The Juice with Jeff

The Juice with Jeff #59

On this episode of the podcast, Ali Harms conducts and co-produces a superb and really fun audio interview with me. Ali starts off the interview by asking me questions about my cooking abilities, my passion for food in general, and about what local restaurants I enjoy going to. Then Ali asks me about what talents I am proud of and I answer her question by talking about how I enjoy singing from time to time as a hobby, I talk with Ali more about the "The Juice with Jeff" podcast series, and then I talk with Ali about my repertoire of 100+ voice impersonations. And during the part of the interview where my voices are brought up, I perform about 35 (I'm serious!!) of my voice impersonations for Ali. Then Ali asks me questions about: 1. How I do I suggest that Ali could get rid of the hiccups she's been dealing with (and I answer this question with the voice of Dr. Anthony Fauci), 2. What is one topic I wish I could know everything about, 3. What are the things that cheer me up the most. Ali ends the interview with words of positivity. 

This interview was recorded on Wednesday June 3, 2020 and it runs around 55 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 #58

On this episode of the podcast, Nicole Voeller Brooks conducts and co-produces a fantastic audio interview with me. We start off the interview with Nicole bringing up a "Small World" story about how one of the parents of a friend of her oldest daughter went to Camp Ramah in Wisconsin with me (during the late 1980's thru mid 1990's) and how Nicole knows a friend from my Ramah Wisconsin days named Matthew Litwack. I told Nicole about how I indeed know Matt Litwack very well from the Ramah days. I then talk with Nicole about how I spent 8 weeks at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin between the summers of 1989 thru 1992 as a camper and again as a staff member between the summers of 1994 thru 1996 for 9 weeks each of those summers and for 4 weeks during the summer of 1997. I also talk with Nicole about how Ramah Wisconsin is one of the many summer camps that are not opening their physical camps at all during the summer of 2020 because of COVID-19 and the physical distancing guidelines that go with it but that they are offering certain camp programs this summer virtually thru the internet and Zoom. I then mention several other things about my involvement with Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, including how my years at camp have played a significant role in changing my life in terms of my social skills and also with my decision to take Judaism seriously 24-7 all year round. Nicole then asks me about keeping kosher and I tell her about how I try my best to observe the basic minimum requirements of what keeping the rules of Kosher involve (including how I deal with it at restaurants and at the Iowa State Fair). Then Nicole asks me "Rapid Fire" questions on three topics: If I had to only have one snack food for the rest of my life, what would I pick?; What is my most commonly used emoji if I use them for text messages, etc.; and What is my favorite restaurant in Des Moines? Nicole ends the interview with words of positivity. This interview was recorded on Tuesday June 2, 2020 and it runs around 33 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 #57

On this episode of the podcast, Jill Bassman conducts and co-produces a fantastic audio interview with me . This is the 4th audio interview that Jill has conducted and co-produced since "The Juice with Jeff" began back in the summer of 2017. During the interview, Jill asks me questions on: how I'm handling things with the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines, the things that I do to help keep me positive and to keep my mental health in check in the midst of COVID-19 and the social distancing guidelines, I perform several of voice impersonations for Jill (Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds,Dr. Anthony Fauci, the announcer (Jen Spyra) for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and I explain to Jill how I learned to do those 100+ voice impersonations, my cooking and any new recipes I've learned, how I feel about all sorts of businesses being permitted to open back up during COVID-19 albeit with significant modifications in accordance with the CDC, etc.... health and safety guidelines and social distancing recommendations, and my plans for the rest of Memorial Day. Jill ends the interview with a message of positivity. This interview was recorded on Monday May 25, 2020 and it runs around 32 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 #56

On this episode of the podcast, Micole Van Walbeek conducts and co-produces a fantastic audio interview with me. There are several topics that Micole asks me questions about during the interview: More about the series about these "The Juice with Jeff"/"Jeff's Friends Interview Him" podcasts, the things that I do to help keep me positive and to keep my mental health in check in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines that go with it, what things I am going to take away from the COVID-19 pandemic, if there are any people I've been able to see in person where I really value their time, have I been able to support any local businesses or local restaurants (for take out or delivery) during COVID-19, what kind of music I enjoy, my plans for Memorial Day Weekend, and how I feel in terms of using social media during COVID-19. This interview was recorded on the afternoon of Friday May 22, 2020 and it runs around 28 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 #55

On this episode of the podcast, Jami Bassman Ahart and Tom Ahart conduct and co-produce a fantastic and super fun audio interview with me. There are several topics that are brought up during the interview: What I've been up to during the week this podcast was recorded, I do my voice impersonations of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Dr. Anthony Fauci with a couple bits of US President Trump thrown in, I also do my voice impersonation of the announcer (Jen Spyra) for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, how I learned to do those 100+ voice impersonations, I perform an original abridged version of Mister Rogers Neighborhood called "A Taste of Mister Rogers" with me doing the voices of Fred Rogers and several of the show's puppets with Jami and Tom joining in at times, my feelings on how we should carry on with life in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing guidelines, and we end the interview with me talking about several things that I do to stay positive and to keep my mental health in check during the COVID-19 pandemic and all that goes with it. A good chunk of this podcast is quite hilarious and full of laughter. This interview was recorded on the night of Monday May 18, 2020 and it runs around 38 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 #54

On this episode of the podcast, Jesse Schwartzman conducts and co-produces the audio interview with me. There are several topics brought up during this interview: How I made the decision to try my best to follow the practices of Judaism 24/7, my years at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and memories I have from my summers at Ramah, how I handle cooking and my love of local restaurants, how I originally wanted to go into radio broadcasting or behind the scenes TV production work for a career and how I ended up doing behind the scenes office work instead, a couple things I'm looking forward to doing once the COVID-19 pandemic has been resolved and social distancing guidelines have been loosened, and my love of music. This interview was recorded thru the internet using Zoom on Sunday May 17, 2020 and runs for around 51 minutes. As is always 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 #53

On this episode of the podcast, Shelly Boley conducts and co-produces a fantastic and really fun audio interview with me. There are several topics that Shelly and I talked about during the interview: dogs, cooking and food, memories from our Valley High School days and VHS class reunions, and toward the end I did around 20 or so of my voice impersonations for Shelly. And during the voice impersonations part of the interview, this is the very first time that I have publicly added Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Dr. Anthony Fauci to my repertoire of 100+ voice impersonations!! Shelly ends the interview with a message of positivity followed by my talking briefly about the several things that help me stay positive and keep my mental health in check during the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines. This interview was recorded on May 15, 2020 and it runs 1 hour and 2 minutes (62 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 #6

On this vintage episode of the podcast, Genna Stowe and Erica Blumberg conduct and co-produce this audio interview with me. The interview is about 15 minutes long and we bring up subjects such as: Our Camp Ramah in Wisconsin days; my really strong interest in music, singing, and karaoke; I do a few of my voice impersonations (One of the voices I did during this segment was Rabbi David Soloff from Ramah Wisconsin); and thoughts on our friendship. This interview was recorded back on Friday November 24, 2017 and 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 #52

On this episode of the podcast, Stacey Gruss McDaniel conducts and co-produces a really good audio interview with me. Topics that are brought up during this interview include: My two dogs, my love of doing karaoke for fun from time to time, how I have helped planned mini-reunions involving the Des Moines classmates from my VHS days, how I'm handling things in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines that go with it and a couple of the things that help me stay positive and keep my mental health in check, more about the "The Juice with Jeff" podcast series in general, how I have been enjoying going with friends to the Valley Junction Farmer's Market a couple times on average per summer, how I'm dealing with religious worship with the local synagogues being physically closed and all synagogue activities being done thru Zoom these days with the COVID-19 situation, how I love spending time with friends one on one or in a small group whenever the opportunities come, what I have done for my birthdays and my favorite birthday cakes, the Valley High School class reunions for both Stacey's class and my class, how I enjoyed being on Valley High School's radio station KWDM during my junior and senior years at VHS, a couple out of town travel opportunities I've had thru the summers I spent at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin as a camper between 1989-1992 and as a staff member between 1994-1997 (along with spending 6 weeks in Israel during the summer of 1993) and how those summers have played a major role in how I take Judaism seriously and try my best to be a practicing Jew daily all year round, and I also do some of my voice impersonations for Stacey.

Stacey ends the interview with a message of positivity. This interview was recorded on Saturday May 10, 2020 and it's another feature length interview that runs 1 hour and 26 minutes (86 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 #51

On this episode of the podcast, Jill Brimeyer conducts and co-produces an awesome audio interview with me. Topics that are brought up during this interview include: The cooking that I do for Shabbat (the weekly Jewish Sabbath) and Jewish holy days/festivals, a couple other things about Shabbat, the things that make me laugh, the things I do that help me stay positive and keep my mental health in check, how I am handling things with the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines that go with it, more about the audio interviews on these podcasts, my two dogs, how I have done and still occasionally do video production as a hobby, and how I love spending time with friends one on one or in a small group whenever the opportunities come. I also do some of my voice impersonations for Jill, and Jill ends the interview with a message of positivity. This interview was recorded on Sunday May 3, 2020 and it runs 1 hour and 14  minutes (74 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!!