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This week we talk with Dungeons and Dragons historical expert, Ben Riggs! We talk with Ben about how Dungeons and Dragons got it's start, what contributed to the game's recent renaissance, how Ben stumbled into the D&D expert historian role, what he thinks the future might look like, what he said on X (formerly Twitter) that made waves in the D&D community and much, much more! Join us for this fascinating look into the history of a world-wide phenomenon that started right in our own backyard here in Wisconsin! Enjoy!

May's 3 minute highlight package features former Milwaukee Brewer, Jerry Augustine. Since this interview "Augie" has become a regular on our Milwaukee Brewer / MLB yearly previews. Thanks as always goes out to our Sports Director, Jeff Grayson for setting up this interview.

For May our consolidated episode features our second and last interview with my late friend, Tim Okland. It's been 1 1/2 years since he's been gone, but he isn't forgotten. It's a real blessing to have an audio recording of a few conversations with him. This episode is ok, it was a zoom interview so it's not as spontaneous as our other interview with him. Go back and listen to the consolidated version of his other episode ( S2 E5 ) and you'll really hear the fun we had.

It's time once again for our preview of the Tour of Italy cycling race! We bring back our esteemed panel consisting of cycling enthusiasts and previous Bait and Switch Podcast guests, Will Beyer and Mitch Teich, along with co-host Chris Beyer. In addition, we're once again very fortunate to have former professional cyclist, 1987 USPRO national road champion, Wisconsin cycling hall of fame member and rider of the 1985 Tour of Italy, Tom Schuler to join us! In light of a very serious crash in a recent race involving three of the world's top riders, our panel starts off with a discussion about whether or not anything more can be done about the dangers in professional cycling. The guys present their opinions about the potential of reducing the length of the Tour of Italy and Tour of Spain to 2 weeks, and discuss the pros and cons of decreasing rest days. They also talk about the strength and dominance of Tadej Pogacar, the possibility of a triple crown, the Olympics and other thoughts on his potential strategies for the rest of the year. Of course we wrap things up with predictions. All that and much, much more! Enjoy!

April's 3 minute highlights are from a Season 4 interview with NYC Actor - Comedian Lauren LoGuidice

For April our Consolidated episode features Jimmy Findlay a local tavern owner. We talk to him just a Covid was ruining the economy. We talk about his then novel efforts to combat the novel virus and keep his business afloat.