Jon of All Trades Podcast

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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Ep. 61: Sahar Paz – Speaker, Author, Inspiration, Survivor

Sahar Paz is a speaker, author, yoga instructor and life coach. You can find everything she’s involved with at her website SaharPaz.com. And in those roles, she’s an inspiration to so many, including me, as I got the opportunity to chat with her on the Jon of All Trades Podcast. I was introduced to Sahar…

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Ep. 60: Bard Parnell – Ultrarunner and Founder of Feed Your Crazy

Bard Parnell is crazy. At least, that’s what he’ll tell you when you ask him about why he founded Feed Your Crazy. “The world will kill fitness if it can,” he tells me in this week’s episode, “so when we tell people we wake up everyday and push ourselves physically, people think we’re crazy.” And…

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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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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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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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Ep. 30: Jay Titterington – Auto Broker and Car Expert, H.M. Brown & Associates

Jay Titterington knows more about buying and selling cars than anyone I’ve ever met. He’s worked in the car business for more than 15 years, and he’s currently an auto broker with H.M. Brown and Associates. Jay gives us the inside scoop into the entire car buying process from start to finish providing helpful hints…

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Ep. 25: Ryan Frost and Brad Haag – Hosts of the Reel Nerds Podcast

Ryan Frost and Brad Haag comprise 2/3 of the Reel Nerds Podcast, and they join this week’s show to talk about how their love of movies has led them to a weekly podcast that’s grown and thrived over the last 3 years. They are (Unofficially) The Official Podcast of Denver Comic Con, and in the…

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Ep. 24: Liz Wolfson – Founder of Girls Athletic Leadership Schools

Liz Wolfson is the founder of the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools (GALS). She built this school based on the brain science of movement, and how it boosts cognitive achievement. One of Liz’s abiding philosophies is that if you have a body, you’re an athlete. So how do we empower the next generation of female leaders…

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This Week’s Episode (8.11.14): Liz Wolfson

This week’s guest is Liz Wolfson, founder of the Girls Athletic Leadership School of Denver (GALS). GALS envisions a world where all young women, regardless of their background, are given access to a personalized and holistic education that provides them the opportunity to access the skills, knowledge, and self-determination to succeed in college and to…

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