I'm Listening

Send us Fan Mail What does it look like when a business listens to their customers, employees, and stakeholders? We sought out a forward thinking business owner to find out. And wow, we learned a lot.  Our guest, Lloyd Vogel, took time to sit down with us to discuss listening to the market. Lloyd is the CEO of Garage Grown Gear, an extremely niche business in an extremely niche market: “Cottage Ma...

Send us Fan Mail Upload episode->summarize this podcast->reduce summary to 50 words because its our 50th episode: In their 50th podcast episode, hosts Drew and Brandt explore the messy intersection of listening and AI. They discuss how lifelike bots blur reality, AI's seductive emotional influence, and the dangers of highly confident, hallucinated misinformation. Ultimately, they urge l...

Send us Fan Mail How has giving advice and asking for advice changed? Has who we get our advice from has changed over the past 70 years? In what ways does trust play a role? This episode takes an in-depth approach into today’s world of advice. Brandt and I debate if it has actually changed or not… from listening to our friends, neighbors, and family to listening to TikTok, Insta, Reddit, and YouTu...

Send us Fan Mail Color Noise was originally released on May 30th, 2024 and has been one of our most referenced and listened to episodes. We wanted to bring it back as one of our Re-Listens this season because it’s one of our most impactful and liked in the catalog. Enjoy!  --- Noise, noise, noise!  This is a podcast called I'm Listening, a podcast that has hundreds of different subjects to ta...

Send us Fan Mail As a parent, if your child is diagnosed with something big, you know you're in for a steep learning curve. Listening plays a crucial role in learning how to navigate the world successfully for your kid. How do you ask the right questions to doctors? How do you talk with educators about your child's education? How do you navigate all of the information that's out the...

Send us Fan Mail What things come to mind when you think of running water? Bob Ross, sump pumps, Erwin Schrodinger, the Mall, Adam Sandler, the womb… yeah, us too.  Welcome to Episode 2… Running Water. This episode is a fun little episode filled (get it) with lots of different thoughts on the importance of listening to running water… both good and bad.   Sources: Why Your Body Loves Being Near Wat...

Send us Fan Mail Well, we changed our mind.  We were going to hold off and drop Season 5 this fall, but we changed our mind. And to add a dash of irony to us dropping S.5 early, this episode attempts to answer the question - How does listening play a factor when we change our mind? We discuss everything from purchasing a car, to getting a tattoo, running a marathon, and strapping in for a zip line...

Send us Fan Mail Gratitude - the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.  Welcome to our final episode of Season 4 and of 2025. Brandt and I have started a little tradition here at I’m Listening headquarters. We are bringing Gratitude back to the forefront. But isn’t your podcast about listening? Yes. And gratitude is listening’s not too distant cousin...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome our guests Travis and Kate to this episode. They are both elementary teachers and we get to explore all things listening in the classroom! They bring excellent insight into things like “whole body listening”, building relationships, and what trust and respect looks like in today’s public education system.  Things have changed a bit since Brandt and I were in elementary...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the classic court case of Listening v. Reading ca.2025.  When it comes to the best way to take in a book, which method is the best? In this case, Brandt defends listening to books while Drew defends reading them.  Clearly the author of this set of podcast notes is correct, but not without a great debate.  Can you experience a book the same way by listening to it vs read...

Send us Fan Mail There is no better time to capture the past than during a holiday. Today is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., a time most often spent with family. This episode is your re-reminder to listen and capture those stories!  And while you are at it, check out this link and upload your story to The Great Thanksgiving Listen and have it preserved forever in the Library of Congress. https://st...

Send us Fan Mail Please no more top 10 "Best ways to run a virtual meeting" lists. Please. However, we do need to have a little chat about how they are run. Brandt and I take a different angle on how to run effective virtual meetings... utilizing "listening" as our guide. Take a few notes with this episode, it will make you instantly better. And if you don't, Brandt may ju...

Send us Fan Mail Time for a riddle: This thing can be annoying, effective, and fun. I'll repeat it,  this thing can be annoying, effective, and fun. In this episode we explore the strange paradox of repetition. Repetition is widely utilized in a variety of ways, every single day of our lives. We utilize it to bring comfort and to be annoying. It helps us remember that name, that number, and t...

Send us Fan Mail Ok everyone, let's take a deep breath innnnnn and ouuuuuut.  Innnnnn and ouuuuuut. Great job.  Welcome to the next Sprint Episode where Brandt takes Drew on a mindfulness journey and explains the relationship between mindfulness and listening. So much of our lives can be go , go ,go with kids, and dogs, and cars, and pancakes, sometime we just need to take a moment to be in t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk with Lead Paranormal Investigator Noah Leigh, founder of the nonprofit Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee (WI). We originally thought we would identify what its like to listen for (or to) ghosts... what we learned is what it takes to listen to people about ghosts.  This is one of our favorite episodes of the season thus far. It is filled with compassion,...

Send us Fan Mail Let me explain… In this episode 2 men (Brandt and Drew), explain things about explanation without man-splaining. At least we hope not to… We discuss the 3 modes of learning… or explaining – Auditory, Visual, and Kinesthetic. We also bring in, possibly the 2 biggest factors in explanation, timing and readiness.   But what about that 8:00am class? What about explaining how to hit a...

Send us Fan Mail In this re-listen, we bring you back to our episode about dogs and how they listen. We have referred to this episode so many times since, that we felt it was important to reintroduce it to you. Enjoy! --- A priority in dog ownership is training it to listen to us. But do we listen to our dog? Should we train ourselves in the skill of listening to our dog? In this episode of I’m Li...

Send us Fan Mail Attention class! Let’s get started and welcome to AP Physics. In this episode we explore the Doppler Effect. No skipping class, this is a Sprint! So just 30(ish) minutes of your time.  This episode, of course with respect to the skill of listening, is about the impact that our friend Christian Doppler (d. 1853) had on the world. Brandt has no idea what the topic is, but he does ex...

Send us Fan Mail What's that? What did you say? Oh, it's season 4 of I'm Listening? Thats amazing, great to... hear... that we are back! We kick off Season 4 with Hearing Loss. This episode is more of a PSA about your ability to hear and the impact you have on others when you can't listen to them very well. We explore hearing tests, how accessible they are, and how they might j...

Send us Fan Mail We are pulling this episode back out from the season 2 library. Listening to your body with expert Christy Ducette brought us closer to ourselves and gave us a number of ways to listen to our body and what we should do with that information.  We hope you enjoy! https://www.christydoucette.com/ Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We are bringing this episode out of the season 1 library. Children was one of our most talked about episodes from season 1 so we want to bring back to you all. Enjoy!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail So you think you’re funny, eh? Well good, because it helps people listen to you. Laughter or humor is scientifically proven to help people pay attention and listen closer. Brandt and Drew explore examples and tactics to help you get a laugh to help others listen. Now, if you aren’t funny or witty and what to learn how, then please practice... there is a tool in the link below. But...

Send us Fan Mail Over the past 100 years, very little has changed with the job interview. Very few businesses, companies, or organizations have been innovative in the way they assess an individual for hire with their ability to perform the duties, exceed expectations, work with others, surpass benchmarks, and reach annual goals. It's just the same process over and over and over again.  Althou...

Send us Fan Mail How often do we wish we would have captured the past? The stories from grandparents, parents, maybe even great grandparents. Or what about that neighbor you had for 20 years... what was their story? This episode of I'm Listening is your reminder to go capture those stories right now.  Brandt recently received a set of tapes from his brother who recorded stories 20 years ago a...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for another Sprint Episode - this time I bring the topic of folklore to Brandt for his reaction. We explore our past... about sharing stories of the past. We discuss folk stories, folk music, folk art, folk heroes, and get the opportunity to share stories about one of our favorites, Paul Bunyan! Listening to folks stories is a centuries old practice that is extremel...