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Jan. 30, 2025

Leaving the Clowns at the Circus - A conversation with Johnnie Callow…

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode, I’m honored to have two previous guests, Johnnie Calloway, Sr. and El-Amin. I’ve had Johnnie on twice and had El-Amin on a few weeks ago. After my interview with El...

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Jan. 8, 2025

Not a saint, but pretty darn close- A conversation with El-Amin

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is someone that I’ve wanted to have on for quite awhile: RPD Officer Alexander El-Amin, or El-Amin for short. I’ve followed his Facebook page for years and e...

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Dec. 25, 2024

Murdle.com- An Interview with G.T. Karber

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is bestselling author G.T. Karber. A publicist sent me an email asking if I’d like to interview an author who created murder mystery logic puzzles online, th...

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Nov. 20, 2024

Twice the Positivity- A Conversation with Keanna and Dria

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. On this episode, I’m bringing back Keanna, the current esthetician and former Richmond Police dispatcher. I enjoyed talking to her so much, I asked if she could find any other pe...

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Nov. 13, 2024

Stories, Awareness, Truth and Freedom - A Conversation with Mike Bond

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. On this episode, I’m honored to be speaking with bestselling author, poet, ecologist and journalist, Mike Bond. Mike has written thirteen fiction novels, though as you’ll hear in...

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Nov. 6, 2024

Embracing Upheaval - A Conversation with Lela Tuhtan

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is Lela Tuhtan. Lela was an educator for over ten years, then decided to transition over to coaching adults. Lela’s philosophy is that we’re all raised with ...

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Oct. 23, 2024

Choosing a Life of Gratitude: A conversation with Lady Cop Lauren

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine, and past guest on the podcast, Shayna Perlstein, shot me a text and suggested that I bring on Henrico County Assistant Chief Lauren …

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Oct. 16, 2024

Giving it to you straight with no chaser - An interview with Keanna

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is Keanna, an esthetician who was a Richmond Police dispatcher for over fifteen years. She and I follow each other on Instagram, but I never knew that she had been...

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Sept. 25, 2024

Waiting for that 2nd post: A conversation with James Murray

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is author and Instagramer James Murray. I’ve followed James on Instagram for quite awhile. After all, his IG handle is the_80’s_author and I love the 80’s and I lov...

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Sept. 9, 2024

Protecting the children: An interview with Abby Rittenour and Brigett…

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. As many of you know, I’m a retired Homicide detective from Richmond, Virginia. Before becoming a Homicide detective, I was a Youth and Family Crimes detective, which meant that I...

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Aug. 27, 2024

An interview with best-selling author, Kathy Reichs

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is, hold on and let me go down the list: Bestselling author Forensic Anthropologist certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology A producer of the Fox s...

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Aug. 21, 2024

One of a Kind: Another conversation with Yasmin Angoe

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. I’m honored to have back on the show, one of my favorite authors and more importantly, one of my favorite people: Yasmin Angoe. Now full disclosure, when I introduce her in the …

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Aug. 16, 2024

An audience of one - Another conversation with Johnnie Calloway, Sr.

What’s the first thing you noticed in the photo associated with this episode? If I were to guess, I’d say that it was the lettering on the ball cap. In fact, those four words elicit strong feelings from the left …

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Aug. 7, 2024

Non-Punitive Police Reform - A conversation with Ireport co-founder W…

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is Wes Hartkemeyer, a patrol officer in Wisconsin and co-founder of Ireport. Recently, I received an email from a listener of one of my recent episodes who introduc...

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July 24, 2024

Jefferson Starship and a side of Coleslaw: A Conversation with David …

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is bestselling author and appellate judge David Ellis. A few months ago, I got an email from his publicist asking if I’d like to have him on as a …

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July 10, 2024

A Conversation with Liz Collin

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is journalist and author, Liz Collin. You may remember hearing about Liz and her husband back in 2020. Liz was an anchor on a Minneapolis television station and her...

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June 19, 2024

An Interview with Taqdees Razzaq - Positive and Empowering.

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is Taqdees Razzaq, an entrepreneur, life coach and a firm believer in empowering women to be the best that they can be. A representative of Taqdees reached o...

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May 29, 2024

Tim Hendricks - The Sequel

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s returning guest is bestselling author, Tim Hendricks. I had Tim on about a year ago to talk about his debut novel, The Instructor, which became a bestseller. Flash forwar...

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May 8, 2024

Courage, Hope and Resilience- A conversation with Ashely Ferris

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. I went to an officer safety and wellness conference in Louisville, Kentucky and sat in on about twenty lectures, given by professors, psychologists, social workers and my favorit...

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April 24, 2024

Sixty novels and counting - An interview with Lee Goldberg

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, and TV producer, Lee Goldberg. Lee has written sixty novels, that’s 6-0, so far and has produced multiple television sho...

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April 10, 2024

Jon Lindstrom - Embracing Desire

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is actor and bestselling author, Jon Lindstrom. As you’ll soon learn, Jon caught the acting bug when he woke up in the middle of a James Bond film and saw …

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March 27, 2024

Smiling in the Breeze - A conversation with Jeff Katz

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. I’m honored to have Jeff Katz on as this episode's guest. Jeff has had a show on Richmond radio station WRVA for over thirteen years, and has been on air nationally too …

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March 13, 2024

Dr. Richard Groover flipped the script on Danny and Park.

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jame Baynes. For this episode, we’re flipping the script a bit, as the cool kids say. My dear friend, Dr. Richard Groover texted me with an idea. He said he thought that my listeners …

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Feb. 28, 2024

Devin - A cop first

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is Devin, a former Richmond police officer. I was working on a case recently and was talking on the phone with a detective from another jurisdiction. After we hung...

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