Joe

May 24, 2010 show | Episode 117

May 24, 2010

In this week’s installment of The Becky and Joe Show, Becky and Joe talk about everything from bad manners in the grocery store to climbing Mt. Everest. It’s a good one. You’ll be sorry if you miss it. Also, Joe starts a fund-raising effort to keep The Becky and Joe Show on the air even after the end of the world in 2012. Please … give til it hurts!

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Running time: About 59 minutes

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May 17, 2010 show | Episode 116

May 17, 2010

We’re back from a week off from broadcasting the show because of what Joe called a close call with death, and others, including Becky, call a run-of-the-mill cold with congestion and cough. Joe admits how tough Becky is because she was able to do the show when she was down with pneumonia in the winter. Joe conducts another one of his trans-Atlantic interviews when he talks to Chris Miller, a friend and fellow journalist who recently arrived in Ukraine for Peace Corp training. Plus Becky and Joe share some wacky news from around the world.

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Running time: About 59 minutes

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Joe called in sick

May 10, 2010

Joe’s down with a bad cold and doesn’t have much of a voice so we’re taking a week off. We’ll be back next Monday, May 17 with plenty of conversation about the odd world we live in and hopefully Joe will have found his voice in the meantime.

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May 3, 2010 show | Episode 115

May 3, 2010

In episode 115, Joe tells Becky that he’s going to start working out to lose weight. Becky’s heard that before, but she still listens to him. Nice woman, that Becky. Topics discussed during the show include: Cinco de Mayo, Joe’s new iPad, beach gigolos, commercials that are too loud and what Congress wants to do about them and monkey meatballs. Yes, you read that correctly. And Becky shares information about how sleeping positions can tell a lot about someone’s personality. Plus a contest update and a lot more wacky news from all over the world.

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Running time: About 58 minutes

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April 26, 2010 show | Episode 114

April 26, 2010

In episode 114, Becky and Joe learn the origins of some all too common English phrases, discuss the merits of “Boobquake 2010” (now why did spell check say that’s wrong?), share valuable reader feedback, ask PDX.am for a raise from their current salary of nothing, confer about the upcoming Goonies (the movie) event in Astoria, Ore., and start a new contest. It’s a dating contest! Well, dating stories, at least.

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Running time: About 58 minutes

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April 19, 2010 show | Episode 113

April 19, 2010

In episode 113 of the Becky and Joe Show, Becky and Joe say goodbye to a good friend and amazing journalist who died on Friday. Becky tells Joe why people who don’t have to shuffle when they walk but they do, bother her so much. “Pick up your feet, people!” And Joe tells Becky what kind of reality show he’d likely star on. All this and much, much more in this week’s episode. Tune in and enjoy.

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Running time: About 51 minutes

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April 12, 2010 show | Episode 112

April 12, 2010

In episode 112 of the Becky and Joe Show, Becky and Joe learn about the smallest Starship Enterprise ever constructed. Joe rants about why rules against drinking at work can be misguided and a bit too “American.” Joe interviews Angelo Pressello, an American living in Warsaw, Poland, who is witnessing first hand how that country is dealing with the loss of its president and quite a few other leaders.

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Length: About 56 minutes

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Technical difficulties – show delayed

April 12, 2010

The April 12 Becky and Joe Show will be on this Web site by 9 p.m. PDT. We’re experiencing technical difficulties. Stay tuned.

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Taking the show to Poland to get a close-up look at that country’s national tragedy

April 10, 2010

On Monday’s show we’re going to interview Angelo Pressello an American expat who lives in Warsaw, Poland. He’s witnessing first hand the tragic effects of the deaths of Poland’s president, Lech Kaczynski, and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders. JOIN US ON MONDAY AT 2 P.M. ON PDX.AM

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April 5, 2010 show | Episode 111

April 5, 2010

In episode 111 of the Becky and Joe Show, Becky and Joe talk about Joe going to the “police academy”, Joe singing off key, iPad craziness, the “hot waitress index”, jerky drivers in luxury vehicles and scary sea monsters – no really.

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Length: About 58 minutes

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Who do you want to hear from?

April 4, 2010

Have an idea about a guest you’d like us to feature on the Becky and Joe Show? Tell us more. We’re always looking for interesting people to interview. Please click “Read the full article” to submit someone’s name.

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March 29, 2010 show | Episode 110

March 29, 2010

In episode 110 of the Becky and Joe Show, Becky and Joe discuss Becky’s habit of swearing at inanimate objects, the purchase of new microphones that cost way too much but are supposed to give the hosts Australian accents, the new phrases Joe learned this week, and the announcement of a show contest involving America’s Next Top Model Portland auditions.

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Length: About 58 minutes

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March 22, 2010 show | Episode 109

March 22, 2010

In episode 109 of the Becky and Joe Show, Becky and Joe talk about Costa Rican men who liked to touch Becky’s hair (without her permission), alpacas in swimwear and how close is too close to stand next to an American.

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Length: About 52 minutes

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March 15, 2010 show | Episode 108

March 15, 2010

In episode 108 of the Becky and Joe Show, Becky and Joe talk about an Oregon connection to the beginning of the FBI’s Most Wanted List, tactless Academy Awards, men who marry their pillows and much more. Joe interviews Portland cartoonist and reference librarian, Kevin Moore.

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Length: About 58 minutes

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March 8, 2010 show | Episode 107

March 8, 2010

In episode 107 of The Becky and Joe Show, Becky Bergman and Joe Wilson discuss topics including: how to be artistic with alternative media, an interesting podcast Becky and Joe discovered in SoCal called “The Because Show”, child air traffic controllers, and people being jerks because they can.

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Length: About 59 minutes

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