Bait and Switch Podcast

In the second half of our interview with 27 year old Chicago comedian Demetrius L Jackson, we talk about the differences between his generation and ours. We talk politics, housing, career decisions, relationships and much more! Enjoy!

In the first half of our interview with Chicago comedian Demetrius L Jackson, we talk about his comedy career to this point, including his experiences in San Diego, LA and Chicago, the interesting way he got his start in comedy, his comedic philosophy, things you can and can't say on stage and much, much more! Enjoy!

In the second half of our baseball preview with Jeff Grayson and Jerry Augustine, we shift our focus from our hometown Brewers to the rest of Major League Baseball. We talk about the effects of the pitch clock, whether or not MLB should have a salary cap, underdogs vs dynasties, the affordability of going to a major league baseball game, our predictions for the season and much, much more! Happy listening and Go Brewers! Enjoy!

It's the podcast you've all been waiting for and it's one of our favorite times of the year as we get to talk Brewers baseball with Jeff Grayson and Jerry Augustine! We chat with Jeff and Augie about everything Brewers: Managers- old and new, the keys to the Brewers offense this year, what the pitching staff will be like without Brandon Woodruff and Corbin Burnes, the state of the Brewers' stadium and much, much more! Enjoy!!

The 3 minute highlight mini-ep for March is from Season 4 featuring Dan Leunig and Dave Balistreri talking about covid and the role of social media in discourse.

For March 2024 our consolidated episode features a Season 3 interview with business author, Mark Evans.

For the second half of our interview, John Berens joins us for a new game we could call "Name that Idiom!" We take a look at a handful of old slang phrases and try to figure out what they mean. Play along at home and come up with your own answers, while you listen in on our ideas! We'll do our best to make sure you don't learn anything! When you're done with our game, make sure you check out https://ManitowocMinute.com/ for more information on what John and his brother Charlie are up to! Enjoy!

Today we're joined by comedian, production assistant and editor, John Berens. John talks with us about how he got into comedy, what it's like working with his brother Charlie, different styles of comedy and much, much more! Make sure you catch up with everything going on with John and his brother Charlie at https://ManitowocMinute.com/ Enjoy!

In the second half of our interview, stand-up comic Ben Hofman join us for some "HOT TAKES"! We talk politics, sports, weather and more! Enjoy!

Today we're joined by local comic, Ben Hofman who shares his inspirational story with us. Ben was diagnosed with brain cancer at 15 years old and then had a stroke at 22. He tells us how he's been able to take his very difficult health challenges and turn them into something positive using comedy. We also talk about the secret comedy shows he produces through Don't Tell Comedy, his experiences with the Sausage Races as an intern with the Milwaukee Brewers (including some inside stories!), the comedy special he has on YouTube and much, much more! Check out Don't Tell Comedy at https://www.donttellcomedy.com/ and his YouTube special, Brain Cancer and Stroke Stuff at https://youtu.be/44cZSnVPxAs?si=tNDzij29lRpiS0uC Enjoy!

February's 3 minute highlight clip features Miranda Clarke AKA Michele Tonkovitz as a famous Hollywood C- Lister and author

Our February Consolidated episode features Wauwatosa Alderman, James Moldenhauer. Stay to the end for a musical surprise.

Darrin Alston from Sorta Ridiculous productions joins us this week to talk about comedy, event production, puppeteering and a whole lot more! Find out how Sorta Ridiculous got it's start and how one of Darrin's personal goals eventually led to his producing comedy shows! We also talk about Darrin's radio show along with his future endeavors, including something we like to call "Darrin-Con"! Make sure you go to https://www.SortaRidiculous.com and check out everything Darrin's got going on around town! Enjoy!

This week we're joined by Darrin Alston and his business manager, Daniel. In this quick episode, we go over some standard, pre-show paperwork as both sides do their due diligence. You can find more of Darrin at www.sortaridiculous.com. Enjoy!

Days of the week, Deadly Sins, Dwarves, Continents, Wonders of the World. What do they all have in common? You guessed it, they all come in 7's! To honor the seventh season of our podcast, we invited our guests Dave Boll and Chad Hohner to explore these well-known Sevens along with much more! Welcome to Season 7 of the Bait And Switch Podcast! Enjoy!

This is our SECOND Emergency podcast in 2 weeks!! We all hoped we'd be here but none of us expected it, yet here we are! Our Packers prevailed and we're here again with Jeff Grayson to talk Packers Playoff Football! We analyze the game with the Cowboys, what went well, what didn't (and there was very little of that) along with our take on some members of the coaching staffs on both teams. Then we talk about the challenges facing the Packers in the upcoming game against the San Francisco 49ers. As always, we had a great time talking Packers football with Jeff! Let's soak it all in while we can! Enjoy!

Emergency, emergency, emergency! Emergency Playoff Podcast!! We weren't sure we'd be doing this one, but we're sure glad we are! Our good friend and sports expert, Jeff Grayson joins us as we preview the upcoming Green Bay Packers' playoff game in our Packers Playoff Preview Podcast! We review the Packers' season, talk about the ups and downs, the strengths and weaknesses, our hopes and concerns and of course, our predictions! All that and a whole lot more on this week's emergency sports podcast! Enjoy!!

Happy New Year from the Bait and Switch Podcast! Not only is it a new year, but we also start our SEVENTH season! As is tradition here at the Bait and Switch Podcast, Dave Boll is the guest that kicks off our new season! We talk with Dave about his history as a race car driver along with many of the interesting names he's worked with in the past. We also introduce a bit of a new format for our show. Enjoy!

For this episode, we go "Behind the Scenes" to look at Episodes 11-18 of Season 3. These episodes mark the first time we started doing interviews through Zoom, as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic. In a way, these episodes are a little bit like a time capsule that was created during the pandemic. As we reflect back on those days, you'll get a first hand look into our thoughts on how the Zoom experiment went along with our thoughts about each episode- what we liked, what we didn't like, what went well, and what didn't. We also get more in depth on the background of some of our skit episodes and where our ideas came from and of course we talk about the pandemic from our current perspective, three years later. Enjoy!

The last episode of Season 6 features an intriguing guest who refers to himself only as "Mr. Z". Mr. Z was very upset with our previous podcast about shingles and contacted us to give his rebuttal and argue that getting the vaccine is a bad idea. His unique reasoning for his stance, along with some unprecedented, heated arguments between us and our guest are sure to make this final episode of the season go viral. Enjoy!