We Finally Put Danielle’s Name On The Podcast For A Reason

Danielle landed a radio interview and I hadn’t even heard it yet, so we press play on the story behind the story. What starts as a quick recap turns into a real look at how local media moments can boost confidence, widen visibility, and shine a light on disability inclusion work that actually changes lives.

We talk about what the interview focused on, including Best Buddies and the personal connection that made the segment feel meaningful instead of performative. Danielle also got to sing her own songs on air, which is its own kind of brave, and we share the details on her next round of DJ duties coming up on May 3 and May 5. If you love behind-the-scenes podcast conversations, artist journeys, and community-centered storytelling, this one has all of it.

Then I drop a surprise announcement Danielle doesn’t know is coming: we’re renaming the podcast to reflect what’s already true, that we co-host this together. The rebrand is about credit, clarity, and building something that feels honest for long-time listeners and brand-new ones. Also, yes, Arizona decides to add dramatic rain and wind right in the middle of our recording.

Stick around to hear what we’re changing, why we’re changing it, and what we’re covering next, including Special Olympics and Special Olympics snowboarding. If you enjoy the show, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find us.

Transcript

Welcome And The Radio Tease

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to a different shape talk, you guys. Tonight we're going to talk about Daniel's radio interview, which I have not listened to yet. Bad BFF, I know that. And then I have a special announcement that Daniel doesn't even know about. So um but first we're going to talk about Daniel's interview. Because yeah, that was a really cool opportunity. And I don't know whether it was challenge as been related or um work related. So Danielle, I'm it's a stabbing and donkey, but I pres I presume it was both related How cool. So so it was ki it wasn't challenge aspen related. It was more kin to continue productions related. No Best Buddy Yeah Are you best buddy?

SPEAKER_01 2:30

My B is really?

The Great Luck Debate

Podcast Rename And What’s Next

SPEAKER_00 2:40

I did not know that. Learned something new every day. Learned something new every day. So it was about best buddies. Well of course why were you so it was about you and Matt, but of course it they wanted to share your story. How cool how cool, how cool, how cool. That must have been awesome to sing two of your two of your own songs on the radio. That must have been awesome. And so you're going back May fifth and May third to do what to DJ again Lucky Ducky Lucky Ducky So basically you did I interview slash DJing. Yeah. Why do you have all the luck in the world? For those of you that don't know, my BFF in real life, my writer die has all the luck in the world. Give her a coin to go um pick out a toy um with the cla with the claw, she'll win the toy. Give her the opportunity to DJ on the internet slash the local radio station, she accepts it. And when I try to do anything like enter in con like enter in contents, you would think win would win. Nope, it doesn't happen. That doesn't happen. Danielle gets lucky straight. I win at some things, but I don't win at all. All of it. Now my announcement is we are actually switching the name of the podcast, which is going to be called Ask Win with Ask Win, co-hosted by Danielle. So it's gonna be called Ask Win, but it's gonna say at the bottom of it, Win and Danielle, because originally it was Ask Win for the OGs that stuck around this podcast. It was originally called Ass Win, but Danielle's name was never put on it. So renaming the podcast, it's gonna be called Ass Win, but at the bottom of it, it's gonna be co-hosted by Daniel and Wynn, because I only feel that it's right to put Danielle's name on the bottom of it, just because she helps me with it. And if you hear rain in the background, yes, it's raining in Arizona, and it's being very, very loud and windy and great. Interrupting the podcast. Great. The the wind and the rain. Welcome to Arizona, welcome to what we call Monsensium. So we'll see what it says tonight. And yeah, but um we're actually changing the name of the podcast and adding Danielle to it. So Danielle, do you want to leave us out? Yeah. Thank you for following us, she says. And I agree, thank you for following us. And then on Thursday, we're going to talk about Special Olymp Olympics because that's the way we evolve. Danielle was uh, excuse me, is involved in Special Olympics snowboarding. So we're gonna talk about Special Olympics. So I hope you guys enjoyed this episode and stay tuned for more and we'll see what happens. Bye you guys. Bye bye.