This episode of the Robert Hester Entertainment Podcast centers around Private Things I Thought I’d Never Say In Public that serves as… Self-Empowering Motivation! And for good reason because the day I recorded this episode was April 2nd, 2025, better known as Autism Awareness Day!

In spite of the episode being recorded on the second day of April of 2025, it comes on the heels of a very brutal month of March of 2025. But in this episode, aside from discussing a few things that happened in March, I’ll bring positive light to myself and—more importantly—all of you listening to this episode with some positive words/feedback that came my way over the years from private messages I’ve received over the years at times I wanted to quit photography, my passion.

But it’s because of the positive, motivationally-empowering feedback over the years that I’m determined to continue on with my passion while learning some valuable lessons that are part of the keys to success and greatness that lie ahead throughout the next 15 years for this photographer on the Autism Spectrum!

I also share the news that I'm taking some of April off from photography in terms of events as a result of all that happened to me in March, and the exciting news that I'm returning to the Monroeville Farmer’s Market in May to help sell that Coffee That Helps (https://coffeethathelps.org/), on behalf of Uniquely The Same (https://www.uniquelythesame.org/).

This is an episode of the Robert Hester Entertainment Podcast HAD to be made after hearing about the potential closure of the Monroeville Convention Center in June of 2024 after its ownership, Oxford Development, agreed to a multiyear lease/deal with Hobby Lobby to redevelop the property of the convention center. I explain from a human, spiritual, and heartfelt standpoint on the reason(s) that an opportunity like this from a big name like Hobby Lobby is so wrong and devastating to a community like Monroeville, a community that needs a place like its convention center to maintain its status as the East Hills' Mecca of shopping, dining, entertainment, lodging, and living! I also read excerpts from an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in which I verbally celebrate and give kudos to the mayor of Monroeville, Nick Gresock, on his and others' efforts to do whatever it takes to come with a plan, any plan, to fight against this lease that will eliminate one of Monroeville's top destinations, the Monroeville Convention Center. #SaveTheMonroevilleConventionCenter