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Send us Fan Mail The former site of the building was a Turkish fortification, the polygonal Aranybásya, which was largely destroyed when the castle was retaken in 1686, but its remains can still be found on the Bastion level. No written record survives, and it reappeared on the written page of history in 1872. The neoclassical palace designed by Ybl was commissioned by Count Menyhért Lónyay Menyhé...

Send us Fan Mail Emamoke (Emo) Ikede’s passion is teaching people how to quickly become debt free by reducing their monthly expenses. By reputation, he is frequently invited to speak to various business, community and school groups on this topic. In 2014, he started the "MoneyWorld" conference as a collaboration between industry experts to teach people how to manage their money. He is an...

Send us Fan Mail Phil Kiss is a professional Ice Hockey player born in Burlington Ontario, Canada. He has been playing hockey for over 5 years now in Hungary. #GaleForceWins sat down with him when we were in Budapest and had a chat about his career, what it's like to be a professional hockey player and what it's like to be playing in Hungary.  Gale Force Wins started out simply as an ins...

Send us Fan Mail In these 'Moments' of the #GaleForceWins podcast we will be reflecting on some of our favourite moments in what we call 'WinGusts'  Alan Doyle joined us on Episode #120 and in this moment from that we feature him talking about how much fun he is still having. A great quote from the episode  "A crowd needs a band right, they need that night. The band needs...

Send us Fan Mail Nathan is 37 years old and grew up in a very small town with 3 sisters and he wasn't as fortunate as other kids.  He worked hard while in school as a bus boy to help out the family.  He learned an enormous amount about life and working as a bus boy but school was not a priority. He always felt there was a business man in him and his entrepreneurial spirit is now shining throu...

Send us Fan Mail Having a legacy career like Gale Force Wins is such a privilege but getting follow in the footsteps of your father’s legacy career is a very special experience. Please join us on Gale Force Wins as Allan travels to Serbia as part of an international election observation mission. Gale Force Wins started out simply as an inspirational podcast releasing episodes wherever you get your...

Send us Fan Mail In this concluding episode we  finish our chat with J. Kelly Sullivan at his beautiful Kokomo Botanical Resort in the Turks & Caicos We sit at the chef's table with Kelly as his staff prepare a meal for us. Kellys shares his unique perspective on business and wellness. In episode 1 we learned where Kelly came from and what shaped him. In this final episode we learn what k...

Send us Fan Mail In these WinGust episodes or 'Moments' of the #GaleForceWins podcast we will be reflecting on some of our favourite moments in what we call 'WinGusts'  "You cannot be an effective leader if you are not happy, you can make all the money in the world but if your miserable doing it...what is the point!" Michele Tessier was on episode #4 at the very begin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we chat with J. Kelly Sullivan at his beautiful Kokomo Botanical Resort in the Turks & Caicos Conveniently located in the heart of sunny Providenciales, Kokomo Botanical Resort is a luxury hub. Centrally located for exploring everything this lovely Caribbean locale has to offer, Kokomo is a spectacular getaway. We sit at the chef's table with Kelly as his...

Send us Fan Mail In these WinGust episodes or 'Moments' of the #GaleForceWins podcast we will be reflecting on some of our favourite moments in what we call 'WinGusts'  On December 29th 2020 we were privileged to have Tina Smith on episode #5 to talk about her son Kirk Taylor who tragically lost his life in Afghanistan on December 30, 2009 while serving his country. Tina's...

Send us Fan Mail In these WinGust episodes or 'Moments' of the #GaleForceWins podcast we will be reflecting on some of our favourite moments in what we call 'WinGusts'  Alan Mulholland round the world solo sailor was in fact our very first guest. It was episode #2 because episode #1 was an introduction to the podcast.  Alan shares his most important takeaway is to have a plan....

Send us Fan Mail Guest host Fatemeh Mohammadi interviews Dr. Susan E. Murray Fatemeh is a business student at Memorial University who was born in Iran and grew up in Dubai. She brings a fascinating perspective to life in NL. She credits Susan with making her experience in NL much more rewarding. Dr. Susan Murray is a globally recognized advisor and expert on leadership. After two decades as a seni...

Send us Fan Mail In these WinGust episodes or 'Moments' of the #GaleForceWins podcast we will be reflecting on some of our favourite moments in what we call 'WinGusts'  Gina Pecore joined us very early on episode#20 when the pandemic was still raging. Her advice to 'take the risk, know what is the lowest bar that you can tolerate if the risk fails, if you can accept that t...

Send us Fan Mail In travelling around the province with #GaleForceWins,  Gerry and Allan have heard story after story about the optimism that surrounds the economy. In this short video we didn't even talk about the opportunities in Labrador. Business people are by their very nature optimistic. That being said there have been some encounters we have had with people that have showcased cynicism...

Send us Fan Mail Natasha Hart is from St. John's. Her parents were tremendous in her upbringing. Her dad is a photographer and is a huge influence in her creative journey. Her mom was in the travel industry and went on to work in women in entrepreneurship and had the fierce idea that you can do whatever you want. Travel was also an inspiration from a young age. Natasha got  into theatre in hi...

Send us Fan Mail In these WinGust episodes or 'Moments' of the #GaleForceWins podcast we will be reflecting on some of our favourite moments in what we call 'WinGusts'  Craig Tucker joined us very early on episode#18 when the pandemic was still raging. His thoughts around working together are still relevant today. Gale Force Wins started out simply as an inspirational podcast r...

Send us Fan Mail a 'Moment' or what we call a 'WinGust' from tonight's 3rd anniversary episode #194 on #GaleForceWins This is a snippet of a brainstorming session recorded November 25th, 2020 in which Allan hears the name Gale Force Wins for the first time.  Gale Force Wins started out simply as an inspirational podcast releasing episodes wherever you get your podcasts eve...

Send us Fan Mail GALE FORCE WINS was born during the global pandemic, where the only goal to start was to create a podcast that featured positive and uplifting conversations with business leaders and change-makers to INSPIRE. This episode contains a short introduction to our third anniversary episode recorded in early October 2023 in Turks and Caicos followed by a brainstorming chat about what Gal...

Send us Fan Mail With over 800 interviews on our Youtube channel we have a lot of Moments of inspiration or what we call "WinGusts" and this is a selection of them. If you don't have time to listen to full episodes we will be posting shorter episodes called "Moments" or "Wingusts" on our audio channels. Episode #193 is a compilation of some of the inspiring momen...

Send us Fan Mail Don Fitzpatrick grew up in Freshwater Placentia Bay and has been on the board of Perchance Theatre since 2018 and he has know Danielle Irvine since 1991. He went to university in 1982 to study marine biology and education. He eventually got into medical school and in his words he "fluked" into plastic surgery. He once wanted to be Jacques Cousteau but a collapsed lung pu...

Send us Fan Mail Vinod has worked on 6 different Caribbean islands and is passionate about the Caribbean culture and people. He loves the island's beautiful beaches and diversity of the work forces friendly people. He is an accomplished operations executive, who began with Hilton Corporation and assumed increasing responsibilities with in hospitality industry as a Bell Captain, Front Desk Age...

Send us Fan Mail Aiden Flynn is an actor, director, writer, producer living in St. John’s, NL. Recent appearances at the LSPU Hall include The Father (dir Courtney Brown), Poison (dir Charlie Tomlinson) Fun Home (Best Kind Productions) and The Weir (Team Broken Earth), and other recent appearances include Three Days of Rain (Sweetline Theatre), A Steady Rain (Rabbittown Theatre), and The Pillowman...

Send us Fan Mail In July of 2023 #GaleForceWins brought Chuck to St. John's to speak publicly. This recording is the address Chuck delivered titled "This much I know!" Chuck is principal of Laurent Maxime Consultancy, a management consulting firm specializing in organizational strategy, growth and leadership development. His career has taken him to the U.S., the United Kingdom his n...

Send us Fan Mail Nicole Hand (B. Mus) is a woodwind instrumentalist from CBS, Newfoundland. You might spy her in the back row of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, at a wedding with special event band 709 or downtown with ECMA-award winning saxophone group Ouroboros. A big believer in school music programs, Nicole also works as Executive Director of the Rotary Music Festival, the largest non-com...

Send us Fan Mail Founder  BIBLIOnomics · "Optimizing the Cultural Economy" Developing customized technology and offering strategic consulting for the Canadian book publishing and retailing sector. Focused on digitizing the location relativity of books and designing processes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of collective marketing campaigns for related trade associations. Alex...