Two White Guys and a Wheelchair

In this conversation, ultra-endurance athlete Nick Pelletier shares his experiences and challenges in preparing for the Moab 240 ultramarathon. Nick discusses the importance of crew support, his transition from baseball to endurance sports, and the logistics involved in his various adventures, including cycling across America and swimming across Okanagan Lake. Nick reflects on his attempts at the...

In this episode Erik and Raiden interview artist Gary McMillan. Gary is an artist and jeweller based in Calgary, Alberta. This conversation is a good listen for any aspiring or working artists. He is truly a great person! He currently has a showing at the Ruberto Ostberg Gallery (2108 18th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) running until the end of the month. October 4th, 2025 @4:00PM Calgary ti...

In this episode Erik and Raiden interview Moe. Data analyst and business professional, aspiring entrepreneur, and friend of Raiden’s. Moe tells us about his upbringing in Morocco and the Middle East, moving to Canada, making friends in a new country, meeting and working with Raiden. Raiden tells us how he met Moe and how their friendship began. Raiden comes clean to Moe about something he feels gu...

In this episode we talk with Pat DeDominicis, Raiden's paternal grandfather (or "Nonno" as he calls him). Pat tells us about growing up in Italy, coming to Canada as a teenager, meeting Raiden's grandmother ("Nonna"), how Calgary has changed over the years, working at the Hudson's Bay and how he got into construction and concrete. Pat talks about starting his company Con-Forte Contracting, how he...

In this episode Erik and Raiden interview Raiden's dad, Marco DeDominicis. We go through Marco's life starting at the beginning and winding through his childhood and early adulthood. We hit our time constraint around when Raiden is born. We talk about Marco's education and introduction to construction and entrepreneurship. Business and investing in real estate in Calgary and Alberta. Marriage and...

In this episode Erik and Raiden interview Jonah Smith a recent St. Francis High School graduate who is running for mayor of the City of Calgary in the upcoming October 20th municipal election. We discuss the pillars of his campaign: opportunities for young people, public safety, and economic accountability. We also discuss what got led him to put his hat in the race and why he wanted to run as a y...

We discuss the library, energy, our week, wins and loses, current events, and more. WARNING: audio gets CRAZY loud at the 14:35 mark. Brace your ear drums (or volume settings)!

Erik and Raiden meet up for the second time in the week to update each other on there lives. The boys rant and rave about changes in the government that have resulted in lower customer service for Albertan's with disabilities, cost of living, nuclear proliferation in minecraft and other online video games, having a gun pulled on a young Raiden, gun safety and culture, virtual reality, epic fre...

In this episode we talk breakfast, the weekend, sports, the flatness of Saskatchewan, @JustBins instagram and twitter account. We talk politics and learning new skills and car problems. Let us know what you think in the comments!

Topics discussed: getting stuck in the rain, future and present of work, being active and playing sports, golf, pickle ball, racquet sports (especially ping pong), how old and the origin of chess, digitizing old film, Chat 'Gee Pee Tee', the changing social fabric of society, pressures on job security and wealth stratification, nature of living, purpose and meaning, Happy Gilmore 2, theori...

Back by popular demand (jk, we needed something to do to get us excited about life)! This episode we skip another year to the dazzling future of July 2025. Erik and Raiden discuss why they want to pick the podcast back up, what caused it to fizzle out, and some ideas they have to incentivize themselves to stick with it better. Besides that they discuss some ideas of what they want to do with this...

This one was from a month after the last episode (episode 12). Raiden moved out to Ottawa and Erik had a renovation of his house in full swing. The guys discuss how the summer is going, moving, life logistics, trying to be healthy, time blindness and haziness, biking to work, French criminals, if crime is going up or down, Ontario car thefts, Raiden's moped "disappearing", the Kendri...

Hello! - It's been 680 days since we posted our last episode with Emily. Man time flies. This episode was recorded April 18th, 2024. Raiden and Erik discuss barriers to podcasting. The different pressures they face in adult life and how they are reassessing their approach. The guys discuss the drudgery of looking for work and apply for jobs, new years resolutions, pool and chess, fighting off...

Join us this episode with long time friend of Erik's, Emily James, a burgeoning acting talent, movie lover, and all around great person. Emily takes the boys through what it's like behind the scenes of Hollywood in Alberta. The ups and downs of the acting profession, being a child actor, and the skills she is focused on developing to become the best there is out there! Emily talks about projects s...

Apologies for the new format. Audio and video may be a bit off; also there is some video footage missing. It's all explained in the episode. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this episode Erik and Raiden take you behind the scenes to discuss the ups and downs of starting a podcast. The boys talk about the production, the studi...

Sorry all loyal listeners for the long delay in posts. -------------------------------------------------------- In this episode hosts Erik and Raiden engage in a talk with the one and only Logan Freedman. Logan is Raiden's close friend from university having originally bonded over a fierce competition of door-to-door sales of nuts to people who didn't really want them. This episode is a go...

Join hosts Erik and Raiden in this engaging podcast episode as they sit down with their friend and special guest, Smitty. In this lively conversation, Erik and Smitty reminisce about their enduring friendship, tracing it back to their university days. Smitty, a up-and-coming professional in the wine, beer, and spirits market, shares his journey and how he found himself at Market Wines. As the conv...

SPOILER ALERT FOR NEON DIVIDE starting at 0:58:00 —--------------------------------- Join hosts Erik and Raiden as they sit down with former schoolmate Jonathan Buckingham, a talented VR/AR producer. Step into the virtual realm as Erik and Raiden dive into a captivating conversation with Jon, exploring his journey as a creator and his passion for building dreams in the world of Virtual Reality. As...

NOTE: Due to some camera difficulties we lost some video footage which has been replaced with a title card throughout the video (starting at the mid point of episode). // In this episode of "Two White Guys and a Wheelchair," hosts Erik and Raiden sit down with Alfred Sorensen, a seasoned leader in the energy industry and a close working colleague of Erik's dad, Dale, during their time at Galveston...

Join hosts Raiden and Erik on a captivating episode of "Two White Guys and a Wheelchair" as they sit down with Gianni Silvestri of Iron Bow Fly Shop. In this episode, they dive into the world of fishing in Southern Alberta, while also exploring what brought Erik and Gianni together, Raiden and Gianni's shared heritage, delectable Norwegian and Italian cuisines, and the unique qualiti...

In this episode of "Two White Guys and a Wheelchair," hosts Erik and Raiden sit down with Dawn, the proprietor of Shirley's Greenhouse, a family-owned business that specializes in growing organic vegetables without synthetic pesticides in Didsbury, Alberta. Dawn shares her story of starting and running the greenhouse, including the challenges and rewards of growing vegetables sustainably. She talk...

In this episode of Two White Guys and a Wheelchair, hosts Erik and Raiden sit down with Bryan Lawrence and Mason Sheppard, the founders of 822 Entertainment, a business that specializes in buying, selling, and moving pool tables in Calgary, Alberta. Bryan is a dental school candidate (and Lasik surgery survivor) and Mason is a former tech industry recruiter, but they share a passion for pool table...

Introduction to the Podcast -------------------------------- In this episode of Two White Guys and a Wheelchair, hosts Erik and Raiden sit down to discuss what this podcast is about. Conversation touches on what it means to be a man in this day in age, what's it like being in a wheelchair, accessibility issues, intersectionality, the Calgary Flames, why the name "Two White Guys and a Whee...

Episode Starts at 8:25 -------------------------------- In this episode of Two White Guys and a Wheelchair, hosts Erik and Raiden sit down with Malcolm DeDominicis, the proprietor of Adriana's Sandwich Shop in Tofino, BC. Malcolm shares his story of opening a small business in a competitive market, the challenges he faced along the way, and the lessons he learned from his successes and failures. A...