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Original Recording Date: October 2018 Guests: Monica (Monigram Coffee Roasters), Jeremy (Old Post Office Maker Space), students at Willow Road Public School (Role-play of History Prof, and Griphons athlete) First I head over to Idea Exchange - Old Post Office for the first two sections of the show, with interviews with Monica of Monigram Coffee Roasters and then Jeremy, who is the team lead of the...

Original Recording Date: October 2018 Guest: George This episode returns to The Village of Arbour Trails - if you're a regular listener of the show, you may have heard a previous episode with George, when he had just moved in and was having trouble transition to retirement residence life. Brady and I caught up with him to see how he's doing all these months later, and while things aren't perfect,...

This episode features two sets of interviews from students at Willow Road Public school, and an interview with a woman from The Village of Riverside Glen retirement residence. Hope you like it! Music by Darrelle London and Wax Mannequin.

Original Recording Date: September 2019 Guests: Cathy (Director of Public Exchange/Manager), Bonnie St. Pierre (Old Post Office patron), and Helen (Chief Executive Officer)  This episode takes us over to Idea Exchange - Old Post Office in downtown Galt for our debut radio visit there. I had three wonderful guests while I was there, guests one and three are members of staff who were instrumental in...

Original Recording Date: September 2018 Guest: John This episode is part 1 of my conversation with John over at The Village of Arbour Trails. John is a retired Civil engineer, originally from England, and he's a great character. We had a fun time hanging out. Music on today's show by Rae Spoon. Hope you like it!

Original Recording Date: September 2018 Guests: Colin (Village of Arbour Trails), Barb (Alzheimer Society of Waterloo Wellington) and Otis & Arrow Tune in today at 1pm to CFRU 93.3 FM or cfru.ca to catch the newest episode of the show - today I speak to Colin from The Village of Arbour Trails Barb from the Alzheimer Society Waterloo Wellington, and the last segment is my son/CFRU Volunteer Oti...

Original Recording Date: September 2018 Guest: Resident of a local retirement residence Not everyone is happy where they are, not everyone is happy at all.  This particular resident found me collecting stories for radio one day, and utilized the opportunity to share her frustrations with her situation, and the residence she was in.  She mentioned she was a retired university prof, and was also fru...

Date: August 2018 Guest: Greta This episode we return to Riverside Glen for a second visit with Greta at The Village of Riverside Glen, as she read to us her stories from her life in pre and post-war Germany.

Original Recording Date: August 2018 Guests: Women having coffee and tea at Riverside Glen I headed over to The Village of Arbour Trails and hung out with three ladies, who shared stories from their respective lives in Toronto, the impact the War did and didn't have on their lives, and what their adult lives looked like prior to ending up at Village of Arbour Trails. These women are all friends, a...

Original Recording Date: August 2018 Guests: The Rockin' Rainbow Notes (Kidsability), and Tom (Norfolk Manor) This episodes includes many interviews with the "Rockin' Rainbow Notes" - Rockin' Rainbow notes is a collaborative project between KidsAbility Centre for Child Development Rainbow Day Camp and The University of Guelph's International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. They wo...

Original Recording Date: July 2018 Guest: Elton This episode was with Elton Russell from Norfolk Manor retirement home.  Elton's originally from the Islands, moved to England in his twenties and joined a reggae band, before eventually moving to Pilot Mount Manitoba, then here to Ontario. He had a life of many jobs, and lots of music. I was trying to get to the first floor, and for some reason the...

Original Recording Date: July 2018 Guest: Greta CFRU volunteer Brady and I were lucky enough to be introduced to Greta, and convince her to share her beautiful stories with us.  Greta has been typing out stories from her life, mainly from her time growing up in post-war Germany, and for this episode she is reading a few of them to us.  These stories are a snap shot of life in a time and place I've...

Original Recording Date: July 2018 Guest: Jean Bryce, Village of Arbour Trails This episode I chat with Jean Bryce - a lovely woman living over at The Village of Arbour Trails retirement residence. I just loved her. We chatted, then we had hot chocolate together and she took me to see the pond. I discovered part way through our chat that she is the mom of my friend Barbara Bryce, and by extension...

Original recording date: June 2018 Guests: Ben Grossman, Brant Ave PS students Guelph's own Ben Grossman came to Brant Ave PS, performed on the Hurdy Gurdy and was interviewed by my radio students. Totally fun! The end of the show features a couple interviews with the students as well (Jalele talking about how lucky they were to have the radio project really warmed my heart ❤️) Music is from Ben,...

Original recording date: June 2018 Guests: (Brant Ave PS) Mike Schreiner, Green Party MPP, (Village of Riverside Glen) Audrey In this episode the Brant Ave PS students interview Mike Schreiner, Guelph's Green MPP.  These students did a fantastic job, writing all their own questions and engineering the whole thing. It is SUPER informative, not just for kids, but for anyone who wants to know more ab...

Original Recording Date: June 2018 Guest: George (Village of Arbour Trails) George shared a really powerful perspective with me, of the difficulties transitioning to a retirement residence, losing a life partner and trying to build new relationships. There are so many barriers and challenges our seniors face in this time of transition, and I was really humbled to have George open up about this. Mo...

Original Recording Date: June 2018 Guests: Dan Evans and Kristen Tilley, interviewed by students at Brant Ave PS For this episode we head back over to Brant Ave PS where some of the grade sixes have interviewed Kristen from Lakeside HOPE House and Dan from the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition about the "Guelph Community Backpack Drive". Every year, HOPE House organizes the city-wide Back-to-...

Original Recording Date: May 2018 Guests: (Brant Ave) Alex interviewing Matthew and Noah and radio students of Brant interviewing Mayor Cam Guthrie, (Village of Riverside Glen) volunteers Brady and Otis interviewing Riverside Glen Resident Jeff Today's episode starts at Brant, with Alex interviewing two Kindergarteners, Matthew and Noah. Then we'll hear the Brant Ave Student's interview with Guelp...

Original Recording Date: May 2018 Guests: Natalie, Finn and Riley from Brant Ave PS, and a resident (retired Northern Canadian Doctor) from the Village of Arbour Trails Today's episode I air the second half of my conversation with Natalie Finn and Riley of Brant Ave. PS.  What a group of little characters!  For the second half of the show I return to Arbour Trails, where my guest is a retired Remo...

Original Recording Date: May 2018 Guests: Three grade threes from Brant Ave PS, and Vinnie from the Village of Arbour Trails New episode today at 1pm and it features one of my favourite guests EVER. Three grade twos/threes from Brant Ave PS on the first half of the show today, and one of these students in particular is like no one I've ever met. I'm tempted to give you no further details - just tu...

Original Recording Date: May 2018 Guests: (Brant Ave PS) Gurvir interviewing Jazzy, Alex and Langston interviewing William, and Alex and Jazzy interviewing one of Brant PS' youngest authors "CJ London".  (Village of Arbour Trails) part two of my conversation with the three ladies in the cafe. This episode features two short interviews, followed by an exclusive interview with CJ London, one of Bran...

Original Recording Date: April, 2018 Guests: (Brant Ave PS) Students interviewing Michelle - the head librarian from the UGDSB, and (Village of Arbour Trails) Part 1 of my conversation with three women residents I met in the cafe. Today the students at Brant Ave PS interview Michelle, the head librarian from the Upper Grand District School Board, and for the second half of the show I air the first...

Original Recording Date: April, 2018 Guests: (Village of Arbour Trails) A wonderful man who spotted me, and came over and sang to me, (Village of Riverside Glen) Jeff and CFRU volunteer Anna Bowen, (Brant Ave PS) Gurvir, Jalele, and Gigi The beginning of this episode features one of my favourite selections of interviews to date. This episode has everything from a completely moving encounter with a...

Original Recording Date: April 2018 Guests: (Brant Ave) Abdullah, Jazzy and Alex, (Village of Riverside Glen) Sydney This episode returns to Brant Ave, where grade six student Abdullah interviews grade five students Jazzy and Alex, and then Jazzy and Alex interview eachother.  Then we head over to chat with Sydney at Village of Riverside Glen, a retired professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and...

Original Recording Date: April 2018 Guests: (Brant Ave) Japjeet, Jazzy, Alex, and Danya, (Village of Riverside Glen) Scotty Hertz interviewing Jim Hunt The first half of this episode sees the return to Brant Ave. PS where four grade five girls experimented with recording and interviewing for the first time.  They did an awesome job!  Lot's of good (and funny) questions.  Very solid for first-time...