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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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Ep. 179: Caitlin – Advertising Agency (CONFIDENTIAL Series)

No, I didn’t actually talk to Peggy Olson, but I got the next best thing. I talk to my new friend Caitlin about her history of work in the advertising industry. As a business marketing major, and having gone to college near a lot of ad agencies, Caitlin decided to give advertising a try. She…

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Ep. 178: CJ Latham – Founder of Bike A Latte

CJ Latham is the founder Bike A Latte. From their website: “Fueling athletes with the highest quality coffee the world has to offer. You take pride in your coffee. We exist to provide you with that high quality coffee experience any where your bike takes you. #CoffeePedalRepeat” He’s also my friend from way back, a…

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Ep. 175: Cat Jaffee – Founder, House of Pod

Catherine de Medici Jaffee is a producer and founder of House of Pod. She spent many years as a National Geographic Explorer on the Turkish/Armenian/Georgian/Azerbaijani borders, she’s produced and consulted for Radiotopia and Gimlet, and she loves giving people chicken eggs. While the only part of that I cannot verify personally is her love of giving…

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