This is NPR's Life Kit. I'm Lauren McGockey, a producer here at NPR.

And whenever I tell someone I work for NPR, I usually hear something like this.

I have an amazing idea for a podcast.

Okay, so check it out. It's a podcast all about it.

Aren't you guys make a podcast about why there aren't any pizza?

I've heard it all from the absolutely ridiculous ideas.

It's called the pod, and it's just whale noises.

So the ones that actually sound pretty awesome.

Okay, it's called Four Weddings in a Funeral, and it's a mix of the vows column and the obituaries.

And chances are, if you're listening to this, you probably have a podcast idea.

It might even be a good one.

So I'm here to tell you that you don't have to wait for NPR to make your dream podcast.

You can make it yourself.

In this episode, how to make a podcast that people want to listen to

with advice from the folks who do this stuff every day?

To kick things off, I want to play a little clip from someone who made their own podcast

dreams come true. Hi, I'm Anya.

And today, I'm going to tell you the story of an immaculate conception.

It didn't happen in the Bible. It happened on my mom's lunch break.

What my mom likes to say about it is this.

I f***ed a surrender, and then I had two kids.

Me and my younger brother, Ari, were products of artificial insemination.

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