The VonDubCast

Hey everybody! Just want to start with a huge thank you for all of the words of support on this latest step along the journey. The calls, texts, and dm’s mean more to me than anyone can know, and I promise I will honour those words by bringing this venture to the heights I have always dreamed of.  Today’s episode is with another friend gained through the Peterson pals group who has also been helpi...

 Here it is! The big news I have been hinting at for weeks.  As of October 1st I will be chasing this podcast dream full time along with a few other ventures I detail in this solo-cast. This is a move I have dreamed of making since the very beginning and yet that doesn't stop it from being the most terrifying decision I've ever made. To leave the security of an amazing job with every per...

Today’s episode is with Kieran Klein of his “Getting our Shit Together: Dating and lifestyle” brand! Kieran is another Peterson pal from across the pond who helps guys gain confidence in the dating realm and take some of the fear out of approaching the opposite sex. I had very little idea of what Kierans approach is in this domain going into this episode and also have a lot of baggage in my own mi...

Fresh off his 200 mile “fun” run for the odyssey house of grande prairie, Phil Troyer returns for his second appearance on the Vondubcast to tell us all about it! I couldn’t get over the will and determination Phil shows with whatever he sets his mind to. Not only physically with these incredible feats but also in the planning, detail and community he is able to foster while pushing these physical...

We have a bit different of an episode for y’all today! I always speak about the long-form content like this and how untapped its potential is even when it seems like everyone and their dog is starting a podcast! But today we have my sister Courtney and my new brother Liam on to talk about their wedding, proposal, everything that went wrong leading up and all the little stories they want to remembe...

Having a Rabbi on the podcast was one of the biggest goals I had for the podcast well before I ever recorded an episode. Over the past year  I really struggled to make it happen but only a few days after I had accepted that it wasn’t going to happen the universe decided to send Akiva my way! Over a year of dreaming of this conversation and it still managed to blow every expectation I had completel...

Heeeeey everybody! Got another awesome musically themed pod in the form of the Slave Lake product Hunter Mouallem who has been dropping some amazing music throughout the last year and getting better at it every day! It was amazing to see the maturity and forethought Hunter has put behind this dream. Hunter has also had the opportunity to play live in Vegas opening for Travis Barker which we descri...

I have met some really cool people doing this podcast so far and that spans quite a spectrum, but I had no idea I would ever be this blown away by a 16 year old kid!!! My guest today Elijah Nixey-Paton hails from the UK and probably has more intellect, wisdom and knowledge at 16 then I will have when I’m 50! Elijah is another member of the Peterson pals group that has been such a great source of p...

Nothing like a good ol road trip podcast to get the blood flowing (don’t tell my mom). I decided to take an hour of my drive to Vancouver to recap the latest couple weeks including my best friend buying his first house, the lukan emes memorial golf tournament and some things I’ve been struggling with personally.  I have said it over and over how much these solo podcasts help me to understand and a...

I think thus far into podcast no type of guest gets me quite as excited as stand up comedians! Something about the difficulty, vulnerability and what it brings into the world that I just can’t get enough of. Our guest today Todd Ness has been on the podcast before but this time it was much much sillier! Todd has a very infectious personality and 5 minutes in he had us both in fits and it didn’t st...

Witchcraft, Welding and Weed w/ Ila Brown  One of my favourite parts about starting this podcast is showing off different sides of myself that only those closest to me would have known previously. And on top of that it’s exciting to tackle topics that even a couple years ago I would have scoffed at and be able to highlight the pieces of my own journey that opened the door to explore some of them!...

I often talk about the struggle of recording a great episode and the pain you feel having to wait to release it! This episode might be the greatest example as me and Nick Walker (Sidechick) got together a few weeks ago over a few white claws and possibly a bottle or two of wine and it’s killed me every single day since not to just drop it early! But today is also the release of his newest single P...

A solo episode on a Monday?! Blasphemy! Just kidding, but when there is a UFC card that huge I just had to sit down Sunday morning and recap the rollercoaster of emotions that was UFC 264. As I do more of these solo episodes the more I realize how helpful they are to my mental health and when I let 2-3 weeks go by without doing one I definitely feel it so apart from the fight recap I also discuss...

Today's episode is a fascinating discussion with my old friend from University Megan Chambers! We discussed some of the old court battles against the UofA as documented in previous episodes, the break in and theft of our computers from our office in the university residence as well as the lack of resources given after such a traumatic event, her subsequent journey through law school, concussi...

ITS FIGHT WEEK!!! UFC 264 is this weekend and the card is stacked top to bottom! So many of my personal favourites are fighting and I cannot even begin to describe the amount of excitement and nervousness I’m feeling! And to cap it all off we have an amazing conversation with The  MMA Breez, an up and coming personality in the MMA scene keeping people up to date with the latest in the world of fig...

This episode of the Vondubcast was recorded with returning guest and absolute legend Ken Rutherford on Father’s Day of all days (he has 6 kids!). We discussed our own relationships with our fathers, different types of love, the difficulties of raising children and holding a family together and it was one of the most beautiful conversations I have ever been apart of. We also discussed the latest de...

If you have caught any of the previous episodes with guests from the “Peterson pals” group you will probably  have heard about today’s guest! Alex Robbins was the one who created the group and brought all of us together. She also works tirelessly to administrate the group single handedly without overstepping or disallowing any topic, viewpoint, meme or argument that is put forward. Not only does s...

You didn’t think I would leave you all without an interview episode this week did you?! Today I’m joined by another member of the Peterson pals Facebook group! If you haven’t heard me discuss this group on the podcast yet, it is a gathering place for fans of Jordan Peterson’s work that are looking to have discussions that for whatever reason they have been unable to have anywhere else (90% univers...

 Well wouldn’t you know it it’s been a year since the Vondubcast sprang into existence! I thought it would be fun to sit down and walk through the first year of ups and downs and let you all in on the stories behind the episodes, how they came together and why certain episodes hold extra special meaning to me. It’s also a great opportunity to find new episodes that you might have missed on the fir...

Today’s episode is with an old friend from university Cole Delyea, a masters of immunology student that is soon to be completing his final thesis before taking his skills to the workforce! We reconnected a few months back when Cole started his own YouTube channel “Investigate Explore Discover“ where he takes scientific papers that peak his interest and tries to break them down in shorter more plai...

Changing up the release order for this one because I couldn’t let another day go by without letting the world hear this conversation! It’s got everything! Grizzly bears, pushing limits, mental toughness, cheesy jokes, and a whole lot of running Info! Phil has been running ultra Marathons for a couple of years including the death race and the process couldn't be more fascinating. Now he is usi...

Well it sure has been a whirlwind since we got our precious, beautiful, perfect little devil puppy! The amount of emotions over the last few weeks have been all over the charts. This dog is making us pay for every ounce of cuteness but the cuteness never ends!! I finally forced a few hours of time for a solo episode to catch you all up on the entire journey from picking her up to her current pleas...

One of the funnest things about this podcast is the freedom to have people on to talk about whatever subject I’m passionate about regardless whether it’s current, popular or anything else.  So I knew sooner or later I would have someone on to strictly dive into what an amazing artists John Mayer is! Luckily my old buddy Mike Sheehan might just be a bigger fan than me! We also chat about learning t...

Today’s guest is Angelo Isidoru, the director of the UBC  free speech club as well as a writer and YouTube personality for the post millennial! He joined me for a really fascinating conversation about how he fell into this world, the types of conversations that are being withheld currently and our respective takes on the latest current events. This episode was recorded quite a few weeks ago but th...

When I started this podcast I couldn’t wait to have my first Oiler on.  I thought in my head that I would be lucky to have it happen in the first 5 years! So when the opportunity arose to have longtime NHL workhorse Cory Cross on the Vondubcast I was over the moon! Not to mention nervous as hell! Those fears were super unwarranted as Cory is one of the most down to earth and funniest guests the Vo...