The Jeff Crilley Show

I remember playing around with ChatGPT about two years ago and just being blown away at this technology, and everybody was saying that it's gonna change the world. It is changing the world. I can't think of an industry that has not been affected by AI, and when you're making phone calls these days and get those robots, you know you're talking to a computer. But many companies are not understanding...

I have always valued and been impressed with videographers and photographers, especially in those high-intensity moments of photography like weddings. Think about the pressure that's on you as a videographer or a photographer to catch just the right moment, but there's moments happening all over the place. That's why I invited my next guest on the show: Joshua Hillery. He's with Hillery's Photogra...

I love entrepreneurs, and I love people who revolutionize companies and industries. That describes my next guest in the studio, Lance Thrailkill. He is the CEO of All Metals Fabricating, and he's the co-founder of Printed Technologies. 

I'm so excited about this show because I met this gentleman one week ago. He was leaving our studios after being on another show, and I just happened to meet him. Had I been a minute late, I would have missed him, and I said, "Well, did you have a good experience?" He said, "Yes," and he showed me his book, One Scoop at a Time. He is the former CEO of Bluebell Ice Cream, and we had a little chat i...

I think you'll agree with me. There was the pandemic, and then there was the stress pandemic that followed it. I think it just gets increasingly worse year after year as we get overcommitted. We're even overcommitting our children and subjecting them to stress. That's why I invited my next couple on to the show: Jason Napolitan and Daniella Giglio. They are the co-hosts of a brand new podcast on t...

Every once in a while you meet that person who enters a room and the room completely changes, and that describes my next guest. I've known him for seven years. We're in a forum together in EO, the Entrepreneurs' Organization, and he's always the life of the party. He's never at a loss for words. He's my friend, and he's one of the most successful people I've ever met. The great Tim Conkle is in th...

The final frontier for medical research is the brain, and we're learning more about Alzheimer's. We're learning more about dementia. We're also learning a lot more about Parkinson's, and that's why I invited my next guest into the studio and turned the studio green for him: Doctor Bradley McDaniels. He's an assistant professor at UNT in the Department of Rehabilitation and Health Services.

I run a marketing and branding company, so I was so excited to learn that I would have a personal stylist in the studio because I think I can always up my game. Tori Kruse is in the studio. She's a red-carpet media personality. She's an entrepreneur, a stylist, a speaker, and she's my friend.

I remember that when I joined Fox 4 in the early '90s, I was assigned to cover the Mad Hatter's Tea & Luncheon, and I said, "Man, these Texans are living up to their reputation. Everything is bigger in Texas. Everything is flashy and more glamorous in Texas!" That's why I invited my next guests on the show. They are the leaders of the Mad Hatter's Tea & Luncheon this year. Shane Walker is...

Imagine having a blank sheet of paper and the freedom to design your dream school from scratch—taking the best parts of education and leaving out the rest. Today, I’m joined by Caroline Harrison Loehr, co-founder of the Compass School of Texas, who’s done exactly that.

We have probably all known somebody, or maybe you yourself have gone through physical rehab. You had an accident and then had surgery where you needed rehab afterwards. Well, there's a game-changing technology company that has just been honored by our media partner the Dallas Business Journal, and you're going to meet the founder. She's the CEO of Neuro Rehab VR, Veena Somareddy.

I get around a lot and do a lot of networking. I was invited to an upscale event last week at the old Parkland Hospital that they completely redid. The campus is beautiful! I'm sitting next to my next guest, and we started talking, and he's been a corporate attorney for many years. I said, "You need to come on my television show!' So welcome to The Jeff Crilley Show, Bill Kummerer. He is the manag...

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the homeless issue because my father was a minister in downtown Detroit and fed the homeless there. I remember we would spend every Christmas Eve feeding homeless people, and so this is a tip of my hat to my father because I have a guy who is on the front line of the homeless issue and affordable housing here in Dallas. Traswell C. Livingston III is in t...

I love living in DFW because I think we're one of the most philanthropic communities in the entire country. There are galas going on all the time, and almost all of them support a very worthy cause. That's why I have the folks behind the Yellow Rose Gala in the studio right now. To my right is Larry Lott, in the middle is Andrea Reich, and on my far right is Adam Lewis.

I'm kind of a history buff, and so I love all the wonderful history around Dallas-Fort Worth. I didn't know about this project until our media partners at the DGA featured it on the front page of their publication, a new project that is being developed in Denton: Historic Downtown Denton. I am bringing on two of the driving forces behind it: Jason Reimer, with the Texas Fine Arts Theater, and Brad...

Starting a business is tough. Ask any entrepreneur. It's 24/7, but as you grow your company, sometimes the systems that worked when you were very small no longer work when you have 20, 50, or 100,000 employees. So, that's when you bring in a professional like my next guest. Keith Davidson is in the studio. He's the Dallas market leader for CLA.

I think this is true for all of us. We fear change. We get comfortable whether we have a good habit or a bad habit. It's more comfortable to stay in whatever habit you're in than to create new habits. That's why I invited my next guest onto the show, Meridith Elliott Powell. She's a business strategist, a keynote speaker, and the author of Mentally Fit.

So, I'm at the tail end of the Baby Boomers. I'm 61 years old, and when I was growing up, the boss was pretty much like, 'It's my way or the highway.' His reason for ordering you to do something was simply, 'Because I said so.' Well, that doesn't really sit well with Gen Z and Millennials, and that's why companies bring in executive coaches—like my next guest. Julian Sado is in the studio.

When we think about Parkinson's, we think about celebrities like Muhammad Ali or Michael J. Fox because they became so publicly linked to it. I did not realize that it's the fastest-growing neurological disease on the planet. That's why I invited my next guest, Leisha S. Phipps, into the studio. She is the executive director of the Dallas Area Parkinson Society.

I've heard about Mahjong my whole life, but right now I'm hearing about it all the time! It's on the news, it's been on Good Morning America, and my good friend Suzanne Gentry, who's a great publicist here in town, says, "I have two friends that you have to put on your show because this is really one of the fastest growing games on the planet," so joining us in studio are Linda Casey and Ashley Go...

As you see in my opening video, I spent 25 years in TV news, and I have so much respect for the people who are on the front lines still doing that: the job of journalism with a capital J. That includes my next guest. Del Irani is in the studio. She's an award-winning journalist, TV anchor, and my friend.

I am 61 years old, and I'm blessed. My parents are still alive and well and living in Waco, Texas, but I've got to be honest with you. Every time my phone rings, and it says Mom and Dad during the day, I'm like, "Oh gosh, is something wrong?" Fortunately, they're both in good health, but the reason I'm telling you that story is that I think most of us wait until the very last minute until somethin...

At one point I was out on the circuit giving 300 speeches a year in addition to my TV job at Fox Four, so I got to meet some top-notch speakers. I include my next guest as one of those people that I kept bumping into at different events. Elizabeth McCormick is in the studio. She's a keynote speaker. She's a former Black Hawk helicopter pilot, and she's my friend.

I've always had hustle. I grew up in Detroit, and that was a tough place to grow up as a kid. I had a paper route, and I was always hustling to make a little bit of money so any time I run into an entrepreneur, I like to ask the question, "How did this begin?" Often it's a similar story: they started in their childhood. That describes my next guest, Nancy Galvan. She's with Unica Enterprises.

When I got to Dallas in 1992, the news director picked me up at the airport and he says, "Two things you need to know about Dallas-Fort Worth: eating and shopping." It's been 30-plus years since that happened, and that's very true. Eating and shopping are what we love to do here. It's an experience. It's not just going out to get a burger; it's "Are you having an experience?" I can't think of a be...