Editing The Pen Addict 525/transcript (section)

== Niche Interests and Growth ==


'''Myke:''' Right. Right. Right. Right. Right.

'''Brad:''' Because there are all these niche things. Right. And, and it's like, yeah, like people, you just never sure if it's about to become like a thing. Right. Mm-hmm. Ryan in the Discord is asking, how did you secure the WNYC spot? Like, how did she find you? And me and Brad above convinced, convinced it was the office ladies. Yep. Because it happened within days.

'''Myke:''' Within days. Yeah. Of the office ladies release.

'''Brad:''' Like, they, they emailed us and DM'd us. Mm-hmm. Like Allison did. Personally. Allison did. Wild. Like. Exactly. She was, she was after it. You have like a hundred producers. Like, can't they do this way? But I understand that at the same time where it's like, if they want it to be, if they really want to have you on, if she does it, then you pay attention. Yeah. Right? For sure. Just like, because I get this kind of stuff, I've been getting someone email me every two days for the last week and a half about doing some TV thing. Mm-hmm. And I like, I don't know what this is. Right. And I keep asking for more information. And they're like, why don't we just set up a call? And I'm like, no. Yeah. Like, why didn't you tell me what I'm here for? Yeah. So like, this kind of weird stuff happens a lot.

'''Myke:''' Right. I mean, you couldn't, you couldn't be much safer than WNYC and NPR. Like, I felt pretty, pretty safe about doing it. Yeah.

'''Brad:''' That's why like, that probably felt like a safe environment, but you still never sure. Right. Like the hosts got to be into the idea. Like, not necessarily they're going to make fun, but they got to be into it. Right.

'''Myke:''' And so Allison is very, very into it by her choice of favorite pen, which was, if you haven't listened to it, is the Zebra Blin, which we've talked about on the podcast before, because it came out of nowhere. And I kind of shared that little, little anecdote that we've talked about, how like three, two years ago, it just came out of nowhere to finish number two on the OKB48, which is a annual vote in Japan on, on pens. And I was like, what is this pen? And why is it number two? And it turns out that's her favorite pen. So she is, she is definitely a pen addict among us.

'''Brad:''' I very enjoyed the shock moment in you there. Cause I could feel like, wait, what? The blend?

'''Myke:''' So yeah, it was great. It was great. So that was, that was such a fun experience. Hopefully I'll do it again. Hopefully we'll, we'll be back on WNYC for the holidays doing a gift guide. That's what they were thinking about right now. So we'll see how it goes.

'''Brad:''' Oh, that'd be awesome, man. Make sure you save some of the goods for this show though. Don't give away WNYC. I will. Don't leave me. All right. Don't go. I know. Don't go start the pen addict on radio now and then like leave me. You know? Yeah. I won't. No, no worries. It took you a long time to say I won't. Like I just want to, I want everybody to be aware of that. The hesitation in Brad's voice there.

'''Myke:''' I mean, if Alison asked me to co-host, that's going to be, that's a tough call. We're going to have, we're going to have a problem with me and you. I mean, there, there's a short list of, of people and I mean, I mean, she's pretty great. Right? Turns out I'm not on that list anymore.

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