just wanna say though that Barry actually became a really good friend over the last several months that I've been with Podholm.
And, you know, now that we're of course hosting, this podcast, this project on Pod Home as well, we're excited that, you know, Barry's enthusiasm behind it and his support of it has been just fantastic and we really do appreciate, everything that he's doing for us. Not only for our podcast, not only for the projects that we're working on, but also for all of the projects that are out there, all the other podcasts that are out there that are taking advantage of all the features that are being offered at Pod Home. And if you're in the market for a good, Pod Home for a good, podcast platform, host platform, head over to Pod Home. Check them out. You get three months free. You get two you get one month free just for signing up, and then using a coupon code they have called About Podcasting, you get an an additional two months free. It's really worth it. When you when you talk about the, the AI features, you talk about the recording, the the live broadcast and the transcripts, the chapters, the the, the clips that that they, provide for you. It is just everything that you need to get your podcast promoted and published and distributed. So, you should definitely definitely check them out if you haven't already.
Barry does great work there. Customer service is fantastic and we'll talk about all of that when, when we come back from this very, very quick break. So I really do hope you enjoy the conversation, and I look forward to getting with you, immediately after that. Alright. So this is the podcast. We'll be back right after this very, very short, short break.
[00:05:22] Unknown:
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[00:05:57] Unknown:
All right. So here we are. This is the podcast, and, this is our inaugural episode of the podcast. And, I have a great friend here with me, waiting to jump on into the conversation. And, I'm I'm not gonna waste too much time in trying to do a a scripted introduction of my good friend here. But what I will do is I will put this. So you know him. You love him. We have my good friend Barry from Podholm.fm and, the About Podcasting podcast. Brother Barry, welcome aboard.
[00:06:38] Unknown:
Yeah. Thanks, man. Thanks for having me. Yes, sir. That's, that was the intro music for the about podcasting podcast, which I really should make more episodes of, which which are coming. Yeah. We're looking forward to that. I really I really enjoy,
[00:06:54] Unknown:
listening to those. That gives me a lot of great ideas, a lot of insight, and a lot of, really good information too because you know, I'm new to the whole podcasting two point o environment. You never find the right word for it. Is it is it ecosystem? Is it environment? You know, what is it? But, but, I've learned so much just by listening to to your show about podcasting and listening to, to Adam Curry talk about a lot of stuff. You know, I just it's just been a blessing. But, but, Barry, thank you so much for taking the time out of your day. I know it's late where you are, for for being here on this first guest segment of the podcast, and this is a new adventure for me. I'm really excited to do this and, been looking forward to it for a very, very long time. So, Barry, just to get started, how about you give us just a little bit of a background? You know, what's your what's your background coming into the world of podcasting?
[00:07:46] Unknown:
Into the world of podcasting? Jeez. Well, I I started out as a software engineer. It has nothing to do with podcasting. And then I rolled into, making courses. So I there was a time when people used to go to places to learn things like, you know, you can see it's still in schools, right? They have these buildings where young people go in and you learn things and professional people would also go to those things called, in person classes. It doesn't happen anymore. Almost. And I used to do those things, and they they weren't very scalable because you can only do that for, you know, a handful of people, a classroom.
And then, online learning was becoming more popular and also in software development. So we used to learn from books or going, you know, one or two days to some course and it's very difficult to learn. Maybe that's not your day. Maybe you're tired. Maybe the teacher sucks or it's boring or something, or it's just not your style of learning. And so I started learning through online learning. And so, I thought, you know what, I can do this as well. And I, signed up for Pluralsight to become an author there, and all my heroes in software development were also already on that platform. So I learned from all those guys right to me, extreme heroes and legends in the software world. And if anybody's listening that is from that world is people like, Scott Hanselman, Julie Lerman, all that type, those types of folks, which are celebrities in the tech world, right in the little niche world.
So I also started to make content there, and it was fun. And then I started to get to know those people that I was looking up to so much. And I thought, you know what? I should make a podcast out of this because I was also listening to podcasts. That is one of my preferred ways to learn stuff, right? I learned about health through podcasts. I learned about, software development, through podcasts, about anything and everything, really, because I love to learn. And so I thought I can do this as well. I love audio, kind of a a geek when it comes to, you know, audio production and stuff like that. When you make online courses, you produce that stuff yourself as well. And so I made a developer weekly podcast, which is still out there. It's now hosted on Pothome, of course, which is a podcast hosting platform.
And that was my first podcast. I did 52 of them, and everyone, every one of them is an interview with one of those people. At first I thought, you know, I'm gonna talk about technology x, y, and z and why this is cool and get the experts, for that technology. And then I thought that is really boring. So most of these interviews are really about the person themselves and why they went into software development and why they care so much, because I find that much more, you know, intriguing. I want to learn about the people and not so much about software because, you know, who cares? So I did that. And then, I continue to learn about health and wellness as well, more for myself because I used to be pretty sick when I was a kid.
I had gut trouble, irritable bowel syndrome, you know, went to the doctor. Doctor says, oh, I don't know. It was irritable bowel syndrome. You need to learn to live with it. Bye. And I thought, that's just that's that's silly. That's ridiculous. That's ridiculous. They never asked, of course, you know, what do you eat, for instance, or stuff like that, which the vets would if you take your dog to the vets, that's the first thing they ask, which makes sense. It turns out I'm lactose intolerant, and gluten intolerance, which in The Netherlands is very strange because everything here contains milk, and every everything else is made out of bread. Right. So, that made sense.
But anyways, I learned about health and wellness also through podcasts. And then, I learned more through the Improving Barry podcast where I interviewed some of these doctors, and, wellness professionals and people that just think outside of the box and think more whole systems or not symptom, but more about the whole body. And it was very helpful for myself to learn from these people. It's still open ended, that podcast as well. But again, I need to make more episodes from it. And through that journey of making that, I, you know, I discovered how difficult it is to make a good podcast and how much time it actually takes because it takes a lot of time. Like, for an hour of audio takes a lot of time if you want to do it well. You know? And I was kind of a perfectionist, so I wanted to edit it, get rid of the umms and ahs. I don't do that anymore, but I used to do that.
You know, I get an intro and an outro and get all the metadata. So chapters, episode description, a good title, clips that you could put on social media. I used to do video as well. And then I was kicked off a future at some point because they don't like they do not like it when you talk about health and wellness that is against W. H. O. Guidelines. But anyways, so I thought, you know what? I want to make it easier for myself and for other people to make podcasts. And so with my, superpower off, software development, I started tinkering a little bit because I was, of course, using podcast hosting platforms to distribute my podcast because that is what such a platform does. You upload your episodes to it, and then it makes sure it gets to all the podcast apps like Apple podcasts, Spotify, and all the good ones like fountain.femme, true fans, and there's a lot more.
And that's kinda how I got into the podcast hosting elements. And whilst doing that and researching, hey, what what does, an RSS feed actually look like? What should be in it? Through that, I, came I Googled or DuckDuckGoats or BraveSearch now, podcast index with Dave and Adam, which, is kind of like a community and also a more modern version of what an RSS feed for podcasts can look like. So that's kinda, I don't know, two years ago or something that I came into contact with podcasting two point o as well. And, maybe, you know, three years that I came into the podcasting technical world, let's say, to actually find out what it's about and how you create all that type of stuff.
And, yeah, so still going strong with PodHomePodHome.FM, it's a podcast hosting platform. Lots of very interesting customers, including yourself. And we are now building an app as well, podcast, app. We can talk about that a bit more later maybe. Oh, yeah. That's great. That's fantastic, actually.
[00:14:55] Unknown:
And it's a good segue into my next question I was gonna ask you is, like, what what what brought you into creating PodHome. F m? Like yourself, I I I I've been doing podcasting now for about well, it'll be officially with my previous show, three years. It'll be three years to come April. And like you, I started out on, I think I started out with Anchor, was my first host platform, and then Spotify took it over to change a whole bunch of stuff. And and then I moved over to Spreaker for a little while, and, Spreaker just got ridiculously expensive. And and they started to really limit what you were able to do because I enjoy doing the live shows. I don't I don't particularly, you know, do prerecorded stuff. Like, this podcast is gonna be mostly recorded stuff. Might do a live show once in a while. I don't know yet. We're we're still, you know, playing our hat with the ideas of what what I'm gonna be doing with it.
But, but, Spreaker became a little bit restrictive on on all that stuff. And then just by chance, I just came across you somehow and and I was listening to you. I think it was on one of Adam's shows. I think it was the podcasting two point o podcast. Mhmm. I think that one. And, you were talking about Hot Home, and I was like, oh, I'm gonna check this out. And and, you know, then I met, I met a good friend of ours, Claude, And, you know, he was telling me about the whole podcasting two point o, world, and, and I got hooked. And then I I I checked you out, and I was like, wow. This this this looks like really something really you can get into. And, listen, you know, if if folks, if you're listening and you're looking for a for a new home for your pod for your podcast, I really would recommend going over to podhome.fm and giving them a spin.
You know? One of the great things about Podhome, Barry, that I I I really truly love is and I know that I'm not the only one who says this, but because I've seen, testimonials about it too is but you really do feel like you have a whole team working with you. And it's really not a whole team. It's not that many people involved in this. Correct? It this is really mostly you.
[00:16:57] Unknown:
Yeah. It's me and two, freelancers. So it's we're really small, and that's good. I wanna keep it that way. That means, small payroll, low costs, and that means that we can keep the costs low as well. And the reason why we can we can do that is because we were able to build on modern technologies, from the ground up, and we don't have the traditional costs that other hosting companies have. And so as you as a customer can maybe also see is we can move really fast on new ideas because we have the software architecture to do so.
[00:17:37] Unknown:
Oh, yeah. I totally totally see that. Any anytime I because, you know, it look. Every every company has a little glitch here or there. Every platform has a little glitch here or there. Of course. Yeah. And and, the the great thing with Pod Home is is that it's you you're quick to respond to it. You're quick to look at it. I mean, it was just just the other day, I had a little issue that I I had messaged you about, and and you were right on it. And, you know, that was that was great. You know? That that that's that's important. Like, I I remember going to other platforms when I was with the other platforms looking for some tech support or help or something like that, and it would take days before I got a response to my initial request. You know?
Yeah. But customer service that you provide is just phenomenal. I love it. It's it I it's to me, that's a a huge selling point when you when you're when you're you're you're working with another company like that, and that I think that's great. And, I mean, I really appreciate it that you guys do a great job. And when when I was talking when I said, you know, that feels like you have a whole team work with you, I don't just mean on the tech support side. I'm talking when it comes to actually publishing your podcast. Yeah. I mean, all the features that you're providing for a very, very low cost per month, a website that you could use, trans transcriptions, chapters, clips, everything, the ability to to connect all of your, podcast two point o value for value, features too. I mean, that that's huge. I mean, that that that saves so much extra work. You know? Now we just gotta figure out how to get the the transcription AI to to actually spell some of the words right. Yes. That's good.
Like, like, one of the things I noticed is because, you know, I wrote a I wrote a promo for you, one to two times per show on on my podcast, And, I am constantly having to scour through that because it keeps saying instead of saying podhome.fm, it AI makes it pot home. So
[00:19:36] Unknown:
It's fun. It's for The Netherlands. It doesn't matter. Oh, yeah. That's great. Yeah. It's fantastic.
[00:19:40] Unknown:
For a bible study podcast, we don't wanna Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Pot home. But, for this one, I don't care. You know?
[00:19:48] Unknown:
I'll let it roll. No. But that's that's, like, exactly what, what we're trying to do. Right? So I built when I built something like this, I built it for myself. Right? So what do I need to make it super easy for me? So in this case, I just want a button when I upload a new episode. I just want a button that says, alright. Figure out some chapters, show notes, titles, create some transcripts, and, give me some clips. I just do all that stuff, and that's it. I don't touch it anymore. I just pick, the best title out of that. Maybe I change it a little bit. I don't even look at the transcripts. I know they have errors in it. That's fine.
[00:20:20] Unknown:
You know? Yeah. Well, I'm a little bit of a of a picky person when it comes to some of that stuff. But, no. It's a it's a great service. And I just recently actually started making use of some of the other services, that you that you provide in that. Like, I've recently started using the, the episode art, and, I've recently started to to really start to use the clips more than I had been previously. And, it's helped. It's helped quite a bit. And, one of the probably one of the amazing things that, that I don't know if it's just timing or if it if it was because of the the, all the modern software and and capabilities that Pod Home has. I've noticed that, my original podcast is is was, like, very slow in its its progression, very slow in in picking up, listeners and whatnot.
And, you know, I feel like it it it I I think I've been with Podholm now for not even a year yet and went from a very, very small reach to now according to the analytics. My little bible study podcast is now heard in, I think, 90 countries around the world. You know? I mean, I'm not naive. I'm I'm I'm sure people using VPNs and things like that, so it might pick it up in that regard. You know? I'm sure, you know, there's some of that in there somewhere. But Mhmm. But just the downloads, the plays that that I've been getting, and it it's just it it's it's been great. You know? And I I think it has to do a lot with the with the modern podcast apps. There's so many more outlets now to get the shows out. And the fact that you stream to those, you can actually livestream through your through your through Pod Home. You have your own server for that, which is great, and I just recently started using that. You know, we talked about that before. You've helped me, you know, get it all set up, which was great.
So a Pod Home has been a blessing to me in in in innumerable ways, and I am really incredibly thankful for it, and it's it's been great. And, and the fact that it is a small operation that, you know, it's only you. I I even know you had two freelancers work. I thought it was just really you, for the most part, because one of the questions I was gonna ask you was, like, how do you manage your time? Because I know your family is really important to you, and, you want to spend time with your family. I know you have children. You wanna spend time with them and and and be there for them and and and everything that they're doing. You know, running a running a podcast platform, and then having at least two shows that that I'm aware of right now. You have Improving Barry and about podcasting that that I know that you're working on.
Yeah. How do you manage your time like that? How do, you know, how do how do you how do you do it? Because I'm struggling. I you know, like, you you mentioned earlier talking about, you know, how much work goes into a podcast. People don't realize how much work. With the other show, I do two live shows every week, and, you know, I don't just wing it, you know, because I'm handling very important material. I'm I'm handling the the Bible. I'm handling the word of God. I need to make sure that I'm good. I'm right. You know? I need to make sure I'm solid in what I'm teaching. So it takes me about eight hours of study to do one show.
So with that in mind, I'm doing two. That's sixteen hours of study every week. You know? Thank god I'm single, You know? Because I I don't I don't think that that, you know, if I was in a a a committed, you know, married relationship, I don't know that anyone would really wanna put up with, well, you got your nose in a book for sixteen hours, and then you're doing an hour and a half, two hour show twice a week. That's another four hours at least right there, and that's a lot of time. It's a lot of time. Yeah. And even with this, I mean, even though this is the the the first episode that I'm doing, I've spent at least six hours in the last couple of days just getting audio and getting, you know, intro, outros done and editing it down, trying to find music. And I think I told you, you know, one day that I was scrolling through the website that you recommended to me to to find some some good music, one of the first ones I picked out, I was like, oh, this is good. I'm gonna use this, and it was yours.
It's a popular one. Yeah. Yeah. It is. And then then I had to go back to the drawing board and pick out something else, and I got one I got a good one. Can you wanna hear it? Yeah. Yeah. Go on. Hold on. Let me let me scroll over to it. So, well, the the audience probably already heard this already because this is, like I said, a recorded one. But so this is this is our intro now for the new show.
[00:24:47] Unknown:
Welcome to the podcast where every episode promises an unfiltered dive into the eclectic, the profound, and sometimes the absurd. No topic is off limits. Nothing is sacred, and political correctness takes a back seat.
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That's nice.
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It came out pretty good. I was really impressed. And, like, I didn't I I was I think I sent you the the first one I did. The original one, would have had more the upbeat, you know, hard rock kind of thing. I don't know. It just didn't seem to flow right with with the with with the voice over. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I think that one works a lot better. And I I left the I left the, the political correctness takes the backseat in there. I like that.
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I left it there. Oh, it's nice. It's, yeah. It's good. It's it's crazy how good AI is getting. Right? Yeah. It's, it's it's incredible. Tell the difference anymore.
[00:25:43] Unknown:
Nope. But this was this was great. And, and, but one of the things that I'm planning on doing actually is is, every now and then changing the intros, the outros, and, you know, switching it around a little bit. So this will be it for a little while. Maybe two shows from now will be something different. I don't know yet. We'll figure it out, but, I'm just trying to cons I'm trying to think of how this is going to affect the other show yet. You know, like, I'm not sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Because I I could see this one actually, you know, moving kind of quick because of the subject matter. It's just it's gonna be anything, everything type stuff and Yeah. Whatnot. And, I'm gonna try to get Adam Curry to come on.
And I know that if I get Adam to come on, that that'll that'll probably give me a nice little boost. And we'll Definitely. Definitely. We'll see. I don't think you will, but, you know, we'll give it a shot. We'll try it out. You can always try. Yeah. Of course. So, I have and, like, the next the next guest that we're gonna have on is actually a political figure. So a local politics guy. It was interesting too because I I was listening to, No Agenda the other day, and Adam Curry was talking about starting podcasts at the local level, like something, you know, I think there's one called Podangelis or something like that he he mentioned on the on the thing.
So I'm thinking myself, you know, this that that's not that's not bad. That's not a bad idea. So, so I got this guy that's gonna be coming on, I think next week we're gonna be recording, and he was a he was a city manager here down in down in this part of Texas, and so we we became pretty good friends, and we're gonna have a nice little chat and talk about some local politics and some national politics. We're gonna get into that because we've had some great text conversations about those, and I'm like, all the time we're doing this, I'm like, this is a podcast. We need to be talking about this on a podcast, and so we're gonna do that. Then I got one guy coming in after that, just, just somebody that works in the same field that I do professionally.
And so we're gonna be, you know, talking about things like that. And then I got a couple of other invitations that are out there still that haven't responded yet. But, but, yeah, so that's the direction that we're going, and I'm really excited about it, man. I'm really excited. And, you know, you've been a lot of motivation for that, especially with your About podcasting, you know, show. I mean, I was like, wow. That's this is a good idea, and I like that. And now I'm gonna be doing it with the local stuff like Adam was talking about on his show, and I'm like, this this could be something pretty good. So who knows? I might have
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to slow down with the other one, cut that down to one day a week, and then do this one one day a week. I don't know. We'll see. See how it goes. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. For sure. So might be a good idea. I I just, I got a new customer, and he created a show called Central Texas Events. I just, was thinking about them. And that's a show he just had one episode so far, but you can subscribe to it. Central Texas Events, it's called. And he he just discusses, you know, this is the stuff that's going on in Central Texas, the events. Like, you know, here's a show in, Austin, for instance, on Saturday, and, this is going on.
[00:28:51] Unknown:
So very local show. Yeah. I'm gonna check it out. I'm gonna check him out. See if if, his contact info is available up there, I'll, I'll reach out to him. I'll say, hey, I'm down here. This is Texas. Let's, let's get together, do something. Yeah. Yeah. Why not? What do they call that on you, boob? Now they call it, what, collabs?
[00:29:07] Unknown:
Oh,
[00:29:08] Unknown:
yeah. I don't know. This that's for young people. Yeah. I don't know what that is. I'm trying, brother. I'm trying. Yeah. So I got my, my number 54 is coming up for me. Two weeks. Yeah. Two weeks, the twentieth. And, I'm not taking it well. You know? Like that. What do you care, man? Some arbitrary number. Like that. And, oh, I got some great news. I got some great news. I didn't ask it on the other show. My my my beautiful daughter had child number three, and so I am I am now a granddad three times. Congratulations. And, see, see, that's what makes it even worse because now, you know, I don't feel like I'm old enough to be a granddad. You know? But I think when I think of granddad, I think about my grandfather. My grandfather was old, man. You know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, it's a blessing.
Life moves fast. Life moves fast, you know? And you gotta grab it while you can. You gotta just, you know, don't worry about, I had this conversation with somebody else too recently, so so what are your long term plans? What do you think my long term plan is not to die. Alright. So so, my long term plan is I don't worry about long term. I let tomorrow worry about itself, which is a Bible principle, but know, let tomorrow worry about itself. I'm just gonna focus on what's going on right here in front of me today. And, you know, but that's a blessing. It's a blessing, brother. And just everything just moves so fast, and, like, I can't believe that, you know, little, she named him.
Ironically enough, she named him, Dominic Joseph. So, which which was my father's name, But she had no intention of naming him after. And I don't mean that in a negative way, but she wasn't going to name him after my my grand, my father, her grandfather. That's actually her husband's name. Oh, okay. So he's a I think he's a third. Like, I think he's DJ the third. And, so but I I pat myself on the back and say, well, at least my my name is in there somewhere. You know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now your kids are younger, though. Right? Your your kids are are still
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Yeah. Five and eight. Five and eight. So
[00:31:17] Unknown:
Those are very different. Those are great aids. I'm telling you. I I miss it. I I wish oh, by the way, if you hear snoring in the background, that's Charlie. Charlie, my my my three year old French bulldog is sleeping at night. You know? He he didn't wanna he didn't wanna leave the room when I went to show him. That's cute. But, yeah, he's my pal. He's my pal. And, so, so so, yeah, those are great ages. Five and eight, man. I I I wish I wish my kids were five and eight again just just for just for a day. Maybe a couple hours.
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Because they were tough. They can be little monsters. They they can. They have a girl. Can they have you? They can
[00:31:57] Unknown:
also be super sweet. Oh, for sure. But I remember I remember one time, my daughter's older, and, so we were it was in our first house, the first house that that we had, and we had our kitchen, and then we had this little window that out that looked out into the dining room and living room and and then out into the backyard. And, my daughter was on the floor, sitting on the floor watching I forget what it was, but it was something on Nickelodeon at the time. And, she had her cookies and milk. She had her Oreo. She loved Oreos. So she had her Oreos, cookies, and milk. And, my son, who is four years younger than her, they had us in an argument, and I I didn't jump right in. I I never I never jumped in when they were arguing. I said they have to figure out how to get along together. I'll listen. I'll pay attention to what's being said, and and, you know, then I'll inject myself if I needed to. But, so I turned I walked away from the window for a second. I came back, and then I saw my son take the cookies off her plate for throw them and stomp them into the carpet.
And then he yelled, and he said he didn't know I was looking at the window because he was looking at the he was looking at her doing this. He was like he yell he stopped them all to the carpet, like, mashed them all in and then yelled, dad, you have to see what Becky just did. Yeah. So, yeah, that that's that's the relationship that those two had, kinda growing up there. So it it was, yeah, interesting. And they would do that kind of stuff together to each other all the time, all the time. But, I I would go back to that in a heartbeat just for just for a little while just because it was so amusing, you know? And a great sermon material too, you know?
[00:34:04] Unknown:
Yeah. And, you know, sometimes. And sometimes I'm like, oh, you know what? I cannot wait until you guys are, teenagers. Somehow, I have in my head that when they are teenagers, it's easier. But I know it's probably not gonna be No. No. No. No. No. But it it's gonna be different. You know, it's gonna be, I don't know, less physical, more, psychological. So, yeah, especially the girl, I suspect. But we'll see. Well, she's going to be fine. She's going to have you wrapped around your finger around her finger. She already does. Yeah. Well, it'll be worse.
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Dad, I need a car. Dad, I want a car. Dad, give me this. Dad, give me
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that. Like, the across the way neighbor has a 17 year old girl, and apparently, they had a boy that was sleeping over. Oh. And immediately, we were like, Arches, can you imagine? Can you imagine that happened? That would never happen here. Never ever.
[00:35:02] Unknown:
Yeah. Yeah. Well, no. No. No. I agree. I I agree. Yeah. We were the I was the same way with my with my kids, and they knew that there were limitations. And, there was there was one time, one time that I was working late, and I got in from work, and, their mom, when I when I was with her, she wasn't home. She was working herself, and I came in late. And my daughter had, quote, unquote, friends over. And, like, I think she was 17 or 18 or something like that. Oh, yeah. And when I walked in the door and they turned around and looked at me, the the the look of, you know, first you say it and then you do it. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
See that? Busted. And that was the first and the last. They weren't doing anything. They were they were they were in the kitchen. They were at the kitchen table, and they they had their little snacks out there. They were eating, whatever, and and, just just the look of, oh my god. I'm a dead person. You know? That's all that was needed. That was all that would never happen again after that. So you have to establish that now, though. You have to establish the look. That's good. Look, I'm Sicilian, you know? So the one thing about Sicilians is my grandfather had this way about him that all he had to do was look at you a certain way, and your life passed in front of your eyes.
So I learned how to do that with my kids. Oh, okay. All I needed to do was give them that look, and that put an end to it right there. So I I was I was I was blessed in that way. I was I was really blessed in that. So you have to learn how to develop that look. You know? Mhmm. It takes time. It take and the best way to do it is to actually see it in action. So, like, if my kids were here, I if my kids were young and I would demonstrate the look for you, but it it's not gonna work on a dog. So because they just look at me like, oh, and,
[00:37:06] Unknown:
you know? But we'll see. You know? I don't know. Maybe, maybe that's, like, in ten years. Right? Ten years goes by fast, brother. I know, but I'm I'm like, I don't know. Maybe we feel differently by then. Maybe things are changed. I don't know. Who knows? We'll see. But now we're like, no, never, ever. It's not going to happen,
[00:37:28] Unknown:
you know? All right, brother. Well, you know what? Why don't you tell us where we can find you and all your contact information, and we'll we'll wrap this up over here. And, we'll say good night.
[00:37:38] Unknown:
Yeah. You can, just go to, podhome.fm. There you can, also find me. You can email me if you like it, [email protected]. We are on all the socials, pothome f m, wherever you can find socials. We hate social media, but you can find us, and we will respond to you. Amen to that. We are all there. And me personally, you can find me on, LinkedIn, for instance. I also am on Twitter at Azure Barry, you know, as in Azure, the color Barry, b a, double r, y. And, you know, send me a message, and I will respond if you like.
[00:38:16] Unknown:
Alright. Alright, Barry. Thank you so much for being here. Just stay with us when we, when we cut the the feed here. And, again, Barry, thank you so much. This has been a a great chat. I really appreciate it. I know it's late there. That's why we're cutting it quick. But, again, keep up the great work with Pod Home. And, folks, again, if you're if you're looking to start a podcast, you have a podcast, and you wanna get you wanna get some really good bang for your buck, podhome.fm is the place to go. You've gotta go try it out. At least, I at that, Barry, I'm I don't mean to continue on really, but you're offering, two months free, with a with a coupon code, and you get a month free when you sign up. Correct?
Yeah. Exactly. Alright. So you get three months to try it out to and to play play around with it and see if you like it, and I guarantee you're going to. So make sure you check them out, at Podholme.fm. Again, Barry, thank you so much, bro. I really appreciate you for being here and kicking us off. Alright. Thank you very much. Talk to you soon. Alright, folks. That'll just about do it for the first episode of the podcast. I really hope you enjoyed that conversation that we had today with Barry. Hey, listen. Don't forget to head over to podhome.fm and get your podcast hosted on the most modern podcast hosting and distribution platform. Get your thirty day free trial today just for signing up. And then, also, don't forget to use the coupon code about podcasting for an additional two months free.
Alright, folks. So I'll also include the, the links to all of this in the show notes. Now, next week, we'll be sitting down with our first ever in studio guest, the former city manager for the city of Eagle Pass, George Antuna. You won't wanna miss it, so don't forget to like, subscribe, and share with your friends, your family, and your followers. We'll see you next week, folks. Thanks for listening.
