The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast

As frequent listeners to the podcast know, one of my favorite parts of visiting Vegas is the food. Over the last several years, Las Vegas has become a Foodie's paradise with dozens of new restaurants opening each year, featuring celebrity chefs and cuisine you can possibly imagine.  But you know what?  No matter how hard you try, you just can't beat a classic. The Golden Steer, located jus...

July 16th, 2022 marks the 77th anniversary of the detonation of the very first atomic bomb and to honor that milestone, I've decided to release a re-packaged version of one of my favorite episodes of Sin City Stories, my Las Vegas history spin-off podcast. And although the actual test occurred in the desert just outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico, it led to one of the most interesting periods i...

Welcome to another BONUS EPISODE of the podcast! If you've been watching the news lately, then I'm sure you're aware of what's happening at airports all over the world. Mass flight cancellations, huge delays, lost baggage, staff shortages and huge line-ups are just some of the problems plaguing flyers in recent weeks. Adding to the problem is that after almost two years of a lot of...

Las Vegas - or more specifically, Lake Mead, located just outside Las Vegas - has found itself in the spotlight as of late & is attracting the attention of two very different groups of people: Mob Historians and Climate Scientists Lake Mead is known as a water playground for both tourists & locals, but it's also one the United States' largest reservoirs providing water for over 20...

Anyone who knows me well knows I'm a MASSIVE airplane nerd.  I love flying and everything to do with flying.  Over the course of my life, I've had the chance to do some really cool aviation-related stuff from logging hours in a Cessna, to flying a full-motion Boeing 737 simulator, to visiting aviation museums around the world. If you've ever wanted to try your hands at the controls of...

The world is FINALLY starting to feel normal.  And part of that "normal" is a return to travel. But when you haven't done something for a long time - for example, for two years during a global pandemic - it's easy to get out of practice and forget all those good travel habits you had that helped to keep you safe when you were venturing out around the world. With more people startin...

Have you ever been at a casino, sitting at a table playing and wondered, " What's the dealer thinking right now?"  My guest for this episode of the podcast is going to take you right inside that dealer's head - and share some amazing stories. Eric Sherwood entered the gaming industry following what I like to call a "forced career change" first as a dealer, then becoming a p...

According to a recent report, Strip Clubs in the United States - or "Gentleman's Clubs" as they're often called - are forecasted to pull in roughly $7.4 BILLION in revenue in 2022.  In Las Vegas, there are over TWENTY different clubs for visitors to patronize.  And often, visiting a strip club in Las Vegas is a person's first experience with this type of establishment. If you&#...

Every year, inventors come up with DOZENS of ideas for new casino table games, but only a handful actually make it to the casino floor.  Maybe you've got an idea for a new game floating around in your brain and you've been wondering how to make it reality and get it out to the Vegas gaming community? My guest for this episode could be the one to help make it happen! Back for her third appe...

2022 marks the 20th Anniversary of one of the hottest shows on the Vegas Strip: X Burlesque Having opened back in 2002 at the Aladdin, the show now calls Bugsy's Cabaret home inside the legendary Flamingo Hotel. Joining me for this episode of the podcast are Matt & Angela Stabile of  Stabile Productions .  Matt & Angela are the husband & wife team who created & produce X Burles...

Welcome to a fun-sized bonus episode of the podcast! This time around, I just wanted to take a moment to drop into the feed to send out a few quick shout-out's and "thank you's" for what's been going on over the last few weeks and share some announcements about what's coming up on the show over the next little while. There's LOTS of awesome stuff coming up in the next f...

Formula 1 is considered to be one of the premier forms of auto racing.  The cars are the fastest regulated road-racing cars in the world with top speeds upwards of 350 km/h (215 mph). F1 is also one of the richest sports in the world; with 22 races scattered across the globe, F1 reported over $2.1 BILLION in revenue in 2021 and it's not uncommon for the top drivers in the sport to earn well ov...

The WNBA was founded back in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA and started league play in 1997.  Originating with just 8 teams, the league has since grown to a total of 12 teams, one of which calls Las Vegas home. The Las Vegas Aces have been playing ball since 2018 but their history goes back much further than that, and joining me on this episode to talk about that - and much more -...

Crypto Currency...Block Chain...Non-Fungible Tokens...Alt-Coins... If you've been paying attention to financial news over the last few years, these are likely all terms that you've heard mentioned...but what the HELL are they?  And how do they relate to Las Vegas? My guest for this episode is going to do his best to break it all down for us in the simplest terms possible. Making his second...

My very special guest for this episode has been in the comedy business for over three decades.  He's been on stage all over the world and has been on hundreds of TV shows including Live with Regis & Kelly, Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, Scrubs, CSI and he's made over THIRTY appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Carrot Top has been headlining his own show at the Luxor in Las...

Welcome to another World Famous Jeff Does Vegas Trip Report!  This time around, we're chronicling my most recent trip to Vegas, from March 20th-23rd, 2022. This episode includes reviews of my stay at  Bally's as well as some of the great food I was able to partake in at  Ri-Ra Irish Pub in Mandalay Bay, Tilted Kilt at the Linq Promenade, Village Cafe at Ellis Island ,  Makers & Finders...

There are literally hundreds of Las Vegas-related podcasts covering all sorts of topics from broad, general Las Vegas information (like trip reports, hotel reviews & interviews) to hyper-focused niches like history & sports betting. Over the last while, I've been asked on a few occasions for my recommendations for Las Vegas podcasts...that AREN'T my podcast.  So, I thought it was t...

Ever since the Vegas Golden Knights made their NHL debut back in 2017, big league professional sports has been booming business in Las Vegas.  And, following the relocation of the NFL's Raiders in 2020, we can expect to see even more teams & leagues calling Vegas home in the coming years with the NBA and MLB likely additions. My guests for this episode to discuss the future of pro sports i...

Anyone who's a frequent visitor to Las Vegas knows it's a city in a constant state of flux and, thanks to some changes in resort ownership along with a few re-brands & major overhauls, the Vegas strip is likely going to look very different in the coming years. Joining me for this episode to discuss some of these upcoming changes is fellow creator and travel blogger, Adam Bauer - aka &#...

Shortly after I launched this podcast, I put together an episode called Vegas FAQ , where I gathered together some of the more common questions that I saw being asked about Las Vegas and attempted to answer them. It's been over 2 years since I released the original Vegas FAQ and in that time, the city has gone through some big changes.  As such, some of the information covered in that episode...

Get ready...we're going on a little road trip. We're heading about 35 miles southeast of the Vegas strip, to Black Canyon, where one of the greatest feats of engineering in the United States - and possibly the world - is located:   Hoover Dam Constructed in the late 1920's & completed in the early 1930's, Hoover Dam serves a multitude of purposes including flood mitigation &amp...

* This episode contains paid promotional content Long-time listeners know that I'm a total Vegas history nerd.  There's nothing I love more than digging into the history of Las Vegas and sharing those stories - and based on how well all of the Vegas history episodes I've done have been received, I'd say it's a fair statement to say that you guys enjoy it too. As such, I'm h...

My guest for this episode of the podcast has been a part of the Vegas performance scene for close to twenty years. Enoch Augustus Scott got his start in Las Vegas with the classic show, Tony & Tina's Wedding.  He currently stars as "Zenoch", the Host & MC of Zombie Burlesque at the V-Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood . Enoch & I discussed what initially...

My guest for this episode of the podcast is a somewhat "unique" performer. John Shaw is a magician, illusionist...and sideshow stunt artist. He spits fire, swallows swords, eats light bulbs, and dangles paint cans from hooks attached to his eyelids.  And that's just a small sample of his repertoire. Over the years, John has appeared on numerous TV talk shows, most recently on the Late...

Back in March 2021, for various reasons, I put this podcast on a hiatus.  However, I noticed people were still listening and downloading past episodes.  As I watched the numbers grow, I made a commitment that when I hit 100,000 total downloads, I'd start releasing new episodes again. I hit that mark in September of 2021 and since then, I've had the chance to have some great conversations w...