This week we are talking with Tech Manager Joe Foster.  We discuss his many years and rolls in the business.  Joe has worked as Lighting Designer, Staging Supervisor, Key Grip, Stage Manager, and much more.  We talk about how he got started in the business, and some incredible stories along the way.

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Last week we left Matt just has the next storm was brewing in his career!  This week, we talk about working in -60 degree temperatures, covering the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska, working in Nashville news, traveling the world, and even more!

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Matt Barker has one of the most intense and diverse careers of anyone you will ever meet.  We talk about getting his start in Television in Virginia, moving to Nashville, chasing hurricanes, working with the U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team, INDY, NASCAR, Michael Jordan's AMA Motorcycle Racing Team, and so much more!  Part 2 is available now!

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This week we sit down with another rising star of the industry.  Brandon Bagwell is a great example of the power of networking and positivity.  We talk about his path to work in TV and Video Production, inclusion, and advice for folks just a few steps behind him.

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Brett Skelton is a Nashville based Jib Camera Operator.  He shares how he got started in video work and quickly discovered the Jib Camera.

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Larry Copeland is a Camera Operator who has been working in TV "forever."  We discuss his long career, starting at the local PBS station in Nashville in 1970, moving on to Opryland Productions, The Nashville Network [TNN], Country Music Television [CMT], and eventually becoming a freelance Camera Operator.  Larry has shot everything from Motorsports to The CMA Awards.  Larry shares some great stories from his career and talks about all the fun along the way.

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Justin Tart is a Nashville based Technical Director.  We talk about converting his college experience into technical directing professional sports broadcasts in less than a year after graduating.  

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After we wrapped recording on Tyler's episode, he had a thought -  what's the first real memory made with folks you work with?  For Tyler and I, it ended up being the same memory, and we share a few others.

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We chat with Jib Camera Operator Tyler Spann.  Tyler has been at it for over 15 years.  We talk about his first few years in the business, best and worst shows, learning the politics of the industry, and other lessons learned along the way.

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We are talking with Camera Operator Bob Ivy.  We talk about his 25 years with the Tennessee Titans, and the importance of RESPECT.  He also shares one of my absolute favorite one-liners I have ever heard about the industry - Do not miss it!

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