Season 1

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is author, mother and wife Kristine Blevins. Kristine is one of the authors I follow on Instagram and I have a link to her book on my website. Recently, Kristine …

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today I’m talking to Brendan and Carl, two Richmond police officers and the president and vice-president, respectively of RCOP. RCOP is the Richmond Coalition of Police and they ...

Thanks for listening to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is Nikki Bailey. I came across Nikki on Instagram because she followed some of the same people I followed. I actually used one of her Instagram photos on th...

Today I’m talking to Dave Burt, a retired police officer who worked for the Richmond Police Department 31yrs,(26) of those years as a Homicide detective. Over the course of his Homicide career, Dave worked over a hundred murd...

Today's guest is someone who was not just one of my favorite people at the Richmond Police Department but is one of my favorite people in the whole world: Tish Edmonds. Tish is a sergeant with the police department and …

Today's guest is Emily; survivor, mom, wife and advocate. Emily has an amazing story to tell about being kidnapped and assaulted while she was a college student. Her torment didn't end when she managed to escape; she was stal...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Today’s guest is Chesterfield Police Chief Jeffrey Katz. Chief Katz heard my interview with Will Smith and commented that he enjoyed hearing from Will. Since I had Chief Katz’s a...

Today's guest is Deneice Coleman, a mother, daughter and employee of the Richmond Police Department. Deneice epitomizes positivity and optimism, so obviously I had to have her on the podcast. We worked together for many years...

Today I'm welcoming back Sharmeen Farooq. I'm sure you guys remember my last interview with this amazing author and poet. For those that don't, Sharmeen has experienced a lot in her life and I wanted to bring her back to …

Today's guest is Will Smith who was Richmond's police chief up until last summer. Will and I are in the same generation of RPD officers; I graduated from the academy in 1993 and Will in 1995. Both of us worked …

Today's guest is Kiki, a Richmond area high school student and artist. Kiki's aunt portrays a main character in my novel series and when she heard that I was asking for writers, poets and artists to display their work on …

On today's Popcorn Podcast (which is a quick, solo podcast) I vent a bit about well-known authors who take advantage of their large platforms to insert their own politics into their thrillers, despite the fact that their poli...

Today's guest is J. Lynden Collingwood, an author, poet and aspiring playwright. I met J. Lynden through a mutual friend who knew that I enjoyed poetry and thought J. Lynden's work would be a good fit for the website. She …

On today's episode, I interview Kimberly Drake, a patrol officer with the Richmond Police Department. Kim was a civilian for ten years and has been a sworn officer for thirteen years. She works Day shift in 4th Precinct and h...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. In this episode, I interview Anthony Jackson, a lieutenant with the Richmond Police Department. I worked with Anthony when he was a detective with the Major Crimes Division in th...

Today's guest is Laura, a model and motivational writer. Her energy is so fresh and positive, I asked her to be a guest on this episode as well as future episodes. Part of the podcast is completely in Spanish, so …

Today’s guest is Jon Burkett, also known as the Crime Insider on Richmond’s local CBS affiliate, WTVR. Jon’s been with WTVR for almost 21 years. He got his start in broadcasting while he was in the Navy, and worked briefly …

This episode's guest is Morgan, a woman who while at work one day got hit with a seizure, lost consciousness and woke up at Johnston Willis Hospital in Chesterfield, Virginia surrounded by her family and the medical staff. Mo...

Today's guest is Sharmeen, an author I follow on Instagram. In addition to being an author, she's also a wife, mother, artist, poet and teacher. Did I mention she's multi-lingual as well? Originally from Pakistan, she now liv...

Today's episode is just me talking about hate and hope. From time to time, I'm going to do solo episodes. I like thinking of them as popcorn episodes, because every so often, a subject will pop into my head and …

In this interview, I talk to Pam, an employee of the Richmond Police Department and the inspiration for one of my favorite characters in the Danny and Park series, Meredith. As I've mentioned on the website, after I write my …

In this episode, I interview Taylor Harding-Jenkins, a transgender author I follow on Instagram. Taylor has been the subject of online bullying, so much so that she deleted all of her social media accounts and writes under a ...

On this episode, I interview Gloria Miles, a mother, writer and Navy veteran. Gloria talks to me candidly about the death of her husband by suicide, the effects that its had on her and her children, and ways that we …

In this episode, I interview Shatara Donald, a Major Crimes detective with the Richmond Police Department. Shatara began her career as a patrol officer, then moved over to the Major Crimes division where she investigates shoo...