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Penny Lake is a Senior Interior Designer with Lantz-Boggio Architects. More importantly, she’s a dear friend of mine and one, oddly enough, I’ve never sat down to talk shop with. It’s amazing when you get together with your friends that unless you work together in the same industry or for the same company, you probably...

Greg Brophy is a former Colorado State Senator, former State Representative, former candidate for Governor, former Chief of Staff for U.S. Rep Ken Buck, current champion of Raise the Bar Colorado, and an all-around nice guy. He took some time to sit down with me and talk about a great number of issues on this...

Kyle Clark has worked as a general assignment reporter, investigative reporter, political reporter, and anchor for 9News in Denver since 2007. But if there’s one thing you really know him for, it’s that he criticized you for sending in photos of your patio furniture when it snows. As he says to me in this week’s...

Kyle Simmons is one of my best friends. I refer to him as my favorite “sparring partner” because we spend a lot of time doing what appears to be arguing with each other, when in reality, we’re just having a discussion. I realize that sounds like walking in on your parents yelling at each other...

Bree Davies cares about Denver. In fact, she cares about a lot of things, and you’d know that if you follow any of her social media accounts. Her Facebook is here. Her Instagram is here. And her Twitter (her favorite platform) is here. One of the most compelling aspects of Bree’s personality is her willingness...

Neil Truglio was the main reason I was at the Denver Film Festival at all. He served as the press contact for the entire festival, and, in an effort to expand the reach of the Fest and tell the stories of the participating filmmakers in a new way, reached out to Denver podcasts to participate....

Kayvan Khalatbari is a Denver entrepreneur who’s founded (among others) Sexpot Comedy, Sexy Pizza, Denver Relief, Denver Relief Consulting, and Birdy Magazine. He also ran for Denver City Council in 2015. Needless to say, this gave us plenty to talk about on this week’s show. I was introduced to Kayvan Khalatbari by Jake Browne (from...

Shepard Nevel is the President & CEO of LiveWell Colorado, a nonprofit that works to reduce obesity and improve health by increasing access to nutritious food and opportunities for physical activity throughout the state. On this week’s show, we discuss the work of LiveWell, and how when it comes to obesity, there’s a lot more...

Nathan Lund is a founding member of The Fine Gentleman’s Club, a commentator and comedian for Lucha Libre & Laughs, the reigning and defending Denver Comedy Champion, and, important for my purposes, a professional wrestling fan. Why? Because it’s WrestleMania week, baby! We are just a few scant days out from Sunday, April 2, and...

Jes Ward is Executive Director of cityWILD, whose mission is to engage youth in experiential learning opportunities that boldly address issues of inequity in education, economic opportunity, and access to the outdoors. cityWILD motivates participants to reach their potential at school, at home and in their communities – and they succeed! On this week’s show, Jes...

Tim Wigley is the President of the Western Energy Alliance, an oil and natural gas trade association focusing on federal legislative, regulatory, environmental, public lands and other policy issues. WEA represents the voice of the Western oil and natural gas industry in a variety of ways. On this week’s show, Tim shares with us his...

Taylor Gonda and Kevin O’Brien are the hosts and co-creators of the These Things Matter Podcast, which has been melting people’s faces in the Denver podcast scene and beyond for nearly four years now. Full disclosure, I was a guest on their show last June and talked about The Karate Kid. I have an intense...

Goldie Solodar refers to herself as “The Knower” at City Sessions Denver. She’s a six-year resident of Denver, and says Denver “has been my playground and home for the past 6 years and is where I have had my most amazing experiences.” City Sessions Denver offers a full range of custom cannabis-friendly packages that include:...

Thomas Harding is the Colorado Rockies beat writer for MLB.com. On this week’s episode, Thomas shares the journey of his 30+ year career writing about baseball, divulges what a “gameday in the life” of Thomas Harding is like, how he approaches an article that might make someone in the organization unhappy, and a whole lot...

Where the hell have I been? That’s an important question, and one I answer in this week’s special episode, which, incidentally, is the last one of 2015. It’s amazing how quickly things can unravel when you’re producing a weekly show when you have a few scheduling snafus with guests, you end up traveling, the plague...

This interview is part of our coverage of the 38th Denver Film Festival. We are proud to bring you five different interviews in five days. Check out the Denver Film Festival category on the Jon of All Trades homepage for all the interviews. Zoe Bell and Josh Waller are the star and director (respectively) of...

This interview is part of our coverage of the 38th Denver Film Festival. We are proud to bring you five different interviews in five days. Check out the Denver Film Festival category on the Jon of All Trades homepage for all the interviews. Nathan Silver and Mike Ott are the creative forces behind the Untitled...

This interview is part of our coverage of the 38th Denver Film Festival. We are proud to bring you five different interviews in five days. Check out the Denver Film Festival category on the Jon of All Trades homepage for all the interviews. Joey Skaggs is the godfather of the media hoax. For more than...

This interview is part of our coverage of the 38th Denver Film Festival. We are proud to bring you five different interviews in five days. Check out the Denver Film Festival category on the Jon of All Trades homepage for all the interviews. When you get introduced to the art of David Beck, you wonder...

This interview is part of our coverage of the 38th Denver Film Festival. We are proud to bring you five different interviews in five days. Check out the Denver Film Festival category on the Jon of All Trades homepage for all the interviews. Ian Cooke and Ian O’Dougherty have been making music together for more...