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Episodes
193 episodes
Bryan & Sarah Baeumler Take Over Port Alberni & Firefighters Fill the Boot for the D69 Food Bank
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Bryan and Sarah Baeumler take us behind the scenes of Home Town Takeover Canada in Port Alberni, from eight local changemakers to a covered gathering space at Harbour Quay, with a detour through a f...
The Abyss - Avatar’s Freediving Coach Kirk Krack of Campbell River on James Cameron’s Underwater Epic
What happens when you revisit James Cameron’s most punishing production with the man who taught the cast of Avatar: The Way of Water how to hold their breath? You get one of the deepest conversations Too Old or Movie Gold has ever had - literal...
NFL Week 7 - Upsets, Fantasy Football & Game-Day Pretzel Bites
BONUS RECIPE: Download Chef Jonathan Frazier's Recipe for Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites: https://bit.ly/S2EP07FootballRecipeWith the NFL season nearing the halfway mark, Erin Halusch...
Nearly 6,000 Bikes for Island Kids with Greg Nowik & Fall Garden Prep with Debora Gurrad
Why You Should Listen to This Episode:Greg Nowik tells how a dozen unclaimed RCMP bikes in his mother-in-law's garage in Cedar grew into Bikes for Kids, a volunteer program closing in on 6,000 refurbished bikes for kids from Nanai...
Atlanta Falcons, Week 6 Fantasy Surprises & Lemon Pepper Wet Wings
BONUS RECIPE: Download Chef Jonathan Frazier's Recipe for Lemon Pepper Wet Wings: https://bit.ly/S2EP06FootballRecipeThe NFL season is underway, and F3 is back with another episode of football, fantasy and food!This week, J...
Shelley Buck & Kathy Curtis - Leave Your Light On
On this episode of The Resilience Project, host Cindy Thompson sits down with Shelley Buck and her lifelong friend Kathy Curtis, co-authors of “Leave Your Light On.” Shelley and her husband, Academy Award-winning director Chris Buck (“Frozen” a...
Touring Vancouver Island: Michelle Wright’s Great Canadian Roadtrip & Ron James Rocks the Apple Cart
Why You Should Listen to This Episode:Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer Michelle Wright takes us from a farm in Merlin, Ontario to the Grand Ole Opry stage, where she sang Snowbird with Anne Murray sitting right down front, and...
The Dark Crystal - A Hollywood Property Master Breaks Down Jim Henson’s Puppet Magic
Host Olen Vanderleeden of the Comox Valley and Gen X co-host Matthew Stockton welcomed Millennial panelists comedian Will Cory and self-described “huge puppet fan” Anthony to weigh in on Jim Henson’s 1982 all-puppet fantasy epic, The Dark Cryst...
NFL Week 5 Surprises, the New York Giants & the Bronx Chopped Cheese Sandwich
BONUS RECIPE: Download Chef Jonathan Frazier's Recipe for the Bronx Chopped Cheese: https://bit.ly/S2EP05FootballRecipeThis week, Jonathan and Erin look back at a bizarre Week 5 in...
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...
