Ever wonder what actually happens before and after we hit record on this show?

For this episode, I sat down with Dion Wiebe, the filmmaker behind The Currency of Happiness, to pull back the curtain on how this podcast really comes together. Dion isn't just running a camera. His whole approach starts with something he calls Storyfinding, a process of listening and understanding before a single frame is shot. That mindset shapes everything about how this show gets made, from the questions we ask in prep to the way an episode gets cut together at the end.

We walk through both sides of the process: what it takes on the production side to plan, shoot, and edit an episode, and what it takes on my side as the host to prepare, show up, and have a real conversation instead of just reading questions off a page.

🔹 STORYFINDING - Why Dion refuses to pick up a camera until he understands the story space and finds the right people to carry it
🔹 THE PRODUCTION SIDE - What goes into planning, shooting, and editing an episode before you ever see it
🔹 THE PREP SIDE - How I get ready to host a conversation that actually goes somewhere, instead of following a script
🔹 WHY IT MATTERS - The difference between a podcast that just gets made and one that's built to mean something

If you've ever been curious about what's happening off-camera, or you're thinking about starting something like this yourself, this one pulls back the whole process.

⏱️ What's Inside:
00:00 - Why we wanted to show this side of the show
- Storyfinding: listening before creating
- The production side, start to finish
- The prep side: how I get ready to host
- What makes an episode actually work

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