The Jungle Jim's Podcast
Since Jungle Jim’s International Market is such a wonderfully mad world of flavors, we decided to create a Podcast to talk about it! Join us on a super safari as we explore the world of food, plus discuss people, art, culture, and more! We'll also be peeling back the curtain to show you some secrets about Jungle Jim's. We hope you're as excited as we are. Stay tuned as we release future episodes.
Episodes
When you need some help, can you say "I got a guy?" - I can and i'm going to introduce you to him this week, Lou! Lou's a relatively new add to the Jungle family and he's partly responsible for all the great deals you've been seeing in the stores these days! Who else gets us 3 for a $1 packages of gnocchi? Then, i'm joined by the Tackett family best known as the Happy Human Adventurers. We met them years ago with Dr. Karen in the s...
Did you know The Jungle Jim's Podcast is syndicated on The Oasis FM here in Cincinnati? You should tune in on Sunday mornings when we do a special version of the Jungle Jim's Podcast for their show! Thankfully, a long time friend of mine works at Oasis and handles all their production and his name is Jason Newton! Jason, who you may know from his YEARS and years of experience in Cincinnati media production as "Notorious," or from t...
This week, I'm kicking it off by reminiscing about FizzFest, one of my favorite festivals that has ever happened at Jungle Jim's. I met this week's guest at FizzFest and fell in love, but only let them know about that love in person during THIS interview. I was super stoked to have Karma Water on because I believe in their product and think it tastes awesome, especially with some of the new offerings that they've has brought to the...
We kick this episode off with a segment I personally call 'the Quest for the Best,' where we try to find the best things in the store - this time, we were looking to try the ultimate apple cider! We tried Beiersdorfers, Fowler Farms, and Burnham Orchards - all sold in Jungle Jim's. Then, I threw a wrench in the works by bringing in my favorite apple cider in the world, courtesy of Delicious Orchards out of Colt's Neck, New Jersey. ...
This week, I'm checking out the new expansion here at Jungle Jim's and interrupting International Super Star Jim B. from finishing setting up the international holiday section. It's coming along awesome, Jim! Then, I'm joined by Brad, Kevin, and Jami from the Purple Monkey Project. If you're unfamiliar with the Purple Monkey Project and what they do, let me share dirrectly from them: "Reagan, or “Rey”, as she was known, was a ray o...
We kick the episode off with a visit from our pal Karl Spaeth. Karl is a comedian who once thought I called him Ted. He was wrong, but now I'm going to call him Ted. We talk about Karl's upcoming comedy special being taped RIGHT HERE in Cincinnati on November 2nd and 3rd at MOTR Pub. He's even bringing along great local comedians like Ossia Dwyer and Blake Hammond. Karl and I dive into what we dislike about social media, while tryi...
This week, we're joined by Koji from Asianati as we kick off Cincinnati's one-of-a-kind art event, Blink! It's a cool visual arts festival that takes over downtown and Asianati is opening an Asian Night Market with food, toys, and so much more for people to explore! Then, we're joined by Mike from Native Audio Read more
Jayna from the deli comes back on the show to help show off a bunch of new awesome products she brought in from Greenridge Naturals. From beef sticks, to our favorite chicken sausages, there are SO many. We tried the classic Bavarian brand frankfurter, the spinach and feta cheese chicken sausage, the smoked bratwurst, the black forest with pepper jack cheese, along with their excellent, organic spicy brown mustard, and their champa...
We kick the show off with returning guest, Johnny Catalano of The Plaza Theatre and the Catalano Film Festival to talk about an upcoming event we're putting on, where I will be hosting a screening of the fun 1996 movie, "The Frighteners!" Don't worry, we'll be back after we chat with St. Elmo's at the end of the episode to dive into more nerdy film stuff. Speaking of, we finally get Tyler from St. Elmo's on the show. St. Elmo Steak...
Jungle Jim's and Third Eye Brewing have come together to make a delicious double New England IPA beer and it's pretty amazing. Using unique hops from New Zealand to create a tropical and juicy mouthfeel, curbing the bitterness oft associated with IPAs, this one is a real treat for the beer fanatics out there. We're joined by Third Eye's brew team - one of which recently joined from New Zealand so he drops some international knowled...
This week kicks off with me hopping on my soap box to talk about high prices at the competition that I experienced during my leave this summer. Don't worry, I'm still mad about having to pay almost $10 for a bottle of body wash that is 3.99 here. Jump past the ranting about 15 minutes into the show to get to the main focus. Speaking of, the main focus this week is a new product to Jungle Jim's, from one of the coolest groups of peo...
This week, we're ready to launch into fall vibes and flavors and we're trying a ton of fall-themed treats in the store:
Little Debbie Brownie Pumpkins
Coastalo THC Soda - Pumpkin Spice
Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Coffee Drink
Pop Daddy Dutch Apple Pie Pretzels
Jungle Jim's Pumpkin Gummies
Wafer Master Rolls - Pumpkin Spice (from Turkey)
Jelly Belly Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Juice
Better Butter - Pumpkin Spice Butter
Tootsie Caramel App...
We are SO back! This week, Lucky joins me on the show to help parse through some of our most interesting Japanese snacks and products. Do you think we are going to love the little hamburger shaped cookies? What about Pocari Sweat? Jungle Jim's has so many wild products we will experience the heat death of the universe before we try them all. What are some of your favorite international items that you'd like us to try?
We're bringing Italian food in in a BIG WAY! I'm easing back into the studio, talking about the Weekend of Fire hot sauce festival that just passed, and helping launch some new products in the store. Eddie from OGI joins me to talk about the excellent internationally produced foods that they're bringing to our Italian section. I'm pretty excited about the spumoni, as you can tell here, but the Italian ices are going to get the midw...
This week is the Weekend of Fire at Jungle Jim's International Market! That's right, an entire festival dedicated to everything hot and spicy - you'll find some of your new favorite hot sauces there. Speaking of finding your new favorite hot sauces there, I found one of my favorites in Stanky Sauce - they've got flavors from mild to wild and they're bringing TWO NEW EXCLUSIVE hot sauces to the festival this weekend. Find out more w...
This week we're talking all about two fun new products coming to Jungle Jim's soon! First, is Coca Cola's collaboration with Oreo! Per our friends at CandyHunting on Instagram: Coca-Cola and Oreo have collaborated to launch two new, limited edition products internationally! New Oreo Fizzy Cookie flavored Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola flavored Oreos will be out in countries including the US, Canada, China, Mexico, Brazil, and "more," acco...
Finally got linked up with the fine folks of ShineWater, a new tasty drink - 100% of your daily vitamin D, zero sugar, and more! I've found myself enjoying quite a bit of the samples I got to try during my "wheelchair era" while recovering at home. So far, the Strawberry lemonade is my favorite. We talk about the inception of the brand, some of the struggles of standing out in the marketplace, how they create new flavors, and a few...
We're launching a ONE PIECE CARD GAME Official Pop-Up Shop & Gashapon Bandai Official Shop at the Jungle Jim's Eastgate location and our director of development, Phill Adams is here to tell us all about it along with the mastermind behind this (and one of our store's buyers), Martha. We get to learn about the exclusive stuff they're bringing to the store as well as seeing the 300 Gashapon machines they're bringing into Jungle Jim's...
Great-ish news everyone, only about 4 more weeks of recovery for me. I assure you, i'm losing my mind. This week on the show, we're talking about some new samples that just arrived from Levity Cannabis spirits. Levity has a whole line of pre-made cannabis (Delta 9) cocktails, as well as actual cannabis spirits like a play on whiskey, tequila, and more. I also received the new high dose, 25mg can of Orange Soda from Coastalo, which ...
Day 298 of being trapped in my house! I went full YouTuber on this episode. In my time out of the office, I've been setting up for remote interviews - but I was bummed that I missed out on so many fans coming through the store this summer. One listener reached out and we'd planned to do this episode together in the studio, but unfortunately it wasn't meant to be. I gave Kevin some Cincinnati favorites, and he brought me a bunch of ...
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