Did You Bring the Hummus?

"60 minutes of content?! What the heck am I going to talk about?" When I first faced my Toastmasters podcasting challenge, I had zero editing skills and had never even listened to a podcast. But sitting with that uncertainty led me straight to my core topic—and ultimately, to creating Did You Bring the Hummus?.

Going against the culture isn't supposed to be easy, but it is deeply rewarding.

My mom, Diane, is celebrating a milestone birthday this weekend! In her honor, I’m sharing our special 100th podcast episode featuring her. We dive deep into family memories, her inspiring cancer journey, and the ultimate question: is she the reason behind my hummus obsession? Get ready for a beautiful conversation about family, food, and resilience—and help me wish her a happy birthday in the comments!

Let me tell you, the first time I used editing/producing software I was editing my narration of a non-fiction book and I cried A LOT. AND, I had help!

Season 7 is almost here so I thought I would write a little bit about my podcast, Did You Bring the Hummus . If you'd like to know the origin of the name or how the podcast itself came to be you can read about that here . First, wow, I just wrote the words season 7 in the opening sentence of this blog, I can barely wrap my head around it! I really had no idea I would have so much to say nor did I anticipate interviewing some of the most inspiring people I've ever had the chan