This is PediCast.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to PDACast.

It's a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of a nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It is October 29th, 2014.

Episode number 300.

And we're calling this one Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

So I want to welcome everyone to the program.

So at episode 300, it's been eight years in the making.

And, you know, I try to do this about once every year or so. Just a really quick recap of where we've

been historically. And because, you know, each year we get some new listeners out there. And, you know,

some people wonder how in the world does it,

does a pediatric podcast get started, especially when it's been around for eight years.

And the, the quick story is that I was in an office practice at the time, just practicing

private pediatrics. And, you know, I looked at it as an extension of my office practice.

And let's face it, it was a legitimate excuse to geek out a little bit on technology.

Podcasting was in its infancy.

And prior to medical school, I had spent some time as a DJ at a skating rink, starting at age 10.

They paid me in refreshment items.

...