#(also if anyone is wondering what podcast i'm doing with the many ppl in the server: it's for the record pod

[totoochristianwolff]

HIII. I am going to watch Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard and thought I'd do a little 'live' post of parts that stuck out to me (all personal so I might miss a lot of it) (this is also going to be LONGGG 😂)

The first thing that I already love is how comfortable the whole vibe is between Dax, Monica & Toto. Dax & Monica are the kind of ppl who can make anyone feel comfortable in their presence. I love how casual the talk between them is to start because it lets you know that; although this is going to be a 'deep dive' sort of podcast episode, there won't be any sort of uncomfortableness when it comes to those deeper topics/areas.

I LOVE DAX, because you can tell he did his research on Toto. He talks about how he only discovered the day of the filming that Toto isn't actually Austrian, his mother is Polish and his father was Romanian. He goes onto ask Toto whether his parents grew up in Austria, which leads to a really insightful dive into Toto's parents' lives and their own backstories.

I LOVE HOW MUCH DAX LOVES SUSIE (who he got to speak w on the phone quickly as she called Toto during the episode)

I always find it incredibly admirable when Toto shares the hardships of his childhood as well as the turmoil he felt when it came to his ill father for so many years of his young life.

He speaks about the guilty feeling he had after his father died for feeling that it was 'better for all of us, something he says he only managed to process in the last few years.

Dax makes a good point about how he was a kid at the time and Toto responds with: "yeah, so you can't, in a way, analyze the feelings in a way you could if you were an adult" and SO REAAAL.

Toto talks about his mother, who is now 79 and not well, and the forgiveness he gives her for 'not being a good mother' because "I know how difficult it was to be at home and to see the suffering" which I think speaks of the empathy he possesses within himself.

Jumping to the part I'm listening to right now and Toto is talking about how "Many people don't want to go to a psychiatrist because they fear losing their ability. Artists, writers, people that have a lot of creativity that don't want to go sort out their mental problems, don't want to go on medication because they believe it is the fuel of their creativity". imma be honest, I felt CALLED OUT w this part as someone who's always seen their mental instability as the thing that fuels their creativity 🙃

Toto telling Monica she's "very attractive" askdhsldj I LOVE THAT FOR HERRR!!! But also, what a fucking sweetheart Toto is 😭

They get onto the topic of how Toto got into motorsports and his 2009 record comes into conversation. I always die @ when he recalls how Niki Lauda talked to him about it and told him: "why do you do this? this is so stupid, so dangerous, nobody cares what you're doing on the Nürburgring" 😂 Toto then admits he was in a bit of a midlife crisis 😂

When speaking about the crash, he recalls unplugging his radio and getting out of the car but has no recollection after that.

The way Toto handles 'passion' and the expectation society puts on young ppl with his children is honestly wonderful. He's spoken often about it before but he reiterates how he finds it important to just let his children 'be', to let them follow their own paths and expectations. He finds it important to remind them, "Don't look at me. This is my 52nd chapter, this is your 23rd,".

Toto calling munchies "munchkins" 😂

Dax and Toto relating to both being 'string beans' as teenagers 😂

Dax asks Toto about whether he identifies with being handsome and "when people tell you that you're handsome, do you accept that's reality or do you still think 'ehhh you're confused?" Toto responds with, "I think you're confused". WHATTT?!?! SIR?!?! BE SERIOUS FOR A SECOND!!!

Toto talks about when he's at home with Susie and they're doing stupid posing in front of the mirror and how she tells him, "That's really turning me off. Don't do that" 😂

His son, Benedict ringing and the conversation Dax has with him as Toto shared earlier on that Benedict is studying at USC.

"I'm asleep when I'm asleep, I'm awake when I'm awake" BIG MOOD TOTO 😂

This was an absolutely BLESSED podcast episode w Toto. Not only did we get such a diverse mix of conversations but it was also nearly an hour & a half long!!! I really loved watching this episode bc it gave us such a beautiful insight into Toto's life, career and mind. I highly recommend giving it a watch whether you're a Toto fan or not bc there truly is so much wonderful stuff to learn from it ❤️

[equalseleventhirds]

also my phone died at the dmv so i had way too much time to think, and

if i were to like. put together a discord server of amateur/wanna-be podcasters, to like, share resources, brainstorm ideas, motivate each other/have workshops together, possibly find cast & crew amongst other amateurs, etc etc

would that be like....... something ppl would be interested in?

bcos yeah there's like five billion blog posts out there about 'how to start a podcast!!' but those can be intimidating and filtering out what works for you is hard, so having other ppl sharing resources that worked for them can help narrow things down a bit

and i know there's networking amongst ppl who are already podcasting professionals (mostly on twitter), but there is... less for ppl who are just getting started? and don't get me wrong, many podcast pros are very friendly and helpful to ppl just starting out! but if you're, say, looking for amateurs like you to volunteer & practice making podcasts so that you also can volunteer & practice making podcasts, talking to pros is not... the most helpful, necessarily? bcos they're onto like, the stage where they can pay their actors and create podcast companies, so they have more advanced advice than newbies would need.

.......and also i and other ppl have talked a lot abt things like accessibility and representation in podcasts, and some pros have talked abt it too, but they have like, A Platform and can present resources and advice on their platform, whereas a lot of us are just. on personal blogs. so perhaps those personal blogs could consolidate some of that stuff into like Resource & Advice For Sharing With Podcasters.

i mean like, i'm currently in a discord server for a group volunteer-run amateur podcast, and that's been great! they do writing workshops, share 'how to do this thing' stuff, find cast & crew for episodes amongst the people in the server, it's great for ppl who are beginners and want to do like one episode of one podcast!

but also would ppl be interested in like... a bigger version of that? kind of a loose network of creators for different podcasts & potential podcasts, rather than all doing one cohesive thing together?

i mean, ideal world & a lot of growth, ppl who join as beginners would be able to grow and move past the beginner stage and maybe become the sorts of ppl who make money & can pay actors, and who have podcast companies, and who have a Platform For Resources, and all that other good stuff. but also ideally if it did grow that much, new beginners could join and learn and work together, while also having resources from the older group.............. but that's like. a big if and far in the future.

........anyway. like i said i had too much time to think, and i may just be creating projects for myself bcos i'm bored, and also i say i'd make a server but can i even run a server? we'll see. but would this in fact be a thing ppl might be into? maybe? hm.