Now We Go

This is our first blog on our website. Lot of pressure to perform here. Here it goes. **Ahem** Welcome to the Alithio Network, officially, in blog form.

For those who have been keeping up with us since the end of 2023, and for those who haven’t, we are a growing collection of podcasts and shows including two hockey shows (Alithio’s Chicago Blackhawks Show and Good Morning, Hockey), an F1 show (On the Gravel), and a powerlifting show (Listen for Commands).

All of our shows are available anywhere you find podcasts, and every one but Good Morning, Hockey is available in full video form on YouTube. Yes, that is the show I do and I choose not to be on camera every morning when we record the show. Maybe one day. But not quite yet. Its more of a radio show style I try and emulate for it anyways. Lots of great guests come by most days, its a genuine highlight of my mornings. If you’re a hockey fan, check it out.

Its been quite the whirlwind to get to this point of finally feeling like we can all take a collective breather and even marginally look at the work we’ve done and smile. None of the four shows we now have on our network are shows we started with. Some of the people who wanted to be a part of this have changed and been swapped out with others.

Sometimes the best things happen when everything is blowing up in your face and backs are against the wall though.

I really like the mix of people we have in our group. I like the baseline that the shows we have gives us. Its a solid foundation for us to build an empire. Everyone is a kind, well-intentioned human being, which is the first and more important priority for us. But they all see the vision. And I think they all individually have that hunger and drive needed to push what you’re working on to the next level that is necessary when you are a part of a team.

Everyone knows its an all-hands-on-deck effort around here. Expect to get out of it what you put in. Nothing our group doesn’t already know.

But this is a moment for us.

You have to be able to take a second and appreciate it while its here. Its moments like this you work towards, so there is nothing wrong with reflecting at points you feel are seminal.

We have four, really entertaining shows that have placed very high in their respective categorical rankings, top 5 in a few cases. Our numbers haven’t stopped rising since the first day. We have a website up now, we’re posting more on social media, we have even had requests for small-quantity merchandise. Everything we add injects more energy and a sense of attainability to our group. All this with a tight budget and me showing my OCD and a need for perfection constantly.

But the smile will be brief, and then it we all will be back to it. We’re not close to where we want to be, there’s so much more room for growth.

Everyone involved with Alithio will have the opportunity and chance to blog at their total discretion. Whenever they want. Its not a part of the job they do here, since our main focus is our podcats and but it does good to boost their own brands, the brands of our shows, and the brand of the company. So maybe it is part of their jobs. But not really.

So while we will greatly encourage our people to blog, it is all on their own accord. Some people like to write while others not so much.

We’ll see how this goes.

I anticipate the majority of these blogs to be sports related, but we won’t place any creative limitations. So if someone wants to write about how they’re feeling that day, what MLB pitchers they think have funny names, or why blackberry jam is the best jam for toast, they have full reign. That being said, we won’t tolerate any nonsense or anything that crosses the line, but that will be caught by us well before it ever could get out to any of you.

Point being, this should be fun, casual, as all good blogs are. Loose, no pressure, no word count or topic or deadline being forced on you. Just free-flowing writing.

And in all honesty, the work that everyone has done building this thing since we’ve started has been tremendous. We’ve been able to continuously crush our goals. Sometimes we miss marks, and we’re still not even 5% of where we want to be. But we’re on the right path. I really like where things are headed as of today.

So thank you to everyone currently on board here from podcasting, producing, and business.

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube page, it means a lot to us. I’ll link it right here.

https://www.youtube.com/@AlithioPodcastNetwork

And if you’re really feeling like you’re all aboard the Alithio train, follow our shows on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, listen to an episode, then leave a 5-star rating and review. The 5-stars help our shows a lot, especially when it comes to being recommended alongside other shows in the genres, so we appreciate all of the support.

No set plan as to when my next blog will be. I assume most of my blogging will be pertaining to hockey, do some deep dives on certain stats I like at times or certain trends I am seeing. Will probably do some blogs after certain interviews with people that come on to Good Morning, Hockey.

Until then.

Cheers.