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WrestleMania

Happy Friday to you. Do you know what Sunday is? It’s WrestleMania. In fact, it’s WrestleMania XXX. While that may not mean anything to you, it means something to me because wrestling basically is my childhood. If I were to devise a Dewey Decimal System for my own life, it would have headings like “Hulk…

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Ep. 5: Mike “Fizz” Fisbeck – Night DJ at 98.5 KYGO fm and 20-Year Radio Personality

Mike Fisbeck, or “Fizz,” as he’s been known for the majority of his 20 year career in radio, is this week’s guest on the Jon of All Trades Podcast. He’s unusual in that his entire career has been in Colorado, but he’s worked in a variety of formats and timeslots ranging from Top 40 to…

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Sportpissy

Seeing as we’re in what’s probably the second greatest sports month of the year (October is obviously first), what with March Madness, baseball’s Opening Day, the playoff picture coming into focus for both the NBA and the NHL, and WrestleMania just on the horizon, it’s time to piss a little bit into everyone’s tranquility pool…

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This Week’s Episode (3.31.14): Mike Fisbeck

This week’s guest is Mike “Fizz” Fisbeck, night DJ at 98.5 KYGO fm. Mike has been a DJ in Denver and Fort Collins for 20 years, and his passion for music shines throughout this week’s episode. Jon and Mike cover a lot of ground in this week’s chat ranging from radio ratings to the corporatization…

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Hangry

With the possible exception of my wife, no one gets hangry quite like a pet cat. We had to take Jax to the vet this morning to get his teeth cleaned – or as my friend Chris used to say, “get his grill washed” – and since they’re putting him under anesthesia, we had to…

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Ep. 4: Rogue Edwards – Entrepreneur and Founder of Rogue’s Bolder Beans

Rogue Edwards is the founder of Rogue’s Bolder Beans, a pickled vegetable company founded right here in Colorado. Rogue and Jon go back a long way, and you can tell because Rogue calls him “Jonathan” throughout the episode. In this podcast, Rogue and Jon talk about Rogue’s entrepreneurial background beginning with Rogue slinging t-shirts at…

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GWAR

I never owned one of their albums. I never went to one of their shows. I probably couldn’t name you one of their songs outside of the one that appeared in Empire Records. I’m not exactly what you would call a “GWAR fan.” Yet Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus – the lead singer of the…

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This week’s episode (3.24.14): Rogue Edwards

This week’s guest is Rogue Edwards, founder of Rogue’s Bolder Beans, a pickled vegetable company founded right here in Colorado. In this podcast, Rogue and I discuss the origin of Rogue’s Bolder Beans, how to scale up your product that started as a simple Christmas gift into a highly successful entrepreneurial venture available in more…

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Penguinsuit

Two years ago I bought a tuxedo because I have a job where owning a tuxedo will ultimately result in net cost savings on account of having to wear a tuxedo more than once a year. I have more than paid off this investment. Tomorrow I have to put on my tuxedo and make small…

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Premiere: Jon of All Trades Podcast

Shamless plugging ahoy! Today I roll out the Jon of All Trades Podcast! Please head over and check out the first three episodes, all of which are posted now. Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Download us on iTunes! (I don’t actually have this set up on iTunes yet – that’s just a…

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