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Episodes
171 episodes
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...
Brent Butt Touring the Island and the Parksville Wine Walk
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Corner Gas creator and award-winning comedian Brent Butt opens up about his small-town Saskatchewan roots, seventeen years on the road, and his brand new comedy album, while Nanaimo sommelier Veroni...
Real Golfers Watch Tin Cup - And They Have Notes
What happens when you get four real golfers in a room to break down Hollywood’s most famous golf swing? You get one of the liveliest, most opinionated episodes of Too Old or Movie Gold yet.Host Olen Vanderleeden of the Comox Valley was j...
Joe Bakhmoutski - Finding Hope in Times of Uncertainty
Joe Bakhmoutski is a father, husband, author and testicular cancer survivor from Melbourne, Australia. After years of living with debilitating anxiety, Joe faced a cancer diagnosis that carried him through the lowest depths of misery and pain b...
You Said It: Your Comments on Vancouver Island , Debora Gurrad Busts Garden Myths
Why You Should Listen to This Episode: This week we hit the road for our 'You Said It' segment at a Mid-Island car show, catching up with Vancouver Islanders on what makes this place home. Then Master Gardener Debora Gurrad of Vancouver ...
Riding the Rails - with Thomas Bevan of the Island Corridor Foundation
On this episode of Nonpartisan Hacks, Parksville City Councillors Joel Grenz and Sean Wood take the show “on the rail”, recording aboard a high-rail vehicle rolling along the old E&N corridor from Parksville to Coombs. They are joined by Th...
Rephar Salamba - Be the Author of Who You Want to Be
In Nairobi, Kenya, Rephar Salamba is mother to her 16-year-old son. After leaving an abusive marriage, she rebuilt her life through determination and quiet strength, discovering a passion for handmade jewelry and becoming a community advocate a...
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...
