Scott DeLuzio: 00:03 Thanks for tuning in to the Drive On Podcast, where we talk about issues affecting Veterans after they get out of the military. Before we get started, I’d like to ask a favor if you haven’t done so already, please rate and review the show on Apple podcast. If you’ve already done that, thank you. These ratings help the show get discovered so it can reach a wider audience. And while you’re there click the subscribe button so that you get notified of new episodes as soon as they come out. If you don’t use Apple podcasts, you can visit DriveOnPodcast.com/subscribe to find other ways of subscribing, including our email list. I’m your host, Scott DeLuzio. And now let’s get on with the show.
Scott DeLuzio: 00:44 Hi everybody. Thanks for tuning in to the Drive On Podcast. Today my guests are Natalie Gross and Andrea Scott. Natalie and Andrea are co-founders of the Spouse Angle, a podcast and news site that brings trusted relevant news to military spouses and their families. So, Natalie and Andrea, welcome to the show. Why don’t you tell us a little about yourselves and your background? Natalie, maybe start with you.
Natalie Gross 01:13 Sure. Thanks so much, Scott, for having us, we are excited to be here, so I am Natalie Gross. I am the host and producer of the Spouse Angle podcast, which, like you mentioned, is a podcast and a website breaking down the news for military spouses and their families. That’s our tagline. We launched last October. I’m a military kid. My dad was in the Army for 20 years. So, I moved around a lot as an Army brat. I’m taking these experiences as an Army brat then turned journalist and I’m bringing that into the Spouse Angle as well. Andrea and I met at Military Times when I was working there for two years. And I’m now a freelance journalist covering mostly the military, but also education as well.
Scott DeLuzio: 01:59 Awesome. Andrea, how about you?
Andrea Scott: 02:02 Yeah, thanks so much for having us here today, Scott. My family is also a military family. I like to joke and Natalie hates my joke, but I’m the loser of my family. My family is all Air Force and Navy pilots. And I am a journalist that sits behind the desk a lot of times and no one in my family can understand how I know how to read and write. I don’t understand how they all know how to fly airplanes, but my father was an A10 pilot in the Air Force when I was young and both my younger brothers right now are Air Force pilots flying the B 52 and the F35. I’m very proud of them and grew up with that military spirit, but it wasn’t necessarily my calling. So, my background is journalism. Like I said, reading and writing is what I’m good at.
Andrea Scott 02:46 And I ended up at Military Times, as editor of Marine Corps Times. That’s where I met Natalie. I’m still there, but I think both Natalie and I were inspired by our military-spouse mothers and the perseverance and strength that they had and just being in the military space. Seeing that there hasn’t been an authoritative news site for military spouses to give them resources, to give them broader community other than just a Facebook page or something. So we really wanted to bring this as a service to our military spouses to give them the support that they deserve.
Scott DeLuzio: 03:20 Yeah, absolutely. And it’s actually interesting. My story is just the opposite of yours where my parents did not serve in the military at all. And then my brother and I both decided to join the military. And so, their confusion was a little bit backwards....
