What is your username on ykyz? My username on ykyz is SmartMoney.
What do your friends and family call you? I prefer to go by Becky.
Where are you from? I am originally from the Pennsylvania Area. However, I now call Nebraska my home.
Do you have an occupation outside of microcasting? I do. It’s one of the hardest jobs there is. A stay at home mom!
What got you into microcast on ykyz? It’s a quick alternative to blogging, and you get to actually interact with people.
What does your microcast focus on most? I try to focus on saving money and spending it smart. It’s been a passion of mine for quite some time, especially after I got married and we wanted to buy a house.
Do you have any kind of creative process for your episodes? It depends. Sometimes the topics come easily, other times I really have to think. I try to stay relevant and address topics like investing as well as tips to save money in small ways.
Do you use scripts when recording episodes? For me, it’s a must. It’s nice to have a transcribed copy in case I ever want to use these notes, and if I talk “freestyle” I say “um” way too much.
Any other facts you want us to know about? Well sure! I like fries, my favorite color is blue, I can play the clarinet, and I spend way to much time watching clips of Brooklyn Nine-Nine on YouTube. That’s me in a nutshell.
u/mattasher writes: And now, without further ado, here are the winners of CotW IV.
But first, some shoutouts:
Shoutout to Doctor Irish, our Rookie of the Week. The good Doctor blasted through his first level requirements with dozens of high-quality episodes and great community engagement. We were prepared to offer a Rookie Referral bonus to whoever got the doc to pay us a house call, but it turns out he found our job ad directly.
Shoutout to the Dancing Bartender, who was lost at sea for over a week. Good to see him back and contributing more tales of tall ships and life at the corners of the map labeled “Here be monsters”.
Shoutout to CatGuruJoanie for our new favorite intro/outro. You make us purr with delight, and meow like little kittens.
And now on to the CotW winners.
But first, a suggestion. If you are having trouble remembering the best episodes of the last week to nominate, we recommend using the “favorite” feature to Heart your top episodes each week. That makes it easy to review what you liked best, just go to https://ykyz.com/f/YourUsername to look back over your faves.
And now on to the CotW winners.
But first, here are the runner’s up:
EP44 protest dressing by fashionmusings A follow up to last week’s winning entry about fashion police, this one might have taken a top prize again if she’d included some nice juicy examples of specific protest wear.
Ep 14 Horoscopes vs Astrology by Astrocast By Diz Diz gets us up to speed with a detailed definition of Astrology and Horoscopes in this content rich, well recorded microcast episode.
And now, on to the CotW winners: Second prize: In “Song Reco”, Music and Peace tells the tale behind one of the most famous folk/blues songs of all time. Packed with detail but not overwhelming, Addie’s recommendation takes us back to song’s origins in the 30’s, then forward to the 60s when it became a monster hit for The Animals. Don’t spend your lives in sin and misery, tune in to Addie’s Music and Peace microcast instead.
Grand prize: There wasn’t much debate about which episode deserved the top spot this past week. Our favorite Millennial Jonathan nailed it with his creative, high effort, perfectly executed episode titled “Grocery”. In just 90 seconds, Jonathan takes us on an epic coffee run that goes from home to the grocery to the annoying self-checkout lane, complete with sound effects and mega stuff Oreos. His checkout total for coffee plus extras may have hurt his wallet, but he’s going to be just fine after taking home this week’s Grand prize.
Thanks for another great week of episodes at ykyz!
