Bait and Switch Podcast

It's time for our yearly check-up with our good friend, Mitch Teich! What are some of the things you do every year? We have a fun conversation with Mitch about some of the things we've come up with. A sampling of our list includes things like paying taxes, going for your annual physical and set your clocks to daylight savings time, but it wouldn't really be our style to keep things so simple. Tune...

In the second half of our interview with Leff's Lucky Town owner Chris Leffler, we ask Chris if he's a fan of leftovers, whether celebrities behave themselves in his bar or if they act like they own the place, what some of the keys to a successful business are and much more! Make sure you check out the Leff's Lucky Town website at https://leffs.com/ to see everything that's going on at Leff's! Enj...

Today's guest is the owner of Leff's Lucky Town in Wauwatosa, Chris Leffler! We talk with Chris about how and why he got started with Leff's, a quick history lesson on the buildings there, the different ways he keeps his business relevant, the challenges that come along with changing times in the world and much more! You can find out more about Leff's Lucky Town at https://leffs.com/ Enjoy!

May's highlight clip features an interview with my co-host Jim. It was October of 2020 and Jim got covid and interviewing someone with covid seemed like a novel idea. The virus remains novel, this interview is dated. Of course can a virus that is 3 + years old still call itself novel?

This is like binge listening on steroids! We've put together 3 minutes of highlights from the first 10 episodes in season 3 and packaged them all together into one amazing episode! Listen to the highlights, then listen to the full interviews for even more fun! Enjoy!

Welcome to our first ever coverage of the Giro d'Italia, otherwise known as the Tour of Italy. Joining Jim and myself is my son Will, NPR's Mitch Teich and local cycling legend, Tom Schuller. Tom has special insight into the race because he competed in the Giro back in the 1980's.

Fellow podcaster, Joe Kay from Play That Rock N Roll podcast joins us today to talk about two things we love - podcasting and music! Joe tells us about how he got started with his podcast, where he finds his guests, some of the bigger names he's had on his show, the big controversy over his review of the Bruce Springsteen show and much more! Make sure you catch Joe's Play That Rock N Roll podcast...

For this episode, we go "Behind the Scenes" to look at Episodes 1-10 of Season 3. You'll get a first hand look into our thoughts about each episode- what we liked, what we didn't like, what went well, and what didn't. We also get more in depth on the background of some of our skit episodes and where our ideas came from. Enjoy!

Jim Martinez finally catches up with Paulie G. Can Martinez apply enough tension to make Paulie snap? Find out this week! Enoy!

Today we're talking weather with our musician friend, Paul Grevsmuehl- Surprise! We talk weather survival stories, "Feels Like" temperatures, weather phrases to avoid when checking in at the airport, tornado rankings and so much more! Enjoy!

In the second half of our interview with Jerry Augustine and Jeff Grayson, we shift our focus from the Brewers to Major League Baseball. We talk about the health of the game, the upcoming rule changes for the season, our predictions for both the National and the American League and we take a look back at our predictions from last year to see how we did! All that and much, much more, as always! Enj...

Brewers, Brewers, Brewers! Today we're talking with our baseball experts, Jeff Grayson and Jerry Augustine about the upcoming Milwaukee Brewers season! We get to play "Armchair GM" as we talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the team, arbitration, trades, even uniforms and so much more! Enjoy!

For our 2nd Highlight clip for March we bring you a few minutes from our interview with Whitney who had appeared on 2 daytime TV court programs. Find out what it's like behind the scenes.

It's highlight week for the month of March. This highlight clip features 3 minutes of our interview with 2 time US National Champion cyclist Matt Busche.

Today we wrap up our interview with comedian, Johnny Beehner. Johnny was the very last comic to make his debut on the Late Show with David Letterman. He talks to us about how he got on the show, what he did to prepare, what it was like being there and whether or not he got to sit on the couch! We also chat about some of his favorite comedians, the social media platform where he unexpectedly got th...

A few weeks ago, we went to The Laughing Tap and saw a great comedian named Johnny Beehner and wanted to have him on our show! So, this week, we talk with Johnny about good crowds and bad crowds, what it's like handling hecklers, cities he likes performing, how his podcast was started and much more! You can find Johnny at: JohnnyBeehner.com Enjoy!

This Highlight tract from the 3rd Season features Richie Conway and his song "The Daily Grind". We liked it so much that we use it as our outro music , enjoy!

It took till Season 3 for Jim's wife Harper to make her debut on the podcast. She makes her first appearance with her friend, Catherine. Worlds are colliding , Podcast Jim might never be the same.

This week we talk with prepper/survivalist, Nicholas Swifteagle. Nicholas gives us some of his unconventional wisdom about living in a bunker, including when to go into the bunker, when to come out of the bunker, what food to stock in the bunker, the right attitude to have when it comes to bunker life and much more! Join us for this very interesting conversation with this "self-taught bunkerist"!...

This week we're joined by comedian Jeremy Bent. Jeremy lives in LA, but we found him here, at a local school, working with middle schoolers to develop their comedic writing skills. We talk with Jeremy about that project, along with how his career got started, what it was like to be a freelancer for The Onion, some of the projects he's working on now (including "Tooning Out The News" that airs on W...

In this second part of our interview with veteran comedian Rob Brackenridge, we focus on the content of his act. Rob talks to us about how his act has evolved over the years, how the request for "Clean Comedy" can affect a show, what it was like performing on a cruise ship, where he's getting his new material these days and much more! You can find more about Rob at his website www. RobBrackenridge...

Today we talk with fellow Wisonsinite and professional comedian, Rob Brackenridge! We talk with Rob about his history in comedy, along with what his life was like living out in LA, some of the people he's worked with and how long it's been since his last "day job". He also tells us about the day a good friend of his supercharged his career after appearing on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson! Tu...

We complete the trend for our second highlight tract of the week by featuring another Sportscaster, Tim VanVooren.

Our highlight package today contains 3 minutes of our interview with our friend, Sportscaster Jeff Grayson. We talk to him about starting out in the business, being the in studio host for the Brewers and Bucks and meeting Brett Favre before he was "Brett Favre".

Every year we invite a past guest to join us along with our first guest of the year, Dave Boll. This year we welcome back fan favorite Richard Wilson, the man with the velvet voice. We change things up a little and approach a topic that's more serious than we're used to. Today's discussion is about issues that are centered around race. We talk with Richard about things like economic differences be...