Episodes
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A Lost Wallet, a Pregnancy-Test Lollipop, and Other Surprises
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today's episode of Simple Joe, we're talking about a lost wallet, a pregnancy-test lollipop, and a couple of pretty remarkable surprises. First, we're heading to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where a carpenter renovating a house discovered a wallet that…
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I've Discovered Yacht Rock!
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. I have discovered yacht rock, and apparently I'm about 45 years late to the party! On this Wildcard Wednesday episode of Simple Joe, I'm talking about why I've suddenly fallen in love with the smooth sounds of Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, the...
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Tuesday's Random Questions | October 13, 2026
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. It's Tuesday, and we're visiting Truro, England, for another round of Tuesday's Random Questions! Today I'm talking about the gift I'm most proud of giving, our family vacations together, and what would happen if the internet disappeared for an entire...
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Monday's Interesting Headlines | Monday, October 12, 2026
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. On today's episode of Simple Joe, I'm talking about popcorn, caramel corn, movie theater snacks, and one of my biggest regrets involving unlimited popcorn refills. We're checking the weather in São Paulo, Brazil, and Cincinnati, Ohio, celebrating...
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Who Are You Trying to Impress?
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Who gets the best version of you? In today's Personal Development Saturday episode of Simple Joe, I'm asking a question I've been wrestling with myself: Why do we sometimes give more patience, kindness, and courtesy to complete strangers than to the...
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Top 10 Great Ideas We Gave Up On
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. A Segway tour I spotted while on vacation got me thinking about all the great ideas we gave up on. You know, those inventions, products, and experiences that actually existed, that people bought and used, and then somehow just disappeared. This Friday,...
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Yellowstone’s Geysers Are Full of More Than Hot Water
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode of Simple Joe, I’m digging into one of the strangest stories I’ve seen in a while: the weird trash Yellowstone geologists retrieve from geysers, hot springs, and other hydrothermal areas. We’re talking about more than 20,000 pieces of...
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Prove Me Wrong: It’s Okay to Work While You’re on Vacation
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Wildcard Wednesday episode of Simple Joe, I’m asking you to prove me wrong: is it okay to work a little bit while you’re on vacation? I just got back from vacation, and while I recorded Simple Joe every day, I don’t really think of the podcast…
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Tuesday's Random Questions | October 6, 2026
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s Simple Joe, I start with the wild story of Daniel Boone’s 14-year-old daughter Jemima being kidnapped in 1776 and leaving clues through the wilderness that helped her father find and rescue her. From there, we check in on Melbourne…
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Monday's Interesting Headlines | October 5, 2026
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. I’m back home in Cincinnati after vacation, running on a little post-vacation exhaustion but happy to be behind the microphone again. Today we check the weather in West Milford, New Jersey, celebrate a huge list of October 5 birthdays including Ray…
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After One Month - Thank You!
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. I’m a little over a month into the return of Simple Joe, and today’s episode is really about one thing: gratitude. I talk about why I brought the podcast back after a seven-month break, including needing the creative outlet, wanting to stay active in...
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Top 10 Things You Think Are Illegal, But Aren’t
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. I’m wrapping up our time in Daytona Beach, Florida, and today’s Simple Joe takes us from groundwater hiding beneath our feet to a Friday Top 10 built around something most of us have probably experienced: being told all our lives that something is...
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Five Generations, One Birthday? What are the Odds?
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. I’m spending October 1 in Daytona Beach, where vacation plans have shifted a little while Karin deals with a bronchial infection, but I still managed to get out for an electric-bike ride along the beach, meet Tony, a retired New York pizza-shop owner…
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How Rich is Batman, Really?
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. I’ve been thinking about Batman, Bruce Wayne, and a question I’d never really considered before: how rich would Bruce Wayne actually have to be to make Batman work in the real world? In this Wildcard Wednesday episode of Simple Joe, I dig into what it...
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Tuesday's Random Questions | September 29, 2026
Welcome to Simple Joe. In this episode of Simple Joe, I’m coming to you from Daytona Beach while we check in on Tangier, Morocco, celebrate National Coffee Day, and work our way through another round of Tuesday Random Questions. I share some vacation updates, including our somewhat disappointing...
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Monday's Interesting Headlines
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. I’m still on vacation in Daytona Beach, and today I’m talking about why we decided to skip the Garth Brooks concert after it turned into one big decision hassle, and why I’m glad we did get out for an awesome sunset cruise aboard the FunCat sailboat...
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Don't Worry About It!
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this episode, I’m talking about something I’m pretty good at doing: worrying about tomorrow before tomorrow even gets here. Even while I’m on vacation in Daytona Beach, I can find myself thinking about what’s happening back home, what’s going on at...
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Do You Put Your Shopping Cart Back?
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Saturday episode of Simple Joe, I start with the surprising story behind Ric Flair’s adoption before checking in on Vienna, Austria, and Daytona Beach, Florida, then move through birthdays, historic events, and a few of today’s celebrations.…
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Top 10 Real Laws That Sound Completely Made Up
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Friday episode of Simple Joe, I’m talking about 10 Real Laws That Sound Completely Made Up, including triangular margarine in Iowa, nighttime seaweed restrictions in New Hampshire, greased-pig contests in Minnesota, Kentucky’s anti-dueling law,...
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Thar' Be Whale!
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Thursday episode of Simple Joe, I start with a look at the cultural impact of Julia Child before checking in on the weather in Overland Park, Kansas, and Daytona Beach, Florida. I celebrate birthdays including Jim Henson, “Mean” Joe Greene…
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Daytona Beach - Three Days In
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Wildcard Wednesday episode of Simple Joe, Karin joins me from Daytona Beach for a vacation update covering everything from the first few chaotic hours of the trip to the simple routines that are making this vacation so good. We talk about my...
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Tuesday's Random Questions
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe, I’m coming to you from Daytona Beach while checking in on the weather for our friends in Saint Paul, Minnesota. We start with the strange realization that hamsters actually live in the wild, then roll through birthdays...
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Monday's Interesting Headlines
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. On this Monday episode of Simple Joe, I start with the wild story of former Yankees outfielder Rubén Rivera taking a bat and glove from Derek Jeter’s locker, then we head to Tokyo, Japan, and Daytona Beach, Florida, for the weather. Florida rain sends…
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God made a world worth enjoying
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Sunday episode of Simple Joe, I’m recording from Daytona Beach after one of those first vacation days that starts with travel, errands, a missing-wallet panic, rental-car trouble, and finally, a chance to sit down and look at the Atlantic…
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Are you Ready For Fall? Let's Go!
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Saturday episode of Simple Joe, I’m talking about using the beginning of fall as a chance to reset without turning life into another giant self-improvement project. I share some of the things I hoped to do this summer that didn’t quite happen,...
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Top 10 Things to Do in Florida That Aren’t Disney
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Friday episode of Simple Joe, I’m getting ready for a couple of weeks in Florida, so I’m having some fun with a Top 10 list of things to do in Florida that aren’t Disney or any other amusement park. And yes, Disney people, we’re still friends.…
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Two Guys, a Metal Detector, and a 28-Year-Old Mystery
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s Simple Joe, I’m talking about one of those stories that makes you wonder how something could possibly find its way home after nearly three decades. Two metal-detecting enthusiasts at Great Sacandaga Lake in New York discovered a high school...
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Your Survey Results
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. I’m sharing the results of the Simple Joe listener survey and talking about what you told me you enjoy most about the show, what surprised me, and what I learned from your feedback. Friday’s Top 10 remains a clear favorite, but I was genuinely…
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Tuesday's Random Questions
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Tuesday episode of Simple Joe, I start with a Cincinnati surprise: Penn Station East Coast Subs may sound like it belongs in Philadelphia, but the first location actually opened in downtown Cincinnati in 1985. From there, I check in with...
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Monday's Interesting Headlines
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In this Monday episode of Simple Joe, I kick things off with the strange story behind the word “maverick,” check in on some beautiful September weather, and celebrate birthdays including Clayton Moore, Walter Koenig, Sam Neill, Nas, and Amy Winehouse.…
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Does God Care About the Little Things?
In this Sunday episode of Simple Joe, I’m talking about one of those faith questions that keeps coming back to me: Does God care about the little things? We know we can take the big stuff to God, like illness, family problems, major decisions, and difficult seasons, but what about the ordinary...
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Great News! You Can Become Someone Else!
In this episode of Simple Joe, I’m talking about a simple idea that really stuck with me after I saw a short video from Jason K. Pargin: you can just become somebody else if you want. We spend a lot of time describing ourselves as if our identity is fixed. I’m not athletic. I’m not a reader. I’m...
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Top 10 Foods That Are Better as Leftovers
On this Friday episode of Simple Joe, I’m having some fun with one of my favorite subjects: food, specifically my personal Top 10 Foods That Are Better as Leftovers. I talk about the strange joy of discovering forgotten food in the refrigerator, the gamble of wondering exactly how long it’s been…
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He Was Building a Patio and Found 40 Pounds of Viking Silver
In this episode of Simple Joe, I’m heading to Saskatoon, Canada, for the weather before celebrating birthdays including Arnold Palmer, Roger Maris, Don Muraco, Joe Perry, Randy Johnson, and more. I also look back at the first recorded drunk-driving arrest, the television premiere of Gunsmoke, and...
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Secret Unlocked: The Perfect Hard-Boiled Egg
On today’s Wildcard Wednesday episode of Simple Joe, I’m talking about what happens when even a veteran podcaster forgets to hit record, runs out of space on the recorder, and has to trust that the third time really is the charm. We check in on the weather in Canton, Michigan and Cincinnati,...
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Tuesday's Random Questions
In this Tuesday episode of Simple Joe, I’m checking in with Paris, France, celebrating birthdays including Peter Sellers, Patsy Cline, Pink, Martin Freeman, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Wiz Khalifa, and Gaten Matarazzo, and looking back at moments in history including the founding of St. Augustine…
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Monday's Interesting Headlines
In this Labor Day episode of Simple Joe, I’m talking about slowing down, getting a few things accomplished over a long weekend, and why something as simple as detailing a car can sometimes feel surprisingly therapeutic. We check the weather in Las Vegas and Cincinnati, celebrate birthdays…
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Which Thief on the Cross Are You?
In this Sunday episode of Simple Joe, I start with the incredible complexity of human vision and the idea that each of us may experience the world a little differently, before checking in with Torrington, Connecticut, celebrating birthdays including Jane Curtin, Jeff Foxworthy, Macy Gray, Idris...
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Why do we stop doing the things that we love?
In this episode of Simple Joe, I’m talking about a personal development question that has been on my mind since returning to the podcast after a seven-month break: Why do we stop doing the things we love? I love podcasting, creating, working with audio, and putting something into the world that…
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Top 10 Clean Stand-Up Comedians
In this episode of Simple Joe, I kick things off by thinking about how something as ordinary as the refrigerator completely changed the way we live, shop, and organize everyday life, before checking in with Reading, Pennsylvania, and Cincinnati, Ohio, celebrating birthdays including Paul Harvey,...
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Lost Picasso Found in Trashed Apartment
In this episode of Simple Joe, I’m starting with a look back at the rough-and-tumble early days of passenger air travel before checking the weather in Falkenstein, Germany, and Cincinnati, Ohio. We celebrate birthdays including cartoonist Mort Walker, actress Eileen Brennan, Beach Boys co-founder...
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Stop Being Afraid of AI
In this Wildcard Wednesday episode of Simple Joe, I’m talking about artificial intelligence and why I believe AI is ultimately just a tool, a very powerful one, but still a tool that we should learn to use instead of simply being afraid of. I share some of the ways I’m already using AI for...
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Tuesday's Random Questions
In this episode of Simple Joe, I’m celebrating Tuesday, September 1, 2026, with weather from Ashburn, Virginia, birthdays, history, celebrations, and another round of Tuesday’s Random Questions. We celebrate birthdays for Rocky Marciano, Conway Twitty, Lily Tomlin, Barry Gibb, Dr. Phil McGraw,...
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Monday's Interesting Headlines | I'm Back!
I’m back! After about seven months away from Simple Joe, it feels great to be behind the microphone again and even better knowing you’re here with me. In this episode, I explain a little about the long break and save the full story of what happened with my workflow for another day. We start with...
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Please Listen
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Today I wanted to share a quick but important update with you. I’m taking a short break from the show so I can fix some structural and process issues behind the scenes and make sure Simple Joe is smoother, more focused, and more valuable for you going...
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Tuesday's Random Questions
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Email me at [email protected] or send me a text at 513.399.6468. Just say hi, I would love to hear from you. Show Notes In today’s episode of Simple Joe for Tuesday, January 6th, 2026, I kick things off with a mind-bending fact about chess and just...
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Monday's Interesting Headlines
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. On today’s episode of Simple Joe for Monday, January 5, 2026, I kick things off with a truly unsettling but fascinating look at Victorian-era post-mortem photography and how long exposure times made the stillness of the dead appear sharper than the...
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Top 10 Keanu Reeves Movies
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. In today’s episode of Simple Joe for Friday, January 2, 2026, I start with one of those facts that makes you stop and think, trees in the Pacific Northwest are actually connected underground through fungal networks, sharing nutrients and even warning...
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Prepare For Impact? Asteroid Could Strike the Moon in 2032
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. Today, on the very first day of 2026, I start with a quirky fact about a town in Norway where it’s illegal to die, which turns into a reminder that the world is full of strange, practical problems we never think about until we have to. I talk a little...
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De-Digitizing Life
Welcome to Simple Joe. I’m glad you’re here. On this New Year’s Eve episode of Simple Joe, I share a surprising detail about the iconic Times Square ball and how much larger it is than many of us imagined, then spend Wildcard Wednesday reflecting with you on what it means to intentionally...
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