The Mysteria Podcast

This episode was recorded on July 18, 2021. Keeping the tradition alive, I welcome back Dr. Ryan Abbott to kickstart the third season. In this episode we discuss a number of topics: Ryan's landmark case involving Artificial Intelligence being listed as an inventor on patents, the Guinness World Record for Most Chin Ups in 24 Hours, University students asking ridiculous questions, Rick & Morty,...

This episode was recorded on June 19, 2021. Rob was born in Vancouver, Canada to Portuguese immigrants. He attended Vancouver College (class of 81) and the University of British Columbia where he received a B.Sc. in Cell Biology and his LLB. After a long and very rewarding career with the Federal Department of Justice doing tax litigation, he joined Thorsteinssons LLP where he is currently a partn...

This episode was recorded on July 10, 2021. Rick earned his Chartered Professional Accountant (legacy Chartered Accountant) designation in 1988, and after a few short years in public practice, decided a new career path in supporting people's financial goals on an individual level suited him better. Almost 30 years later, Rick continues working closely with his clients to identify appropriate finan...

At a young age, Geoff Jarman began gaining valuable experience in sales and marketing. He was raised working in the family business. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from The University of British Columbia in 1986. From University, Geoff worked for Coopers and Lybrand in the Auditing department. Plus, he earned his Securities license and worked for Royal Trust in the Investment departme...

Dave is a rock guitarist hailing from England. He has performed with Bad Company, Humble Pie, and The Jones Gang to name a few. His solo group, Bucket's Rebel Heart, will be releasing their second album later this year.

Catherine Fogarty is a storyteller. She is the founder and president of Big Coat Media and Story Hunter Podcasts. An accomplished television producer, writer and director, Catherine has produced award-winning lifestyle, reality and documentary series for both Canadian and American networks.  Catherine is the executive producer of the Gemini nominated series 'Love It or List It' and directed 'I Don...

Matthew was born in Winnipeg and spent parts of his youth in Winnipeg, Montreal and Oakville, Ontario. He attended the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario in the mid 90's with the intention of going on to law school. But, he became interested in the emerging Internet and instead ended up working in IT at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Shortly after Y2K, he was approached by a software...

Alan was born in St. Paul’s Hospital on December 24, 1937. His young years were spent in Cloverdale, British Columbia, Vegreville and Medicine Hat, Alberta. He received a BSc in Pharmacy and a Hospital Pharmacy Residency specializing in Hospital Pharmacy Practice. He has presented many seminars on hospital pharmacy practice in every Province in Canada and one in Hawaii. He is married, has 4 childr...

Janie Brown is an author, a leader in oncology nursing, the founder and executive director of a nonprofit organization, the Callanish Society (www.callanish.org), based in Vancouver, Canada, offering retreats and programs for people living with, and dying from, cancer. Janie is a visionary for new global conversations about living, healing, death and dying. She began writing about her work in 2011...

David was born and raised in Montreal. His mom worked in insurance and his dad was an aeronautical engineer, so David came by his love of math naturally. He left home at 18 to attend the University of Waterloo in Ontario, where he earned a BMath in Actuarial Science and Statistics. David is an actuary and Senior Director at Willis Towers Watson, a global human capital and risk management consultin...

Geoff Martinson has been many things: an accomplished varsity athlete, an aspiring middle distance runner trying to make the Canadian Olympic team, a real estate agent, and very recently on a journey from a struggling pharmacy resident to a successful practicing clinical pharmacist. Geoff works at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Joanna Tymkiw is a classically trained chef and food journalist, and strategic communications expert with an MSc in Journalism. She has worked behind the scenes and in front of them in food media for television, print, and web since 2008. Her print work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the National Post, CBC Life, The Vancouver Sun, and various other print and web publications. Her television c...

Paul Guerin is a guitarist for The Quireboys and the Down 'n' Outz. Paul has shared a stage with Michael Schenker, joined forces with Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and wowed fans as Ricky Warwick’s wingman. Joe Walsh, Huey Morgan and Brian Robertson all rave about one of the North East England's most talented sons. Paul and I discuss his musical journey and share many laughs.

Continuous learning is critical because it enables an individual to overcome the challenges of everyday life. Learning can occur in a number of ways: experience, observation, reading, schooling, etc. The MCDP 7 describes how to create an environment that promotes and encourages learning individually and collectively. The methods an individual utilizes to learn is subjective. Ultimately, it is the...

Dr. Julio Montaner is the Executive Director and Physician-in-Chief, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; Head, HIV/AIDS Program, St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care; UBC and St. Paul's Foundation Chair in AIDS Research and UBC-Killam Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. In 2014, Dr. Montaner was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his...

Vickie Whitehead is a Director, Indigenous Services at Crowe MacKay LLP. She is driven by supporting and working with Indigenous communities in meeting their goals by sharing her education and experience. She has been doing this work for over 25 years in BC and across Canada. Her speciality is in Indigenous financial management and Trust advisory services. The majority of her early career was at t...

Born and raised in Niagara Falls, Darin settled in Vancouver in 1986. Darin works for CAE as an Aviation Training Management Specialist. His focus is working with Airlines worldwide to help them manage their training footprint and pilot qualifications. Darin spent many years working with various e-learning teams at Microsoft and before that had a lengthy career in Hotel Management. Loving husband,...

Rob Szpak was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During his working days he trains the police dogs for the Vancouver Police Department. During his free time he is off on some adventure: mountaineering, back-country skiing, or going for an ultra-marathon length run. We also discuss a number of eclectic jobs he has had in the past. At the end of this podcast, in celebration of I...

I am joined once again by Vincent Plana to discuss the 4x4x48 Challenge (running 4 miles, every 4 hours, for 48 hours). The challenge begins Friday March 5th at 20:00 Pacific Time. In this podcast we discuss how some of my experiences over the past 18 months created a domino effect, ultimately leading me to take part in this challenge. We also discuss excerpts from several books that have been cri...

Vincent is a staff writer for Daily Hive Vancouver. I met Vincent a few years ago through hockey, we have had many great conversations over the years and this episode is no exception. We discuss his work as a writer, and our mutual love of books and The Last Dance docuseries. To see Vincent's work, check out this link: https://dailyhive.com/author/vincent_plana

Dr. Thanapal is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Law at the University of Surrey in Guildford, England. Her fields of research include Family and Child Law and Land Law.

Rachel Cliff is a long distance runner who has represented Canada in many international competitions. Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Rachel is an Olympic hopeful for the upcoming 2021 Olympic Games. Some of her accomplishments include: - IAAF World Championship team member in the 10,000m (2017) and 5,000m (2019). - Commonwealth Games team member 10,000m (2018) - Fastest Marathon Debut by a...

Bethany and I completed our Law LLB (Hons) program at the University of Surrey this past summer. Bethany is currently enrolled in the Legal Practice Course LLM in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Law in Guildford, England. Bethany is also a Professional Ambassador for Aspiring Solicitors. Bethany has an incredible work ethic and a great sense of humour, she is one of the best peopl...

David Kuhl is a professor at the University of British Columbia. Throughout his career David has worked to integrate medicine, psychology and the social sciences as a clinician and a researcher. This is evident in a variety of programs he has founded including a palliative care program, a program for veterans in transition from military to civilian life, a program to provide psychological support...

Welcome to the second season of The Mysteria Podcast! I had the privilege of speaking with the first returning guest, Ryan Abbott about his book The Reasonable Robot. In this podcast we discuss and expand on multiple topics from the book. The book is a great read for anybody who wants to learn more about the effect that AI will have on our everyday lives. I really enjoyed reading it and I would hi...