The Juice with Jeff

On this episode of the podcast, Renee (VanAmber) Whisnant conducts a really good audio interview with me thru Zoom filled with a good amount of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There are several different topics that Renee asks me to talk (and that I share relevant thoughts on) about including: Who I am now versus who I was back in our Drake University days and an example of what my...

On this episode of the podcast, Kim Kivens conducts and co-produces a excellent and really fun audio interview with me thru Zoom filled with two-way conversation throughout the interview. There are several different topics that were brought up during the interview: 1. I talked with Kim about what Shabbat (the weekly Jewish Sabbath) observance was like during the summers I went to Camp Ramah in Wis...

On this episode of the podcast, Martha Scanlan conducts and co-produces a wonderful and really good audio interview with me via Zoom filled with quite a bit of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There are several different topics that Martha and I bring up including: 1. We start the podcast off with my talking with Martha about what the purposes of "The Juice with Jeff" podcast series...

On this episode of the podcast, Michael Libbie conducts and co-produces an excellent and fun audio interview with me via Zoom filled with quite a bit of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were a bunch of things that Michael asked me to talk about during the audio interview including: 1. How I was pretty active with the former Beth El Jacob Synagogue in Des Moines, IA for around 1...

On this episode of the podcast, Brandy Angolano conducts and co-produces this very good interview with me. During the vast majority of the interview, Brandy and I share our memories and favorite moments from our years at Valley High School in West Des Moines, IA, along with the differences between the 1990's and today in terms of technology and communicating with friends. And during the last few m...

On this episode of the podcast, Michelle Samuelson conducts and co-produces a very fun interview with me in person. During the vast majority of the interview, Michelle and I share our memories and favorite moments from our years at Valley High School in West Des Moines, IA. Michelle and I also bring up a few things about relationships, lifestyle choices, and outlooks on life. And during the last f...

On this episode of the podcast, Laura Grisamore conducts and co-produces an excellent, outstanding, and extremely fun audio interview with me thru Zoom filled with lots of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There are over a dozen different things that Laura and I talk about during this episode of the show, with some of the topics being: 1. Winter weather in terms of snow and extremely...

On this episode of the podcast, Christa Anderson Beeler conducts and co-produces a fantastic and super fun audio interview with me thru Zoom filled with quite a bit of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were multiple topics that were brought up and interwoven with each other during the interview including:  A record breaking 10 to 15 inch snowfall event we had here in Des Moines...

On this episode of the podcast, Kelie (Harms) Gray conducts and co-produces a fantastic and really fun audio interview with me thru Zoom filled with quite a bit of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were a bunch of things that were discussed during the audio interview including: 1. My thoughts on the November 2020 Election, and also on the Inauguration of President Biden and Vice...

On this episode of the podcast, Maia (Young) Bauman conducts and co-produces a fantastic and really fun audio interview with me filled with quite a bit of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were a bunch of things that Sarah and I talked about during this audio interview including: 1. During both the first 20 or minutes of the podcast and also during the last 25 minutes of the pod...

On this episode of the podcast, Kim Kivens conducts and co-produces a fantastic and fun audio interview with me filled with some two-way conversation throughout the interview.  There were three or four things that Kim asked me questions about during the interview: 1.  During the overwhelming majority of this interview (75% of the interview to be exact), I talked in great detail about multiple aspe...

On this episode of the podcast, Sarah (Henry) Suemnig conducts and co-produces a fantastic and super fun audio interview with me filled with plenty of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were a whole bunch of things that Sarah and I talked about during this audio interview, both on the serious stuff and the fun/entertaining stuff. 1. The first thing that Sarah brings up with me is...

On this episode of the podcast, Jill Bassman conducts and co-produces an excellent and fun audio interview with me. During the interview, Jill asks me the following questions, and I explain in detail my thoughts and responses to Jill's questions: 1.  Who is my number one hero? 2.  If I could live anywhere in the whole world, where would I live? 3.  When I was little, what did I want to be when I g...

On this episode of the podcast, we have a very special episode where the entire show features a "live to tape" Virtual Birthday Celebration that was held for my 46th birthday on the night of October 19, 2020 via Zoom!! Around 25 people participated in this birthday celebration for me on Zoom. Dana Mintzer Leman and David Trumble co-host this party with me on Zoom. The party begins with everyone si...

On this episode of the podcast, Laura Grisamore conducts and co-produces an excellent and extremely fun audio interview with me filled with lots of two-way conversation throughout the interview. During the vast majority of the podcast, Laura and I talk about memories, experiences, favorite moments, etc... from our years together at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa. But there are other t...

On this episode of the podcast, Lynn Zimmerman conducts and co-produces a fabulous and really fun audio interview with me filled with lots and lots of two-way conversation throughout the interview. The topics that Lynn brought up with me during the interview include: 1. Lynn asked me what I've been up to since I graduated from Valley High School (West Des Moines, IA) in 1994. So, I give Lynn in a...

On this episode of the podcast, Katey (Sharpe) Hartzell conducts and co-produces a fabulous and really fun audio interview with me filled with lots and lots of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were a whole bunch of  topics that Katey brought up with me about during the interview: 1. What is my middle name and who I was named after? 2. What is my favorite color? 3. What my favor...

On this episode of the podcast, Christa Anderson Beeler conducts and co-produces an outstanding and really fun audio interview with me filled with plenty of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were several fun topics that Christa brought up with me about during the interview: She asked me about any other opportunities I've had (besides the Purim events that I went to at my synagog...

On this episode of the podcast, Ann Kaatz LoBue conducts and co-produces a fantastic and superb audio interview with me filled with plenty of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were several topics that Ann brought up with me during the interview including: My being autistic and how it affects or plays a significant role in my daily life, in fact I spend nearly the first 30 minute...

On this episode of the podcast, Courtney Work conducts and co-produces an fantastic, outstanding, and extremely fun audio interview with me filled with lots of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There were several topics that Courtney brought up with me during the interview such as: The 30+ years that I was a patient at her father's (John Work o.b.m.) dental office when he was there an...

On this episode of the podcast, Lindsey Isker Pletcher conducts and co-produces an excellent and extremely fun audio interview with me filled with lots of two-way conversation throughout the interview. There are several topics that Lindsey brought up during the interview. We spend nearly the entire first 60 minutes of the podcast talking about Fred Rogers o.b.m., Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and t...

On this episode of the podcast, Angie Tessau conducts and co-produces an excellent audio interview with me. Angie brings up a bunch of topics and asks me questions on a bunch of topics including: How I've been doing with the COVID-19 pandemic and how I'm dealing with things in terms of COVID-19, the physical distancing recommendations, and the usual everyday things on my plate that I have to deal...

On this episode of the podcast, Lilianna Bernstein conducts and co-produces an awesome audio interview with me. Lilianna brings up and asks me questions on a wide variety of topics such as: how I'm handling things in the midst of COVID-19 and the physical distancing recommendations, what effect the pandemic is having on my life and the things I do to help me stay positive and to keep my mental hea...

On this episode of the podcast, Heidi Gojkovich conducts and co-produces an excellent and fun audio interview with me. Heidi begins the interview by asking to talk about memories that stand out during my time at Drake and more specifically in the basement of Meredith Hall (the lower level of Meredith has the facilities for the Radio/TV/Video production classes and projects). I describe in detail a...

On this episode of the podcast, Sandy Henry conducts and co-produces a fun and excellent audio interview with me. Sandy starts off the interview by asking me to talk about my 4-1/2 years (between 1994 to 1998) in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Drake University majoring in Radio-TV Production, and during that segment I first talk about the experience I had with my two years bein...