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Rock's BackpagesDavid Nathan on Dionne Warwick + the Bee Gees + Michael Lydon R.I.P.In this episode we invite David Nathan to look back on his illustrious 60 years as "the British Ambassador of Soul".
Our guest commences by recalling his gateway into Black American music: the covers of Shirelles and Miracles classics included on the first two Beatles albums. He furthermore describes the thrill of seeing Motown star Mary Wells supporting the Fab Four at Kilburn's State Cinema in October 1964, followed by his founding of the Nina Simone Appreciation Society.
We hear about the Soul City record store David ran with the legendary Dave Godin – and about John Abbey's trailblazing Blue...
2025-08-261h 19
515 : The Ultra PodcastS7E8 -- Ohana Guests | Mary and Randy LatzaSend us a textGet ready for an inspiring conversation with Mary and Randy Latza! Hailing from Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, this power couple has an astonishing 32 Ultraman events under their belts either racing or crewing. They'll share invaluable lessons and heartwarming stories of the friendships they've built as part of "Rat Pack 2.0." But their racing doesn't stop there—Mary and Randy are also gearing up for the Ironman World Championships in Nice and Kona. Plus, Mary sheds light on Stiff Person Syndrome, a rare condition impacting her family, and...
2025-07-251h 24515 : The Ultra PodcastS6E4 -- The World’s First Female Uberman Finisher : Melissa UrieSend us a textShe’s Iron. She’s Ultra. She’s Epic. After being the second woman ever to complete the Epic 5 in 2017, Melissa Urie set out for an even more superlative title – Uberman. With the help of her amazing crew, Melissa was able to become the first female finisher of Uberman in 2019 (and set the swim record while doing so) in an overall time of 135 hours 55 minutes or 5 days 15 hours 55 minutes.In this episode, Melissa shares her spirit for participation in these Ultra events and throws in lots of tips...
2024-07-261h 23
Good Shepherding2023 NGA Conference | Hope in God | "Helpmate to a Dispirited Husband" | Mary Lee Bayly & Sarah DionneAudio from our 2023 Shepherds Conference: Hope in God: Bearing the Burden of Ministry. Women's Breakout Session: "Helpmate to a Dispirited Husband" by Mary Lee Bayly & Sarah Dionne. October 5, 2023.Women's Breakout | Helpmate to a Dispirited HusbandMary Lee Bayly & Sarah DionneThe pastor has barely enough to give the church and comes home depressed most days. His children and wife only receive the leftover fumes, if any. Sometimes the deteriorating state of her husband’s heart, mind, and faith concerns her. What is the wife to do when the burden of ministry is crushing her husband?
2023-11-141h 16
Declare Victory Prayer CallFocus | Dionne The Radical Midwife | Wednesday 8.9.23 | Join Us 6AM PST Monday-FridayWelcome to August 2023 where our theme is focus. Here on Declare Victory, our focus is to teach people to live from victory not for it.
One of the most difficult things to do in our lifetime, is to accept a truth that has not yet been revealed to us for a lack of awareness that one exists outside of the one we created to survive. Learning how to search the scriptures to discover what that "TRUTH" is outside of what we consider "true" and there is a huge difference takes courage and discipline.
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2023-08-091h 52515 : The Ultra PodcastS4E12 -- Dee Fuller : Discussing Mental HealthSend us a textWe originally thought Dee Fuller overcame the usual body issues when stressing the body in an ultra event on her way to her second women’s win at UM Australia. A few days later she went public on Facebook about struggling with an eating disorder leading up to, and while competing this year. Something I was not aware of when we recorded this conversation.During our conversation she was open about various eating disorders, multiple PTSD triggers and other mental health struggles brought on by a variety of t...
2023-07-141h 08515 : The Ultra Podcast515 Special Edition -- UMAZ Champions and Ultraman Record setter Shane DuffySend us a textThis is the final Special Edition from Ultraman Arizona for 2023. In this episode, I catch up with the two winners at the awards night to speak about how they felt about the race.Cynthia Bartus, age 45, from Pennsylvania, is the 2023 women's winner and Maxsim Kniazev is the NEW WORLD RECORD holder and winner on the men's side.I also speak with Shane Duffy from Australia who now has completed five of the six races in his quest to become th...
2023-03-2245 min
That Said With Michael ZeldinA Conversation with EJ Dionne and Miles Rapoport, Authors, ‘Democracy, The Case for Universal Voting’
Join Michael in his discussion with E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Miles Rapoport about their new book 100% Democracy, The Case for Universal Voting which argues the mandatory participation in our electoral system should be the cornerstone of our Democracy. Simply put, the authors make a compelling argument that it is time for the United States to recognize voting as both a fundamental civil right and a solemn civic duty of all U.S. citizens
About the Guests
E.J. Dionne, Jr.
E.J. Dionne writes about politics in a twice-weekly column for The W...
2022-07-121h 01
Puppet Podcast🎙Puppet Podcast #129 - Mary Beth Spann Mank🎙Puppet Podcast #129 - Mary Beth Spann Mank
👉Teacher, author, speaker and puppeteer who uses puppets to deliver Storytelling programs to schools and librairies. She has spoken nationnally on the power of puppetry to transform teaching and learning.
2022-07-1240 min
Class E PodcastEveryday Entrepreneur with Dionne Sandiford, founder of Cozy CoversIn this conversation with Dionne Sandiford, a member of the first class of the GVL Starts program shares her story of creating Cozy Covers. In this conversation, we discuss how GVL starts helped propel her to the next level as well as some serendipitous events that took place that enabled her to launch her company in April. Guest: Dionne Sandiford Website: https://mycozycovers.com/ Host: Mary Sturgill Producers: Emma Kerr '22 and Eliza Polich '23
2022-04-0814 min515 : The Ultra PodcastS2E10 -- Ultraman Florida Race PreviewSend us a textEpisode Summary:Fan favourite and the voice of Ultraman, Steve King, plus co-race director of Ultraman Florida, Jen McVeay, join me to preview the 44 participants planning to take on the UM Florida race coming up this weekend (Feb 11-13). Follow the UMFL at Facebook or InstagramSteven Keller, 2020 Ultraman Florida Champion, is my Athlete in Profile for the inaugural Ultraman Arizona race which will be taking place in March. Steve King, Jen and I will be back in...
2022-02-081h 27
Julien Dionne Show442 - Friendless Donkey KongEpisode #442 - Friendless Donkey KongThe Julien Dionne Show with Jen GrantOn this episode:•Having no friends. •We talk gaming, now and then. •What we are watching.•Afraid of ghosts, specifically, the Virgin MaryPlus, The Daily Dose with Jen Grant, your comments & more!💬Join the LiveChat over at YouTube:https://youtu.be/YHW76n4kZHw?t=533🚨Join us for The After Show, exclusively on Patreon.com/jdshowpod This episode is brought to you by, Kookijar🍃👉 Go to kookija...
2021-11-2957 min
The Motivatarian Exchange with Dionne WoodsEp 49 Susan Mary of Hope Springs ResourcesToday's episode of #PaintTalks featured one of the most interesting and incredible contributors we've had yet! In addition to being an artist, Susan Mary is a health psychologist who works with her clients to help them improve their sleep & restore their energy…I mean, how many of us COULDN'T use better sleep, right? Follow - https://www.facebook.com/SusanHopeSprings @HopeSprings7765 on Instagram
2021-09-0249 minJulien Dionne Show421 - Failed Second WeanEpisode #421 - Failed Second Wean The Julien Dionne Show with Jen Grant: Wednesday, August 25On this episode:•Nirvana sued by Nevermind baby. •Woman who coughed on produced, claimed virus gets jail. •Who was Typhoid Mary? •OnlyFans drops porn ban.•Captain Obvious asks: can taking a break from tech improve well-being?Plus, The Daily Dose with Jen Grant, your comments & more!💬Join the LiveChat over at YouTube:https://youtu.be/PKf9LyNcOFE?t=531—The Julien Dionne Show with Jen Grant...
2021-08-251h 07515 : The Ultra PodcastS1E11 -- Ultraman Canada 2021 Race PreviewSend us a textSteve King and Brad Sawa join me to discuss each of the athletes competing at the special “Canadian only” Ultraman Canada 2021.Resources mentioned in this episode:Ultraman CanadaIronman Canada Ultraman World Championship Miracle Mile (Kona)Race Across America (RAAM)Adelaide 24 hour runGreat White North Half IronmanBadwater 135Brazil 135Epic 5 ChallengeWattie InkUltraman FloridaBare BonesAxel Merckx GranfondoOliver Half IronmanPeach ClassicXterra World’sShout outs and mentions in this episode:Brad SawaSteve KingJD TremblayHeather MyersEric DufourMark NaphinJon GreyellBarry BergChad BentleyScott BeasleyCurtis FlockDave WilsonWendy MyerDan JensenBrian Schroeder Phil MakinGary WangEllis AndrewsDede Greisbauer...
2021-07-161h 05515 : The Ultra PodcastS1E10 -- Sk8ter Boi to Family Man -- Brad SawaSend us a textWe forego the Ultraman Canada 2021 athlete profile to bring you a UMC Race Director profile. The full episode is dedicated to my conversation with my co-race director -- Brad Sawa.But don’t fear, we do have Steve King profiling another athlete in Steve King Stories.Resources mentioned in this episode:Ultraman CanadaIronman Canada 70.3 CalgaryBoston Marathon,New York MarathonChicago Marathon,Race Across America (RAAM)Furnace Creek 508Transcontinental CyclingUltraman World ChampionshipParis Brest ParisUMUKUltraman Flor...
2021-06-251h 20515 : The Ultra PodcastS1E8 (Bonus)Send us a textIn Episode 8, I spoke with 2019 UMC women’s champion Kathryn Zeiler. We had some left over questions about her field of work that I found super interesting but could not fit into the episode-- so here they are.Show Contributors:Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve KingAnnouncer : Mary Jo DionneProduction : 5Five EnterprisesMusic : Run by 331For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/51...
2021-05-1930 min515 : The Ultra PodcastS1E8 -- The Champions Edition (with guests Kathryn Zeiler and Leanda Cave)Send us a textIn the second of our champion check-ins, I speak with 2019 UMC women’s champion Kathryn Zeiler. Steve King highlights the careers of a number of champions while introducing us to Ingrid Hillhouse in Steve King Stories.The Ultraman Canada 2021 athlete profile features a four time world champion at four different distances who is searching for number five this year, retired pro-triathlete, Leanda Cave.Resources mentioned in this episode:Ultraman CanadaSmashfest TeamYogitriathlete Boston MarathonIronman World Champi...
2021-05-141h 25
The Hot Mess to Awesomeness Podcast”I Belong to Me”: Realizing Resilience! With guest Mary Lou RoeEp. 60
Mary Lou envisioned living a life different from the chaotic “normal” that had been set by her family. Unpredictable behaviour, silence, secrets, addiction, tragedy, and trauma; she yearned for a life where she felt calm, peaceful, worthy, relaxed, in tune with her breath, and ultimately felt a sense of belonging. In an effort to feel safe and whole, Mary Lou internalized perfectionism and people pleasing, believing her worth was determined on her ability to fix problems and create happiness for her family. She was her family's sponge, absorbing all that was hard and challenging; all because of t...
2021-05-1340 min
Puppet PodcastEpisode #103 - Mary Robinette Kowal - Puppet Podcast🎙Puppet Podcast #103 👉PODCAST HOST: Caroline Bernier-Dionne 👉GUEST: Mary Robinette Professional puppeteer and voice actor who performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures, and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence and she lives in Nashville.
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Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut duology and historical fantasy novels: The Glamourist H...
2021-05-1035 min
Business Beauty NetworkDionne Phillips: Celebrity Lash ExpertToday in the hot seat we have Dionne Phillips. Dubbed as the Pioneer of Eyelash Extensions, Dionne Phillips turned her love for lashes into reality when she created her lash powerhouse, D’Lashes. In my exclusive interview with Dionne, she opened up to us about her passion for lashes and the journey to her successful career. In her career, she has serviced big names in Hollywood such as Naomi Campbell, Mary J. Blige, Victoria Beckham, and more! Phipps’ number one goal in the creation of her business was to create eyelashes that would embrace nothing but elegance and confidence!
2021-03-0854 min515 : The Ultra PodcastS1E4 -- Kona Calling with Jane Bockus and Maxim KnyazevSend us a textIn this episode, I place a Zoom call to the birthplace of Ultraman, Kailua Kona for a conversation with UltraMama, Jane Bockus. Jane was the Race Director of the Ultraman World Championships from 1992 - 2017 and remains the brand owner of Ultraman. She shares stories of the early days and her volunteer work with the Ironman World Championships.In the Ultraman Canada 2021 athlete profile section, I speak with a Russian athlete--Maxim Knyazev. He is the current course record holder of S...
2021-02-191h 14
Puppet PodcastEpisode #67 - Christine Barger - Puppet Podcast 👉Professional entertainer and ventriloquist, also actress & creator on platforms like YouTube & TikTok. (Los Angeles)👈
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Christine's first stage performance was a talent show at the age of seven with Freddy, her big red furry monster puppet. She continued to perform on stage throughout her childhood. As a teen she not only acted in plays and musicals, but she began performing ventriloquism professionally. Christine wrote and performed her shows at events throughout the Midwest. Christine chose to double major in theatre design and technology and acting at Ball State Univer...
2020-10-2835 min
Ufahamu AfricaEp. 68: A conversation with Maggie Dwyer about army mutinies in Africa, and more.We start out episode this week talking about politics in Mali, South Africa's recent election and give you an update on the political situation in Uganda. We talk about the arrest earlier this week in Kenya of Boniface Mwangi, who we spoke with on our podcast during episode 35. This week’s conversation is with Dr. Maggie Dwyer (@MagDwyer), a Lecturer in Africa and International Development at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on conflict, security, and politics in Africa. She is particularly interested in militaries and international security interventions and we talk to her about her bo...
2019-05-1133 min
Plant Trainers Podcast - Plant Based Nutrition & Fitness10 Hacks To Stay Fit During Travel with Robert Dionne – PTP285In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Rob Dionne all about how to stay healthy and fit while you are traveling. We know we called it hacks…and if you know us we’re not big on hacks, but let’s face it, it makes a sexy headline and we want this info in people’s hands. It does not matter if you are traveling home for the holidays, taking a personal get away with a special someone, on a family vacay or taking that dreaded business trip, these tips will keep you on your game. Want to...
2019-01-0850 min
The Way I Am...NowThe Way I Am...Now (Mary)As I was thinking of people for my Podcast, I started to think about why people come into my life. I'm sure there's a reason. I met Mary a few years ago. She was referred to me by a dear friend. Mary is a piano and voice teacher and we hired her to give lessons to my daughters. Well, the girls went to their first lesson, begrudgingly cell, and after one lesson they started to count the days when they would go back to see Mary. I asked them lots of questions about her. I want it to know what...
2018-10-0312 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 071: Dr. Russ Kennedy -- The Anxiety MDWhat we cover: In this moment, we are safe. Today's guest is Dr Russ Kennedy – someone I have known since 2004, when I launched my brief stint into the stand up comedy world. Russ was a fellow comic, and I got to know him then, and I always really liked him. I eventually set that aside as I evolved as a writer and instead focused more on my foray into the world of one-woman shows – but Russ remained in my orbit because my brother Julien Dionne and his girlfriend Jennifer Grant are comics and so I continued to see...
2018-05-281h 07
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 070: Stacey Shand -- Ultra-distance athlete and adventurerWhat we cover: "I took the road less travelled by, and that has made all the difference." -- Robert Frost Today’s guest is Stacey Shand. If there is a woman more easy to have a Girl Crush on that Stacey Shand, I have yet to meet her. Stacey is an ultra-extreme endurance athlete and adventurer. She is affectionately known as ‘Racey Stacey’, and she has been keeping a promise she made to herself from her hospital bed following a near tragic auto accident a number of years ago. When she was faced with the realit...
2018-03-281h 11
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 069: Kevin Reynolds -- Olympic Figure SkaterWhat we cover: "Take the past for what it is. And then, focus on moving forward." -- Kevin Reynolds Today's guest is Kevin Reynolds. He is, of course, the Canadian figure skating super star who won silver at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, as part of the mixed team event. According to the official Olympics athlete site, he is the first skater in the world to ever land a quad-triple-triple combination, and in 2010 he became the first man ever to land two quadruple jumps in the short program – and we talk about all that go...
2018-02-2452 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 068: Sherry Strong -- Chef, Nutritionist, Food PhilosopherWhat we cover: “Addiction is the body’s way of telling you that you’re not listening to your soul.” – Sherry Strong Today's guest is Sherry Strong – and strong she is. She is a woman who, after 35-years of playing the “victim”, which so many of us are guilty of from time to time – and who also struggled with an addiction to sugar to numb the sadness, took a good look in the mirror and said enough is enough. She was, as she puts it: “sick, obese, tired, and wanted to die.” Today, she is a professional chef, a nutritionist, a...
2018-02-0152 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 067: Mary-Jo Dionne -- writer/speaker/performer/podcasterWhat we cover: In the interest of full disclosure, I have been ridiculously spread thin – as we all can get from time to time – and completely run down, wrapping up deadlines before I shut the office down until the new year. I have been up late into the night with a sick 2-year-old. And I have been going through this incredibly heavy sadness on account of learning that someone I cared for very much in my high school life, died – but the thing of it all is that he died many years ago. Nearly 25, in fact. And I only just fo...
2017-12-2307 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 066: Anna Rice -- Two-time Olympic badminton playerWhat we cover: “The most important things I’ve learned in life, I’ve learned on the badminton court.” – Anna Rice Today’s Guest Titan is two-time Olympian, Anna Rice – a woman who admits that, as far as life goes, everything she’s learned so far, she’s learned on the badminton court. This is a woman who is ripe with insights, and who possesses a calm wisdom that I found quite intoxicating, really. I know you’re going to love her. This isn’t really a conversation about badminton, so much as it is a conversation about our...
2017-12-071h 14
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 065: Mary-Jo Dionne -- host, Tea with a TitanWhat we cover: "You have to lose sight of the shore, to discover new lands." -- Andre Gide, paraphrased For those of you who listen to the show on a regular basis, it’s not news that I am a huge proponent of perspective shifting. And of gear shifting. Of being adaptable and of having the ability to readjust as needed. As we were planning our recent trip to California, I had a couple leads with amazing LA-based Guest Titans, both of which didn’t end up panning out at the last minute. Because we couldn’t get schedules to align...
2017-11-2222 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 064: Karin Fortin Jackson -- Part Two ("After") Triathlete / Weight loss success storyWhat we cover: "For temporary results, commit to temporary changes. For permanent results, commit to permanent ones." -- Karin Fortin Jackson, 3-time Ironman finisher, who lost 120 pounds In 18 months of conversations with people I admire, this might rank as my most favourite chat yet. And I say that with the full admission that I have loved every one of my Guest Titan encounters. Karin Fortin Jackson is so honest, so unassuming, so humble, so candid. She allows us a private peek inside her very personal journey – a journey that has a clear “before” and a clear “after”. She walks us through her “b...
2017-11-1458 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 063: Karin Fortin Jackson -- Triathlete / Weight loss success story (Part One: Before)What we cover: "For temporary results, commit to temporary changes. For permanent results, commit to permanent ones." -- Karin Fortin Jackson, 3-time Ironman finisher, who lost 120 pounds In 18 months of conversations with people I admire, this might rank as my most favourite chat yet. And I say that with the full admission that I have loved every one of my Guest Titan encounters. Karin Fortin Jackson is so honest, so unassuming, so humble, so candid. She allows us a private peek inside her very personal journey – a journey that has a clear “before” and a clear “after”. She walks us through her “b...
2017-11-071h 05
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 062: Rhian Wilkinson -- Three-time Olympic Soccer PlayerWhat we cover: “If you want something badly enough, you don’t make sacrifices. You make choices.” – Rhian Wilkinson Today’s Guest Titan chat is a wee bit of a deviation from the norm – and I am so glad about it. Today, I have a guest co-host in the form of 12-year-old Alex Vietch, herself a serious athlete – she’s a track star and a soccer freak, in a good way. She asked me once if I ever were to interview one of the women from Team Canada, if she could maybe come and say hi, but we did one bette...
2017-11-011h 32
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 061: Mike Shaw -- Freestyle Skier, Coach, Entrepreneur, SpeakerWhat we cover: “Boom! Gratitude.” —Mike Shaw This week’s Guest Titan – Mike Shaw — is beyond inspiring. I have thought about our chat daily since it happened. He is just that impressive. I don’t want to give too much away, his story is incredible, and it’s best if I get out of the way – and let you hear it from his vantage point. Hear what it was like to be at the top of his game as a freestyle skier and coach, and to one day, in the moment it takes to snap our fingers, experience a fluke...
2017-10-251h 21
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 060: Terri Tatchell -- Oscar-nominated screenwriterWhat we cover: Reinvention. I have been calling myself a writer since I was 5 years old. I’ve had a fun and memorable career as an ad copywriter in agencies in Vancouver, as an editor, as a features writer for various magazines. I’ve written my one-woman show and am currently working on the sequel. I wrote my own comedy material in the days I did standup. But for me, the dream is to one day get that screenplay written – that’s the dream. I’ll be honest, though, for some reason, it’s scary to me. It’s a new f...
2017-10-181h 09
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 059: Jeff Symonds -- Professional Triathlete (mini-episode)This is a mini-episode. Just a wee one. It’s sort of Part Two in my chat with the unbelievably well-respected professional Ironman triathlete, Jeff Symonds Asia Pacific Ironman Champion, the year before last. But it’s also a stand-alone. So I’m not really thinking of it as a continuation of last week’s episode. By all means, go back and check that one out – but don’t feel you have to in order to really “get it”. I saved this installment, which technically is the last twenty minutes of our initial time together, because I really believes it sums up every...
2017-10-1032 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 058: Jeff Symonds -- Professional triathleteWhat we cover: “A diamond is a lump of coal that did well under pressure." – Henry Kissinger This week’s Guest Titan is flipping amazing. I have loved him from afar for many years now – not like as a stalker, dressed as a plant, hiding in a corner. But just that feeling of tremendous respect you get when you know you are around someone who is truly great. Some one who personifies all that you admire in the best of humanity – he is devoid of pretension, he is the definition of hard work, he is the embodiment of his life...
2017-10-031h 39
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 057: Teryl Rothery -- Actor, Stargate SG-1, Cedar Cove, Best in Show, The Good DoctorWhat we cover: “A fall doesn't have to be perceived as a fall. It can be a trip. Or a stumble." – Teryl Rothery This week’s Guest Titan is flipping amazing. I first met Teryl Rothery, about 18 years ago – I’ll tell you how I know it was a long time ago – I was an ad copywriter at an agency here in Vancouver, and I’d written some radio scripts for a national telco. And the product we were advertising was – wait for it – the Yellow Pages. Like, the hard copy, yellow pages phone books. One of the voice actors, w...
2017-09-261h 02
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 056: Mary-Jo Dionne -- host, Tea with a TitanWhat we cover: “Where will we be 5 years from today?” Welcome to Season #2 of Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness. This is the series where I get to sit down and have tea with entrepreneurs, athletes, entertainers, artists, philanthropists, thought-leaders, difference makers, -- those people who have one of five, or sometimes five of five, things in common. After evaluating the learning I was so blessed to be on the receiving end of throughout Season #1 (episodes 1 through 55), I have come to the realization that what makes a titan a titan comes down...
2017-09-1920 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 055: Pamela Martin -- Broadcasting icon and philanthropistWhat we cover: "Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson A few weeks ago, I was speaking on a panel for the organization called Dress for Success. Dress for Success is a fantastic enterprise designed to empower women to get back into the workforce by providing professional clothing for job interviews and the first few weeks of employment, as well as providing a support network and tools for them to thrive. Because I was raised by a bum-kicking single mom who not only pulled he...
2017-06-201h 23
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 054: Wendy Williams-Watt -- Activist / Artist / DesignerWhat we cover: "What the world needs now is love, sweet love." -- Burt Bacharach About three weeks ago, my four-year-old, JouJou had her first ballet recital with North Vancouver’s stellar organization Pink Petal Ballet, designed less to teach young girls the perfect arabesque, and more to teach young girls concepts like self-love and kindness. The recital concluded with 300 young girls on stage singing in questionable harmony the classic lyrical genius of Burt Bacharach: “What the world needs now, is love sweet love,… it’s the only thing that there’s just too little love.” However, thanks to artistic visi...
2017-06-131h 18
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 053: Mary-Jo Dionne -- host, Tea with a TitanWhat we cover: "We can't go over it, we can't go under it. Oh no, we have to go through it." -- Michael Rosen JouJou very recently has taken to riding her bike up and down the carpeted hallways of our condo building in BC's wine country, and since this is the first year that Birdie can actually walk, she sort of giddily squeals and chases behind her big sister in her distinctly diaper-clad waddle. However, the other day, JouJou went out into the hallway and left our condo door open, for Birdie to come out when she was r...
2017-06-0609 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 52: George Shapiro -- Legendary Hollywood Manager and Executive Producer of SeinfeldI’m a big believer that every once in a while, if you stay the path, dreams really can come true. And today’s episode, in my life, is evidence of that theory. Ten years ago this summer, on my 35th birthday, a group of my closest friends and I went to a party at the Playboy Mansion of all places. I’ve said it a number of times on this series: if you have a chance to peek into a portal, to experience a glimpse of life that is counter to your own everyday routine, habits, surrou...
2017-05-301h 08
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 51: Ashley Wiles -- Brooks Running 2016 Inspiring Coach of the YearWhat we cover: “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” -- Napolean Hill This is a conversation about running. But not in the way we typically equate talks about running. It’s not about encouraging you to get your fastest time. It’s not about encouraging you to increase your distances. It’s not about heart rate monitors and compression socks and nutrition. Instead, this is a talk about how we can redefine what running means to us. As Ashley Wiles, today’s Guest Titan says: "Running is the most easily accessible, under utilized, read...
2017-05-231h 15
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 050: Elle Wild -- Award-winning novelistWhat we cover: "Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett I have known Elle Wild for the better part of the last two decades. She and I were ad copy writers together in Vancouver. And what I most admired about Elle, was that she always had a side project on the go. She always had a screenplay underway, a radio show to produce, or a treatment she was drafting. At a time in my own life when I desperately wanted to be living a more creative life on my own terms, which i...
2017-05-161h 09
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 049: Matt Hill -- Run for One Planet, runner and environmentalistWhat we cover: "Just take one small step --- every day." -- Matt Hill There are some people on this amazing planet who you just know when you meet them are the ones who are on a mission to make it an even more spectacular place than it already is. Undeniably, one of those people is Matt Hill. A much sought after voice actor, he’s well known as having played Raphael on the Ninja Turtles, he’s Tender Heart the Care Bear, he’s Ton Ton on the Netflix and DreamWorks series DinoTrux, he’s Ed on Ed, Edd, and E...
2017-05-081h 26
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 048: Gary Robbins -- Ultra-runner, The Barkley MarathonsWhat we cover: "You can do this. You will do this." -- Gary Robbins Every once in a while you have a conversation with a person – a person so exceptional, that’s the only word for it – that the stories they tell are universal in that they tap into the humanity of it all. Gary Robbins is one such person and the conversation we had is one such chat. Despite the fact that Gary is as decorated an ultra-distance runner as they come, this is an episode that explores deeper themes. A one-time self-admitted professional partie...
2017-05-031h 33
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 047: Jennifer Heil -- Three-time Olympic skierWhat we cover: "Everything is perspective." -- Jennifer Heil A few months ago, my friend Susanne Biro, Guest Titan Episode #6, put together a dinner party of six people who didn’t necessarily know one another, but who she all thought would hit it off. And guess what? It worked! Jennifer Heil was one of the people seated at the table, and I instantly fell in love with her. She’s a three-time Olympian – both a gold medalist and a silver medalist – and she’s wise and humble and approachable. I obviously pounced on her and begged her to be a Gu...
2017-04-251h 16
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 046: Mary-Jo Dionne -- host, Tea with a TitanWhat we cover: A few years ago, a friend of mine made me a mixed CD. One of the songs was Snow Patrol’s “Just Say Yes”, and it resonated the most for me on that playlist. “Just say yes. Just say there’s nothing holding you back.” We are so conditioned, as planners, and as a Type A list-makers, and as do-ers with goals and full daytimers, to say “no” when something we hadn’t necessarily seen coming is presented to us. If it is going to require exertion we hadn’t planned on having to exert, or...
2017-04-1814 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 045: Mary-Jo Dionne -- host, Tea with a TitanWhat we cover: "The cave you fear to enter, is the one that holds the treasure." -- Joseph Campbell A few years ago, Chad and I were with another couple at the Vancouver attraction called Playland. We were in our ‘20s and we thought that going on the famously rickety old roller coaster would be a good idea. And it was,… until, about 90% of the way through the ride, the engine – or whatever it is that lies at the heart of a roller coaster’s propulsion – broke down, and we were essentially stranded on the tracks. If I had to estimate to...
2017-04-1127 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 044: Nancy Johnston -- Entrepreneur, Founder/CEO of TengriWhat we cover: “Surf the cosmic wave.” – Nancy Johnston Not long ago, I had an email from a good friend in London, Jennifer Cameron, letting me know that her good friend, Nancy Johnston, would be coming to Vancouver for Vancouver Fashion Week. And that not only did she have an incredible story – one that would shape her as someone who can rise time and again in the face of adversity – but that she is the creator of a brand that is literally knocking the fashion world on its socks. (Mixed metaphor?) Before we get into the awe-in...
2017-04-041h 12
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 043: Melissa Haynes -- Author / AdventurerWhat we cover: "Have the courage to have the courage." -- Melissa Haynes Melissa Haynes knew from the age of six exactly who she was. She was a writer and an adventurer. She cut out the pages of the National Geographic and carried them around with her in a little basket. She wrote stories about elephants and lions. However, at a very young age, after a humiliating experience of sharing her young ambitions and feeling belittled, she put the dream aside – buried it deep where it would, essentially, fester for decades to come. She embarked on a corporate journey, and ult...
2017-03-281h 15
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 042: Shaun Frankson -- Social Entrepreneur, Co-Founder The Plastic BankWhat we cover: To say that guest titan Shaun Frankson and his business partner David Katz are thought-leaders would likely be one of the bigger understatements of our time. With the launch of their company The Plastic Bank in 2013, they have essentially turned plastic into funds and in doing so – by monetizing a resource that was once only considered garbage to millions of people living in impoverished conditions – they are not only preventing plastic from building up in our oceans, but are creating a global opportunity for collectors to earn an income and alter the trajectory of their lives. Their...
2017-03-211h 11
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 041: Jacqueline Way -- Philanthropist, Founder of 365giveWhat we cover: “If we all create a daily habit of giving? Holy Hell, we’ll change the world.” – Jacqueline Way On her son, Nick’s 3rd birthday, Jacqueline Way decided to consciously turn her back on the idea of wrapping up a bunch of “stuff” and adding to piles of toys, and instead came up with an idea for she and he to embark on a one-year challenge: Every day, for 365 days, they would commit to one simple act of giving. Long story short, she blogged about the experience, about watching her son develop and hone his innate des...
2017-03-141h 06
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 40: Jody Vance -- TV and Radio broadcaster What we cover: “No matter what happens, I have me.” – Jody Vance I have loved Jody Vance for the better part of a decade. She was instrumental in introducing me to my first regular role in an on-air segment with a Vancouver radio station, the ShoreFM where she was host of The Jody Vance Show. From there, she would go on to become the 5-year co-host of this city’s morning show, Breakfast Television, where she had me on as a guest in the realm of animal welfare, at least half a dozen times. An...
2017-03-071h 26
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 039 Part Three: Brent Johnson -- football star (and still all-round great guy)What we cover: “You cannot synthetically produce passion.” – Brent Johnson Part Two in a Three-Part Series Every once in a while, you have a conversation with someone who is legitimately hilarious. Legitimately insightful. And legitimately fascinating. And you want to bottle it and crack the formula and then multiply it and sell the patent. But since you can’t, instead you pop it onto the cyberwaves and you call it a podcast episode. Brent Johnson. There aren’t a lot of names in Vancouver that are more, or even as, synonymous with great...
2017-03-011h 05
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 038 Part Two: Brent Johnson -- football star (and still all-round great guy)What we cover: “You cannot synthetically produce passion.” – Brent Johnson Part Two in a Three-Part Series Every once in a while, you have a conversation with someone who is legitimately hilarious. Legitimately insightful. And legitimately fascinating. And you want to bottle it and crack the formula and then multiply it and sell the patent. But since you can’t, instead you pop it onto the cyberwaves and you call it a podcast episode. Brent Johnson. There aren’t a lot of names in Vancouver that are more, or even as, synonymous with great...
2017-02-221h 23
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 037 Part One: Brent Johnson -- football legend (and all-round great guy)What we cover: “You cannot synthetically produce passion.” – Brent Johnson Every once in a while, you have a conversation with someone who is legitimately hilarious. Legitimately insightful. And legitimately fascinating. And you want to bottle it and crack the formula and then multiply it and sell the patent. But since you can’t, instead you pop it onto the cyberwaves and you call it a podcast episode. Brent Johnson. There aren’t a lot of names in Vancouver that are more, or even as, synonymous with greatness, with leadership, and with humility than his.
2017-02-1654 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 036: Betty Jean McHugh -- 89-year-old world record marathonerWhat we cover: “Don’t let age get in your way.” – Betty Jean McHugh Betty Jean McHugh was born in 1927 in small-town Canada, never knowing that after a childhood that took place in the depression, teen years that took place during World War II, a career that began in Toronto as a nurse, and then after raising four children on the west coast, that – in her 50s, strictly out of the need to kill time while her daughter’s swim team trained, she would quite literally stumble into life as a runner. At the age of 55, she ran her firs...
2017-02-071h 08
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 035: Krista Guloien -- Olympic rower, speaker, and author What we cover: In the seven months that this series has been my Labour of Love – my Love Child – we’ve been fortunate to chat with a number of those fine human specimens who fall under the “Olympian” banner. What I love about these conversations, is that these people undeniably rank as the best of the best. There is no question; it’s not up for debate. But in sitting down for tea with each of them, they’ve all proven one thing: Beneath the shiny hardware and accolades and the glory, are people. People with struggles, people with som...
2017-02-011h 11
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 034: Michelle Tremblay -- black belt and empowerment advocateWhat we cover: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?” – Marianne Williamson Michelle Tremblay is poised and zen and calming and self-assured. But she wasn’t always this way. She was once shy, uncertain, insecure, and scattered – as she puts it. Then, after the tragic suicide of her fiancé, an event that clearly sent her reeling, she...
2017-01-241h 24
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 033: Natasha Wodak -- Olympic runner What we cover: For those of us who watched the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and sat glued to our television sets for the Opening Ceremonies of the 31st Olympiad, there was a feeling -- just like there is at every Games -- that what we are seeing is a collection of the world’s beautiful people. The fittest, shiniest, most glowing versions of human potential anywhere on the planet march through one arena under one roof carrying hundreds of flags – all at one time. There’s an excitement in the air, to be sure. And if I’m being ent...
2017-01-171h 24
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 032: Roy McBeth -- elite cyclist and triathlete and organ donor advocateWhat we cover: The one thing we all have in common is that no one is immune. We will all go through periods of adversity. That fact is the great equalizer. What sets us apart however, is how we choose to handle the adversity. Today’s episode might just be one of the most important conversations I’ve had. Not just in terms of this podcast, but in the bigger picture as well. We all have a choice – every day – to be the kind of person who squeezes the juice out of the gift of life that...
2017-01-101h 53
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 031: Liz Rose -- 2nd youngest Canadian to summit Mt EverestWhat we cover: On May 23rd 2016, Liz Rose became the 17th Canadian woman to climb Mount Everest, the 2nd youngest Canadian overall to summit, and she’s on track to becoming the youngest Canadian to climb all Seven Summits – which is to say she’ll aim to tackle the highest peak on each of the seven continents. She’s surprisingly humble, not at all arrogant, and just generally likeable and accessible, and very human. And at just 25 years old, she is already most-assuredly a titan. This is a conversation steeped entirely in greatness – ripe with metaphor – cause really, what...
2017-01-041h 38
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 030: Jenn Dawkins -- Firefighter, philanthropist, mentor, ultra-athlete, dog-momWhat we cover: What's it like to transform from a non-athletic background as a serious punk rocker with multi-coloured hair in the 1980s to a trailblazing visionary in her adult years? What does that look like, what does that feel like, where does the motivation come from, what drives her? Jenn Dawkins is a fire fighter – one of about 80 women fire fighters out of approximately 3900 career fire fighters in the province of British Columbia. She’s a mentor and the creator of the very forward-thinking Camp Ignite – intended to push girls out of their comfort zones and to reim...
2016-12-271h 16
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 029 Part Two: Chad Bentley -- Ultraman World Championships finisher and coachPart Two of Two: The quest for authentic greatness may mean a complete reinvention. A close examination of your perception of self, of your belief in what you’re capable of, in who you fundamentally are. It may mean asking the tough questions: Who do you spend your time with, how do you invest the hours of your days, what do you decide to focus on? It may mean that in order to make a quantum leap in the direction of positive personal development that you leave your old self and parts of your old life behind entirely. Today’s gu...
2016-12-211h 26
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 028 Part One: Chad Bentley -- Ultraman World Championships finisher and coachPart One of Two: The quest for authentic greatness may mean a complete reinvention. A close examination of your perception of self, of your belief in what you’re capable of, in who you fundamentally are. It may mean asking the tough questions: Who do you spend your time with, how do you invest the hours of your days, what do you decide to focus on? It may mean that in order to make a quantum leap in the direction of positive personal development that you leave your old self and parts of your old life behind entirely. ...
2016-12-1355 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 027: Annie Wood -- Actor, writer, mindfulness enthusiastI have admired Annie Wood for the better part of a decade. She exemplifies the commitment to rising after a setback, and to continually moving forward. She’s as dedicated to the process of living an authentic life as anyone I’ve ever met -- and then some. You may know her from memorable appearances in movies like Good Luck Chuck with Dane Cook, and My Sister’s Keeper with Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin. But when I think of Annie, I think so much more. She’s as prolific a creative person as they get. She...
2016-12-071h 21
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 026: Jillian Murray, Actor on CBS's Code Black (with Dean Geyer of Australian Idol and Glee)What we cover: “If you don’t take a chance, you haven’t got a chance.” – Jillian Murray Actor Jillian Murray is an awesome example of someone on her authentic path. She knows where she wants to be, and she’s not deviating from it. One of the stars of the People’s Choice nominated CBS medical drama Code Black, Jillian’s star is shooting skyward and beyond. When Jillian and I met at the sweet little cottage I was renting in LA, she brought someone with her, and that someone was her longtime beau, South African nati...
2016-11-291h 05
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 025: Jen Grisanti -- Story Consultant / Writing Instructor for NBC / Author / International SpeakerWhat we cover: “Failure doesn’t move us back. It moves us forward. Failure tells us what is no longer working.” – Jen Grisanti As a VP of CBS Paramount, overseeing Current Programming, Jen Grisanti was exactly where she wanted to be, or so she thought. Then, one day, the unthinkable happened, and without warning, she suffered a big crash when her professional reality was turned on its head and she was let go. The ladder she had been climbing collapsed from underneath her. But guess what she did? She did what Aaron Spelling -- yes that Aaron...
2016-11-221h 24
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 024: Autumn Reeser -- Actor (The OC, Entourage, Sully, The Arrangement)What we cover: Autumn Reeser knew at a very young age exactly who she was meant to be – an actor. But despite this clarity, she has learned to face a sometimes cruel industry -- the rejection, the heartbreak, the dashed hopes – with grace and perseverance. In the process of her journey, she has realized that the key to it all is learning, quite simply, to be kind to ourselves. You may know her as Taylor Townsend from the hit series The OC, or as Lizzy Grant from her two seasons on Entourage, or as Dr Gabby Asano in Hawaii Five...
2016-11-151h 03
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 023: Peter Arpesella -- Actor/Writer (And former Investment Banker -- yes, really)What we cover: Despite being groomed to take over the family business, Italy’s famed Grand Hotel of Rimini, Peter Arpesella knew life had other things in store for him. But what kind of courage does that take? To face not only your family, but more importantly, yourself – and say some version of: “Thank you for loving me. But thank you, more than anything, for respecting my need to be free.” After getting a degree in business and finance and working as an investment banker, he would ultimately leave the life he knew, and buy a one-way ticket to...
2016-11-081h 25
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 022: Morgan Brayton -- Actor/Comedian/Writer/TV PersonalityWhat we cover: “The people who get on in this world are the ones who get up and look for the circumstances they want. And if they can’t find them, they make them.” – George Bernard Shaw After 27 years of being subjected to sometimes soul-destroying auditions, the often-ridiculous expectations of wardrobe fittings, and the continual yearning for that role that would be her “ticket”, actor/comedian/writer/producer/TV personality Morgan Brayon took the power back. In her outstanding (read: equal parts hilarious and heart-stirring) one-woman show Give It Up, she pulls back the curtain on the entertainmen...
2016-11-011h 36
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 021: Kathy Barnard -- Melanoma Survivor and AdvocateWhat we cover: I have had an on-again, off-again relationship with melanoma for more than half of my life. And one of the things that most frustrates me is how blasé people are, generally speaking, when they think about skin cancer. There are three types of skin cancers, and melanoma is the one that kills. You might be one of the people right now, walking around living your life, knowing you have a suspicious mole that you’ve been “meaning to get checked out”. Something that itches a little. Or bleeds a little. Or just looks a bit off. Or, in...
2016-10-251h 49
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 020: Ray Zahab -- Extreme Adventure RunnerWhat we cover: Despite being a one-time pack a day smoker, Ray Zahab decided on New Years Eve 1999/2000 that it was time to be truly happy. And that quest for happiness ultimately led him to the open road. In this case though, the term Open Road is a loose one, at best. This is a guy who has run across the Sahara Desert. He’s run across the Gobi Desert. And he’s traversed the South Pole – and he was the first person to do it entirely on foot and snowshoes, and not on skis. So there’s that. In...
2016-10-181h 07
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 019: Gina Mollicone-Long -- Author / Speaker / Peak Performance CoachWhat we cover: Gina Mollicone-Long knows a thing or two about greatness. After all, when you're co-founder of an organization called The Greatness Group, it just sort of comes with the territory. Gina's not only someone committed to seeking out greatness in her own life, however. Not even close. This is a woman who has a degree in engineering, and who segued into a career in marketing with some of the biggest names in branding excellence – like Proctor and Gamble and Molsons Breweries, for example. Despite the fact that her corporate career was on fir...
2016-10-111h 29
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 018 Darrell Fox -- Brother of Terry Fox / Cancer CrusaderWhat we cover: “I just wish people would realize that anything’s possible if you try. Dreams are made possible if you try.” – Terry Fox In March 1977, when Terry Fox was just 18 years old, doctors confirmed that what he had thought was a sore right knee on account of a previous injury, was in fact cancer. Six days later, Terry had his right leg amputated six inches above his knee. However, the night before the surgery, a coach showed him an article about the first above-the-knee amputee to run the New York City Marathon. A flame was...
2016-10-041h 41
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 017: Ferg Hawke -- Decorated ultra-marathonerWhat we cover: In 2006, my husband Chad was preparing for his first Ironman event when someone gave him a copy of a documentary called The Distance of Truth. The Distance of Truth fast became Chad’s favourite go-to during long rides on his trainer. The film chronicles ultra-runner Ferg Hawke on his quest to complete Badwater, which at 135 miles or about 216 kms, is said to be the toughest foot race on earth in the hottest place on earth: Death Valley, California. To have Ferg as a guest on this episode was a full circle moment for us; he represents for...
2016-09-271h 48
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 016: Sister Madonna Buder -- The Iron NunWhat we cover: When you’re set to have tea with an 86-year-old nun, it’s a good idea to have things like cream, sugar, and perhaps crustless cucumber sandwiches on-hand. But of course, I did not. (#EpicFail) However, Sister Madonna Buder is not your typical 86-year-old nun. Dubbed the Iron Nun – as depicted in the recent Nike commercial that debuted during the 2016 Olympic Games – this force of nature has completed over 45 Ironman events, countless marathons, and more than 400 triathlons. As active and as energetic as any athlete a quarter her age, Sister Madonna chats with me about defying age, try...
2016-09-201h 29
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 015: Tanner Gers -- USA Paralympian/speaker/author/entrepreneurWhat we cover: Every once in a while, you chat with someone who is truly unstoppable. And Tanner Gers is one such person. After a March 2004 car crash left him entirely blind, rather than resort to his former lifestyle, he completely reinvented himself. He weeded the Friendship Garden, he redefined and re-evaluated his priorities, and he carved out a life that included being a world class athlete. In fact, he would go on to represent the USA in the London 2012 Paralympic Games in long jump. Today, he’s the host of the uber-popular podcast, The Creative Success Show, a mu...
2016-09-131h 05
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 014: Lex Gillette -- Four-time USA Paralympian“No need for sight. When you have a vision,” says Lex Gillette, four-time USA Paralympian and world champion long jumper. (Yes, this is a guy who can jump nearly 7 metres.) (Cross my heart.) But the thing of it all, is that by the age of just 9, as a wee boy, Lex lost his sight entirely. Did that stop him from living a big life? Not a chance. Inspired by the force that is his mom, Verdina, and the guidance of a very awesome teacher, Brian Whitmore, Lex was introduced in High School to the idea of competing in a more...
2016-09-0659 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 013: Steve King -- Legendary events announcer and ultra-athleteWhat we cover: In 2006, my husband Chad and I got bitten terribly by the Ironman bug. The vibe, the paradigm-busting, the goals set and achieved. And all of this on a backdrop of the incomparable voice of Ironman Canada's long-time, much-adored announcer, Steve King. However, the more we got to know about Steve, the more we realized his contribution to Ironman was just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. A decorated ultra-endurance athlete himself (we are talking world class race walker, ultra-marathoner, and UltraMan competitor, etc etc and yes, etc), Steve has leant his passion and talent to countless...
2016-08-301h 35
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 012: Lynn Kanuka -- Two-time Olympic runnerIn 1984, as a 12-year-old girl, I watched the Los Angeles Olympic Games in Avondale, Newfoundland, with my uncle Heath MacDonald. Sadly, he would die one year later. In 2009, I had the extreme good fortune of being part of the marketing team of one of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games' media sponsors. In that capacity, our goal was to create a language around the games. When we talked, as a group, about what the Olympics meant to us, I shared the memory of me and my uncle in 1984. But of all the events that held us most riveted that summer, I sh...
2016-08-231h 26
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 011: Silken Laumann -- Four-time Olympic rowerIf there’s something on this planet that’s more inspiring than the concept of those who rise again after they fall, well, I’m afraid I just don’t know what it is. And perhaps no other Canadian athlete most exemplifies the notion of “the comeback” quite like four-time Olympic rower, three-time Olympic medalist, Silken Laumann. After a horrific 1992 rowing accident that all but completely destroyed her leg, she was told there was a strong chance that she would never row again. The thing of it all? This was 10-weeks out from the Barcelona Olympic Games, and Silken had every in...
2016-08-1646 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 010: Mark Hatton -- Two-time Olympic luge racer After I attacked him at our mutual neighbour’s house and begged him to be a Guest Titan, Mark and I talk Olympic fever and, in particular, all things luge. In fact, Mark is one of Britain’s most successful Luge racers, having raced in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City and in the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turino. In Salt Lake, he achieved his goal of being the highest ranked finisher from a country without a home track. Proudly self-funded for the majority of his 12 year career, he was told he was too old to pursue a ca...
2016-08-091h 26
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 009: Nikola Girke -- Four-time OlympianThere aren’t too many moments in our planet’s history that inspire or connote the meaning of greatness more so than the Olympic Games. With Rio 2016 – the 31st Olympiad – just days away, I sit down for tea with this super star, Nikola Girke. The Rio games will be her fourth – not a typo – Olympic Games. While this year, she and her sailing partner, Luke Ramsay, will be representing Canada on the Nacra 17, a wee but powerful catamaran, in Olympics past she has represented Canada in both the 470 sailing and RS:X windsurfing disciplines. This makes her not only an over-achi...
2016-08-021h 17
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 008: Anthony Lemke -- Actor and humanitarianAs a sucker for the concept of re-invention, I’m more than a little bit ga-ga over all that Anothony Lemke represents. Today part of the dynamic ensemble cast of SyFy Channel’s hit series Dark Matter, Anthony left the promise of a successful career as a lawyer in one of Canada’s top corporate law firms in order to leave no stone unturned as it pertained to acting. And it’s paid off. While fans (and there are a lot of them) can catch season two of Dark Matter on Space TV, binge-watchers (and there are a lot of them...
2016-07-261h 21
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 007: Matt Hill -- Actor, speaker, runnerIn 2006, on an otherwise uneventful flight, actor Matt Hill (Ninja Turtles, Shanghai Knights, Dreamworks’ Dinotrux) was hit with a Big Idea, what he calls his “divine download”. That idea? To run from his home in Vancouver and complete one full loop of North America, by committing to a marathon a day for more than a year. And he did it, too. The 11,000-mile journey, called the Run for One Planet Tour, saw Matt and a friend connect with more than 50,000 students continent-wide, with a goal of inspiring positive environmental action. Most recently, he has been recognized with the Governor Genera...
2016-07-191h 22
Creative Habit's Podcast | Exploring Habits for Tapping Into Creative ConsciousnessMary-Jo Dionne on Transitions, Making It as an Artist and MoreMary-Jo Dionne has been a copy writer for years for some top agencies along with being a performer (see a clip here), speaker and podcaster. She provides some practical tools for navigating the creative life among insights that could transform the way you celebrate "making it". Show notes are here.
2016-07-1740 min
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 006: Susanne Biro -- Leadership Coach, author, and veganSince leaving a successful career in advertising, Susanne Biro has become a much sought-after leadership coach, having worked with the likes of top physicians at the Mayo Clinic, and top talent at organizations like New York Life and General Electric. However, despite a career rich in achievements, her recent invitation to spend a week on Necker Island -- the private home island of Sir Richard Branson -- where she took part in paradigm-busting conversations with two dozen of this planet's Change Makers and Rule Breakers, was undoubtedly her professional highlight. Together, over tea, we talk Brene Brown, Ralph Waldo Eme...
2016-07-121h 34
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 005: Mercedes Nicoll -- Three-time Olympic snowboarderAfter I pounced on her at a children's colouring contest, and convinced her to be a guest on Tea with a Titan, three-time Olympic snowboarder Mercedes Nicoll and I talk topics like the difference between a dream and a goal. The true definition of what it means to get up after a fall, Mercedes discusses what she's learned since a terrible snowboarding accident she suffered at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi -- a fall that left her suffering the debilitating effects of a concussion for nearly two years after. With 8 World Cup podium finishes, 5 National Championships, and 3 Olympic Games...
2016-07-051h 22
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 004: Ab McDonald -- Four-time Stanley Cup winner, NHL legendFour-time Stanley Cup winner and Original Six NHL Hockey legend, Ab McDonald shares insights about what separates the good-from-the-great. (Turns out, it comes down to loving what you do, and working hard.) We talk happy memories playing with Gordie Howe, Rocket Richard, and Jean Belliveau. As well as life highlights like meeting Muhammad Ali, Bob Hope, Ed Sullivan -- and jamming in his basement with Burton Cummings. ("American Woman...!") And we do it, all over tea. (This NHL super star loves his Earl Grey.)
2016-06-281h 13
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 003: Danielle Krysa -- Blogger, author, speaker, The Jealous CuratorFormer advertising Creative Director Danielle Krysa transformed her one-time debilitating jealousy for other artists into one of the world’s most revered art blogs, TheJealousCurator.com. Since then, she’s become a trusted voice in the realm of becoming creatively unblocked – speaking at companies like Pixar and appearing as a panellist on Oprah Winfrey Network TV. Today, she is a three-time author and host of the podcast Art for your Ear. Her latest book "Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk" launches in October 2016 at bookstores everywhere, and is also available on Audible.com.
2016-06-231h 15
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 002: Amber Fares -- Award-winning filmmaker of Speed Sisters documentaryAward-winning documentary filmmaker, Amber Fares, discusses her decision to depart her career in advertising and pursue unknown territory -- all with a camera strapped around her neck. After her eventual move to Palestine and a memorable encounter with the Middle East's first all-woman race car driving team, the genesis for her hit documentary Speed Sisters was in full fruition.
2016-06-211h 04
Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness |Achievement | Olympics | Olympians| Success | Athletes | Entrepreneurs | Actors | Authors | Philanthropy | Business | ArtistsEpisode 001: Mary-Jo Dionne -- Tea with a Titan, hostWriter/speaker/performer/philanthropist and seasoned interview-buff Mary-Jo Dionne welcomes you to the launch of her new podcast Tea with a Titan: Conversations Steeped in Greatness. MJDionne.com
2016-06-1730 min
Julien Dionne Show015 - Mary Jo Dionne“The West Coast Tapes” conclude with its fifth and final instalment. Coming at you from the Ink Pad at the base of Mount Seymour in Deep Cove, BC, Julien’s sister, Mary-Jo Dionne, talks writing and creativity.
Discover how Mary-Jo’s beginnings as a copywriter have blossomed into an entrepreneurial creative power-house. They talk meeting Ellen DeGeneres, working with Cloris Leachman and partying at the Playboy Mansion where Mary-Jo power-bonded with famous manager, George Shapiro. They go deep in this one and touch on the peaks-and-valleys that life serves up and how to push through and persevere. Needless...
2014-11-071h 39
Clasicos Del Rock - BaladasBaladas 07 - Mary Macgregor, Dionne Warwick y Julee CruiseSeptima entrega de Baladas que se abre con un tema de Mary MAcGregor titulado "Torn Between Two Lovers" y que se editaba en 1975, la segunda balada de esta septima entrega corresponde a la mítica Dionne Warwick, "Walk On By" de 1964 seducirá a mas de uno. Finalizamos con el tema central de la serie Twin Peaks, le pertenece a Julee Cruise y lleva por titulo "Falling". Hasta la proxima.
2012-08-3010 min