On this week's Five Random Question, Arielle Nissenblatt, a podcast enthusiast and founder of Earbuds Podcast Collective, joins Danny for an engaging chat that includes being tattoo curious, who in history would receive a wedgie, a penile dare, and more. Let's jump in!

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Arielle Nissenblatt is the podcast enthusiast's podcast enthusiast. She's the founder of EarBuds Podcast Collective, host of three shows about the podcast industry, and is on the board of governors for The Podcast Academy.

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• Local Strolls: Manhattan from top to bottom in 35k Steps - Lonely Planet
• American Discovery Trail ® | Making Connections – the first coast to coast non-motorized trail

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Arielle: 00:00:00

There's a German word for when you go to a place or when you have a memory of something that you never actually experienced. I don't know the German word for it, but it's this idea that, like, I feel like I should have been there.

And I don't know, maybe that's also, like, reincarnation to an extent, but either way, wedgie. Somebody in the Roman Empire is for me.

Danny: 00:00:18

Hey, and welcome to Five Random Questions, the show where every question is an adventure. I'm your host, Danny Brown, and each week I'll be asking my guests five questions created by a random question generator.

The guest has no idea what the questions are, and neither do I, which means this could go either way. So sit back, relax, and let's dive into this week's episode. Today's guest is Arielle Nissenblatt. Arielle is the podcast enthusiast's podcast enthusiast.

She's the founder of Earbuds Podcast Collective, host of three shows about the podcast industry, and is on the board of governors for the Podcast Academy. Seriously, if you want to know anything about podcasting, this is your person. So, Arielle, welcome to Five Random Questions.

Arielle: 00:01:00

I'm so excited. My friends call me the best question asker, so I'm ready to have the tables turned on me.

Danny: 00:01:07

Well, you do have your question at the end of the episode.

Arielle: 00:01:08

I do, I do.

Danny: 00:01:09

So you're right back in your flyzone there. But quick bonus.

I mean, this isn't part of the five questions, but I know we've known each other for a little while, and as you mentioned, you're the podcast enthusiast's podcast enthusiast. So not part of the five random questions. But if podcasting wasn't around, what do you think you'd be doing?

Arielle: 00:01:30

I ask myself this question all the time, and I think the answer is, I would work in a hospital or I would work in clean energy.

And the reason I say that is because I think I am excited by industries that are either always moving like a hospital, and I don't know what I would do in a hospital. Maybe I reverse course and become a doctor of some sort or. And of course, that would take, you know, I'd have to.

I'd have to go back to school and everything, but I do think I'm interested in it. And I'm also interested in industries that seem to be, like, at the beginning of their. Of their paths. And I.

I do see that in clean energy, that there's still an opportunity to, you know, make a splash, which I really is what I enjoy about podcasting. But even if I I don't know. I'm always thinking about.

I'm always thinking about this question because I feel like I got so lucky that I live in a time that podcasting exists and is thriving, and I'm happy to be here.

Danny: 00:02:26

Awesome. And on the clean energy side, is there a facet of clean energy, one specific industry that you'd love to be heading?

The clean energy charge, if you like.

Arielle: 00:02:36

I like solar or hydro. Yeah, hydro is a little bit of a hint as to what my question for you is later.

Danny: 00:02:43

All right, I shall look forward to that. And I know you've spoken online. This is just, like a fun question, really.

I know you've spoken online about your adventures or misadventures in online dating, and you've shared sometimes your formula for finding people or weeding people out is the recommendations they'll give you for podcasts, et cetera. So how's that going? How's that going for you?

Arielle: 00:03:06

I am not online dating anymore because I have a boyfriend.

Danny: 00:03:10

Nice.

Arielle: 00:03:11

And the reason that we get along or that we got along initially is because he has a podcast. And, uh, he actually came to Podcast Movement, so that was really cool.

Danny: 00:03:19

Oh, very cool. And what was his. What was his recommendation, if you don't mind me asking?

Arielle: 00:03:23

His recommendation for podcasts?

Danny: 00:03:24

Yeah.

Arielle: 00:03:25

Um, let's see. I don't. I don't know if he actually replied to my question with a recommendation.

I think he was just like, I have a podcast about property technology. And I was like, good enough for me.

Danny: 00:03:36

That's it. I mean, awesome. Well, that's us ready for five random questions. And as I said, I was just curious about the online dating. Cause I know you've spoken.

You know quite a bit about that.

Arielle: 00:03:44

Yeah, it's faded from my talking points, thankfully.

Danny: 00:03:48

Awesome. Are we ready to jump into the five random questions, Arielle?

Arielle: 00:03:52

Yes.

Danny: 00:03:53

Awesome. Let's bring up the random question generator and see what we have for this. Here's a nice, simple one to get in there. Arielle, question number one.

Do you have tattoos?

Arielle: 00:04:06

You think this is simple, but it's not. I do not have tattoos. I have no tattoos. The answer is zero. But I'm interested.

I'm tattoo curious, I would say, but because I grew up in a Jewish household and my mom is still anti tattoo, it is a point of contention. I'm. I'm definitely tattoo curious.

If I were to get a tattoo, my dad owns a tuxedo shop, and I would get the logo of the tuxedo shop somewhere on my body. I don't know where. The funny part about this is that this whole, like, Jews can't get tattoos thing is really not a real thing.

There are a lot of Jews with tattoos, and they're okay and they're thriving.

Danny: 00:04:39

Well, I was going to say, because I've never heard of that.

Arielle: 00:04:41

I've got really.

Danny: 00:04:42

I know a lot of Jewish friends that have tattoos, and I didn't even know until you mentioned it. I didn't even know that was a thing. Is that it is a thing. Is that an urban legend or not?

Arielle: 00:04:51

It is an urban legend. That's kind of the issue, but there's probably some documentation on it in I don't know where.

I think these things have been debunked or disproven, but it's really just like a thing that Jewish parents don't like now. Although now so many Jewish parents do have tattoos. So times are changing.

Danny: 00:05:10

What I was going to say is that generational thing.

Arielle: 00:05:12

Yeah.

Danny: 00:05:12

I mean, obviously you're, you know, curious about tattoos and you love to get one. I will say, as someone that's got. I think I've got seven tattoos now. Once you get the first one, I know that's it. It's like a podcast.

Once you start your first podcast, you want more and more. What would be. So obviously you've got your. Your dad's shop logo, the business logo. Sorry. What do you feel...

What would be your most out there tattoo that you think you might want to get? If you could just have anything, you know.

Arielle: 00:05:39

Okay, I have an answer for this immediately. There's no way to do this. Well, but actually, I have two answers.

One, I have a big scar on my left arm from a rollerblading accident a few years ago, and I would love to turn that either into a branch or a river of some sort. River would be tougher. Or I really. This is so random. Love the blue New Mexico license plate. It's the most beautiful blue.

And yellow is in there as well. They're both super nice colors. They play really nicely with each other. I would love to get that tattooed on my body.

It's not possible, but I don't know how you would replicate the hue of that blue. But these are my aspirations and we're here on this show, so why not share them? And this is all to say, I don't even know that if I.

I don't even know that I would get one tattoo. I do worry about, like, how it will age and things like that, but. But these are when I am in an alter ego that has tattoos.

She has all those three tattoos.

Danny: 00:06:36

Yeah. And were you ever one of these people?

Because I know, like, there's some people that want to get tattoos, for example, but don't for whatever reasons.

And as you mentioned, it may be parental, maybe cultural or whatever, but they do kind of doodle and put, you know, maybe what tattoos they'd like and where, etc. Have you ever done that? Or is that not something you've never done? That really bothered me.

Arielle: 00:06:54

Never been there.

Danny: 00:06:55

So it's just mainly, if you got a tattoo now, how would you broach that with your mum then? You think your dad would be okay? It's just your mom's.

Arielle: 00:07:03

No, they're both not cool with it probably. But thankfully my sister has broken the ice and she's younger than me, so thank you for doing that.

And she got in, like, a little bit of trouble, but not as bad as I thought because ultimately, like, what can parents really do? She's not. It's not the worst thing you can do to your. To yourself.

Danny: 00:07:22

Yeah. And it is. Well, as you mentioned, it's not permanent. Hundred percent permanent.

You can get to tattoo removal now, but it's not something that can take you back to the shop and say, okay, I want a refund on this because it's there now. Right, Right. Yeah. All right. Well, you have to keep us up to date on that.

If you do get tattoos, let us know and we'll make sure to let the listeners know. Put on an update to this. This episode out on that. So there we go. Nice.

Not, maybe not quite a simple one to enter into, but currently Arielle doesn't have tattoos. But that's not to say never say.

Arielle: 00:07:49

Never, but it's not to say never say never say never, never, never, never, meaning I'm leaning towards no.

Danny: 00:07:55

Cool. So let's have a look then at. See what we have for question number two.

Okay, I think this is a good one for you because you've obviously, you've accomplished a lot at a young age and you've still got lots to accomplish. So question number two, Arielle, what do you wish you'd accomplished by now in life?

Arielle: 00:08:12

There is a walking path that goes from the east coast of the US to the west coast of the US called the American Discovery Trail, and I really want to walk it.

It would take months and months and months, and I do not know when I can possibly carve out time to do that and how I would finance it and all of the other logistics that come with that. But that is something that I wish that I would have accomplished by now.

Danny: 00:08:38

Is that an indigenous trail? Was that actually.

Arielle: 00:08:41

Maybe it's based on old, old, old trails, but the maintenance of it and the organization behind it, the American Discovery Trail is relatively new.

Danny: 00:08:49

Okay, and what part is that? Is that along, like one of the coasts that go through internal America or.

Arielle: 00:08:53

How does it goes in through the. It goes through the interior. It goes from Maryland to San Francisco, I think.

Danny: 00:08:59

Okay, and then you. Would you, like, say, a wild camp along the way? Do you stop at a B'n'B?

Arielle: 00:09:05

That's the question. You know, that's. That's where intense planning would come into play.

And I'm not a great planner, so I'm not saying it's not going to happen, but I would have to have a big shift in the planning tendencies in my brain.

Danny: 00:09:18

Right. And I guess, I mean, obviously you now, do you live with your parents still or are you on your own place now? You get your own place?

Arielle: 00:09:24

No, I'm on my own.

Danny: 00:09:25

So you don't have to sort of work around ins and outs with parents, et cetera. But like, you see, there's a lot of planning goes into it.

Because you're such an active podcaster and you're in the space, you feel you'd have to take a break from that. Would you do, like an ongoing trail update kind of thing, like a vlog or podcast?

Arielle: 00:09:42

I think hopefully what would happen is I would get some sort of cool sponsor like Patagonia, you know, to sponsor my shoes and sponsor my tent and sponsor whatever. This is very aspirational, but we're dreaming.

Danny: 00:09:54

Well, that'd be an awesome talk as well for like a podcast event. You know, you share technical.

You know, when you've got like technology limitations because of signal, or you're in, you know, like some, you know, rainforest or something.

If you've gone through that, well maybe not so much a rainforest in the US I'm not sure if there's a rainforest in the US, I'm thinking probably further south. But yeah, be an awesome, you know, talk and event to share if you were doing that.

And Patagonia is like an awesome partner there that I feel that totally really makes sense to make that happen. And have you done anything like that, maybe on a smaller scale then where you've done something like that?

Arielle: 00:10:29

Yes.

For the past three years, on the first Saturday in May, I have either attempted to or accomplished the act of walking around the island of Manhattan, thirty two miles in a day. It takes about twelve hours. The first year, I didn't make it the second two years I did make it, uh, the third year.

So the second year that I finished, it was easy. Like I, it was not painful. The second year, extremely painful. But I love it.

Danny: 00:10:54

I didn't know like Manhattan, it always. And this is showing my ignorance, so I apologize. I always view Manhattan is not like a part of New York, but like a part.

I know it's like on its own, but it doesn't seem that big, then you mentioned it was thirty two miles. Right, that's, that's quite big if you think.

Arielle: 00:11:12

No, it's an. It's very long, it's longer. But I mean the fact that you can walk thirty two miles in a day is pretty nuts.

Danny: 00:11:19

Well, yeah, I mean I, I always used to think that the average walking speed and I could be wrong.

I have an argument with my wife about this all the time because she's in kilometers and I'm in miles and we're trying to work out what the difference is. But I always used to think it was like three or four miles per hour was the average walking speed.

Arielle: 00:11:35

But I think, yeah, I think that's a slow pace, but yes, that seems right.

Danny: 00:11:38

So yeah, so I guess you could do it in a day. Maybe have a little rest here and now and again. Etc.

Arielle: 00:11:43

I probably could have done another five to ten miles the way I was feeling by the end of it. And I just love walking for transportation. I find it fascinating.

Danny: 00:11:52

And have you, have you got any goals for. I know you mentioned that the main trail and you've done the Manhattan, you know, island outline, so to speak.

Is there any more realistic walks that you like to do? Maybe that wouldn't need as much planning as the big trail one, but it would be a nice one to challenge yourself on or take part in.

Arielle: 00:12:14

Every city that I go to, I tend to sign up for a walking tour. So that's one of my goals, is just to always go on a walking tour.

Every city that I go to, not so much a feat of distance, but a feat of accomplishment.

Danny: 00:12:28

Right, and what exactly interests you? Well, what started your interest in walking? Was it just you like to walk or was there.

Arielle: 00:12:34

Yeah, I think it's. I think I love the. I love what humans. I love thinking about what humans were put on earth to do.

And one of those things was just to move with their own bodies. Yes, we have cars, yes, we have planes, yes, we have trains, but we also have our own bodies and that is transportation in and of itself.

So I like kind of going back to basics and using that, and obviously.

Danny: 00:12:53

That would tie back into your clean energy. You're not polluting with any airplane traffic, et cetera. Awesome. Well, it's not a trail, but we will take a walk along to question number three.

Okay, here's a fun one. Not had this one. I don't think I've had this one pop up actually, in any episodes. Question number three, Arielle.

If you could wedgie any historical figure, who would you pick?

Arielle: 00:13:18

If I could wedgie any historical figure, who would I pick? It's funny because it's the kind of punishment that's not, like, super painful, but it is annoying and it's inherently embarrassing.

So who do you want to annoy and embarrass and really just see their reaction? Right. Or is it a comedian who would make a really good joke out of it?

Obviously, the first person that comes to mind is Donald Trump, but I don't think we can call him historical yet because we're currently in the present, unfortunately. But wouldn't it be funny to watch him get a wedgie?

Danny: 00:13:53

Will be good.

Arielle: 00:13:53

React.

Danny: 00:13:54

Got big underwear as well. I believe that's.

Arielle: 00:13:56

Yeah, that's kind of. It would. It would be a big pull. Any historical figure, a wedgie.

I think somebody who's interesting to me is I've been doing a lot of listening to podcasts and audiobooks about the Roman Empire, and I'm interested in Caligula for some reason. And I just, like. I just love that. That time period. Obviously, it's a really long time period, but I would love to go there to that time period.

So if I need to do a wedgie to somebody in order to get there, I would do it.

Danny: 00:14:29

And that was meant to be like a fairly... I mean, I could be wrong. But wasn't that meant to be, like, a fairly debauched period of time in the Roman Empire as well?

Arielle: 00:14:36

Yes. He was a mess. He was a mess.

Danny: 00:14:38

It was. So what's like. What's attracted you to the history podcast, then?

Is it just you attracted history full stop, or is that a new genre that you're looking at?

Arielle: 00:14:47

No, I always love history. Specifically, I love early civilizations, ancient ruins, and things like that.

I went to Italy for the first time in September, and I was just obsessed with looking at remnants of civilizations that have, you know, long passed and what has supplanted them over the years. I find it really cool.

And there's a German word for when you go to a place or when you have a memory of something that you never actually experienced. I don't know the German word for it, but it's this idea that, like, I feel like I should have been there.

And I don't know, maybe that's also like reincarnation to an extent, but either way, wedgie. Somebody in the Roman Empire is for me.

Danny: 00:15:29

I wonder what would happen if you did that. Would you be, like, put into the Colosseum, you know, to fight with the tigers and the lions, etc. Or that'd be like a new craze.

Arielle: 00:15:39

Or they might be like, thank you.

Danny: 00:15:40

Well, yeah, exactly. Going with that time frame as well. Yeah, yeah. I'm not sure what that word is. I know that'd be. I guess the French equivalent is like, deja vu.

So it'd be the German equivalent of that. Where you've lived prior. You feel like a recognition to a place.

Arielle: 00:15:53

Yeah.

Danny: 00:15:54

My guest on the last episode, Dawn Brodey, she's got a great podcast called History I'd Like to Eff. And she goes to different. She's a history. Got a PhD in history. So that's a great podcast you might enjoy, you know, from a history point of view.

Arielle: 00:16:09

Yeah, I've heard of that one. I listen to it sometimes.

Danny: 00:16:11

Yeah. So it's like, okay, so where do this. I've never had that one before, so I like that. So we're going back to the Roman Empire.

And is it going to be Caligula or just anybody of import or specifically.

Arielle: 00:16:23

Let's say whoever I can get close to.

Danny: 00:16:24

Okay, so it could be Caligula. Could be one of as many cohorts, if you like.

Arielle: 00:16:29

Yes.

Danny: 00:16:29

Right. All righty. So wedgie historical figure. That interesting one. Never had that before. This is what I like about the show.

Arielle: 00:16:35

Really good. Random question.

Danny: 00:16:37

Perfect. All right, we're doing really well here, Arielle. Let's have a look and see what we've got for question number four. Okay.

I don't feel this one's come up, but let's go with this one. Question number four. What is the stupidest fung there? That's a stupid fung. What is the stupidest thing you've done because someone dared you to?

Arielle: 00:17:27

Nothing immediately comes to mind for this. I. I'm not a big dare taker. I usually choose truth in this situation or thankfully have been around people who, when they.

When they distribute dares, they're not super daring. So I don't know, maybe I've, like, yelled penis really loud in a crowded place. That could be it, though.

Danny: 00:17:53

Right? So it's not something you're not, like, I think of, like, the Old School movie, for example, Will Ferrell.

Can't remember who else is in that, but they do, like, stupid dares because they're, you know, older gents that go back to college for a semester or something.

Arielle: 00:18:08

I'm never usually. I'm never doing something that's going to endanger me because of a dare. I usually choose the danger myself and it ends up being okay.

Like, I don't know. I did this really cool. I went to Guatemala last December, and there was a swing that you could go back and forth.

It was a huge swing, and it flew into a river that was moving pretty fast, and I had to do that, but, you know, I wasn't dared. And it could have been bad, but it was okay. It was good. I did it multiple times now.

Danny: 00:18:37

So if someone came up with a dare, would you be more likely to do like a physical dare or more one that's like an action. So, as you mentioned, shout something or, you know, where'd you go? Up to that person and wedge you. That person, for example. Cool.

Arielle: 00:18:52

I think I'd be more likely to do something that just touches me. I think those are the differences between the two. Right. So there's the ones that infringe on somebody else's rights and the ones that infringe on me.

Danny: 00:19:03

And is there anything that you would never, ever do, do you think?

Let's say you were offered whatever amount you wanted to do, whatever amount was realistic to you, and it says, okay, we'll pay you this, but you've got to do that. Is there something you feel on yourself? Obviously, I'm not inflicting on anybody else that you wouldn't do no matter how much was offered to you.

Arielle: 00:19:23

I think it would probably have something to do with eating. I'm currently a vegetarian. I am. I've been a vegetarian for, like, fifteen years.

I've played around recently with the idea of starting to potentially eat meat because I want more protein in my life. But I don't think that I would ever. I could never watch something get killed and then eat it. It would make me cry too much.

Even though that's probably the most humane way to do it, you know?

Danny: 00:19:49

Yeah.

Arielle: 00:19:50

Because then, you know, whatever.

Danny: 00:19:52

Well, not. It's not the conflict as such, but that's the juxtaposition. Right.

Arielle: 00:19:56

It's like, yeah, just do it in the other room. I don't want to hear it. I don't want to see it. I probably won't eat it anyway. But just in case.

Danny: 00:20:02

Yeah. There's a guy, Tommy, I can't recall his name off his surname offhand at the moment.

Unfortunately, he's got a wild, a real, like a wildlife podcast, and he talks about rewilding and hunting and stuff like that and how that compares to the modern, you know, meat consumption and modern, you know, butchery, etc. And he says it is really ironic that the most humane way is the natural hunting way, if you were to, you know, look at that form.

But as you say, it's not something you want to watch either because it's still, you know, it's got eyes, et cetera.

Arielle: 00:20:38

And I, I will say, though, that if you offered me a sum of money, I would do that. You know, I would watch an animal die and eat it, but I'd be sad. So I don't know. There's probably. I'm sure there's. We could go on forever.

I would never eat a human for money. I would never eat whatever, but I would eat. I would do a lot of things for a lot of money, and I think a lot of people would.

Danny: 00:20:59

Well, yeah, exactly. I mean, at the end of the day.

So it's like when you get these questions, would you rather get a one off payment of ten million now or a million a year for twenty years? And obviously you get more taking it yearly, but you could die, you know, in that time.

So I'm always a fan of taking it all now and then, you know, spreading it out and distributing it whatever way you want to do that way.

Arielle: 00:21:19

Yeah.

Danny: 00:21:20

Okay, so we know that you the dares are not something that you'd do unless it's obviously A, not harmful to others and B, is not physically dangerous to your good self.

Arielle: 00:21:30

Right.

Danny: 00:21:31

Awesome. All right, so we're doing really well in coming through this one. We've got to the last question, which is awesome.

So let's have a look at what we have for the final question on this episode. Okay, here's a fun one just to finish off with Arielle. Question number five. What are you freakishly bad at?

Arielle: 00:21:51

So many things. Can I answer a few?

Danny: 00:21:54

Help yourself. Yep.

Arielle: 00:21:55

Okay, the first one that comes to mind, and I would like to immediately negate this once I say it, is math. I was told I was bad at math in fourth grade, and because of that, I believed it. I still believe it. I still think I'm bad at math. I don't.

My mind doesn't lend itself to numbers. I therefore go out of my way to not take on jobs or opportunities that will involve numbers or metrics or analytics and things like that.

And it's definitely held me back over the years, but I thought that was important to bring up because a lot of young girls are told that they're bad at math and therefore are not pushed into more of the STEM or the STEM fields. And I just think that that's important. So I thought I was freakishly bad at math as a kid. I am freakishly bad at golf.

I recently swung a golf club, and somebody took a video of me doing it, and it was horrible. I'd never seen anything like it in my head. I was much more graceful. I am pretty bad at. I did something funny the other day.

Oh, I'm really bad at, like, my own calendar, for example. I went to the dentist the other day knowing full well this is a ridiculous story.

Just know that I show up places and I don't necessarily have appointments. I am freakishly bad. I know. You asked for one. I'm freakishly bad at. We'll stop there.

Danny: 00:23:17

So the video for golf. Let's go back to that one. Have you shared that one? Or is that private? You're not ever.

Arielle: 00:23:22

I could share it. I could share it. It's embarrassing, but ultimately probably endearing.

Danny: 00:23:27

And was this your first time, if you played golf before or was this your very first?

Arielle: 00:23:29

It was my first time doing, like, a. It was at Podcast Movement this past year, and it was. There was, like, a golf drive area.

Danny: 00:23:37

Was that the place just off site where it was like the electronic place as well, hitting into the golf. Yeah, yeah, we had. We'd missed that. We were just getting back to the event itself at that time. I think we were downtown.

I can't remember why we're downtown for something. The Captivate team was downtown, and we got back. I think Ben and actually Pierre went to that and said it was really fun. It was an amazing, amazing place.

Arielle: 00:23:57

It was cool.

Danny: 00:23:58

I do want to pick up on the first point. Do you think that's changing for the better?

Because I know, like, our daughters heavily into, you know, engineering and science and in, you know, the technology behind that, and our school is real. Or her school, not my school, her school, not our school is really good at encouraging that.

And I find certainly compared to when I was, you know, her age, it's changed vastly. But you're obviously a lot younger than me. How do you feel it's coming on along in the school, what you're seeing opportunities now?

Arielle: 00:24:29

I do think that there's more awareness now for the dichotomy between what women are empowered to do and young girls are empowered to do and what men are empowered to do. Boys. And I think because of that, there's a movement to bridge the gap.

But, you know, it's still definitely true that women are given, or girls are given different roles than boys at a really young age. And that can form grooves in your brain that are really hard to smooth out. So I think while there's awareness, we're not exactly where we need to be.

So I do try to bring this up whenever I can, even if it's not, you know, super fitting.

Danny: 00:25:12

No, no, and it's. It's a good point. I'm curious where you feel the, the big opportunity is.

I know my wife, we went to an event for a company she used to work at years ago, and they did like Christmas gifts for kids.

So if you had kids, you'd get like, Christmas kids, Christmas gifts that you could take home from the event and, you know, put under the tree, et cetera. So we opened them up and the kids that... our son's gift was a doctor and our daughter's one was like a nurse or something, which was great.

It's in a great profession, but it was still very much that the boy's the doctor and the girl can be the nurse, which seemed weird.

So we actually complained to the company we brought up with HR, and from there on they actually made like, non gender specific gifts, which was great. But I'm wondering, does a lot of that start at home with parents? Does it in the workplace? Is it education?

Where do you feel is the biggest opportunity is for that?

Arielle: 00:26:06

Yeah, I think, again, more and more people are aware. Some people are choosing to actively counteract or actively go against the grain.

And some people just because it's easy and because, yeah, there are some things that girls are more inclined to want to do, there are some things that boys are more inclined to want to do. But I think just being aware of that and not necessarily saying that you must do this because you are this, or maybe you want to try this out.

Oh, the boys do that. Yeah. But anybody can do it. I think having more conversations like that is just important.

Danny: 00:26:39

No, one hundred percent, and I completely agree with that. And like you say, it might not be of. Might not have been relevant to the original question, but it's still a great point to make.

So always, always up for hearing that and where the opportunities are. So, Arielle, we've reached the end of your questions, and I don't think there was any bad ones that popped up.

I've had some guests on, bless them, where every question has been like a really deep dive, you know, a somber question.

Arielle: 00:27:03

Almost like into their life.

Danny: 00:27:04

Yeah, pretty much. But thankfully it wasn't like that today. That was good. As is my want, which is only fair for every guest.

We put you or I put you on the spot for twenty five, thirty minutes, et cetera. So now here's the part of the episode where I like to throw open and have you ask your random question to me.

Arielle: 00:27:22

Okay. I made reference to this a few times when I said that my question had to do with hydro. Then I talked about rivers for a little bit.

So I want to know what is your favorite type of, what is your favorite body of water and why I.

Danny: 00:27:38

Should say one of the lochs in Scotland because obviously that's where I'm from and they've got amazing lochs. Which is a lake, same thing as a lake.

Now for anybody that doesn't know where a loch is and I would say everyone's looking at a Loch Lomond up in there, sort of going in towards the Highlands.

Arielle: 00:27:55

It doesn't even have to be a specific lake or a loch.

It can be, is it a river, is it a lake, is it an ocean, is it a creek, is it and why, you know, and I do have an answer to this, which is why I, which is why I ask. I'm always curious.

Danny: 00:28:06

Okay, I'm going to give you two answers then. One is where we live. We live in a tiny little village in the central to northern part of Ontario in Canada.

And about a ten minute walk, maybe fifteen minute walk from our house is a big lake, natural lake. And it's got like a little beachy area.

It's got three or four islands in the middle of the lake that you can swim out to, kayak out to etc, you can do like cliff jumping and stuff. I don't do cliff jumping. I'm not that brave or athletic. But so that would be my favorite from near me.

But in general my favorite piece of water or body of water would be the sea, the ocean. I love the fact that it can be gentle and calm, but then it can just jump to like really wavy and bouncy and then get really stormy.

And I just think, you know, much like yourself with the clean energy. I love nature and I love just the power of nature that can, you know, it can bring and change in a heartbeat.

And why you should never ever think you can tame nature. No matter how advanced we get with technology, nature is always going to beat you. So I would say probably the sea because of how diverse it is.

But no, I like that. That's a really good one.

Arielle: 00:29:14

Good. I'm so glad.

Danny: 00:29:16

So what's yours then? Because you mentioned that you did have.

Arielle: 00:29:19

Yes, I love. I love water. So I have different favorite bodies of water based on what I want to do with those bodies of water.

So to just behold and think about history, I love rivers because it's how populations have grown, it's how trade has been transported over the years. I just find it fascinating that if you look at old maps, there's, you know, there's always going to be populations that congregate around oceans.

Sure. On the. On the coasts of countries, but also around rivers. And I find that so cool. But for swimming, I like. I like an ocean.

Danny: 00:29:51

And you have a particular one. I mean, obviously you're in the US you're surrounded by some great water areas there.

Arielle: 00:29:57

I have a favorite beach. It's in Puerto Rico. I went in twenty fourteen. So I don't know what it looks like now because there have been a number of hurricanes since then.

But it's called Culebra and it's just beautiful.

Danny: 00:30:08

Nice. Well, I've never been to Puerto Rica. Puerto Rico even. I was thinking Costa Rica. They're my bad, Puerto Rico. But I will look out for that.

I do like... the kids and I love getting in the water. Wife not so much, but we love just getting in there. My wife loves to be in the beach. Just making sure we're not being taken out by a rough tide.

Exactly. Exactly. So, Arielle, I really appreciate you coming on today's Five Random Questions and sharing your do's and don'ts with the listeners.

For anybody that wants to check out any one of your three current podcasts and any ones that you may be having down the line somewhere, check out online, connect online, because I can recommend you as a great person to connect with online too, or even look out for any events in the upcoming, etc. Where's the best place to listen to the show, connect with you, etc.

Arielle: 00:30:52

I am most active on LinkedIn now. A year ago, if you asked me, I would have said something like, I'm on Twitter still somehow.

And I am technically still on Twitter now, but I really have not been posting as much because I cannot be there. I'm on Bluesky now. I'm on Threads, I'm on everything.

But LinkedIn is where I'm most active and where I post most of my things that you can either attend or take part in.

Danny: 00:31:14

Perfect. And as usual, I will leave the links to LinkedIn, etc in the show notes so whatever app you're listening on, or even if you're listening online on the website, be sure to check the show notes out and you can link right through to Arielle and check all the good stuff that she's doing. So again, thank you for appearing on today's Five Random Questions.

Arielle: 00:31:30

Thank you.

Danny: 00:31:31

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