Production and executive leadership
Grounded in Seattle
The WE tv reality special went behind the scenes at Baristas, turning a distinctive Seattle business into unscripted entertainment.
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On camera.
Behind the story.
Entertainment is not a sidebar in Barry Henthorn’s career. Hosting, production, artist development, true crime publishing, reality television and immersive storytelling repeatedly became the public expression of his technology work.
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Creator, host and producer
Name That Lick.
Barry created, hosted and produced the music driven game show during MTV’s music video era. The idea later evolved into a modified format for My Generation on VH1.
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CEO, producer, career development
Megs McLean
Barry supported the Seattle country and grunge artist across music and screen projects, including Making Megs McLean: It’s My Truck and Virtually Me.
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Megs McLean music video
Don’t Speak
Megs McLean’s official music video for the single from her debut EP Out of School, recorded at Seattle’s London Bridge Studio.
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Host, producer, publisher, foreword writer
You Never Knew, It Was Always Me
Barry hosted and produced the six-part investigative series with veteran detective John Cameron. The project explored Cameron’s work concerning Edward Wayne Edwards and complemented the Paramount Network series inspired by Cameron’s original book. Barry later published and wrote the foreword to the expanded edition, It Was Always ME!, which remains in circulation.
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Executive leadership, ReelTime VR
Really Twins
ReelTime reported that its live action youth series became the world’s leading nonanimated children’s VR series on Samsung Gear VR and later the most watched content on VeeR VR.
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Executive leadership, ReelTime VR
In Front of View
The travel series starring Front Montgomery and Leonie Montgomery was promoted as the world’s leading VR travel show and reached viewers across more than 40 countries.
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Executive producer, technology partner
Virtually Me
ReelTime pursued collaborations that brought artists, recording studios, concerts and live experiences into immersive media.
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You Never Knew,
It Was Always Me.
Barry hosted and produced this six-part investigative series with veteran detective John Cameron, then published and wrote the foreword to Cameron’s expanded book It Was Always ME! The work accompanied the broader public interest surrounding Paramount Network’s It Was Him: The Many Murders of Ed Edwards.
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Part 2: The Zodiac ↗
Part 3: Family Ties ↗
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Part 5: Black Dahlia ↗
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Brand building as entertainment
From coffee stand to cultural signal.
Before Baristas, Seattle’s bikini-barista format existed largely as a local anomaly. Baristas transformed its tamer “Costume Coffee” interpretation into a recognizable, scalable consumer brand, combining costumed service with coffee, merchandise, disciplined branding and locations across five states.
Grounded in Seattle brought the people and business behind the stands to television. Together, the company’s expansion and national media exposure helped move the concept beyond a regional curiosity and popularize it in the mainstream.
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