The Mysteria Podcast

Dr. Melissa Hamilton is a professor at the University of Surrey in Guildford, England. Her areas of research focus on issues related to domestic and sexual violence, trauma responses in victims of assault, risk assessment practices, policing, sentencing, and corrections. Dr. Hamilton is affiliated with the following institutions: State Bar of Texas, American Psychological Association, American Psy...

Justin Payeur is an expert on how to help parents teach their kids a balanced and safe approach to using mobile technology. Battling the constant love/hate relationship with technology, Justin is a dad of two teens and leads product vision for digital wellbeing mobile apps 'Boomerang Parental Control' and 'SPIN Safe Browser'. Justin also hosts his own podcast, "Bench Banter", which was created to...

Jason Bosa is the owner & operator of Palladio Jewellers in Vancouver, B.C. A family owned and operated boutique specializing in jewellery and collectible Swiss watches with an uncompromised vision for high quality one-of-a-kind hand made products. Born in Vancouver, Jason has worked in property management, land development, and ultimately honed his creativity in jewellery design. Jason and hi...

Andrew Lucarino is the owner of 'Awearness Clothing Brand' - a company dedicated to combating the stigma surrounding mental illness and substance abuse in amateur and professional competitive sports. To learn more, visit https://awearnessclothingbrand.com/ We had many laughs on this podcast and discussed a number of topics including: lessons learned from coaching and playing sports, hockey culture...

Ray Hunter is the Associate Director at Spectrum Society for Community Living in Vancouver BC. They are a non-profit society and charitable organization that provides community based services for people with disabilities. Born in Liverpool, England, Ray emigrated to Canada in 1974. He then moved to BC from Ontario in 1992. Ray and his partner Lori, live in in Coquitlam BC, with their 3 children.

Ian McAteer is a partner in Lincoln Block Inc, a new building solution for affordable, sustainable housing. He is also the General Manager in Direct Liquidation - home of "The Liquidator", Canada's most recognized Liquidation business. With over 25 years in the business, he is always selling something. Native to Ireland, Ian moved to BC in 2010. To find out more of what Ian gets up to, check out:...

Dr. Mark Tyndall is an infectious disease physician, epidemiologist, and scientist. He was formerly the Director of the BC Centre for Disease Control and has led numerous research studies in public health. He is internationally recognized for his work in harm reduction and his current project is MySafe, a bio-metric machine that dispenses a safer supply of opioids to people at risk of a drug overd...

Dr. Taggart is a professor at the University of Surrey in Guildford, England. He was a litigation associate at Arnold & Porter LLP in New York City and is admitted to the New Jersey and New York State Bars. His areas of research include: Law and Economics, Analytic Jurisprudence, philosophical topics in Criminal Law and Action Theory.

Ryan Abbott is a Professor at the University of Surrey in Guildford, England. He is a licensed physician, attorney, and acupuncturist in the United States. His legal research has focused on the areas of artificial intelligence and intellectual property issues in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. His book, "The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law" will be released t...