Name Change and New Focus

I’m 1,049 days into what I like to call my “alcohol retirement,” and this episode is really a bit of housekeeping. After a year of podcasting through Spreaker, I finally decided it no longer made sense to keep paying for a platform that wasn’t really giving me much back. So, I’ve moved everything over to Substack, and in the process, I decided it was time to retire the name “Call Me Donovan” and officially rename the show The Book of Donovan. I’m hoping the podcast feed mess is finally sorted out and that the new show will actually update properly everywhere it’s supposed to.

The reason for the new name (aside from trying to fix the RSS feed issue) is that this show has grown beyond just talking about my sobriety. As I get closer to three years without alcohol, I find myself wanting to talk more about getting older, spirituality, life, technology, and figuring out what really matters. I may be an atheist, but I still believe there’s value in living by good principles and looking for something bigger than yourself without buying into all the baggage that comes with organized religion. The Book of Donovan feels like the right name because this podcast is really just me, page by page, trying to figure life out as I go.