0:12 Happy New Year
1:32 Josh's Birthday
2:51 Self Published NL
4:05 Weird gigs
Vickie and Josh talk about their weirdest
experiences in video and film.
For Josh it was a request to edit an audition tape
for a child and the mother balked at the price and said there was no way she
could pay because she was headed out on a month long cruise that weekend.
For Vickie it was from a guy who had seen her
public access mental health talk show and wanted her to produce a full length
documentary then completely ghosted her halfway through production. Then five
years later one of the people in the film came back asking if it had been
finished and offered to pay for post production and halfway through HE ghosted
her. Read more about that and how the film finally got made and where you can
see it in How to Fail at Documentary Filmmaking.
16:30 Christmas presents
20:00 2025
20:40 New
Year's resolutions
26:50 Starting the podcast over
Nateland segment. The new special was
fantastic. Vickie and Josh have caught up on the first year of Nateland and are
loving it. Josh gave Vickie a homemade Nateland mug with a hammock between two
trees, the phrase I don't care for that. Down on the bottom it says 70% name
plus 100% face equals 170%. There's a picture of milk with ice. There’s the
word And dot dot dot dot dot. And the word So dot dot dot. And then there's the
phrase “That horse looks like it's dead.”
None of which will make any sense if you haven’t seen Nate Bargatze’s standup but really what are you waiting for?
Your life will drastically improve with more Nate comedy in your life.
28:45 12 days of jokes and music
Vickie promised on the last podcast that she would post 12 days of jokes and 12 days of music and the ONLY reason she followed through was because it was on the podcast. You can find them HERE and HERE
29:48 New Year plans
New Years Resolutions: Vickie is going to
stop looking for work and validation through Facebook. Her New Years Resolution
is “I’m going to try my luck with strangers” and use other social media
platforms to share her creativity with new audiences.
There’s also a whiff of writing a new book but Vickie is committed to starting it in February when all the resolution crowd stops coming to the gym.
There’s a long discussion about writing and self publishing as a business card to let folks know your expansive knowledge base in your chosen field. It can be a way to connect with potential clients and expand opportunities in the arenas you want to be in more often. A lot of information provided around selling books on platforms other that KDP.
36:32 Josh the intern
Vickie and Josh discuss living artistic
lives that don’t include the day to day hassles of car payments and going to
jobs they hate to pay for things they don’t even have time to use.
Josh talks about follow up appointments with an oncologist after surviving cancer and recommends everyone check their testicles for suspicious or unusual lumps on a regular basis.
The couple discuss their future travel plans which include an RV, a trip to Zanies in Nashville and a bunch of other places probably.
Shout out to Carmel and Patricia in Ontario who are catching up on episodes of Are You Mad At Me? while doing their Christmas baking.
37:14 What do you do for work?
Vickie talks about running into an old
friend at the dollar store who asked what she’s doing for work these days.
43:20
Gonzaga alumnus
46:37
Nateland dreams
52:53 Meeting questions
Josh talks about his love for David Sedaris who makes a point of asking people questions with a little more depth like when’s the last time you saw a lion?
55:07 Teaching self defense
Vickie is reminded of her days teaching
self defense to women and how the words they say has such a big impact on their
body language and demeanor and the impact of asking a person what brings you
joy instead of what do you do for a living. There’s a distinct glow around
people who talk about what they love and feel free to be themselves in a safe
space.
There are no sorry’s in RAD class.
But there ARE sorry’s in Vickie’s Are You Mad At Me segment where she recalls a job that ended in a cease and desist letter from an organization’s corporate lawyer.
58:10 Imagine yourself succeeding
The Morgans discuss the importance of taking on any big task in small manageable pieces. Like starting a podcast or writing a book. It does not need to be perfect and polished at first and it’s okay to learn as you go.
59:06 Story time
Vickie recalls an Abnormal Psychology class she took at Southern Maine Community College where the key takeaway was that the most mentally healthy people often know how to PLAY. People who do very very well in life are able to switch between play and the work that needs to be done efficiently and effectively.
1:07:13 Try podcasting month
1:12:46 Homework
1:14:23 Finding your happiness
Josh remembers a guy in the Air Force who watched the same Christmas movie over and over on a deployment in July because it made him feel good despite the 120 degree heat.
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