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We're Closing Season Four and Planning Season Five: Travel, Wildfires, and Podcast Roses & Thorns

Missy and Elisabeth catch up on a busy summer involving travel to see parents, a college summer boot camp, home projects, and multiple trips (Pullman graduation, Las Vegas, Burbank, San Juan Capistrano, and upcoming Nashville, Indiana, and Mexico). They discuss wildfires and water concerns in the West, including a visible fire near Tucson and shrinking water levels at Lake Powell and near Hoover Dam, plus a local perspective on long-term stewardship and water use. Health and bureaucracy come up with neck pain, MRIs, ROTC/FAA medical paperwork, and aging parents’ recoveries. They mark their podcast’s progress (first episode Sept. 20, 2023; this is episode 39; top downloads included the Sabina episode), share roses and thorns of podcasting, and brainstorm new season questions while considering taking the rest of summer off and returning in September with more consistent recording.

NOTE: The summary above and below sounds whack-a-doo because this truly is how our conversations go - ha! Composed with the help of our editing program. Enjoy!

00:00 Catching Up Again

00:19 Boot Camp And Season Plans

01:49 Weather Fires And Monsoons

04:00 Water Worries And Lake Powell

07:28 Graduation Trip And Vegas

09:50 Friends Nashville And Work Updates

12:35 Parents Health And Moving Talk

14:37 Mexico Trip And Tropical Ideas

18:17 Fireproof Bags And Paperwork

21:11 Health Issues And Podcast Milestones

24:13 Episode Milestone Chat

24:54 Roses and Thorns Reflections

26:35 Favorite Guests and Family Episodes

28:36 Stories Worth Preserving

31:22 Scheduling Struggles and Rejection

33:29 Season Five Question Refresh

36:14 New Prompts and Distractions

41:12 Upcoming Guests and Summer Plans

42:43 Signing Off and Life Updates

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Meet Andrea!

Elisabeth knows her from the Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP) where she leads the DC chapter, and shortly she will become the Online chapter lead.

The mission of ASAP is to provide arts classes to those serving in the military, veterans, their families and care givers to combat the challenges and isolation of military service. ASAP classes combat that isolation. Through comedy, story telling, improv, art, photography, musical performance (and many more) they provide a fun and vibrant community.

It's clear that Andrea enjoys her work with ASAP, and is helping encourage Missy to sign up for the next stand up comedy class :-)

Andrea is a delight - enjoy!

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Meet Phyllis!

Phyllis Wilson is President of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation – the only major national memorial honoring the 3 Million women who have defended America from the Revolutionary War to today.

Phyllis served 37 years in the Army as a Military Intelligence Voice Intercept Operator. She has served around the globe – visiting more than 35 countries – in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and North America. She has been mobilized numerous times to shoulder the duties of defense of the nation and has deployed to Iraq several times as an Intelligence Analyst with Special Operations.

If we could sum up Phyllis in one word it is: indefatigable! You can feel her energy in this episode!