The Juice with Jeff

The Juice with Jeff #252

On this episode of the podcast, Robin Bear conducts and co-produces her fantastic, superb very fun, and really conversational interview with me in person. This is Robin's debut and first time on the show, and a special thanks goes out to Dana Leman for recruiting Robin to be part of our Juice with Jeff Family of Interviewers and Co-Producers!!!

 

We had a deep two way conversation where we had a real time conversation on the upcoming Fall Jewish Holy Day/Festival season and how we'll be celebrating it, memories from Rosh Hashanah/Sukkot for both of us, Rabbi Moshe (Marshall) and Rebbetzin Shirley Berg (both of righteous and blessed memory), my TV Show and Movie DVD Collection, the movies in my Roadshow Theater Film Minyan collection, how I am doing a special countdown leading up to my 50th birthday with watching the Roadshow Theatrical Films in my collection from oldest (1939) to youngest (1972), and we end with me performing a dozen of my voice impersonations for Robin.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Wednesday evening September 25, 2024 and it runs an EPIC 1 hour and 54 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #251

On this episode of the podcast, Laura Senturia conducts and co-produces a fantastic and very conversational interview with me thru Zoom. This is Laura's debut and first time on the podcast. 

 

Laura and I basically have a free flowing and in-depth conversation for the entire podcast about memories, etc.... from our Camp Ramah days, both on the Ramah Wisconsin side and the Ramah Israel Seminar side.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday September 22, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 14 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #250

On this episode of the podcast, Dawn Edwards conducts and co-produces her fantastic, superb, outstanding, extremely fun, very energetic, and really conversational interview with me in person. This is Dawn's debut/first time on the podcast and we recorded this episode at Ewing Park on the south side of Des Moines (most of the interview was recorded from the park's "Soapbox Derby" area"). I truly believe that this episode is one of the very best and most fun interviews we've ever done with the whole podcast series!!

 

We had a deep two way conversation that mostly focused on various aspects of living in Des Moines/Central Iowa, and both Dawn and I share our thoughts on the things Des Moines and Central Iowa. If you are interested in hearing about a number of things Des Moines has to offer and our perspectives on it, this is definitely the episode for you!! I also shared stories with Dawn about a bunch of Central Iowa/Des Moines high profile and local celebrities that I met over the last few years and I told Dawn about several local celebrities/high profile people that have conducted interviews with me for the podcast. We wrap up this episode with Dawn asking me if I wanted a particular person or specific people to interview me, who would they be?

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Friday September 20, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 22 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #249

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

 

Elise and I basically have a free flowing conversation where we each talk about how we've been doing, past experiences I've had during the years I went to the Iowa State Fair between 2013-2019, about how this year has been the most amazing and special year for these Juice with Jeff podcasts, and the several ways I am celebrating my 50th birthday year: having as many episodes as possible of this podcast this year, trying to have a small group or one-on-one get together with friends during my birthday weekend, and watching the Roadshow Theatrical Film Minyan DVD's in the weeks leading up to my 50th birthday.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday September 15, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 12 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #248

On this episode of the podcast, Angie Spann and Lisa Jimenez conduct and co-produce their fantastic, superb, outstanding, really fun, and very conversational interview with me in person. This is both Angie and Lisa's second time (the first in person for Lisa) on the podcast and we recorded this episode at Campbell Recreational Area in Clive.

 

We had a deep two way conversation on a whole bunch of topics during the interview in a free flow manner such as music (especially concerning Stevie Wonder, The Blues Brothers, and the Brass Rock/Horn Rock type of Rock/Pop music), the 40th birthday celebration that was held around my birthday time back in 2014 that Angie was at with me, karaoke and the karaoke equipment I use to have for a dozen years (until Summer 2022), how I do my social in person life with Covid continuing to rage on, a little bit about the public radio program Music from the Hearts of Space hosted by Stephen Hill and another public radio program called Blues Before Sunrise hosted by Steve Cushing, the podcast and how this has been the MOST AMAZING YEAR and BEST YEAR EVER we've ever had and are having with The Juice with Jeff, our Juice with Jeff Inc. board of directors and what happens during our annual The Juicys Awards event each December, what exciting things I would like to do "before my time comes", Angie and Lisa sing an Early Happy Birthday to me, Angie asks me several "Rapid Fire" type of questions related to candy/sweets, a discussion on a Candy/Sweets related place in Valley West Mall I went to in the past called The Candy Clubhouse, fruits and ice cream, and we wrap the interview recording session up with my performing my Jim Morrison voice impersonation (doing a The Doors take on the Toys R' Us jingle).

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Tuesday September 12, 2024 and it runs a FEATURE LENGTH 1 hour and 34 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #247

On this episode of the podcast, Howie Hoffman conducts and co-produces a fantastic, superb, and very conversational interview with me thru Zoom. This is Howie's debut/first time on the podcast. A special thanks and shout out goes to Dana Leman for recruiting Howie to be part of our Juice with Jeff Family of Interviewers and Co-Producers!!!

 

Before we started talking about the topics we planned on, we take a moment to pay tribute to James Earl Jones who just died at the age of 93 on the date we recorded this episode. After the James Earl Jones reflection, Howie and I had a two way conversation about various things related to animation, being autistic, and movies; a huge chunk of stuff we talked about on this episode is stuff we've not really talked about before on the podcast.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Monday September 9, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 14 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #246

On this episode of the podcast, Angela Fie conducts and co-produces a fantastic, superb, and conversational interview with me thru Zoom. This is Angie's debut/first time on the podcast.

 

Angie asks me to talk about my Passions and also my Concerns. For the Passions part, I talk in detail about my favorite types of music, my impressive collection of vintage and classic films and TV shows on DVD and the Roadshow Theatrical Presentation kind of movies, and about these podcastsm On the Concerns part, I talk a bit about highly airborne viruses like Covid, wealth inequity, and the like. Then we wrap up the podcast with Angie sharing her passions and concerns.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Friday September 6, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 10 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #245

On this episode of the podcast, Hannah Sznes conducts and co-produces a fantastic, superb, and very conversational interview with me in person. This is Hannah's debut/first time on the podcast and we recorded this episode at Greenwood Park in Des Moines.

 

We had a deep two way conversation on a whole bunch of topics during the interview such as concerning the podcast and the multiple ways this year is the MOST AMAZING YEAR and BEST YEAR EVER we've ever had and are having with The Juice with Jeff, about my being autistic and neurodiversity, about how exciting it is for Hannah and I to see each other for the first time in almost five years, about my near lifelong fascination with audio equipment and electronics along with the Radio/TV production experiences I had during my high school and Drake days, about Greenwood Park, and about my being a Cinephile and my significantly impressive DVD film/TV Show collection. Hannah shares her thoughts and comments regarding all of these topics.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday September 1, 2024 and it runs an EPIC 1 hour and 52 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #244

On this episode of the podcast, Carrie Lewis conducts and co-produces a fantastic, superb, really unique, and very conversational interview with me thru Zoom. This is Carrie's debut/first time on the podcast.

 

We had a deep two way conversation focusing on College/University Admissions, the process of applying to colleges, and things concerning the experiences I had during my Drake University years. Carrie asked me the following questions:

1. Did you go thru a traditional college search?

2. What do you think were the most important factors for you in your college search? As I answered this question, I explained to Carrie about the Disability Resource Center at Drake and the accomodations they arranged for me to have for some of my tougher classes.

3. Are there any examples you can think of specifically having to take the initiative yourself to go get additional support from the Disability Resource Center or from any of your professors?

4. As far as transitioning from living at home to living on campus (most of the time), tell us about your experience when you lived in the dorms at Drake with some of the specific challenges as well as some of the learning opportunities and your takeaway experiences from that.

5. Tell us about the other connections you made in addition to the staff members and Amy Desenberg-Wines and how do you go about finding or making those? It's during this part where I also share with Carrie the significant changes and major renovations that have taken place in Meredith Hall (especially with the J-School audio and video production facilities on the basement level). I share my experiences of recording an in person interview last October where Sandy Henry and I tour Meredith Hall and other parts of the Drake campus to discuss all the changes.

6. Looking back and knowing what you know now, is there anything you would change about your undergraduate experience?

7. As someone who grew up in Des Moines and went to Drake; in going thru the "Parks Circuit" over the last 3-1/2 years, were there any surprises that you've discovered as you recorded/record these podcast episodes?

8. For others who are searching for colleges/universities that may have special needs or are looking for support services, what advice do you have regarding things for them to consider as they're looking at their college search?

9. Is there anything else in thinking about your Drake experiences that you want to share?

 

Carrie shares her thoughts on the answers I gave in responding to her questions. And to wrap up the interview, I ask Carrie to share any exciting or special things that have been going on in her life since we last saw each other almost five years ago?

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday August 25, 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!!

The Juice with Jeff #243

On this episode of the podcast, Ali Harms conducts and co-produces a fantastic, superb, outstanding, really fun, and very conversational interview with me in person. This is Ali's fifth time on the podcast (4th in person) and we recorded this episode at Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Downtown Des Moines.

 

We had a deep two way conversation on a whole bunch of topics during the interview such as the multiple ways 2024 is the MOST AMAZING YEAR and BEST YEAR EVER we've ever had and are having with these podcasts, Ali shares with us a couple special exciting things she's been up to this year in her life, I re-share the story on how Ali and I met and moments we've had together besides these podcast interviews, we each share our favorite quotes from Mel Brooks super hilarious film Spaceballs, and I perform a whole bunch of my voice impersonations for Ali: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Louie Armstrong, Jim Morrison singing a Doors take on the Toys R. Us Jingle, my Barry White deep speaking voice, and I perform (for the first time in quite a long time) my The Simpsons medley of voices. Ali asks me how I became interested in doing voice impersonations.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Thursday August 22, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 26 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!!