Jon Of All Trades

It’s First Jobs week here at the Jon of All Trades Podcast! In lieu of doing a long form episode this week, I’m highlighting some of my favorite professional people as they tell me all about their first jobs. Today I’ve got Debbie Brown (pictured above with her son Trevor at an energy industry rally),...

It’s First Jobs week here at the Jon of All Trades Podcast! In lieu of doing a long form episode this week, I’m highlighting some of my favorite professional people as they tell me all about their first jobs. Today I’ve got Braden Dick, my co-founder of Mile High 100 (also linked on Facebook here),...

Shawn Marek is a producer for PodcastOne, the largest advertiser-supported, on-demand digital audio network. Of the eight or so shows he produces, by far and away my favorite one is The Steve Austin Show. Turns out, Shawn and I exist in just about perfect parallel dimensions considering we both began our love of professional wrestling in...

As I approached Episode 200, a crazy milestone I never envisioned hitting when I started this show four and a half years ago, I knew I wanted to give you something I never had before. Because once you hit 200 episodes, you’ve necessarily covered a lot of ground. I’ve had filmmakers, restauranteurs, rock stars, drag...

Here’s the synopsis of Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records: From humble beginnings in Denver, Colorado, Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher built one of the most influential American independent record labels. In 1978 they opened Wax Trax! Records in Chicago, Illinois, which would evolve into a record store and music label like no...

“Since 1999, 19 of the last 23 winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been Indian-American, and an Indian-American has won for 11 straight years making the incredible trend one of the longest in sports history. “Breaking the Bee” is a feature-length documentary that explores and celebrates this new dynasty while following four students, ages...

In the film Cam, an erotic webcam performer seeks success, but one day finds her online identity hijacked and seems bent on destroying her life. It’s a movie that works both as a thriller, and as a commentary of how we construct our digital identity and where and how that identity intersects with our real lives. It’s...

When Denver Film Festival 41 was announced, one of the films I was most excited to see was the Meow Wolf Origin Story. If you’re at all interested in art, culture, and live in the American Southwest, you’ve probably heard a ton about Meow Wolf and how it’s changing the art world for the better....

Britta Erickson is Director of the Denver Film Festival, and has been for the last 11 years. She got her start at the Denver Film Festival in 1999, as part of a two-month contract. 20 years later, here she is running things. On this week’s show we go behind the scenes of the Festival talking...

Britta Erickson is the Festival Director for the Denver Film Festival. She’s also my guest on Episode 195 of the Jon of All Trades Podcast debuting October 31, 2018. But first, she shares with stories from her first job working as a caddy at Cherry Hills Country Club. Working outside, playing cards with cute boys,...

Anthony Pigliacampo is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Modern Market Eatery, featuring 29 stores in 5 states. From their website: At Modern Market Eatery we serve fresh-crafted eats from the heart of the market. Our ingredients are pure, simple, and grown to make you feel good. Our fresh and vibrant dishes are passionately crafted from...

Anthony Pigliacampo is the Founder and Co-CEO of Modern Market Farm Fresh Eatery. He’s also my guest on Ep. 194 of the Jon of All Trades Podcast, debuting October 24, 2018. But first, he shares with me his first foray into the food service business, as he discusses his first job, at a mere 8...

Lindsey and Tyler Mintz are the co-founders of Arcanum, a company specializing in activated hemp. Working with Mary’s Nutritionals, Arcanum creates performance and recovery products that will transform your body from the inside out. Lindsey and Tyler have an interesting story as neither of them were particularly interested in the cannabis industry, but an autoimmune disease...

Tyler Mintz, pictured far left, is the Managing Partner at Arcanum Sports Performance, and he, along with his wife Lindsey, are the guests on Ep. 193 of the Jon of All Trades Podcast debuting on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. But first, he shares with me his experience working as a “sewer inspector’s bitch” as his...

Tiffany Couch is the producer of the Monkey Tooth Podcast, which recently interviewed ME (and you can find that right here). She was good enough to share with me her first job working in a bowling alley behind the snack bar, which had the added benefit of being right next to the actual bar where...

Andrew Couch is the host of the Monkey Tooth Podcast, where he recently interviewed ME (you can find that right here). While I didn’t do a full interview with him, listen in as he describes his hilarious first job at an all-you-can-eat catfish restaurant in Tennessippi.

Dr. Clare Ennis, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and the owner of Canyon View Animal Hospital, a small, locally-owned veterinary clinic serving Littleton and the Ken Caryl area. From their website: “We take pride in knowing our clients and their pets by name. Here at Canyon View, you can always see the same veterinarian, allowing...

Dr. Clare Ennis, a veterinarian and owner of Canyon View Animal Hospital, joins me on Wednesday, October 10 to talk all things veterinary medicine and small business ownership. Think you know what it’s like to be a veterinarian? Think again. But first, listen to Dr. Ennis share with me her first job in a lab...

Sandra Murphy, also known as the Voice Mama, is a Denver-based voiceover artist who works on commercials, e-learning courses, and audio books. She reached out to me before my appearance at the Colorado Independent Publishers Association thing I did a couple of weeks ago and asked me if I’d featured voiceover work on the show....

Chuck Robertson is the lead singer of the Mad Caddies, one of my favorite bands of all-time. They played here last Friday and Saturday as part of Scallywag Fest, which marked somewhere it the neighborhood of 20 times I’ve seen them live. Chuck shares the story of how the Caddies got started in high school,...