Jon Of All Trades

Bill Jerke might as well be Mr. Weld County, as far as I’m concerned. He was born there, he went to University of Northern Colorado and earned his degree in political science, he’s raised Christmas trees there, he’s represented his district in the Colorado State House of Representatives, he’s served as a Weld County Commissioner,...

Tom Haren has worked in agriculture and the environmental industry for the vast majority of his life. He is currently the CEO of AGPROfessionals, a full-service agricultural development company providing services for the agriculture industry across the United States. Tom Haren is also someone I’ve had the privilege of working with in various capacities over the...

Mike Henderson is the owner of Plan 9 Studios, which is a Denver-based studio that provides recording services for musicians and filmmakers. He’s been an audio engineer for 20 years, and offers full service recording and mixing for musicians, full band recording, mixing and mastering, full service sound design and mixing for film, ADR and...

Jake Browne is one of my new favorite people. We met for the first time a mere two weeks ago, and chatted for the podcast seven days ago. Yet, I adore him. Why is that? I’m inspired by people working on cool stuff and people I can have stimulating conversations with (this is not your...

Denise Maes and Eric Farone are co-owners of the Bovine Metropolis Theater, located in downtown Denver. Bovine Metropolis Theater is the first dedicated school and theater for improvisation in the Rocky Mountain region and teaches the art of accepting the unknown gracefully. On this week’s show, Eric and Denise share the origin story of the...

You’ve seen the work of Mathew Jones before. Probably a lot, in fact. How can that be when you’ve likely never heard his name or seen his face? It’s because like thousands of others who work in moviemaking, he’s behind the scenes, one cog in a gigantic machine helping to make the movie magic you...

Spencer Nee is a former Providence Network resident, and is the conceiver, creator, executor and pedal-powerer of the Bridge to Bridge Ride, a 4,000 mile coast to coast bicycle trip across the United States. Between May and August, Spencer rode from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge with the goal of raising $100,000...

Aaron Mercer is a neuroscientist, and a research scientist with Novo Nordisk. Considering I know next to nothing about what that entails, I was extremely excited for this week’s interview. After talking to Aaron, I realized I could subtitle this episode “How To Be a Scientist.” This is my favorite type of episode to do...

Justin Finesilver is Co-Owner and Head of Marketing and Operations for The 3D Printing Store, headquartered in Northeast Denver. Not familiar with 3D Printing? This episode is wildly educational as Justin paints a full picture of what the technology is capable of. We discuss everything from uses in manufacturing, re-creating parts thought to be extinct...

Tim Lollar was a professional baseball player for 10 years. He was drafted by New York Yankees, played for the San Diego Padres where he earned the honor of being Opening Day starter for one year and played in the World Series, and also spent time with the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox....

Roxie Falco is a paramedical aesthetician and the owner of Flawless Skin Studio in Arvada, CO. She’s not only a tactician specializing in clinical facials, microneedling, chemical peels and body waxing, she’s an educator, a cheerleader, and an advocate for people to achieve optimal health for their body’s largest organ. On this week’s show we...

Dr. Joe Borden, O.D. is an optometrist and owner of Avenue Vision in downtown Golden, CO. On this week’s show, he and Jon sit down in Joe’s office and tackle the truly important issues like those squiggly lines in your eye, how moving it is for an optometrist watching the movie Major League when Lou...

Chuck Fryberger is a man of many passions. He’s a climber, a filmmaker, a creative professional and an entrepreneur (he’s the head honcho of Sparkshop). He’s also this week’s guest on the Jon of All Trades Podcast. On this week’s show Chuck talks with Jon about how a hobby of filming his friends on climbing...

Dr. Stephen Zelie, D.D.S. was my personal dentist for nearly 30 years. Earlier this year he retired, and he was good enough to sit down with me and chat about his career on the patio of his beautiful home, west of Denver. When you hear the word dentist, everyone has an immediate reaction. The show...

When you get laid off, if you’re lucky, you get a severance payment. When I got laid off three months ago, I got just such a payment worth three months of my salary. That was April 7. I am now out of my severance payment period, and it thought it apropos to check in with...

Mike Santos is a self-described “radio production ninja.” What exactly does that mean? It means Mike is responsible for so much of the content you hear on the radio each day. Here’s a bit of his resume… He’s served as Creative Services Director for Entercom here in Denver, which means he conceptualized, wrote, and produced...

Sarah Hogan and Cori Streetman founded Barefoot Public Relations nearly five years ago. Why are they called “Barefoot?” Well, according to their website: “The Barefoot PR team encourages clients to always stay true to the principles on which the company or organization was built. Never dressing up clients to be something they are not, Barefoot PR...

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...

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...

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...