I Always Wanted To

Liz Sumner

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A podcast for people who long to try something bold but need some encouragement. Liz Sumner interviews people who are doing (or teaching) things that others have always wanted to do. What have you always wanted to try? https://ialwayswantedto.net/

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Find My Birth Mother

I Always Wanted To

06/14/21 • 42 min

Annie Peguero is a High-Performance Mindset Coach who helps female entrepreneurs integrate spiritual development into their business so they can make more money online. She's a military spouse of a marine, a mom of girls, and an adoptee who went live on Facebook asking for help in finding her birth family. Annie teaches the skill of adventuring with self-doubt, asking yourself better questions to reveal your inner badass so you can serve and shine from your highest level.

Annie's 6-month group coaching program called SOL School [Sisters Over Limits] for Entrepreneurs blends spiritual and business development together in a sisterhood collective. She also has a month-to-month membership and a podcast called Adventures with Annie Peguero.

Visit Annie's website to learn ways you can work with her https://www.anniepeguero.com/

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Go Behind The Scenes

I Always Wanted To

06/21/21 • 7 min

Liz Sumner tells the story of how I Always Wanted To podcast came to be, where she finds her guests, and shares her favorite podcast mentors.

Juleyka Lantigua Williams of Podcasting Seriously https://www.podcastingseriously.com/ Twila Dang of Matriarch Digital Media https://www.matriarchdm.com/welcome-1

Arielle Nissenblatt of Squadcast https://squadcast.fm/

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Play the Harmonica

I Always Wanted To

09/27/21 • 33 min

My guest, Mark Radel, describes himself this way: I have always been around music. I sang in the church choir, school choirs, acted in musicals in high school, was into music but never took up an instrument. After my wife and I moved to Seattle my commute was 30 minutes and I was bored driving back and forth each day. I thought about what I could do and saw a book named "harmonica playing for dummies", with it came a cheap C major harp and a cassette. So each daly as I drove to and from work I practiced playing. When we moved back to Bellingham, WA, I got serious and started playing with others. Now I can sheepishly say I am a musician.

Artists Mark mentions that he listens to: Kevin Moore, Taj Mahal Eric Clapton, Tracy Chapman, Jerry Portnoy, and Harry Manx.

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Opening Remarks

Today’s guest is a dear friend that I’ve known half my life. Before we moved away many years ago Mark was a fan of our music, my husband Michael’s and mine-- that’s that Cohen music I mention later on. Mark would often come see us perform, but he never played.

It is such a pleasure in this interview to hear about his transformation as a harp player and acceptance of himself as a musician. This is what is possible when we try something we’ve always wanted to do. The story of Mark’s journey is exactly what I was thinking about when I started this podcast.

One of the things that’s most interesting about Mark’s process is that he started with improvisation. He didn’t learn melodies or how to read music, but instead he plays by ear and instinctively. I think that’s unusual and kind of courageous. Plus he is fortunate to have good friends to play with and challenge him. And I miss them all very much.

I should mention that during our conversation I use some shorthand and don’t explain everything because we know each other so well. Also during the interview Mark is fiddling with his harmonicas and you can hear them rattling a bit.

It was a joy to reconnect with my friend and I look forward to joining in on one of the music nights he mentions in the near future.

Full transcript available at https://ialwayswantedto.net

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Travel and Paint

I Always Wanted To

01/14/19 • 38 min

Charles Mitchell

Charles is an experienced artist and teacher who has taught in specialist art colleges and universities in the UK and overseas. He was Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Humanities at the University of Cumbria before moving to Italy in 2010. Now semi retired, Charles leads painting workshops all over Italy through http://paintinginitaly.com

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Know What I Want To Be When I Grow Up

I Always Wanted To

09/13/21 • 44 min

My guest, Annie Handmer, is a final year PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Science, in the School of History and Philosophy of Science. Her research traces the social history of Australian space science projects in order to better understand international and interdisciplinary cooperation, the social construction of achievement, and the nature of the military-industrial-academic complex in Australian space science.

In addition, she is on the Advisory Council for the Space Industry Association of Australia, a member of the Space Generation Advisory Council ‘Ethics and Human Rights in Space’ Project Group, the Space Law Council of Australia and New Zealand, program consultant to the Australian Youth Aerospace Association ASTRA Committee, and is also the host and creator of the Space Junk Podcast.

In Spring 2021 (southern hemisphere), Annie will be undertaking a residency at the Sydney Observatory.

Twitter / Instagram: @anniehandmer

Space Junk Podcast: https://play.acast.com/s/space-junk-podcast/

Space Junk Video: https://www.youtube.com/c/spacejunkpodcast/

Space Ethics Library: https://spaceethicslibrary.wordpress.com/

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Opening Remarks

Hi Everyone,

I’m so glad to have Annie Handmer as my guest on the podcast again. I love the way she sees the world and everything she thinks about.

In this conversation Annie and I turned things around. Instead of looking backwards to what we always wanted, we ponder the question of what do you want to be when you grow up. What effect does that question have on kids when they hear it? And what’s really the point of asking when the jobs available will be completely different in 20 years.

For example the work Annie does now was inconceivable when I was growing up. Annie actually teaches Space Law, she advises the United Nations on Space Ethics, and works for her state government predicting the future in order to come up with better policy. Wow.

If you haven’t yet listened to our previous conversation, do check out I Always Wanted to Go Into Outer Space from September 2020. She proposes some great alternatives to Space Tourism for those of us who are not billionaires. It’s not a prerequisite for this episode but it’s well worth a listen.

In today’s conversation we talk about better questions to ask children than what do you want to be, and discuss how our differences influence our point of view. Annie speaks on behalf of all millennials and I speak for all boomers and together we make sweeping generalizations that are absolutely sure to be true.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Here’s the interview.

(Full transcript at https://ialwayswantedto.net)

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Play A Theremin

I Always Wanted To

10/18/21 • 33 min

Dorit Chrysler has been dubbed a superior wizard of the theremin. An Austrian-born, New York-based composer, producer, and singer Chrysler is the co-founder of the New York Theremin Society and founder of the first school for theremin. As much as the theremin is a tool in Chrysler’s electronic instrument arsenal she's also one of the most visible thereminists spreading the gospel of this mysterious sounding instrument which is basically played by massaging thin air.

Her music has been described by Ann Magnuson in Paper Magazin, “Imagine if Marianne Faithfull and Nikola Tesla had a love child with Jane Birkin as the nanny and Bjork as the wayward Girl Scout Leader!”

Arte TV calls Dorit “Theremin Goddess”

Wall Street Journal “A futuristic Lotte Lenya“

DoritChrysler.comhttps://www.facebook.com/doritchryslerofficial/ https://www.instagram.com/doritchrysler/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WKmMRtuLfCc&list=UU2FnHcTW8yYhKX8WGQcKEsA&index=1

Resources Dorit mentions:

New York Theremin Society - https://www.nythereminsociety.org/

Dorit at CERN Hadron Collider for 100th anniversary https://www.moogmusic.com/media/electric-storm-100-years-theremin

The Theremin 100 - https://www.nythereminsociety.org/theremin-100-4

THEREMIN GOES BROADWAY

I am happy to have contributed theremin for “FallingInLoveWithMr.Dellamort” a “mysterious new audio musical” by Jack Feldstein and Paul Doust with a tony-nominated cast - released on Broadway Records and making a splash on Playbill

https://www.playbill.com/article/falling-in-love-with-mr-dellamort-recording-with-james-monroe-iglehart-courtney-reed-telly-leung-released-july-23?fbclid=IwAR32wprk1L2NDb66_Lr0oz4BcDnhAVpE2Nqlx5-mQkg10AVCx2Hr1wZ0dkA

In the podcast I used snippets from The Dark Shadows theme by Bob Cobert, Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys, and Clara Rockmore performing The Swan.

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Remarks

I’ve been fascinated by the theremin since 1966 when I used to watch Dark Shadows every day after school. Then of course the iconic sound of the instrument in Good Vibrations took the theremin out of the scary movie realm and into popular music. In 1993 we saw Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey in the theater and I learned more about the instrument’s origin as the first electronic instrument invented in 1920. That’s also where I learned of the amazing Clara Rockmore, Theremin’s first virtuoso performer.

The idea of shaping sound in thin air with your hands intrigues me so much. I’ve never been patient enough to learn an instrument but I’m drawn to weirdness of a theremin.

My guest, Dorit Chrysler, is a virtuoso herself and a teacher. She’s been playing for 20 years, and warns us that the theremin is difficult to learn. A lot of people start then give up. In our conversation Dorit describes her teaching approach and how to avoid some of the pitfalls that frustrate people so that they lose interest.

I kicked myself a few years when I missed an opportunity to take a class with her locally.. I learned about it too late. I sincerely hope I’ll get another chance. Here’s the interview.

Full transcript available at ialwayswantedto.net

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Figure Out Social Media

I Always Wanted To

03/01/21 • 46 min

Shaily started doing social media for her hobby community in high school... ON MYSPACE. She didn't realize what she did was doing social media until after college when she saw a question on a job application asking if she had ever managed an online community, and she realized there was something there.

She graduated from Indiana University with a degree and certification in elementary education K-6, and she now uses those mad teaching skills to lead workshops, work with business owners 1-on-1 training them on social media, and has coached 170+ B2B consultants on how to use LinkedIn to grow their business. She guides business on how to stay top of mind with their community and referral network using social media. I hold them accountable and boost their confidence in themselves, what they have to offer, and their own social media abilities. She loves live streaming, event social media, live Tweeting, and comment engagement.

Learn more @ YourSocialMediaSherpa.com.

She has spoken at Trunk Club, Fiverr, State Farm, Notre Dame, University of Illinois, DePaul University, and University of Chicago.

She is a Persian-Moroccan Indiana University Grad who loves cheesy icebreakers, bubble tea, poker, reality competition shows like Big Brother and Survivor, TEDx conferences, magic, flea markets, the Jewish community, and her sequin closet. Teacher of social media as a tool of empowerment

Other websites she has ShailyHakimian.com & FriendingOurFoes.com

Learn more about Shaily on LinkedIn, Twitter, and don’t look too hard for her on TikTok. Social Links: linktr.ee/hakimian45

Resources Shaily Mentioned:

Clubhouse Video

LinkedIn Profiles she loves

Focusmate.com SixWeekCycles.com

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Try Tinder (at age 70)

I Always Wanted To

01/07/19 • 21 min

Betsy Burroughs

Founder & President of, FocusCatalyst: Innovation Based On The Neuroscience Of Insight. Betsy is also the author of the upcoming book, How To Stop A Bad Habit:Available 2019

Website www.focuscatalsyst.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsyburroughs TEDx: http://betsyburroughs.net/2013/07/11/tedxlivermore-6813-how-to-get-more-ahas/

Betsy's Tinder ProfileI am looking for a man who’s fun, smart, kind, sexy and can show me the places and things likes to do in and around SF and the Bay Area. Curious if you’re him?

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Live Abroad

I Always Wanted To

05/03/21 • 34 min

Heather is a graduate of Environmental Biology from Antioch College and Antioch University Graduate School. She has dabbled in higher education administration, teaching from kindergarten through the graduate level, placing international college students in summer resort jobs, educational travel, and now moving recyclables.

She describes herself as a mismatched girl who pets bees and is seeking timeless days. In Brazil, she was known as "mae de Willow" because no one could say the name Heather.

The Grand Adventure: A Year in Brazil (2011-2012) New blog about bike trip in NC begins May 2021

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Be More Adventurous

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01/03/22 • 36 min

Heather Hansen O’Neill is an international speaker, author, adventurer, and entrepreneur using her action-packed experience to Fire Up audiences. She stimulates vibrant energy, focus, and action for those who want to collaborate effectively, lead change, and achieve massive results. As host of the From Fear to Fire podcast, 2x TEDx speaker, and behavioral change expert, Heather's research and programs help individuals and companies’ breakthrough fears, judgments, and blocks to break limiting generational patterns and reach sales and leadership success.

http://heatherhansenoneill.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherhansenoneill/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtib3bk9yJ64theJ8dFX6EQ

REMARKS

Today’s guest, Heather Hansen O’Neill, has tried the kinds of activities that most of us only dream-- or maybe have nightmares about. Sky diving, rock climbing, -- public speaking. She makes it her business to help people overcome fear. Each of her experiences has taught her something about herself, and she leads programs to help others find their own insights.

I share her belief that opening yourself up to new adventures makes life richer, and that stretching yourself to go outside your comfort zone doesn’t have to a huge drastic step. One of the reasons I like living in Italy is that even the most mundane activities like going to the dentist or phoning the plumber can be major accomplishments when you only understand about 3⁄4 of what’s being said to you.

What does being Adventurous mean to you? We’re not all meant to mainline adrenaline, but that secret desire you’ve wanted to try is easier than you think and achieving it will change your life.

Here’s the interview.

Full transcript at http://ialwayswantedto.net

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Theme song written by Michael Cohen https://michaelcohenmusic.com and performed by Complicated People https://complicatedpeople.com

Additional music by Michael Cohen

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How many episodes does I Always Wanted To have?

I Always Wanted To currently has 74 episodes available.

What topics does I Always Wanted To cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, Creativity, Women, Adventure, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.

What is the most popular episode on I Always Wanted To?

The episode title 'Find My Birth Mother' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on I Always Wanted To?

The average episode length on I Always Wanted To is 28 minutes.

How often are episodes of I Always Wanted To released?

Episodes of I Always Wanted To are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of I Always Wanted To?

The first episode of I Always Wanted To was released on May 4, 2018.

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