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Episodes
153 episodes
Greyston Holt of “Neagley”- A BC Day Special
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Actor Greyston Holt - the werewolf from Bitten, the vampire from Supernatural, and this fall's Detective Hudson Riley on Prime Video's Neagley - is our guest co-host for a BC Day long weekend specia...
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - or more precisely, in 1980 - a sequel arrived that would change cinema forever. In this special May the Fourth episode of Too Old or Movie Gold, host Olen Vanderleeden of the Comox Valley brings toget...
Lisa Strogal - When Hiding Is No Longer an Option
Lisa Strogal is a Master Certified Coach, CEO and founding principal of Shadow Light Consulting Inc. With a long list of accomplishments, certifications and corporate experience behind her, Lisa has developed programs for leadership development...
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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Karen Alcantara - Remembering the Human in Humanity
Karen Alcantara joins Cindy Thompson on A Resilience Project to share her journey from self-proclaimed "Ghetto Girl" to emotional support worker. Drawing on her teenage experience with gang life, Karen speaks candidly about the seduction of bel...
Two NEW Novels from C.C. Humphreys & The Salvation Army Feeds a Growing Need
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Major Sergii Kachanov has watched need at the Mount Arrowsmith Food Bank climb toward last year's total in just five months, and he explains exactly what's driving it and how the community can help....
Decoding Your Property Tax Bill
Every spring, property tax season brings the same wave of confusion, and Parksville City Councillors Joel Grenz and Sean Wood are digging into it head-on in this episode of Non-Partisan Hacks. Using the City of Parksville as a case study, they ...
Shannon Bergstrom - Letting Go of Perfectionism and Listening to Your Body
Shannon Bergstrom joins Cindy Thompson on A Resilience Project to talk about perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the cost of chasing impossible standards. A teacher, wife, and mother, Shannon shares how childhood loss shaped her instinct to kee...
Boxing and Drumming to Battle Parkinson's & The Hands & Hearts Food Program Feeding Families
LISTEN HERE: Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Doug Pickard has spent more than 13 years proving that boxing gloves and conga drums can push back against a disease with no cure, turning rhythm itself into therapy ...
Airplane! - The Funniest Movie Ever Made?
What happens when you gather two Gen Xers who worship a comedy classic, two Millennials seeing it fresh, and one very unimpressed holdout? You get the most hilariously divided episode of Too Old or Movie Gold yet.Hosts Olan VanderLinden ...
Pam Botterill - The Importance of Belonging
Pam Botterill joins Cindy Thompson on A Resilience Project to share what she calls a good-news story of adoption. An Indigenous woman from the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River, BC, Pam was adopted at nine months old and raised by a no...
Tears for Fears Drummer Jamie Wollam & Cancer Warrior Carly Carey creates Carly’s House
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Jamie Wollam grew up tapping along to Kiss and AC/DC records in Southern California, never imagining he'd spend sixteen years behind the kit for Tears for Fears - or that he'd find sobriety and a re...
Nanoose Firefighters Watch Backdraft - And They Have Feelings
What happens when you screen a Hollywood firefighting blockbuster for actual firefighters? You get the most entertaining and most brutally honest episode of Too Old or Movie Gold yet.Hosts Olin VanderLeen and David Purcell of the Comox V...
Katie Bergman - When Justice Just Is
Why You Should Listen to This EpisodeKatie Bergman is a writer and social justice advocate who has devoted a decade to the non-profit sector, specialising in human trafficking interventions. After experiencing trauma and burnout a...
Laura Palmer of Island Crime Podcast & Cheryl Dill on BeachFest 2026
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Cheryl Dill has spent years helping build one of Vancouver Island's most beloved summer traditions into an internationally recognized event drawing visitors from all over the world. Laura Palmer is ...
When Cities Stop Waiting - with Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto
What happens when the province can't move fast enough and people in your city need help now? In this episode of Non-Partisan Hacks, hosts Joel Grenz and Sean Wood sit down with Marianne Alto, Mayor of the City of Victoria, recorded live at the ...
Kaleb Dahlgren - “Crossroads”: Finding Strength in Vulnerability
Why You Should Listen to This EpisodeIf you’ve ever been told you can’t - and refused to accept it - this episode is for you. Kaleb Dahlgren speaks from a place of hard-won strength: as a survivor of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy, ...
Ethan Askey touring Vancouver Island & the Parksville Car and Bike Show
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Ethan Askey has carried a harmonica in his pocket for the better part of 30 years - from campfires on the Alsek River to festival stages in Europe, from Junior Wells' living room in Chicago to the s...
Santiago Dominguez - Autism: A Personality, Not a Disability
Why You Should Listen to This EpisodeIf you or someone you love has ever felt like an outsider in a world that wasn’t built for the way your mind works, Santiago Dominguez speaks directly to that experience. Diagnosed with high-fu...
Matt Sager of “Lost Car Rescue” on “Classics for Kids” & Crime Novelist Sam Wiebe
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Matt Sager brings a 1940 Ford five-window coupe and a classroom full of students to turn a rescue car into a raffle that could raise a million dollars for the kids at Cowichan District Hospital. Sam...
When Democracy Becomes Dangerous with Marianne Meed Ward
Recorded live at the AVICC convention in Victoria, this episode of Non-Partisan Hacks brings a remarkable guest to the mic. Joel Grenz and Sean Wood sit down with Marianne Meed Ward - Mayor of Burlington, Ontario and co-founder of ElectRespect ...
