Just a Good Conversation

Education is a hot topic, so I bring Dr. Sarah Lepe back to talk about it. With over a decade of educational leadership experience being a classroom teacher and a school site administrator, she helped build strong school culture and community at her school sites. From unions, students and teachers are all on the table.

Jason Flowers played basketball at both UCI and UCLA. Started his coaching career at Santa Ana Valley high school before diving into college. Stints at Long Beach State and UC Riverside as an assistants before getting his first heading coach job at Cal State Northridge. Winning 150 games over ten year picking up two Big West Conference Coach of the Year as well as winning three Big West Conference...

Paul Kennedy started his photography career as a stringer for the Associated Press. In the early '80's Paul become a was a contract photographer for Sports Illustrated. In 1984 I worked as an official photographer for the 1984 Olympics games. For the last 25 years Paul has shot corporate annual reports and done a considerable amount of work for colleges and universities.

Mike Goulding is an award-winning photojournalist with over four decades under his belt. He covered the World Series, NBA Finals, three Olympic Games, Super Bowls, Academy Awards ceremonies and other major events. We talk about finding the camera, his path through college and the many photo jobs that shaped his career. Mike is teaching photo journalism at Long Beach State to help guide the next ge...

Michael Der is a full-time photographer with nearly 10 years of experience in the freelancing world, we sit down talk marketing, business, and the lessons we learned in their careers with the hope of helping younger creatives. Michael has a podcast, ARTrepreneurs a weekly podcast that can be heard every Friday.

Joshua Lavallee is the Pittsburgh Pirates Manager of Photography. Not bad for a young man at the ripe old age of 31. From D1 soccer player to shooting weddings Josh has made his way to one of the oldest teams in baseball. We talk about learning a camera, saying no to Hollywood and moving across the country to be a pirate.

Brace Hemmelgarn is currently the Coordinator, Publications and Photography for the Minnesota Twins. Hemmelgarn is responsible for photography needs throughout the organization as well as overseeing the content produced in the club’s yearbook and magazine. After graduating from St. Cloud Cathedral High School, Hemmelgarn attended Saint John’s University in Collegeville, MN, where he played ba...

Kelly Gavin has been making photos for 16 years, 9 of those with the Texas Rangers. Kelly has shot Super Bowls, a Pro Bowl, MLB Postseasons, an All Star Game, no hitters, the NBA Finals, and some incredible events and concerts along the way.  Recently, She achieved a lifetime goal having her photo grace the cover of Sports Illustrated. We talk about finding photography, her love of baseball a...

Mark Langill is the Team Historian at LA Dodgers. It doesn't get any better then that! He fell in love with the team the moment he walked into the stadium as a young boy and for over 25 years he's been working for the team he loves. We talk about he's love for baseball and all things Dodgers.

Robert Lachman has been around photography since his childhood. He attended the California Institute of the Arts, where he earned a bachelor's degree of fine arts in photography. Robert started at the LA Times as a intern in 1974 and had been a staff photographer and photo editor for 42 years. He covered the Olympics, World Series, Super Bowls, Stanley Cup presidential elections and other major ev...

Austin Perryman is a staff photographer at Mississippi State Athletics. He oversees and maintains Mississippi State's photography systems while covering MSU's events for all 14 intercollegiate teams. We talked about covering the 2021 College World Series during covid as well as working through a very difficult personal moment while covering the final game.

Rodney Allen Rippy is a former American child actor, television personality, marketing director, producer, and politician. He appeared in TV commercials for the fast-food chain Jack in the Box in the early 1970s, as well as in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Caron, The Odd Couple, The Six Million Dollar Man and Blazing Saddles. Rodney was also a candidate for Mayor of Compton in 2013. We talk abo...

Mike Franze is the owner of the Fullerton and Buena Park bicycle shops as well as the Fullerton electric bikes. We talk about his love for BMX, September 11th and buying a small business. www.fullertonbicycle.com www.facebook.com/FullertonBicycleCo/ www.instagram.com/fbbicycles/ www.youtube.com/channel/UCIrs_VDHzLRFNiymL7bdIeg/featured

Ron Henry is huge lawn care geek and uses his youtube channel to share what he's learned along the way with the world. He documents all the steps over several seasons. www.youtube.com/c/RonHenry/videos

Robert's work then earned him a position as Staff Photographer at Getty Images where he photographed high profile events in the news and entertainment industry. His success enabled him to open his own business in 2003 where he has since served clients such as MGM Resorts, Golden Nugget, Adidas, and The Honda Center.  Robert Chief Team Photographer for the LA Galaxy, Major League Soccer's most...

Robert Mora began his photography career in high school at the age of fifteen. After attending Art Center College of Design, he became an assistant photographer at Bernstein & Associates in Los Angeles. His experience grew immensely at the age of twenty one while being one of the team photographers for the Los Angeles Lakers and Kings.

Jon Wilhite is the sole survivor in the fatal drunk driving crash that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart Henry Pearson and Courtney Stewart in April of 2009. Suffering an internal decapitation might have been the easy part to what happened to Jon and dealing with the aftermath has become his real challenge.

Rebranded Athlete was founded by Dr. Sarah Lepe who is a former Division I Cal State University, Fullerton Volleyball Alumni. Athletics played a tremendous role throughout Sarah’s life and especially in pursuing her career goals. After the final whistle of her last game, little did she know what a challenge it would be to transition out of athletics and pursue her career.

Jenny Topping is one of the best softball players period! Pac 10 newcomer of the year, 3 time Big West player of the year. Gold medalist at Pan American Games 2003, Gold medalist at the Athens Olympics 2004, International Sports Invitational Champion 2005, Softball world Champion 2006 and 2012 Olympic Hall of Fame as well as Cal State Fullerton Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. She started a softbal...

Todd Bigelow is an adjunct professor of photography & photojournalism, founder of The Business of Photography Workshop, and author of " The Freelance Photographer's Guide To Success: Business Essentials . You can find Todd on Youtube as well talking about business practices for a freelancers. We talk about this and more on the podcast. We talk about what makes a good contract and a b...

Todd Bigelow is an adjunct professor of photography & photojournalism, founder of The Business of Photography Workshop, and author of " The Freelance Photographer's Guide To Success: Business Essentials . You can find Todd on Youtube as well talking about business practices for a freelancers. We talk about this and more on the podcast.

The lost art of building and maintaining work relationships is the topic Robert Huskey and I discus. From mentoring, working together to now a working partnership. Take a listen to how he did it and the pay off in the end. Check out his work at huskeyweddings.com or roberthuskey.com

For over 35 years Southern California was lucky to have my guest Paul Rodriguez making images in local newspapers. We discus his time at the OC Register, cover major events and getting better light You can see his work at www.paulrodriguez.biz

Isaac Salazar is the director of strength and conditioning at Cal State Fullerton. Isaac earned his bachelors degree in exercise and sports science at Vanguard University and his masters degree in kinesiology (performance enhancement emphasis) at Cal State Fullerton. We talk about getting into weights at all ages, what to eat and not eat make when lifting and more. 

Not too many people can say they have changed an industry for the better,  my guest Gaby Mullinax changed the photo lab industry and more. She bought Fullerton Photographics in 1999, within two years she and her team tossed the photo lab industry upside down. We talked about buying a small business, the challenges of covid as a business owner and the future of Fullerton Fast Signs.