Face2Face with David Peck

International wine judge, oenophile and self-confessed foodie, Steven Elphick, expresses his lifelong passions through the photographic lens. As the exclusive photographer for Spectacular Wineries of Ontario, published by Panache, Steven takes you on a captivating photographic journey through Ontario Wine Country, where vineyards flourish in picturesque settings and winemaker’s dreams are born. St...

Listen as Jay covers a whole lot of ground talking philosophy, creativity and how magicians have lost their way. Find out why he believes sleight of hand magic is about Bending The Real. www.jaysankey.com Jay was born in 1963, in Montreal, Canada and moved to Toronto with his family shortly thereafter. He was given a magic set for his 11th birthday and soon began experimenting with sleight of hand...

Join the conversation as Eden talks about capital, philosophy and why Kierkegaard matters. Eden is a Portfolio Manager, & Options & Derivatives Strategist for almost 2 decades, though his undergrad is in Molecular Genetics at UofT. Currently, he is a Vice President with Horizons Exchange Traded Funds where he manages 13 Covered-Call Option ETFs on over $600 million in assets. Eden is an avid Indie...

Join us for a fun conversation as Rob tells about why he got into Canadian show business, the trick to getting your film or TV show funded and why there’s hope for Television. www.robbomills.net and www.ruffusthedog.net Robert Mills – aka “Robbo” – is an award-winning writer, producer, director, puppeteer and FX artist. Founder of Radical Sheep Productions in 1985 – he has produced such popular pr...

Join Ken as he talks about his on the ground experience of the Haitian earthquake, what’s wrong with CIDA and his thoughts about the future of child sponsorship. Ken is a CA and the president of Speroway – an organization in partnership with caring Canadians, responding to the needs of children and their families, in Canada and around the world, by providing food, medicine, education and other ess...

Rob has plenty to say. He’s a policy wonk, a PhD candidate and a guy who knows a lot about everything. You’ll want to hear what he has to say about Canadians Politics, religious freedom and a whole lot of other important stuff. Robert Joustra is the Editor of Cardus Policy in Public and a senior editor of Comment . He is editor, with Senior Fellow Jonathan Chaplin , of God and Global Order: The Po...

You’ll want to hear Paul talk about generosity, gender and reconciliation. Paul is the 18 million bestselling author of The Shack . Paul was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, but the majority of his first decade was lived with his missionary parents in the highlands of Netherlands New Guinea (West Papua), among the Dani , a technologically stone age tribal people. He’s a writer, husband, fa...

Join Jason as he tells us why he acts, what’s important in his life and why stories make all the difference. Part storyteller, part creative catalyst—Jason works extensively as an actor, producer, filmmaker and communication coach. For the past 15 years, Jason has partnered with theatre and film companies, organizations and educational institutions as an artist/coach around the world. He is most r...

David talks candidly about business, entrepreneurship and what the bottom line is really all about. David is a seasoned business owner and management professional with 30 years experience. He started his first business while still a teenager and has been focused on entrepreneurship, sales and management since that time. David is the executive producer and host of BiZ TV Canada, a business show ava...

Maureen Littlejohn is a journalist working in Swaziland currently on Gender Based Violence. Listen in as she talks about cross-cultural effectiveness, moral high ground and how she still feels like she is making a difference. Maureen Littlejohn is a Canadian journalist and communications specialist who currently resides in Swaziland. As communications officer with Swaziland Action Group Against Ab...

In this episode Rob talks about human rights, basic income security and an approach to poverty that makes a whole lot of sense. Rob has 20 years of experience in not-for-profit leadership, primarily in environmental conservation and sustainable development and more recently concerning poverty in Canada. He has been described as a mentor who is “light on my feet” with respect to his capacity to ini...

You’ll want to hear Shane’s passion shine through as he speaks about poverty, social justice and holy disobedience. Shane Claiborne graduated from Eastern University and did graduate work at Princeton Seminary. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Eastern. His adventures have taken him from the streets of Calcutta where he worked with Mother Teresa to the wealthy suburbs of Chicago wher...

A once in a lifetime interview with a Cambodian who survived 30 years of war, starvation and genocide. He is currently a guide at the Siem Reap war museum in Siem Reap Cambodia. Listen to his moving and compelling story. Join Face2Face as he talks openly about his family, his desire to tell the truth and what it felt like to meet his mother again after having been separated by civil war for so man...

Check out this Face2Face guest as Xianyi speaks about this groundbreaking socially relevant company called D’Light. We chat about his desire to make a difference, the Kelvin, harbouring a militant mindset as a social entrepreneur and user empathy. Oh yeah and his “kick ass” products. Xianyi Wu is cofounder of  d.light design , an international business “whose purpose is to create new freedoms for...

Check out our conversation as Mark talks about vigorous debate, the keystone to intellectual life, polemics, the problem with ideology and why he still enjoys James Bond movies. Mark Kingwell, M.Litt, M.Phil, PhD, D.F.A. (born March 1, 1963) is a Canadian professor of philosophy and associate chair at the University of Toronto ‘s Department of Philosophy. Kingwell is a fellow of Trinity College. H...

Join our chat today as Lindsey touches on gender equality, our responsibility to the other and why she does what she does. She has a passion for youth engagement and social change of all kinds. Originally from New Brunswick, Lindsey is a youth engagement specialist with experience designing and facilitating youth-based initiatives around the world, including projects with UNESCO, Youth Challenge I...

Listen in as Drew waxes poetic on the “Tribe”, atheism, why God might be dead and what he’s learned from 100’s of celebrity interviews. Drew Marshall grew up in a funeral home, was kicked out of four schools, and finally dropped out after completing grade nine. Not wanting to wait around for life to give him a shot, he ran away to California at the age of seventeen and became a wrangler at a ranch...

Don’t miss this episode as Ian speaks to development issues of all kinds, sustainability, how to lie with statistics and the future of development. Ian Smillie has been an international development practitioner, consultant, teacher and writer for many years. He has lived and worked in Asia and Africa, was a founder of Inter Pares and was Executive Director of CUSO. He is the author of several book...

Listen in on Robert as he talks about his time investigating people from around the globe. His experience is as broad as it is unique. Fascinating stuff. He has some crazy stories and lessons to share as he prepares for yet another significant life changing adventure into Iraq. ————— Mr. Robert Scott, the owner/operator of Paladin Resources Ltd., has more than 27 years of experience working in SE...

In this episode Karlee gets passionate about social change, making a difference nad how slavery is something we should not turn a blind eye towards. Karlee Sapoznik, BAH, MA, PhD (ABD) Harriet Tubman Institute, York University, Toronto, is the President and Co-Founder of the Alliance Against Modern Slavery . She works with survivors, researches and publishes works on slavery in all of its forms, h...

Listen in as Hoda talks about her life as a film and TV producer, why math can be fun and how her new documentary, Muneeza  and the Middle has changed her life and made her realize that we are all so very connected. ————- Hoda Elatawi has been producing award-winning films and television in Canada and internationally for over two decades with GAPC Entertainment . Hoda’s passion for history, social...

Join us for Rebecca’s take on education, breaking free from the system, why wonder matters and how to maintain an edge as an artist. Rebecca Zak is an artist/researcher/teacher from Burlington, Ontario. She teaches at the elementary and post-secondary levels, and is a Doctoral Candidate in Education at Brock University. Her research interest lies in how creativity can be nurtured in and outside th...

Listen today as Theary talks passionately about the country she loves, Cambodia’s future and why Human rights should matter to us all. This is a compelling podcast. Don’t miss it. Theary C. Seng is currently writing her second book, the founder of the Cambodian Center for Justice & Reconciliation , and the founding president of CIVICUS: Center for Cambodian Civic Education , registered with the Mi...

Check out David’s thinking on a host of different issues, including how to be funny, why comedy works and how tough it can be in Canadian show business. David Merry is a veteran comedian, television personality and host, actor, master of ceremonies, magician and certified golf professional. He has traveled the globe for the last twenty years with many versions of his 45 min. stand up comedy magic...

Join Jannes and I in Phnom Penh as she talks about MED, development and why she works in Cambodia. Jannes is honest, direct and tells it like it is. See why she has been able to make such a difference in Cambodia through her organization called Tabitha. www.tabitha-cambodia.org Tabitha Cambodia is a sustainable non-profit organization which was initiated, founded and established by Ms. Janne Ritsk...