Reflecting on Season One and Exciting Plans for the Future of Truth and Shade

What happens when an idea sparks, grows, and finally soars into reality? We've lived this journey with our podcast, Truth and Shade, and it's with a sense of fulfillment and joy that we reflect on our first season's end. From the initial concept to the thrilling season finale, we've overcome challenges, made cherished memories, and most importantly, connected with you, our dear listeners. It's your support and engagement that has fueled us, making this season a journey worth undertaking. 

As we gear up for season two, a fresh wave of excitement is stirring. Picture new faces, more hot topics, and just maybe, our first celebrity guest stirring up the conversation. We're also on the hunt for our podcast's new studio home, and can't wait to see how this next chapter unfolds for Truth and Shade. However, we want you involved! Reach out with topics you'd love to hear us tackle in the coming season. After all, it's your Truth, your Shade we're here to share. Stay tuned, folks, because the best is yet to come.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:12

Hey friends and welcome back to the final episode of season one.

Speaker 2: 0:24

This is better sweet.

Speaker 1: 0:33

This is better, sweet the last episode it's been so much fun.

Speaker 2: 0:39

Yes, and it's such a short amount of time.

Speaker 1: 0:42

I feel like this time has flown by. I can't believe it's really been four months that we've been doing this, sharing our product with the world. Yes, I'm so thankful, but it's been like crazy. I can't believe this time has flown by. So much fun.

Speaker 2: 1:01

You know what they say time flies when you're having fun, okay, and I've been having a good time, I think, just proud that I've finished something. Yeah, same, same I've been seeing it through.

Speaker 1: 1:18

We had an idea, then we made it happen. And then now we've seen it through to an end. That makes me very proud too, yes.

Speaker 2: 1:29

I'm so proud of it.

Speaker 1: 1:31

Because we literally I feel like we both was like people at the beginning of this year. That was just like people who had ideas and big ideas and all of this stuff and had tried projects before or tried things before and stuff like just didn't happen. And then, like all of this kind of just like felt like divine, like okay, okay, I'm going to get it together, okay, you can. Okay, come on.

Speaker 2: 1:51

Come on, and then we just like our little talk came like well, maybe we could.

Speaker 1: 1:56

Maybe we could do this, maybe we could just like okay, let's just.

Speaker 2: 2:00

And then it just started happening organically. Yes, it wasn't hard at all, it just everything kind of like fell into our lap and then went with it and it happened, and tried this out and it worked.

Speaker 1: 2:11

It was like all the pieces was just connected, coming together and everything just like oh, that's cool, that's the truth, yeah, it's true, and Shay hey. So this has been so exciting.

Speaker 2: 2:24

I feel like I'm ready for season two.

Speaker 1: 2:27

Like I can't wait to get season two, Like doing the things and new topics and new things, guests or guests, and like, hopefully, our first celebrity.

Speaker 2: 2:39

Okay, man, I think that's what happened Right.

Speaker 1: 2:41

Just want that to happen. I'm yeah, I'm very excited Also, like first to find like a studio home, like somewhere we can just be like this is my thing, what are like mics and the whatnot. I'm very, I'm just excited about so much, it's so much that is like to come to happen and this is like literally just the beginning.

Speaker 2: 3:02

So, like.

Speaker 1: 3:03

Thank you all so much for being here with us Like we're here at the beginning and y'all can say y'all knew what's we in.

Speaker 2: 3:08

Okay, cause I don't come later, when you know we blow what we blow up to wait.

Speaker 1: 3:15

Cause I don't know. Oh, oh, no.

Speaker 2: 3:20

I'm sorry, I don't give a chance, that's hilarious.

Speaker 1: 3:27

Um yeah, so we are just, I'm just incredibly humbled and excited and thankful and just very. You know, I'm really excited to just see what, what the future comes like.

Speaker 2: 3:41

Cause I feel like we're definitely in our RuPaul season one filter area. And like we got season one done and it's going to get bigger and bigger and bigger, better, better, better.

Speaker 1: 3:53

Like from here like we just got to stick with it, so hopefully y'all stick with us. Cause it won't be like a little small haters.

Speaker 2: 4:00

but not too much of a time will pass, I'll say at least.

Speaker 1: 4:03

No, we just want you. We like we are. I'm going to enjoy our summer and you know we'll be back in the fall ready to kick ass Back in battle.

Speaker 1: 4:10

Yes, All new topics, all new things. Let us know different things that you want us to address, and it's a what is it Truth and shade? At gmailcom, like send us, let us know what you want to like, anything that you want to hear or something to discuss, something that and it was an opinion something you want us to expand on, or expand on like definitely we all can do it. So I guess we can talk a little bit about, like, the birth of truth and shade, or like we're talking about, like where we wanted to go and like yeah, so it really happened at work was having one of our.

Speaker 2: 4:45

we always had debates on our shifts, like we would always just like have some type of Spirit.

Speaker 1: 4:51

Debate about something.

Speaker 2: 4:53

And that particular day we were talking about.

Speaker 1: 4:56

I don't know if it was. I think we talked about Nicki Minaj versus Cardi B.

Speaker 2: 4:59

Yeah, and one of our co-workers Was sitting there watching us like have this debate, and was like y'all should have a podcast, because I was thinking like I love when y'all talk and like how y'all debate, and so we both was like it's not a bad idea, right? Like hmm, I mean, I was like I came up with the name right there. I was like it's always a little truth in the shade.

Speaker 1: 5:22

Yeah, we're like oh, that's a good one.

Speaker 2: 5:25

I mean, from there, just it went from there.

Speaker 1: 5:28

I think everything happens like that. Like once we decided like okay, we are new podcast. And then I bet later that was it wasn't that same shit, but it was a different ship. We was like we need name, we need name. And he was just kind of like you said well, there's always a little truth in the shade.

Speaker 2: 5:40

We said oh, that's it like it was come naturally and then like okay, idea for our logo.

Speaker 1: 5:45

Like oh Okay, oh, ideas for different shows, different episodes. Be like we should do something like this, we should do an episode about this. It's gonna be like this, like everything just kept coming organically and naturally and it just felt it just felt good, like like have that creativity kind of like flow. And also to have like build an audience that we can share with.

Speaker 1: 6:04

Yeah, I like actually enjoy the stuff that we be talking about. I know we be talking Me too. I think y'all like us, so that's very exciting and I'm just like it's just something I like to do, like, express ideas about, like, and not even like this series like mine, because I know we're buried like Mind it, but like also a lot of stuff that we be like. Oh, opposite sides of like. Yeah, you just be open to be like hmm, hmm, interesting, and I'll be like hmm, interesting.

Speaker 1: 6:38

Right, that's true. I guess we can meet in the middle here on this one Right. Yeah, so I just love that so much, and it's just been fun, and I think I hope that y'all enjoyed it too.

Speaker 2: 6:50

Cuz it's definitely been something like I've always wanted to do and always just like Never took the leaf, yeah, man. Or I always had like a fear, like oh, what if something goes wrong? This might not work. But then I didn't have no doubts, like when it just started. I'm like I Just start happening. I'm like it became so beautiful. It was a beautiful experience and what's that happen like that, you just know it's meant to be.

Speaker 1: 7:18

Yeah, yes, like, really that gets. I thought this would have been longer. Like this video, like yeah right? No, it's just like literally just to thank you. And audio Thank you for being here, the ones who've been listening and liking and On this first journey with you. Yes, y'all in the grassroots.

Speaker 2: 7:43

Cuz we got a lot of stuff that so much growing, so much stuff to do, and this is one of many things that we do.

Speaker 1: 7:53

Yes, it's literally the beginning like we all see us like five years without, a year's without we do it, like all of this stuff and like even Still doing this to the shade like maybe on the weekend something like that, like where it's like the breakfast club or something like what. It's still gonna be here we can be like I say. You can say y'all do what's we okay, at the very beginning. Okay, like we've trapped in after car and okay in the the couch, and so Just very excited.

Speaker 2: 8:25

Thank y'all so much for being here with us.

Speaker 1: 8:27

This has been a season.

Speaker 2: 8:33

Truth and say with the.

Speaker 1: 8:36

And see y'all next season. Love those and shade seekers. Love y'all friends.