The Jeffreys Sessions
From longtime resort owners and entrepreneurs to community leaders and local legends, The Jeffrey's Sessions explores the stories behind the Lake’s growth—how businesses were built, how communities developed, what changed along the way and what the area was really like before it became the destination it is today. Hosted by Ken Lawler of the LOZ App and select KRMS personalities, The Jeffreys Sessions captures firsthand stories, memories, and conversations that preserve the history of Lake of the Ozarks through the people who lived it. Recorded at Jeffrey’s Prime Rib & Lobster. Presented by the LOZ App and LOZ Podcas...
Episode 4 | Tan-Tar-A Resort | Matt Duenke & Shirrel Duncan
Ken Lawler talks with Matt Duenke and Shirrel Duncan about Burton Duenke's vision for Tan-Tar-A, the resort's early growth, the 1970 National Governors Conference and the development that helped change Lake of the Ozarks.
CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 - Opening: The Jeffreys Sessions
00:35 - Ken Lawler explains the mission behind the series
02:14 - Matt Duenke and Shirrel Duncan join the conversation
02:21 - The Duenke family's early fishing trips to Lake of the Ozarks
02:49 - Burton Duenke sees the potential for a destination resort
02:57 - Buying the T...
Episode 3 | The Clown, The Poop Deck, and Topsider | Kym Ebling
Description
How did a seasonal floating hamburger stop become the foundation for some of the Lake's most memorable dining and nightlife destinations? Kym Ebling joins Ken Lawler to tell the story.
In this episode:
• Growing up between St. Louis and Lake of the Ozarks
• Working every job in her family's seasonal resort business
• Dick Ebling's decade with Ralston Purina and the family's repeated moves
• Buying The Floating Clown after Dick's unpaid 30-day trial
• The 1978 fire and the decision to rebuild
• Learning the bar business and creating the Poop Deck
• Expanding the...
Episode 2 | Jeffrey’s Prime Rib & Lobster | Jeff Super & Mary Jung
Apple Podcasts Description
Jeff Super and Mary Jung, owners of Jeffrey's Prime Rib & Lobster in Osage Beach, sit down with KRMS host Kevin Burns for a candid conversation about more than four decades in the Lake of the Ozarks restaurant business.
Jeff traces his path from washing dishes at age 13 and training through Johnson County Community College's Chef's Apprentice Program to becoming chef at Potted Steer and head chef at Blue Heron under legendary restaurateur Joseph H. Boer. Mary recalls leaving Chicago for a summer job at Tan-Tar-A, discovering a career in hospitality, and later finding...
Episode 1 | The Lodge of Four Seasons | Susan & Peter Brown
In the premiere installment of The Jeffreys Sessions, KRMS host Kevin Burns sits down with Susan Koplar Brown and Peter Brown to trace the beginnings of The Lodge of Four Seasons and the development that followed around Lake of the Ozarks.
The Browns share how Susan’s father, Harold Koplar, acquired 7,200 acres when Highway HH was still a dirt road, envisioned a destination resort inspired by The Greenbrier and helped turn a largely undeveloped peninsula into one of the Lake’s defining resort and residential communities.
The conversation covers the Lodge’s early rooms and conven...
