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This Week’s Episode (2.23.15): Reyna Bryan

This week’s guest is Reyna Bryan, founder of the Recycling Is Sexy movement, and Head Honcho at Rainchild Design. She sits down with Jon and talks about working on both the advocacy and implementation side of making our packaging – and, frankly, our world – more sustainable. Recycling Is Sexy is the advocacy side. It’s…

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Ep. 48: Ryan Nee – World Traveler, Blogger (Part 2)

Ryan Nee returns for part 2 of his conversation with Jon of All Trades, and this week’s episode picks up right where the previous one left off. Ryan shares a story about visiting his brother Bill in Chile, and describes an impromptu adventure visiting an active volcano, and then sledding back downhill for several miles,…

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Heritage Square

Another piece of my childhood is evaporating. As has been lamented all over my Facebook feed for the last couple of weeks, it has been announced that Heritage Square will close at the end of the 2015 season. Having grown up in Golden, and having had to pass Heritage Square every single day on my…

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This Week’s Episode (2.16.15): Ryan Nee Again

Ryan Nee returns again this week to continue his conversation with Jon of All Trades about his world travels. When we left off last week, Ryan was describing visiting his brother Bill in Chile, and we pick up right there this week. We then venture through China, India, Vietnam, frickin’ North Korea, and take a…

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Ep. 47: Ryan Nee – World Traveler (Part 1)

Ryan Nee world traveler, has been to 58 countries, which gives him a lot of interesting experiences to draw from. That’s why when he sat down with Jon of All Trades, we had to break this episode into two parts. This week’s episode largely focuses on Ryan’s recent journey to Cuba, where travel by U.S….

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This Week’s Episode (2.9.15): Ryan Nee

This week’s guest features, for the first time, a sibling of one of our former guests. Ryan Nee is a world traveler, and also happens to be the younger brother of William Nee, China Researcher for Amnesty International, from Episode 21. The Nee Family is international, by God! This is the very first two-part episode…

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Ep. 46: Deirdre Wildman – Hospitalitarian

Deirdre Wildman is a hospitalitarian at Four Five One Events. She is “someone who supports, advocates and practices the hospitality doctrine through philanthropy, culinary arts and event sciences.” And on this week’s show, she not only gives us a peek into her always-on mind by walking Jon through a hypothetical event consultation (Ed note: I…

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This Week’s Episode (2.2.15): Deirdre Wildman

This week’s guest is Deirdre Wildman, senior event designer, and self-anointed “Hospitalitarian,” at Four Five One Events. What exactly is a “hospitalitarian?” According to the write-up Deirdre received as part of the Denver Business Journal’s 2012 40 Under 40 award winners, she defines it as “someone who supports, advocates and practices the hospitality doctrine through…

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Ernie

I should not be the one to write an Ernie Banks tribute. It should be my dad. Ernie Banks was my dad’s hero, and when I mourn Ernie Banks, I’m actually mourning a part of my dad. But since this is my life and my website, and not writing a tribute feels way worse and…

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Ep. 45: John Dicker – Geeks Who Drink Founder

John Dicker Geeks Who Drink founder and Quizmaster-in-Chief is the final guest of #GeekMonth here at the Jon of All Trades Podcast, dedicated to showcasing Geeks Who Drink on the road to Geek Bowl IX. John goes in-depth about his peculiar inspiration – it has to do with an obscure play about out-of-work Irishmen –…

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