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Podcasting Highlights: Recap of Chocolate Chats Episodes

The weather is beautiful here in Baltimore and we are running a little less now that school is “out.” I went to a women’s ministry luncheon and got a chance to talk to people that I see often, but I hadn’t gotten a chance to sit and talk with until today. The food was good, the fellowship was awesome, but I didn’t realize how many people are watching me. Do you know who’s watching you?

I love to praise the Lord and I have a good time in His presence. One of the issues that challenges must people is the hypocrisy that exists in the church. Well, hypocrisy is everywhere (i.e. I’m pro-life, but not the countless lives of the people in a country on the other side of the world that has not launched an attack on this country at all, but I’ll save that for tomorrow’s episode of Chocolate Chats). Anyway, I have found that people are surprised that I have peace, joy and fun as an active, engaged, fired up Christian. I’m so transparent, real that it throws people off. For example, a woman from church asked me about Dahgurl (What is it? What do you do?) and she asked me about Chocolate Chats. Now, we’ve had interaction before, but when I took the time to explain what it’s all about, what I’m all about (well, I couldn’t fit what I’m all about in a 10 minute conversation, but you get what I’m saying), she was excited and supportive. What I gathered from this interaction is:

1. I assume too much. Technology is always changing and I already admitted that I didn’t know much about blogging and DH has been blogging for years.
2. People want what I have-balance, peace, positive energy, incredible/mountain-moving faith (oooh…we’ll have to go into that some other time), but are afraid to ask because of the perceptions, prejudices.
3. If you want people to know something, be a part of something, you gotta make it simple, make it plain and make it real and relevant.
4. People are always watching you. I tell the kids that people matter, perceptions matter and every interaction, every contact is a ministry moment. Don’t miss your moment! (That’s actually a phrase I use ALL of the time in my speeches.)

The production team over at Chocolate Chats is feverishly developing new ideas, new ways to bring podcasting to the people. We are working with several other hosts over at TalkShoe (if you’re thinking about hosting a podcast, email me dahgurl at dahgurl dot com, so that I can tell you more about TalkShoe and yes, I get a small referral fee) to do some cross promotion and to get more reach with our joint efforts.

 

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They suggested that I do a summary of the past few episodes and let you know how you can support the show. Anyway, here are some of the highlights from the past:

• Episode 1: Our inaugural episode: We were talking about motherhood from a different perspective–adoptive mothers. Lori Chambers, author & playwright, shared her experience of adopting a son after two natural births and two unsuccessful pregnancies. We discussed foster parenting, international adoption and universal parenting ideas.
• Episode 2: Kicked off our relationship series with a discussion on women and how we relate to one another. How did the idea of us being catty and unable to work together come about? Our listeners share some of their experiences and I always leave folks with some food for thought.
• Episode 3: This episode got a little heavy when we started to talk about sex, intimacy in relationships. Is marriage a thing of the past? Is it true that men want a lady in the streets and a freak in the sheets?
• Episode 4: How do you handle betrayal of a friend? What is your most
• Episode 5: Fine, Fit and Fabulous: the Dos and Donts of Summer Fashion with our special guest, The Fashionista. Definitely a MUST LISTEN if you want to know how to look good in whatever you wear.

And of course, this week’s episode, Headlines and Hot Topics, is not to be missed as we have my favorite talking partner, Dr. Lester Spence (yes, he is my DH), an assistant professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University. From Barack to Paris, from war to health care, we are bringing it all THIS Tuesday, tomorrow, June 19th at 9:00 p.m. EST. You don’t want to miss it. Need some help logging in or for detailed instructions, click here.

Lastly, let me give you guys some resources just in case you get the podcasting bug:

• CNET Videos on Breaking Into Podcasting (there are 3 parts. Here’s the link to the first one)
• CNET Video in Talk show format on starting a podcast
• Free Podcasting 101 online class from (you guessed it) CNET
• Great podcast tools podcast by Paul Colligan
  
• Tons of great articles on (yup) Podcasting at podcasting-tools.com

Lastly, I want to encourage you to try it, try something new that’s inexpensive, tons of fun and definitely a refreshing, personal addition to this static (sorta static) life of blogging.

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