You don’t have to be famous to be interesting. Everyone is interesting. Everyone has a story. I want to draw out the stories of ordinary people to highlight that fame isn’t what makes a person interesting—life is. Ordinary: regular people. Chaos: because that’s how life rolls, it seems. Stories that resonate, stories that inspire, stories of ordinary, as told by people of nearly any age, hosted by Heat and Rocket Kid. We have four threads in Ordinary Chaos: 1: Heat talks with a not-famous artist 2: Heat talks with a regular ol‘ not-famous person 3: Heat talks with Rocket Kid, her elementary-aged son 4: Rocket Kid talks with a guest Go to ordinarychaospodcast.com for links, show notes, and more.
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
0:48 Karen is an inkle weaver. What is that?
5:28 How did you learn about inkle and get into it?
6:25 I feel like it’s a big jump from knitting and crocheting to spinning yarn…
11:27 How has it progressed or changed?
14:22 What would you make out of pearl fiber?
16:44 This begins to explain why there are so many types of yarn.
18:31 Do you sell your inkles?
20:47 But there’s something else inkle-related that you ARE selling. Tell us about that.
22:41 It was a learning experience, and Karen learned something at least most of us need.
26:22 In the process of developing that, what kind of bumps do you hit?
29:13 Your app just came out a couple of weeks ago. We find it in the app store?
29:34 How did you decide what to charge?
34:47 Karen volunteers a thought on confidence
36:35 Shifting back into weaving, what do you make?
40:02 Of all the things you’ve made, do you have a favorite?
44:03 Is there anything else you want to talk about that I’ve missed?
51:11 If people want to learn more about you, where should they go?
Words to know:
warp: threads that are tied onto the loom and are under tension
weft: thread that goes at a 90-degree angle to the warp
pick: one pass of the weft
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Time stamps:
1:08 How did you get started in writing?
4:57 Your second and third books are different from your first. How/why?
7:27 Do you know what would cause people to need help?
9:28 Do you have another book in the works?
13:58 Aside from moving your meetings with your prayer partners to Zoom, did the pandemic have other effect on your work?
16:55 How we know each other
20:23 What is your biggest frustration?
22:38 What do you wish that people understood about your work or your path that they might not catch at first glance or if they’re not terribly thoughtful?
28:13 Have you had survivors of any of the people in your book see their people in your book and contact you?
30:22 How did you choose which 26 stories (out of 400!) to use?
32:43 Fr. Nathan asks for me: how has it changed me?
36:31 Anything that I missed that you want to add?
37:52 What’s your website?
nathan-castle.com
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Time stamps:
0:56 Lee Ann loves tea
8:18 What would your younger self be surprised about your current self?
13:16 Is there a piece of advice you were given that you’re glad you didn’t follow?
13:53 Can you think of any feedback you’ve been given—by a person or an experience—that permanently changed how you view yourself?
28:15 What superpowers have you developed?
29:26 Is there a thing you wish people knew about you?
35:17 If you had to be famous for something, what would it be?
36:43 Back to the bookmark: Is there a piece of advice you were given you’re glad you didn’t follow?
37:28 Do you have a question for the next guest?
37:58 What’s your why?
38:52 Heat and Lee Ann take a walk down memory lane
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
0:41 introducing Sydney Doberstein, a voice over actor
4:30 So many places there are prerecorded voices…
5:16 How is voice acting different than regular acting?
8:20 If you could magically have it set up the way you want it to be, what would it look like?
12:55 How has COVID affected your work?
15:36 Is there industry standard for how you get paid?
20:15 What the typical timeline for a submission?
24:20 What’s the difference between the platform you use and an agent?
25:40 Of all the things you’ve done so far, do you have a favorite?
27:30 Special considerations for cartoons
28:35 Does this affect how much you talk to people outside of work?
29:57 What’s your biggest frustration?
33:06 What’s challenging about audiobooks?
35:01 Is there anything we haven’t talked about that you wish people knew about this kind of work?
38:00 Is there anything you want to add that we missed?
40:00 Where can people find you on the web?
Website: sydneydoberstein.com
Twitter: @syddoberstein
Instagram: @sydneydoberstein
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
0:54 Dad loves his family.
1:29 What was your favorite subject in school?
2:06 What do you like about trombone and why did you choose it?
3:13 What’s a great book you’ve read?
4:43 Is there anything you did or advice you took that changed your life for better or worse?
5:57 Is there something that your parents did that was great?
6:38 Is there something that your parents did that you thought could be better or changed or different?
8:09 Why do you like music so much?
9:32 Do you have a joke for us?
11:15 do you have a random fact for us?
14:49 If you were an animal, which would you be and why?
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
0:33 Rocket Kid sings Jingle Bells; Heat joins on the chorus
1:15 Hearing disembodied voices versus seeing a person while they speak
2:10 Rocket Kid talks about holidays and asks Heat what she’s expecting in this holiday season
3:18 Rocket Kid asks Heat what holiday she thinks is most overlooked
4:26 Rocket Kid has a joke
5:06 A fun story from Thanksgiving
6:42 Rocket Kid on English and moola and cash cows
8:31 Heat finally gets to ask a question: what is your favorite part about doing musical theatre?
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
0:29 Amy loves sitting outside in the morning and drinking her coffee
2:27 What would your younger self be surprised about your current self?
4:09 What’s a piece of advice you were given that you’re glad you didn’t follow?
5:05 Is there feedback you’ve been given that has changed you?
11:20 What superpower have you developed?
13:08 All questions lead back to the new job.
22:31 If you had to be famous for something, what would it be?
24:26 What is something that you wish people knew about you?
25:28 Do you have a question for the next guest?
25:50 What is one of the smallest things that you do to make life nicer for someone else?
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
0:29 Mike Ciccotello—children’s book author and illustrator
3:57 How did you get into children’s books?
8:25 In the “new world” that opened up, what surprised you the most?
11:04 How much input do you get as the illustrator if the author has the story?
13:40 How has your process changed as you do it more often?
16:20 How do you get through the dips?
20:15 Do you have a preference between writing and illustrating versus just illustrating?
22:20 How did pandemic affect this?
27:37 Do you have a favorite?
29:08 What’s your biggest frustration?
34:21 As people are looking at your book on the shelf, what do you wish they knew or understood about the path that it took to get there?
36:36 Is there anything that we missed? (Yes! Draw with Mr. Mike!)
Saturday Dec 04, 2021
Saturday Dec 04, 2021
A teaser for December's episodes without Rocket Kid, and also a bonus interview. Heat was interviewed by Craig Constantine and that interview is here!