The Journey To 1,000 Subscribers, We Built This Together

Today’s episode is a little different.  

This one is about the journey.

From starting the Mic Manifestation Podcast with an idea and a microphone… to building a real community that continues to grow every single week.

We’re officially pushing toward 1,000 subscribers, and I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everybody that has supported the podcast, watched the episodes, shared the content, and been part of these conversations. 🙏

This podcast has become more than just videos — it’s become a place for real talk, real stories, and real people trying to figure life out together.

In this episode, I talk about:
🎙️ The journey of starting Mic Manifestation Podcast
🔥 The ups and downs of content creation
💭 Staying consistent when growth feels slow
🙏 Being grateful for every supporter and subscriber
🚀 The vision for the future of the podcast

PLUS… we officially introduce the new recurring segment:

🎤 MIC DROP CONFESSIONS
“You send the truth… I hold the mic.”

Anonymous stories. Real situations. No judgment — just honesty and real conversation.

If you want your story featured in a future episode, send it in.

🔥 This episode is sponsored by Kane3DStudio
If you’re into custom 3D prints, unique designs, and creative products, check out the Etsy shop linked below.

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And if you’ve got a small business and want to be featured on the podcast, send in your info — let’s grow together.

🙏 Thank you again for all the support.
We’re on the road to 1,000 subscribers… and this is only the beginning.

Make sure to LIKE 👍
SUBSCRIBE 🔔
and SHARE the podcast if you’re rocking with the journey.

🎙️ Mic Manifestation Podcast
Real talk. Real stories. Stay human.

Transcript

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Thanks for tuning in, everybody. Appreciate it, guys. Thanks for joining Mike Manifestations Podcast. We in the hood. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What up, guys? We did it. We did it, baby. 1,000 subscribers as of this last episode, guys. And it's all because of you guys. I appreciate it. Today we're just going off the dome, man. I'm just here. I'm just grateful. I'm just thankful for all you guys that have been with me since day one that made this happen. I know it's not easy, baby. You know. Uh when I when we set out to do this podcast, I never thought we'd hit a hundred a hundred subscribers, much less a thousand subscribers. So, those of you that have subscribed to the podcast, I appreciate it, man. It's all because of you guys that made this happen. Um, it's been a journey, man. Um, shoot, what's it been? Almost two years or so. But yeah, um, anyways, like I said, I just want to I just want to thank everybody that's that's subscribed, that's followed the channel, that's heard the the podcast on your all your music platforms, um, you know, whatever Spotify, Apple Music, Apple Play, Google, um wherever you guys listen to the podcast, um, we're playing beer, you know, it's been a blessing, man. Um, like I said, you know, I we first started out, me and my brother, uh, you know, my brother Jerry. You're out there, bro, listening. Thank you. I love you, I miss you. Um but yeah, it's been it's been a crazy road, man. You know, um in the first year we were uh we we got invited to the uh podfest in Orlando, Florida. So that was awesome. We got to go there, uh hang out. Um, what was it, four or five days, I think it was in Florida? Man, it was a new experience. Um, you know, something that I'll never forget. It was just something that we got invited to, you know, coming out as a new podcast back then. Uh we were able to you know have fun out in Florida, uh, meet a lot of new uh creators, content creators, uh, you know, uh equipment, you know, uh podcast equipment, monitors, uh, mics, um, and just to see how other people do their their podcast, you know. It was an experience, you know, how to get how to grow, how to, how to, you know, just how to how to talk, how to speak, how to, you know, how to engage with your listeners. And like I said, it's just it's been a road, it's been awesome. I appreciate you guys that have been tuning in. Like I said, we're at over a thousand subscribers at this time. Um, and I just it's all because of you guys. And we ain't stopping there. You know, we're gonna hit that 2,000 mark, and then beyond that, too. But yeah, like I said, uh, you know, started off just me and my brother doing the podcast, just going, you know, we were kind of brainstorming, thinking about different things, where we should go with it. And you know, like I said, we're just gonna do, we're just gonna manifest. So we said, you know, Mike Manifestations podcast. You know, we're just manifesting a better living, better, you know, um, better every day, you know, better yourself, you know, staying human, staying true. Um, not if you guys have been, like I said, if you guys have been here since day one, bro, you know we don't sugarcoat nothing here on Mike Manifestations Podcast. Um, you know, and and as we grow, you know, we've been doing everything. Um I just want to say shout-outs to all the mothers this past Mother's Day. Uh, I know specifically for me, you know, Mother's Day has always been hard uh since I lost my mother as well. You know, rest in peace. I love you, mom. Um, but yeah, I mean, Mother's Day, her birthdays, everything, you know, everything related to mothers, you know, it gets hard, it gets tough. No one tells you it's gonna be easy, you know. Well, they all tell you it's gonna get better, but it doesn't. You know, it just gets um, I don't know, how do you say it? I guess as you grow, you you tend to kind of deal it, deal with it a little bit better. But you know, those days are always tough, they're always rough, they're always, you know, it's always a struggle those days. Um you know those times that you can't reach out to your mom, talk to your mom about what you used to talk to her about, just even seeing her, talking to her, hearing her, you know. Um you know, and and sometimes I feel bad because like you know, I mean, you probably guys probably always have you you guys all you guys probably have that one relative or that one person that's you know, it's going always on Facebook or or just sending you crazy ass messages and um Tony's on the beat, you know, just spamming spam shit, you know, sometimes church stuff, and you know, but you know, like I said, I did it. You know, my mom would sometimes send me all this crazy ass shit, and I'm like, what the fuck? But you know, now I miss it, you know, now I can't see it. Now I'm like, what the fuck? Where's my messages at, bro? But yeah, but nah, anyways, like I said, I mean, you know, you know, it's it just gets hard, but you know, it we you know, you make the best of it as you go, you know. Uh me and my wife went out to we went and spent the the day at uh Mother's Day at Disneyland. It was cool. She found the ears that she's been looking for. The limited edition, how she says, you know. Uh yeah, and then I got her some um Pandora charms and stuff for her for Mother's Day as well. Um, so it was cool. I mean, we were probably tired as heck. I know her knees were killing her. Mine were probably too uh once we got like halfway through the day. We normally don't stay out there that long, you know, a couple hours and stuff, and then we're good. You know, get our Disney fix in and shit. But yeah, um, you know, like I said, um, you know, shout outs to all you mothers, those that have your mother, those that don't. If you do appreciate them, you know. Like I said, it may be the smallest little thing, but in the long run, when she's no longer here or he's no longer here, you know, it's gonna be a little bit tougher to deal with. So um, but yeah, so just appreciate them and let them know you love them every single day that you every time you get a chance to, you know. Um, because there's no telling when their number's gonna be called. Um, like I said, I wish I had more time with my mom. You know, fortunately, it is what it is, it happens, and you know, God wanted her a little earlier than you know, than need be. Um, but yeah, guys, uh, so like I said, thank you guys. I appreciate you guys. Uh, you know, we we also going down the line, we created the uh mic drop confessions. Uh that's the part of the segment of the show of the podcast where you guys send in your your issues, your your stories, your whatever it may be. You know, whether it's uh relationship advice, whether it's you know, drama, whether it's you know, tragedy, whatever it may be. You know, we talk about it here on Mike Manifestations podcast with the Mike Drop Confessions. You write it in, you we send you send it in, we talk about it, uh we try to get the best advice possible. Uh, not from just myself, but from other listeners that have possibly gone through the sim or similar situations that you have. Uh, we sit here, we talk about it, and we try to get you what we can. Uh, like I said, it's Mic Drop Confessions. Uh send us an email, send us an instant message, whatever it may be, we'll get we'll get to it, we'll talk about it, we'll discuss it on the show and try to get you, you know, best advice we can get you. Um but yeah, that's that's Mic Drop Confessions, guys. Like I said, it's been it's been off the hook, it's been going crazy. Uh being in a letter messages and stuff like that too. You know, I had one I was gonna talk about today, but I said, you know what? We hit that thousand subscribers, all thanks to you guys. So we're just gonna we're just gonna go on the history and the story from Mike Manifestations podcast and let you guys know. You know, we started from zero, you know. It was a crazy idea. Me and my brother came up with, and I was like, Yeah, let's let's go, let's do it, you know. And here we are today, thousand subscribers. Uh, and like I said, we ain't stopping there, we we're gonna keep going. So send in your mic, drop confessions, guys, and we'll get them in and we'll talk about it. Um but yeah, it's been a blessing, man. Um, to say the least, you know, this podcast, you know, keeps me going as well. Uh keeps me busy, shit. Uh, you know, sometimes it's not easy. Sometimes it's like, man, what am I gonna talk about this week? You know, but like I said, thanks to Mike Drop confessions, a lot of you guys have been writing in, a lot of you guys have been sending stuff in. So that that helps us keep that's help that helps us keep going, you know. Besides our daily drama and everything else that you see in this world going on with gas prices and everything else, you know, especially gas prices, right? Man, like gas, I don't know about you guys, but here in California, it's like I think it's like over five six bucks already, man. It's ridiculous. Um, you can't you can't go nowhere. You ain't got no gas, bro. Remember those back in those days used to I know I had I had a uh small Volkswagen and everything else, a beetle. Um man, you fill that sucker up with like five bucks and it gets you through the whole week and shit. You know, it was like 99 cents a gallon and shit. Um well those are the good old days when I was growing up, anyways. Um but yeah, it was like man back then if you know, and if you had a big truck, which I had like a F-150 right when they first came out, a Ford F-150. You know, I would fill that up, fill that sucker up with like 30 bucks, 40 bucks at most, maybe. And yeah, it would take take me everywhere, even though it was a V V8 or V6. I don't know. V8, I think it was. Yeah, I don't think they had V6s, but yeah, I mean gas, you know, gas is going crazy, man. But hopefully it'll keep hopefully it goes down, you know. It's got to something's gotta give, you know. Um, but yeah, it's been crazy, man. Um, let's see what else, man. Oh, we got Kane 3D Studios, man. Uh, if you guys haven't hit them up, make sure you guys do so, man. And the uh the link will be in the description. They got a lot of crazy designs going on. Uh, one they recently got uh going out for all the Disney fans. Uh this love here. It's a it's a candle holder um for all you Disney fans. Uh they got mini, they got Mickey, they got you know pretty much anything you can think of, they can probably create um, you know, for all you football fans and baseball fans, they got these toppers, uh, you know, 49er toppers. Uh they got an Angels one. They got they got Yankees, they got they can make anyone's Dodgers and stuff like that too. Um these other uh for the coffee lovers, the mom feel, uh Stanley Toppers as well. Um yeah, and they they got a couple other ones, but yeah, came through the studio, man. Uh they get you uh, you know, shoot them a message. Well, shoot me a message, anyways. But yeah, uh, we can pretty much create anything that you want, anything that you can think of, we can do it. Create it, get it shipped out to you. Uh normally within a business day or so. Um and get it shipped out to you pretty quickly. So um, yeah, so make sure you guys hit uh Kane 3D Studio up in the link. Like I said, the links in the description um they'll get that out to you guys. Uh but yeah, um, like I said, I mean that's pretty much the history of us Mike Manifestations podcast. Uh born in New Mexico, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Shout out to you guys out there in that little ass town. But yeah, Alamogordo, New Mexico, moved out here at the age 11. Uh, been out here in California since. Um now I'm in Whittier, California, so not too bad. Um got married, no kids. Well, I got two kids already from previous relationships. Um my son's 18. My daughter's 29, 30. I don't know. But anyways, I'm I'm an old man, man. I got three grandkids already, too. My wife has a grandkid uh also in New Mexico, so yeah, so we're we're good, you know. Uh but yeah, been here in uh Wade here, California since then. So or been here in California pretty much since age 11. So um it's good. I like it. The weather's nice, sometimes a little too hot, but hey, we do what we do what we do. Um also I do um I umpire baseball, little league baseball on on the weekends. So I'm pretty much busy, man. Work Monday through Friday, Saturdays right now is uh Little League, and then Sunday is last day for the fun day, right? So normally me and my wife hang out, we go to Disney or or whatever it may be. Um make the best of it, make it good, have some fun, enjoy life while it's here. Don't forget, don't neglect it, don't forget it. But yeah, um that's pretty much Mike Manifestations podcast, man. Like I said, uh you can listen to us on all your uh listening platforms on YouTube, uh Mike Manifestations Podcasts. Obviously, this is either probably where you're watching it or um on your uh listening apps where you listen to Mike Manifestations podcast. Uh, but we appreciate you guys. We thank you guys for tuning in every single Tuesday where the new episodes drop. Um send in those mic drop confessions. Let us know what you guys are thinking, what you guys are you know. Um I wanted to give out something, do something for a thousand subscribers uh in this episode. So I'm trying to think what we're waiting for. Let me know what you guys think. I think we're gonna go with um so we're gonna put the link to the we're gonna put the link to our YouTube. Well, like I said, if you're watching it on YouTube, just go into the comments, hit one hit um hit mic manifestations 1000. In the comments, we'll enter you into a drawing, and then we'll let you know what that drawing's gonna be for next episode. Alright? So hit Mike Manifest, uh, so get in there in the comments, type in Mike Manifestations Podcast 1000, and we'll get you into the drawing. Um yeah, and go from there, man. Like I said, we had a thousand, we getting, we get we're gonna go above and beyond now at this point, too. So, like I said, in the comments, hit 1000, hit Mike Manifestation, click click on the comments, put in the comments Mike Manifestation Podcast 1000, and we'll enter you into the drawing, guys. Uh it may be something from K3D Studio that we're gonna give out as well, besides maybe a gift card or something, uh, maybe a Starbucks or or something else, you know, Target gift card, um, you know, Starbucks or something. But we'll definitely get it out to you. Um, like I said, Mike Manifestations 1000 in the comments, and we'll enter you into the drawing. Also, if you guys haven't listened to us or followed us on either Instagram, TikTok, or any other platforms, make sure you guys hit Mike click on Mike Manifestations Podcast or search it at Mike Manifestations Podcast on YouTube. Um and drop us a comment, send us a message, guys, and we'll get back to you. Let us know what's going on. Let us know if you guys are enjoying it. Let us know. Either way, if you're enjoying it, if you're not, um like I said, I appreciate you guys. 1,000 subscribers, guys. Keep safe, keep it real, but don't forget, most of all, guys, stay human. Catch you guys on the next one, baby. We out. Thank you guys for 1,000 subscribers. Catch you guys on the next one, baby. We out, baby peace. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Thanks for tuning in, guys. Catch you guys on the next one.