The Juice with Jeff

The Juice with Jeff #37

On this episode of the podcast, Katie Stageman conducts and co-produces an awesome audio interview with me in person. During the interview, Katie asks me questions on the following subjects:

1.  What is my favorite part about working at DSM Sleep Specialists?

2.  Where did I grow up? I also talk with Katie about the times that I lived outside of Des Moines during those summers where I went to a summer camp as a camper during the summers of 1989 thru 1992 and again as an office staff members during the summers of 1994 thru 1997. And when I told Katie about how I went to Israel for 6 weeks during the Summer of 1993, she asks me to talk about what I did there.

3.  What was my first job after I graduated from college? I talk with Katie in a summary form about the jobs I had since I graduated from Drake University.  

4. And then I perform a whole bunch of my voice impersonations for Katie.

 

This interview was recorded on Friday January 31, 2020 and is around 17 minutes long. As is the case with all of the "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!

The Juice with Jeff #87

On this episode of the podcast, Jamie Miller Bricker conducts/co-produces an excellent audio interview with me thru Zoom. During the interview, we bring up the following topics:

 

1. When Jamie and I first met back in the fall of 1985. I then talk with Jamie about my synagogue affiliation both past and present, how I became a halakhically observant Jew over the years, the building renovations/remodeling that occurred at Tifereth Israel Synagogue around 2010-2011, and a couple other things about the Des Moines Jewish community.

2. Then Jamie asks me to talk about my job in the medical field. I give Jamie a summary of the types of jobs I've had from 1999 to the present working at various medical clinics. Jamie also asks me to talk about any changes the Covid 19 pandemic has had on my job.

3. Then I do a performance of around 20 of my voice impersonations for Jamie: Fat Albert, Mushmouth, Michael Buffer (the Let's Get Ready to Rumble!! announcer), the Levi Stubbs version of Audrey 2 the Plant from "Little Shop of Horrors". Robin Leach o.b.m., Forrest Gump, Tom Bodett, former President Trump, former President Obama, Senator Mitt Romney, Ernie and Bert from Sesame Street, the KGGO voiceover announcer, Fred Rogers/Mister Rogers o.b.m. X the Owl, Henrietta Pussycat, King Friday, Lady Elaine Fairchilde, and Daniel Tiger.

4. Then for the rest of interview, Jamie and I share memories from the several years we were at Indian Hills Jr. High and Valley High School together. And we end the podcast with my sharing how Des Moines has changed in a couple ways in comparison to the way things were when Jamie and I were kids and teenagers.

This interview was recorded on Monday May 24, 2021 and it's 1 hour 19 minutes long (79 minutes). As is the case with all of these "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!

The Juice with Jeff #86

On this episode of the podcast, Spencer and Stephanie Cox conducts/co-produces a fantastic and outstanding audio interview with me in person.

Stephanie does the interviewing during the first 13 minutes of the podcast, and she asks me the following questions:

1.  What are your best memories from our Valley High School days?

2.  Who were your favorite teachers at Indian Hills and VHS?  Why?

Stephanie and Spencer also shared a couple memories from our Indian Hills and VHS days as well. Then during the remaining 23 minutes of the podcast, Spencer does the interviewing and asks me the following questions:

3.  Who do you think is the greatest band or music group of all time? Along with favorite types of music, do I play any musical instruments, and Spencer also asked me questions about my father playing the piano as a side gig.

4.  How has the Covid-19 pandemic affect your Judaism?

5. What is your favorite food to prepare? And before we wrap up the podcast, Spencer shares with me an idea for a social cooking event where I could get together with several friends sometime in the future.

This interview was recorded on Friday April 30, 2021 and it's 36 minutes long. As is the case with all of these "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!

The Juice with Jeff #5

On this episode of the podcast, Krystal Kron conducts and co-produces an awesome audio interview with me. During the interview: I talk with Krystal about 2 or 3 of my hobbies/interests (e.g. audio/video production, singing and karaoke), and then Krystal and I both share several fun moments from our Valley High School days. One of the things I brought up when we were talking about our VHS days is that I received a very special "American Citizenship Award" in front of the entire Class of '94 a few days before we graduated from VHS in May 1994. I only did a couple of my voice impersonations this time and those were in connection with the VHS stuff we talked about. I apologize for the rumbling/wind noise during certain portions of the interview, it was quite windy and the noise did get picked up even though the mic had a windscreen over it.

The interview was recorded on Sunday November 5, 2017 and it's 20 minutes long.  As is the case with all of the "Jeff's Friends Interview Him" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!!

The Juice with Jeff #85

On this episode of the podcast, Sophie Homonoff conducts/co-produces her 2nd audio interview with me in person. Sophie asks me questions on the following topics:

1. Memories from my Crossroads Park Elementary/Indian Hills Jr. High/Valley High School years.

2. If I have been living in Des Moines, IOWA my whole life.

3. What I think are some of the great things about living in Des Moines.

4. What destinations/places have I been to for travel and where would I like to visit someday.

5. Where did my love for the Arts and Music come from.

6. And we wrap up the interview with me doing some more of my voice impersonations for Sophie.

NOTE: All of the interviews that have been conducted for the podcast between mid-March 2020 and early April 2021 were done thru the internet using Zoom due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This particular interview with Sophie is the first episode in over 13 months where the interview was conducted and recorded with me in person. 

This interview was recorded on Monday April 21 2021 and it's around 40 minutes long. As is the case with all of the "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!!

The Juice with Jeff #84

On this episode of the podcast, Andrea Stanton conducts a fabulous and excellent audio interview with me thru Zoom filled with lots of two-way conversation throughout the interview. The topics that Andrea asked me questions on during the interview include: What ways do I see people acting as helpers in terms of dealing with the multiple issues we are facing in society (e.g. the pandemic, extremely polarized politics, multiple types of inequity), the cooking that I do for my Shabbat and Yom Tov meals, how I frequently emphasize and promote Autism Acceptance, how I'm fully vaccinated now and how I'm happy I'll be able to resume doing a couple things that I wasn't able to do over the last 13 months because of the pandemic, and then Andrea and I shared memories from our Crossroads Park Elementary/Indian Hills Jr. High/Valley High School days.

 

This interview was recorded on Sunday April 4, 2021 and it's 1 hour and 28 minutes (88 minutes) long. As is the case with all of the "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!

The Juice with Jeff #83

On this episode of the podcast, Andrea (Froehlich) McMaster conducts a fantastic and outstanding audio interview with me via Zoom filled with lots of two-way conversation throughout the interview. The topics that Andrea asked to talk about during the interview are: The proper role of social media, the history behind these podcasts and what led to my decision to have friends conduct these interviews with me, I went into detail with Andrea about the "Capstone" or more significant moments that I had with my being a Radio-TV Production major during my Drake University days, Andrea also shared her favorite moments from our days in the J School at Drake, and I also performed around 25 of my voice impersonations for Andrea.

This interview was recorded on Saturday March 20, 2021 and it's 1 hour and 8 minutes (68 minutes) long. As is the case with all of the "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!

The Juice with Jeff #82

On this episode of the podcast, Renee (VanAmber) Whisnant conducts a really good audio interview with me thru Zoom filled with a good amount of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There are several different topics that Renee asks me to talk (and that I share relevant thoughts on) about including: Who I am now versus who I was back in our Drake University days and an example of what my current values are, my thoughts on the 2020 Elections, what is the most fulfilling thing about my job and what from Drake has helped me the most in what I do for a living, about my video production hobby and about how I use my audio production skills in putting together these "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, and then Renee and I each talk about memories, etc.... we have about the years we were in the Broadcast News or Radio/TV Production wings of the J School at Drake University.

This interview was recorded on Friday March 19, 2021 and it definitely is a FEATURE LENGTH podcast as it runs 1 hour and 35 minutes (95 minutes). As is the case with all of the "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!

The Juice with Jeff #81

On this episode of the podcast, Kim Kivens conducts and co-produces a excellent and really fun audio interview with me thru Zoom filled with two-way conversation throughout the interview. There are several different topics that were brought up during the interview:

1. I talked with Kim about what Shabbat (the weekly Jewish Sabbath) observance was like during the summers I went to Camp Ramah in Wisconsin between 1989 and 1997, and how Shabbat was one of my very favorite parts of being at Ramah Wisconsin both during my camper and my staff years there.

2. Kim then shared her favorite memories and special highlights from the summers that she went to Ramah Wisconsin.

3. Then I talk deeply about the subject of Autism Acceptance and Neurodiversity.

4. And then during the remaining 25 minutes or so of the interview, I perform around 30 of my voice impersonations for Kim. There were even portions of the interview where Kim and I did some singing.

This was the 2nd time that Kim has been on the podcast with me during the course of "The Juice with Jeff" series. This interview was recorded on Friday March 5, 2021 and it runs around 1 hour and 13 minutes. As is the case with all of the "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!

The Juice with Jeff #80

On this episode of the podcast, Martha Scanlan conducts and co-produces a wonderful and really good audio interview with me via Zoom filled with quite a bit of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There are several different topics that Martha and I bring up including:

1. We start the podcast off with my talking with Martha about what the purposes of "The Juice with Jeff" podcast series are.

2.  I talked about with Martha about how my experiences in Valley High School helped me prepare for the future, as well as a summary of my educational background during my K thru 12th Grade years, and also how my social skills have developed throughout my life. I also clarify how I have the traits of both an "Introvert" and an "Extrovert".

3. Then Martha asks me to talk about how I have grown since our VHS days and how is life different for me now than I thought it would be when I was in a high school state of mind. I talked about the various things I've done since I graduated from VHS.

4. I then tell Martha about the various hobbies and interests I have outside of work.

5. I then talk with Martha about my favorite aspects of practicing Judaism, as well as my extremely high priority on behaving in an honest and ethical manner at all times, my feelings on politics, and how I believe it is absolutely essential/critical that we love, accept, embrace, and tolerate everyone as they are for who they are. I also talk about how the quality of my friendships is a whole lot more important than the quantity of friendships, and I also talk about having the right balance between having a positive/optimistic attitude and being realistic/honest about things.

6. Then I talk with Martha about the various things that I do to stay positive and keep my mental health in check.

7. And then Martha and I each share memories and favorite moments from our Valley High School (in West Des Moines) days.

This interview was recorded on Sunday February 28, 2021 and it runs around 1 hour and 15 minutes long (75 minutes). As is the case with all of the "The Juice with Jeff" podcasts, funding for this podcast is provided by Realty With Ahart and RandomKid. Enjoy!