What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self? — Episode 50

Today’s episode of Open Space Radio is a special one because it
is officially our 50th episode! It was hard to imagine having 50
episodes when we launched two years ago, but we’re here and we’re
thriving. Open Space Radio has consistently been in the Apple
charts for non-profit podcasts, and often in the top ten!


The timing of our 50th episode is pretty appropriate. We just got
back from the 2019 NRPA Annual Conference in Baltimore, and it
was amazing to meet so many of our listeners and chat with those
of you who have never even heard of the show. We were thrilled to
get some of you on the mic, and we’re looking forward to sharing
the great answers to six questions we asked people who stopped by
the Open Space Radio booth.


So, thank you to everyone who visited us and thank you for
listening — whether this is your 50th episode or your first — we
really appreciate you tuning in.


And since it’s our 50th episode and we’ve been reflecting on when
we first started, we thought it would be appropriate to use this
episode to explore one of the questions we asked while we were in
Baltimore: What piece of advice would you give to your
younger self?


Tune in to the show below to hear the sage advice from the
following people who were brave enough to get on the mic with us:


Stacie Anaya, Director, City of Lewisville Parks and
Recreation Department

Anthony Iracki, MS, CPRP, Recreation Supervisor, Whitefish
Bay Recreation

Brissa Ibarra, California State University, East Bay

Beeg Johnson, Recreation Director, City of Eagle Parks,
Pathways & Recreation

Tony Phillips, Director, City of South Fulton Parks and
Recreation

Donna Lindenmeier, Associate Professor of Recreation and
Leisure Studies, Oklahoma State University

Gabriel Passos, Aquatics Recreation Programmer II, Stafford
County Parks and Recreation

Jenny Cox, Conservation Program Manager, NRPA

Tom Ellis, CPRP, Parks Superintendent, Oro Valley Parks and
Recreation



And of course, we couldn’t have a 50th episode celebration
without sharing some of our own advice that we would tell our
younger selves, like making sure to make yourself proud first and
the importance of stepping outside of your comfort zone.


To finish out our celebration, we have officially launched an
Instagram just for the podcast. So be sure to follow us
@openspaceradio and say hi, tell us your ideas for future
episodes and tag us in photos of you listening to the podcast!
You can also send feedback or episode ideas to
openspace@nrpa.org, and we’ll send you an Open Space Radio
sticker!


Again, a huge thank you to everyone who sat down with us at the
2019 NRPA Annual Conference and thank you to everyone who has
listened and helped us get to 50 episodes. We could not have done
it without all our amazing past guests, listeners and colleagues
at NRPA who support Open Space Radio!