Get to Know an Average Joe

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Interesting people are not always on magazine covers. Spend some time getting to know everyday people and their stories.

Dodi Axelson


    • Nov 17, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 42 EPISODES


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    Mazyar Salh is the 42nd Average Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2018 23:11


    You work with a person for several years and sometimes you miss the basic info.  Fascinating to get Mazyar's origin story.  Enjoy...

    Jock White - unsentimental Australian

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 25:08


    Jock White talks to Dodi about a career in mining, flying, deck-building, fatherhood and grandfatherhood.  If that's not enough, he also has an incredible survival and rescue story about Cyclone Tracy.

    Get to Know an Average Joe 40 - Leslie Maunsbach

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 26:37


    Dodi and Leslie chat about modern communications, life with twins, and changes old and new.

    Catherine Mulligan - about as Average as a blue diamond

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2018 20:21


    Catherine Mulligan talks to Dodi about career changes, challenging notions, and sparks the next podcast.

    Average Joe 38_Antoni Lacinai

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2018 21:11


    Hear his story and what brought him here!  Then go watch Antoni Lacinai on the Ted stage... here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvcbn6WtJvQ  

    Jean Johnson on Get to Know an Average Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2018 21:48


    Dodi spends a few moments with Jean Johnson, talking about career, travel, history, and motherhood.  

    Get to Know an Average Joe with Pat Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2018 25:34


    To the background of ticking cuckoo clocks, join Dodi and Pat on this meandering conversation covering friendship, Hong Kong in the 60's, leadership and the secret to a long marriage. Happy belated 50th wedding anniversary to Pat and Jean!  

    Get to Know: from dance champ to corporate brand champion. It's Ben de Vries!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2017 20:40


    If you know what the Goofy dance is, then you already have something in common with Ben de Vries.  He tells Dodi about a recent and major career move...and thinks about how to make a long-distance, cross-cultural relationship work!  

    Peter Linder is our un-Average Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2017 20:10


    This episode has been a long time coming.  I spoke to Peter in May, when it was hailing. Now it's winter in Sweden, the first snow has come and gone, but Peter is still chasing his passions... racing, working, travelling, and writing.  Enjoy this chat.

    Baseball edition of "Get to Know an Average Joe."

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2017


    You could call him "Mister Baseball of Sweden" - or you can call him Robban. This episode of Joe is with Robert Claesson.

    What's in a name? This Get to Know an Average Joe finds out.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2017 15:31


    Minhua is this week's profile on Get to Know an Average Joe.  When Dodi first got to know her, that wasn't her name. Get part of her story when you listen.

    Entrepreneur for good - Joakim Boden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2017 21:51


    Get to know this dad and PR entrepreneur.

    Entrepreneur Elin Elkehag joins Dodi

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2017 13:53


    Talk about your pivots - Elin Elkehag re-crafted her life midstream.  Hear how it's gone since she moved from Sweden to San Francisco and launched a startup.

    Get to Know: J Booth on what not to fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2017 9:06


    Meet J Booth - Louisianian and full-on at all times. This brief chat is our 28th episode of Get to Know an Average Joe! 

    Allison has a cape. Shouldn't we all?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2017 13:34


    Get to know New Orleans resident and superwoman Allison Stiel.  What gives you that extra oomph to be fabulous?

    Odella Schattin on giving confidence to students, Antarctica, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2017 22:46


    Odella Schattin describes an important teacher who helped shape how she has coached people to gain confidence in what they're doing.  You'll also hear about a certain fascination with cold climates on this edition of Get to Know an Average Joe.

    Get your Joe on with Bori!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2017 13:49


    Bori is a woman of accomplishments on the personal and the professional front.  Get her story on this episode of Get to Know an Average Joe with dodiax.

    Summer spree of Joe! This time: Sebastian Lind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 11:39


    Captured at a moment of major change for Sebastian Lind, this podcast explores how to say goodbye to a longtime job.

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    Maggie talks traditions and multi-culti living

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 17:19


    Multi-culti Maggie is curious, energetic, and full of humor.  Here's a slice of her life.

    Ballerina time on "Get to Know an Average Joe"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2017 15:02


    Bright in every sense of the word.  Today's new friend on "Get to Know an Average Joe" is Marlene Jacobsson.

    Sheila breaks it down simply on Get to Know an Average Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2017 11:13


    Having trouble prioritizing what's important in life? Keep it simple, says Sheila Burpee Duncan.

    Cheryl and finding new identities

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2017 14:47


    Cheryl talks to Dodi about big decisions, travel and how to stand for what you believe on Get to Know an Average Joe.

    When is a Swede not a Swede? Ask Göran on Get to Know an Average Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 20:49


    Göran Widham talks to @dodiax about being bipolar.  Is it a superpower or something that ostracizes people?  Explore that, plus storytelling, in this week's Get to Know an Average Joe.

    Adam Lloyd on photography, food, and passion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2017 19:30


    Adam Lloyd's life has led him from Britain, drenched in family, food, and football... to Italy, drenched in family, food and football.  Get a dose of where his creative pursuits are taking him next on this episode of Get to Know an Average Joe. 

    Ali - a star then, a star now. Get to Know an Average Joe with Alison Herschberg Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2017 20:45


    I think you'll see what I mean when you listen to this brief conversation with my childhood friend Alison.

    The meaning of tattoos and more on "Get to Know an Average Joe"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2017 20:15


    Kevin Little is the first "Average Joe" for 2017.  He and Dodi talk about being a teacher, the love of pets, tattoos, dancing and more.

    Andrew and Dodi talk love and dancing and the love of dancing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2016 19:47


    Love. Dancing. The love of dancing.  It all comes together for Andrew Roth in this conversation with Dodi on Get to Know an Average Joe.

    Call to action on this week's Get to Know an Average Joe - help cure pediatric cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2016 18:06


    Dwight Witherspoon is a lot of fun to talk to.  Lately his focus, however, is less on fun and more on how to support his young daughter through cancer treatment.  Listen and then act.  Give to Bonfire in Massy's name or to your favorite cancer hospital or research fund.  

    Third in the trio of educators: Diego Zaragoza joins Dodi for a "Get to Know an Average Joe."

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2016 23:34


    Diego Zaragoza talks about education, gymnastics, and growing up as a Mexican American.  Get to know a bit about him on this episode with Dodi Axelson.

    Schooltalk on "Get to Know an Average Joe"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2016 17:25


    Ex-pat, educator, joyful person.  Get to Know Jason Johnston on this episode with Dodi Axelson.

    Savannah Spillers, former shepherd and now a 5th grade teacher, on Get to Know an Average Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2016 12:23


    Savannah Spillers kicks off our trio of educators on Get to Know an Average Joe.  Let me know @dodiax what you think!

    Pilates talk on Get to Know an Average Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2016 15:24


    Meet Amber Alberty, who hails from California and the world.  Amber is a Pilates instructor in Mexico City.  Learn a bit of her origin story and what it's like to grow up dancing and have dancing forever in your body.

    Get to Know: Once a Frenchman, always a Frenchman.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2016 12:13


    Dodi talks to Thomas Wavelet about the culture of being a Frenchman, although a majority of his life has been spent outside the country.  Tweet feedback @dodiax

    Road Trip Podcast with five fkn-A women

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2016 23:42


    A sad occasion gives rise to a reunion of five friends on a road trip to their friend's mom's funeral.  Sound like a movie? it's actually this special edition of Get to Know an Average Joe.

    Introvert Rebecca Amey reveals a bit of her life and leadership philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2016 12:27


    Dodi interviews Rebecca Amey, who really didn't want to come out of her shell but relented for these few minutes.  See what this polyglot ex-pat has to say about leading a company and finding work-life balance.

    Episode 7 - Meet Gift

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2016 14:56


    I ended up on a 15-hour flight next to Gift and had to record his story.

    Dodi talks to Dottie on this edition of "Get to Know an Average Joe."

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2016 15:40


    My mother-in-law and I have almost the same name.  But very different lives.  Listen to Dottie Hansen and the unique connection she has to Tootsie Rolls.

    Jesper Rhode joins Dodi for another "Get to Know an Average Joe"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2016 15:32


    Here's a guy who resisted gender roles by NOT becoming a father and family provider right away.  Jesper Rhode is a curious, driven professional who's always innovating.  Hear just a bit of his story now.

    Mark Bazzell on "Get to Know an Average Joe."

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2016 13:31


    Mark is a masseuse in Mexico City.  (A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors...) It wasn't a straight journey from Kentucky to here.  Find out more in this episode.

    Get to Know an Average Joe - my sister Darcelle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2016 16:28


    Siblings grow up in the same households for the most part, but their growing-up experience differs greatly.  I talked to my sister Darcelle about our young lives, and how we've become friends as adults, while not being friends with our other two sisters.

    Get to Know an Average Joe 2 - Dodiax with Camilo Caliz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2016 14:01


    Camilo Caliz is wrapped in several layers of the ex-pat experience.  Listen to how it all began and where it has taken him most recently in this conversation.

    Get to Know an Average Joe 1 - Dodiax with Juan Navas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2016 15:02


    In this episode, we meet Juan Navas, an ex-pat American living in Sweden.  Life got a bit complicated when last year, he took life-changing steps to help his ailing mother.

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