Just a Good Conversation

Cal State Fullerton head men's basketball coach and long-time college assistant Dedrique Taylor talks about his 20 year career in NCAA basketball. Entering his eighth season at Cal State Fullerton we examined providing leadership to young men, the unseen pressures of coaching, basketball recruiting and dealing with covid today and moving forward. We discus the life altering surgery that Coach Tayl...

Cal State Fullerton head men's basketball coach and long-time college assistant Dedrique Taylor talks about his 20 year career in NCAA basketball. Entering his eighth season at Cal State Fullerton we examined providing leadership to young men, the unseen pressures of coaching, basketball recruiting and dealing with covid today and moving forward. We discus the life altering surgery that Coach Tayl...

Michael Kitada earned his bachelor of arts degree in communication with an emphasis in photojournalism from California State University, Fullerton. After graduation, he was employed as a staff photographer at the Orange County Register where he was able to travel and document top events of the time over the last 25 years. For the last 10 years, he managed his own photography business and taught ph...

Former Cal State Fullerton Head Coach Michelle Gromacki coached the Titans' softball program for 12 years and has made Fullerton one of the most prestigious programs in the nation. A head injury during the 2007 season changed her life forever.  Gromacki has devoted the past 17 seasons to the Titans' program after spending five years as an assistant. Regarded as one of the best catchers in the...

Ryan Ermeling graduated from Concordia University Irvine in 1997 with a B.A. in Communication. After graduation, Ryan moved into collegiate athletic media relations, eventually serving as the primary media contact for the Cal State Fullerton baseball team, which captured the College World Series championship in 2004. Shortly thereafter, he left to pursue his fledgling business, Stretch Internet. D...

My guest is the Director of Human Resources at Incipio Group Bahare Mehrinfar. With so many people looking for work for the first time in a long time I thought hearing from a person in HR would be very helpful. The do's and don't of resumes and interviews as well as other tips to getting a job. 

If you are looking buying or selling your home realtor Scott Himelstein gives us an inside look at what to expect. Every year, Scott is consistently one of the top producers in the San Fernando Valley. Previously before moving to Park Regency Realty, Scott was the Number #1 agent at his Keller Williams Market Center averaging more than 20 million in production. Prior to his career in real estate,...

Former Vice President at Kodak and Sports Illustrated photographer Richard Mackson talks about 40 years in the photo industry.  Richard has photographed World Cup Soccer, America’s Cup Yachting, fourteen Olympic Games, Rose Bowls, the Oscars, Kentucky Derbies, NCAA Final Fours, BCS/CFP Championships, NBA Finals, over thirty Super Bowls, Stanley Cups, World Championship Boxing, and countless o...

Travon free is a comedian, actor and writer. He formerly wrote for The Daily Show and now writes for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Travon has won Emmys on both shows for writing. A former Division I college basketball player at Long Beach State, after he injured his knee during his second year he took a comedy writing class. We chat about his early life growing up in the Compton, Gang life, play...

35 years as a photographer is long, Mark Rightmire has spent that just at the OC Register as a staff photographer.  Everything from Oscars, Stanley Cups, Major Fires and the Winter Olympics this Ohio university grad is still making beautiful photos every day. His love nature and the ocean shows up in his work as well as the ability to tell a story in a single photo. We said down and talked ab...

Mike Greenlee current works as the design coordinator for Associated Students Inc., at Cal State Fullerton, after nearly 20 years of part- and full-time service in the University's Athletics Department. He graduated with his bachelor of fine arts degree from Fullerton in 1998, after having competed as a member of the Titans baseball team from 1995-97. Mike was inducted into the CSF...

Mike Greenlee current works as the design coordinator for Associated Students Inc., at Cal State Fullerton, after nearly 20 years of part- and full-time service in the University's Athletics Department. He graduated with his bachelor of fine arts degree from Fullerton in 1998, after having competed as a member of the Titans baseball team from 1995-97. Mike was inducted into the CSF...

I had a wonderful conversation with Jay Seidel. Jay is a professor and head of the drone technology and journalism programs at Fullerton College. He is a certificated drone pilot and has written a book on drone piloting. He was the editor and publisher of the La Habra Journal, a community newspaper in Orange County. Prior to becoming a college instructor in 2005, he worked for 12 years as a writer...

Phil was born and raised in Orange County, California. After graduating film school at Chapman University, he created his own production company Odessa Films, USA where he produced and directed two feature films (Degenerate and Guy In Row Five). He has also produced and directed various commercials, documentaries, sports promos, and web content. Phil Thurman enters his 15th year as Fullerton Colle...

Just a Good Conversation host Matt Brown talks about why he restarted his podcast and what he hopes you get out of it. I've been making visual images for over 30 years. During that time I've always loved a good conversation with people inside and outside the photo business. So I thought I'd seat them down and talk to them with a microphone this time and let you enjoy the good conversation.