Guests: Matt Stead, Ben Hassenger, Jeff KrebsHost: Stuart Yoshida

It’s officially the Fall in the year of the Pandemic, and this month we dive into Retail-palooza. On the show we’ve got returning guest Matt Stead of The Uke Room in the UK; Ben Hassenger, the unofficially-official ukulele ambassador of Michigan; and Jeff Krebs of Yooptone music. Come join us for a conversation about how they’ve been dealing the changes to their ukulele shops brought on by COVID-19.

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Shoutouts:• Jeff Jaros and the Denver Folklore Center

Links:• Forest Ukuleles: forestukuleles.com• The Uke Room: https://theukeroom.com/• ATEM Mini Video Switchers: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/atemmini• Bongo: https://www.bongolearn.com/about/• Artistworks: https://artistworks.com/• Uketropolis: https://www.uketropolis.com/• Yooptone Music: https://www.yooptone.com/• Get a "Great Uke State" shirt like Jeff is wearing: https://mimymi.square.site/• Marquette MI where Yooptone is: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marquette,+MI/@44.5821054,-88.8631028,7.02z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4d51df5dc446b685:0x91364aad4c5ac71a!8m2!3d46.5436199!4d-87.3953713• Hiawatha Music Co-op: https://www.facebook.com/HiawathaMusicFestival• Uketoberfest at Interlochen October 3: https://college.interlochen.org/adult-classes/uketoberfest• Cyber MUD X (Mighty Uke Day 10) October 23 & 24: http://mightyukeday.com