Conferences and Communities: Why Go? How to Build?

Yeah, very

cool.

And it's weird that about the time you think movies are done, we get the Odyssey and then we get Spider-Man, which has set all sorts of records.

So, you know, it's a novel idea.

Maybe put out a good movie and people might show up.

Yeah, it's always about the content, right? It's always about the content when it comes down to it.

You know, you can't predict it.

You know, there's been movies, right, that have been different, made differently, whatever, and they blow up.

I mean, when Gladiator came out, that was 2000, right? So 26, isn't that crazy? That was 26 years ago, right? But that was kind of newish for its time, right? That was one of those where they took big risks.

It was also a mess when they put it together.

I think they rewrote it like six

times or something like that.

But, you know, you never you kind of never really know.

I think it's super important that you continue as as a podcaster.

Make it the way you want to make it like because you never know.

You never know.

Now, it may not be popular the way you want to make it, but it might be wildly popular.

So you do your thing.

Don't

imitate somebody else.

Yeah.

Well, here's the thing was interesting.

So one of the I think it was the second keynote speakers at Empowered Podcasting Conference.

And she was all about handling the stress of being a podcaster, a lot of mental stuff.

And some might categorize her as woo woo.