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Hello New Ricochet Family
I’m Bridget. Some of you might know me from Twitter (@bridgetphetasy)–it’s my primary residence. I’m very excited about my new podcast, Walk-Ins Welcome, that has been given a home here at Ricochet by the benevolent folks in charge. Each week I’ll talk to a guest about grit: how they persevere in life and how they get out of their own way. The idea for this show evolved as a reaction to what I see as a growing culture of victimhood; so instead of whining about how everyone is victim (and perpetuating the problem), I wanted to create something that motivated people and made them laugh.
For my debut episode I welcomed actor Steve Howey (you might know him as Kev on Showtime’s Shameless) and we cover a lot of ground from his first agent, the odd jobs you have to work before you “make it” to his thoughts about free speech, “let the psychos speak so we know who they are.”
It was important to me to create an evergreen hour that exists outside the news cycle, a little oasis you can tap into in the middle of a hard week or weekend or whenever and fill up on some humor, some stories and maybe a tip or a quote that invigorates you to keep fighting that good fight against your own demons. In a world that feels increasingly crazy, we can only control one thing: how we react to it.
That being said, at the end of each podcast, I’ll do a 5-10 minute check-in where I talk news, my love life or anything crazy that’s happened to me. For instance this week I talk about what is was like to go on Ben Shapiro’s Election Special on Fox News as a panelist and breaking up with my Twitter crush.
WARNING: Despite telling him not to swear–Steve has a potty mouth that couldn’t be contained–so don’t listen to this one in the car with the kiddos. Don’t worry–they won’t all be that explicit.
If you check it out, I hope you enjoy it. I look forward to getting to know the community here at Ricochet and hearing your feedback.
Have a great weekend!
Welcome to ricochet, though I suspect most will be too distracted to read your post right now. :)
I look forward to your podcast. May it provide a beneficial break from the weight of politics, having some of the same salutary effect as Dennis Prager’s weekly “Happiness Hour.”
That’s what I’ve always said!
Welcome. I enjoyed the first episode. Looking forward to more.
And what a breath of fresh air you are Lassie. Welcome, I’ll be checking you out. Do I need to bring my shillelagh to walk in?
Welcome to the best place to hang out.
Hi Bridget!
Well as topics go that is certainly a refreshing change of pace from so much else out there. Welcome aboard.
Welcome to the party. Podcast is in the queue; looking forward to it.
Welcome to Ricochet, @bridgetphetasy!
A break from politics, just what we all need I think! Time and space to relax and be refreshed, to recreate. Politics may be the least important thing that consumes us. At least I think it should be .
Hey, fyi the version in the super feed doesn’t have a profanity warning.
Weird, we labeled it explicit–so it should. I’ll ask the powers that be. Thanks!