Hey, there! Welcome to our first official episode! Meet Mark, an opera singer, conductor, teacher, Kiwi, all-round legend & today's story-weaver.

Our music today was all thanks to Podington Bear (we used Golden Hour, Peas Corp, Many Hands & Flutterbee - you can find more at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear), Kai Engel (we used Better Way & June - find him at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/), earthling (Moment by Moment) & tylersrevenge (untitled-320). If you enjoyed their music, please go & support these artists! They deserve your love.

Want to hear more of Mark's story? Or just want to show some podcast spirit? Head over to Patreon to support our page! You can find it at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5375184, or just search "Heart Stories". The bonus Patreon episodes drop every Friday.

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And hey - talk soon!