The Juice with Jeff #274

On this episode of the podcast Ann Kaatz LoBue, James Alsup, Debbie LaCroix, and John Robinson co-produce a fantastic, superb, and really conversational interview with me thru Zoom. This is Ann's seventh time, James' third time, and the debut/first time for John and Debbie on the podcast.

 

This particular episode is the first of a super special Three-Part series we're producing this year called The Basement Dwellers, which involve me and multiple friends from my J-School days at Drake. Like me all of them majored in the Electronic Media (Broadcast News or Radio/TV Production) section at Drake during the 1990's. A very special thanks and shout out goes out to Todd Evans for coming up with the idea and concept of this really special Basement Dwellers series for the podcast!!

Ann facilitates the beginning of the interview, and we start with all of us introducing ourselves, what we do nowadays, and other introductory comments.

I bring up stuff about the podcast and touch a bit on the historic and super amazing season we had with the podcast last year with the multiple milestones. Debbie asks me what inspired me to start the whole entire Juice with Jeff podcast series, so I go over the history on how the podcast came to be what it is.

Then each of us shares our favorite memories and special moments from the times we spent in the basement facilities at Meredith Hall for both J-School coursework and for extracurricular activities.

There is a point during the podcast where I talk about how certain films were initially designed to be shown as Roadshow Theatrical Presentations and my intense passion for Roadshow type movies, and how The Blues Brothers 1980 movie was originally intended to be a nearly three hour Roadshow style film with an intermission.

Before we wrap up the super lengthy interview recording session, I talk about how the audio/video production facilities in the Meredith Basement are significantly different today than they were during the 1990's.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on February 2, 2025 and it runs an EPIC 2 hour and 11 minutes long. This is the SECOND LENGTHIEST episode of the entire podcast series to date!! 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!!