S1: Welcome to the tortoise. A podcast that digs deep. Into
S1: the power of slow. I am Brooke McAlary and I
S1: am joined by my husband, Ben McAlary.
S2: It's not a podcast. It's a podcast. So what's the
S2: tortoise going to be all about?
S1: Well, it's about slow, but it's a much more expansive idea.
S1: Or look at what slow is in the world. You know,
S1: when we first started the Slow Home podcast, it was
S1: really about home and, you know, self development, self awareness
S1: and what slow living could do individually and in a
S1: closer sense. And it grew over time. And I think
S1: we tried to make it expansive, but the idea of
S1: it being about the home somehow felt like it kind
S1: of put walls around what slow could be in the
S1: conversations we were having. And when it became clear that
S1: the slow HomePod was coming to its natural end, we
S1: didn't want to finish podcasting and we didn't want to
S1: finish talking about slow, but we were looking for some
S1: different kind of way in. And that's what the tortoise
S1: is going to be because you think about what a
S1: tortoise is, it's slow, but it's intentional, it's powerful, and
S1: that's the lens through which I want to look at
S1: heaps of different topics on this podcast.
S2: Yeah, absolutely. So how is it different to the Slow
S2: Home podcast R.I.P.?
S1: It's just more expansive. Yeah, the idea of the slow
S1: home was really what it needed to be for us
S1: for many years. But over time, it it kind of
S1: felt restrictive, whereas this feels much more expansive and invitational
S1: and looks far beyond the home it looks. We're going
S1: to look at topics that will impact. Family, work, community.
S1: You know, you can take it as broad as you want,
S1: and it just feels like permission to me to make
S1: a change, which I think we need sometimes. You know,
S1: we did the slow HomePod for eight years and it
S1: was wonderful. But slowness represents more than that to me.
S1: And I feel like the conversations that we're going to
S1: have will ripple further.
S2: And these conversations are going to be recorded where we
S2: can outdoors. They'll be unedited, unfiltered, complete with dog barks,
S2: wind in the background and cars going past.
S1: You know, and that's the draw to me, actually. You
S1: and I recorded a couple of episodes, the final episodes
S1: of The Slow HomePod like that. And there was something
S1: really joyful and candid about it. And I want to
S1: play around with that. You know, I think that it's
S1: the antithesis to what a lot of podcasts have become. And, um,
S1: and I know I'm drawn to real conversations rather than
S1: highly edited, scripted.
S3: Jeff.
S1: I don't know if you can hear it, but the
S1: black cockatoos in the background going overhead. Sorry, that's just
S1: made me really happy. They mean a lot to me.
S1: They do?
S2: Yeah. You're spirit are an animal.
S1: Yeah. Do we say spirit? Animal?
S2: I do. That's my spirit animal. The car, getting.
S1: Past neighbors driving down the driveway.
S2: So, yeah, as you said, they're always going to be candid.
S2: They're sometimes going to be funny. I hope so. And
S2: they're going to be a monthly podcast.
S1: Yes. So that's the other shift that we've made. I'm
S1: all about being really intentional with our outputs and overcommitting
S1: is is not slow, you know, So really just committing
S1: to having a deep conversation once a month at this
S1: point feels right. Yeah. And so much of what we're doing,
S1: the changes that we're making are all about how things
S1: feel and it feels right. So I'm and it feels
S1: exciting and I think it will give us it will
S1: feel like a. Like a treat almost, you know, to
S1: to to dig in and explore a topic deeply once
S1: a month.
S2: We're incredibly excited about what this podcast can do, not
S2: only for us, but hopefully for you, the audience. So
S2: we encourage you if you haven't already, subscribe via Apple Podcasts,
S2: Spotify or your favorite podcast platform and we will be
S2: in your ear holes with episode one very shortly. Until then.
S1: Take good care.