I learned so much at the NYC Podcast Movement 2026, so much to help me be a better producer for AB Sees You, a better host for you here on GTTR Extras, and a better creator for you as Sparkleweather Art on TikTok and YouTube. Feel like you are there with me, get to the roots of the conference, and learn whether this event will be right for you next year (spoiler: it is! It's so valuable!) -- A huge and never ending thank you to Alexis Baum for bringing me along on the trip. I hope to pay her back in spades, as without Alexis in my life I wouldn't be me. Without Pompadour in my life I wouldn't be me. Without you in my life, I wouldn't be hosting Get to the Roots Extras.

Links to Alexis's AB Sees You from the trip to the podcast movement:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gSR85U97DQy2xho0ZQZ9b?si=53b24bf6932c4fd2

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VG9hgtKGH2teVldJAtZt0?si=339090ceea9e4f77

https://open.spotify.com/episode/72wA0boZPaWafyCVKPmIwO?si=55859a5bd7dc4871

Had a lot of thoughts about my show this week, did some rebranding, saw a cool radio-related movie, and now sharing with you some thoughts on what could make a good radio drop, the importance of coming off okay on the radio, and what different directions one can take when they put something out there.

Join Get to the Roots Stef and Pompadour while they review their time at the Tampa Bay Comic Convention and compare it to past experiences at cons in this special 50th episode of GTTR Extras

Been letting the music do a lot of heavy lifting for the radio show lately -- and that's what the show is for -- great local music -- so anyway, I can't talk about the shopping cart theory on my radio show or my art channel, so that leaves this podcast -- also giving you an update on my art channel and what I'm working on next.

In this episode I go over my last broadcast where I promoted most of the musicians and shows that are on Radio St Pete who have been nominated for the 2026 Creative Loafing Best oft the Bay award.

Much like last week's pod, I share the drops I did for my radio show this week. I even got more help than last time, getting two correspondents to record some rain-related jokes to help keep things light.

Being in Florida, I didn't want to group hurricanes into a rain-themed episode. This episode is essentially a part two to last week's, when I covered heat and the heat index in Florida. For the rain we see this time of year, I was able to go even deeper and find out even more information than last time.

I also played with different ways to sound engineer each clip.

Hey in this episode of Get to the Roots Extras I share the voice drops I did for this week's Get to the Roots on Radio St Pete. This behind the scenes looks goes into what made my radio show special this week, will hopefully inspire you to become creative in your work, and also I love being able to archive the extra work I put into GTTR as well as inform this audience as well of all the things I learned about this week for the show. It's hot in Florida and the weather has a lot of interesting facts to throw in about what we're dealing with down here!

In this episode I reflect on my work on AB Sees You and I talk about how I fell off my stool when I was painting the other night