Let's Talk With Coach Che Marville

Che had the opportunity and privilege to speak to Wes Hall, the newest Dragon on Dragon's Den on Let's Talk today. Wes is an established innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. As Executive Chairman and Founder of Kingsdale Advisors, he has been repeatedly named one of Canada's most influential people by The Globe and Mail, Canadian Business, Toronto Life and Maclean's. He is also the owner o...

In today's show, Che had a deep dive conversation with Chef Sang Kim. Sang is an award-winning fiction writer, public speaker, playwright, chef and restaurateur. He has launched some of the best-known modern Japanese and Korean restaurant brands in Toronto. He covers Asian cuisine on two popular on CTV's national daytime shows, YOUR MORNING and THE SOCIAL. His company SUSHI MAKING FOR THE SOUL, a...

In today's show, Che spoke to the mom of six and co-founder of Mabel’s Labels Julie Cole. She has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, HLN’s Raising America, Breakfast Television, The Marilyn Denis Show, CP24, among many others. As a blogger and writer, her articles have appeared in The Huffington Post, Today’s Parent, The Globe and Mail, Profit Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Chicken Soup For the...

Che spoke to Canadian playwright, screenwriter, and cultural commentator Brad Fraser. He has just released his first memoir, All the Rage: A Partial Memoir in Two Acts and a Prologue. He had resisted writing a memoir for a long time. Still, he seemed to be doing the work of compiling a memoir organically as he told the story of friends lost to the AIDS crisis of the early nineteen nineties on worl...

Che had an opportunity to speak to Fashion Designer, activist, journalist, researcher, educator and now Dr. Sass Brown. Sass was the Founding Dean of the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation. Before joining DIDI, she was the Interim Dean for the Fashion Institute of Technology's School of Art and Design in New York. Che and Sass met in the 1990s while working on the controversial exhibition A...

Che spoke to Alpine Speed Racer Benjamin Alexander; after a successful ten-year career as an international DJ and stints in finance and tech,  this Engineer followed curiosity. He is the happiest when he can feel material progress and material improvement in complex, challenging things. Now, Benjamin Alexander is training to become Jamaica's first-ever Olympic Alpine ski racer. He shares his...

Most recently, Che had the privilege to speak to Conflict Resolution Master Coach and Mediator Matt Thorpe. This episode contains explicit language and content that may be painful for some listeners regarding addiction, childhood sexual abuse and violence. Matt has lived an extraordinary life, and he shares some of his deepest struggles from childhood abandonment, abuse, neglect, addiction, a near...

In today's episode, Chef Colline Goodine shares his experience of pivoting during the pandemic and how and why he became a  culinary coach after decades of building restaurants and a successful catering company. In the process, he closed his catering business, lost twenty pounds, invested in learning about nutrition, and reinvented himself.  Although the restaurant and catering business...

In today's episode of Let's Talk, Che had the incredible privilege of speaking to daredevil, actor, stunt performer, the first black woman in Canada to be a stunt coordinator Angelica Lisk- Hann. Che and Angelica discuss diversity, race and stunting amid a global pandemic. Angelica has over 200 T.V and films to her credit, and most recently, she joined the Gold Bond campaign alongside Grammy-award...

In today's episode, Che spoke to Broadcaster Jasse McDonald; Known for his deep voice around the world, he grew up on the Island of Trinidad and became fascinated at an early age by the power of radio and sound. Inspired by his mother's love of language and his older brother, Journalist and Broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald, he developed an early interest in crystal radio and broadcast communication...

Driving Culture Through Stories, Relationships and Sponsorship In today's episode, Che has a conversation with trail-blazing CEO Bonnie Hillman about what drives her, the difference between philanthropy and sponsorship and how she got into the sponsorship ecosystem. She is driven by curiosity and a deep commitment to building diverse and dynamic cultural experiences. She shares her observations on...

On today's episode of Let's Talk, Che had an in-depth conversation with Canadian Broadcaster Ron MacLean, host of Hockey Night in Canada and Rogers Hometown Hockey, about his 30 years of experience in the hockey broadcasting arena, the controversial end of the famous segment Coaches Corner with Don Cherry, the current cultural change and the future of hockey broadcasting in Canada. In 2015, MacLea...

In today's episode, Che thanks her listeners and guest and introduces the podcast's commitment to developing better human relations, growth, and hope through conversations and compassion. Over the next few months, Let's Talk will curate small think tank conversations, incubating ideas and experiences with guests and listeners. The intention is to create a more accessible, diverse space to listen,...

In today’s episode, Che had an opportunity to speak to the Canadian Visual Artist and Photographer Michael Chambers. Michael shares his experience from the shores of Jamaica to his coming of age in Canada as an artist. He has always been fascinated by the human body, identity, race and breaking boundaries of silence. His lens has been his pen; it has been a way to explore vulnerability and cultura...

In today's episode, Che spoke to author and entrepreneur Suneel Gupta about his new book "Backable". Suneel has had an eclectic career from law to entrepreneurship;  he has held positions from VP at Groupon, Politician to Founder and CEO of Rise; at one point, he was featured in the New York Times in 2014 as the face of failure. Now he is the face of innovation for the New York Stock Exchange...

On today's episode of Let's Talk, Che spoke to Dr. Andrea O'Reilly, Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, with a specialized focus on Motherhood at  York University.  She is the founder of the Motherhood Initiative, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Motherhood Initiative and publisher of Demeter Press, a publication dedicated to sharing scholarly research and wr...

Today on Let's Talk, Che had a chance to speak to a long-time friend Professor of Forest Ecology in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. He conducts research that examines the interface of indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge and ecological principles, conservation practices and sustainable strategies for resource management and stewardship in Canada, t...

A Conversation with Keysha Freshh In today's episode, Che had an opportunity to speak to Canadian Rapper, MC and multidimensional entrepreneur Keysha Freshh about starting Chateau Bisous, a makeup business during the pandemic. And how the new business is blowing up, her curiosity and necessity drive it. She developed this unique niche because of the insight she garnered as a live performer on stag...

In today's episode on Let's Talk, Che interviews Broadcaster and Radio provocateur Erica Cobb from the nationally syndicated talk show The Daily Blast Live. Erica shares her experience about often being the only Black woman in the room in the media industry and the immense pressure to be infallible because she was the only Black woman in the room. For a long time, she felt pressured to put on an a...

In Let's Talk today, Che interviews Canadian Icon, songwriter, singer, broadcaster, author and actor Jann Arden.  Jann discusses how her show came to fruition and what it is like to write the third season over Zoom because of the pandemic. And although fictional, the show is about a singer-songwriter exploring her relationships, coming to terms with her career in midlife and facing the realit...

In today's episode, Che has a deep dive conversation with Illustrator, Painter, Brand Strategist, and Professor Vince Mancuso about growing up in the fifties and sixties from a working- class immigrant Italian family in Toronto. Vince describes his inspiration and the impact of culture and childhood on his expectations of himself as a working artist. He is committed to progressing as an Artist, st...

In today's episode, Che speaks to Journalist Sabrina Nanji; she covers Ontario politics from the Queen's Park press gallery for Queen's Park Today News Outlet. She is formerly the Toronto Star's democracy reporter and has covered politics for more than five years, focusing on grassroots democracy and participation.  Sabrina describes her experience as a female journalist and her strong sense...

In today's episode, Che introduces the Let's Talk Listeners to an extraordinary guest, Founder & CEO of The Origin Group of Companies Neil Prashad and gold member sponsor of Let's Talk. Origin is a global industry leader in providing homes, products and programs for seniors. He took the word "retirement" out of Origin's name in 2008 to signal his absolute commitment to embracing the benefits o...

In today's episode, Che thanks the growing listenership for their feedback and shares her desire to use the podcast to talk to thought leaders about diverse ideas that help us grow and adapt in the face of this transformational time. Che also shares some of her childhood experiences and why Black History Month is so meaningful, and the value of building a resilient mindset in the face of racism's...

This unprecedented moment in our collective history is painful, but it also a time to appreciate being alive. It is a time to rise not from fear but to take hold of the value of being alive and acknowledging the hardship and suffering of this universal experience.  And as we battle through the mindset of hopelessness, let's keep focusing on the essential things and wake up the opportunity to...