The sport of running has many voices behind the mic, but very few compare to Lindsey Hein.
Since the start of her podcasting journey in 2016, she’s recorded 435 episodes of her podcast I’ll Have Another, while recording 113 episodes of her other show Why Is Everyone Yelling?, all under the umbrella of the podcast network that she created called SandyBoy Productions.
While both of the shows are different from each other and are made for different audiences, Hein’s mission for both shows remain the same: to uplift, to inform and to spread positivity.
I’ll Have Another was the first show that Hein started in 2016. The podcast is a running-centered podcast, and it features some of the best runners in the world, including Olympians and world record holders. The title I’ll Have Another came from a conversation that she had with her sisters when she was trying to find a name for the show.
“I was trying to name the podcast and we were just spitting off, like what should we name it?” she said. “One of my sisters is super witty and kind of funny and she thought of I’ll Have Another. She was kind of thinking of it more of like I’ll have another glass of wine – that is what she was thinking. In my mind, it was whatever you’re doing, go have another, go enjoy it. Go have another. So I hope people feel that when they listen to an episode.”
Hein is a marathon runner herself, and has run 17 marathons in the past 15 years, with her most recent marathon race being the New York City Marathon last month. Hein’s experience as a runner helps her when she interviews long-distance runners.
“I think it’s important to how I interview,” she said. “It’s really fun when I interview people after races that I’ve been a part of. Like that New York City Marathon series I just did, I had also just run the race. It is a completely different race for me because I’m running with the normal people, but it’s cool because when they’re talking about certain parts of the course, I really can relate and know where they’re talking about and what they’re talking about.
“I know as fast or slow as you run a marathon, the pain that you feel towards the end of a marathon – you don’t know it unless you’ve done it. So I think it’s important. I don’t think I’d be interested in what these people are doing if I didn’t know it to my own core.”
Hein credits her love and passion for getting to know people and her extroverted personality to her dad, which shows itself in each interview that she conducts. Hein also credits her editor, Emma, for helping her put together and edit each episode.
Because Hein works from home, she says that being able to connect with people through these interviews feels really good, and that It gives her some socialization. Being able to produce I’ll Have Another is still something that she continues to love and enjoy doing.
“I’m having so much fun with it,” she said. “I can’t believe that I’ll Have Another has been going on for six years now, and that one doesn’t get old. There’s always new athletes, there’s always new talent coming up, or people that come up out of nowhere and you’re like ‘wow, I have to get the story behind that.’ And that’s my favorite part, just sharing people’s stories and giving them a platform to talk about what their struggles are, what they’re excited about or what they’re passionate about.”
Hein’s second podcast that she started in 2020 called Why Is Everyone Yelling, is a podcast centered around parenting and raising kids. Hein admitted that as a mom of four boys, she had questions and read books about parenting and different ways to go about it. She created the podcast to educate other parents like herself, while also encouraging and uplifting them as well.
“I wanted it to be something where people could walk away being like okay, that empowered me, I don’t feel shamed, but I feel like I have some tools to do what I want to do. Or, I just feel like I’ve connected with someone and their message has really resonated with me – I don’t feel so alone, because parenting can feel so lonely sometimes.”
Hein is also a content creator for Relay, which provides written, audio and video content that’s created by running content creators and athletes. She enjoys the team aspect that comes with working with the site, and she also loves the collection of talent that she works with.
“It’s fun, it is such a cool group and concept,” she said. “Matt Chittim is the brains behind that. I was hesitant at first because I was thinking could I get more content out there? I’m already putting so much content out to the world – do people want to hear more? But the diversity and the different types of things that people are putting out I think collectively is really exciting. We’re all runners, but we have different interests in the realm of the sport. Everyone in the group is so awesome, and kind and supportive.”
You can find both of the podcasts that Hein produces on her podcast network called SandyBoy Productions, which is named after her youngest son. The network also includes three other podcasts that are both running and non-running related. For Hein, with each episode that she records, she hopes that it brings encouragement and positivity for each of her listeners.
“Nothing makes me happier than when someone’s like ‘Oh my gosh, I’m so grateful for your show because it got me through my long run,” she said. “Because when I hear things like that, it’s like oh, this is all worth it. People take something from these episodes and people enjoy it. And I’m learning every day too, I mess up everyday too. But I hope it encourages somebody to go do what they want to do.
When I wanted to start my podcast, podcasting wasn’t super popular back then. It wasn’t as rampant as it is now, and I didn’t know what to do or how to do it, and there weren’t as many resources as there are now. But I just figured it out. It wasn’t super fun to figure out, but I did. But what I found is that when I’m proud of the work that I do, then I’m excited to share it. If I’m proud of a conversation that I’ve hosted, then I want them to listen because I hope that it can impact them and bring positivity to their lives.”
