Welcome to Homemakersheek Podcast. It is Monday and we are here to help you rescue the

art of home making from the daily grind. It's always a little grindy on Mondays. It's

a little grindy every day of the week. It's just a bit unreal. But yeah, so I am Angela,

read of Parisian Farmgirl joined by Shay Elliott of the Elliott Homestead and Shay Elliott.com. And

as it happens, we are the hosts of the show as it happens. We've been doing this for almost two

years, which is crazy. And we're really, really glad to be here with you today. So whether you're

folding laundry or taking care of small children or taking care of an elderly parent or

taking a toothbrush to the baseboards, whatever you're doing, if you're stuck in gridlock and rush

hour, we're here with you. You're not alone. Yep. Yep. You know, a lot has happened in these

last couple of weeks with like, if you have your pulse at all on like media, there's a lot going

on with Joe Rogan's podcast, which I think is so interesting because you have this guy who's a

cage fight commentator. Right. Slash stand up comedian who has now become the number one new

source in America. The number one news source in America. It blows my mind. And I think part of it

is podcasts. And I think we have found this with our podcasts. Podcasts really speak to people

because when I was trying to rack my brain, like, why is this so interesting? And I think

what makes it work is that most conversations require something of you. So if you meet your friend

for coffee and you're discussing something, you're listening, you're actively engaged with what

they're saying. Thank you very much for the coffee, honey. Oh, I need one. You know, there, like,

it takes energy on your part to interact socially and socially acceptable way with this conversation.

Right. What podcasts allow you to do is to be a part of a conversation. It does, but it doesn't

require anything of you. So you really just kind of get to sit and openly listen, chew on things,

maybe think about something you hadn't thought about before. It really is such an interesting form

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