Mr. Curiosity

Latest Episodes:

The Knoebels Episode May 09, 2022

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Knoebel's Amusement Resort... need I say more?

Mr. Curiosity gets deep into the history, evolution and behind-the-scene operations of this legendary amusement park with the Great Grandson himself Brian Knoebel!

From a Tally-ho to the "double out and back" Phoenix, the park is nearing its 100th anniversary!

It's your chance to take an audible thrill ride with Brian and Joe.

Seatbelt on, ears tuned... GO!

The Harry's U-Pull It Episode Apr 25, 2022

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From the world-famous Harry's U-Pull It, we have Joe and Tracy Kress discussing everything about auto salvage.

WAIT, it may sound boring but it's not!

Joe Kress, being the great (maybe great, great) grandson of the over 100-year-old business, shares tales of how the business evolved and changed over the years.

What will happen to YOUR car when its time has come? How are car parts recycled? Care to shred? Who is Harry? What about the iconic commercials? How do you actually "PULL" apart and who would wait in line hours to do it?

Find out all of this and more, including how Howard Stern's people got involved in the Hazleton-area business.

You'll learn, you'll laugh and you may even save big money on your future car parts.

You can't recycle your ears, but you can use them to listen to this episode and help planet earth in the process of auto-salvage.

The EJ The DJ Episode Apr 11, 2022

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In this episode of Mr. Curiosity, Joe rubs elbows with big time Hollywood actor (kind of) E.J. Dougher, AKA EJ The DJ.

Is he an actor, baseball stud, entertainer, DJ, waiter or what?

Listen to his tales of evolving through all of those roles from Scranton to Irving, California over the last few decades!

Not many Scranton natives have their own IMDB while running their own successful DJ business, smiling and dancing through it all!

Give your ears some love!

The Funeral Director Episode Mar 28, 2022

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Mr. Curiosity gets deep, inquisitive, and informative, but not too dark as Joe and funeral director Joseph Scotchlas discuss death, burial, embalming, rigor mortis, and all that goes with the processes of THE END that most all of us will deal with someday. Not only will you be deeply informed and more prepared, but may even laugh periodically with a few of Mr. Curiosity’s bizarre scenarios. Don’t worry, Joe Scotchlas remains professional, knowledgeable, steadfast, and unflappable, even when confronted with a fatal snakebite on a remote section off the Appalachian Trail. It’s time for you to confront death… productively!

The José the Dysfunctional Leprechaun Episode Mar 14, 2022

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Hey, it's March, AND... the week of St. Patrick's Day! Let's have some fun with José the Dysfunctional Leprechaun!

José and Joe answer all of the bizarre and invasive WNEP viewer questions. José's secretive life is revealed, from his favorite foods to his complex and disturbed upbringing.

Have some laughs, we all need it more than ever!

The Nikki Krize Episode Feb 28, 2022

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In this episode of Mr. Curiosity, Joe spends time with WNEP’s Nikki Krize.

Her fake-sounding name, passion for reporting, bird love and... hearing the silent screams of lobsters while her waitressing tips accumulated!

She’s got the western parts of WNEP-land covered with journalistic integrity and will capture your heart with her ten-year veteran reporter stories!

The PennDOT Pothole Episode Feb 14, 2022

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In this episode of Mr. Curiosity, Joe talks potholes, female plow drivers, gas taxes and oh so much more with PennDOT Community Relations Coordinator Jessica Ruddy.

Jessica gives you the no-spin insight of just how PennDOT handles snowstorms and transportation projects and somehow manages to deflect Joe’s attempts to bring her down into his snake pit of cynicism!

Sure Pennsylvania’s roads aren’t perfect, but what is? Perhaps only Jessica’s teeth?

Give your ears some love and check out this and all episodes!

The Dr. Lori Episode Jan 17, 2022

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In this episode, Joe talks with Lori Ann Verderame, known professionally as Dr. Lori. She's so BIG-TIME, she even has her own Wiki Page!

Listen to Dr. Lori's tales from being an appraiser of antiques, collectibles, and fine art; a National television personality, public speaker, author, professor and museum curator and director.

She's been called “America's appraiser" and "the Ph.D. antiques appraiser".

Joe's not much of an "antiquer", but Dr. Lori churns out fun, energy, NEPA love, advice and even appraises some of Joe's weird collections.

Joe and Lori get down and dirty, keeping it real right through the podcast. She even does an appraisal on Anderson Cooper's amazing blue eyes from when they met?!?

The NEPA Pizza Review Episode Jan 03, 2022

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Start the New Year with Pizza, not resolutions!

Joe chats with passionate pizza reviewer Jim Mirabelli from NEPA Pizza Review. This guy KNOWS and loves pizza!

The discussion evolves from ketchup and cheese on bread to corporate pizza and then dives deep into all of the local greats!

From Old Forge to New York style, Jim and Joe cut through the cheese!

You'll explore new places, tastes and varieties that will expand your pallet and mind!

Whatever you do, just DON'T fold, cut or eat your pizza with a fork! BAD, BAD, BAD!

The Rusty Fender Returns Episode Dec 20, 2021

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In this episode of Mr. Curiosity, Joe catches up with the fast-moving Dale Mikolaczyk, AKA Rusty Fender, or whatever his new fake name is.

He's smart, opinionated, charismatic, hard-working and always on the go, whether it be calculating fuel expenditures for NASA's satellites, being a radio personality, or painting his dining room three times in the amount of time it takes to watch a sporting event.

He's thin, active and healthy, yet loves to consume fast-food on his routine trips to Manhattan and Washington, D.C. to do engineering and science for the masses!

Hear all about it and how his latest "job" helping a friend at the DMV was a painful experience of-biblical proportions!