Out And About With Jamie Grout
A podcast with veteran broadcaster Jamie Grout having conversations with various folks around Central Iowa
Episodes
May 5, 2025 • 31 mins
This time around I have a conversation with Gary Kroger who lives in Cedar Falls. He is a 1980's alum of Saturday Night Live. He was in the cast with Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martin Short and many others. In this podcast he tells many stories of his history in theatre, of how he went to Northwestern University, went to the 2nd City Acting Troupe and felt like he'd won the lottery when he was chosen to be in the cast of SN...
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May 3, 2025 • 29 mins
In this podcast conversation I speak with two mental healthcare professionals Terry & Kim who are with Integrated Treatment Services in Newton, Iowa. May is Mental Health Month. Mental health professionals talk about how to have a good work/life balance. I ask Terry & Kim how to achieve that. We also delve into how difficult it is for "mom & pop" type mental health type operations to continue with the constraints of ins...
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May 1, 2025 • 6 mins
Generally when people think of homelessness they think of major metropolitan areas. That's not always the case. Smaller communities such as Newton, Marshalltown and Grinnell also have a homeless population. Grinnell is working hand in hand with other organizations to deal with homelessness and food insecurity. I talk about that in this episode on Out And About With Jamie Grout.
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April 29, 2025 • 15 mins
This podcast is about Tulip Time and the exciting Dutch festival the City has had for the past 90 years in Pella, Iowa. I speak with a Pella High School student about the event and get her perspective and I also talk about all the historical places you can visit in Pella and the events you can attend in the Dutch village during Tulip Time.
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April 26, 2025 • 25 mins
The Emergency Room at Mercy One Newton Medical Center needs updating. To tell us why I have a conversation with Chad Kelly who is the Administrator at Mercy One. I also speak with Chloe who is heading up the Gala that is a fund raiser for Mercy One where the funds will be going toward updating the ER.
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April 23, 2025 • 18 mins
This is a conversation with Ann Igoe who is with The Grinnell Museum. The Museum is having a "sneak peak" this coming Saturday from 1 until 3. They've been working for months working on a highly historical and educational museum for Grinnell that will be ready to go with their opening in June.
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April 22, 2025 • 35 mins
This time around I speak to long time Newton radio station owner John Carl about his experiences owning the Newton stations. I also speak to him about how he got into radio and the various stations where he has worked and some of the folks who have worked for him. A pat on the back to John Carl, who for decades brought local news, weather, sports plays by play, current events and public service events to the Newton and Central Iowa...
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April 19, 2025 • 24 mins
Since The Maytag Corporation left Newton several years ago, housing has become an important priority for the city of Newton. Bruce Showalter is The Housing Director of The Housing Development Corporation for the City Of Newton. In this podcast he talks about the city's efforts to motivate families to come to the city of Newton and the $10.000 cash to buyers of new constructed homes in Newton.
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April 14, 2025 • 28 mins
About a month ago I had the privilege of one of the first, if not the first to interview Bev Klingensmith about her dog Bing who is staring in the movie The Friend staring Bill Murry and Naomi Watts. The movie is being given thumbs up by critics world wide and stars Newton's own Bing. A Great Dane who is a gentle giant. I was lucky to have the chance to record Bev and Bing in mid March before they were on The Tonight Show with Jimm...
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April 12, 2025 • 16 mins
This podcast is about The Jasper County Concert Association. I speak with Bob Lane. He gives us the history of The Concert Association. He also tells us about concerts upcoming for the rest of this season and next season. Bob also explains how we can get tickets to these entertaining concerts.
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April 9, 2025 • 20 mins
This podcast is with the the Executive Director of The Grinnell Chamber Of Commerce Rachael Kinnick. We have a conversation about all the things going on in Grinnell. This includes The upcoming Farmers Market. She also talks about the women's networking event and the benefits of belonging to The Chamber.
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April 7, 2025 • 24 mins
In this podcast I have a conversation with Chad Kelly who is the Administrator at Mercy One Newton and Chloe Jenkins who is spearheading the Gala coming up at DMACC in Newton on April 26 to raise funds for the remodeling the the ER at Mercy One Newton. In the podcast we talk up the vital need to upgrade the ER at Mercy One Newton and the timeline for improvements. We also discuss the Gala and some of the great auction items you can...
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April 5, 2025 • 31 mins
In this Out And About With Jamie Grout Podcast I have a conversation with Jeff Holschuh who is with Advantage Credit Union In Newton, Iowa. He talks about all the financial scams that are out there these days. He also discusses credit card debt and how to deal with that. if you're curious on how to protect yourself from these scams and from credit card debt I think you'll find this podcast very interesting.
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April 3, 2025 • 29 mins
In this Best Of Podcast with Grinnell College President Anne Harris we discuss why Grinnell is considered "The Harvard Of The Midwest." WE talk about President Harris's background and what makes her most proud of being the President of this great college. Check out the podcast. You will find her to be an engergetic leader and gifted teacher.
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March 31, 2025 • 32 mins
It's the 50th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live. What better way to celebrate than to have a conversation with an alumnus of SNL. Gary Kroger is from Cedar Falls and has come full circle from his time at Northwestern University to The 2nd City Comedy Troup, to Saturday Night Live and back to the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area. In this podcast he talks about his love for acting/comedy/sketch comedy. He also has interesting stories about...
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March 28, 2025 • 34 mins
This is a "Best Of" podcast and, according to my stats, one of the most listened to podcasts, with morning host on WHO Radio Jeff Angelo. Jeff talks about his early upbringing in St Louis, how he got into radio. His time in the Iowa legislature and his "right of center" politics. Like him of dislike him he is very thought provoking, Jeff Angelo on this edition of Out And About With Jamie Grout's Best Of Podcast.
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March 27, 2025 • 10 mins
The Grinnell Community Theatre is presenting the play Rumors. On this podcast I have a conversation with 3 of the cast members of the play. We discuss what the play is all about and why they like acting.
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March 25, 2025 • 22 mins
In this podcast we have a conversation with Dr Patrick Edwards and Nurse Anna Sciarrotta who work with the Wesley Life Hospice. We talk about what criteria is used to determine how someone should be admitted into the hospice program and dispel the myth that if someone goes into hospice that it means that they will be passing away in a month to two weeks. From personal experience I know that my sister Deb has been in hospice with Pa...
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March 21, 2025 • 19 mins
This Podcast Is About The Mercy One Newton Gals coming up on April 23rd at DMACC in Newton. It's a fund raiser for the Emergency Department at Mercy One Newton which needs renovation. I have a conversation with Chloe who is heading up the fundraiser. There will be a silent, live and desert auction. We hope you'll join the emcee Mark Allen and yours truly Jamie Grout the auctioneer for a good time for a good cause.
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March 20, 2025 • 17 mins
This is a conversation about Grinnell's Link Mentoring program. This is a Best Of podcast. I wanted to bring this podcast back because Link mentoring will be having their big fundraiser for the year on April 12th. It's a Bowl-A-Thon. Link Mentoring is much like a Big Brothers program. I've been a Big Brother in the past and it's very rewarding.
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