Hi, I am Kezia a stroke survivor and member of BIND.
And hi, I'm Carrie, a stroke survivor and member of BIND as well. And we are so excited to share with you today that bind waves has officially hit the one year mark. Um, our first episode was released on March 24th, 20 22. We are currently, as of today at 39 episodes, 1029 downloads we are listened to in nine different countries in 29 different cities. And big surprise, but huge shout. Shoot out. Shout out to Dallas for our number one listener city.
And yes, I said shoot out because I've got a hockey game tonight. So there you go, Okay.
And to celebrate, uh, we definitely want to highlight our most recent accomplishment. uh, Carrie and I actually were sponsored or we were given a scholarship, um, to attend the podcast, um, movement evolutions uh, I can Conference, conference, the conference in Las Vegas.
So we definitely have a huge thanks and we are so, uh, grateful for podcast movement for both of us to be sponsored, to attend and to really have the opportunity to learn a lot about different tools and a lot of different, um, people, amazing people that do this and inspire us to continue doing. Uh, we also wanna make a huge shout out to bind for, also sponsor our behind the scenes, our podcaster, the one that's always here that nobody sees or hears, but she's here and her name is Jasmine.
So huge thanks to both of you guys, uh, for really giving us that opportunity to get better and make bind waves even better. Every. episode
Absolutely. Yes. Thank you very much. And during the podcast Movement Evolution Conference, we met, like Kezia said a lot of great podcasters and got to attend a lot of great sessions to help learn and motivate us to make some upgrades. Now, some of these upgrades may not be noticeable to y'all, but they're gonna make a big difference in the bind Waves podcast life. So, and some of those are,
so the one that I'm really excited about is actually we are extending our, um, Pre presence in social media. Uh, so our social media, um, we are currently under, uh, the bind.org, but we are now going to have our own Instagram account. So it's gonna be at. Uh, bind waves. Um, so you're gonna be able to see a lot more behind the scenes.
Our new reels, a lot more, uh, posts that are gonna be shared about each of our, of us as our co-hosts, um, but also about every episode and who's gonna be our guests. So I'm super excited about that. Um, we are also going to be, um, coming soon, we're also gonna have other forms of social media. So you're gonna be seeing. us on TikTok. I don't even have one, but I'm gonna have one for bind waves and also, um, at LinkedIn.
So we're gonna be trying to expand and reach out to different um, audiences.
and we know a lot of you really like seeing our smiling faces. We are not thrilled about it. Just kidding. our guests sometimes are a little nervous, but we are, we have found new resources to be able to bring back the video options soon. So Bind Waves will now be not just accessible on audio. But again, like I said, on video, on YouTube, and it'll also be transcribed so you'll be able to read all our episodes. So we are becoming much more accessible
So one of those, um, things that Carrie was just talking to about is that not only are you gonna be able to listen to us, see us and read us, but it's also really important to be having these tools available to teach other, um, to teach other brain injury survivors. So this is one of those tools that we thought was super cool to learn about in the conference. But we are doing that to maintain our purpose of staying 100%, um, made and managed by brain injury survivors and members of bind.
So we're gonna be doing that. We downloaded this app called, um, de script. So not only is it gonna help us to edit it and make it less less time doing it, but it's also as easy as copy and. paste Essentially, so we're teaching right now people how to do that. So Jasmine doesn't have too much on her back, but also to inspire other brain injury survivors to learn new skills.
And last but not least, um, one of our other many upgrades is Bind Waves, is going to create a newsletter. So we know many of you prefer. And so we will be adding email notifications to also remind our listeners of upcoming episodes and then just a little more personal communication from Kezia and I, cuz I know y'all can't get enough of us. So be sure to stay tuned for all these wonderful changes coming.
And even though we're doing all these upgrades, remember that we will be on here every Thursday. Uh, all your favorite platforms. Um, so just remember also to continue following us and all, everything, and to add us as of today on Bind Waves on Instagram. Instagram.
Yep. And don't forget, as Kezia said, to like, share, subscribe, hit the notify button on YouTube and continue to share with all your listeners and followers as well. You can find us on all your favorite platforms.
So, until next time.
Until next time.