Comparison and judgment were at the wheel because of social media. This is how I was engaging with others and with everything that was happening in the world. The more I scrolled, the more anxious, judge-y, and comparison-y I felt.
Sure there's snappy ad copy to schedule a discovery call or to visit their website to "learn more", but I don't just want to learn more. Before I take my earbuds out of my ears, I want to spend time with the host and discover new perspectives, have space to self-reflect, and feel all the feels.
Every time I went to work on it further, a small voice inside of me whispered, "When there's so much horribleness going on in the world, why would anyone want to hear a season of a podcast about you, the book you wrote when you were 10, and how our stories play a huge role in our identity?" In other words, why would anyone care about my story?
Introduce yourself
Illuminate an idea
Win an argument
Strengthen a call to action
Be a stellar podcast guest
Perhaps you're feeling increased self-doubt when it comes to how you look on camera, or how your tone of voice and body language are translating virtually. Maybe its obsessing over “appropriate” work from home fashion choices (Can I get away with "business" on top and sweatpants on the bottom?) Then are the introspective questions around personal vs. professional identity.
But the more you dwell on the “what if’s?” when it comes to video conferencing and communication, the less chance you’ll show up in a way that feels good, easy, and true to who you are.
If this story was taking place in 2019, Chuckles would definitely have had a podcast. And Kevin wouldn’t have been there just for an in-person one-off interview. All of us indoor campers would have been the studio audience for a live taping of said podcast. (Chuckles with Chuckles?). And based on what happened when I was 10, all of the podcast interview questions for Kevin Bacon would have come straight from a quick Google search.
The interview shows that really grab my attention and make me connect most to the interviewee are the ones were the person in the spotlight is being their true self, sharing stories from their lives and surprising the host/interviewer in the process. When the conversation is real, and the person is passionate about what they are sharing, the interview becomes a dialogue and helps us (the listener) connect with the human behind the microphone.
