Kamesa and Mark Make A Podcast

In this episode, K&M routinely go over their previous week (for Kamesa,school is all but over); both talk about Pride Month as June starts; Kamesa discusses the suspension of Job Corps by the current administration and what that means for young adults needing a direction to go in; the passings of Alf Claussen, Loretta Swit and Rick Derringer; The Trivia Question of the week and answer; another...

K&M take their podcast to Springfield!! No, not the fictional place of "The Simpsons," but the section of town in Jacksonville, taping at Stumpy's Hatchet House on Main Street. In this episode, K&M talk about their week, the problems with parking, especially during Memorial Day Weekend, the Trivia Question of the Week; Kamesa talks about the recent week of "Beyond The Gates," Mark reviews...

K&M talk about their week; Kamesa reacts PBS' clapback on funding attempted to be taken back; the Trivia Question (we answer last week's question, which we forgot); Kamesa discusses the latest week of "Beyond The Gates;" K&M talk about the 2025 Jaguars schedule; Kamesa asks the Question of the Week; Mark reveals spots Nos. 208-214 on his Facebook list of his Top 250 Greatest Album Kickoff...

In this episode, Kamesa and Mark talk about the week gone by for each of them; the passings of former Supreme Court justice David Souter, good friend Gary Nilsson and later on, former "General Hospital" star Denise Alexander; the Trivia Question involving birthday man Steve Winwood (it was Blind Faith, by the way); Kamesa's latest update on "Beyond The Gates," a new "question of the week" involvin...

In this episode, Kamesa and Mark talk about their previous week and what's ahead this week (it's Teacher Appreciation Week!); Kamesa goes off on the obsession on the right of cutting off funding to both PBS and NPR; the Trivia Question; Kamesa talks about the latest on "Beyond The Gates;" Mark gives an overall grade for the Jaguars' NFL Draft, then reviews his latest selections (Nos. 233-222) of t...

In this episode, Kamesa and Mark talk about their week, the NFL Draft and the Jaguars taking Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, and the long wait for Colorado teammate Shedeur Sanders to get drafted; Kamesa recaps the latest doing on "Beyond The Gates;" the Trivia Question of the Week; Kamesa continues to rip on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his take on autism; the newest members are named to the Ro...

In this episode, Mark goes over his week of covering both Palatka Junior-Senior High and St. Johns River State College baseball; Kamesa goes after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his comments on those with autism, and as a teacher and mother of an autistic child, she doesn't hold back; K&M discuss the lives of the late Wink Martindale and Mike Wood; the Trivia Question; Kamesa talks about the latest...

In this episode, Mark talks about the finish of moving work offices from 1825 St. Johns Ave. to downtown Palatka and how relieving it's practically over; K&M talk about doing this podcast for half a year and look back on a pair of luminaries who passed away this past week; Kamesa talks the latest week of episodes in "Beyond The Gates;" the trivia question; Kamesa with another edition of Autism...

In this episode, K&M talk about their past week, especially Mark being in the middle of moving offices at work this past week and this coming week, having to pay big bucks for a new starter in his car; Kamesa talks about the latest week of doings on "Beyond The Gates" as well as autism as Autism Month in April begins; Mark talks on his newest Top 250 music project Facebook and why "Thriller's"...

In this episode, K&M talk about their week, the arts and how the Smithsonian is threatened of getting its regular federal funds; the Final Four being set (Mark's doing well in his bracket); Kamesa talks highlights of the fifth week of "Beyond The Gates" and the final chapter of Women's History Month with Academy Award-winning actress Hattie McDaniel; K&M talk Kermit The Frog delivering the...

In this episode, we talk about the Department of Education on its way to disbanding and what that means to Kamesa and her students; Mark's Final Four bracket (still in tact, he's in second currently in his pool); the passings of David Steven Cohen and George Foreman; the Trivia Question involving "We Are The World" and the 40th anniversary of its chart entry on the Billboard Hot 100; Kamesa talks...

In this episode, Mark talks about March Madness and predicts who wins it all; Kamesa talks about the idea that audiobooks are not books as well as an Iowa teacher being reprimanded for a sign saying that all students are welcome; the Trivia Question involving the first St. Patrick's Day Parade; Kamesa's latest Women's history month honoree being Barbara Wilbourne as well as her latest update on th...

In the latest episode, Mark talks about the softball game he covered at Palatka between former Palatka High teammates 14 years ago as Palatka hosted Beachside; both talk about the latest trivia event they were involved in to help raise money to combat Alzheimer's; the final recap of the Academy Awards; the passing of Peter Engel, the producer of teen sitcoms in the late 1980s/early 1990s, especial...

Kamesa talks about her long Friday, taking her son to FAU for a campus visit as he looks toward where he goes after high school (this is just the start), the fate of Duolingo as well as her review of the first week of the new CBS soap opera "Beyond The Gates"; She also talks about the first entry into Women's History Month for March; The Trivia Question involving the Oscars and Al Pacino; K&M...

In the latest episode, Kamesa talks about her soon-to-be 17-year-old son and she heading to FAU for a college tour; Mark talks about the column he wrote about soon-to-be WWE Hall of Famer Michelle McCool and the week the Bassmasters Elite tour rolled into Palatka; both talk about the deaths of Miss Yvonne from Pee-Wee's Playhouse and soul/pop superstar Jerry Butler; Black History Month featuring t...

K&M talk about Duolingo having its owl killed by a Tesla cybertruck; various topics involving the 50th anniversary weekend of Saturday Night Live; the Trivia Question of the Week (involving SNL); the latest entry in people you wouldn't think of during Black History Month; another story involving the soon-to-be-closed Jackson Memorial High School and a story that goes back to 1993; and the Top...

K&M talk about the Super Bowl in the aftermath of the Eagles' 40-22 throttling of the Chiefs (it wasn't even that close); the Super Bowl commercials and thoughts on halftime entertainment Kendrick Lamar; a look back at the Grammy Awards last Sunday; Kamesa talks about an underappreciated part of Black History Month; the Trivia Question of the week; another episode of Reddit's "Am I The A-Hole,...

In an episode recorded at a local Culver's in Middleburg, K&M talk about Mark's night at the 75th Florida Press Club Awards Banquet in Ocala, Black History Month's start and the first of four tales of Black people who have made an impact in lives, Kamesa talks about a couple of letters she rea in Reddit's "Are You The A-hole," some of the "bets" that are being made for this Sunday's Super Bowl...

K&M talk about the week just passed, especially Mark's adventures in Alachua where he showed up to a game to cover and it never went off as temperatures plummeted; Also, K&M talk about the Jaguars' new head coach; the Oscar nominations that came out on Thursday; the trivia question; the 10 biggest mistakes to avoid when checking in to a hotel and finish up with the Top 6 songs on the Billb...

K&M talk about their week gone by, including her day off for Martin Luther King Jr.; get political about Inauguration Day; The life (and saved from death for the time being) of Tik-Tok and what that means to people like Kamesa; The trivia question; Six dog breeds that are perfect for older adults; Mark's story of being stranded in 7-degree weather 40 years ago today in Lakewood, N.J. heading t...

K&M talk about the previous week when their schedules went back to normal; the Jaguars firing Doug Pederson as coach and memories of a 2018 playoff game in Jacksonville between the Jaguars and Bills ... and Kamesa's encounter with Bills Mafia! The Trivia Question of the Week; The 7 Types of Toxic People Who Poison Your Life; and go back to the Top 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from this wee...

In this episode, K&M talk about how New Year's Eve went; the new setup of our podcast through email and the new Facebook page; the Trivia question; both of us going back to the regular work grind this week; the tragedy in New Orleans and anticipation of the votes being certified on this January 6 and the Top 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 2000.

K&M talk about the gifts they got at Christmas; They reminisce about the life and time of the late, great President Jimmy Carter, the first former president to make it to 100, as well as talk about the passings of Olivia Hussey and Greg Gumbel; Go back and remember their 2024 in length; As the weekly trivia question; Talk about Mark's Top 20 countdown show Saturday morning at WPLK and go back...

In this elongated episode, K&M talk about the week leading up to Christmas break (for her really) and the trip to Tampa to see Florida's victory over Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl; MORE talk about some Christmas movies we've seen (we cheated listeners out of a longer list last week); not one, but TWO trivia questions; Mark's chance to host a radio show REGULARLY with a trial run on WPLK-AM/FM...

Kamesa and Mark talk about the week ahead, especially her last week of teaching before going on two week's vacation and heading to Tampa for the Gasparilla Bowl involving the Florida Gators; K&M talk about their favorite movies and if "Die Hard," "Home Alone" and "Love Actually" are actually "Christmas" movies; the weekly trivia question which involves ABBA's Benny Andersson on his 78th birthd...