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Ep. 59: Rob Ryzin – Professional Wrestler

Rob Ryzin is an independent professional wrestler who currently lives in Orlando, and is pursuing his dream of earning a contract with the WWE. He sits down with Jon Eks, a lifelong pro wrestling fan himself, and talks about his early love of pro wrestling, self teaching himself the craft in high school with friend…

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This Week’s Episode (5.25.15): Rob Ryzin

Happy Memorial Day to you! And it’s an especially happy Memorial Day to me because I get to hype up this week’s episode. This is an interview I’ve wanted to conduct since before I even started conducting interviews or even conceived of this show. It’s only fitting that Denver Comic Con just wrapped up, because…

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Ep. 58: Andrea Antognoni – Therapeutic Musician

Andrea Antognoni is a therapeutic musician, or Certified Music Practitioner. What does this type of person do? I’ll let Andrea’s website explain: “We are Nationally Board Certified Therapeutic Musicians who offer live bedside music in hospitals, medical facilities, and hospice or in-home care situations for people who are Acute, Non-Acute, Alzheimer/Dementia, or Actively Dying. Clinical research…

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This Week’s Episode (5.18.15): Andrea Antognoni

This week’s guest is Andrea Antognoni, a certified music practitioner, or therapeutic musician. What is a certified music practitioner, you ask? Certified music practitioners offer a healing presence and palliative care to the ill and the dying in hospitals, hospices, homes, memory-care units and other clinical settings. Andrea provides one-to-one attention to patients tailored to…

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Ep. 57: Brandi Shigley Comes Back!

Brandi Shigley was the first guest I ever interviewed who I didn’t previously know. It was during that episode when Brandi shared the story of her adoption from The Philippines that I first knew I could do this podcast, and make it a success. Brandi likes to say that she “turns dreamers into doers” as…

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This Week’s Episode (5.11.15): Brandi Shigley Returns!

And we’re back! After almost a month away, the Jon of All Trades Podcast returns with a vengeance! And who better to welcome the show back to the (internet) airwaves, than a returning guest, a creative instigator, and an all-around inspiration: Brandi Shigley! Brandi was a guest way back on Episode 6 of the podcast…

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Denver Post

I didn’t know this would happen, per se, but this is always how things unfold. I announce that I’m going on hiatus, and cool shit starts to happen. I get introduced to new potential guests, people from my life I haven’t seen in forever start coming back out of the woodwork, and the Denver Post…

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Ep. 56: The Laid Off Special with Neil and Kyle!

What’s it like to be laid off? I now know. I was laid off last week. As I thought about it, I wondered if others’ experiences were the same. So why not ask? I put the word out through my social networks and wondered if anyone would be willing to share their layoff story with…

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This Week’s Episode (4.13.15): Laid Off Special!

For those of you who haven’t heard yet through any of my other social media channels, I got laid off last week from my corporate job. So, in keeping with the spirit of the show, I thought it a perfect time to dig into that experience and share it with everyone. I reached out to…

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Ep. 55: Andrew Tucker – PGA Certified Golf Teaching Pro

Andrew Tucker can be found at Andrew Tucker Golf.com, and he is a PGA Certified Golf Teaching Professional. Andrew has been teaching golf for 25 years, 24 of those as a PGA Certified Pro, which puts him in the top 3% of all golf instructors. He’s actually been playing for 50 years, and on this…

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