Birdia Johnson is our newest addition to the city council and has lived in Denton for over 40 years. She is a wife and mother of six children,… Read more

In this episode of the podcast, the tables have turned. Glen Farris is interviewed by his wife, Alyssa Stevenson. They discuss Glen's insatiab… Read more

Jake grew up about twenty minutes outside of Denton in the small town of Ponder. Once graduated from high school, he attended the University o… Read more

Mike Christian is the CEO & Founder of a virtual reality company specializing in learning and training software called From the Future. In… Read more

Katie Montgomery is a local artist, designer, and woman about town. She is a big part of an upcoming virtual beer fest, the North Texas Beermu… Read more

Marty Rivers is the Denton Market President for American National Bank and Trust. He has been incredibly involved in the economic development … Read more

Marcus Watson is an owner and founder of Little Guys moving company and Dan’s Silverleaf. He’s a fixture in the core of our city’s cultural sc… Read more

Nic was born and raised in Wichita Falls, but his family has deep roots in Denton. Music has been one of his lifelong passions, the viola bein… Read more

Byrd Williams IV is a photographer and downtown Denton fixture. In this episode we get to chat about his deep photography roots tracing back 4… Read more

Aaron Powell is the CEO and founder of Bunch Bikes. In this conversation, we discuss how he developed the idea for the business, all the chall… Read more

Kristen Kendrick Bigley is the Director for The UNT CoLab space right here in downtown Denton just off the square at 207 N Elm. Read more

Wren Baker is the Vice President & Director of Athletics at the University of North Texas. As one can imagine, he has been busy this Sprin… Read more

Kimberly Thaggard is a fixture in the fabric of my social life. She’s in Aerial Club with my wife; she’s an assistant principal at Denton High… Read more

Heather Gregory is a return guest on The Big Deal because she is a literal big deal. As the Director of Stoke, she has crafted a vibrant and b… Read more

Annette Becker is a master of her craft. She has undertaken a massive project in digitizing UNT's nearly 20,000-piece Texas Fashion collection… Read more

Anytime I sit down with Tim for a chat, you know it's going to be a good one. This week's episode is no different as we discuss the downtown e… Read more

Today’s episode is a great chat with one of my favorite downtown entrepreneurs, Eric Pulido. You may know him from one of the many bands, bars… Read more

Daniel Rodrigue is a professor of journalism, photojournalism and photography, including 35mm film/darkroom, digital and studio photography. N… Read more

Dr. Jamie Wilson has served as the superintendent of schools for the Denton Independent School District since July 1, 2012. During his 28-year… Read more

In this week’s episode, we’ve got Bobby Mullins of Armadillo Ale Works. Bobby and I went way back to the days when I was just a Denton musicia… Read more

Ian Harber is the Communications Director over at Serve Denton. He’s been involved in non-profit digital marketing for the past six years and … Read more

Dr. Matthew Richardson is in the pandemic hot seat right now as the Health Director for Denton County Public Health. Read more

Suzi Rumohr is a tireless advocate for biking in Denton. She was a big part of the new Hickory Street bike lane, the second separated bike lan… Read more

Doctor Shaun Treat is a local historian and hillbilly raconteur. Back in the day, Shaun contributed to a series of local history articles on t… Read more

Chris Avant, aka AV The Great, and I go back to my music promotion days. We connected around 2011 and started working together, putting togeth… Read more

Jenna Duncan has been with the Denton Record-Chronicle since 2013. She is a blue check (@jennafduncan) who has been covering higher education … Read more

Monica Glenn is the owner of Denton’s Best Western Premier Crown Chase Inn & Suites, on the Denton Chamber of Commerce, the United Way Tri… Read more

The Honorable Andy Eads served on the Denton County Commissioners Court as County Commissioner Precinct 4 since 2007. Throughout his tenure, h… Read more

Alyssa has chosen Denton's life ever since the fall of 2004. She is a history teacher at Calhoun Middle School in the heart of the city. Read more

Ben loves beer, downtown and has a real knack for cinematography. Ben happens to be the very first lease that I did back in the day when I sta… Read more

Kevin Roden is a scholar and a gentleman. We first met back around the time he first ran for the city council and asked me to be on his steeri… Read more

COVID-19 frontline report: confusing, testing: we don’t know what we don’t know, the deal with chloroquine, what the future looks like, philos… Read more

Doreen Rue is the CEO of Health Services of North Texas which is part of a nationwide network of health centers that serve as family doctors t… Read more

Information overload, the role of city government during a pandemic, the looming budget issues, managing the debate, trusting the process, neg… Read more

Eric Pruett is the ring leader of a little group here in Denton called Stronger Denton which is an advocacy group that believes that Denton de… Read more

Ken Currin is a longtime local restauranteur who is the mastermind behind local favorites Greenhouse, Cafe Loco and Juicy Pig. Read more

Dr. Michael Seman is an assistant professor in the LEAP Institute for the Arts’ arts management program at Colorado State University. He recei… Read more

Sara Schroeder might be one of the most positive people you will ever meet. She’s got an infectious attitude and she uses that pandemic of per… Read more

Josh is the fearless leader of Swash Labs which is an advertising agency established in 2010. They are located in Denton, Austin, and Chicago … Read more

With more than 25 years in Client service experience and over 18 of them in SERVPRO, Kristi has continued to play an instrumental role in emer… Read more

Kristen Howell, LMSW, is the new Chief Executive Officer of Children’s Advocacy Center for Denton County. She has worked in the field of socia… Read more

Hugh Coleman, a native Texan, has a long record of service to Denton County, the Republican Party, and the community at large. Read more

The 80’s in Arlington/Richardson, clowning is a legit profession, Ameri-Corps - City Year, free range children are adventurous, getting into n… Read more

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Tim Stoltzfus helped establish More Fun Comics and Games in 2003 in a location off of Fry Street. Currently located at 103 W Hickory St, downt… Read more

Tim Stoltzfus helped establish More Fun Comics and Games in 2003 in a location off of Fry Street. Currently located at 103 W Hickory St, downt… Read more

Johanna McDaniel is a residential realtor here in North Texas. Among her talents and passions is marketing in new media, which is how we met w… Read more

Jesse Davis was elected to District 3 in May 2019 and is serving his first term. Prior to his election, Davis served as the inaugural chair of… Read more

Heather's been converting coffee to code since 1997—now she makes the code output cash for her customers. Read more

Andrew Rozell holds a Master of Business Administration in strategic management from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor of Business … Read more