5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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Richard Kine says he has not heard a bad voice in a long time, but has heard too few people with something to say.

Five years sneaks up on him. Richard starts with the date, then knocks it down a bit, because October 21, 2025 only means something if the CVH Podcast has been part of your life. The anniversary counts. The first two episodes are gone, and not in some dramatic cover-up way. He was still learning the show. They were slow. That production note gives the whole episode its shape: fond, practical, and unwilling to polish the past into something prettier. The number is 288. From there, the celebration keeps running into the body, which has become part of the backstage math. The best stretch is the bed bit. Someone wanted him under one, and he said no fast. He knows the joke would work. He also knows a clever moment is not worth a cracked head, a bad back, or a miserable week after. That is the work now. He still wants to act, tell the story, stay present, and avoid turning into the singer who just plants himself and coasts. But pain gets a say. The back injury proves it, with rehearsal throws to the floor ending in a doctor's plain reminder that adults his age generally do not do that. It is funny first, then a little sharper. This is a working artist drawing a line after years of treating the body like one more prop. The ending stays casual: camera, sweater, setup, his son. Then Nadine's advice lands cleanly. Bring people to the table however you can. Voice, artistry, side hustle, looks, whatever gets them close enough to listen.

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A five-year marker that turns road wear and listener loyalty into the point.

This anniversary episode lands less like a victory lap and more like a calm look at what five years have asked for and made possible. Richard Kine traces the show from its pandemic beginnings to episode 288, notes its reach across 154 countries and nearly 5,000 cities, and keeps…

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