McFarland Minutes Podcast

The episode introduces Ryan who covers step eight of a twelve-step creative process: data stores and organization. He explains that consistent file structure and naming conventions, though tedious, prevent future headaches for recaps, year reels, client revisions, and storage migrations. Using a commercial shoot example, he recommends choosing an organization method (by location, day, or […]

Natalie McFarland introduces McFarland Minutes and interviews filmmaker/music producer/distributor Rodney Stone and writer-producer Darrell Campbell about their careers, faith, and creative process. Campbell describes growing up loving television, studying theater and acting, and later writing for Days of Our Lives, Home Improvement, animation (Timon and Pumbaa, Tom and Jerry), and developing friendships in the industry.

Natalie McFarland introduces McFarland Minutes and explains this episode covers step seven of her 12-step creative process: onsite production. Building on prior steps (problem ideation, goal determination, strategy, storyboarding, and logistics), she and Ryan discuss preparing gear the night before by charging batteries, cleaning equipment, and pre-building rigs, then holding a production meeting—often at breakfast—to

Natalie McFarland introduces McFarland Minutes and explains the show’s focus, weekly Sunday release, and a 12-step creative process series. In month six, she and Ryan discuss “logistics” after problem definition, ideation, goal setting, strategy, and storyboarding, emphasizing travel, scheduling, permitting, client/team/talent coordination, and contingency planning while intentionally skipping legal considerations. Ryan describes a “poke holes”

Natalie McFarland sits down with her friend Miranda McIntire of McIntire Saddlery to talk about growing a legacy leather shop into a wholesale brand. Miranda shares lessons from learning business on the fly, serving her first customers well, building through relationships and word of mouth, setting clear expectations, balancing motherhood and business, and expanding beyond

Natalie McFarland introduces McFarland Minutes and resumes the show’s 12-step creative process for successful video production, moving into the storyboarding phase after defining the problem, ideation, goals, and strategy. She and Ryan describe storyboarding as a fun, imagination-driven stage that turns research, solutions, and stats into a memorable narrative, noting people are 22 times more

Natalie McFarland hosts McFarlane Minutes and interviews Emma (director of marketing and analytics at Tony Lama/Justin Brands) and Kristin (founder of Ida Mae Home) about a Fort Worth-based collaboration featuring Tony Lama–inspired, Ida Mae–made products timed around Mother’s Day. Emma shares her path from Oregon to TCU and into brand management at Tony Lama, while

In episode 15 of season two of “McFarland Minutes,” Natalie and Ryan cover step four (strategy) in their 12-stop creative process series focused on video, following problem, ideation, and goal determination. They emphasize deciding early where content will live—across broad platform types (website, YouTube, social, TV, theaters, trade shows, even elevators) and specific social channels—so

Natalie McFarland introduces McFarland Minutes and hosts a different episode featuring a walking tour of Ida Mae Home’s Texas facility with Rashanda and founder Kristen. They show the in-house process: sublimation printing fabric from white yardage, heat transferring prints, quilting with multi-needle machines, cutting pieces for products, and finishing items in the sewing department using

Natalie McFarland introduces McFarland Minutes and a conversation with Bob Tallman, recorded at his home while he recovers from an E. coli infection treated during a 23-day stay at Baylor St. Luke’s. Tallman discusses what it takes to succeed in modern, mechanized agriculture and ranching, emphasizing learning land ecology, adapting to Mother Nature, avoiding “farming