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Episodes
184 episodes
Shot in Vancouver with Sam Wiebe & Melanie Buggey’s Record-Setting Swim Across the Strait of Georgia
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Award-winning author Sam Wiebe takes us on a tour of Vancouver Island's surprisingly deep film history, from a wartime propaganda set near Victoria's airport to Hatley Castle's many starring roles a...
Oceanside’s Water Explained with Arrowsmith Water Service chair Scott Harrison
Parksville City Councillors Joel Grenz and Sean Wood open Season 2 of Nonpartisan Hacks: Pulse Edition with the question everyone in Oceanside was asking this summer: if we live in a rainforest, why are we under a watering ban? Thei...
Pittsburgh Steelers: Football, Fantasy & Pittsburgh Food
BONUS RECIPE: Download Chef Jonathan Frazier's Recipe for the Primanti Sandwich: https://bit.ly/S2EP04FootballRecipeThis week, Jonathan and Erin turn their attention to the Pittsburgh Steelers, breaking down the latest fantasy foo...
The Answer, My Friends, Is Blowing in the Wind
In this episode of A Resilience Project, host Cindy Thompson takes the helm herself. Drawing on life lessons learned at sea aboard her sailboat, along with more than 30 years of supporting counselling clients as they navigate their own journeys...
Ann Vriend Brings AV & the Inner City to the Island & Ken Neden of Arrowsmith Search and Rescue
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Ann Vriend turned lockdown into a front porch choir, and that choir is now AV & the Inner City, headed to Vancouver Island for Pacific Contact. She also tells the family story behind A Dollar &a...
Indianapolis Colts - Football, Fantasy & Indiana Food
BONUS RECIPE: Download Chef Jonathan Frazier's Recipe for the Indianapolis Pork Tenderloin Sandwich: https://bit.ly/S2EP03FootballRecipeThe NFL season is underway, and F3 is back w...
Frank King - Speaking “Frank(ly)” about Mental Health and Resilience
Content note: This episode includes open discussion of depression and suicide. Please listen with care. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 9-8-8, the Suicide Crisis Helpline, any time, day or night. In BC you can also...
Duck Paterson Drives an Ambulance to Kyiv & A 9th Trip to Ukraine with Darrell McKay
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Two Vancouver Island volunteers, two very different ways of showing up for Ukraine. Duck Paterson, a 75-year-old Ladysmith councillor with 38 years on council, explains why he is driving an ambulanc...
Dallas Cowboys in Brazil, Week 2 Fantasy Injuries & Smoked Brisket Nachos
BONUS RECIPE: Download Chef Jonathan Frazier's Recipe for Smoked Brisket Nachos: https://bit.ly/S2EP02FootballRecipeThis week, Jonathan and Erin turn their attention to the Dallas Cowboys, looking at the team's upcoming internatio...
Dr. Jody Carrington - Kids These Days: A Game Plan for (Re)Connecting
Dr. Jody Carrington is a child psychologist who believes the answer for kids lies in the big people who hold them. After 15 years of working with vulnerable children and families, from the Alberta Children’s Hospital to speaking stages across t...
Hunter Dryden's Path to the Victoria Grizzlies & Paul Black's Blues Journey
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: This week we sit down with Victoria blues rock guitarist Paul Black, who traces his path from a gospel and country childhood in Thornhill, BC, through a life-changing Stevie Ray Vaughan concert, to ...
NFL Season Opener, Fantasy Lineup Nerves & Game-Day Chicken Wings
BONUS RECIPE: Download Chef Jonathan Frazier's Recipe for Game-Day Chicken Wings: https://bit.ly/S2EP01FootballRecipeHosts Erin Haluschak and Chef Jonathan Frazier of the Comox Val...
Steve Anderson - Your Life Is a Story
Why You Should Listen to This EpisodeHow many of you can think of one or two key people in your life who had a real impact on you - a coach, a teacher, a family member? Steve Anderson has spent nearly three decades in the classroo...
Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope with Darrell Fox & The Port Alberni Toy Run
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Season 3 opens with two Vancouver Island stories built on showing up for other people, year after year. Darrell Fox was seventeen when he joined his brother Terry on the road for the 1980 Marathon o...
True Lies - with Arnold's Real-Life Stunt Double Peter Kent of Qualicum Beach
Peter Kent of Qualicum Beach joined hosts Olen Vanderleeden and Matthew Stockton, along with panelists Sean, Anthony and Nicole, to unpack James Cameron’s 1994 spy-comedy blockbuster True Lies.True Lies stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie...
Jess Van Zeil - Eye Won: Facing Cancer, Losing an Eye, and Finding Resilience
Jess Van Zeil is an Australian author, sportswoman, and adventurer who was diagnosed with Conjunctival Ocular Melanoma, a rare and aggressive eye cancer, at just 21 years old. Given the choice between losing her eye or her life, Jess chose surv...
Darren Karn's Tour de Rock Ride & The SOS Seniors Social Program
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: From an RCMP officer pedaling 1,200 kilometres for kids with cancer to a program tackling the gap between what a doctor can treat and what a person actually needs, this episode is about showing up f...
Nanoose Firefighters Return to Battle The Towering Inferno
What happens when you bring the firefighters back for round two - this time against a 135-story fire from 1974? Too Old or Movie Gold’s Nanoose Bay firefighter panel returns for a second helping of Hollywood fire.Host Olen Vanderleeden o...
Naomi Mwaura - If Not Now, When?
Why You Should Listen to This EpisodeIf you have ever wondered what it takes to challenge deep-rooted norms and protect the most vulnerable, this episode is for you. Naomi Mwaura has spent her career doing exactly that - and her s...
The Route 19A Arts Festival & 50 Years of the Career Centre with Cheryl Dill
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: From a 16-day, multi-venue celebration of Vancouver Island art to five decades of helping neighbours find work, this episode is a reminder of how much community gets built behind the scenes. Sheena ...
Three Men and a Baby - Number one at the Box Office in 1987
Too Old or Movie Gold host Olen Vanderleeden and Gen X co-host Matthew Stockton pull out a can't-miss dad-com: the 1987 Disney comedy Three Men and a Baby, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson as three confirmed bachelors whos...
Kerri Cryderman - Even in Winter You Can Find Sparkles
In this episode of A Resilience Project, host Cindy Thompson sits down with Kerri Cryderman, an executive leader in Saskatchewan healthcare, to talk about grief, leadership and what she calls a season of winter. In November 2019, Kerri unexpect...
Chris Frye of The Bills & Aki Shaw on Generic Semaglutide
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: The Bills' Chris Frye looks back on three decades of Vancouver Island folk music ahead of their Salish Coast Music Festival show, and pharmacist Aki Shaw explains what Canada's new generic semagluti...
Two Governments, One Chair - with John Jack of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations
On this episode of Nonpartisan Hacks, Parksville City Councillors Joel Grenz and Sean Wood sit down with John Jack, known in his own language as Sayaač̓atḥ, who holds two elected roles at once: Chief Councillor of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations, ...
Dr. Taryn Stejskal - Five Practices of Particularly Resilient People
Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal is widely regarded as the world's leading expert on resilience. Founder of the Resilience Leadership Institute, she draws on more than fifteen years of original research to reveal what separates people who bounce back f...
