Podcast

First Job: Ari Hoffman

Ari Hoffman, pictured left, joins me this Wednesday, September 12 for Episode 188 of the podcast and talks about his work as a psychotherapist, an outdoor guide and more. But first, he’s here to tell us all about his first job. And it’s a good one! Tune in to hear about how Ari came to…

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Ep. 187: Eric Yochim – Two Rivers Coffee

Eric Yochim is the founder and head honcho of Two Rivers Coffee, Arvada’s most highly recognized coffee shop for service and coffee excellence. He was referred to me by CJ Latham, guest on Episode 178 of the show, and with whom he collaborated on CJ’s Pre-Ride Cold Brew. On this week’s show, Eric tells me the…

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First Job: Eric Yochim

In honor of Labor Day, I launch a new feature: First Jobs. On Mondays of each week, I’ll ask my guests what their first job was (or maybe it’ll be a different question, who knows!), and share with you their answers in a brief audio clip hyping this week’s show. It’s a fun way of…

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Ep. 186: Jay Mays – Entrepreneur, Comic, Founder of Pitch Lab

Better storytelling. Better delivery. Better room command. If you’re interested in leveling up any of these skills, then you’ve got to check out Pitch Lab. Founded by Jay Mays after he ended his stand-up comedy career, he’s honed the skills he learned behind a mic and is helping others apply them to their own jobs….

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Ep. 185: Liz Marasco – Linguist, Program Manager for 4Degre.es

Liz Marasco is a linguist, having earned her MA in Linguistics from CU Boulder, and currently serves as Program Manager at 4Degre.es. Yes, 4Degre.es is my sponsor, but they did not pay me to do this show. Zach Knaus is the head honcho at 4Degre.es, and a longtime friend. So he approached me about having…

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Ep. 184: Kathy Walker – News Director, KOA NewsRadio

Kathy Walker is the News Director at 850 KOA NewsRadio in Denver. She has worked there since 1990. Any time I get to talk journalism, and radio in particular, I’m excited. Kathy’s had a fascinating career path having left college early to work as Marketing Director for a shopping mall in San Jose, winding through…

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Ep. 183: Tucker Gumber – The Festival Guy

I know him as Tucker Gumber, a good buddy from my days working at KCSU fm during college. If you know Tucker these days, it’s probably as The Festival Guy. You see, Tucker has gone to 137 festivals across seven years (seven in 2018 alone as of this writing in July), and participated from basically…

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Jon’s Audio Resume Vol. 11 – Lobbying and Public Policy

Welcome to Jon’s Audio Resume, the Jon of All Trades solo exploration of all the weird ass jobs I’ve had in my life. This series runs in chronological order and here is my 11th job. Job: Communications Specialist, Policy Communications, Inc. Duration: October 2006 – April 2007 Pay: $35,000/yr. Did I get along with my boss(es)? Well enough, but…

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Ep. 181: Solo – Customer Service Spectacular!

Since I’ve been up to my ass in moving hell, and considering the subject of this week’s episode, I think it appropriate to drop a solo episode on you all. When you move, you end up working with a whole slew of subcontractors and I suppose it’s to be expected that your experience with them…

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Ep. 180: Younger Than Neil – Denver Ska Band

I saw Denver ska band Younger Than Neil open for Mustard Plug and the Bouncing Souls. They put on a killer set. Then my friend Jason put one of their songs on a road trip mix, and from there I downloaded their EP. The morning I listened to it, I couldn’t stop. I loved it so…

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