466. Our Podcast Failed But This Question Saved It...Sorta!

0:00 Today on the Podcasting morning chat, we had an epic fail. So normally today this is our podcast News and Comment day. And if you are really interested in hearing the news stories as best you can, you can go check us out on YouTube. You can find thatinformation@podcastingmorningchat.com/join us. That'll give you all the links, including the link to our archived YouTube Live from today. But we had a big fail because yours truly's Internet connection failed. It was really spotty today. I don't know why. I have no indication for my Internet service provider of any issues, but here we are. So what we're going to do is we were able to capture the opening 5 minutes or so of the show with a little bit of fun before we dove into the news.

0:54 And thankfully the Internet connection was strong during that opening segment. And well, I'm not, I'm not going to tell you exactly what it is. I'll just tell you, I ask what appears to be a very creepy question and I'll explain why I ask it. And thankfully the team plays along. So before I play that clip for you, I want to remind you that we are back tomorrow live at 7:00 AM Eastern on all the streaming platforms, which you can get that information with the join us link I just shared with you and of course will be available on all of your favorite podcast platforms. Now here's that clip. Good morning again, podcasting morning chat.

1:35 Thanks so much for being here. I am your host Mark Ronik and currently on stage with me my Co hosts Jonathan Howard, DRFA producer Ashley BC Babbles, Ralph Estep, Alex Baelish and Nick Nolback. Also good morning to Nikki AKA Tide here from our audience joining us as she usually does on stage. Love that. Thank you, Nick. As I alluded before we got started this morning to the team, I had a question that will come off creepy when I first say it and then I'll explain the question before we dive into the news. What are you wearing right now? I'm asking because I was thinking about this earlier. If I'm a member of this community and I'm listening regularly, I think at some point I'm probably curious about what everyone's wearing this early in the morning, joining the podcasting morning chat, for example. I'll start.

2:34 So I'm wearing what I'll probably wear today, this T-shirt that, you know, I tend to wear T-shirts. A lot of times they say podcast or something like that on them. I've actually started steering away a little bit from that, but it's usually a black T-shirt. That's kind of my thing, but I will usually be wearing either my pajama bottoms or sweatpants. Currently I'm wearing sweatpants. I will change that after breakfast this morning, but like I'm curious if anyone's fully in their PJS or if you're fully ready for the day. Ralph, I'm going to start with you. I think from what I'm looking at here it looks like you could probably just get your day going. Good morning Mark, I'm absolutely ready to go with the day. Bright eyed and bushy tailed as they said.

3:15 Been up since 4:15 AM and you know you can come and see me right now if you want to, just by going to podcastingmorningchat.com/join us. And I got a special treat for everybody. Make sure you watch us tomorrow. I am going to have a very special hat on tomorrow so make sure you check it out. OK, thank you, Ralph. That was not planned, ladies and gentlemen. I promised anyone else. What are you wearing right now? I feel so creepy saying that. Go ahead, Jonathan. Mondays and Wednesdays. Monday because I'm on camera and Wednesday because I go straight from my next meeting. I am fully dressed, ready for the day. Every other day I join. I'm in my sweats. I'll share.

3:55 Yes, go ahead, Dr. So I've got yoga pants, a sports bra, and some schleppy top over the sports bra, AKA my grubbies. We just call that Grubbies. Grubbies. Like when my husband comes home from work, I say OK, go ahead, get in your grubbies. Grubbies, all right, there you go. So Dr. in her grubbies and she will be cooking some eggs around 7:17 AM this morning in her grubbies BC what say you Sir? I say I'm in the grade today. So you see the Gray top. They are matched by a nice pair of very comfortable Gray sweats. However, I do divert from the Gray down to my nice fluffy wool brown slippers, keeping my my toe beans nice and warm in this morning.

4:46 I mentioned to Ralph, Mark and Ralph this morning I am currently responsible for a 10 year old type 2 diabetic blind Chihuahua. So I am doing low energy on the ensemble for a couple weeks. It's got to be a little bit of a challenge taking care of that pup, I'm sure. Oh, I love it. It's a great experience. I'm sure you should see BJ's face when he says that. And lastly, I'm going to go to Sid. Sid, the question of the morning. I know you're a minute or two late, so you may not have heard it. I'm asking everybody the creepy question, what are you wearing right now? Because I figure this early in the morning, some people are probably really not dressed to impress quite yet.

5:29 But you are in the Bahamas, so I'm curious, are you out walking already, You know? Mark, I've not had a sip of coffee and I'm sleep. That's not your business. OK, I've got on my workout shorts and a little lightweight, pretty mean. I'm not. I gotta have some coffee, then I'm going to go on my walk. That's really, that's really a creepy question. I know it is. So early in the morning I said Halloween and I didn't know it. No, you know, it's just that I was getting myself a little together this morning and thinking the audience might be curious what everybody wears when they start this early in the morning recording a podcast. So I just figured, let's, let's just figure that out and let's let's answer the question. So thank you all for indulging my creepy question. I appreciate it.