Episode 251 (Transcript): What Do You Say?
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SH: What has changed for me now is that I really feel like I do have a responsibility to do something in the world, but it has nothing to do with making a mark.
I really would like to leave a legacy of having done something in the world that lifts other people, that makes other people’s lives easier in even the smallest way than I have felt like my life has been.
CW: Hello, I’m Cynthia Winward.
SH: And I’m Susan Hinkley.
CW: And this is At Last She Said It. We are women of faith discussing complicated things, and the title of today’s episode is, What Do You Say?
SH: I’m excited for this one, Cynthia. I’m also a little scared, I’m not gonna lie.
CW: Me too. Let’s go ahead and explain, what do we mean by this title, What Do You Say?
A few months ago I discovered the NPR Wild Card podcast and I have been binging it ever since. So I started sending you episodes as well because we’re pals and I’m like, “Ooh, you might really like this one with the author John Green. I know you like him, I like him. Oh, make sure you listen to Jason Reynolds. You like him, I like him.”
So before you knew it, you had been listening a lot and then you had the fabulous idea of doing this as a way to get even more voices on the pod. And I was like, “Yes, Susan! Brilliant!” Brilliant idea in the middle of winter.
SH: Wish that I had thought of it myself, but thank you NPR for letting us steal all of your great ideas.
CW: Still, it was your idea to morph it for At Last She Said It so… We hear all the time from listeners that their favorite part of the episodes are the voicemails at the end, right? They’re just 90 second voicemails. But boy, women can pack a punch and really tell a story. And then of course we have episodes where the guest takes the entire episode, but your idea was “What if we do something in the middle, like 15 minute interviews?” And that’s where this wild card idea came from.
