The Danny and Park Novels Good News Podcast
A podcast created by a retired Homicide detective who's tired of all the negativity and hatred pushed by the media. Instead of promoting divisiveness and anger, this podcast promotes good news and people standing together in unity.
Episodes
160 episodes
Who's got the bigger mustache? An amazing conversation with Cinnamon Reiheld.
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, I was at an officer wellness conference in New Orleans. At this conference, there were multiple workshops to attend, and I sat in on some good ones and some not-so-good ones. My co...
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Season 13
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Episode 11
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31:23
It’s always sunny with Matty D- A fantastic conversation with WRIC Chief Meteorologist Matt DiNardo
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few days ago, the Richmond area was under a pretty scary weather watch that included the possibility of historic high winds and the chance of tornadoes. Luckily, neither happened, though we did g...
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Season 13
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Episode 10
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29:17
Gratitude with Latitude- Another Fantastic Conversation with Johnnie and El-Amin.
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. It’s been a few months since I last had Johnnie and El-Amin on the podcast, so I reached out to them to set up this episode, and they readily agreed. The plan was for us to discuss gratitude, ...
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Season 13
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Episode 5
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39:43
Learning How to Pronounce 'Treacle' - An amazing interview with Valerie Burns
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. One of the things I truly enjoy about doing this podcast is discovering writers that I’m not familiar with, but find out that they’ve written a lot of books. Valerie Burns is just such an author. S...
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Season 13
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Episode 3
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30:29
Treating Every Call as Her Only Call - A Lovely Conversation with Shannon Harrell
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is a good friend of mine and Hanover County Emergency Communications Center dispatcher Shannon Harell. I’ve known Shannon for years, but never had the opportunity to pronounce ...
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Season 13
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Episode 4
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29:43
Seeing Beauty in Everything- A conversation with Tori Zobel.
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is Tori Zobel, owner of Tori Renayyy Photography. We follow each other on Instagram and Facebook, and she posts AMAZING photos. Recently, she’s branched out and has been...
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Season 13
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Episode 7
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30:28
So many hats- A conversation with Jenna Crockett
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is Jenna Crockett, a former volunteer firefighter, former Richmond Ambulance EMT, former Richmond police dispatcher, former.,.,,I could go on, but Jenna currently is a nurse pr...
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Season 13
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Episode 6
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35:56
Taking Care of Your Part of the World: A conversation with Katherine Boyle
Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. This episode's guest is Katherine Boyle, the host of the fantastic podcast, Beyond the Uniform with the LT's Daughter. I'm on the Peer Support team for my agency, and one of the guest speakers was ...
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Season 13
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Episode 2
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28:10
Book Bibles and Wrinkly Fries: Another conversation with Yasmin Angoe.
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. For this episode, I’m thrilled to have back bestselling author and my friend, Yasmin Angoe. Yasmin just released her 5th, yes 5th, novel, and we talk about that, her book writing process, and, of c...
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Season 13
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Episode 1
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30:11
Another delightful conversation with Kathy Reichs
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. For this episode, I’m honored to have back best-selling author Kathy Reichs. I need to preface this intro by thanking Kathy not only for coming on my podcast again, but also for showing extreme...
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Season 12
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Episode 12
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27:55
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Who's coming to dinner? A fun conversation with Tracy Clark
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. For this episode, I’m excited to have bestselling author and fantastic all around person, Tracy Clark, back on the podcast. I interviewed Tracy when her first Harriet Foster book was released and h...
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Season 12
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Episode 10
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27:54
Feeding the Wolf- An interview with Anthony Dyer
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Recently, I got an email from a publicist asking if I’d like to interview a new author who wrote about his experiences as an aviator on an AC-130 Spectre gunship. Now usually, there will be some ba...
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Season 12
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Episode 11
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28:17
Shaka Mitchell and The Come Together Music Project
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. So a few weeks ago, I get an email from a guy named Shaka Mitchell who said in the first sentence, “ Hey James, I wanted to circle back in case my earlier email slipped through the cracks…..” He we...
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Season 12
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Episode 9
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31:13
Loving the smell of books - A conversation with Elle Marr
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Recently I got an email from a publicist asking if I’d like to interview an author who’s written seven novels, with another due to be released soon. Anyone who knows me can already guess what my an...
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Season 12
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Episode 8
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29:18
Something to Believe In- An interview with Dan E. Hendrickson
Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is author Dan E. Hendrickson. I received an email from his publicist asking if I’d like to have Dan as a guest. Dan was raised in Wyoming and has firsthand experience in law en...
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Season 12
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Episode 7
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33:27
Author, actor, writer, playwright, phenom - A conversation with Dominic Hoffman
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m lucky enough to get email pitches from publicists from time to time, which I thoroughly enjoy because they introduce me to people I never would have thought to spe...
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Season 12
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Episode 6
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32:18
Clear Path for Veterans - Welcome Home
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, I got an email asking if I’d like to interview the CEO of a nonprofit veteran support group called Clear Path for Veterans. I was absolutely interested because A), I’ve done interv...
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Season 12
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Episode 5
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57:59
An interview with Dr. Carole Lieberman
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Recently I received an email asking if I’d like to have Forensic psychiatrist and author, Dr. Carole Lieberman on as a guest. I’m always looking for new and intriguing guests and was definitely int...
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Season 12
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Episode 3
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30:31
Christa Carmen - Who's Got the Poe?
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. I love getting emails from publicists asking if I’d be interested in interviewing an author for an episode. Normally, I see someone who interests me, then I reach out to them. But these email pitch...
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Season 12
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Episode 4
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29:33
Hulk Hogan and Blinus - Another amazing episode with Johnnie Calloway, Sr. and El-Amin
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. For this episode, I’m welcoming back two of my favorite people, Johnnie Calloway Sr, and El-Amin. The wrestler, Hulk Hogan, died about a week before this episode, and El-Amin was a big fan of Hogan...
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Season 12
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Episode 2
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34:34
Tickles, tackles and the Rambo Zoologist: An interview with Sergeant Steve Wills
Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Steve Wills. I met Steve when he got promoted to sergeant, and I took his spot as an investigator with the sheriff’s office. Steve looks mi...
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Season 12
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Episode 1
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57:07
Four- Leaf Clovers and Dragonflies: The Life of Dr. Lindsey Grizzard Braun
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 family have tried t...
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Season 11
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Episode 11
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26:46
From the front line to the homefront- An interview with Kelly Lewandoski
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 interview, I noticed t...
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Season 11
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Episode 10
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44:46
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...
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Season 11
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Episode 9
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42:17
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, Tris...
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Season 11
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Episode 7
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38:15
