Off the Record with Jon and Tim

To start the week off, Jon and Tim preview the Jox Kickoff Party happening on Tuesday night.  They will be broadcasting live from Good People Brewing from 6-8 pm Tuesday.  They talk about what goes into making the party happen, making their broadcast happen, plus how they typically interact with fans.  

Then things get a little nerdy as they talk about Best Picture nominees from last year and what the best trilogies are in cinema.

This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

To wrap up the week we talk about Jon's mom who just celebrated a birthday and how he was raised to think about the world under his parents.  That plus our AJ Question of the Day leads into discussing how people are scared to have tough conversations anymore in politics, sports and more.

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1:30 - Tim raves about how awesome Jon's mom is as she celebrates a birthday this week (even though Jon couldn't remember what day of the week her birthday was on).  Jon talks about how his mindset was formed while following his parent's guidance.

5:18 - Jon and Tim talk about the most recent play that Jon's mom directed and how Jon believes that to be successful, a person has to experience every aspect of their work, glamorous or not.

12:08 - Tim talks about how easy it is to create art now but Jon points out that while it's easy to create, it's harder to master.

16:20 - Jon and Tim talk about how bad parents are (in their opinion) that force their kids to only focus on one specific sport or activity as a child.

19:43 - Our "AJ Question of the Day": **How often do the two of you just have to agree to disagree? What are some things that you agree on 110%?** That starts the us on a long conversation about...conversation. We talk about how people in politics are so against having a discussion to truly understand how people feel about the issues and the Republican and Democratic "teams" prefer to blindly disagree compared to trying to understand each other.

29:21 - Tim talks about his philosophy when it comes to having conversations with callers on the radio.

35:50 - Jon and Tim talk about ways they disagree with each other but always keep it somewhat civil and discuss how the other person feels.

Today's intro song is "Rescue Me" by Thirty Seconds to Mars.

This week's guest is Kelsey Dollar who works with Jon and Tim at Cumulus Media.  Jon has worked with Kelsey longer than anyone across three different companies, and she is responsible for him being at Cumulus now.  They talk about their journey and where the future of media may be heading on today's episode.

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1:13 - Introduction of Kelsey to the podcast.

3:12 - Tim wonders why sales people in radio are so scared to speak on the microphone and everyone wishes there was more of a presence of 90's rock on the radio.

5:26 - Kelsey describes the radio business according to her and what she likes and dislikes about it and working with Jon.

10:35 - Tim asks Kelsey where she sees radio heading over the next decade.

16:04 - Jon, Tim and Kelsey remember one of their former co-workers, Sam Foster, who passed away in 2013.

20:20 - Jon and Tim find out Kelsey is as big of a nerd as they are.

24:20 - Jon talks about all of the work he and Kelsey have been doing while getting ready for football season and why a lot of the digital offerings in radio are still new to so many people.

**Side note: come see us live at the [Jox Kickoff Party](http://www.joxfm.com/kickoff/) on August 21 at 5:30, info in the link.**

Today's intro song is "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots.

A shorter episode today as Tim and Jon have many places to be but couldn't leave the podcast hanging. We reminisce about the good old days of TV on Nickelodeon and talk about the one TV show or movie that we could live with for the rest of our lives.

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0:26 - Someone on Twitter said today is the anniversary of Are Your Afraid of the Dark first airing. It's not even close since it started on Halloween, but that gets Tim raving about the show. That gets both Jon and Tim talking about the good old days of Nickelodeon and how they just don't make shows and cartoons like they did when Jon and Tim were kids.

10:03 - Jon gives his favorite game shows from Nickelodeon back in the day.

12:23 - Jon talks about how kids cartoons have to have some more young adult and mature themes to be worthwhile and be a "smart" show.

16:47 - Our "AJ Question of the Day": **If you were stranded on a desert island that miraculously only had a TV, what one show or movie would you be content watching for the rest of your days?** Jon and Tim each pick one TV show and one movie they would be content watching forever.

Today's intro song is "Kountry Gentleman" by Family Force 5

In this episode, we dive into how people view quality journalism these days and how ESPN is not making a very good attempt at putting quality journalism as a top priority in their products.  We also talk about our favorite kind of food...just to lighten things up a bit in an otherwise serious podcast.

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1:53 - The guys give a quick take on where things currently stand with Maryland after the president and AD spoke today about the player that passed away a few months ago.

6:18 - Tim talks about The Meg being first this past weekend at the box office.

8:30 - Tim and Jon discuss the importance of journalism after a new story comes out about child sex abuse within the Catholic church, using Spotlight as a movie people need to see to show how important journalism is. 

17:07 - Tim talks about how bad Get Up! is on ESPN when he watches every morning, and both guys discuss what has gone wrong with ESPN.

29:52 - Our "AJ Question of the Day": If you could only eat one food/meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

34:02 - Tim recaps Lodge 49 from last night and Jon brings up how shows need to stay on their main story.

36:32 - Tim and Jon jump back into ESPN and how the shows aren't having the right conversations, therefore no one watches.  Tim contemplates if Mike and Mike coming back would help ESPN.

Today's intro song is "Unstoppable" by TobyMac.

We get kind of deep in this episode as our "AJ Question of the Day" asks us what we like most about our job and what we like least. That leads into deep discussion about how Jon is trying to plan for the future of traditional media and Tim relates all of traditional media to the current late night show atmosphere.

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0:34 - Weekend recap

7:32 - Jon professes his love for World of Warcraft.

9:42 - Our "AJ Question of the Day": Favorite part of the job and least favorite part of the job?

16:51 - Jon's least favorite part dives into traditional media and how he isn't a fan of how traditional media is currently dying and the media that isn't dead yet isn't planning well for the future.

27:26 - Tim brings up how late night talk shows have handled moving into the digital realm.

48:06 - What is it like to dream in different languages?

Today's intro song is "Vampires" by The Midnight…again because Jon is obsessed with the song.

Episode 9 is simple, as the guys rave about all that JJ Abrams has done in saving the Mission Impossible series, resurrecting Star Trek/Star Wars, and his original work as well.  They also talk about times they have had "fanboy" moments with some big time celebrities.

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0:38 - Jon and Tim recap the TV and sports they watched Thursday night, including Training Days: Rolling with the Tide on ESPN.

8:55 - Tim continues to watch all the Mission Impossible movies, and both Jon and Tim rave about JJ Abrams as being one of the greatest directors/producers/writers of all-time.

23:47 - Our "AJ Question of the Day": **Have you ever had a "fanboy" moment where you met someone you really admired or liked (celebrity or other), and who was it?** Jon talks about meeting Bill Clinton and Tim about meeting Dirk Nowitzki.

Today's intro song is "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" by Cage the Elephant.

Episode 8 of the podcast takes you even more behind the scenes when it comes to how Jon and Tim work with each other in their current roles and how things have gone south when they have switched places.  They also get into a large debate about the proper way to go shopping.

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0:46 - Jon kills the podcast on every channel but this one (don't worry, it will be back up soon).

1:38 - Tim tries to get Jon to go work for Donald Trump's new Space Force and Jon talks about the funny Space Force shirt he just bought.

5:45 - Jon goes into his battle with a billion-dollar company (that will remain unnamed) about a domain name he bought a decade ago.

10:35 - Tim asks Jon about getting his hair cut and why it's so important to him.

17:01 - Tim complains about the way his wife shops, and Jon explains his "checkpoint" approach to shopping.

27:52 - Our "AJ Question of the Day": **Have you two ever switched roles on air, if so how did it go? If not, would you?** The guys go into their dynamic on the microphone each day and a few times they have been in different roles than they are in now.

33:19 - Jon tells a story about he and Tim switching roles and how Jon lost it when the previous show's host wouldn't get out of the way.

37:29 - Jon still hasn't recovered from doing his Ed Orgeron impression on Wednesday night.

Today's episode starts off angry as Tim is not a happy camper.  We then review all kinds of TV shows that we watched last night and get into another listener question about how we react to negative criticism and people just being dumb on social media.

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0:38 - Tim is angry at everything.

3:42 - Recap of ABC's Castaways which premiered last night.

10:55 - Recap of HBO's Hard Knocks which also premiered last night. The show follows the Cleveland Browns this season.

14:23 - Recap of AMC's Lodge 49 which premiered Monday, plus comments about how the guys feel about other AMC shows like Breaking Bad.

21:33 - Jon recommends Billions to Tim and they get in a conversation about Ballers because Tim is confused.

25:50 - Tim talks about his hesitancy to watch The Tale on HBO, an Emmy nominated movie about childhood sexual abuse.

30:20 - Jon questions why violence is so widely accepted in movies and TV while sex is looked down on.

33:25 - Our "AJ Question of the Day": Is it difficult to hold your tongue some times, have you ever wanted to go off on a caller or someone online?

43:52 - Jon and Tim discuss the new changes to the Oscars such as shortening the show and adding a new "Popular Movie" category.

Today's intro song is "Two Princes" by Spin Doctors.

Episode 6 takes us back in time.  We start by rewinding Westworld, looking ahead to Maniac on Netflix and then share embarrassing moments in our radio career. 

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2:12 - Tim talks about how bad Mission Impossible 2 is on a rewatch, but spins it into a conversation about how amazing Westworld is and Jon discusses why he thinks it is the greatest show on TV.

10:02 - Jon talks about the TV show Succession which just finished it's first season on HBO and how good Adam McKay is at making dramatic TV and movies like The Big Short.

15:35 - Jon talks about hating awkward entertainment.

18:56 - Tim asks Jon about his love of Blackjack.

23:29 - The guys discuss the new Netflix show Maniac that is set to debut on September 21.

33:00 - The "AJ Question of the Day": What is your most embarrassing moment on air and most embarrassing moment on remote?

36:57 - A story from a remote broadcast early in Jon and Tim's careers that has scarred them for life.