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#45: Our 2025 Podcast Episode Recap
Episode 4531st December 2025 • Now That I'm Engaged, How Do I Get Married • Kevin Dennis
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In this episode of Now That I’m Engaged, How Do I Get Married?, Kevin and August wrap up 2025 by reflecting on a year of growth, standout conversations, and the wedding planning insights couples found most helpful.

They look back on their most-played episodes, discuss recurring themes like guest experience and wedding-morning timelines, and highlight why thoughtful planning—and the right team of wedding professionals—can make all the difference. The conversation also touches on non-traditional ideas, using AI as a planning tool (not a replacement for wedding pros), weather considerations for outdoor weddings, and how pop-culture moments can influence wedding trends.

As they head into 2026, Kevin and August share what’s next for the podcast and their goal to build even more community and listener engagement in the year ahead.

Highlights

  1. 27 episodes in 2025, up from 17 the year before
  2. Fan-favorite episodes and guest takeaways
  3. Why guest experience matters throughout the day
  4. The importance of planning your wedding morning
  5. Non-traditional ideas couples are embracing
  6. AI as a helpful starting point—not a substitute for pros
  7. Weather planning and outdoor wedding considerations
  8. Looking ahead to more episodes and community in 2026

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Kevin Dennis (:

All right, folks, we've come to the end. We made it to the end. So welcome to the last episode of Now That I'm Engaged, How Do I Get Married starring Kevin and, no, not, don't say ever, of the hated 2025 year. We've come to the end.

August Yocher (:

To the end.

No, I'm just kidding.

2025. I didn't feel like it was that bad.

Kevin Dennis (:

Meh, not everyone.

But we had lots of episodes, 27 episodes this year, Missy.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm. No, I know that's quite a bit because I mean if you guys have been with us since the beginning we only had 17 last year so 10 more this year. Hopefully we get a whole what how many weeks are there in the year like 52? Yeah, so hopefully we have 52. 2026 that's the goal.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. And our goal.

52.

I'm old, you should remember that

stuff. But we had some of our most played episodes this year. We had Nora, our episode 35, and Mark Addington with episode 25, Tanya and Lindsay from episode 26, and then our live, first ever live episode, 33, and then our first couple we ever interviewed on the podcast.

with DJ and Jacob were on ⁓ episode 38. Those are our most played episodes of the year.

August Yocher (:

I kind of like how it's a nice mix of types of episodes and types of people and then also times of the year, right? It wasn't like all at the beginning or all at the end. It's kind of mixed and I can appreciate that the listeners kind of moved around and, you know, gave some love to other episodes too. So I think that's super cool. But.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Yeah. Well,

we're to be doing another live episode next month from the lighthouse. We've we've been requested to come back.

August Yocher (:

Yes.

I know I'm excited about that too because I missed the last one. I was sick, unfortunately, but I'm excited to see it. And yeah, it's cool. We keep frequenting the Lighthouses, our live spot. ⁓ But yeah, mean, also congrats to all the guests we had on that were able to get those ⁓ downloads. just, yeah, thanks to the guests in general for coming on this year. It was great to have all of you and hopefully we get some

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

repeat guests back for you listeners out there.

Kevin Dennis (:

And our most said word on the podcast was couples, remember?

August Yocher (:

Yes, yeah, that was really funny.

Shout out to Riverside, our recording platform. They made these cute little kind of like the Spotify wrapped ⁓ concept, but just little videos. one of them was, yeah, what was the most said word in couples? That makes a lot of sense since we are doing it for you, the couple. So I thought that was very cutesy.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, that's what we're here for.

So as we go through this ⁓ August, we like to recap a little, go back and look at some of the episodes. So did you have an episode that stuck out to you from this past year?

August Yocher (:

Yeah, let's see. So if you guys listen to our last episode of the year last year, so 2024 going into 2025, we did the same thing where we kind of revisited all of our episodes of the year and talked about our favorite moments and our favorite highlights. And I feel like I'm going to kind of do two at once. And I don't know if this this is this is not a cop out, but episode

19 and also episode I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling. What we are was that one earlier in the year? Maybe it was just one when we had our own fantasy sound DJs on the podcast. And I don't know why, but those are just like nonsensical fun. Like, obviously, we have a theme and we are trying to answer a question. ⁓

Kevin Dennis (:

Nope.

Yep.

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

for the audience, but it's just fun when we get everybody together. And that one, I think, was one of the only podcasts we had where we were like almost an hour or over an hour long. We were, yeah. No, I know. That's why it was so funny. And there's a lot of good little sound bites in that one. anyway, ⁓ that one, our topic was how DJs save the day.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, we went a little too long, but you can't shut those two up.

August Yocher (:

on your event day, so just like wedding curve balls that you might not expect and essentially what their role is as a DJ. And they had some really great answers on there and ⁓ they told a lot of good stories too. So if you're looking for a good story time episode, I feel like that's a good one to go back and revisit.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, I love it. It was fun and it's, you know, it's hard not to laugh when you have Glenn, Norm and I, know, making, and we pretty much just make fun of each other the entire time. So that's what's a lot of fun about that one.

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

ly need another DJ episode in:

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, we will for sure do that. So,

all right. And then one that I think I drove you nuts on this episode more. I think, yeah, I think you like hated me after this episode was our episode of coordinator versus full planning or full service planner with Lindsay and Tanya.

August Yocher (:

⁓ okay.

Haha!

Right, right, yeah, no,

he likes- I was literally fine, but he's- he always will bring it up and be like, he was beating an alleged dead horse the entirety of the episode. Do you want to recap that moment for the audience here? Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Hehehehe

I did, I did not let it go.

It was the Mothin Law

that made Lindsey Goff wanted to flip off the other bomb.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, no, that was crazy. but yeah, in case you guys didn't listen to that one, Lindsay was telling a story. We were just talking about, was it like Bride Zilla's first? And then we were like, oh, JK, it's actually the moms that kind of tend to take on that role a little bit more so than our brides. But essentially, the two mother-in-laws were fighting, right?

Kevin Dennis (:

Momzillas.

No, yes,

yeah, was it, I thought, or wasn't it the mom in the other, and the new mom? I don't remember. But there was, it was, yeah, it was two moms. Yeah.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, like both mothers on each side, they were

feuding and then basically they were trying to use Lindsay, our guest coordinator, as the middle man and asked one mother-in-law, asked Lindsay to flip off the other mother-in-law, like a little message.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

And I continued to work that in there as much as I could. I did not let...

August Yocher (:

Yes. And if we

have them back, you should bring that back around. But yeah, as far as other that was, feel like a good episode. With with all the other content as well, not just the the flipping off part.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. Yeah. It was...

Yeah, that-

Well, you know me, I don't let it go. If you ask my wife, she'll agree that I say the same thing over and over again. So, there some kind of thing in there that you're supposed to be really smart if you do that? So, I've heard that before. So, I don't know, if you say the same thing and do different things over and over again, it means you're really smart. maybe I am a little smart. Not really smart, but just maybe a little bit.

August Yocher (:

No, it's okay.

Wait, what is it?

Yeah, well that was our

third most listened to episode, so people were getting something out of it. But I think that was a good one.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, yeah. I know. You know, I was

thinking, okay, so moving on, have quick talking about Kevin and flipping off people. So it's episode 30 with Janice Carnival. It was how to plan the perfect wedding morning and stay on time. And she gave us so many good little tips and tricks on, you know, like what time to do your hair and makeup and how many hours to plan, you know, for beauty and just so much that

August Yocher (:

Yes.

Kevin Dennis (:

I think couples forget what goes into the wedding morning. There's so much to go into it. And that wedding morning really determines is everything gonna go off on time in the afternoon.

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

No, I totally agree with that. I feel like she had a lot of good nuggets in a short amount of time. So if you're looking for a lot of good information, that was a really good one. And kind of a...

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

I mean, I feel like what we kind of talked about in that episode too is that we put so much focus on the reception and the ceremony, like the day that you kind of overlook how important it is to plan ahead in the morning too. And you want to wake up on the right side of the bed. Well, and I don't know if we use that analogy, but like, you know how people say like breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I almost feel like you can apply that.

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

Like you need to make sure your morning goes well so the rest of your day stays going well.

Kevin Dennis (:

Well...

And if you don't eat a good,

yeah, you need some protein, not, you don't need to be eating donuts and pastries all morning and you turn into hangry, mean, know, bride or groom, you need to be happy and have a good breakfast, you know, with protein and good food. And then that way you're going to have so much better day. And that's where I think a lot of couples go wrong is they eat crap on their wedding day because it's quick and easy.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, no, it's true. ⁓ I want to talk about kind of, ⁓ I guess kind of more of a niche category. I really liked ⁓ Brittany Branson who came on.

Kevin Dennis (:

Who's gonna do that one next? Yes.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, okay, so I'm glad

I brought it up. Yeah, because I really feel like, I don't know, like she had a lot of good info, but also like I think a theme on this podcast and this honestly probably could have been one of our top words other than couple is non-traditional. I feel like we throw that word out a lot too, but I do feel like couples are looking for more ways to be non-traditional and just unique in the experience.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

of their wedding day.

Kevin Dennis (:

Well, it's,

and one of my favorite things, guest experience, so.

August Yocher (:

Yes,

that could be also, I feel like a big word as well, but she is a live wedding artist and she talked about kind of the beginning, middle and end of that process and what you get out of it and what your guests get out of it. Like Kevin said, guest experience, it's not just a keepsake for you, but also a live entertainment option for your guests throughout the reception and

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

And also a cool thing about her is I really liked how she was painting her way through the states. So she's working on doing a wedding, a live wedding painting in each United States. Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

Yes, and she has so

many more to go and that's I love that she yeah, that's a kind of a fun little story and her husband works for the airline so it's easy for her to travel to all these different states and yeah, it and she'll go anywhere and bring her canvas and she's it sounds like she's got it down down to a science. Yeah, so and she's a really it's funny. So you know, we're talking to brides and grooms and couples here, but she does a lot on the

August Yocher (:

Right.

Kevin Dennis (:

on the wedding business side. So she's a really great speaker as well. And she's just a really good person with a big heart.

August Yocher (:

Yes, no, I totally got that, very genuine, very sweet. I really liked her. Yeah, it needed to be highlighted.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, so it's funny that we both went to that episode because I thought it was fun and unique. Yeah. And

then one more that we mentioned earlier that I think I was going to mention is episode 38 is where we had our couple that we both coordinated their wedding. We worked with them. But DJ and Jacob, and they were just such a fun couple that we wanted to bring them back when we stole our

August Yocher (:

Okay.

Yes!

Kevin Dennis (:

there are, you know, the name of the podcast, but we said, now that I'm married, how can I help others? And so I think that's a cool series that we're going to have to try to continue on in 2026 and go through. But they just kind of went through like they're non-negotiables and, you know, why mingle that cocktail hour? And they made a case for the first look and, you know, building your good team. I mean, it was just one. They're two really good, good people, but it was just fun to

August Yocher (:

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

to hear, you know, let couples hear from an actual couple that has been through it.

August Yocher (:

No, I agree. And I definitely want to continue on with that because I think it's one thing to hear advice from like wedding professionals. Well, and I think like different for you, too, because, Kevin, you've been married. I haven't. But I'm also just taking my experience of what I've seen in the industry. But to hear it like fresh from someone and, you know, hindsight is the clearest. anyone who's just lived the experience can now kind of

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

talk about the ups, the downs, the middles, everything that came with that. I think that's very valuable to anyone who's currently in the process. yeah, they were just, I love DJ and Jacob. They were super cool. I love them.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yes,

but also wasn't their episode the most listened to episode outside of the US, right? Yeah, on Spotify. So many things to keep track of, but yes, on Spotify.

August Yocher (:

on Spotify. Yeah.

Yeah, they were fifth

overall, but like first on Spotify. They might have been first on YouTube, too. I didn't include YouTube when we are talking about these numbers, but yeah, they were first on Spotify, which I think is super cool. yeah, but yeah, definitely want to continue that series. Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

As we move on. Yeah, I totally agree. It's fun. And something

else we need to continue, which we started and we never got to finish is wedding pros versus AI. Who knows best? So what? What's

August Yocher (:

yeah.

Yeah.

I definitely think going into that

I expected different than what we...yeah. But I also think, you know, because when did we record that? I think I put the date on there.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah!

October 14th.

August Yocher (:

And can I just say, I mean, it's only been like two and a half months since then, but I already feel like the conversation surrounding AI has already just been severely heightened, you know?

Kevin Dennis (:

Ciao!

Yeah, and I think

AI is getting stronger and more prevalent every day. So it just as we go through this, but it was very interesting and it was actually a lot very a lot of people in the wild were telling us that they really enjoyed that episode. So we will have to put hey girl hey back to work and what do you call your? Your miss girl. Yeah, yours is miss girl and my chat chibi T is hey girl hey.

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Yeah.

miss girl. Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

And so we've got to put them back to work in 2026 and we'll continue down the wedding pros versus AI, who knows best.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, and I think ultimately,

like, if you guys haven't listened to that episode and your interest has been piqued, I think the goal is essentially to prove that, you know, while AI may seem like a good starting point, we really want you to put your trust into humans, into wedding professionals at the end of the day, because AI can only get you so far.

Kevin Dennis (:

think it's a good start. That's the best way to look at it. Yeah, it's a good.

August Yocher (:

No, I agree. Yeah, and I think that's what we said at the beginning was like, it's a good

like starting point, but should not be your end all be all for everything. ⁓ I think another one I want to circle to another kind of niche category, which was like super interesting. we I mean, I don't know if you knew I didn't know existed when we did the episode was ⁓ our guest, Andrew.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, I agree. All right.

August Yocher (:

Levitt from Ironic. ⁓ He is a... Yep, he is an event meteorologist. So essentially they use their concierge meteorology service. So they will work with couples to essentially predict what your weather might look like on the day of your wedding. So therefore you can kind of manage

Kevin Dennis (:

⁓ yes!

Don't you think?

He

August Yocher (:

provisions, you know?

Kevin Dennis (:

Well, like, do you

need, yeah, do you need heaters? Do you need shade? Do you need, you know, extra water? Yeah, they help you kind of bring it all together in practical ways to like, you know, access risks that are involved with like flooding, wind, soft ground, you know, for the grass, because it rained the last week or yeah, Andrew's a great guy. And I happened, I went to New Orleans ⁓ earlier this month to

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Yes.

Yeah.

yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

because we were getting ready for the NAIS ⁓ experience, which will happen in ⁓ New Orleans. And we were doing a site visit and I happened to fly on an airplane back with him to Dallas. yeah, yeah, I ran into him at the airport and he heard us talking crap about ⁓ the wedding industry and then he chimed in and I'm like, my God, I know you. then, yeah, no, yeah, no, he's a real.

August Yocher (:

didn't tell me that, that's so cool! Wow!

Yeah, that's so funny. No, yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Really good guy, super smart, I love, you can't get much more niche than event meteorology. But if you think about it, imagine Taylor Swift and Mr. Kelsey, they're planning a multi-million dollar wedding. don't you want to know everything about that and how to accommodate and take care of the guests?

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Probably multiple days too. Yeah.

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

So I think, yeah, I just think it's a very much needed, know, interesting, very niche, you know, but also can you imagine the stories he gets?

August Yocher (:

No totally.

No, I know. And we got a couple out of him. So if you guys want to hear those, listen to that episode. But but no, yeah, that was it was super cool. I'm trying to remember. One of them, he told, was really long, but it was crazy. Like, I remember like a whole tent flew over and the tent had like chandeliers and stuff in it and they had to go replace it. But I think that was the part that I found even cooler was the fact that it's not just like, a few months out.

Here's the info, do with that what you will. They're like holding your hand through the day of your event, right? And they're there with resources, right? Like, your tent did fall over. we do need this. We do need that. Because of the weather, they have vendors they can connect you with to solve those problems. And I thought that was just above and beyond super cool.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. Yeah.

I agree. It was really fun. All right. And so speaking of Taylor and Travis back in October. I know I'm good at this. I may be becoming a professional at this podcast thing. But anyway, episode 41 we did. had Ariana and Susan who are Taylor Swift. Like, what do call them? Swifties? Yeah. Yeah. See, I don't even know. But I took the main lead as the

August Yocher (:

⁓ good segue! Yeah. Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Swifties.

Kevin Dennis (:

as the host because you were also a guest on there because you're a Swifty yourself, but we talked all things Taylor and Travis's wedding. And I told you I've had a dream that I was like working their wedding, right? Yeah.

August Yocher (:

Yes.

Yeah, no, it's because

just for everybody like Kevin, like you came to me one day and you were like, what if Taylor came and asked us to do her wedding? Should we do it? And I was like, hell no. And Kevin's like, we can do it. And that's the difference between him and I. But he could not.

Kevin Dennis (:

I'm like, yes. I would

thrive in that chaos and taking care, and I think the biggest pain in the butt for their wedding is gonna be Jason, keeping Jason under control. But I also think Jason's gonna step up, because I feel like he does that. When it's time to let loose, he lets loose, but when it's time to step up, he 100 % steps up. So, yeah.

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

⁓:

like I would love to be amongst the chaos, like you said, but would I want to be the one organizing the chaos? don't know. But like, I will follow your lead.

Kevin Dennis (:

I would thrive. I would thrive in it. I would love it. I would love it 100%. Yeah,

I would love it, love it, love it. I would be right there in the middle of it and making it all happen. then that hug at the end of the night from Travis and Taylor would be absolutely amazing. They couldn't have done it without us. yeah, I would thrive in it. I would love it. we talked about, it was funny. At the time, we didn't know when it was. Is it a fall timeline? Is it a...

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

my god.

Priceless.

Everything.

Kevin Dennis (:

When is it gonna happen? So it was that all

August Yocher (:

running on

just our imagination.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, now we know it's June, right? Is it confirmed it's June?

August Yocher (:

source was verified, I'm not sure. ⁓ That might have just been a rumor. Because I think we were like, we're not going to be sure until they say it. we essentially just took everything from the photo, the infamous engagement photo, and then the podcast episode, right? That was out at the time, I think.

Kevin Dennis (:

Okay.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm. Yep. already yep. Yep, the most

watched podcast episode ever in history was Travis Jason and Taylor

August Yocher (:

and recorded on Riverside, right? Yeah. Yeah. Which is super cool.

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm. Yeah, it was they record on Riverside, Yeah, and

they did it live and it broke all kinds of member partway through it broke and because they I mean worth

August Yocher (:

Yeah, because we all

watched it as an office on, I think, YouTube. We were watching it. So.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. Yeah, and it like

something broke part way through and they had to like I missed a lot. had to go back and watch the last 20 minutes later because I ended up at an event. Yeah, you didn't get to see it. See the very bitter end. But yeah, no, it was it'll be interesting. I still think ⁓ their wedding will rival, ⁓ you know, a royal wedding and over there in London. But, you know, for England, I mean, it'll be it'll be interesting.

August Yocher (:

Yeah, same.

Kevin Dennis (:

It's gonna, it'll be interesting to see how much trends and how much comes out of this as well. And plus we do have a little connection to this wedding because of our girl Karina. So one of our couples made of, or the brides made of honor is Karina who's her keyboardist. And I had no idea ⁓ when she was giving her speech, she just kept talking about how the

the bride would come and support her through her music career and went on and on and on about how much support she's given her throughout the years and she's always been her biggest fan and da da. And so in the middle of her speech, I threw Karina's name in the internet and the very first photo that popped up was her and Taylor Swift. So, yeah, well, sometimes you gotta figure out if the people are telling the truth or not. So, yeah, and I was like, my God. And then.

August Yocher (:

Like a detective.

That's true. That's true.

No, that's super

cool.

Kevin Dennis (:

And she's all over all the stuff. She's in the book and she's in the documentary and all that good stuff. So someone to tailor. Like Kevin Bacon, how many people are we with? Yeah.

August Yocher (:

like how many people are you removed? Yeah, just one. That

which is, yeah, super cool, honestly. Not a lot of people can say that, but I love those. Those are funny. OK, I think. ⁓ sorry, go ahead.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah. Yeah, no. Yeah. Well, and then

no, go ahead. I'll let you go and then I have one more.

August Yocher (:

Okay, I was going to say I feel like we should just, I want to hit at least our most played episodes. So I wanted to hit Mark Addington. That was episode 25 back in March. And we were talking about the difference between a wedding DJ and a wedding emcee and if an emcee is necessary for your wedding day. And that one was really good and I think very informative because I don't think

Kevin Dennis (:

Yep.

August Yocher (:

A lot of couples know that they are separate things going into their wedding day and that a good wedding DJ MC like Kevin and any of our Fantasy Sound DJs can do both and they really are kind of driving the timeline in a way and keeping your guests organized and that whole episode just really talks about how imperative all of that is to the flow of the day.

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

as both.

Mm-hmm.

Well, and I liked when he got into the common mistakes that couples make when asking a friend to MC. So that was a good, interesting, like I remember that part of the conversation was a of good information came out of that as well. Well, and then it's funny. So keeping with the ones that were the most popular this last year was the live episode. So that was so much fun because we had so many different of our friends, you know, and

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

I agree. Yeah, that was a good one.

Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

You ended up being sick, so I ended up having to carry the load and went, that's okay, I went, wasn't it over an hour? It was long.

August Yocher (:

Sorry.

Yeah, no, it was

it was long because we had what like I think like eight, eight or nine guests. It was quite a lot. Yeah. Ranging from like florists, photographers, planners, like rental people. We had a stationary person. There was vendors of all kinds sitting on that.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, and then we even had crazy,

crazy JD from Status Salon was on there.

August Yocher (:

Her story was funny. I know she talked about the, was it a Lake Tahoe bride with her hair? That was a good story. I thought that one was funny.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

Yeah,

I just like giving JD a bad time.

August Yocher (:

You guys had a good back and forth energy on that episode.

Kevin Dennis (:

Well, because we're,

I pick on her and she picks on me right back, You're so funny. And we talked about episode 26 already because of the middle finger with Tanya and Lindsay, right?

August Yocher (:

There you go. Yeah.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

I think we need to touch on Nora a little bit. Episode 35. Our most played episode. We got to touch on that.

Kevin Dennis (:

yeah, Nora. Who can not forget? Yeah,

it's the number number one. So, wedding details you should never skimp on with Nora. she, well, guest priorities she was talking about. And here we go, guest comfort.

August Yocher (:

Well, and think her three, if I'm remembering correctly, was she's like your guest should. What was it like? They it was like comfort, food and atmosphere, I think were the three and just yeah, but that was a good one. Lots of really good little nuggets in that one, too. Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, I think you have to go back and listen to get it.

Tons, tons, yeah.

just like things that I don't think couples will ever think of is like ⁓ why service staffing ratios matter. know, like having the right amount of people to take care of your guests. Again, guest experience, you know, like my big word, guest experience, it goes back to it. But a lot of this is, she talked about why photo and video are a gift to yourself and not just the guests and how planners and coordinators save you.

August Yocher (:

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Kevin Dennis (:

from expensive mistakes. So hiring a planner will actually save you money in the long run. It was, I remember, good stuff from that episode. It was a lot of fun.

August Yocher (:

No, yeah, because

I do think that's a misconception. And what's so funny is I was I was on our TikTok ⁓ yesterday, like our fantasy sound TikTok. And someone had commented on because I had recently done a recap of a little teaser recap clip of Nora's episode. And she was talking about how.

As a bride and groom, oftentimes or couple, you think that you are the host of the wedding and you said a lot of times you are, but it's not necessarily your job to work the wedding. Like obviously you take on that role as a host, but that doesn't mean you need to be like having everything in order that is for your planner to do. And we got a comment on the video.

Kevin Dennis (:

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

from just someone random. They don't follow us or anything. But they had said like, that is if you can afford a planner. And to me, it's like you can't afford not to get a planner. And I think like, and we've talked about this a few times about the people who don't hire a planner and the regrets of that. And I've brought up two family, like personal family experiences where my grandma, she got married years and years ago.

Kevin Dennis (:

Mmm.

Yeah.

August Yocher (:

but she talks about her planner to this day, how much she loved her planner and how she did everything for her. And then my own sister getting married almost a year ago now and did not have a planner. And my mom did not realize like, and I kept saying the whole way through, hey mom, let me know if I can help. Let me know if I can help. And she just did not realize like until the day of sometimes, right? Is like, you're gonna be the one, like the family.

Kevin Dennis (:

Did not have a plan, right?

Mm-hmm.

August Yocher (:

friends are going to be the ones taking on this role if it's not yourself and you do not want to put that responsibility on anyone. So just make room in the budget for a planner. So yeah.

I know! That's so crazy, because like now... Wait. Because when did we start? September of 24?

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah, October.

August Yocher (:

October? so that's... Yeah, because I think our other podcast was like August. We started that one slightly earlier, which is crazy. So it's been a journey and it will continue to be one and...

Kevin Dennis (:

or September. Yeah, was the fall.

Yeah.

It really has. Well,

and we will continue to grow off of our 27 episodes and get even stronger next year. Yeah, we will have to hit hit.

August Yocher (:

Yes. Yeah, because we

are we're going to hit our 50 episodes where this will be our 45th episode right here. So, yeah, very exciting. Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

wow. That's exciting. all right.

as we bring this podcast into:

August Yocher (:

like personal resolutions, professional podcast resolutions.

Kevin Dennis (:

I don't know or podcasts, podcasts.

I've never thought of it. I don't know why that just came out of my mouth, but it did.

August Yocher (:

We should make some, yeah. We need

direction, we need goals. Honestly, I think it would just be great to, like I said, try to get at least an episode a week, because I will say to everyone listening, we do have a lot of recordings coming up, so a lot of great episodes coming your way, a lot of new guests, a lot of repeat guests, so things are gonna be booked and busy, so get your listening ears on. But ⁓ I think...

Kevin Dennis (:

Yeah.

You know what I think?

go ahead. You finish. No, I just thought of something is that we should probably have one of our greatest fans come on the podcast next year. Yeah, Miss Kelsey needs to make her way onto the podcast.

August Yocher (:

No, you go ahead.

What, Kelsey?

Whenever

she hears it, she goes, I heard my name mentioned. Blah, blah, blah. She's so funny. I love her. I think she would be great. No, she would flip a lid. I think she'd be very excited about that. But one thing I hope is we get more questions from you guys too. Send your questions in. We'd love to answer them. It is fun. That and just, yeah, give us your thoughts. I think what I, personal.

Kevin Dennis (:

Cheers.

Yeah, it's funny. It's funny. Answer the questions. We do like that. Yeah.

August Yocher (:

goal for the podcast, more like community engagement. Like, let's go back and forth. We really want to make a community. And I think that is a big goal. I think.

Kevin Dennis (:

Feedback.

Yes, I love it.

Other

than Kelsey, because she does give us her feedback regularly.

August Yocher (:

Yes, so those Rs are too.

I think they're both doable. yes. Yeah.

Kevin Dennis (:

There you go. All

ith us on the journey through:

August Yocher (:

We'll see you next year!

Kevin Dennis (:

That's right, next year!

Bye guys, happy new year!

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