Absurdist Humor. The bait-and-switch podcast is a comedy / interview program based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We specialize in probing, in-depth interviews where you as a listener will have the unique experience of knowing less about our guests than when the podcast started. Wackiness abounds ..... aplenty..... there's... a...lot. You get the idea.
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Smithereens - 6 - God Save the Smithereens
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Join us this week as we conclude our six-episode series exploring the studio albums of The Smithereens!In this episode, we dive into their final release, God Save The Smithereens, with returning guest and musicologist Joe Kay from the Play That Rock n' Roll podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@PlayThatPodcast). Together, we reflect on the late '90s an…
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This week we thought we'd do something a little different during the second half of our interview with comedian and promoter, ADL. ADL is planning on becoming one of Chris' new patients in the chiropractic office, so we thought it might be interesting for our audience to listen in on a new patient exam. ADL agreed to wave his HIPPA rights and discu…
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This week we talk with comedian and promoter, ADL. We chat with ADL about how he got involved with show promotion, his experiences living in Puerto Rico, fast food, his work helping the homeless and much, much more! Enjoy!Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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Social Media Marketing Coordinator ( S4E14 ) 3 min highlights
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November's Highlight package features one of our employees who has become a loose cannon. Things take a turn during his performance evaluation and maybe the future of the podcast is in doubt.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S3 E19 & 19A TimVanVooren Consolidated
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November's consolidated episode features Fox 6's sportscaster Tim VanVooren.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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Bait And Switch Music Reviews - The Smithereens - A Date With the Smithereens
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We're back with another episode from the Music Arts arm of the Bait and Switch Podcast! This week we review the fifth album from The Smithereens, A Date With the Smithereens! This week we're joined by our musicologist, Joe Kay from the Play that Rock n' Roll podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@PlayThatPodcast) to discuss his thoughts about the album.…
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This week we check back in with local comedian, Curt Pochert. We're taking things step by step as we cover all things "Step". Our journey of Steps takes us through movies, near death experiences, exercise and much, much more, so Step right up and start listening!Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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This week we talk with local comedian, Curt Pochert. We talk with Curt about how he got started with comedy, the difficulties of self-promotion, his musical parodies, branding and much, much more! Check out Curt and his parody videos at https://www.youtube.com/@thecrispybrothers Enjoy!Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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Mod Violets Song ( S4 E13 ) 3 min Highlights
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October's Highlight features a song from my brother's band The Mod Violets taken from our 2021 interview with the band (S4E13)Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S3 E18 & 18A Jeff Grayson Consolidated
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October's consolidated track features Jeff Grayson, yet again. This was our original interview with Jeff before he became our go to guy for all things Packers, Brewers and Bucks.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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Bait and Switch Music Reviews - The Smithereens - Blow Up
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We're back with another episode from the Music Arts arm of the Bait and Switch Podcast! This week we review the fourth album from The Smithereens, Blow Up! Once again we've assembled our panel of experts, Joe Kay from the Play that Rock n' Roll podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@PlayThatPodcast) and singer/songwriter, Scott Cvecko from The Weary Wor…
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We're back, one more time with our expert, Jeff Grayson, this time to talk about the rest of the League in the upcoming NBA season! We start by reviewing the top teams from last year, then chat about who the powerhouses will be this year. We also chat a little bit about the Karl-Anthony Towns trade, European vs American player development, our pred…
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Attention all NBA fans! We bring back our friend Jeff Grayson for another sports preview podcast, this time we take a look at the Milwaukee Bucks! We talk about the challenges of the upcoming season, the chemistry of the team, the offense, the defense, coaching and much, much more! Enjoy!Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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We've reached the end of the season for Major League Baseball but for our team, it's bonus time! Our Milwaukee Brewers have reached the postseason and start the Wildcard series on Tuesday! We bring back our panel of experts, including Jeff Grayson and Jerry Augustine to talk about what's led to the Brewers success this year, along with our assessme…
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Bait and Switch Music Reviews - The Smithereens - 11
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This week is the third installment of the new "Musical Arts Arm" of the Bait and Switch Podcast! Our panel of local music experts, Joe Kay (of the play that Rock n' Roll podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@PlayThatPodcast) and Scott Cvecko (founder of the band, "The Weary World" - https://thewearyworld.com/) comes together again to give us their exp…
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Milwaukee Music Scene ( S4E12 ) 3 Min. Highlights
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The highlight track for September features Music Editor for the Shepherd Express Blaine Schultz.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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This week's episode is a rebroadcast of the very first time we were live on the radio. Darrin Alston interviewed us for his radio show, Sorta Ridiculous on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We shared a lot of "Sorta ridiculous" stories about ourselves and we also talked about the origin of the Bait and Switch podcast along with the story of how Chris starte…
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September's Consolidated episode features a Season 3 Interview with a personal finance author, Pembroke BucksworthPor Bait and Switch Podcast
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We bring Jeff Grayson back again this week, but this time we take a look at the rest of the NFL. Our esteemed panel analyzes things like will the Kansas City Chiefs three-peat? Is San Francisco still the team to beat in the NFC? What kind of year are Aaron Rodgers and the Jets going to have? What are the top teams in the AFC? How will the NFC North…
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This week we welcome back our sports expert, Jeff Grayson to preview the upcoming season for our beloved Green Bay Packers! In addition to Jeff, we've added a new member to our football panel, Theo Marten! Along with our panel, we discuss important Packer topics like Jordan Love's new contract, the expectations for the team this year, offseason gai…
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Bait And Switch Music Reviews - The Smithereens - Green Thoughts
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This week is the second installment of the new "Musical Arts Arm" of the Bait and Switch Podcast! Our panel of local music experts, Joe Kay (of the play that Rock n' Roll podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@PlayThatPodcast) and Scott Cvecko (founder of the band, "The Weary World" - https://thewearyworld.com/) comes together again to give us their ex…
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It's time for our annual Tour of Spain Preview Podcast! This year our esteemed panel consists of Bait and Switch Podcast co-host, Chris Beyer, Jerry Kegel of Wheel and Sprocket fame and, after a hiatus due to injury, Mitch Teich returns! After a quick wrap up of the Tour de France and the Olympics, our panel tackles the upcoming Tour of Spain. They…
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This weeks episode is a compilation of highlights of mid part of Season 3.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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Bait And Switch Music Reviews - The Smithereens - Especially For You
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This week we introduce the new "Musical Arts Arm" of the Bait and Switch Podcast! We've gathered local music experts, Joe Kay (of the Play that Rock n' Roll podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@PlayThatPodcast) and Scott Cvecko (founder of the band, "The Weary World" - https://thewearyworld.com/) to give us their expert opinions (along with our own o…
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For the last couple of months, in collaboration with Riverwest Radio, previous episodes of our podcast have been broadcast Wednesday nights at 9:30 on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. In a Bait and Switch Podcast first, on 6/19/2024 we broadcast our show live on the radio at 104.1 This is a recoding of that historic broadcast, where we talk about the evolu…
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The 3 Saints ( S3 E11 ) 3 min. Highlights
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July's highlight clip features the guys with guest Chad in far flung locations trying to make a difference. Some times we care too much.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S3 E14 & 26 Consolidated - Long Form Skits
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July's consolidated release features 2 of our favorite skits from Season 3. One features an Outdoor Adventures author and the other features a dust up with our Audio Streaming Service provider.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S7 E9A - Dennis McBride - Mayfair Mall
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In the second half of our interview with the Mayor of Wauwatosa, Dennis McBride, we focus on the development at Mayfair Mall. We talk about what the development plans are for Mayfair Mall, why Mayfair is such an attractive site, the benefits of the new development, the high housing demand in Wauwatosa and much, much more! Enjoy!…
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S7 E9 - Dennis McBride - Wauwatosa Schools
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It's time for our annual state of the city podcast as we sit down with the mayor of Wauwatosa, Dennis McBride. The first thing on the agenda this year is the future of our public school system. We talk about open enrollment, school funding, the big proposal to shutdown the middle schools and much, much more! Enjoy!…
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It's time for our annual Tour de France Preview Podcast! We've once again assembled our panel of experts, including long-time cycling enthusiasts, Chris and Will Beyer along with former professional cyclist and organizer of the Tour of America's Dairyland, Tom Schuler. Notably absent this year is Mitch Teich- we wish Mitch a speedy recovery after s…
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S7 E8A - Chris Schmidt - Worldwide politics
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Most of you probably don't know that our guest, Chris Schmidt has a passionate interest in global politics. So, in the second half of our interview with him, we discuss political races around the world. As most of us know, there are several important elections going on around the world this year and the three of us give our thoughts on where things…
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S7 E8 - Chris Schmidt - Milwaukee Comedian
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This week we talk with Milwaukee comedian, Chris Schmidt. We talk with Chris about the interesting way he got started in stand-up comedy, the way the stand-up comedy landscape has changed in Milwaukee in the last decade, what it takes to really make a career out of comedy, how comedy routines are fine-tuned through open-mics and much, much more! En…
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Storm Trooper ( S4 E10 & E10A ) 3 min. Highlights
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The 3 minute highlight package for June features our interview with a disgruntled Imperial Storm Trooper who joins us from the Enteron Sector.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S3 E13 & E15 & E24 Consoildated - We got Covid
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Our June 2024 Consolidated release features 3 interviews from 2020. It was the first summer of covid and interviewing people who got the novel virus seemed like a novel idea. The first interview is a covid skit and the other 2 interviews are people that got covid early when it was a little mysterious. The last interview features my co-host Jim Mart…
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For the second half of our interview with comedian and producer, Alan Salazar, we play a little game called Guess the Top Ten. We take a look at several top ten lists and (surprise, surprise) see how many we can guess. We also gripe about the rankings, gloat about the extent of our irrelevant knowledge or sometimes both. Being right or wrong doesn'…
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S7 E7 - Alan Salazar - Comedian and Producer
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Today we talk with local comedian and producer, Alan Salazar. Alan talks to us about how he got started in stand-up, how he got started producing shows, some of the best open mics to go to in Milwaukee, the trials and tribulations of stand-up comedy and much, much more! Enjoy!Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S7 E6 - Ben Riggs - History of Dungeons & Dragons
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This week we talk with Dungeons and Dragons historical expert, Ben Riggs! We talk with Ben about how Dungeons and Dragons got it's start, what contributed to the game's recent renaissance, how Ben stumbled into the D&D expert historian role, what he thinks the future might look like, what he said on X (formerly Twitter) that made waves in the D&D c…
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Jerry Augustine ( S4 E9 & E9A ) 3 min highlights
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May's 3 minute highlight package features former Milwaukee Brewer, Jerry Augustine. Since this interview "Augie" has become a regular on our Milwaukee Brewer / MLB yearly previews. Thanks as always goes out to our Sports Director, Jeff Grayson for setting up this interview.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S3 E12 & 12A Consolidated One LastTime with an Old Friend
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For May our consolidated episode features our second and last interview with my late friend, Tim Okland. It's been 1 1/2 years since he's been gone, but he isn't forgotten. It's a real blessing to have an audio recording of a few conversations with him. This episode is ok, it was a zoom interview so it's not as spontaneous as our other interview wi…
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It's time once again for our preview of the Tour of Italy cycling race! We bring back our esteemed panel consisting of cycling enthusiasts and previous Bait and Switch Podcast guests, Will Beyer and Mitch Teich, along with co-host Chris Beyer. In addition, we're once again very fortunate to have former professional cyclist, 1987 USPRO national road…
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NYC Actor - Comedian ( S4 E8 &E8A ) 3 min. Highlights
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April's 3 minute highlights are from a Season 4 interview with NYC Actor - Comedian Lauren LoGuidicePor Bait and Switch Podcast
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S3 E11 &11A Consolidated - Running a Business during Covid
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For April our Consolidated episode features Jimmy Findlay a local tavern owner. We talk to him just a Covid was ruining the economy. We talk about his then novel efforts to combat the novel virus and keep his business afloat.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S7 E5A - Demetrius L Jackson - Generational Clash
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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!Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S7 E5 - Demetrius L Jackson - Comedian
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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!…
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Jeff Grayson and Jerry Augustine - MLB Preview 2024
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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 predic…
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Jeff Grayson and Jerry Augustine - Brewers Preview 2024
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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 an…
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Social Media Debate ( S4 E7 & 7A ) 3 min Highlights
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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.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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S3 E10 & E10A Consolidated Coffee's For Closers
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For March 2024 our consolidated episode features a Season 3 interview with business author, Mark Evans.Por Bait and Switch Podcast
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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…
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S7 E4 - John Berens - Comedian and Production Assistant
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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!…
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