Gray Haired Dave takes a moment to regroup and recharge during his holiday break while sharing exciting plans for the upcoming year. He emphasizes the importance of engaging with listeners and invites them to provide feedback or suggestions for future content. Listeners can look forward to more episodes in January, where Dave will dive into topics like podcast editing, etiquette, and the possibility of featuring guests. He encourages those unfamiliar with podcasts to explore the vast genres available and offers his assistance to anyone looking to start their own podcast. As the year comes to a close, Dave wishes everyone a joyful holiday season and reminds us to spread kindness by smiling at strangers.

Gray Haired Dave takes a moment to reconnect with his audience after a brief hiatus, expressing gratitude for their patience and support. He outlines his plans for future content, emphasizing his desire to provide fresh insights for both his podcast listeners and fellow Boomer podcasters. The episode is both a personal reflection and a roadmap for upcoming topics, which will delve into various aspects of podcasting, including editing techniques, etiquette, and even the potential for bringing guests onto the show. Dave underscores the importance of engagement and encourages listeners to reach out through his website, fostering a sense of community among podcasters and aspiring content creators alike. As he prepares to transition back into his regular schedule in the new year, Dave highlights the significance of mentorship in the podcasting space, inviting feedback and suggestions from his audience to enhance the future episodes.

Throughout the episode, there’s a warm and inviting tone that resonates with listeners, making it clear that Gray Haired Dave values their input and is committed to delivering valuable content. He reminisces about the joys of podcasting, while also acknowledging the challenges that come with it, such as the need for organization and the importance of technical skills. By sharing his own experiences and acknowledging the learning curve associated with starting a podcast, he aims to empower his audience and inspire them to take the plunge into podcasting themselves. This episode serves as a bridge between his past content and the exciting developments that lie ahead, setting the stage for an engaging and informative new season.

Takeaways:

• Gray Haired Dave is taking a break to regroup and find new content for his podcasts.
• Listeners can expect the normal podcast schedule to resume in early January.
• Dave encourages listeners to reach out with questions or topics they want covered.
• He plans to explore editing techniques and video content for Boomer podcasters.
• The episode emphasizes the importance of helping others discover the podcasting world.
• Listeners are reminded of the joy of simple gestures, like smiling at strangers.

Welcome to five Minutes with Gray Hair Dave.

He has gray hair.

He has a gray beard.

He wears glasses like the guy in the artwork.

Oh, and the guy in the artwork is better looking.

Now here is Gray hairedave.

Yes, folks, me, Gray Haired Dave here.

How are you?

Hey.

I've taken a couple weeks off to try and re regroup here and re energize and I have also decided to find some new content for you and it's gonna take me a couple more weeks.

I want you to stay tuned.

There will be more coming the first of the year.

Plan on going right back to my normal schedule, putting it out there on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Wednesdays for Boomer podcasters and Thursdays for five Minutes with Gray Hair Dave.

So as you can tell, I'm using this for both podcasts.

This recording, nothing's wrong.

I just need a little time to regroup and decide how and where we're going from here.

When it comes to five Minutes with Gray here, Dave.

And when it comes to Boomer podcasters, I want to start getting into the editing portion of it and how to do that.

And I really need to find a way to take you to video.

I mean, I know it, it can be done, but it's easier for me to show a little bit than it is to explain it.

And then I want to start talking about other things, you know, proper etiquette, proper mic usage, proper show notes, you know, and also how to interview.

I also want to start looking into possibly adding some guests, but that's, that's more the February, March time frame for Boomer podcasters.

So if you've got anything you'd like to say or let me know or something you'd like to find out about, especially from Boomer podcasters, go to the websites, either five minutes with gray hairedave.com that's the number.

Five minutes with gray haired ave.com or boomer podcasters.com on either one of those websites, all you have to do is go over to the little microphone in the bottom right hand corner and click on that.

You have to leave me an email address, which of course I don't give them away.

I'm very selfish.

I keep them for myself.

But then what you need to do, just leave me a quick message.

Hey Dave, I'd like to hear this.

Or hey Dave, could you show me that?

Or hey Dave, where the heck you been?

Whatever you want to say.

You can also go to the comment section or the contact me page and leave me a note there.

All it requires is Your email address.

I keep that email.

I keep that email for me.

That way, if something comes up in the future that I think you should know about or an offer I want to give you or maybe a contest that comes up, I have your email address also.

See things like that, that ding that just came through and you need to start turning off your notifications while you're recording.

Somebody sent me a text message.

Those are the types of things that you don't think about originally when you start.

So those are the things I'm going to be talking about.

Not just the nuts and bolts, but it's everything else that goes into it.

I'm looking forward to it.

I'm making notes, I'm taking, I'm taking some time to think about how it needs to be put forward.

And I appreciate your patience.

So from Gray Hair Dave, don't forget.

Don't forget.

If you know somebody who doesn't know what a podcast is, doesn't know where to find one, how to play it, how to subscribe, follow, download, anything, do me a favor, show them they don't know what kind of genres are out there.

Help them look at it because there are so many genres out there that are interesting as can be.

There really, really are so many things.

And if you're a person who wants to start a podcast, please let me know.

I'd be happy to help you.

I'd be happy to help you learn how to edit.

I'd be happy to know, help you with all these things.

So don't forget, leave me a message on my website.

Also, folks, I hope you have a happy holiday season again.

I won't be back till January, so have a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa, happy New Year, and I will be back at the beginning of the year.

Don't forget, the most important thing in life is to smile at somebody that you don't know.

You will make their day.

So on behalf of everybody here at Gray Hair Productions, which is basically me and my computer, you all have a great rest of your year and I will be back to talk.

Bye.