The Danny and Park Novels Good News Podcast

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. I feel as if I start every intro with, “A few weeks ago, a publicist emailed me about….” But it’s true, and I love it. So, I get this email about a retired cop who’s a podcast host (these retired cops, is that all they do?) who was with LAPD Internal Affairs. Would I like to interview him? Well, what cop could refuse an offer to flip the script and pu...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, I received an email from a publicist (long-time listeners may have noticed that I often start my intros with this sentence) asking if I’d like to interview author Neil Adams. Neil, the publicist wrote,  had written his debut novel, From the Pile, A 9/11 First Responder Story , and would I be interested in interviewing him. Long-time l...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. As many of you know, I’m on the Peer Support Team for my agency, and from time to time, we have amazing people who come speak to our group. After they’re done, I corner them and ask them if they’d like to be a guest on my podcast. Meghann Holloway is one such amazing person, and here she is. I hope you enjoy our conversation. After you listen, tell me...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Recently, I was at an officer wellness conference in New Orleans, as I mentioned in a previous episode. Another amazing speaker was Chief Melinda Linas, from the Lindenhurst (IL) Police Department. I could tell you about what she talked about, but instead, let’s jump right into my chat with this amazing person. I hope you enjoy our conversation. After...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a publicist asking if I’d like to interview an author who retired from the US Air Force as a Special agent. Let’s see, do I want to interview an author, a veteran AND a special agent? Yes, yes, and hell yes. So here he is. I hope you enjoy our conversation. After you listen, let me know what you think of Derr...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, I got an email from a publicist asking if I’d like to interview Dr. David Woo, an economist, investment strategist, and former head of macro strategy at Bank of America. Oh, and he’d also just written a novel and lives in Israel. So was I interested? What I was was intimidated. I haven’t the slightest knowledge about economics or macr...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. I’m thrilled to have back on the show, Donna Mensah, from the UK. Donna is one of my all-time favorite people, and we connected through Instagram. The first time we spoke was, unbelievably, four years ago, so we were long overdue to catch up. I hope you enjoy our conversation. After you listen, be honest.... Did you miss Donna as much as I did? Of cou...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, I was at an officer wellness conference in New Orleans. At this conference, there were multiple workshops to attend, and I sat in on some good ones and some not-so-good ones. My co-workers caught a great one hosted by an amazing trauma therapist named Cinnamon Reiheld and told me that I should try to get her on my podcast. So, here sh...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few days ago, the Richmond area was under a pretty scary weather watch that included the possibility of historic high winds and the chance of tornadoes. Luckily, neither happened, though we did get a decent amount of rain and a severe evening thunderstorm. Then a crazy thing happened: people complained that the forecast was wrong. Were they actually...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. It’s been a few months since I last had Johnnie and El-Amin on the podcast, so I reached out to them to set up this episode, and they readily agreed. The plan was for us to discuss gratitude, and that’s how it started, but as you’ll soon see, it snowballed into a whole other topic. Now, let me preface this episode by saying that the language used is s...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. One of the things I truly enjoy about doing this podcast is discovering writers that I’m not familiar with, but find out that they’ve written a lot of books. Valerie Burns is just such an author. She’s written numerous books under various names, and as you’ll soon see, she’s an absolute joy to talk to. I hope you enjoy our conversation. After you list...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is a good friend of mine and Hanover County Emergency Communications Center dispatcher Shannon Harell. I’ve known Shannon for years, but never had the opportunity to pronounce her last name, so I texted her just before the episode and asked her how to do so. She told me, and I still mispronounced it. Luckily, since she’s a dispatc...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is Tori Zobel, owner of Tori Renayyy Photography . We follow each other on Instagram and Facebook, and she posts AMAZING photos. Recently, she’s branched out and has been posting boudoir photos that are simply beautiful. I reached out to her to see if she’d like to do an episode, and luckily for all of us, she said that she would,...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is Jenna Crockett, a former volunteer firefighter, former Richmond Ambulance EMT, former Richmond police dispatcher, former.,.,,I could go on, but Jenna currently is a nurse practitioner, wife, and mother. And she did NOT like it when I cut the interview short due to time constraints! But she’s a fabulous person and makes me laugh...

Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. This episode's guest is Katherine Boyle, the host of the fantastic podcast, Beyond the Uniform with the LT's Daughter. I'm on the Peer Support team for my agency, and one of the guest speakers was Katherine. After she spoke, I was so impressed with what she had to say and the focus of her mission, I wanted to have her on my podcast...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. For this episode, I’m thrilled to have back bestselling author and my friend, Yasmin Angoe. Yasmin just released her 5th, yes 5th, novel, and we talk about that, her book writing process, and, of course, crinkly or wrinkly fries? Regardless, here she is. I hope you enjoy our conversation. As always, I want to thank Yasmin for joining me again to talk...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. For this episode, I’m honored to have back best-selling author Kathy Reichs. I need to preface this intro by thanking Kathy not only for coming on my podcast again, but also for showing extreme patience with me. I’ve done over a hundred episodes and have never, ever forgotten to hit the record button once I start an interview. Until this episode, that...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. For this episode, I’m excited to have bestselling author and fantastic all around person, Tracy Clark, back on the podcast. I interviewed Tracy when her first Harriet Foster book was released and here she is again, with the fourth book in the series, Edge, due to be released at the beginning of December. Tracy is so much fun to talk to, I’m going to c...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Recently, I got an email from a publicist asking if I’d like to interview a new author who wrote about his experiences as an aviator on an AC-130 Spectre gunship. Now usually, there will be some back and forth between the publicist and I to schedule the interview. I’ve found that some publicists send out pitches to quite a few podcasters, so it can ta...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. So a few weeks ago, I get an email from a guy named Shaka Mitchell who said in the first sentence, “ Hey James, I wanted to circle back in case my earlier email slipped through the cracks…..” He went on to say, “My greatest privilege has been creating settings where people from all walks of life can come together and truly hear one another.” What the...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Recently I got an email from a publicist asking if I’d like to interview an author who’s written seven novels, with another due to be released soon. Anyone who knows me can already guess what my answer was. Absolutely I would. So, we coordinated the time and date and it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Elle Marr. Sit back, relax and I hope you enjoy...

Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. This episode’s guest is author Dan E. Hendrickson. I received an email from his publicist asking if I’d like to have Dan as a guest. Dan was raised in Wyoming and has firsthand experience in law enforcement, emergency response and is a martial arts instructor. Additionally, he studied investigative journalism and gained a degree in practical theo...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m lucky enough to get email pitches from publicists from time to time, which I thoroughly enjoy because they introduce me to people I never would have thought to speak with. Recently, I was asked if I’d like to interview Dominic Hoffman about his upcoming book of short stories. I of course said yes, then stopped short....

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, I got an email asking if I’d like to interview the CEO of a nonprofit veteran support group called Clear Path for Veterans. I was absolutely interested because A), I’ve done interviews with the All Secure Foundation in the past, and B), I enjoy talking to veterans. So, I got Ryan Woodruff’s number and gave him a call. So sit back, rel...

Welcome back to the podcast, I’m Jamie Baynes. Recently I received an email asking if I’d like to have Forensic psychiatrist and author, Dr. Carole Lieberman on as a guest. I’m always looking for new and intriguing guests and was definitely interested in talking to her, especially after I saw that she’s studied Trump Derangement Syndrome and wants to have it become a recognized mental health disor...