From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of Success

In episode 51 I sit down with Travis Brown from Aurora, Illinois! He is the creator of this amazing app that I enjoy using called Pod Decks!  This app brings so much value to anyone who is into podcasting, it is an app that has many decks of cards in different categories, and you will never have a dull moment on your show again.  Travis, dives deep into what it was like touring with his...

In this episode which is a milestone one, because it is the 50th episode of the show! I sit down and chat with podcast host Liana Rhapsody from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the host of the show, "The Virgin and the Whore" and stay tuned as she has another show coming out soon!  Liana originally comes from the former USSR, she immigrated to Canada in the late 80's, it was a total switch sh...

In episode 49 I sit down with mental health advocate and author of the book "You're Not Alone", Zach Westerbeck! He is a professional keynote speaker, speaking to college students and corporations all across the USA! His book came out in October 2020. He is a huge mental health advocate, which he started doing in 2018. He was a former economics major at Purdue University, where he started battling...

In episode 48 I have musician Sarah Smith who is originally from London, Ontario! This is the first episode that I have a co host on and it is with former guest Nick Johnson!  We talk to Sarah about what it was like doing 300+ shows a year, to doing none all of a sudden because of the pandemic that happened!  Sarah opens up about her struggles with mental health and addictions! She openl...

This story starts a long time ago in Eastern Ontario in the City of Kingston! AR Muzik aka Arron Reed, and myself met some 15 years ago almost. AR is a multi instrumentalist, beat making machine, producing banger after banger! He has worked with some pretty heavy hitters including Bizz Loc!  AR tells it the way it is in this episode, we dive into meeting Gavin Rossdale on a couple of occasion...

TRIGGER WARNINGS!!! In this episode I sit down with community advocate for Voices Against Bullying Emerson Edwards!  We chat about how he was bullied starting at a young age and happened for many years afterwards. He is now a voice for others in the fight against bullying! He tells his story about surviving a suicide attempt while trying to jump of the edge of the escarpment. He struggle...

In this episode Natalie chat about her childhood and being brought up as an only child, to polish immigrants to America. She started her journey into this world in New Jersey, a little later in life she made the trek and move to Florida where she resides today.  We talk about her abusive past with relationships with men, her substance abuse struggles. She then found Jesus a while back and has...

In this episode I have a good chat with Da Big Pig, no one actually knows this gentleman's real name! All he is known by is Da Big Pig! He hails from down under in Australia, from around the Adelaide area!  He is the front man for metal band Full Frontal Lobotamy! He has been musician since the young age of 13, playing the pubs in his early years! To being apart of many big name tours that ha...

In this episode we sit down with Ace Piva, he is from the Hamilton area of Ontario! He has been the tour manager for many bands over the course of his career, and also played in many band as well over the years!  He then decided to turn his life in a different direction after personally witnessing many artists struggle with mental health and substance abuse issues. This is when he decided to...

In this episode we sit down and have a great chat with Canadian author Darcy Patrick!  We dig into his childhood, and what led him to a long battle with depression that started when he was in grade school!  He walks us through him making the call for help and what led him to becoming an author with the help or more so push from his therapist.  He has now written several books over t...

In this episode we chat with founder of Challenge the Mirror founder Ashley Sanderson, from beautiful British Columbia!  Her and I dive deep into her childhood trauma, living with alcoholic parents, substance abuse, talking about aliens and other forms of life out there! She has this calming effect on people. Go check out her website for more info about what she does. www.challengethemirror.c...

In episode 40 I had the pleasure of sitting down with talented recording artist who resides in Nashville, Tennessee.  (Below taken from www.musicbynickjohnson.com) Brooklyn born, Berklee trained multi-instrumentalist Nick Johnson has followed his musical passion from his hometown of New York, to Boston, Los Angeles and now – Nashville, Tennessee – all in pursuit of synthesizing that perfect f...

In this episode I sit down and chat with Kitchener, Ontario native Syd Vanderpool. We chat about everything from mental health, motivational topics, spirituality, his boxing career, and life after boxing!  Vanderpool fought world champions Bernard Hopkins and Jeff Lacey, and had a victory over Glen Johnson . After retiring from competitive boxing in May 2005 with a professional record of 35 w...

In episode 38 I sit down with Corey Rogrigues, who hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba! What an amazing chat we had everything from addictions, recovery, suicide, surviving a suicide, and his faith in the lord! Corey is an empowering man for many! He’s a devout father to his beautiful daughter! Lives life one day at a time! Thanks again to Corey for coming on and sharing his heart warming story! This we...

Rudy Treminio is an entrepreneur who has defied all odds to get to the place where he is today. Many people would have accepted the circumstances Rudy was given as an immigrant with no education, being a young father, incarcerated with nothing in his favor, but that was far from the case. It was Rudy’s never faltering dedication to the goals he set for himself and passion for the industry he is in...

Born and raised in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, Kelly Macnab is the mother of two amazing daughters and one beloved son. Self-employed for the last few years, she has a decade of professional fundraising experience ranging from grass-roots charities to higher education, as well as having sat on several non-profit commitees and Boards of Directors. In September 2018, Kelly's life was forever change...

In this episode I sit down and have an amazing and informative chat with BMX Legend Tony Hoffman!  He explains how he goes from prison to coaching the USA BMX Team at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Like myself Tony has overcome many obstacles in life to get to where he is today! He now travels the country doing speaking engagements all over the place! He has his heart set on opening up a world...

In this episode I sit down with the legendary Ruste Juxx, who hails from Crown Heights, in the Brooklyn area! He was a protege of the infamous Sean Price in the late 90s. His discography is like no one else, he packs heat when he throws those 16s down!  He released his debut album, Indestructible , in 2008 via Duck Down. It was executive produced by Sean Price, and producers included Marco Po...

In this episode we sit down with JD Era, who is part of the all star cast that featured on #1 hit single "Wish I Could" produced by Dub J!  JD Era talks about why it was important to have all these different minds on this song, to end the gun violence going on in Toronto! You can head over to iTunes and purchase the single "Wish I Could" for $1.29 and all proceeds go towards the Enough Is Eno...

In episode 33 we sit down with Turk, who grew up in one of Canada's oldest housing project Regent Park! He has turned his life around after spending a good chunk of time in and out of the justice system in Canada!  He now spends his time working on his foundation he created, which helps the homeless and the youth in the communities effected by gun violence in and around Toronto! He tries to s...

In this weeks episode, I sit down and chat with recording artist out of Hollywood, California, one half of the "Swamp Gang" Wild The Coyote!  Funny little story about this guest, I actually met him while I was at a Yelawolf concert in London, Ontario back in 2019! Him and BADD Wolf opened up for him while on his Canadian leg of the tour!  Wild the Coyote used to be apart of a hard rock b...

In this episode Nhut and myself sit down, and talk about what it was like coming over to America from Vietnam as an immigrant. He got into the gang lifestyle around the age of 14. Which led him to a life of crime during his teenage years. At the age of 19 he was convicted for being an accessory to a homicide in California. Which was a crime that was committed when he was 16 years old.   He wa...

In this episode Frank Zummo and myself sit down, we talk about where he grew up and what got him into music, especially drums!  He talks about his times of filling in for drummer Tommy Lee, which also happens to be one of his best friends as well. He has to fill in one time for him as the little kid in Tommy burnt his hand lighting fireworks off.  He also happens to be very passionate ab...

In this episode I sit down with comedian and actress Stephanie Tejada! She is originally from Orlando, Florida, but to break free of the homie discount and to make a name for herself she moved to California. She was an actress for a while starring on the reality show Bad Girls Club. She became a comedian almost overnight telling her jokes on different stages all over California. She is also the ow...

In this episode I sit down and have a great conversation with Canadian author Jen Gileno! She hails from a small town by the name of Georgetown, Ontario.  In this episode she shares lots about her story especially what it was like living with a narcissistic mother, who tried to ruin her life on many occasions. She finally built up enough courage after years of emotional and mental abuse, that...