Jon of All Trades Podcast

Jon’s Audio Resume Vol. 3: Food Service

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 third job. Job: Salad Bar Worker, Chart House Duration: November – Decemberr 1999 Pay: $6.50/hour (I think, I honestly can’t remember) Did I…

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Jon’s Audio Resume Vol. 1: Bindery

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 we start with my very first job. Job: Bindery worker Duration: May 1998 – August 1998 Pay: $6.50/hr. Did I get along with my boss? No! He was a…

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Ep. 150: Denver Podcast Network Live Launch Showcase

For those of you who missed it on Sunday, October 8 [shakes fist at you], here is the live recording featuring all the shows from the Denver Podcast Network as we discuss everything from pizza to movies to music to comedy and more. You get a nice sample of everyone’s shows, including mine, where I…

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Ep. 126: Jon Eks Solo – Westword Best of Denver 2017

This week it’s just me once again, and I go completely unfiltered. In a profanity-filled and expletive-laden 30+ minutes, I make the case not only for why you should vote for me in the Westword Readers’ Choice 2017 Best of Denver Awards, but why you should listen to my show at all. Why does this…

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Ep. 100: Jon Ekstrom – Host and Creator of the Jon of All Trades Podcast

Jon Ekstrom is the host and creator of the Jon of All Trades Podcast. He’s also this week’s guest, as he enlists former guest Simon Lomax, to turn the tables on him and answer questions about himself. Simon was a guest two years ago (Episode 18) and talked about his career as a journalist, an…

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Vote for Jon of All Trades in the Westword’s Best of Denver Readers’ Choice Awards

Dear Jon of All Trades Listener, Well, holy shit! The Jon of All Trades Podcast is a finalist in the Westword’s Best of Denver 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards, and it’s because of you. Thank you to everyone who took a moment to nominate this show a couple of weeks ago when the nomination period opened….

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Ep. 65: Dr. Stephen Zelie, D.D.S.

Dr. Stephen Zelie, D.D.S. was my personal dentist for nearly 30 years. Earlier this year he retired, and he was good enough to sit down with me and chat about his career on the patio of his beautiful home, west of Denver. When you hear the word dentist, everyone has an immediate reaction. The show…

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Special Ep: Jon Eks Solo – Severance Is Over!

When you get laid off, if you’re lucky, you get a severance payment. When I got laid off three months ago, I got just such a payment worth three months of my salary. That was April 7. I am now out of my severance payment period, and it thought it apropos to check in with…

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Ep. 63: Sarah Hogan and Cori Streetman – Founders of Barefoot Public Relations

Sarah Hogan and Cori Streetman founded Barefoot Public Relations nearly five years ago. Why are they called “Barefoot?” Well, according to their website: “The Barefoot PR team encourages clients to always stay true to the principles on which the company or organization was built. Never dressing up clients to be something they are not, Barefoot PR…

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Ep. 62: Lonnie Porter – Trailblazer, Leader, Mentor, Coach

Lonnie Porter recently retired as the Head Coach of the Regis University men’s basketball team, where he was coach for 38 seasons and accumulated 538 victories. He is Colorado’s all-time winningest men’s collegiate basketball coach, and in 2013, he was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. Based on his athletic achievements…

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