The Juice with Jeff #217

On this episode of the podcast, Mindy Toyne conducts and co-produces a fantastic, outstanding, extremely fun, and very energetic interview with me in person. This is Mindy's first time on the podcast and we recorded this one outdoors at Walker Johnson Park in the Urbandale area.

 

After I talk about how Mindy was recruited to join our The Juice with Jeff family and how super excited I am to meet her and have her conduct the interview with me, Mindy brings up several topics she asks me to talk about and where we have a two way conversation on such as: these podcasts, my being autistic, how I've been dealing with the ongoing highly airborne SARS CoV-2/Covid virus and stressing the importance of a "Healthy Balance" where I make it extremely important to get together with friends as often as possible every chance I get but doing so in ways that significantly reduce the infection risks/spread (e.g. as one on one or small group events done either being in a well ventilated place with either HEPA air purifiers running or all of us masked up, or we do it outdoors and in all cases away from crowds), how I stress neurodiversity and the importance of accepting people as they are for who they are, and another item or two. Mindy shares her thoughts on all these topics, talks about one of her autistic sons and also agrees with me on the importance of autism acceptance, and at the end of the podcast she talks about her event planning and production business called In Any Event.

 

The interview overall was super energetic and at times very entertaining. I truly believe Mindy's interview with me was one of the most fun and MOST ENERGETIC episodes we've ever done of the show!!!

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Friday May 17th, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 11 minutes long. Our opening and closing theme music is provided by Oleg Kyrylkovv courtesy of Pixabay. Funding for this podcast is provided by RandomKid, Ann Kaatz LoBue, Fran Parr, Sarah Stokes, and Renee Whisnant. Enjoy!!