Out And About With Jamie Grout

In this podcast I have a conversation with Andi & Danielle about their business Who's Leading Who. They may be know as a place where people take their dogs to be trained but they are much more than that. They are a dog shop offering a wide variety of services. In this podcast I ask them questions focusing on their dog training services. I ask them where they got the idea to start the business? What their background was in dog training? What their dog training methods are? Do they offer

We have a new Pope and he's the new American born Pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago has become Pope Leo XIV. With that in mind I decided to have a conversation with Father Marty Goetz of Newton's Sacred Heart Catholic Church and get his thoughts on the new Pope and the future of The Catholic Church. By the way, make no mistake, the new Pope is a Chicago White Sox Fan!

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 SNL. On the outandaboutwithjamiegrout.com website and my YouTube

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.