BizTalk with Bill Roy

Wichita city manager Robert Layton joins editor Kirk Seminoff to talk about the process for onboarding a new mayor so they can hit the ground running. It's an interesting conversation about relationships and the city's direction.

Managing editor Shelby Kellerman and reporters Josh Witt and Alice Mannette join editor Kirk Seminoff to look back at business news in 2023, and look ahead to 2024. Plus, each of them offer a big and (hopefully) bold prediction for 2024.

Scott Brunner of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is the Episode 343 guest, talking about the planned regional psychiatric hospital for the Wichita area.

Episode 342 is highlights from a DEI Summit panel made up of Neha Batawala of the Kansas Leadership Center, Markus Phox and Jenni Heartfield from 6 Meridian, Payton Morgan of Spirit AeroSystems, and moderator Joseph Shepard of Lead for America.

Dr. Howard Chang of Ascension Via Christi's Emergency Department joins the podcast to talk about the ER and his role as president in 2024 of the Medical Society of Sedgwick County.

Transworld Business Advisors president Todd Bailey is this week's BizTalk podcast guest.

Fort Hays State University president Tisa Mason talks about the university and its growth in Episode 339.

Eric Litwiller talks about mental health in the workplace in BizTalk Episode 338.

Reporter Josh Witt talks about what he heard and observed in Spirit AeroSystems' recent earnings call, which included the first public words from interim CEO Patrick Shanahan.

Fifty-year J.P. Weigand & Sons real estate investor Herb Krumsick joins the podcast to talk about Nestor Weigand Jr., who died this week at the age of 84.

Mayor Brandon Whipple joins the podcast to talk about the Nov. 7 general election.

Mayoral challenger Lily Wu joins the podcast a second time to talk about downtown Wichita issues ahead of the Nov. 7 general election.

Matt Baty joins the podcast to talk about upcoming developments in Park City and northwest Wichita, as well as his work in the Name-Image-Likeness areas at the University of Kansas and Wichita State University.

Dotty Harpool, of WSU's Barton School of Business, talks marketing in Episode 332 of the BizTalk podcast.

Peter Salmeron, the new chairman of the board of the Wichita Grand Opera, joins the podcast to talk opera and fine arts in Wichita.

Managing editor Shelby Kellerman joins the podcast to talk about the tug-of-war at the Calamar development between the developer, city-county government and frustrated neighbors.

The ICT Summit panel looking at a strategic vision for downtown is this week's podcast.

Teresa Houston of Envision joins the podcast to talk about her career and leading the company's Child Development Center.

United Way of the Plains president and CEO Pete Najera joins Episode 327 to talk about the organization's 100th anniversary celebration, as well as the often-changing fundraising elements — though the mission doesn't change.

Joy Eakins of Cornerstone Data joins the podcast to talk about "Leading the Data Journey," a collaboration between Cornerstone, Sevenfold and Newman University.

Managing Editor Shelby Kellerman speaks with new aviation and manufacturing reporter Alice Mannette. They talk about her history and her first few weeks on the job.

New Wichita Public Schools superintendent Kelly Bielefeld joins Episode 324 to talk about the district as the 2023-24 school year begins.

CRE reporter Josh Witt joins the podcast to talk about the state of commercial real estate in our area as the WBJ's annual Commercial Real Estate Guide publishes this week.

Chance Rides president and CEO Aaron Landrum joins Episode 322 to talk about the company's new ownership and what's going on for one of the world's top amusement ride manufacturers.

In Episode 321, Wichita mayor Brandon Whipple joins the podcast to talk about his vision for a possible second four-year term.