Simple Joe

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Today I talked about the world’s first commercial robot, Unimate, and how amazing it is that industrial automation started way back in 1961, then I shared the weather for Washington, D.C. and Cincinnati and walked through today’s birthdays, historic events, and celebrations. Since it’s Tuesday, I dove into five random questions that took me from life’s...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I riff on the wild story of the Centennial Bulb that has been glowing in a California fire station since 1901, then hang out with you for some brutally cold weather in Allentown, Pennsylvania and back home in Cincinnati, a run through rock legends and pop icons like Jim Morrison, Gregg Allman, Sam Kinison, Kim Basinger,...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode of Simple Joe, I pick back up my “Why I Believe” series and share why I believe in Jesus, after first talking about the world’s oldest customer complaint, my time in Sopela, Spain, and a few fun bits like cotton candy, letter writing, and birthdays. I apologize for missing this part of the series last Sunday and explain how today’s Faith...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode of Simple Joe for Saturday, December 6th, 2025, I start with the world’s quietest room at Microsoft’s headquarters and use it as a springboard to think about how much noise we live with and how strange real silence would feel. After a look at the weather in Auckland, New Zealand, and my hometown Cincinnati, along with a quick pass throug...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode of Simple Joe for Friday, December 5th, 2025, I start with a fantastic fact about hummingbirds and their incredible wing speed, sharing how fascinating and fun they are to watch at a backyard feeder. I walk through the weather for San Luis Obispo, California, and Cincinnati, then celebrate notable birthdays like Martin Van Buren, Walt Di...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I share a fascinating fact about why bananas are naturally radioactive, walk you through the weather in Portland, Maine and Cincinnati, Ohio, celebrate birthdays like Jeff Bridges, Marisa Tomei, and JAY-Z, and highlight fun observances including National Cookie Day, National Sock Day, and Wear Brown Shoes Day. I even te...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode, I start with the idea that Earth is the only planet in our solar system whose English name does not come from Greek or Roman mythology, and I have a little fun with the fact that our name basically means “dirt”. In contrast, all the other planets get fancy god names. I share the weather for Las Vegas, Nevada, and my hometown, Cincinn...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode of Simple Joe, I start with a mind-bending fact about neutron stars, where a single teaspoon of their material would weigh more than a billion tons on Earth, and let that set the tone for just how mysterious and big this universe really is. I talk through the chilly weather in Tama, Iowa and back home in Cincinnati, celebrate a few birth...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode, I talk about this wild thing researchers discovered — sea lions can actually clap underwater, and loud enough to sound like a whip cracking. I share the weather for my friends in Bangkok, Thailand, along with what’s going on here in Cincinnati. We look at today’s birthdays, including Lou Rawls, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, Bette Midle...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I talk about the incredible power of lightning, explore the weather in Berkhamsted, England, and Cincinnati, Ohio, celebrate birthdays like Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Ridley Scott, and Ben Stiller, and look at historic events, including the first international football match and the Sylacauga meteorite strike. I hig...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of the Simple Joe Daily Podcast, I kick things off with the wild fact that honey never spoils, even after 3,000 years in an Egyptian tomb, then share a quick Knoxville memory before giving you the full weather for Knoxville and Cincinnati, running through today’s birthdays, historic events, and celebrations, and diving into a personal...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe for Friday, November 28th, 2025, I talk about one of the craziest space facts I have ever heard, that one day on Venus is actually longer than one year on Venus, and what that would mean if we tried to live or even schedule life there. I share a little bit about how I am recovering from Thanksgiving, including my wife an...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Happy Thanksgiving, my friend. Today I talk about the very first Thanksgiving meal back in the autumn of 1621 and how it probably had lobster, eel, goose, and five deer from the Wampanoag instead of turkey. I share the weather for Delmar, New York and here at home in Cincinnati, and then we dig into the headline you chose from Monday’s Interesting Headl...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I share a quirky little nugget about a Swiss inventor who built a fully functional clock made entirely out of cheese. Then we look at Thanksgiving week weather in Lansing, Michigan and here at home in Cincinnati. I celebrate a few big birthdays, including Charles M. Schulz, Tina Turner, Dale Jarrett, and Peter Facinelli...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode of Simple Joe, I kick things off with the fascinating fact that the very first website ever created, Tim Berners-Lee’s text-only page at info.cern.ch , is still online today just the way it looked in 1991, and I geek out a bit by “visiting” it in real time. I share the weather for my friends in Moscow, Russia and back home in Cincinnati,...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Today I talked about a lake in Australia that is naturally bright pink and still a mystery to scientists, and I had fun imagining what it would be like to actually jump into a bright pink lake. I shared the three day weather for Brooklyn, Wisconsin, and Cincinnati, and then dug into Monday’s Interesting Headlines where I peruse the news for fun, odd sto...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Email me at joe@thesimplejoe.com or send me a text at 513.399.6468. Just say hi, I would love to hear from you. In this Sunday edition of Simple Joe, I kick things off with a fun fact about the world’s first computer password (spoiler: it wasn’t about security), then dive into a personal reflection on how I manage my own passwords. I share the weather f...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Today I talked about the quirky truth that “queue” is the only English word where one letter does all the work, and the rest just ride along, which made me think about how real life sometimes feels the same way. I shared that I’m finally flying home after a long trip and then walked through the weather in Riverside, California and back home in Cincinnat...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode of Simple Joe for Friday, November 21st, 2025, I kick things off with a wild fact about a fully functional acrylic grand piano from Japan, then share a personal experiment where I skip the weather and talk about the place I have called home for the past week, Chester, England. I walk you through why Chester feels like every American’s id...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I kick things off with the wild fact that your smartphone has more computing power than all of NASA had in 1969 when they sent humans to the moon, which gets me thinking about why we haven’t gone back. From there, I share the weather for St. Paul, Minnesota and Cincinnati, Ohio, and talk a bit about my travels from Madr...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I kick things off with a wild fact about the microscopic universe hiding in a teaspoon of soil, then share the weather in Tampa, Cincinnati, and here in Madrid. It’s Wild Card Wednesday, and I sit down with my UK correspondent and good friend, Kevin Curtis-Allen, for a fun and fascinating conversation about British food...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode of Simple Joe for Tuesday, November 18th, 2025, I’m coming to you from a little town in Spain, riffing on the crazy idea that spider silk is five times stronger than steel and wondering why we are not building everything out of it yet. I share the weather for my friends in Dublin, Ireland, and back home in Cincinnati, then celebrate birt...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. On this episode of Simple Joe for Monday, November 17th, 2025, I kick things off with a wild fact about sea cucumbers that can liquefy and regrow parts of their own bodies, then share the weather for my friends in or near Naples, Maine, and back home in Cincinnati while I’m recording on the road from Madrid, Spain. I talk about bouncing between hotels a...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I start with a fun fact about just how long a wooden pencil can write before it finally runs out, and then take you through the weather in Singapore, Cincinnati, and right here in Chester, England. We celebrate a few birthdays, look back at important moments in history, and have some fun with today’s national celebratio...

Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe for Saturday, November 15, 2025, I kick things off with a wild fact about how the average person walks the equivalent of three times around the Earth in their lifetime, which got me wondering how that adds up in steps and miles. I share the weather for Columbus, Cincinnati, and here in Chester, England, before celebratin...