E210: Mick, the Doctor of Digital Smith on Life, Faith, Work, and the Burning of America

I had a great conversation with Dr. Mick Smith. Mick, has a Ph.D and is an author, consultant, and is also a voice talent. With over 4,000 books in his personal library, Mick knows a lot about history! Mick also has a podcast called The Doctor of Digital. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doctor-of-digital-gmick-smith-phd/id1545085984 In this episode, we discussed the following: How to setup your podcast. (0:00) The importance of having a podcast. (2:46) How did you get started in the industry? (5:55) The power of being a communicator. (11:17) Introverts vs. extroverts. (13:02) The importance of confidence in yourself. (20:18) The value of having a book library. (23:30) The burning america trilogy. (26:47) How do you find your passion? (33:19) Find something you’re passionate about. (36:49) The story of how my dad became indispensable. (42:29) How to stay on a consistent path of writing. (45:16) You can also find his book called "The Burning of America" on Amazon. https://a.co/d/0yoXN0Q Below is a description of it. This fictional account exposes the dark underbelly of the custody industry in American villages. Children are treated like footballs and are simply kicked from place to place, parental rights are routinely violated, often with one parent who is considered no more than a paycheck, and the custody enterprise of judges, lawyers, and counselors profit from the displacement and misery of children. The novel punches hard in the gut and does not let up until the untimely and tragic climax. Paul Theus is a respectable middle-class professor until his peaceful world is shattered as we find out from the first line: "No parent prepares for a child to be taken." Beware of strangers and watch out for the big bad wolf kids are told but what if a family unit is smoldered from within by a mother? Paul found the note that his wife was leaving for awhile tucked in a book about the Jon Bonet Ramsey child murder. The Bohemian mother Anne Theus inflames the threat posed by the idea that it takes the village court to raise a child. Do the courts really act in the best interest of the children? Parents plan for their children's home, school, clothes, food, and happiness but once the Theus' five-year daughter is kidnapped we are barraged by conflict for over three years until the terminal end. Is the terminal ending tragic or the only possible resolution to the conflict? You decide.