Be the Show Podcast – Uncovering the Personalities behind the Posts (Episode 1 @aksinya)

For some time, I have been developing the idea of creating a podcast which focused on capturing the personalities of the creators behind some of the content here on Steemit. The human connection between creators and fans has been missing here on Steemit. Book signings and conventions (such as Comic Convention) offer creators and fans that opportunity for a more human and personal connection in the conventional world, and I aspire to capture some of that with Be the Show.

A community needs to connect and creators need engaged fans.

About a month ago, I took some of my earnings on Steemit, and developed a small studio in my basement with the intention of creating this podcast. Guess it’s time to be the show.

“Be the Show”

Sometimes I wonder if the spirit of PT Barnum secretly follows me because I’m a great mark. Through most of my life, I began to dread audience participation shows. Whenever I would hear the words, “I’m looking for a volunteer,” invariably I was always chosen.

One night, I was visiting a comedy club in Orlando which was packed to capacity. When my group got to the door, the usher looked at the four of us and asked us to hold on while he checked the floor for seats. When he returned, he pulled back the curtain, looked at me with a snarky grin and said, “I’ve got some perfect seats just for you.”

He took us right up in front of the stage to four seats perfectly carved off from the row. I swear it looked like they were under their own spotlight. At that moment, we all looked at each other and I shrugged my shoulders and asked, “Why watch the show when you can be the show?”

Special Thanks to @aksinya

I’d like to offer a special thank you to @aksinya for being my first guest. Not only does it take some courage to be the first guest, but to agree to an interview in English, when your native language is Russian deserves special mention.

Episode 1 - @aksinya

I had a chance to sit with Aksinya about two weeks ago to interview her on the final day of the Festival of the Drums Worldwide on the River Volga.

I first met and befriended her early on when I joined Steemit and featured some of her posts in a Hidden Gems series I used to run. Aksinya was just at the point of giving up when I featured her work on a regular Hidden Gems series I ran on my blog. Fortunately, she chose to continue creating content, and her persistence paid off. After being a featured author a number of times on Curie, she focused her efforts on challenges and contests within the art community here on Steemit and has become a bonafide social influencer in the community.

In the interview with this self-identified aspiring mother, artist and wife, we dive into how she came to Steemit, the art challenges she developed here on Steemit, her current hobbies, her husband @beertripper, the craft brew scene in Moscow and much more.

Future Interviews and Episodes of Be the Show

Are there other people in the Steemit community you’d like to hear more from? In the comments thread, let me know who they are, and I may feature them on future episodes.

After all, why watch the show when you can be the show?