Here's the latest episode in our Alumni Spotlight series, which is produced in partnership with the UNT Alumni Association. Our thirteenth spo… Read more
Bill Patterson is the publisher of the Denton Record-Chronicle and owner and CEO of Denton Media Company. Read more
Gerard Hudspeth was born and raised in Denton, where he attended Denton High School and earned his bachelor's degree from UNT. After volunteer… Read more
Cory Lacy is the Vice President of Economic Development for the Denton Economic Development Partnership. He is an economic development guru wi… Read more
Bryce Cottrell is the founder and owner of Denton’s first distillery, Noble Wolf Vodka. Read more
Jill Jester is an attorney who primarily practices real estate, probate, general civil litigation, and business law. Read more
Taylor Higginbotham is a freelance graphic designer and comedian. He was deeply involved in the local stand-up scene and helped create and hos… Read more
Bruce moved to Denton in December of 1993 and earned a B.S. degree in Emergency Administration and Planning in 1997. Read more
Jacob is currently the Executive Director for the Denton Affordable Housing Corporation, a longstanding nonprofit that promotes and encourages… Read more
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
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
