The Juice with Jeff

The Juice with Jeff #185

On this episode of the podcast, Melanie Wehrmacher conducts and co-produces a fantastic interview with me thru Zoom. This is Melanie's second time on the podcast.

 

There is quite a bit of two way conversation between Melanie and me. During the first 45 minutes or so of the interview, Melanie asked me questions along the lines of:

 

1. What are your traditions or rituals for New Year's Day? In other words, how did you spend New Year's Eve and New Year's Day?

2. Are you a Resolution person or a Goal person? What are your goals for 2024?

After I gave my response to Melanie's questions, I asked her the same question for the first two questions.

3. If you could change any three things in the world, what would they be?

4. Are there any podcasts you've come across in the last year that you really enjoyed and that you would recommend?

5. Have you had any chances to play around with your impressive karaoke setup recently? (Note: I actually got rid of my karaoke and portable sound system setup about a year ago and donated it to our local Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines)

6. Were you part of that local Jewish day camp when you were a kid that you just mentioned? (And after I tell Melanie about the several years I went to that Jewish day camp during the 1980's, I then tell her a little bit about the years I was a camper and staff member at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin).

7. Do you remember the Hodag in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, what is it?

8. Do you speak any other languages, which ones and how fluent are you on them?

9. What is your cooking style?

 

For the remaining 25 minutes of the podcast recording session, I talk with Melanie about the movies I have on DVD, about how I have become significantly more of a Cinephile over the last year, and about how I've especially become super passionate over the last year about movies that were designed to be Roadshow Theatrical Presentations. I list the criteria for what it would take for a movie to be considered a Roadshow Presentation and the movies I have on DVD which are considered Roadshows. We end this discussion with my asking Melanie how many of those 30 Roadshow films she is familiar with and what she likes or admires about any of them.

 

It is with this episode of the podcast where we debut the scripted opening and closing which includes professionally produced theme music composed and performed by Oleg Kyrylkovv. This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday January 7, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 12 minutes long. Our opening and closing theme music is provided by Oleg Kyrylkovv courtesy of Pixabay. 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #184

On this episode of the podcast, Carrie England conducts and co-produces a fantastic and outstanding interview with me thru Zoom. This is Carrie's third time on the podcast.

 

During this episode of the show, there are several topics that Carrie asks me to talk about and there is quite a bit of two way conversation on all the topics brought up.

1.  First Carrie asks me to talk about what Hanukkah is about and any special plans I have for it. After I finish explaining Hanukkah, I ask Carrie to talk about what she enjoys most about this time of year with the December holiday season.

 

2.  Then Carrie asks me to talk about how I've become more of a film buff and movie aficionado over the last year. I tell her what my top 5 favorite films are overall and then I talk with her about my passion for the films which were designed to run and be shown in the "Roadshow Theatrical Engagement" format and how my collection for such films has grown significantly over the last six months or so. After I finish talking about Roadshow type films, then I ask Carrie to talk about her favorite movies.

 

3. Then Carrie asks me to talk about any pets I have, and I tell her about my two dogs Scandi and Lissie. After I talk about my dogs, Carrie talks about her dogs and cats.

 

4.  We wrap up the show by talking about nature and how we both enjoy looking at and spending time with nature. Carrie talks about enjoying the sunrises/sunsets and the horses she sees in her neck of the woods and I talk about the time I spent this year enjoying nature thru a couple visits to Greenwood Park and a visit each to Walnut Woods State Park and Ledges State Park.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday December 3, 2023 and it runs 1 hour and 4 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #183

On this episode of the podcast, Kalen McCain conducts and co-produces an fantastic and outstanding interview with me thru Zoom. This is Kalen's first time on the podcast.

 

There are several topics that are brought up during this episode and there is lots of two way conversation on all the topics brought up.

 

1. Kalen asks me to talk about what I do for a living and talk about how I trained in audio/TV production in high school and at Drake University but it didn't work out as a career, followed by how I have done video production and (still do) audio production as hobbies, then about what I do for a living today. After all this I ask Kalen to talk about the reporting he does for the Southeast Iowa Union newspaper.

 

2. Kalen then asks me what gets me into doing Medical Records Scanning and the like for my day job?

 

3. After my briefly mentioning how I'm autistic, Kalen asks me to talk about any special interests I have, and I go into detail on the multiple special interests I have like music appreciation, promoting the importance of accepting everyone as they are for who they are, and my becoming a film buff over the last few years with my favorite kinds of movies. I ask Kalen what is favorite movies are and actually Kalen and I talk quite a bit about films and movie theaters during the remainder of the podcast.

 

4. I also ask Kalen what he likes to do outside his day job of being a Southeast Iowa Union reporter.

 

This episode was recorded on Sunday December 3, 2023 and runs 1 hour 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #182

On this episode of the podcast, Ben Atkinson conducts and co-produces an awesome interview with me thru Zoom. This is Ben's first time on the podcast.

 

On this episode of the show, there are several topics that are brought up:

 

1. Ben asks me to talk about how we "met", and then he tells me how he met Dana Mintzer Leman and her family.

 

2. Then he asks me to talk about the history behind how these podcasts got started and what my goals are for the show.

 

3. Ben talks about his being involved in the Ski Industry for well over two decades and how he enjoys being out in nature. I then share experiences I have with nature whenever the opportunities come, both past and present.

 

4. Then we conclude with Ben asking me how life has changed for me ever since I started the whole The Juice with Jeff podcast series over these last 6-1/2 years.

 

This episode was recorded on Tuesday November 21, 2023 and runs 37 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #181

On this episode of the podcast, Laura Grisamore does another fantastic interview and outstanding with me thru Zoom. This is Laura's fifth time on the podcast.

 

We start out the show with my discussing how things with the podcast are going, and then Laura asks me to talk about how I have become more passionate about The Blues Brothers over the last eight months. I share quite a lot of trivia and factoids about The Blues Brothers history, the impact Elwood and Jake have had in society with promotion of Blues music and Rhythm and Blues music and of course the movie itself, including how the 1980 The Blues Brothers film was intended to be a 2 hour 40 minute to as much as 3 hour roadshow style movie with an intermission, and about a the extended version of the film that is 15 minutes longer than the standard familiar theatrical cut.

 

Then I talk about my interest and passion for the movies that were designed as Roadshows and what is special about such films. Laura does offer her thoughts on both of the things that I've talked about during most of the show.

 

I perform my impersonation of the late Jim Morrison doing his take on the Toys R Us jingle like a number from The Doors. And then we wrap up the podcast with Laura talking about a major photography documentary project she's working on.

 

If you are a fan of/are into The Blues Brothers and/or films which were designed to run as Roadshow Engagements, this is The Juice with Jeff episode for you!!!

 

This episode was recorded on Monday November 20, 2023 and runs at an EPIC 1 hour and 49 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #180

On this episode of the podcast, Elise Lamb conducts and co-produces a fantastic interview with me thru Zoom. This is Elise's first time on the show.

 

During the show, Elise asks me to talk about the following things:

 

1. Autism, my being autistic, and the importance of Autism Acceptance. In conjunction with this, we talk about the importance of accepting people as they are for who they are. This topic takes up the entire first half of the show.

2. What is it like as an adult navigating in the world? What things are wonderful and make it more accessible for you and what are the roadblocks you find frustrating?

3. About the weekly Jewish Sabbath called Shabbat, what it's all about, and why it is so important and special to me. A few other Jewish festivals are briefly mentioned during this part. We also happen to talk about the Des Moines Jewish community and how Elise grew up near one of the synagogues in DSM.

 

This episode was recorded on Sunday November 19, 2023 and runs 1 hour and 4 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #179

On this episode of the podcast, Libby Buchmeier conducts and co-produces a fantastic interview with me in person. This is Libby's second time on the podcast.

 

This episode of the podcast is completely about positive stuff with Libby asking me to talk about the following subjects:

a. How I watched all of the DVDs in my TV Show and Movie Collection in alphabetical order from A to Z between January 1st and July 4th this year and a few things about some of these movies, and there are moments where Libby offers her thoughts on some of these films or TV shows.

 

b. How I have become more passionate and intensely interested in The Blues Brothers over the last 7 to 8 months and some trivia about both The Blues Brothers as a musical group and about the film itself.

c.  How I've become really passionate about movies that were designed as Roadshow Theatrical Releases and what makes these types of films unique and special, along with a list of such movies that I have in my DVD collection.

 

d. We end the podcast with Libby and I talking about the positive changes that took place in Riverview Park over the last several years.

 

This episode was recorded on Sunday November 5, 2023 and it runs around 1 hour and 33 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #178

On this episode of the podcast, Lilianna and Jarad Bernstein conduct and co-produce a fantastic and superb interview with me in person. This is Lil's fifth time on the podcast, Jarad's third time on the show, and their third time doing it together with me in person.

 

Jarad and Lilianna asked me questions on the following topics: How my birthday and this past weekend (October 19th thru 22nd) went and why I consider this birthday to be the best one I've had in quite a while, the recent tour I did with Sandy Henry of the significantly renovated facilities in Meredith Hall at Drake particularly with the audio and TV/video production facilities, the 6 weeks I spent in Israel during the summer of 1993 and examples of things I did during that summer on Ramah Israel Seminar, the hikes I regularly took during the 6 weeks of Summer 1993 in Israel, what I did for birthdays as a child and other years (as an adult over the last decade) where I had really nice birthdays, my growing love for parks over the last 2-1/2 years, where I would want to go when the time comes where I can easily travel somewhere around the world, and my love for lighthouses.

 

This episode was recorded on Sunday October 22, 2023 and it runs around 58 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #177

On this episode of the podcast, Micole Van Walbeek conducts and co-produces a fantastic and superb interview with me in person. This is Micole's fifth time on the podcast, and her third time doing it in person.

 

Micole asked me several questions on fun topics, including summarizing how things in the audio/TV production areas in the J-School area at Drake are different now versus what things were like when I was a student (back in the mid to late 1990's) and then what landmarks I would like to feature and interview people about if I were asked to be the host of a Real Estate and Lifestyle TV program.

 

After answering Micole's first two questions to me, I asked Micole to talk about her being one of the 10 or so Des Moines/ Central Iowa Realtors selected to be a Host on an every two months basis for the Des Moines episodes of the really popular TV and internet program The American Dream that focuses on real estate and lifestyle matters relevant to each local community and how she enjoys interviewing people for these shows on an every other month basis.

 

Then Micole asks me to talk a little bit more about these podcasts, and then about what I love about The Blues Brothers along with some fun facts or trivia about them.

 

 

This episode was recorded on Friday October 20, 2023 and it runs around 31 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!!
 

The Juice with Jeff #176

On this episode of the podcast, Sandy Henry conducts and co-produces a fantastic and superb interview with me in person. This is Sandy's third time on the podcast, and her second time doing it in person. For this particular episode, Sandy and I have equal turns co-hosting the interview, and it involves a mix of both indoors and outdoors with a tour of various things on the Drake University campus.

 

This is a really special episode of the podcast as the overwhelming majority of the program (a full hour's worth) involves a tour of the many changes that have taken place in Meredith Hall at Drake, especially with the E-Media audio and TV production facilities in "The Basement", and then we look at some outdoor points of interest on the Drake campus afterwards. Then for the remaining 20 minutes of the podcast, Sandy asks me to talk about my love for movies and about my significantly growing TV Show and Movie DVD Collection. There is a cameo appearance by Micole Van Walbeek at literally the very end of this episode.

 

This episode was recorded on Friday October 20, 2023 and it runs 1 hour and 20 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!!