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Season 11

July 18, 2025

Four- Leaf Clovers and Dragonflies: The Life of Dr. Lindsey Grizzard …

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is Mindy Applewhite. Mindy’s daughter, Dr. Lindsey Grizzard Braun was killed in an automobile accident in July, 2023. Since that horrible day, Mindy and her ...

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July 16, 2025

From the front line to the homefront- An interview with Kelly Lewando…

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, I interviewed Richmond Police Sergeant Michael Lewandoski about his firsthand experience with the riots in Richmond during the 2020 Summer of Love. After the int...

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June 25, 2025

Men's Mental Health - Another conversation with Johnnie and El-Amin

Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. Johnnie and El-Amin are back to discuss their views on men's mental health. June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month and since the discussions that I have with Johnnie and El-Amin focus on men's issues, we all thought that this topic would be great …

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June 11, 2025

Two reactions to a big......A conversation with Nikki and Trisha.

Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. For this fantastic episode, I'm talking to two more of my favorite people: Nikki Bailey, who's been a guest a couple times before, and a brand new guest, but someone that I've known for years, Trisha Venable. My initial plan was to have them act as a t…

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June 8, 2025

The Richmond Riots, Up Close: A Conversation with RPD Sgt. Michael Le…

Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. This episode's guest is Richmond police sergeant Michael Lewandowski, also affectionately known as Ski. Ski and I worked Patrol in 1st Precinct back in the late 90's. Recently I ...

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May 21, 2025

78 Degrees and Bloody, Dead Safe: An Interview with George Prior

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few years ago, I joined NetGalley, a website that has a library of books that haven’t been released yet. Some books are by well known authors and others are by new authors. I w...

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May 7, 2025

On Being Men - Another conversation with Johnnie and El-Amin

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. For this episode I’ve brought back two of my favorite people, El-Amin and Johnnie Calloway, Sr. I wanted to get their take on what it means to be men in today’s world. The point is not to say that men are better than women, nor is it to judge anyone. I…

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April 30, 2025

The Path from Homicide Detective to Chief of Police: A Conversation w…

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is my friend, former partner and current chief of the Richmond Police Department, Rick Edwards. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to ask Rick to be a guest on ...

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April 16, 2025

Tales of a Fifth Grade Safety Patrol Captain - An interview with Sybi…

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is a woman that I’ve known for over twenty years, Richmond Police Department Deputy Chief Sybil El-Amin. Over the years, I’ve worked WITH Sybil and FOR Sybil...

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April 2, 2025

Outdriving Your Headlights - A Conversation with Bryan Gruley

Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. I've been doing this small podcast for a few years now and I enjoy finding guests to talk to. Recently, I've been lucky enough to have publicists reach out to me and ask if I'd b...

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