Paul Byrd started from the bottom at IRS, and spent 30 years becoming an expert on how to get things done there, until his team was abruptly notified they would be dissolved and they would all be losing their jobs. It was a completely unprecedented at the IRS.

If you've worked at IRS for a while, Jerry Heschel was probably your boss at some point. If you haven't, then you might have no idea who he is. Not only does he have 40 years of experience, some of it at the highest levels of managment, he's represented the IRS in countless negotiations with their labor union (NTEU), and he's led IRS employees through major events like RIFs, restructuring, and large-scale process changes.

The Ogden IRS world is like a community within a community, and a lot of us never get to learn about it. But with drastic changes being proposed for federal employees at breakneck speed, the impact will spread beyond IRS community and into the larger Ogden community as well.

We made a documentary about film making in Ogden! This is the audio opnly version for you on-the-go podcast people, but you can always watch the full thingson YouTube.

This episode looks at the making of the short film Convicts and Chocolates Part Thrice by New Ogden Cinema by talking to the producers, writers, actors, and crew that helped make it happen.

Watch the full short here: https://youtu.be/mxq2n8hkpXI

Watch Convicts and Chocolates Part Thrice here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8dbhlsBCaE

And click here to support New Ogden Cinema's newest feature film: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/left-for-dead-feature-film#/