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Our Founding Fathers were yearning for a nation of individual liberty. But, the origins of America were overflowing with a deep-seated paradox. Our Founding Fathers were rallying the colonists to liberty, while many were slave owners.

"Inertia Retro" is an Emmy nominated, web series that explores the history, people and equipment behind the Atlanta-based production company, Inertia Films. Tune-in to see some vintage video cameras, listen to some production war stories, and get to know the people behind the company.

The true story of World War II's unlikeliest heroes, including one young girl who, with her family and fellow villagers, put their lives on the line to assist the Allied soldiers in the fight for freedom.

A young boy learns the meaning of the old saying "You only get to keep what you give away."

Dark Horse is a documentary film that follows three candidates running for Georgia State House and Senate seats in the 2018 Election. Phyllis Hatcher is a Black female pastor and long time community worker that is now trying her hand at politics. She runs as a Democrat in a heavily Republican district. James Morrow Jr, a teacher and coach is a Black man running as a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic district. A self-described "pink unicorn with polka dots," James charts a rare course trying to become the only Black Republican in the Georgia House of Representatives. Dan Berschinski is veteran of the Afghanistan War who suffered the loss of both of his legs due to an IED blast. Now he tries to find a new way to serve his county as a first-time politician. His path to unseat an incumbent Republican is made even harder because he must face two other Democratic candidates in the Democratic primary. By canvassing, phone banking, fund raising and constant campaigning, these three endure the brutal and sometimes lonesome experiences of the political process. Can they convince their districts and their voters to give them a shot. Only election night will tell.

Two MICHELIN Award-winning chefs from Washington, D.C. recount their bitter struggle to keep their restaurants alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by James Bell, Chefs Matteo Venini and Matt Baker describe the chaos of running businesses amid social and political unrest in the nation's capital.

Scott Schultz was born with cerebral palsy. He is also blind in one eye, is profoundly deaf without his hearing aids, and walks with a cane. However, these limitations don't define who he is as a person as he looks for full-time employment.

In late 1944, an American paratrooper attempts to find his line near the Belgian-German border. His unique, precarious situation forces him to make unthinkable moral decisions. The ripple effects from those decisions have immediate and life long ramifications.

This podcast is based on the Emmy award-winning documentary "Liberty and Slavery: The Paradox of America's Founding Fathers." The podcast is crafted from the original interviews conducted for the documentary. Each episode is the full length interview conducted by Director A. Troy Thomas. The producers of "Liberty and Slavery" wanted to make sure that an audience could hear the full uncut interviews because the content was so extraordinary in its' telling of American history, and it's involvement to slavery during the founding era. The interviewees are among the best available historians, theologians, and authors in the American history genre. Among the 43 interviewees are two Pulitzer Prize winners.

Real Estate Broker, James Bell, sits down with chef Domenico Apollaro at his restaurant La Tomate to discuss their love of food, people and how it all started around the kitchen table.

Jim Bell sits down with Michelle Brown, owner and home chef of Teaism. We learn about how Michelle grew her passion of cooking for her family into an aspiring collection of restaurants.

Watch JBKT's Season 2 premiere with Stellina Pizzeria, 2020 and 2021 Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand winner. Learn what it takes to make neo-neopolitan pizza and Italian delectables with Chef Matteo Venini, and co-owner Antonio Matarazzo.

Join us as JBKT host James Bell visits with Chef Matt Baker of Gravitas. Gravitas is a MICHELIN Award-Winning, Modern American restaurant located in the Ivy City section of NE Washington, DC.

Listen in as Troy Thomas and Jeff Couzins revisit their wacky stories of shooting the reality TV show "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol." Their ride-alongs take us to Ohio, West Virginia, and Louisiana, as the arrests and chaos mounts.

Inertia Films owner Troy Thomas recounts his early days in production using his very first camera, the Ikegami HC-340. Along the way, he shares stores from his early days in reality TV.

The Emmy-nominated "Inertia Retro" Episode 3 was so well received . - that we had to produce another episode with additional hot takes from Troy Thomas and Jeff Couzins about their years of shooting "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol."

We eat with people we trust. The political power of a good meal has made a remarkable impact on world history. I want to find out how this tradition is being carried on by Chef Chris Helgesen at the Embassy of Norway in Washington DC.

Inertia Films is innovating a different way of growing their broadcast, live shot business. Tune in to see their studio-in-a-van construction build and how they plan to grow their business in a new and unique way.

Based on the popular documentary "Liberty & Slavery: The Paradox of America's Founding Fathers", director A. Troy Thomas interviews author and historian Henry Wiencek about his books covering George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

A. Troy Thomas interviews Zac Cunningham about the Walnut Grove Plantation and Charles Moore. Zac was the Director of the Walnut Grove Plantation and The Manager of Public Programs at the George Washington Foundation.