Hi friends, welcome to a very special episode of that sounds fun. I'm your host Annie F. Downs. It is a busy week, but I'm excited to be here with you today to announce the newest show to join our that sounds fun network.

We have got a great show and store for you now. We get this question all the time. What is a podcast network? Well a podcast network is kind of like an amusement park of podcasts. All the rides are a little different.

But if you like one of them, there's a good chance that you'll enjoy all the others as well. We have an incredible lineup of shows on the that sounds fun network. So be sure to check those out at that sounds fun network dot com.

Today, I'm excited to let you know that our newest podcast on the that sounds fun network is hope still wins with a guy we all know and love our friend Ben Higgins.

And it was on the T S F couples 2021 with his lovely fiance Jess and it is episode 136. He's a host and author a speaker and co founder of generous coffee. So his IG TV series hope still wins is now a podcast. The show is going to start today and release every Tuesday.

So go ahead. Why you're listening to me. Open your app. Go find hope still wins. Go ahead and subscribe. Ben is going to sit down with influential thought leaders to discuss all sorts of topics ranging from faith and music to mental health and racial injustice. Nothing is off limits.

Each guest shares personal stories that have shaped their current view on hope ultimately answering the question does hope still win. Why or why not with episodes airing every Tuesday. These stories are meant to serve inspire and connect us becoming a better and more hope filled world together.

I think you guys are going to love this show and love this conversation with the newest member of the that sounds fun network family. Our buddy Ben Higgins.

Welcome to that sounds fun podcast but bigger welcome. That sounds fun network. I am so pumped. I am so pumped. This is going to be so fun. You're coming in June. It's like you're bringing the summer party to the that sounds fun network.

It's interesting. For years I've done things that are awesome. Things that I never would have expected to do. But they've all been things that I've kind of placed into.

Things I still care about. But the podcast I guess in this year's been a year of things that I've always dreamed of doing. I came out the book and then hope still wins the show that I was able to create because in 30, 40 years.

Like this would be something I still want to be doing. And so now to have it becoming a part of your network. Perfect. I really believe the perfect partner for hope still wins. And I think most people would agree with that.

Yeah.

Is just exciting for me. But it's also an emotional time for me too because all of this is came full circle. Now I feel like I'm in a seat where I'm like, you know, this is what I've always dreamed of.

Wow. Yeah, because one of my well, let's back up just a little bit. That's really profound actually. Have you thought about that a long time? Has that been like reminating in your brain?

Well, kind of. I mean, you know, when.

What helps the win started. I was like, this is something I could do for a year. Like I could do it during the pandemic. It's going to be a great space for me to stay sharp on like my interviewing skills and also just getting to meet people.

And I was as I was doing it, I was learning so much. And I was getting kind of response. I wouldn't want right like people just saying, OK, this was good for me or hey, this was helpful for me.

And all of a sudden it started to become this place where I felt like I belonged. And so I've kind of been thinking about it for a year now because I never expected an Instagram show to turn into what it is now and for it to feel like it does now.

So yeah, I guess I have been thinking about it for a while. What made you even start hope still wins on Instagram the pandemic? Yeah, the pandemic. So I was getting ready to enter into you know, the book was already in processes coming out our twin books.

Our twin books same day release.

Maybe.

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