It’s no secret that my family has enjoyed dabbling in group projects in the past. Back in 2014, when Haylee and Holden were still homeschooled and Hayden was in his first year of public high school, we worked on an animation project called Homeschooled: An Animated Series. Steve did the script-writing that was inspired by events in our own homeschool experience, we each recorded the voice-overs for our own characters, and Hayden did the music and animation. It was a lot of fun! But with so many pieces to juggle and so many kids of different ages to wrangle into doing their parts in order to get each episode together, we just weren’t able to keep up with the pace, and it went by the wayside faster than we would have liked.
Over the last 18 months or so, Steve and I have been making a concerted effort to make more time for each other going out for date nights and just generally spending more time together as a couple. Since we always engage in lively conversation so easily when we’re together and inevitably make each other laugh, we were inspired to start a podcast together. It’s called Coupled with Chaos.
About twice a week, we sit down and basically record a casual conversation. We never script it, and we rarely even decide what topics we’ll discuss. We basically just sit down and start talking and see where it leads us! In general, though, we inevitably laugh about something and just let the conversation end naturally. Occasionally, one of the kids will pinch hit for me and record something with Steve. Each of them has done at least one episode with their dad, and Holden has done a few. They are really cute. We started back in early October 2019, so we have over 30 episodes already!
It just took a small initial investment for the sound equipment and some research by Steve on editing and using the software. There’s a monthly fee for hosting, but that’s it. We haven’t monetized our podcast show in any way, so we just look at it as a small expense for something we enjoy doing together that will be a keepsake for our kids someday when we are gone, or for each other when one of us is left alone. Our conversations are so natural…so easy…and it really is a testimony to the 25 wonderful years of marriage we’ve shared and how well-suited we are for each other to be able to engage in such playful banter after all these years together.
We hope you enjoy it and can spare a little time to check it out. Give a listen in the car or while mowing the lawn. It’s sure to make you smile! You can listen on your favorite player like Apple Podcasts…we’re available everywhere! You can also just ask Alexa to “play the podcast, Coupled with Chaos.”
Enjoy!
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