The RebelRebel Podcast

Mike Terry is a retired 23-year Canadian Forces Combat Arms veteran who spends his time touring the country raising awareness about PTSD on his KLR 650 motorcycle.  Among numerous other roles in the military, Terry was a Dispatch Rider, and for him, these rides are a mission to make connections and carry his message where it doesn't often get shared. Committed to the mission of speaking openly abo...

In this episode, Callie B. Elwayns talks about the origins of her work,  the power of the sold-out Bold and Visible Monologues , and what she's up to next. Callie's body of work Bold & Visible —and the Somatic Transformational Story Method ™ —is a launching pad to catapult female change-makers ... entrepreneurs, leaders, coaches and creatives into greater levels of authentic self-expression and im...

Join Michael Dargie on RebelRebel as he converses with the dynamic Nathan Flim of Fort Distillery. Dive deep into Nathan's intriguing chemistry background and how it fuelled his entrepreneurial spirit to birth a distillery. From the inception of Fort Distillery to the innovative ready-to-serve cocktails, 'Tumblr and Rocks', Nathan recount the thrilling journey, challenges, and exhilarating plunge...

Unhustle Your Way to Human Potential: Breaking Free from Hustle Culture Milena Regos caught our eye for a very special reason—she wants us to rethink what it means for us to reach our human potential. In order for us to reach our dreams, we need to UNhustle and work in a sustainable way, not into exhaustion. "My rebellion is against Hustle Culture and for Human Culture. A counterintuitive, but sci...

David Charles is a transplanted New Zealander living in Florida, USA. He's a professor at Rollins College, and a regular on the renowned SAK Comedy Lab stage. We talk about our passion for all forms of improvisational theatre, performing, and living our best lives. Whether it's long-form, short-form, obscure Japanese improvised poetry, or semi-scripted plays, David is all about theatre and creatin...

Luke is one of those extraordinary people who found their passion early and stuck with it to make the world a better place. He comes from a deep media production background and has helped shape the landscape for creatives. From his time running his own production company, to the Banff Centre, to center stage with Calgary Economic Development he's out there with his team getting it done and champio...

Joe Foster and his late brother, Jeff, worked in the family business. Their family made shoes, and had done so for generations; in fact his grandfather invented the spike running shoe in the late 1800's.  Joe and Jeff eventually decided to go their own way and start their own athletic shoe business called 'Mercury Sports Footwear' which quickly pivoted into the company we now know as REEBOK. This...

One of the things that caught our attention about Ian was his dedication to theatre and film. He's a talented maker of things, stage combat aficionado, cosplayer, science-fiction geek, and advises everyone to be okay with what makes you happy. He's Chinese by heritage but struggled, as many do, with his Asian roots growing up in a predominately white culture. A lot of what he went through goes int...

In an episode that literally spans the multiverse and back again, Founder and CEO of Beam City DNA Zeze Peters shares his passion for science, robots, business, and the fine art of improving the human experience. Beam City DNA is an advertising automation tool that uses AI to help save companies money on their digital advertising using 16 principles and is Zeze's current project. He's also a rocke...

Garry Maclean is the host of Talent Talk and one of those creatives who doesn't wait for things to happen for him -- he gets out there and follows his muse and creates his own opportunities and life. Frankly, it's inspirational as all hell. From his recent successful distribution and awards with his short film YARD SALE to his passion projects to his on-going show "Talent Talk" to his favourite fo...

Lindsay is an unapologetically quirky soul who is on a mission to make the world a better place. She's a brand strategist, an author, and mind management coach for quirky entrepreneurs who helps her clients bring humanity into the business world. She encourages everyone to really understand their core values, and to know at least one sweet-sweet pun. Her "five things the world should know" are not...

Growing up in Western Canada they learned the value of hard-work and embracing passion in everything they do. Not satisfied with working for the big banks they created West Oak Family Office -- an integrated, dedicated, and independent wealth management firm. Andrew and Kelly brought together an extraordinary team to help high-net-worth families manage their family's affairs, lifestyle, and legacy...

Piero Gandini is making the world a better place. He stands for more humanity for a better future, and is unleashing his endless empathy, storytelling prowess, radical positive thinking, and unbridled happiness to make it happen. From his education in Columbia, to Foreign Affairs Minister in the Canary Islands, to moving to The Hague during a pandemic—his story is breath-taking and unique. LINKS I...

One of my favourite parts of this podcast was when Shane was talking about innovating through adversity. It's the secret sauce. Shane Wenzel is the namesake of Shane Homes Group of Companies based out of Calgary, Alberta, and his lessons in life and business are exactly what the world needs to hear.  Whether you are an entrepreneur, a 'Captain of Industry', or someone just starting with an idea, S...

Alec Gillis is one of the founding partners of Amalgamated Dynamics, an Academy Award-winning character effects studio where we design, produce, and perform special characters for film, television, and commercials. From his early days working with Stan Winston to starting his own shop to building the stuff of nightmares to writing and directing his own feature film, Alec has got stories for days....

Charlie grew up in Corona, Queens running numbers before his brother, Paul ( The Untouchables ), convinced him to move to Hollywood and work as a stunt double. In 1975 he got his big break as Stunt Coordinator on Starsky and Hutch and the rest, as they say, is history. He's an actor, a second-unit director, stunt coordinator, and first unit director. He's one of the founding members of Stunts Unli...

You'll immediately hear why we had to have Tony McGrath back on the RebelRebel Podcast -- he's charming, thoughtful, well spoken, and also can drop f-bombs and suffers no fools. He was with us at the start in season one when he just took the helm of one of Canada's oldest theatres, The Grand. Now, as it will do, life has come full circle and we find Tony transitioning to a new opportunity but this...

When Kay says she had no idea what she wanted to be when she grew up, she meant it. She's been a Sign Language Interpreter, a Voice-Over Artist, she trained to be an MMA Fighter, then became a police officer, then later a detective, before finding her true passion. It wasn't until she found herself in the hospital with a life-threatening infection brought on by stress that she decided to make a ch...

When the pandemic hit Emre took to the stage in his living room and started playing live-streaming shows every night so he could stay connected and then connect others in a time when everything was uncertain. He reminds us to be a force for good in the world, and although we don't get into this during the show on winter nights when the temperature is cold enough to crush your soul he goes out and...

What happens when two engineers get together and decide they want to pursue their passion? They start a distillery and begin making some of the best spirits in Canada--a distillery is really just a tiny oil refinery after all. Pheelan and Ross are an incredible partnership and prove the point that it's better to have complementary skills than competing ones. In this episode you'll see how they do...

It will be no surprise to anyone who knows her that Laura Stewart used to play hockey against her bigger, older brothers while wearing a dress so they would know they just got beaten by a girl.  Laura is at the top of her game helping investors buy real estate in the hottest market in the country at one of the top firms. She has reinvented herself many times since taking her brothers to the boards...

When Matthew O'Reilly was growing up he struggled with being the "second best artist" in his school. This made him push himself to get better and better and eventually brought him out west to Calgary to learn sculpture. Today Matthew has an outstanding exhibition at cSPACE King Edward in Calgary with some other inspiring artists called the Fantasmagorical Figure Exhibit and has his sights set on e...

When Shylo Victoria asked her parents for perfume on her 11th birthday little did they know it would be the catalyst that would ignite her passions and start her entrepreneurial journey. She creates her fragrances by hand, does not use any bad stuff or support animal cruelty, and she gives 10% of her profits away to people in need. She's a force of nature, and a kickass business woman. LINKS FOUND...

When Alyea and David met they just knew there was magic to be made — Alyea a PHD in Game Production, David a creative consultant and trainer, both of whom from opposite sides of the world but found inspiration in playfulness and creativity. So they did what any two amazing people would do from opposite sides of the world —  they came together to create a global PLAYFUL CREATIVE SUMMIT and invited...

She is a trouble-maker, a brat, a fearless creator, and a self-described creative capitalist -- we're pleased to introduce you to Rebecca Northan. Rebecca is the creator of the improvised, and world renowned play "Blind Date", as well as the Shakespeare-adjacent "An Undiscovered Shakespeare" at the Stratford Festival, along with a myriad of other adventures through her company "Spontaneous Theatre...