Bait And Switch Podcast

September 2022's Highlight reel features our Season 3 interview with Chris Bowens. Was he unwittingly the world's first covid patient?

September 2022's Consolidated episode features Bryant Mason. I've combined both his original interview and his Season 3 follow-up. The skit we did with him in Season 2 featured a character that was so much fun that we had to do a follow up.

We're back with the second half of our interview with Wauwatosa Mayor, Dennis McBride! This week we talk to Mayor McBride about the state of our fine city of Wauwatosa. We cover a lot of ground this time, including the financial state of the city, where our revenue comes from, why there's such a big housing shortage, why Wauwatosa is the place to be (believe it or not, it's not just because the three of us live there), why the city purchased the Boston Store building in Mayfair mall, campaign finance and so much more- we even talk about the absolutely insane cost to build a parking garage- you won't believe it when you hear it! An important note of caution to our listeners - normally we try hard to make sure there is nothing to learn from our podcast, but we forgot to tell the Mayor, so you'll probably accidentally learn something. We offer our deepest apologies! Enjoy!

This episode we welcome back the mayor of Wauwatosa, Dennis McBride! Mayor McBride talks to us about how his background has prepared him for dealing with critics. We also talk about the changing landscape of politics, his relationship with the local media, and he clarifies some common misconceptions about the power of the mayor in small cities like Wauwatosa. Enjoy!

Our friend, Jeff Grayson joins us this week for a preview of the upcoming Packers season! Listen in as 3 armchair quarterbacks analyze each element of our beloved football team and give our predictions for the year! Enjoy!

Our guest for this episode, Bill Humphreys, is a pioneer in American cycling. The passion and enthusiasm he has for cycling comes across clearly in our interview and that should be no surprise considering he's not only been a competitor, but also a race promoter and advocate for the sport itself for close to 50 years. Listen in as Bill shares stories of his career with us, including the twist of fate that got him started with cycling, what it was like coaching Greg LeMond along with many other premier riders over the years and of course, exactly what he wants his pal "Joe Football" to know about cycling! Enjoy!

The highlight reel for August 2022 features fan favorite Tim Okland returning in season 3 during the height of the pandemic via zoom talking turtles, sand hill cranes and his important contributions to society.

The Consolidated release for August 2022 features our interview with a Hostage Negotiator who maybe focused too much on being frugal with the taxpayers money perhaps to the detriment of the kidnapped. You be the judge.

Join us for our first every Tour of Spain preview podcast! Listen in as our panel of experts (comprised of long-time friend of the show, Mitch Teich, Bait and Switch co-host, Chris Beyer, Chris' son, Will Beyer and cycling legend, Bill Humphreys) discuss which riders are on the rise and which ones are not, how the new crop of young riders will handle this year's race, who the strongest riders are for each team, of course their podium picks and much more! Enjoy!

In the conclusion of our interview with Dan Ronan, we catch up on some of the vast array of experiences Dan's had throughout his life. We get to hear about his college baseball umpiring days, his work at CNN and CBS, his experiences with Larry King and his show, his encounter with Bob Hope and much more! We wrap things up with Dan's favorite impression! Enjoy!

Our guest today is Dan Ronan. Dan's an expert in the transportation industry, he's the host of a weekly show on SiriusXM radio, he's an award winning journalist and is currently a Business Reporter and the Associate Editor for Transport Topics (TTNews.com). We talk with Dan about our current supply chain issues, the current state of autonomous trucks and their future, the shortage of truck drivers, his current show on SiriusXM and much more! Catch Dan's show on SiriusXM channel 146 on Saturdays at 1 PM EST and Sundays at 12 PM EST. Enjoy!

July 2022's Highlight package features our first post- covid interview conducted back in 2020 with bar owner Jimmy Findley. This was our first Zoom interview and surprise, surprise we discuss how covid was affecting business.

4 July we've taken our Season 5 announcer past Season 2 Interview and combined it into 1

Three years ago, our guest (and good friend of the show), Mitch Teich moved to a small town in upstate New York to be the station manager for North County Public Radio. This week we check in with him about how things are going, now that he and his family are a few years into the move. We talk about nicknames, small town life, the uniqueness of Potsdam, NY, doing business in a small town and much more! Make sure you check out Mitch's weekly blog at: http://ncpr.org/firstperson Enjoy!

For the second half of our interview with Andy Donohoo, we talk about fatherhood, dentist visits, letting our kids down and much more! Enjoy!

Our friend, Andy Donohoo connects us with the Superintendent of schools in the town of Brookdale, Andrew Glenfield. Recently the test scores in the Brookdale school district plummeted from the 97th percentile down to the 2-3 percent area. We talk with Andrew about potential sources of their problems as we attempt to get to the bottom of things. Turns out Andrew has some ideas of his own... Enjoy!

It's that time of year- we come together for our fifth annual Tour de France Preview podcast. This year, we're once again joined by our panel of experts, including Bait and Switch Podcast's own Chris Beyer, his son Will, frequent guest of the show, Mitch Teich and former professional cyclist and USPRO national road champion, Tom Schuler! Listen in as our experts "talk Tour" and make their predictions for the race! Enjoy!

The Highlight clip for June of 2022 takes us back to our last pre -zoom, pre - covid interview conducted in January of 2020 with author Mark Evans. I had just returned from Wuhan with a bit of a cold. Listen for the cough at the 2 minute mark.

This consolidated episode features Matt Kemple , the owner and founder of the Milwaukee Comedy Festival.

In the second half of our interview with our friend and resident Ukrainian expert, Andy Frerking, we continue our discussion about the war between Russia and Ukraine. We talk about how the conflict started, Ukrainian-Russian sentiment, Ukraine's bid to join NATO, how long we think the war will go on and much more! Enjoy!