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podcast. My name is Ginny Earch. I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside. And one of your favorite

guest is back, Aaron Lyon. Welcome. Thank you. Thanks for having me back. So we talked, we actually talked not that long ago,

and I had read your older book, which at the moment is escaping me. Rooted in Wonder.

Rooted in Wonder. I know I posted about it so many times. I can picture it even in my head.

Ruted in Wonder, and it was such a phenomenal conversation. And then you were like, well, I have a newer book. And it's called The Nature of Rest with the Bible and Creation teach us about Sabbath living. Thank you for coming back. Yeah, thanks so much. I love this topic. And it's a joy to get to share about it. So this is almost like a six-week devotional with these different parts of the book that have under the microscope and the roots and rest and reflect. And I love the topic too. You also have your own podcast. Tell us about that before we dive into the nature of rest. Thank you. Yeah, I teach a podcast for kids and families, Nat Theo, that's short for natural theology. And it is nature lessons rooted in the Bible. So we dive deep into all sorts of creatures like the axoloddle and we're

doing giraffes upcoming and different plants and ocean creatures. But really what we're looking

at is how does all this work and what does it teach us about God? So our kids are learning science

and scripture at the same

time. Where did that idea come from? Oh goodness. I never planned on podcasting. I never planned on

children's podcasting. At the time I was writing books for parents and nonfiction parenting books.

And then I started working as a master naturalist, which we talked about last time. And when Rooted and Wonder released, I just got this little idea in my mind about what Jesus' favorite bird might have been. And so I wrote up this little script and put it out there. I didn't even know how to start a podcast. So I'm Googling like, how do I get this thing on the air? So that night, I figured it out and it goes off into the inner webs.

And lo and behold, some people listen to it. And then I put out another episode and I'm thinking, okay, this will be a hobby. Like, I'll have fun. And when I get a little idea, I'll put it out there. And really quickly, my husband and I were watching it and were like, wait, wait, there's something to this. Like people are listening. A lot of people are listening. And so very quickly,

it actually became the bulk of my work. And that's our main focus now is the Nat Theo podcast. Okay, so tell me about, so people know, when does it come out? And, you know, how do you prep for it? Like, do you have a long list of ideas? Are there constantly new ideas? Yeah, we release

every Tuesday. We have a new lesson and then we do a bonus episode once a month with like a special

guest scientist or to help the kids really see what they can do in the nature and science world.

But every Tuesday is a new lesson. And the prep looks, I mean, we are usually planned out two to three months on episodes,

but it's funny because sometimes it's just stuff I'm really curious about, like octopus

and true eels and electric eels.

And other times it's what my kids are curious about or what they're teaching me.

Like, mom, did you know this?

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