This is the first episode of The 13 Beginnings podcast. Courtney's husband, Hunter, joins her for this episode and assists with the interview portion. Courtney explains the reason for starting this podcast and gives the Kriser family statistics: 71 grandkids, 89 great-grandkids, and 2 great-great grandkids. They then proceed to follow a basic version of the outline for the podcast to give some perspective to the listeners.