Spark The Genius

I interview Clarissa Herrera, a Honduran Visual Development Artist based in Canada, at Ottawa International Animation Festival (Sep 24, 2022) #oiaf #oiaf22 • Brought to you by: ⁠ https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius⁠ Please click there before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free! ⁠ https://go.sparkthegenius.com/neo50 Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free Neo cash back cr...

I interview Sander Joon, Animator & VJ Artist in Estonia, at Ottawa International Animation Festival (Sep 24, 2022) #oiaf #oiaf22  @sanderjoon   @OttawaIntlAnimationFestival  • Brought to you by: ⁠https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius⁠ Please click there before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free! ⁠https://neo.cc/refer/G4K6B5Z9⁠ Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free...

I interview Chris Robinson, Artistic Director of Ottawa International Animation Festival (Sep 24, 2022) Brought to you by: ⁠https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius⁠ Please click there before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free! ⁠https://neo.cc/refer/G4K6B5Z9⁠ Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free Neo cash back credit card and free high interest money account at that specia...

I interview Simeon Kondev, Animator for The Land of Boggs and Ultimate Guy Pals on Buzzfeed, at Ottawa International Animation Festival #oiaf #oiaf22 @simeonkondev2041   @TheLandofBoggs   @UltimateGuyPals   @BuzzFeed   @BuzzFeedVideo   @OttawaIntlAnimationFestival 

I interview Kyra Kupetsky  @ExtraordinaryCircus  & Brent Sievers  @brentsievers3629  (Showrunners/Animators of Chikn Nuggit  @chiknnuggit  at  @BuzzFeedVideo  at  @OttawaIntlAnimationFestival  (Sep 24, 2022) #oiaf22 #oiaf - I started filming horizontally, and when I realized they're big on TikTok, I decided to start again, filming vertically.

I interview Algonquin College animation graduate Stephany Victorine at Ottawa International Animation Festival (Sep 23, 2022) • Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MY AMAZON PAGE -> Please click here before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ NEO FINANCIAL -> Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free Neo cash back credit card...

I interview Toronto Metropolitan University animation students Benjamin Fieschi-Rose and Kirsten Brass on their film The Lost Seahorse at Ottawa International Animation Festival (Sep 23, 2022) Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MY AMAZON PAGE -> Please click here before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ NEO FINANCIAL -> Canadians g...

I interview Algonquin College  @AcademicAlgonquin  animation students Kaitlynn Anderson-Butcher  @kaitlynnanderson-butcher7594  , Gia, Aisha at the Ottawa International Animation Festival  @OttawaIntlAnimationFestival  Animators' Picnic (Sep 23, 2022) Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MY AMAZON PAGE -> Please click here before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free: ⁠⁠⁠https://amazon....

I interview Lesley University animation students Henri Frank Clark  @edgehillway3551  and Hanna Cheeseman-Meyer  @hannacheeseman-meyer1982  at the Ottawa International Animation Festival  @OttawaIntlAnimationFestival  Animators' Picnic (Sep 23, 2022) Brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠ MY AMAZON PAGE -> Please click here before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free: ⁠⁠https://amazon.com/...

I interview Concordia University animation students Marianne Lavergne and Maggie Zeng at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) Animators' Picnic (Sep 23, 2022) • Brought to you by: ⁠ MY AMAZON PAGE -> Please click here before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free: ⁠https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius⁠⁠ NEO FINANCIAL -> Canadians get $50 for signing up for...

On Sep 19, 2022, I interviewed Toronto musician and composer Kalaisan Kalaichelvan about creating the score for the feature film This Place, directed by V.T. Nayani, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. I interviewed talent at TIFF, which was Sep 9-19, 2022. Most interviews were very short chats on red carpets. But some red carpet chats were a bit longer, and some inter...

Nancy May is a family caregiver authority who teaches families how to avoid the tricks and traps of aging care industry. I did this interview with her on a bench outside at Podfest in Orlando with the intent to post it on TikTok. But now I'm posting it as a podcast too. (Recorded May 27, 2022) Buy Nancy's book How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies . Subscribe to her podcast Eldercare Success . Wa...

Letty Wong is a digital marketing expert in Toronto, and she posts on Instagram about her travels and food. She teaches us how to be popular on Instagram like she is. We were sitting outside in Ottawa's ByWard Market, as we talked, a huge storm started - It was called "May 2022 Canadian derecho" and did a lot of damage. (recorded May 21, 2022) Watch this episode on YouTube . Follow me on  Instagra...

Lynne Bowman wrote a book called Brownies for Breakfast: A Cookbook for Diabetics and People Who Love Them (buy it on Amazon here ). We wound up talking mostly about how I could still be happy at my age, because she's older than me and happy. Jay "The Engineer" Yow joined me to interview her - He's the engineer and sidekick on my favourite podcast, The James Altucher Show . You can watch this epis...

How to overcome abuse, with Diana Winkler. After being abused in the Evangelical Church, she started DSW Ministries to help others like her who have experienced abuse within the Church. (April 16, 2022)

How to grow your business using tech, with Michael Grace. He's an innovative technology leader who speaks, presents and writes about how businesses can achieve a transformation by leveraging technology. (April 14, 2022) Follow me on  Instagram For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok  here  then follow my  TikTok . Click follow at my  Amazon page . Buy my shirts at my  Amazon Merch . Canadians, ge...

How to make it in comedy, with Scott Dikkers. An iconic American comedy writer, speaker and entrepreneur, he was a founding editor of The Onion, my favourite website for over 20 years. (April 11, 2022)

How to stand out, with Roy Osing. He's a business advisor and author of the no-nonsense book series ‘BE DiFFERENT or be dead.’ (March 22, 2022)

How to find love, with Reena Friedman-Watts. She's a radio and TV producer who worked on The Jerry Springer Show, but we wound up talking about how to find me a Jewish woman to marry. Subscribe to her podcast Better Call Daddy (This episode was recorded March 14, 2022) Follow me on  Instagram For a free gift card, sign up for TikTok  here  then follow my  TikTok . Click follow at my  Amazon pa...

How to make your website popular, with Tumelo Setlaba. I interview her about her career in tech, media and fashion. (Feb 21, 2022)

Feb 8, 2022: I interview Riley E. Smith about how she wrote a sci-fi novel at age 26.

Dec 6, 2021: How to be a digital nomad travel blogger, with Isabel Leong. Hear how she makes a living from her blog, and how she met her boyfriend when he was her surf instructor.

Nov 12, 2021: How to be a stand-up comedian, with Darren Frost

Oct 4, 2021: How to be creative, with creativity coach Mari Reisberg

Sep 30, 2021: How to design your life, with life design coach Carlos Hidalgo