I Always Wanted To
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Listen to Unpacking Peanuts
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hi everyone. While I'm taking a break from this podcast I'm working on another one called Unpacking Peanuts, where 3 cartoonists take an in-depth look...
Take A Break
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I want to let regular listeners know that I'm taking a break from creating new episodes of I Always Wanted To. I have plans to make additional "best o...
Join the Circus
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Allison's interest in becoming a performing artist began when she joined FSU's Flying High Circus in 2004 where she was able utilize her background i...
House the Homeless
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Young is an athlete, leader, and follower of Jesus. He graduated from F&M with honors while playing two NCAA sports, D1 wrestling and football. S...
Find a Diet I Like
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jess Reid is a self-care keto coach, a certified life coach with the International Coaching Federation, and the founder of her own coaching practice, ...
Be A Podcaster
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In late 2017, with no previous experience in audio-making or storytelling, Lori Mortimer simply decided it would be a good idea to start a podcast. Th...
Make Ceramics
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine is an audio storyteller with a background in art based in Oakland, CA, where they produce and host Material Feels, a podcast exploring the i...
Write A Novel
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Meier is a multi-published author and book coach living in the Pacific Northwest. Her debut novel, THE HOUSE OF BRADBURY, was chosen as a Bes...
Be A Fashion Designer
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nic Hyl (pronounced Nick Hill) is the founder and creative director of New York's emerging and award winning swimwear, clothing and activewear brand,...
Be More Adventurous
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Hansen O'Neill is an international speaker, author, adventurer, and entrepreneur using her action-packed experience to Fire Up audiences. She ...
Keep My New Year's Resolutions
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this year end episode I share some tips for creating New Year's Resolutions you'll actually keep, plus some alternative approaches from Dave Evans...
Travel - From the Vault
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When I ask people what they've always wanted to do, a frequent response is travel. They want to go places they've never been and experience the cultur...
Be A Podcaster - Bonus Preview
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In late 2017, with no previous experience in audio-making or storytelling, Lori Mortimer simply decided it would be a good idea to start a podcast. T...
Learn To Sing - From the Vault
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a compilation of my favorite excerpts from my most popular podcasts-- the series on Learning To Sing. In putting this together I see t...
Hear Your Feedback
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liz wraps up Season 8 and talk about what's upcoming over the next few months. I love hearing listener feedback. Here's a sample f...
Leave an Abusive Relationship
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Patrisha McLean is a photojournalist whose life was upended in 2016 when her husband of 29 years was arrested for domestic violence. The arrest set h...
Bike Across the Country
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Leslie Kasanoff has spent her life in healthcare, including 25 years as a holistic chiropractor on the Central Coast of California and 10 years ...
Play A Theremin
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dorit Chrysler has been dubbed a superior wizard of the theremin. An Austrian-born, New York-based composer, producer, and singer Chrysler is the co-f...
Spot Disinformation
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Ruston is a Research Professor with Arizona State University's Global Security Initiative, a university-wide interdisciplinary hub for research...
Be A Competitive Athlete (Starting At Age 57)
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Madonna Boclair Hanna had a successful career in the fashion industry at the corporate level. She retired as an award winning fashion marketing ed...
Play the Harmonica
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest, Mark Radel, describes himself this way: I have always been around music. I sang in the church choir, school choirs, acted in musicals in...
Be A Cave Diver
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
JILL HEINERTH is an underwater explorer, writer, photographer, speaker, and filmmaker. A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, she has led expediti...
Know What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest, Annie Handmer, is a final year PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Science, in the School of History and Philosophy of S...
Find My Purpose
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this, my 50th episode, I talk about the upcoming season which begins Monday, September 13th. Coming up on I Always Wanted To: Know What I Want T...
Go Behind The Scenes
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Sumner tells the story of how I Always Wanted To podcast came to be, where she finds her guests, and shares her favorite podcast mentors. Juleyk...
Find My Birth Mother
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Peguero is a High-Performance Mindset Coach who helps female entrepreneurs integrate spiritual development into their business so they can make ...
Build A Tiny House
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Waldman is a tiny house author, speaker, and teacher. He built his own tiny house on wheels in 2012, and has been passionately helping future ti...
Be An Archaeologist
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Smiti Nathan, PhD has been an archaeologist for 15+ years. Her current research focuses on ancient societies in Oman and Ethiopia. She works with inte...
Visit A Haunted House
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, Dr. Kristy Sumner coupled her passion for travel, history and the paranormal when she formed Soul Sisters Paranormal, an all-female team, ma...
Create A Graphic Novel
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Gownley is the New York Times Bestselling author of Amelia Rules! And the Dumbest Idea Ever. He has done work for Disney on properties such as T...
Be A Sommelier
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay, now part-owner of Rimessa Roscioli and co-founder of the Roscioli Wine Club, came to Rome 5 years ago while studying wine in Santa Barbara ...
Live Abroad
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heather is a graduate of Environmental Biology from Antioch College and Antioch University Graduate School. She has dabbled in higher education admin...
Intro to Season 7
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The new season begins May 3rd with more fascinating interviews with regular people doing things that others long to do. This is a public episode. If y...
Understand Why People Like Hip-Hop - Part 2
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part two Manny responds to some of my preconceptions about what hip hop music is and is not. In part one he explained the culture of hip hop and wh...
Understand Why People Like Hip-Hop - Part 1
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part one Manny explains the culture of hip hop and why he founded the center for Hip Hop Advocacy. In part two he responds to some of my preconcept...
Climb Mt Kilimanjaro
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SIMONE KNEGO leads an ordinary life filled with extraordinary moments. As a wife, mother to six children (and three dogs), and a serial entrepreneur, ...
Learn Another Language
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Polyglot with 8 currently active languages and more on the side. Former expat and international English teacher, now back in the US trying to conquer ...
Run For Office
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Sumner, a candidate for the 23rd Wisconsin Assembly District in 2018, is a Fox Point resident, small business owner, wife and mother of two small ...
Intro Season 3
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Sumner introduces the new series which begins November 4th. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscriber...
Figure Out Social Media
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shaily started doing social media for her hobby community in high school… ON MYSPACE. She didn't realize what she did was doing social media until ...
Make Money with My Music
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Isabella Bedoya helps independent artists establish profitable and sustainable music careers so they can get paid doing what they love. She is the fou...
Intro Series 6
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have a great line up for Series 6 beginning February 15, 2021. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscri...
Change the World
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Orly is the founder of the global non-profit, Life Vest Inside, a kindness expert, educator, best selling author, entrepreneur and keynote speaker who...
Go Into Outer Space
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Handmer is a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Science, in the School of History and Philosophy of Science. She has a Bache...
Learn to Play Jazz Piano
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, I'm Dr. Bob Lawrence – the founder and President of The Dallas School of Music. I am a native of Rock Island, Illinois (located a couple h...
Dig for Dinosaur Fossils
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Becky Barnes is a paleontologist with the North Dakota Geological Survey, located in Bismarck, ND. She works as the lab manager and volunteer coordi...
Produce a Broadway Show
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mia Moravis is a three-time Emmy® Awards-nominated producer, a Remi® Award-winning filmmaker (Seeking Heat, about the international artists on David...
Intro to Season 5
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New episodes of I Always Wanted To begin September 7th, 2020. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...
Be A Songwriter
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Judy Fine Judy Fine is a singer and music educator who owns Online with Judy Fine, a resource for DIY singing and songwriting courses as well as in-pe...
Understand How Sound Works
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Armstrong - from Springfield MA. Fell in love with and studied String Bass for a few years in the 60s' Went to college for Music ed. Received a ...
Be A Farmer
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
City girl gone country! I moved to Alstead Center, NH from MA, in the fall of 1980. You have to be creative to "make it" here. Learning to; unfree...
Play the Ukulele
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Scharf is a British pensioner living in the rural Le Marche in Italy. He spent many years working in finance in the old City of London whilst ...
Learn to play Bluegrass
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Carrie Kidd I am a theatre artist in practice. Lots of folks may know me from local theatre productions. I've lived in Keene for close to twenty y...
Intro to Season Four
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Restrictions have been imposed to slow the contagion. Some of us are fortunate enough to simply accept the new rules with only mild inconvenience-- or...
Learn To Sing - Part 2
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Judy Fine With a Master of Music in Composition and a penchant for encouraging others to follow their passion, Judy Fine has been teaching and perform...
Start A Charity
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Bennell and Mark White Mary is currently the regional director of a UK framework procurement company for social housing and public construction. ...
Change My Habits
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Betsy Burroughs Founder & President of, FocusCatalyst: Innovation Based On The Neuroscience Of Insight. Betsy is also the author of the upcoming book,...
Try Couch Surfing
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Susanne Uhl-Vening https://www.couchsurfing.com/ https://belfiore-italia.com/ Born 1952 in Germany, married to my Dutch husband for almost 30 years Li...
Learn to Sing Jazz
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Isabella Celentano teaches singing at Civica Scuola di Musica Paolo Soprani in Castelfidardo, and Zona Musica and Cantieri Musicale in Ancona, Italy. ...
Join the Peace Corps
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Picard is currently living in Keene, NH, enjoying the seasons, her grandchildren and a relatively quiet and uneventful life. As opposed to trave...
Travel and Paint
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Mitchell Charles is an experienced artist and teacher who has taught in specialist art colleges and universities in the UK and overseas. He w...
Try Tinder (at age 70)
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Betsy Burroughs Founder & President of, FocusCatalyst: Innovation Based On The Neuroscience Of Insight. Betsy is also the author of the upcoming book,...
Series Two Introduction
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Sumner introduces the next series of the podcast, a little wiser and even more determined. New episodes begin January 7th, 2019. This is a publ...
Series One in Conclusion
15 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Sumner wraps up the first series of the podcast with some thoughts in conclusion. Now when I get an invitation and I feel that little gasp of "oh ...
Put My Poetry Out Into The World
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Poets Lynn Horsky and Halina Scharf describe how they found inspiring community with other poets by sharing their work. Lynn Horsky Freelance Cons...
Compete in Ballroom Dancing
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lauryn Franzoni works with individuals, teams and organizations helping them clarify what they want and then how to align their people, plans and prac...
Get Back on a Horse
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Waite and Roberta Shanman both rediscovered their love of horses later in life, and tell any other "mature, terrified novices" how much they lov...
Write My Book
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, editor, and "book midwife," Siobhan Colgan helps you bring your vision and voice into the world. Siobhan is a writer who writes and edits a...
Travel the World On My Own
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
World travelers Jennifer Sumner and Barbara Castleton have each explored exotic places and don't let not having a partner who likes to travel slow the...
Go Parasailing and Scuba Diving
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Huffington didn't start diving or flying until she was in her forties. When I was 40 I miscarried my third baby and was aware that motherhood wou...
Start a B&B
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning hosts, Kathy Hansen and Louise Haasjes, talk about getting started and running their successful B&Bs. Katharine (Kathy) Hansen is a wri...
Learn To Sing
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Salwen teaches singing to "non-singers," beginners and anyone who wants to sing more comfortably and expressively. She is the author of the book...
An Introduction
04 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
New series premiering in May In this introduction I explain what it's all about. Plus I reveal the origin and demise of my brief yet humble songwritin...