That Digital Take with Torri Webster

20 years of Dexter , and the Morgan family drama is far from over! 🩸 This week on That Digital Take , host Torri Webster sits down with Jack Alcott , the actor behind Harrison Morgan in Dexter: New Blood and Dexter: Resurrection , for an exclusive conversation about Season 2 of the hit Paramount+ series. From joining one of television's most iconic franchises to working alongside Michael C. Hall,...

Canadian fashion designer and entrepreneur Tanya Taylor joins host Torri Webster on That Digital Take to talk about the business of creativity and what it takes to build a fashion brand women truly connect with. Since launching her namesake label in New York City in 2013, Tanya Taylor has built an internationally recognized brand. It’s known for vibrant colours, hand-painted prints and inclu...

What does it really take to turn a great idea into a brand people love? This week on That Digital Take , Torri Webster sits down with Lauren Levy, the co-founder of Odd Cookie Snacks , the Canadian snack brand turning bite-sized, crispy cookies into a nationwide business. After building successful careers and businesses of their own, Lauren and Devin found themselves asking one big question: What'...

Fall is officially here, and that means cancelling plans, getting on the couch and committing to something good. This week on That Digital Take, Torri sits down at TIFF with Summer H. Howell and Alison Thornton, stars of Mike Flanagan’s Carrie on Prime Video. This new version of the Stephen King classic is set in high school today, with social media, group chats and viral moments. Summer (Ca...

Why are some creators landing $30,000 brand deals while others with bigger followings can't book a campaign? Sara Koonar, founder and president of Platform Media, one of Canada's leading talent management and influencer marketing agencies, reveals what's really happening behind the scenes. This week on That Digital Take, Sara pulls back the curtain on the business of the creator economy. After a d...

What happens when a broken ankle turns into a global fitness empire? This week on That Digital Take, Michael Ramsey, co-founder and CEO of STRONG Pilates, shares how a frustrating recovery on the reformer sparked the idea for a workout with more strength and cardio, and how that idea grew from one Australian studio into an international brand with locations across Canada and around the world. Mich...

Anna Lambe, award-winning actor, filmmaker and star of CBC/ Netflix North of North, joins That Digital Take for an honest conversation about what a working acting career actually looks like. Anna opens up about wanting to give up "all the time," the black box of self-tapes and casting, and why the glitz and glamour people imagine around film and television doesn't match the job. She also gets into...

It's been a while since a solo episode, so this is a proper catch-up, and it ends somewhere I wasn't expecting. First: D23 as a first-timer. Sneaking onto the grounds early thanks to friends in high places, the celebrity sightings, and Disney laying out everything they have coming. Then one perfect day at Disneyland with Adam. Then the main event, the bachelorette. Thirteen girls, planned entirely...

While Torri is off for Labour Day weekend, we’re pressing replay on a very special That Digital Take episode: Torri’s first-ever guest, best friend, and longtime content creator Jaclyn Forbes. Before we’re back with brand-new episodes next week, revisit the conversation that helped kick off TDT’s guest era. — Jaclyn Forbes has been creating online since the early days...

Most people in the creator economy build the audience first, then figure out what to sell. Mel Grauds did it backwards, and it worked. Mel founded Melrose Training in 2020 with virtual classes, one-on-one clients and no following. Six years later she's running three Toronto studio locations, Yorkville, Rosedale and King West, plus virtual training and LIFT, her new small-group strength class. Alon...

Mark Gaetano — Snarky Marky — is seven years into a career most creators don't survive two of. 4.9 million TikTok followers, 380 million likes, and he's doing it full-time from Toronto. Host Torri Webster sits down with the creator behind the teacher POVs, the cafeteria monitor and "the volume inside of this bus is astronomical" to talk about what's actually changed in seven years &mda...

Follower count vs. craft. The three things she looks for before hiring a creator. The contract and rights mistakes she sees over and over. And why brands will keep paying humans as AI-generated travel footage gets better. Every travel brand is now expected to publish authentic creator content everywhere — social, paid, web, email, booking platforms, partner channels. Almost nobody built a co...

Torri Webster goes inside the Ted Lasso Season 4 world premiere in Los Angeles with exclusive carpet interviews, plus a behind-the-scenes look at what covering a Hollywood premiere is really like. This week on That Digital Take , Torri travels to LA with Apple TV+ for the world premiere of Ted Lasso Season 4, and this one's a hybrid episode. First, exclusive conversations from the carpet with Hann...

This week, psychiatrist Dr. Lesley Kirkpatrick joins That Digital Take to unpack why our brains won't switch off, and whether the same technology that helped create the problem can be part of the solution. Dr. Lesley specializes in OCD, burnout, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and is the founder of mindcomb, a psychiatry-led, audio-first wellness app built to support people between therapy...

Sarah Nurse is one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian sport, a three-time Olympic medalist, Olympic gold champion, and record-holder for the most points scored in a single women's Olympic hockey tournament. Today she plays for the PWHL's Vancouver Goldeneyes while continuing to represent Team Canada on the world stage. In this episode of That Digital Take, we go beyond the ice. Sarah becam...

Spin Master co-founder Ronnen Harary built a global entertainment empire, PAW Patrol, Bakugan, Air Hogs, and hundreds of toys that shaped childhoods worldwide, with, in his words, no experience necessary. In this episode of That Digital Take, host Torri Webster sits down with Ronnen to talk about his first book, No Experience Necessary , and the philosophy underneath the billion-dollar business. T...

Personal branding isn't about visibility, it's about legacy and leadership. This week on That Digital Take, host Torri Webster sits down with Taylor Buckley , founder of Golden Hour Collective , a social-first consultancy built to elevate female founders and entrepreneurs. With over a decade in social media, PR, and brand strategy, and appearances on Breakfast Television and Style Canada, Taylor b...

PR insiders Megan Taylor (SVP, Faulhaber Communications) and Rob Loschiavo  (Partner, Pomp & Circumstance) return for PR 101, Part 2: the no-hedging, behind-the-curtain conversation on where PR and the creator economy really stand in 2026. This week they get into the stuff most brands won't say out loud — why your relationship with a brand matters more than your follower count, how...

Before "content creator" was a real job, Nitsan Raiter was already building online. A decade later, she's grown an audience of hundreds of thousands, partnered with some of the world's biggest brands, founded the creator-education business Mind Your Business, and become one of Canada's most respected voices in the creator economy. In this episode, Nitsan opens up about what it actually takes to bu...

Erica Hill rose to fame on Big Brother Canada, but in this episode of That Digital Take, she reveals how she turned reality TV exposure into a thriving full-time creator business, a loyal online community, and a sustainable career in the creator economy. Erica gets refreshingly transparent about creator money, including why she publicly shared how much she earns as an influencer and content creato...

This week on That Digital Take , Torri kicks things off with a Summer Favourites segment covering the return of Love Island UK Season 13. From first impressions of the Islanders to early villa predictions, she shares why the reality series continues to dominate internet culture every summer. Then, Torri sits down with viral food creator and creator economy expert Pushpek Sidhu. Known for his viral...

What actually separates an iconic personal brand from one that just goes viral? This week on That Digital Take , host Torri Webster sits down with Jennifer Leigh,  founder and CEO of Becoming Iconic , Editor-in-Chief of Iconic Magazine , business coach, and the brand strategist behind nine figures in sales. Jennifer has helped countless women go from invisible online to completely undeniable,...

We're on Crave! 🎉 This week kicks off in New York for the Dutton Ranch premiere and a stay at The Plaza, then it's off to San Francisco for a wedding, a trip into wine country, and an unforgettable F1 weekend in the Paddock Club — Disney-style. Behind all the glamour, though, this episode gets honest about something nobody warns you about when you go self-employed: how emotionally complicat...

The Creator Economy's Quiet Architect: Adam "Riv" Rivietz on Building #paid, $50M in Creator Payouts, and What Brands Still Get Wrong What does it actually take to build the infrastructure behind the creator economy, not just talk about it? This week, I sit down with Adam "Riv" Rivietz, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of #paid, one of North America's leading creator marketplaces, and a Forbe...

What if everything you thought you knew about PR was already outdated? Ashley Orfus, founder of ALAB Group, left a high-profile career in luxury fashion and entertainment to build a communications firm designed for the way modern audiences actually discover and trust ideas. Over 13 years, she has helped category-defining brands across tech, food, hospitality, and culture do more than earn press, s...