- Today is a special episode where I have a guest. I have my good friend Mat Hyder joining me over zoom! As an introduction, Mat was a former neighbor and ward member when I lived in Highland, Utah. We served in a bishopric together.
- He is a wonderful father who will soon have a missionary heading out.
- He is a pediatric nurse at Primary Children’s Hospital. He would visit often when my son Xavier was up at Primary Children’s for several months.
- Mat recently started a podcast that has nothing to do with medicine and has everything to do with Mayberry.
- He is also a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- It’s a fun episode, so without any further delay, let’s get into it!
Welcome to the Show Mat Hyder!
- It’s great to have you on and even better just to have the opportunity to catch up!
- Mat and I were neighbors in Highland Utah, and Mat still lives in Highland and is probably trying to repair all the damage that I did.
- Isn’t it crazy how much the world has changed even since I lived there in Highland?
- We didn’t zoom much unless it was you zooming by on your motorcycle.
- So I was trying to think when was it that you moved into the ward in Highland? Oh yeah…
- Well, I’m jumping the gun here. We’ll get into your podcast later, but first let’s get to know Mat. Let’s take it back a twitch.
- You talk about this a lot on your podcast but tell us about where you grew up.
- Where do you fit in with your siblings?
- Were you raised in the Church?
- What was it like growing up outside of Utah and being a member of The Church?
- Were you always active?
- Do you think it’s harder or easier for kids to grow up in the Church in Utah or outside of Utah?
- How is it that you became such a big fan of John Denver?
- I was guessing that you were leaving on a jet plane, you didn’t know when you would be back again. Or maybe you were heading to a country road, to take you home, you noticed some sunshine on your shoulder and thought, I should look up this John Denver guy!
- And now you are here, with little rocky mountain sunshine on your shoulders. Does it make you happy?
- I had the John Denver Christmas album with the Muppets.
- He was on with the muppets a little too often. I think he may have been a muppet who just went solo.
- Did you ever see him in concert?
