The Hits Just Keep on Comin' Podcast
The Hits Just Keep on Comin' Podcast
jb
Stories about music, radio, and stuff that is neither music nor radio, some first told at the non-award-winning website of the same name. To find earlier episodes no longer available here, visit my website (link below) and click "jb's Podcast" at the top of the page.
Episode 14: Overnights, Weekends and Holidays
Here are some stories about a radio person's life at different times of the day, week, and year: overnights, weekends, and holiday.s.
Apr 3, 2021
17 min
Episode 13: The Ravens, the Angels, and Me
"It sucked, and I don't recommend it. But it was not an entirely negative experience, either."
Nov 25, 2020
16 min
Episode 12: Late for Your Life
"This is the greatest time of day, when all the clocks are spinning backwards, when all the ropes that bind begin to fray, and all the black and white turns into colors." A podcast about October.
Oct 16, 2020
20 min
Episode 9 (repost): The Fair and the Farm
Although I never wanted to be a farmer myself, the farm is fine place to be from. This episode is about the farm I grew up on and my adventures at the annual county fair
Jul 22, 2020
17 min
Episode 11: Festival Summer
In 1970, 18-year-old Steve Benton attended two major Wisconsin rock festivals, Sound Storm and Iola. In this episode, he tells about his experiences.
Jun 12, 2020
28 min
Episode 10: Pressure Night
What's it like to introduce rock stars from the stage, or nearly kill one of your co-workers by accident? Listen to some more tales from my radio career.
May 1, 2020
21 min
Episode 8: Random Radio Tales
Tales from a life spent in radio: a celebrity and a bad boss come to town, the tale of a surreal job interview, and brief encounters with random listeners.
Jan 31, 2020
15 min
Episode 7: Have Yourself an Easy-Listening Christmas
Why do people listen to contemporary music 11 months a year but can't get enough of the same decades-old recordings at Christmastime?
Dec 16, 2019
21 min
Episode 6: J. T. and the Boomers
Thoughts about the persistence of baby-boomer music and why everyone’s taste in music, and not just boomers’ taste, never seems to change, inspired by a James Taylor concert.
Nov 15, 2019
17 min