JJ Meets World

Today's episode was recorded live on location at The Red River Zoo, during a guided tour by Executive Director Sally Jacobson! On our adventure, we meet porcupines, eagles, saki monkeys, takins, wolv…

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A! Today's guest is CJ Schnase, proprietor of Replay Games Fargo. We chat about the life of a game designer, Billy Mitchel's fall from grace, games as…

While wearing a VR headset, JJ chats with returning guest Mike Ressl about the current state of virtual reality, proprietary technologies, ethical concerns, the horizon of real-life applications, and…

Ever heard of somebody retiring four different times? You're about to! Today on JJ Meets World we chat with Pastor Dale Emery of Hillsboro United Parish, who has been working as a pastor for the last…

Mix yourself some dranks and listen to these pranks! Returning guest Kevin Kennedy chats with the JJMW crew about the myriad of classic school pranks he's run into during this educational career. Plu…

Today's guest is Sajid Ghauri, who is the President and CEO at Network & Technology Solutions Inc! Sajid talks about moving to the United States from Pakistan, building friendships through dance, the…

This episode features JJ's high school theatre teacher and surrogate mother Gwen Stark! We talk about Gwen's life growing up, finding her passion for theatre and teaching, why a high school theatre f…

Today's guest is the president of the Red River American Theatre Organ Society, Ryan Hardy!

We do a deep dive into the history of the unit orchestra, how to maintain the organ's arsenal of instrument…

It's never a dull moment when you're hanging out with amateur dart thrower and professional accountant Mikey Ward! We get the inside scoop from Mikey about the local dart community, some terminology …

Today's guest is Jenny Sheets, co-founder and CEO of Storysquares, a web app that provides interactive writing templates for individuals and organizations! Fresh off her presentation at One Million C…

After discussing the recent caged pigeon discovery at their favorite Chinese buffet, the JJMW crew plays a game of Overrated Underrated while flipping through film genres! Please leave a comment belo…

Today's guest is legendary pro-wrestler Pat Tanaka! We take a deep dive into Pat's time in the WWF, his father's career in the sport, friendships forged playing darts, why it's easy to hate Vince McM…

Today's guest is our good friend Carrie Knutson! We talk about her previous career working as a photographer for the Fargo Forum, running into the JJMW crew in Vegas on Tucker's 21st birthday, and wh…

Our guest today is philanthropist and artist Deb Dawson (who just so happens to be JJ's aunt)! This episode does a deep dive into Deb's non-profit organization African Soul, American Heart, whose mis…

Our good friend, realtor, and comedian Natalie Deutsch returns to the JJ Meets World studio to chat about her addiction to true crime shows, coveted hairstyling technology, buying and selling homes, …

Our guest today is Ryan Lance of the acapella group The Blenders! We chat with Ryan about his time gigging on the road, finding fame in Fargo, his other major project Brat Pack Radio, and what it's b…

With the release of Avengers: Endgame, the major story arc of Iron Man, Captain America, and the 22 films that comprise the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to a close. In Part Two this retrospective,…

With the release of Avengers: Endgame, the major story arc of Iron Man, Captain America, and the 22 films that comprise the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to a close. In this two-part retrospective,…

Returning to the show is Carrie Wintersteen, Executive Director of Theatre B, and Director of the company's latest production Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler. Topics include producing a show about …