"We're not qualified to start a podcast"

Why, why is, why a pod- what do podcasts mean to you, and why did you wanna start one?

I wanted to start a podcast because I wanted to build on the community that I've kind of found over social media.

Yeah.

And then also in conventions.

Yeah.

Like, um, oftentimes, like I'll go to a convention, and say it's on the East Coast.

I'll think, "Oh, cool, I've just met heaps of cool new friends.

This has been amazing." And then I'll get back to the West Coast and people will be like, "Hey, we'd like to see you over here or over there or over there." And I'm like, "Dang, how do we make a community that we can all just be with each other all the time and, um-

Yeah

... create like an uplifting kind of thing where we can check in with each other?"

Yes.

How about you?

That's it.

Well, yeah, it's, I mean, exactly the same sorta situation.

Like, we both do a lot of conventions.

We have really beautiful loyal fan bases who I just adore and I get to see at conventions here and there.

I also do a lot of cameos.

And one of the, like the sort of running themes of my cameo requests is, like uplifting pep talks.

Okay.

And, um, I wanted to find a way to deliver that to people for free.

[laughs] You know?

Yeah.

Um, uh, because there is a beautiful community brewing here, and I think that now more than ever, we do just need like a little bit of levity-

Hmm

... um, and some good vibes, and I just wanna bring the lols, you know?