(Since I’ve listened to this podcast a third time on a third different device and I’m hoping that getting some of my thoughts out will make it easier for me to stop listening and go to sleep…)
It is time for an official statement from the office of the HOWDAREYOU:
The “Aux Cable Holiday Special: Fan Edition”, a concept that had not even been conceived one month ago, is a resounding success!
*Standing Ovation*
Franklin did an amazing job taking our audio and assembling it into a functional podcast episode. There’s more that we would have liked to have done with this project, but considering all of the time restrictions that we each had, this turned out far better than any of us could have wished for.
Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to the episode in some way, shape, or form! Every single clip that made it into the final cut was excellent and appropriate, contributing greatly to the quality of the episode.
Time to appreciate how God blessed this project:
It did not arise from any one person’s desire to put on a production. Instead, a collective wish to improve the Not-Forum experience by means of a new Aux Cable episode led to the inquiry of Matthew & Ryan’s podcast release-schedule plans. When none were found, our sense of what is right and acceptable drove us to attempt something none of us had done before: produce an Aux Cable episode without Ryan, Matthew, Angie, or a time to talk to each other simultaneously. We did not stop to think, “how is this project even going to be possible”; we just did it, giving our best efforts to the cause, discussing solutions on the Not-Forum to obstacles as they arose. It wasn’t about having the “perfect podcast”; it was about making a podcast episode befitting of the Aux Cable with the best that we had.
Did we learn some things from this experience? Absolutely. We’ll probably reflect on some of them if we decide to do another episode in the future or if we attempt an audio production of our “Once Upon A Time” story. That being said, it is good for us to appreciate what we were able accomplish with God’s help (in spite of our shortcomings and limitations):
-An authentic Aux Cable intro imitation with multiple F.A.C.E.s
-The neatest “EVERYTHING” in the history of the Aux Cable
-Kristen’s Questions were actual questions from Kristen and were answered with wit, wisdom, humor, self-awareness, personal stories, and Google by Jeff Ross, Awkward Potato, Bekah, & Josiah the Carrot Stick
-A brilliant classic-style commercial by Franklin
-Pointless Facts (the part of the show that felt the most like it was inspired by the Not-Forum) with Masøn & Bekah, brought to us by Google & Snapple (Highlight: nacreous clouds)
-Editor’s Choice: compiled by Franklin, creative and fun answers from Jeff Ross, Dawn, Franklin, Bekah, & Chris H…
-An outro that contained all of the information that an Aux Cable outro normally has
-A published podcast episode over 20 minutes long
Whether this is enough to motivate Matthew and Ryan to release more episodes soon is unclear. Whether it will drive traffic to the Not-Forum is unknown. Whether we shall put together another podcast is uncertain. But be assured of this: for the office of the HOWDAREYOU, the experience of working with F.A.C.E.s to make this episode was the coolest part of being on the Not-Forum in 2017. THANK YOU, F.A.C.E.S!!!!
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