• Kamesa and Mark Make A Podcast. Episode 34
    Jun 2 2025

    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 weekly review of "Beyond The Gates," the On-The-Spot Question; the end of an era as the NBA on TNT's "Inside The NBA" officially comes to an end after 36 years; Mark reviews spots Nos. 195-200 on his list of the Top 250 Kickoff Singles (first hits) from albums; and finish out with the Top 6 songs in America from this week in 1995.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Kamesa and Mark Make A Podcast, Episode 33
    May 25 2025

    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 his picks for Nos. 201-07 in his Top 250 list of the Greatest Album Kickoff Songs between 1964-99; The On-The-Spot Question and talk about Stumpy's Hatchet House and Springfield with Stumpy's co-owner Kelly Montague Josberger. We finish up with the Top 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 1980, the same time period both Mark and Kelly were eighth-grade classmates at Toms River Intermediate School East.

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Kamesa and Mark Make A Podcast, Episode 32
    May 19 2025

    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 countdown, and finish with the countdown of the Top 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 1991.

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Kamesa and Mark Make A Podcast, Episode 31
    May 12 2025

    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" involving the two of us (the best concert we've ever seen); Kamesa has thoughts on the firing of the woman in charge of the Library of Congress; Thoughts on the new Pope -- American Leo XIV; Mark's Top 250 Greatest Album Kickoff Songs continue with songs Nos. 215-221, and finish by remembering the Top 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 2000.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Kamesa and Mark Make A Podcast, Episode 30
    May 5 2025

    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 the Best Kickoff (First) Singles From An Album Ever (1964-99) and counts down the Top 6 songs from the Billboard Hot 100 from this weekend in 1992.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Kamesa and Mark Made A Podcast, Episode 29
    Apr 28 2025

    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 Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame; and the Top 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 1988.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Kamesa and Mark Make A Podcast, Episode 28
    Apr 21 2025

    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 week of shenanigans on Beyond The Gates; Mark continues his countdown of the Top 250 Album Kickoff Single Releases with songs Nos. 240-234; and counts down the Top 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 1996.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Kamesa and Mark Make A Podcast, Episode 27
    Apr 14 2025

    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 Awareness week; Mark recaps his Top 250 countdown of the greatest album "kickoff" songs on his Facebook page, this week going through songs Nos. 247-241; Kamesa is elated the Gators won the NCAA basketball tournament and the winnings she received for finishing first in Mark's March Madness Pool (it was NOT rigged) and we finish with the Top 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 1983.

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    1 hr and 16 mins