• Today is a special episode where I have a guest. I have my good friend Mat Hyder joining me over zoom!  As an introduction, Mat was a former neighbor and ward member when I lived in Highland, Utah. We served in a bishopric together.
• He is a wonderful father who will soon have a missionary heading out.
• He is a pediatric nurse at Primary Children’s Hospital. He would visit often when my son Xavier was up at Primary Children’s for several months.
• Mat recently started a podcast that has nothing to do with medicine and has everything to do with Mayberry.
• He is also a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• It’s a fun episode, so without any further delay, let’s get into it!

Welcome to the Show Mat Hyder!

• It’s great to have you on and even better just to have the opportunity to catch up!
• Mat and I were neighbors in Highland Utah, and Mat still lives in Highland and is probably trying to repair all the damage that I did.
• Isn’t it crazy how much the world has changed even since I lived there in Highland?
• We didn’t zoom much unless it was you zooming by on your motorcycle.
• So I was trying to think when was it that you moved into the ward in Highland?  Oh yeah…
• Well, I’m jumping the gun here. We’ll get into your podcast later, but first let’s get to know Mat. Let’s take it back a twitch.
• You talk about this a lot on your podcast but tell us about where you grew up.
• Where do you fit in with your siblings?
• Were you raised in the Church?
• What was it like growing up outside of Utah and being a member of The Church?
• Were you always active?
• Do you think it’s harder or easier for kids to grow up in the Church in Utah or outside of Utah?
• How is it that you became such a big fan of John Denver?
• I was guessing that you were leaving on a jet plane, you didn’t know when you would be back again. Or maybe you were heading to a country road, to take you home, you noticed some sunshine on your shoulder and thought, I should look up this John Denver guy!
• And now you are here, with little rocky mountain sunshine on your shoulders. Does it make you happy?
• I had the John Denver Christmas album with the Muppets.
• He was on with the muppets a little too often. I think he may have been a muppet who just went solo.
• Did you ever see him in concert?