Bait And Switch Podcast

July's consolidated release features two season 3 episodes with Jim our co-host's family. The first half is a very cute interview with Jim's young kids followed by an episode featuring his wife. Will the podcast ever be the same now that Jim has torn down the wall between his private life and the podcast?

At the end of Season 3 the podcast was in an existential crisis. Our podcast platform threatened to cancel our show. Did we survive? Spoiler alert - we are currently in Season 6. Listen in to highlights of this harrowing near miss.

Today's guest is Tom Schuler, former professional cyclist and founder of the longest competitive road cycling series in the nation, the Tour of America's Dairyland (or ToAD as it's known). We've talked with Tom before about his cycling career and he's a frequent guest on our cycling preview podcasts, but today we focus on ToAD and his opinion on the current state of professional cycling. We chat about sponsors and financing for ToAD, the reasons ToAD has been so successful, some of the reasons stage racing hasn't been as successful in the US as it has in Europe, ideas on increasing the popularity of cycling, and much more! Enjoy!

This is the time of year we've all been waiting for- our 6th annual preview of the Tour de France! Our experts, Mitch Teich, Chris and Will Beyer and former professional cyclist, Tom Schuler are back to talk about the biggest cycling race of the year! We talk injuries, strategies, potential records being broken, who's hot, who's not, predictions and much, much more! Join us now for to get an early start on your Tour fix! Enjoy!

This week we talk with author, Christopher Braunschweig about his new book, "Slumping Towards Paradise". We give our opinions about the book and learn all kinds of things like... how many pages are in the book, how heavy is it, how the Canadian exchange rate was taken into account when pricing the book and much more! Enjoy!

Join us for a fun-filled chat with our guest, actor Chris Braunschweig. We talk about the Beastie Boys, tiny houses, hot jobs vs cold jobs, our favorite movie franchises and much more! Enjoy!

June's highlight clip features 3 minutes from our season 3 interview with Dave Luhrssen from Milwaukee's progressive newspaper the Shepherd Express.

This month's Consolidated offering features the first 2 episodes of Season 3. First it's our parody of True Crime Podcasts with Dave Boll followed by Dave again paired with Andy Donohoo talking about new questionable Boy Scout merit badges.

It's time for our yearly check-up with our good friend, Mitch Teich! What are some of the things you do every year? We have a fun conversation with Mitch about some of the things we've come up with. A sampling of our list includes things like paying taxes, going for your annual physical and set your clocks to daylight savings time, but it wouldn't really be our style to keep things so simple. Tune in and see if you can spot some of our other, not so ordinary ideas of things to do once a year. Enjoy!

In the second half of our interview with Leff's Lucky Town owner Chris Leffler, we ask Chris if he's a fan of leftovers, whether celebrities behave themselves in his bar or if they act like they own the place, what some of the keys to a successful business are and much more! Make sure you check out the Leff's Lucky Town website at https://leffs.com/ to see everything that's going on at Leff's! Enjoy!

Today's guest is the owner of Leff's Lucky Town in Wauwatosa, Chris Leffler! We talk with Chris about how and why he got started with Leff's, a quick history lesson on the buildings there, the different ways he keeps his business relevant, the challenges that come along with changing times in the world and much more! You can find out more about Leff's Lucky Town at https://leffs.com/ Enjoy!

May's highlight clip features an interview with my co-host Jim. It was October of 2020 and Jim got covid and interviewing someone with covid seemed like a novel idea. The virus remains novel, this interview is dated. Of course can a virus that is 3 + years old still call itself novel?

This is like binge listening on steroids! We've put together 3 minutes of highlights from the first 10 episodes in season 3 and packaged them all together into one amazing episode! Listen to the highlights, then listen to the full interviews for even more fun! Enjoy!

Welcome to our first ever coverage of the Giro d'Italia, otherwise known as the Tour of Italy. Joining Jim and myself is my son Will, NPR's Mitch Teich and local cycling legend, Tom Schuller. Tom has special insight into the race because he competed in the Giro back in the 1980's.

Fellow podcaster, Joe Kay from Play That Rock N Roll podcast joins us today to talk about two things we love - podcasting and music! Joe tells us about how he got started with his podcast, where he finds his guests, some of the bigger names he's had on his show, the big controversy over his review of the Bruce Springsteen show and much more! Make sure you catch Joe's Play That Rock N Roll podcast on your favorite podcasting platform! Enjoy!

For this episode, we go "Behind the Scenes" to look at Episodes 1-10 of Season 3. You'll get a first hand look into 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. Enjoy!

Jim Martinez finally catches up with Paulie G. Can Martinez apply enough tension to make Paulie snap? Find out this week! Enoy!

Today we're talking weather with our musician friend, Paul Grevsmuehl- Surprise! We talk weather survival stories, "Feels Like" temperatures, weather phrases to avoid when checking in at the airport, tornado rankings and so much more! Enjoy!

In the second half of our interview with Jerry Augustine and Jeff Grayson, we shift our focus from the Brewers to Major League Baseball. We talk about the health of the game, the upcoming rule changes for the season, our predictions for both the National and the American League and we take a look back at our predictions from last year to see how we did! All that and much, much more, as always! Enjoy!

Brewers, Brewers, Brewers! Today we're talking with our baseball experts, Jeff Grayson and Jerry Augustine about the upcoming Milwaukee Brewers season! We get to play "Armchair GM" as we talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the team, arbitration, trades, even uniforms and so much more! Enjoy!