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And we have made it to the end...

Mellisa was my first ever guest exactly 5 years ago, so it only felt right to close out the podcast with her. I'm very emotional typing this, and I'm not sure where to go with this. Thank you Mellisa for everything. I will forever hold you near and dear to my heart. I'll never forget everything you have done for me. What a special way to end this journey. Thank you for doing this <3

To the supporters, thank you for an amazing 5 years! Over 100 episodes and 10,000 downloads! The amount of love, support, messages, and comments I have received throughout the years has been extremely overwhelming. Whether you listened on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. I appreciate every single one of you who has taken the time to listen to an episode. You know, since I was 17, I never cared about numbers and popularity. All I've ever wanted to do since I was a kid is to create art. Whether it was music, singing, podcasting, content creation, or photography. I just needed an outlet and a space to express myself. Thank you for your time and for your generosity. It means more than you know.

To the guests, the show is nothing without you. I've always loved lifting people up. Even in my YouTube days, I always wanted to collaborate and have people join me for videos. It's always more fun when you share your platform with others instead of making everything about yourself. This whole show revolves around that. It is all about connection and shining a light on someone I look up to and respect in some form. We all have stories to tell, and I just wanted to give everyone their moment to share a little bit of their life with us. Thank you to the people who commuted and met up with me in person, to the people who allowed me in their home and chatted with me for 2 hours, to the people who joined a Zoom link on their day off, lunch break, finals week, you name it. I thank you, and I owe this show to you. 

These episodes will forever be up for you guys to listen to. I will be paying every single month to keep them up for as long as I live. I am officially done with the show! The only person who will ever bring me back to do one more episode is Jamie Miller. Ya'll know he has been my dream guest since day one, and I am positive that it will still happen one day. See you in the near future for that episode...

Don't worry, I still plan on promoting certain episodes here and there, and I will continue to give out my scholarship every year. I will always be proud of this podcast and hold it near and dear to my heart (:

Plus, I also plan to start singing and covering songs again! Singing is and will always be my first love and my favorite thing to do so I’m very excited to have more time to focus on that. I also plan on putting out a book at some point as well as get back to photography and hopefully start following my dreams with musical theatre (:

Thank you for everything. Bye! "Be Kind"

-Yoel

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What is my life?! This episode has been a conversation and an idea for years now. To be honest, I didn't think it was going to happen. I knew this was hands down going to be the most difficult episode for me to schedule. John & Gabe are two of the hardest-working and busiest people I know. It was a challenge scheduling with them individually for previous episodes, so I was convinced that there was no way I was going to be able to get both of them in the same room to record with me, but we did it...

I want to start off by saying that I love Gabe so much. To be able to watch him grow and evolve not only as a content creator, but as a person has been a true joy and I'm honored that he has kept me a part of his life. I've known him since he was 14 years old and we have both been huge supporters of each other since the beginning, which has been a huge highlight of my life. He was kind enough to set up the lighting and the cameras for this episode. Thank you Gabe for everything you have done for me and continue to do for me. I will always be your number one supporter.

As for Mr. John Turri. I pinch myself every time I get to talk to him. I cannot believe he is my friend. I have learned so much from him throughout the years. I still to this day listen to his music endlessly and take notes on his vocal technique and songwriting. He is a big inspiration to me and a big role model and musical hero of mine. It's always such an honor getting to talk with him and to be in his presence. John was unnecessarily kind enough to record this episode with his gear as well as work on the audio and the visuals for this episode. 

I pretty much did nothing, but schedule the day and prepare the questions. This episode was recorded months ago. It took a lot of time and hard work to make sure everything was perfect. I hope you enjoy it. 

One more episode until we wrap up Confabulate ):

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Welcome to this week's episode!

This week, we will be discussing Season 8!

Season 8 isn't even done yet, but I still wanted to talk about it, since I've been working on it for over a year now. I always knew Season 8 would be my last season. 8 is my lucky number. I've always felt connected to that number, so I knew I was never going to do more than 8 seasons.

This is also my biggest season. I usually do 12 episodes, but I wanted to end this podcast with a bang and not leave anyone out, so I was just going to keep putting episodes out, and we will officially be at 31 episodes by the time we are all done.

This last season is dedicated to all of my favorite guests. I wanted to have one last run with them! Some I see all the time, some I haven't seen in years, some have never been on, and some have been on many times. I wanted to invite as many people as I could back on the show and just keep going until I checked off everyone from my list.

All of this feels very bittersweet. It's the best way I could've ever ended this podcast. I have two more episodes for you, and then we will officially be done with the show! See you soon!

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Welcome to this week's episode!

This week, we will be discussing Season 7!

This is my family season! Such a special season <3 Up until this point, I haven't really interviewed any family members because I knew I always wanted one season dedicated to them. I just had to be in the right place as a creator to dive into this type of material. These are people who mean the world to me, so I knew I had to treat all of my questions with so much love and care. 

This was actually a pretty overwhelming season for me. It was hard for me to grasp the fact that I was interviewing my family members for my podcast and that people were going to be listening. idk it was weird, but this season will always mean so much to me. It's probably one of the most meaningful things that I have ever put out. 

Thank you to Aritsai, Tio Eliud, Nayellys, Camila, Isaias, Aaliyah, Samira, Grandma, Xavier, Dad, and Mom <3

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Welcome to this week's episode!

This week, we will be discussing Season 6!

After finishing up all of the album breakdowns, I took a couple of months off, and then by the time I realized it, it had been a whole year since I had done any interviews. I was also going through a very big change in my life, so I knew adding a lot of recording dates to the mix would be a big challenge. 

I didn't really know where to begin, so I thought of some people who haven't been on the show yet, and I just asked them if they wanted to come on, and they all said yes! It was, overall, a very fun season! I can't believe some of these episodes even exist! This was the season where I realized that I actually really love what I do. I was able to really understand how special this creative outlet really is.

Thank you to Jeremy and Pam from MissIndepodcast, AJ, Isalei, Victoria, Shakira, Cassia, Jumeika, Katie, JonPaul, Will, Aaliyah, John, and Andrew! Such incredible episodes! So grateful!

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Welcome to this week's episode!

This week, we will be discussing Season 5!

I have a love/hate relationship with this season...

Love: I was finally able to show people how much I love music; I was able to sing every episode; I was able to fully break down 12 albums that I love from start to finish; I was able to talk about all of the artists who inspired me to sing and write; and this is my most successful/most-streamed season by far.

Hate: I was very sick pretty much the whole time I was recording this season, which is not ideal for someone who wants to sing and talk for over an hour. I could not get better no matter what I did, but I never skipped a week, and I pushed through for 12 weeks to make sure I had an episode to drop every single Monday (:

I worked really hard to research each album and come up with things to say about it. I did not think anyone would care about this season at all. Mostly because it's very different from my interviews, and I was not going to have anyone on, but everyone really loved this season, and it was received very well, which I will always be very happy and content with <3

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Welcome to this week's episode!

This week, we will be discussing Season 4!

I had the idea of doing a whole season of interviews with 12 teachers, educators, and coaches who have had an impact on me. That quickly went to shit when I realized how hard it would be to schedule with them and how hard it would be to even get a response, let alone a yes. 

So I'm like, you know what? Let's do a whole season full of people whom I admire and who mean a lot to me, and that's what I did. 

This is my favorite season that I have ever done. I am very proud of it, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. As a content creator, it's very fulfilling when you have a project you worked really hard on, and it turns out exactly how you wanted it to. I was also in the happiest and healthiest moment of my life, which was a big plus because I was able to be more present and enjoy these episodes more. I was able to fully be myself and just take in every moment, which was very refreshing.

Thank you to Mrs. Gardea, Mellisa, Andre, Coach AJ, Bri, Mrs. Marshalek, Maddie, Nicholas, JonPaul, Gabecoaster, Gustavo, Mary, Samantha, Bobby, and Andrew! 

Love every single one of these people, and they have impacted me in so many ways. Love this season so much!

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Welcome to this week's episode!

This week, we will be discussing Season 3!

I was recording this season while going through one of the lowest points of my life. It was definitely hard trying to be present and ask people questions when I just wasn't there mentally at all. It was very hard to smile when I did not feel like smiling. This whole season was one big blur, and I probably will never listen back, but I will say that the guests this season were incredible. I'm so grateful to all of them for distracting me and for helping me through a very hard time, which I'm sure they weren't even aware of, the emotional support that they were giving me.

My favorite interview I have ever done is actually from this season, and I will tell you guys which one it is during this episode!

Thank you John, Nicole, Andrew, Jafet, Sandra, Bobby, Mary, Sarah, Ricky, and Joel! I appreciate it so much <3

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Welcome to this week's episode!

This week, we will be discussing Season 2! This was literally the peak of covid, hence why almost every single episode was done virtually. This was a weird time for all of us, but I'm grateful to everyone who came on the show for this season. I was expecting the majority of these people to say no, but everyone said yes, which I was so shocked, but also super happy about! There are quite a few people from this season that I still admire and have so much respect for. 

I was able to get a little more comfortable with interviewing this time around and I was able to control my anxiety a little more.

Thank you Cassady, Jaimey, Lisa, Ana, Erik, Nicky, Gabecoaster, Cameron, Samantha, Caro, and Yhari!

This season was a lot of fun! Hope you enjoy this episode (:

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Welcome to this week's episode!

For the next 8 weeks, I'm going to be breaking down, reflecting, and spilling the tea on all 8 Seasons of Confabulate! There have been over 100 episodes, and each season holds a very special place in my heart. I was also in very different stages in my life while recording these seasons, so I thought it would be a cool thing to slowly wrap up the podcast by explaining how some of these episodes came to be.

The planning, the editing process, where certain episodes were recorded, why I chose a certain guest, how I came up with questions, etc., I'll be talking about all of that! 

We are kicking things off with Season 1! Can't believe it's been 5 years!

Thank you to Mellisa, Andrew, Bobby, Gustavo, Joel, Andy, JonPaul, Tiana, Bri, Maddie, Jeanette, Malakai, Isaac, and Mario for being my first guests! 

What an insane first season! Not sure how I managed to get all of these people on my first season, but it happened! I don't remember much, but let's dive in!

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