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Pod-Crashing Episode 49 Not Open For Business
Here we sit. Week
number two of the Great 2020 Coronavirus meltdown. One by one the bigger cities are officially
declaring their boundary’s closed. As
people are forced to stay inside the President teased us on Monday March 23rd
that he was ready to put America back to work by Easter.
I felt hope. Like
maybe he knew something and within minutes we’d all be leaping on the streets
celebration like they did when WWII was announced over. Where’s the girl and the guy with that famous
NYC kiss?
Hold it. Let’s look
at this. While local authorities are
buckling down to flatten the curve the nation’s top dog has latched onto a
thought picked up on Fox News, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the
problem itself.”
I was present in my living room when those exact words
dropped from his lips. One problem. The one number that none of us know is the official
count of how many men and women in America wouldn’t be here today if we hadn’t
stepped inside for a couple of weeks?
I grasp where the President’s coming from. The Stock Market isn’t recovering and
lawmakers barely agreed to the two billion dollar recovery package. That bright beautiful spot in American
financial history is headed straight for the days of some of the darkest times
not only on our soil but globally. Which
brings me to a question I brought up to scientist Bill Sullivan, “Will we see a
change in the Super Powers?”
Kind of an odd subject right? Now more than ever you’re services as a voice
in America is being called into action.
We pretty much know only six percent of the people avote during the
elections but one look at every social media platform and the human heart and
drive is caught up and botched by a fear of allowing your inner voice to be
heard.
I talked with M.
That’s all we need to know about her name. M isn’t a happy girl because she feels the
only people via social media doing any talking are the trolls. The real voices and energy behind them are
trapped in their homes right now binge watching Schitts Creek.
Podcasting is the truest form of connection without having
to be boarded up and stifled by a connection with a corporation and or
government Coronavirus crackdown. They
want you off the streets not off the air.
RollingStone Magazine was quick to push forward a story
about the President’s announcement of wanting to put business back to
work. Their headline? Trump, in Tweet Says He’s Considering Plan
That Would Kill A Lot Of People.
The magazine believes as many as 9.4 million people would simultaneously
be infected at the time of the peak.
Which means there’s no way hospitals can accommodate that
presentation. RollingStone printed these
words: Hundreds of thousands would die without access to treatment.
How you feeling about hosting that podcast now? I mean if there are 900,000 of them already
pushing thoughts, emotions, jokes, cooking and beer making, what about one more
that comes from the physical streets of it’s about to get really bad?
But is it? I sat down
with Ralph from the Heavy Metal Band Ravenscroft who had no time calling out
the media, “This is hype. It’s sensationalism.”
Wait! That’s what the President said the other day about
NBC’s Peter Alexander? Talk about a
public hanging! Never once in that
reshuffling of exchange of thoughts did I feel the television reporter was
putting his companies ratings hunt in front of the American people.
Let’s go ground level here.
I’m not saying get a podcast and let the planet it take a verbal beating. The door is standing wide open for your voice
to have a place. Yeah it’s tough right now and it’s probably going to break
your foundation of success into pieces.
You need to be heard. To empower different groups or individuals. To use your experiences during this Covid-19
stoppage as a tool. In the words of
Madonna the virus has equalized us all.
Business leaders teaching each other how to rebuild. Regular everyday people who might have found
prayer or meditation during the down time hearing from those who’ve been doing
it for decades. Mothers and Fathers with
children trying to keep focused on homeschooling. Truck drivers pushing their rigs across the
nation with nobody else in the cab.
No need to verbally take pot shots at the Speaker of the
House, the President and his side kick or anyone else serving their community
in office. That part of the playing
field already has enough armchair quarterbacks.
Use this downtime as a platform you to talk about being part
of a Garage Band, what it’s like to sell pre-owned cars in a down economy, a
reaction to the message each week at church or how to be a better Uber or Lyft
driver.
Think longevity.
Don’t dump your entire process into one episode.
So what’s the moral of the story? Go for it!
Yep. Just do it! Make it til you break it. Don’t worry about reinventing the wheel. Find a few hours of focus and stand taller
than what you were yesterday. Yep it’s a
pain in the ass to keep up but man the payoff has a way of keeping you out
there longer the last complaining session you had with a coworkers or
neighbor. We’ve all hit some rough water
lately and how you’ve turned it into a swimming adventure is an incredible
display of making your voice be heard.
I’d love to hear a podcast where RollingStone Magazine
readers actually talk about their reaction to the stories published. For years I’ve sat on the sofa or at a desk
and pretty much agreed or disagreed with the reporter all by myself. We can change this.
