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Speaker 1: Well, howdy there, friends and faithful listeners. I am hopping

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Speaker 1: on the podcast real quick to share an update that

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Speaker 1: is going to be happening very soon. And I'd like

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Speaker 1: to apologize before I share what the change is, mainly

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Speaker 1: because I probably should have told you guys about this

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Speaker 1: like a week ago. But in my defense, time sort

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Speaker 1: of got away from me because I was gone for

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Speaker 1: a while, and for some reason, I just had it

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Speaker 1: in my head. I was like, when I get back,

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Speaker 1: I will share with everybody what the change is. But

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Speaker 1: I got back like yesterday, and this podcast change is

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Speaker 1: happening on Monday, or it's going to start happening Monday.

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Speaker 1: And for some reason, I had it in my head

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Speaker 1: that when I got back, i'd have a full week

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Speaker 1: to talk to you guys about this change. But I

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Speaker 1: was wrong and I let time get away from me.

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Speaker 1: So I deeply apologize for not talking to you guys

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Speaker 1: about this sooner. I did want to inform all of

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Speaker 1: you guys about it before that. But the change is.

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Speaker 1: I am going to be partnering from here on out

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Speaker 1: with Life Audio, and this is actually a really exciting

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Speaker 1: thing for me because Life Audio is part of Salem Media.

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Speaker 1: Salem Media. You may have heard of them. They produce

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Speaker 1: the ESV Bible, They produce books through their publisher Crossway

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Speaker 1: I Believe dot com. They have Bible study tools, and

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Speaker 1: just various other radio shows and podcasts that they help

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Speaker 1: promote and prop up. In fact, they have several podcasts

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Speaker 1: that they promote that you all might have heard of.

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Speaker 1: For example, they have the Jesus Calling podcasts. They have

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Speaker 1: Greg LOR's podcast, they have Beckett Cook, which is I

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Speaker 1: love Beckett Cook. I think he's fantastic, Sean McDowell, and

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Speaker 1: they even have Kevin Sorbo's podcast, you know, Hercules. Maybe

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Speaker 1: I can try to get him on the podcast. That'd

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Speaker 1: be fun. And so I'm going to be partnering with them,

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Speaker 1: and I truly do believe that God opened this door

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Speaker 1: for me. And here's why. Do you guys remember back

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Speaker 1: in October where two weeks my podcast, like half of

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Speaker 1: my podcast was unavailable to the entire public, and then

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Speaker 1: for the rest of the month, my first two seasons

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Speaker 1: were unavailable. I'm not gonna lie. That was devastating, like

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Speaker 1: absolutely devastating for my podcast for many different reasons, not

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Speaker 1: just because you know, I lost listeners or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: But the amount of work that I had to do

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Speaker 1: rose exponentially because of that, because I had to make

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Speaker 1: sure that everything was over on YouTube. I had to

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Speaker 1: get the word out that my podcast was available on YouTube.

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Speaker 1: I was fighting with my host, who was causing a

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Speaker 1: lot of the problems, and you know, still paying them

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Speaker 1: throughout all of this. So that was a whole mess,

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Speaker 1: not to mention you know, all of the wonderful, faithful

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Speaker 1: listeners who thankfully reached out to me and was like, hey,

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Speaker 1: I love your podcast, but where the heck is it?

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Speaker 1: So it was just a big mess and it was

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Speaker 1: a lot of work for me, very stressful for that

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Speaker 1: entire month. So right after that, I told you guys,

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Speaker 1: I'm looking for another host. Well, what ended up happening

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Speaker 1: was before October, Life Audio had actually reached out to me,

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Speaker 1: and I wasn't really considering it at the time, Like

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Speaker 1: it was sort of like in the back of my brain,

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Speaker 1: but I wasn't really considering it. But when that whole

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Speaker 1: thing happened in October, I was like, I definitely need

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Speaker 1: to switch hosts. And on top of that, I actually

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Speaker 1: found out that my host is now charging me even

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Speaker 1: more every single month, which I'm paying them a lot

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Speaker 1: to begin with, and I just found out this month

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Speaker 1: they're going to be charging me even more to continue

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Speaker 1: running my podcast, and I'm just like, how can you

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Speaker 1: do that after like devastating my podcast two months ago.

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Speaker 1: So this whole Life Audio thing happened at the exact

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Speaker 1: right time. So as I'm looking for hosts, you know,

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Speaker 1: Life Audio came back up, and so I reached out

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Speaker 1: to them, and one thing led to another, and November

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Speaker 1: and early December I was talking with them and ended

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Speaker 1: up signing on with them, And not much is going

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Speaker 1: to change for you guys. The format of the podcast

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Speaker 1: is going to stay pretty much the same. You know,

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Speaker 1: I have full rights to my podcast. Even though I'm

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Speaker 1: signing with them. The podcast is not going to change.

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Speaker 1: But you will be hearing a Life Audio stinger, like

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Speaker 1: a little blip at the beginning and end of my podcast.

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Speaker 1: And also there will be advertisements. That's kind of the

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Speaker 1: downside with everything. But Life Audio is going to help

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Speaker 1: promote my podcast. They're going to help me market They

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Speaker 1: are going to host the podcast for me, which is

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Speaker 1: just like an answer to prayer, quite honestly, and not

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Speaker 1: to mention, you know, I don't talk about finances all

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Speaker 1: that much on the podcast, but in the almost six

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Speaker 1: years that I've been doing this podcast, you guys know,

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Speaker 1: I have not taken a single paycheck, and that's been

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Speaker 1: difficult at times over the years, so I'm not gonna lie.

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Speaker 1: I am hoping that this integration also helps me continue

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Speaker 1: to do what I love to do for you guys,

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Speaker 1: that I can actually dedicate more time to this podcast

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Speaker 1: without feeling the burden of not taking home a paycheck.

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Speaker 1: But overall, I am not planning on changing much about

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Speaker 1: the podcast. The integration goes through on Monday. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if you're going to start hearing advertisements on Monday

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Speaker 1: or if it'll be sometime next week, but just expect

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Speaker 1: ads at some point on the podcast next week. So

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Speaker 1: I hope you guys continue to support this ministry through

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Speaker 1: this integration. I am very thankful for all the faithful

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Speaker 1: listeners and I appreciate every single one of you. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate all of your messages, So I hope you continue

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Speaker 1: to support the podcast, and please keep praying for P

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Speaker 1: forty ministries and the Bible explained that everything goes smoothly

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Speaker 1: with the integration. Pray for the Bible explained as a whole,

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Speaker 1: that it gets spread to more people, that the Bible

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Speaker 1: gets spread to more people. And also pray that I

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Speaker 1: and this podcast remains in God's will, that he opens

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Speaker 1: doors and he shuts doors where he wants me to go,

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Speaker 1: because being God's will, that is the best place to be.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, guys, on a final note, I will be

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Speaker 1: doing a special Christmas podcast episode on the twenty fourth,

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Speaker 1: or rather the twenty fifth, I guess at midnight. That's

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Speaker 1: my annual Christmas Eve Candlelit podcast episode. It's a mouthful,

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Speaker 1: but I love doing it. Every single year. I usually

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Speaker 1: sing a song for you guys or play some sort

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Speaker 1: of song, and I have something rolling around in my

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Speaker 1: so keep that in mind. The Candlelit Podcast episode on

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Speaker 1: the twenty fourth. Anyway, faithful listeners, I will see you

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Speaker 1: all on Monday, all right with the integration to Life audio.

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Speaker 1: Have a fantastic and wonderful rest of your day, happy listening,

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Speaker 1: and God bless