The Juice with Jeff #129

On this episode of the podcast, Ann LoBue conducts/co-produces a fantastic and excellent interview with me thru Zoom. This is Ann's third time and on the show.

After we give our introductions, Ann asks me to talk about the following topics:

1.  How my work journey has gone over the last 23 or so years since I graduated from Drake and how I'm enjoying my current job. During this part of the show, I talk with Ann about a massive two bulletin board collage that I display in my office at work called the "Wall of Friends". 

2.  Ann makes a sales pitch that is meant to promote and encourage more friends to conduct and co-produce the interviews with me for future episodes of these podcasts.

3.  And then I discuss with Ann various tidbits concerning these The Juice with Jeff podcasts, including how the interviews have gone over the last year or two.

4.  Ann asks me if I have any pets, and I share some fun things about my two dogs Scandi and Lissie.

5.  When I tell Ann about how my two dogs frequently "sing" and how I refer to them as the "Havenese Tabernacle Choir", she then asks me to talk about what types/genres of music I enjoy and other music related questions. After I tell Ann about how one genre of music I enjoy is known as Space/Ambient/New Age, I then perform my Stephen Hill impersonation (complete with the reverb effect). Stephen Hill is the longtime host of the public radio program "Music From The Hearts of Space" and I tell Ann a little bit about that program.

6. Ann then asks me if I can do a Steve Inskeep (one of the co-hosts on NPR's Morning Edition)) impersonation and not only do I do Inskeep's voice, but I also perform the following other NPR voices: Korva Coleman, Lakshmi Singh, Jack Speer, Dwane Brown, Teri Gross, and Susan Stamberg. Ann asks me how I have learned to do all of those 100+ voice impersonations and then I end that part of the podcast with a Yogi Bear and Boo Boo impersonation.

7. Ann asks me what my favorite spots in Des Moines are. I go into detail on this and talk about how Des Moines has changed significantly in several ways with population growth and the higher number of business and residential areas. We also mention some local restaurants that have been around in the DSM area for quite a long time.

8. We then end the podcast with Ann talking about how she feels moving back in her home state of Minnesota (where she was born and raised). Ann was living in the LA area and she just relocated to near the Twin Cities area.

This episode was produced and recorded on Wednesday August 10, 2022 and runs around 1 hour and 13 minutes long. As is the case with all of "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!!