The Juice with Jeff

The Juice with Jeff #255

On this episode of the podcast, Pat Boddy conducts and co-produces her fantastic and fun interview with me in person. This is Pat's debut and first time on the show. We recorded this episode at the park behind Crossroads Park Elementary School in West Des Moines. A special thanks and shout out goes to Bridget Carberry Montgomery for recruiting Pat to join our Juice with Jeff Family of Interviewers and Co-Producers!!

 

We have a free for all 40 minute conversation where Pat asks me to bring up a variety of things such as how this year has been a super special year for these Juice with Jeff podcasts, my thoughts on fall weather, what led me to decide to have Pat recruited for our Juice with Jeff family of interviewers and co-producers, how prior to 2020/the start of the Covid Era I was super passionate about going to the Iowa State Fair once or twice a summer, my knowledge on the Iowa State Fair's history and the Blue Ribbon Foundation, and how a long ago Pat had a side gig interviewing people and doing segments for IPTV/Iowa PBS State Fair coverage. There were moments during the interview where Pat shared her thoughts on the stuff I brought up.

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday October 6th, 2024 and it runs 39 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 #254

On this episode of the podcast, Tisleen Singh conducts and co-produces a fantastic and conversational interview with me thru Zoom. This is Tisleen's debut and first time on the podcast.  A special thanks and shout out goes to Lilianna Bernstein for recruiting Tisleen to join our Juice with Jeff Family of Interviewers and Co-Producers!!

 

During the interview, Tisleen asked me questions on the following things:

1. How did these podcasts get started and how long have you been doing them?

2. With your big 50th birthday coming up, how do you feel about turning 50 and what reflections do you have on this milestone?

3. What is a "Day in the Life" of Jeff like, both on workdays and with weekends?

4. What foods do you like to cook, including for your Shabbat meals? Is Shabbat a time you're supposed to take things slower?

5. With what you watch on TV, do you only watch the DVD's from your TV Show and Movie collection, or do you also watch anything on cable or from the streaming channels/services?

6. So what are some of your favorite DVD's in your collection?

7. What do you love or enjoy about your job?
How long have you worked at your job?

8.  What are some of your favorite places to eat from/pick up from in the Des Moines area?

9. What is one of your favorite things about being Jewish and practicing your Jewish faith?

10. Have you ever been to Israel? Do you have any stories or memories to share from when you went to Israel?

11. What is Israel's landscape like physically? Do you have any fun memories from the summers you went to the summer camp you went to?

12. Do you have a favorite vacation you've ever taken?

13. What are other issues or causes that you are passionate about? What is something that you would share about being autistic or autism or something you wish people knew related to autism.

14. How did you get into being passionate about Fred Rogers and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood? How did you learn about the things related to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood?

15. If you could have coffee with anyone in the world dead or alive, who would it be?

16. If you were to make a mix tape or playlist for someone, what songs would you want someone to listen to?

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday September 29, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 17 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 #253

On this episode of the podcast, Tiffany Welch conducts and co-produces her fantastic, superb, and really conversational interview with me in person. This is Tiffany's debut and first time on the show. We recorded this episode at Greenwood Park (the Amphitheater and Waterfall areas) in Des Moines.

 

After I share with Tiffany how this year has been super special for the podcast in multiple ways, we have a deep two way conversation where both of us shared our thoughts on topics like: what our perspective religions/faith believe about alcohol and fasting as well as our personal views on both subjects, travel experiences both of us have had, our love for nature and parks, what both of us enjoy cooking for comfort recipes, the importance of maintaining our Democracy, and how critically important this upcoming 2024 Election is and how it's absolutely essential that everyone 18 and older vote. 

We wrap up the podcast with me giving a fantastic performance of the following voice impersonations for Tiffany: Fat Albert, Mushmouth, Michael Buffer (the "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" announcer), Elwood and Jake Blues, Trump, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Mitt Romney, Current President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Yogi Bear and Boo Boo, Snagglepus, Huckleberry Hound, Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, Tweety and Sylvester, Lawrence Well, Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin/Sammy Davis Jr singing Des Moines commercial jingles, and Jim Morrison singing the Toys R' Us jingle.

 

The interview overall has a "keeping it as real and raw as possible" feel with a lots of two way conversation. We've now set an all time record with this interview. Not only is this now the SECOND lengthiest episode of the whole entire Juice with Jeff series that we've ever done since these audio interviews began in 2017, but it is now officially the LONGEST IN PERSON EPISODE that we have ever done on the entire podcast series (so far)!!!

 

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Friday September 27th, 2024 and it runs an EPIC 2 hours and 5 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 #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!!