Okay, so I’ll be honest with you: podcasts make me so happy. They are genuinely my not-so-guilty pleasure. And recently, I found this amazing podcast. It’s called Unfinished Thoughts and it’s on Spotify and Apple Music. When I tell you this podcast slaps, it S L A P S. All it really is is a look into the mind of a normal teenage student. The speaker is named Gael (I’m pretty sure you pronounce it gay-ell) and he just talks about what’s on his mind. Sometimes he speaks for almost 20 minutes, sometimes he speaks for barely 5. It all depends on what kind of day he’s having. It’s a very easy to relate to and it genuinely makes you feel less alone in the world. It’s so good and I highly recommend listening to it if you like podcasts.
That being said, I really wanna make a podcast. Like, I have ideas, and they’re all really cool. The only issue is financial stability. Who has the money to buy a computer, a good quality mic, AND an editor. That requires moo-lah that I, as an American citizen, am not in possession of. I have expenses to pay and food to buy. But I am still so in love with the thought of making and producing my own podcast. Like, bro!! My own, personal, creative baby that I can make and produce and edit in real time!!!! That sounds like a d r e a m.
Beings that all I have for this podcast is dreams, let me share some of them with you, the broader audiences of Mississippi:
- I want to make a sci-fi one set in real time and space, but in a different reality. Like, I want to make the listener feel as if their listening their life in another timeline without it actually being their life. I know it sounds confusing but I read a book called Radio Silence back in 8th Grade and I fell in love with this idea almost immediately (go read Radio Silence by Alice Oseman. It is a younger audience book but the story is SO GOOOOOODDDDDDD).
- I would like to make a podcast in which I just speak. Not in a narcissistic or attention seeking way. I just would like to have an outlet where I can tell people about stuff that happens in the life of a random 16 year old child and feel as if I’m making someone else feel less alone in the world, ya’ know? Also, it could help preteens understand what they’re entering into when they become a teenager because the movies don’t do it right. Out of my 16 years on this earth, I don’t think I’ve ever had a pillowfight with my best friends while Heroes by David Bowie played in the background. WHO DOES THAT???????
aNYWAYS, yeah. My dream is to make a podcast and I’m kinda salty that I’m broke.
Sure, we didn’t have a pillow fight. We did crazily dance to Monster Mash under the stars for Halloween, though lol! These are some great ideas dude. I would love to see this become a real thing. I’ll listen even if it’s on your local potato.
Okay but that banana bread in the cafeteria… 🤤