Jett Road Studios Presents

JRSP-012: My Life In-Between with Lori Plager

Episode 12 of Jett Road Studios Presents in the pilot for My Life In-Between, a collection of short stories written and performed by Lori Plager. Lori is an entertainment executive and single mother, who has been living with Stage 4 cancer. She has only told a handful of neighbors on her tight knit block, mainly because of how awkward and sad those interactions can be. She has tried dating, but that has its own set of challenges. Does she tell them on the first date? When writing her profile, should she put "long-term relationship" in quotes? Lori reads three of her stories for the pilot, Oh My God, I'm Dying, Unsaid, and My Non-Sex Life. She has written many more. Her writing is blunt, nuanced, and often funny. Her performance is polished, but at times raw, as she shares her inner thoughts with the listener, thoughts she had been keeping to herself until now. If you would like to contact Lori about My Life In-Between, you can email her at mylifeinbetween.podcast@gmail.com Jett Road Studios Presents is hosted by Will Becton & Amber Becton. ------------------ Jett Road Studios Website [https://www.jettroadstudios.com/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jettroadstudios/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@JettRoadStudios] ------------------

JRSP-011: Audio Time Capsule - Muddy Waters

Episode 11 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for Audio Time Capsule, hosted by Will Becton. The first episode features an interview with Muddy Waters, recorded by Jeff Parrish in Westmont, Illinois. The year was 1976, and Muddy Waters had recently moved to the suburb of Chicago. Jeff Parrish was a local musician in the Chicago music scene. He was working for a local paper in Westmont when he got the opportunity to sit down with the blues legend. In the interview Muddy Waters tells Jeff about influential figures like Son House, Little Walter, and Robert Johnson. They also discuss his transition from acoustic and electric guitar, after the move from Mississippi to Chicago in the 1940s. The two men also speak candidly about race, bands like The Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, and whether white musicians were capable of carrying on the blues tradition when the old guard was no longer around. After writing that newspaper article almost 50 years ago, Jeff kept the recording "in a shoe box" for many years, and has only played the audio from the interview for a handful of people. When visiting LA one summer, Jeff played the recording for Will Becton at Jett Road Studios. Will and Jeff agreed any interview with Muddy Waters is significant, and should be shared, but it needed some context. Recently, Will and Jeff sat down to talk about the circumstances surrounding the interview, in order to tell the full story of that fateful morning in Westmont. ------------------ Jett Road Studios Website [https://www.jettroadstudios.com/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jettroadstudios/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@JettRoadStudios] ------------------ People & Places Mentioned Willie Dixon Howlin' Wolf Little Walter Willie Mabon Baby Face Leroy Jimmy Rogers Memphis Slim Elga Edmonds Hound Dog Taylor Elmore James Skip James Mississippi Fred McDowell Robert Johnson Son House Johnny Brown Mississippi Sheiks Lonnie Johnson Chess Records The Rolling Stones Allman Brothers The Trieste Lounge Eddy Clearwater Blind Blake Blind Willie McTell

JRSP-010: Dwelling with Lauren Weedman

***WINNER - 2025 Signal Award - Best Indie Podcast (individual episode)*** Episode 10 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for Dwelling with Lauren Weedman. Lauren is an actress who has recurring roles on shows like Hacks, Abbott Elementary, and Sirens. She is also an accomplished performer who is a host of The Moth, and has written two books. By almost any measure, Lauren Weedman has "made it," but that is not what this podcast is about. It is about her run-down, rent-controlled apartment building in Santa Monica, CA. Lauren has lived there for over 20 years, and has wanted to get out "since the day she moved in" with her ex-husband, who has since run off with the babysitter. As a single mother, Lauren tries to make her apartment feel like home, and yearns for connection with her neighbors. In the pilot episode, Lauren talks to friend and fellow Moth host Brian Finkelstein, as she embarks on her quest to get to know the people in her building. She also sits down for a revealing conversation with her upstairs neighbor Ella Mové, who is about to embark on a journey of her own. ------------------ Jett Road Studios Website [https://www.jettroadstudios.com/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jettroadstudios/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@JettRoadStudios] Lauren Weedman Website [https://www.laurenweedman.com/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lauren_weedman/]

JRSP-009: Lady Killers

Episode 9 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for Lady Killers, a scripted comedy series created and written by Kristine Kimmel. The show follows the misadventures of M.J. (Kristine Kimmel) and Annie (Julie Brister), cohosts of the true crime podcast Lady Killers. After a challenging (and humbling) period of working in the TV business, M.J. is now back at home in the Midwest, making a podcast out of her mother's (Pam Murphy) laundry room. The recording session is interrupted when M.J.'s husband Bill (Joel Spence) loses part of his thumb, and has to go to the hospital, where he makes a shocking discovery. Kimberly Clark rounds out the excellent cast as Kara, M.J. and Annie's manager. Directed by Jessie Gaskell. Lady Killers theme song by Brynna Campbell. LADY KILLERS: Cast Kristine Kimmel - M.J. Julie Brister - Annie Pam Murphy - M.J.'s Mom Joel Spence - Bill Kimberly Clark - Kara LADY KILLERS: Crew Kristine Kimmel - Creator / Writer Julie Brister - Producer Jessie Gaskell - Director Amber Becton - Executive Producer Will Becton - Producer / Engineer Brynna Campbell - Composer ------------------ Jett Road Studios Website [https://www.jettroadstudios.com/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jettroadstudios/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@JettRoadStudios]

JRSP-008: miXed GENeration with Eddie Gorton

Episode 8 of Jett Road Studios Presents is the pilot for miXed GENeration, hosted by Eddie Gorton. The podcast explores what it is like growing up mixed in America. Eddie Gorton is an elementary school principal and stand-up comedian, who is a part of The Loving Generation, a baby boom of mixed-race children born between 1967 and 1980. His father was black, and his mother was white, but he grew up in an all-white household, with little guidance of how to navigate the world as a black male in the Bay Area. For the pilot, Eddie sits down with Ashley Rouse, who is the Executive Director of the Edible Schoolyard Project at the Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education in Berkeley, CA. Ashley was also born to a black father, and white mother. Ashley also grew up in an all-white household, and had many unanswered questions while growing up in Atlanta, GA. In the fascinating conversation that follows, Eddie and Ashley compare notes on growing up mixed in America, "before looking American was cool." ------------------ Jett Road Studios Website [https://www.jettroadstudios.com/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jettroadstudios/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@JettRoadStudios] Eddie Gorton Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/principalofcomedy/]