This week, we sit down with Aleah from Shroomacon! Shroomacon is a cool new product we carry at Jungle Jim's - simply put, bacon made out of mushrooms. It's crazy and delicious! If you haven't yet, jump on Hulu and check out their episode on Shark Tank! We're happy and proud to have them in the Jungle; you'll love our discussion around the inception of the product as well as their time on Shark Tank!

This week, we're joined by the LEGEND Billy Southerland - Billy is launching a new custom golf cart company right down the road from us at Jungle in Fairfield. Billy is hugely responsible for me getting to make the Jungle Jim's Podcast, and I absolutely love when he comes by the studio. Also make sure to look into his other business, Iron Road! Billy is the best. Then, returning favorites Michael and Amanda join us from our wine department to host a sampling and talk about some sweet upcoming events in our wine department. Don't forget to come try some wines with us every Wednesday for Back that Glass Up. More events are located on JungleJims.com - come hang out!

This week, we kick off with some app-exclusive deals in the Jungle Jim's app. It's now available on iOS and Android! Don't forget about our Eclipse Event on April 8th. Then we meet store manager Frank's daughter Yolanda and her husband Lamar to talk about their band Live Your Dream, as well as talk about her upcoming performances for the Cincinnati Reds! Maybe she'll even sing for us! Then, Zachariah from Urban Artifact comes over to talk about Urban's new beer, Capy Snacks, a delicious fruit punch sour, as well as their upcoming Faerie Ball/Fruit Prom, hosted by me! What a great week!

We're bringing in a ton of new Hispanic treats to our international department and our new friend Enrique is here to tell you all about the stuff he's bringing in! Then, Dr. Tara from the Well Off Podcast joins us - she came in from NJ and I had to grill her about the store and what she's doing over at iHeartMedia - check her show out at https://www.WellOffPodcast.com . Don't forget to download the Jungle Jim's app, available on iOS and Android!

Bright Light City indeed - Mark joins the Toy Department gang at ToyFest US 2024 in Las Vegas! We get to see new toys from Mindscape, Fat Brain Toys, Hitster, and so much more! We even take a little detour over to our fellow market, Omega Mart by Meow Wolf! What an awesome show - can't wait to go to a food show!!!

We're helping Matt from Liquid Death launch all their new flavors, Grave Fruit, Cherry Obituary, and Squeezed to Death. Cherry and Squeezed are my personal flavorites, but you gotta try them all! Let me know your favorites! We're also talking about the Bodybakery Co, who are making protein-forward healthy treats - they're in our natural foods freezers near so many other great foods. All that and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast!

Meet Sam Rose, the creator of Rosebud Ice Cream, an incredible new ice cream we're carrying here from Jungle Jim's. In the meantime, I'm cooking up new content at ToyFest US in Las Vegas this week, so enjoy a teaser from Area 15 and Omega Mart by Meow Wolf!

This week, we kick off by touring the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile that just happened to stop at Jungle Jim's in Fairfield. Then we're joined by Tammy from Vanguard International to tell us literally everything we could ever want to know about grapes. Did you know how many strains of them there were? I didn't, I came to this interview thinking there were only two. What kinds of things did you learn about grapes this week? All that and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast

This week, we kick off with a wine tasting thanks to Friend-Of-The-Show Johnny Catalano. Johnny's back talking about the Catalano Film Festival, his love of wine, and we bust into some CLOSEOUT DEALS on charcuterie, it's delicious. Then, we are joined by new friend John from Hint Water. I've done a lot of beverage content because I love a tasty sipper, but Hint Water is some of my favorite stuff i've gotten to try since starting the show. John's a great guest and I'm so sorry about my microphone cable falling ill on this one. Looking forward to a follow up episode! All that and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast! Intro - 00:00 Catalano Film Festival - 03:47 Hint Water - 37:02

We're here celebrating one year of Oishii Sushi Bakes courtesy of owner Nikki Tran! Nikki joined us on the show about a year ago to spread the gospel of delicious sushi bakes and we've gotten to watch her grow and flourish in the last year. To add to the usual Jungle Jim's chaos, Nikki brought along the excellent Fat Ben of Fat Ben's Bakery to make a photorealistic sushi bake CAKE! I know, I too love the "Is It Cake!?" insanity and I'm so glad you're here to enjoy with us. We talk about our favorite restaurants, we talk Asian cuisine, we learn about what to expect from Oishii over the next year and also how Fat Ben got his nickname! Thanks for tuning in!

This week we're going crazy with deals for the Super Bowl! Then Brad and Josh of TCHO Chocolate drop in to have me try their new Choco Nachos - a savory, weird limited run treat they created. Spoiler: They taste like a plate of nachos and I loved 'em. Then, Jayna from the Deli joins me and we try all kinds of soup from Panera as they're BOGO this week! I even got her to try some of my new samples of Olipop - we loved the ginger ale! All that and more this week on the show!

Kicking this week off with a review of the incredible Food Fight 513 produced by friends of the show, Chefs Christian Gill and Kayla Robison. Glad we got to be a part of it! Then we're talking lowering sugar and carbs with Dr. Paul Kolodzik of https://www.metabolicmds.com/ - we're talking about his book, we're talking health, and how we can help create a better version of ourselves through our diet. Dr. Kolodzik has provided metabolic health and weight loss medical services to patients for nearly 15 years. This episode will definitely come in handy for me - but hey, so will some great foods we carry in the store, like former guests DohJoy and their low carb breads!

We're launching NEW FLAVORS of Liquid Death! Cherry Obituary, Grave Fruit, and Squeezed to Death. They're some of the best Liquid Death has done so far and I've already crushed an entire case of Cherry Obituary this week. Huge thanks to Matt for coming out with the samples and to do the show! Then we're joined by another Mark from Free Throws for Kids! This event is out here to show hope and love to patients and their families at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House in a very practical way. You can learn more about them at https://www.FreeThrowsForKids.org

This week, we're joined by Brad Baker. Brad is the City of Hamilton's person of the year, he's the owner of one of our favorite local spots known as Pinball Garage, and he's even been on The Shark Tank before! But first, we talk about one of my favorite new-to-me products called blk. Blk is a cool brand of waters featuring fulvic minerals, with some flavors in the sparkling game like Dirty Lemonade. Come by and have a sample when they're in the stores on 1/20/2024 and 1/21/2024!

New Year, new we, amirite? This week, I'm going through some deals and the new Seedless NA Beer from Urban Artifact, which is excellent. Then, i'm joined by one of the brains behind the awesome Super Coffee line, Jimmy DeCicco, and we talk about the inception of the brand while he gives some incredible pointers to anyone thinking about startingt heir own business. Inspiring, as always!

Welcome to the Jungle Jim's House of Villains, where we are all secretly friends. This one's a SPICY episode so consider yourself warned for a little bit of explicit content, I never like to censor my guests. We talk about meeting Jonny Fairplay here at Jungle Jim's for the first time as well as his time on E TV's House of Villains, Jessica Fairplay gives her Jungle Jim's bathroom reviews, we talk about Matt Bischoff's love of music, and I pitch my version of Love is Blind. Later we get into some hot sauce tasting with Bunsters and Stanky Sauce. All that and more on the Jungle Jim's show!

We start with a politely hostile takeover of the Jungle Jim's studio by the legendary Shroom from WEBN, one of the nation's biggest rock radio stations! We talk about his career in radio and how a chance meeting between he and I helped start me off on my career! Then I'm joined by Hannah Wells, an award winning local resident who runs her own construction and remodeling company and is only in her mid-20s! She's super inspiring and if that isn't enough, she also races electric unicycles! Yeah, crazy!!

This week, i'm joined by Local Legend Jacob Trevino of Gorilla Cinema Presents (The Overlook Lodge, Lonely Pine Steakhouse, Tokyo Kitty, and many more) to make some incredible fruitcake cocktails - Jacob made his own fruitcake syrup using cool ingredients from here at Jungle Jim's and we tried them all out! A Fruitcake Old-Fashioned, Fruitcake Cuvee, and even a little fruity egg nog! The perfect set of sippers for your holiday season!

We kick the show off with a cold open, announce a giveaway from our friends at Entertainment Junction, and then launch a few new products - namely Urban Artifact's new Non-Alcoholic beer in Strawberry and Mango, Super Coffee's XXTRA coffee energy drinks, and a call to have you come sample Bubi's Sauces this weekend in the store. Pet Department Manager Mike A. comes back to the studio to show off a cool new product line from Woof for your pets, followed by our main guest, Melinda of PetCakes - "Bake wholesome, healthy, and delicious ORGANIC treats with your heart and hands for every milestone and celebration -- birthdays, adoption anniversaries, and human holidays. No paws or whiskers left out ever again!" - Melinda was an amazing guest and we love knighting a new member of the Banana Bunch! Thanks for watching!

This week, we're joined by Cory, the owner of Libby's Country Candles. Cory comes into the WJJI studio here at Jungle Jim's to show us how to make his 'Rainbow Rings' cereal-themed candle. I burnt mine almost immediately after making it and it smelled insane. Had no idea this was at once such a simple, yet focused process. If you're shopping, don't miss our deals this week on Amish chicken, Chunky Campbell's soup, Hint Water, and so much more!