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Podcasting since 2024 • 150 episodes

The Pulse

Latest Episodes

Roy Henry Vickers on 50 Years of Art & BC Wildfire Crew Leader Kyle Gilson

Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Roy Henry Vickers spent his 80th birthday thinking about the schoolhouse he was born in, and this year he's released a fifty-year retrospective built from more than 400 works of his art. Meanwhile, ...

July 21, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 44 • 46:40

What “Housing First” means in practice - with Shayla Day

On this episode of Nonpartisan Hacks, Parksville City Councillors Sean Wood and Joel Grenz sit down with Shayla Day, founder and CEO of DayHomes Society, a nonprofit serving the Oceanside region with outreach, food support, housing navigation, ...

July 21, 2026 • 35:54

Kim Wilkinson - Finding Purpose Following Loss

Kim Wilkinson is a mother and Grief Recovery Specialist who lost her 22-year-old son, Tristan, to a drug overdose in November 2019. Through that loss, Kim discovered healing, recovery and transformation, and now works with others facing mental ...

July 21, 2026 • 42:36

Blues Musician Harry Manx & What’s On at The McMillan Arts Centre this summer

Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Harry Manx opens up about a life that took him from the Isle of Man to busking in Europe and Japan, and into the studio for his new album Falling Upwards, out this August as he tours Vancou...

July 14, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 43 • 45:26

Stargate (1994) - Is This Sci-Fi Classic Still Pure Gold?

It has been 31 years since Roland Emmerich’s Stargate first sent Kurt Russell and James Spader through an ancient portal to a desert planet ruled by a false god - and the Too Old or Movie Gold crew just stepped back through to find out if it st...

July 14, 2026 • 56:04