Episode 100 Twin Blends - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Mike and Mark Mangham of Twin Blends: Northwest Louisiana History Hunters sit down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

1:30 1. You guys are the founders and operators of Twin Blends: Northwest Louisiana History Hunters, an incredibly popular group that is preserving the history of our community one photo at a time.

 

We’re gonna get into all kinds of things, Twin Blends-wise today. Let’s start here.

 

One of the centers of operations for Twin Blends is the LSUS Archives. I want to deep dive your research process. Take me through play by play what it looks and feels like when you go to LSUS Archives to begin your research on something.

 

8:39 2. Talk to me some about how you prioritize what stories to tell and what projects to pursue.

 

10:20 3. I can only imagine how fascinating it has been since you first started your work with Twin Blends. Tell me one or two of the most interesting/surprising historical discoveries you have made since first beginning Twin Blends.

 

16:15 4. You guys have developed an extraordinary following since first starting Twin Blends nine or so years ago.

 

Tell me about your marketing approach and process. What have you done to cultivate and grow such a following?

 

24:24 5. I was recently in the newly opened and renovated Cooper’s Corner building on Texas Street in downtown Shreveport and I spotted some incredible Twin Blends work. Tell me about your collaboration with them during the renovation and how it came about.