The Warren Weeks Show

Lee Aaron is a Canadian music trailblazer whose career spans more than 40 years. Her classic 1989 album Body Rock is nearly triple platinum. She has recorded 15 studio albums covering rock, blues and jazz. In this interview, she talks about her relationship with her alter ego Lee Aaron (her real name is Karen), what it takes to build a successful career in music, the challenges she faced as a woma...

Elfi Schlegel was one of the best gymnasts ever to come out of Canada. We chatted about her very successful career as a gymnast, what it meant to miss the 1980 Olympics because of the Canadian government boycott, her work as a TV broadcaster, the gymnastics centre she currently runs with her sister Andrea and more.

Loren Padelford is the Chief Operating Officer of Podium. Previously, he spent seven years as the General Manager of Shopify Plus. We chatted about entrepreneurship, the impact of the pandemic on small businesses, lessons he's learned as a girl dad, his new position with Canadian company Podium, his EDM DJ'ing hobby, gaming, books and more. Hope you enjoy this conversation!

Ally Garber is a communications professional based in Nova Scotia. She's someone I've followed on Twitter for years and but this is the first time we've spoken. We talked about the communications profession, what it's been like operating her own business and the national conversation she started a few years ago about drinking culture and wine mom memes. I hope you enjoy this co...

We're wrapping up 2021 with a conversation with Jamie Johnson, the brand ambassador for the best-selling whisky in the world. This episode is 75% chit chat and 25% professionally guided whisky tasting. If you're playing along at home, the four we will be tasting are:- Glenfiddich 15- Glenfiddich Project XX- Glenfiddich Fire & Cane- The Balvenie 14 Year Caribbean CaskJamie is such a f...

For the 50th episode, I'm pleased to introduce you to my dad. It's taken a while to convince him to do a podcast episode but once we got rolling, he filled up nearly two hours of stories with ease. And there are still so many stories we didn't get to...so I'm already planning a Part 2 for sometime in 2022. Hope you enjoy this episode!

This week I got to chat with Ken Connors, a longtime radio announcer from Montreal, Canada. We talked about how he got his start in radio, some of his most memorable interviews and much more.

Mohamad Fakih came to Canada from war-torn Lebanon in 1999. He came to the country with next to nothing. More than two decades later, he has built several successful businesses but it's his prolific charitable work that has changed the lives of so many and set an example for even more. We spoke about his early days in Canada, how he responded when his restaurant chain lost 90% of its business...

Jen Hartmann is the Director of Strategic Public Relations and Enterprise Social Media for the iconic John Deere brand. We chatted about her career in communications, the state of media relations, her advice for young communicators, her life-threatening experience with a brain tumour 10 years ago, raising a child with autism and how all of that has shaped her view of work and life.

Erin Davis spent nearly three decades with Toronto radio station CHFI, building an incredibly loyal audience as half of the Erin and Mike Morning Show. We chatted about her career, the devastating loss of her only child Lauren in 2015, what she's up to these days and more.

This is Terry's second appearance on the podcast. We chatted about how government and corporate leaders have fared over the past year from a communications standpoint, the state of journalism, some great stories from his decade working in Memphis and more.

Very pleased to introduce a new podcast I have created with longtime friend and communications expert John Perenack. Each week, we riff about stories in the news that have a reputation management angle to them. We also throw in a little off-topic banter to mix things up a bit. I'm just posting this first episode here, so if you like what you hear, you can subscribe to it wherever you get your...

Michelle Hoad is the CEO of the Medical Laboratory Professionals' Association of Ontario. We chatted about what it's been like for these key health care workers this past year, the 100+ media interviews Michelle has done in the past 12 months, her recent health scare that ended in some good news and much more.

Noel Mack is the Chief Brand Officer for Gymshark, one of the fastest-growing fitness apparel companies in the world. This is a company whose execs don't really do many podcasts so it was a tremendous honour to be able to speak with him for this one. We talked about how he got into the business, leadership, the value of hard work, some inside stories from the rocket ship of a company he works...

One minute, Mark Opauszky was a high-flying Toronto tech CEO. Founder of a successful company. Great home life. Perfect Health. The next minute, he was fighting for his life in a New York hospital with an advanced case of flesh-eating disease. This was a great conversation with a man who's very lucky to be alive today. We talked about his brush with death, his long road to recovery and much m...

In 1988, Peter and Chris Neal started making croutons in their parents' kitchen while in university. More than 33 years later, Neal Brothers Foods is a leading manufacturer and distributor of healthy snacks and a range of other foods and, most recently, their own brand of de-alc beer. We had a great conversation about running a business and the highs and lows of his career, including a major...

Steve Kee is a Canadian communications icon. He headed communications for the Toronto Stock Exchange for two decades, spent another 10 years heading external comms at the Insurance Bureau of Canada and has been a lecturer, radio announcer and more. We had a great chat that touched on his career journey, some of his regrets, the state of journalism, the implications of the Twitter ban of Donald Tru...

Jack Butcher was a successful but burnt out co-owner of a small design agency with his wife Celia. The more business he won, the more of a grind it was. He thought there must be a smarter way. Inspired by the famous tweet storm by Naval Ravikant, he set out to transform their service business into a suite of digital products. They're off to a great start. Their business bank balance was $58 a...

Alan Cross is the voice of a generation. Well…to be accurate…by this point, he’s the voice of at least a few generations. Alan has been a broadcaster for 40 years and while he’s done a ton of work throughout his career, he is best known as the host of the syndicated radio series The Ongoing History of New Music, which he started (against his will…more on that in the podcast interview) in early 199...

Jay Baer is one of the best marketing minds in North America. He's a bestselling author, a hall of fame keynote speaker, an emcee, podcast host, collector of tequila and much more. I really enjoyed this chat with Jay. I have known of him for years and enjoyed his books but this is the first time we've spoken. In this hour-long chat, we touched on a whole bunch of topics and we got into t...

Molly McPherson is a veteran communications, media relations and public relations expert from the Boston area. Her wheelhouse is the area of crisis response in the age of digital communications. She's also the host of the Confident Communications Podcast, which should be required listening for anyone interested in the corporate communications profession.

Clint Hill is best known for his role in the presidential motorcade during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Mr. Hill was a Secret Service agent at the time, in charge of protecting First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. During the assassination on Elm Street in Dallas, while the shots were still ringing out, Agent Hill ran from the follow-up car, leapt onto the presiden...

Mike Bullard has had a long career as a comedian and late-night TV talk show host in Canada. We had a conversation about his career, some of his influences, his most memorable guests and more.

Grant Ainsley has spent the majority of his life in and around the media business. From his early days as a reporter in Alberta to becoming one of the top media training coaches in the country, we covered a lot of territory in this conversation. I've known about Grant for quite some time but this is the first time we've spoken and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We talked about his early days i...

Lynne is a wellness advocate and author with a massive following on LinkedIn. Her latest book is called: Acts of Friendship: 47 ways to recharge your life, make real connections and deepen your relationships. Some great tips in this podcast for improving your physical and mental health.