We take the JMKast on the road again to Taco y Vino where we speak to the owner Jimmy Contreras about his Oak Cliff restaurant and some of his wonderful and tasty menu items and his vision sharing wine and tacos together. Hannah Davis also sits down and shares her story with us about starting out in TV and some of the antics between Ric, Greg and Hannah while all working at WFAA-TV together for several years. Hannah covers the art of the interview and we even nerd out a bit in front of Jimmy with TV talk and he calls us out and then we of course share another Word of the Day.

Ric Mulligan and Greg T. Johnson talk about tacos again on location at Public Taco in North Dallas at the intersection of Preston and Royal. We also talk a lot about sports in this episode about our favorite teams and current news about them. Then we venture off into the world of politics based off a recent meeting we had that included a political strategist and the idea of how do we navigate that conversation when not knowing what positions each have on the different parties. Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings and even Dallas Cowboys news all included in this one. Go team!

Ric Mulligan and Greg T. Johnson talk about the 2023 Academy Award nominations and then make our own picks for the Oscar winners. We also discuss tacos on location at Public Taco in North Dallas at the intersection of Preston and Royal. Who's your pick this year for Best Picture?    We also talk about the North Dallas tornado that hit near Public Taco just a few years back and then briefly talk about some exciting upcoming JMK Creative Group happenings from recent meetings and events. Enjoy!

R Ric Mulligan and Greg T. Johnson begin a new 2023 season of JMKast episodes starting with visiting Workspace Studios space in Garland, Texas where we learn all about the studio space and talk video production with Todd Stewart and Edd Solis from Workspace Studios.  In this episode Edd Solis and Todd Stewart rejoin us with Richard Marshall to talk about how the studios came together and the early years of the spaces as the studios were built. Edgar talks about some cool car and truck chases when covering news because of the some of the early year stories. Richard shares a story about getting a lot of his musical equipment stolen and recommends to write down all your serial numbers in case that ever happens. We also find out from Richard about tall guy etiquette when around other tall guys, he’s 6’10” and it’s hilarious information.  He also shares about dressing up as Big Tex when he goes to the State Fair of Texas each year nd Edgar wants to be his corny dog agent for Fletcher’s. And as always, we bring you the Word of the Day. So settle in and enjoy another JMKast from Workspace Studios in Garland, TX.

In this episode, Chris Palmer take the wheels of the JMKast and talks to Former Advertising Executive Helene Spivak about her career as an ad executive and one particular campaign that was well know with Sears, “The Softer Side of Sears”. She tells the story on how this campaign came to life and the career she made in advertising. Enjoy a softer side of the JMKast with Chris Palmer and Helene Spivak.

Ric Mulligan and Greg T. Johnson begin a new 2023 season of JMKast episodes starting with visiting Workspace Studios space in Garland, Texas where we learn all about the studio space and talk video production with Todd Stewart and Edd Solis from Workspace Studios.    In this episode we talk about Ric’s buttons getting pushed. We decide if we are the guests or if they are the guests. Of course there’s another Word of the Day with new exciting words to find out about. Edd tells us more about himself in video production and Greg talks about working with him at CBS Dallas for awhile and Arnold Payne is brought up who worked with Greg and Ric at WFAA-TV. We discuss several stories he has done with Greg in the past, The Negro Motorist Green Book, The Jerry LeVias Story and Vanishing of the Black Caddies. We continue the Texas mascots thanks to our wonderful research department and then Todd tells us about the mysterious disappearing bathroom when Richard Marshall stops by to visit and tells us about turning the storage units into a recording studio. That’s how it all started folks. Enjoy another great episode of the JMKast.   The Negro Motorist Green Book can be found here. https://youtu.be/rjS-9h0aN14 Vanishing of the Black Caddies can be found here. https://youtu.be/h597MiFSFB4

Ric Mulligan and Greg T. Johnson talk with Lauren Brill from her website The Unsealed where she introduces people through her site to powerfully inspiring people from normal life and people who have made amazing accomplishments and tell their stories of where they’ve come from to get to where they are now and how that made them who they are today. You will hear some of the most amazing stories from people she finds and lets her subscribers talk directly to them on her livestreams. You have to hear and get to know Lauren Brill. She is one of those people you don’t know yet who you should know. Just wait.

Ric Mulligan and Greg T. Johnson begin a new 2023 season of JMKast episodes starting with visiting Workspace Studios space in Garland, Texas where we learn all about the studio space and talk video production with Todd Stewart and Edd Solis from Workspace Studios.    In this second episode at Workspace Studios, Todd tells us the difference between a rhythm guitarist and lead guitarist and Ric and him talk about old guitar riffs they played back when. We all talk about scenes from the movie The Jerk with Steve Martin and then we talk about this year’s Golden Globes and current movies and TV shows and how Greg hasn’t seen anything this year. Who will win the Best Actor friendly bet was made between Elvis’s Austin Butler and The Whale’s Brendan Fraser. Ric says Fraser will win.Greg shares the message he saw on a coffee mug which said, “Never let anyone treat you like a vosot, you are a package” which becomes a lesson for Todd on TVLingo 101. We find out more about the studio spaces and how events work when having them at Workspace Studios. And as always we have a “Word of the Day”. We talk about acoustics and building a room to sound the best for recording audio.

Ric Mulligan and Greg T. Johnson talk about being back post their JFK Special Presentation and about going on the road with the show. Ric had just returned back from a vacation so we talked about the presents his pets left them. Also we discuss “L” editing and audio editing things we do. Note: we talk about a technique we learned we can use to modify clips to change to dual channels. We also talk about iPhone video and exposure issues when bringing in the video into Adobe Premiere. And if you didn’t get enough edit stuff in this one we discuss alpha channels and rendering them. And if you need instruction, we talk about being taught by 7 year olds on YouTube. And sorry, but all our cameras overheated. It was the 6th one of the day we recorded. Lol Have fun and enjoy!

Ric Mulligan and Greg T. Johnson begin a new 2023 season of JMKast episodes starting with visiting Workspace Studios space in Garland, Texas where we learn all about the studio space and talk video production with Todd Stewart and Edd Solis from Workspace Studios.

JMK Creative Group's Chris Palmer sat down with Gary Delaune, a former Dallas KLIF radio host and journalist who covered the JFK assassination and actually witnessed Jack Ruby shooting Oswald while in the basement on a hunch that day. This special presentation podcast puts you directly into some of the sound from that very day from Gary and he tells you all the back stories that led to that moment. You’ll want to see or listen to the JFK Special Presentation Podcast.

The JMK Creative Group’s crew sits down to talk about a special presentation one more time coming on November 22nd from our very own Chris Palmer who sat down with Gary Delaune, a former KLIF radio host and journalist who covered the JFK assassination but witnessed Jack Ruby shooting Oswald while in the basement on a hunch that day. This second podcast gives you a sneak peak into some more of the sound from that very day from Gary. You’ll want to see or listen to all 3 parts to the JFK Special Podcasts.

The JMK Creative Group’s crew sits down to talk about a special presentation coming on November 22nd from our very own Chris Palmer who sat down with Gary Delaune, a former KLIF radio host and journalist who covered the JFK assassination but witnessed Jack Ruby shooting Oswald while in the basement on a hunch that day. This first podcast gives you a sneak peak into some of the sound from that very day from Gary. You’ll want to see or listen to all 3 parts to the JFK Special Podcasts.

Continuing our remote podcasting at the Standard Service in Heath, TX, Ric and Greg talk about working in extreme weather conditions at different events and shoots throughout their career as they are having some weather issues while doing the podcast this particular day. Oh man, did we ever get sun burnt. Use sunscreen next time I say! Ouch! But we talk frigid ice and snow and also hurricane talk since Hurricane Ian had just come ashore when we recorded this episode. Just a look into our world from the camera side about extreme weather and video production.

Continuing our remote podcasting at the Standard Service in Heath, TX, we get to talk to one of Greg’s favorite TV peeps. Part 2 of our talk with Nigel McGregor. Greg and Nigel went to college together at Texas A&M of Commerce and tell how after college they would bump into one another in the oddest places on TV remote shoots. Nigel also works often with ESPN, NFL MLB and various sports networks shooting video and doing live remotes. He talks about some of that and about some cakes.

Continuing our remote podcasting at the Standard Service in Heath, TX, we get to talk to one of Greg’s favorite TV peeps, Nigel McGregor. Greg and Nigel went to college together at Texas A&M of Commerce and tell how after college they would bump into one another in the oddest places on TV remote shoots. Nigel also works often with ESPN, NFL MLB and various sports networks shooting video and doing live remotes. He talks about some of that and about some cakes.

JMK Creative Group’s apprentice Harvey Mulvihill was given an assignment to create a video on how to pour and drink a glass of water. The premiere and critique is out from Greg and Ric as we tell him how he did and what he could’ve done differently. It’s an interesting way to see Harvey learn how to use his newly given video and audio gear.

In a special episode of The JMKast, we bring an important interview talking about the hispanic culture experience celebrating JMK’s very own South Texas Production Manager Christopher Palmer talking with the motivational speaker and tejano music legendary entertainer Patsy Torres. She tells Chris how proud she is to write her own tejano music where she is currently working on her 19th album.  She talks about growing up in San Antonio and beginning her music career she never thought would happen and who were some of her influences. She found out early on that she could reach people by speaking to kids because of her music. Her music took her around the world and even provided the opportunity for her to get an education and become a doctorate which she thinks is her greatest accomplishment. Enjoy this special interview with one of Texas’s most accomplished professional musicians who was the first tejano singer to play tejano music on a nationally televised broadcast.

So we took The JMKast on the road and decided to talk about one of our favorite things this time of year that isn’t poker or football. Well it does include a big game. We discuss The State Fair of Texas and maybe doing a podcast there if we can as well as remembering moments from past years and Ric gives us the low down on the food. Remember, he doesn’t like Fletcher’s. Please send all comments to Ric. Greg loves Fletcher’s!

Have you ever wondered what decisions are made in coming up with a bid or proposal for new work? Well we share with you JMK Creative Group’s own Greg T. Johnson and Ric Mulligan going over the process with a client’s information to figure it all out. Not every bid or proposal is the same but it’s an interesting process to see us talk about and figure out all the numbers. Another exciting “Word of the Day” segment if Greg can spit it out and we realize the State Fair of Texas is coming up and Ric apparently isn’t a Fletcher’s fan. Say what?