Leah Jones

Finding Favorites with Leah Jones

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Finding Favorites is where we learn about people’s favorite things and get recommendations without using an algorithm. Every other week, host Leah Jones sits down with a guest to learn about how they found their favorite thing, why they love it and why they think other people will fall in love, too.

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Jason Mathes loves syndicated game shows 28.06.2020 1:05:08

Jason Mathes and I went to college together at Millikin University and probably haven't talked (other than social media) since the day we graduated in 1999, but he's the reason this podcast exists. We have a meandering conversation that stays mostly focused on his love of game shows, his lifelong goal to compete on Jeopardy, and ideas on how to improve any game show concept. Do you want to calcula...

Jasmine Davila and the works of Laurie Colwin with a side of Tom Hiddleston 22.06.2020 58:06

Jasmine Davila joined me to talk about columnist Laurie Colwin, but mostly we talked about her true pop culture love Tom Hiddleston. Jasmine is a writer, performer and producer in Chicago and the current curator of Miss Spoken . You can find her online as JasmineD everywhere that fine social media is shared. Twitter Instagram Tumblr

Terry Gant and the Legion of Superheros 22.06.2020 57:38

Terry Gant is the owner of Third Coast Comics and his heart belongs to the Legion of Superheros. In this conversation, Terry takes us from discovering the Legion when he was 11-years-old on the South Side of Chicago and traces the path all the way to opening a comic book store in Rogers Park on the North Side. We also start by talking about how small businesses are surviving the COVID-19 pandemic....