The Juice with Jeff #214

The Juice with Jeff’s Podcast

On this episode of the podcast, Sonya Heitshusen conducts and co-produces a fantastic and superb interview with me in person. This is Sonya's first time on the podcast and we recorded this one at Lauren Campbell's photography studio in the Windsor Heights area.

During the podcast, Sonya asked me questions on several topics: How the podcasts got started and The Juice with Jeff's history, how I'm super passionate about these podcasts, my being autistic and part of the neurodiverse community, how I developed an interest in electronics and the years of extensive training I had in audio and video production during my VHS and Drake J-School years, how trying to be a halakhically/religiously observant Jew to the best of my ability brings me satisfaction, the things I do for self-care, and why I consider taking care of our emotional/mental health to be just as important and critical as physical health.

And then we wrapped it up with Sonya talking about how nowadays she enjoys being an entrepreneur and being the Public Information Officer for our Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand. Many of you may know that for almost 30 years, Sonya was a reporter and anchor on our local ABC Channel 5 (for a few years) and NBC Channel 13 (for many years) affiliate stations here in Des Moines. But then a few years ago she changed her career path to become the PIO for Rob Sand and an entrepreneur.

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday April 28th, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 10 minutes long. Our opening and closing theme music is provided by Oleg Kyrylkovv courtesy of Pixabay. Funding for this podcast is provided by RandomKid, Ann Kaatz LoBue, Fran Parr, Sarah Stokes, and Renee Whisnant. Enjoy!!