204 Rise

204 Rise

204 Rise aims to document the rising talent hidden within the streets of Winnipeg. We want to reveal the talents of the city, whether that be through music, art, or business, in an entertaining, knowledge-based experience! Check us on youtube and instagram to see exclusive video content of some of the great guests we feature!

Episodes

June 17, 2025 30 mins

Explore the vibrant heart­beat of Win­nipeg cul­ture with Stephen Hua, a key dri­ver behind the city’s nightlife, events, and com­mu­ni­ty-build­ing. As co‑founder of Sum­mer of Sound, he helped bring huge names to local stages. Today, Stephen con­tin­ues shap­ing the Exchange Dis­trict with inno­v­a­tive ven­tures like Com­mon­wealth Kitchen + Bar, a sleek din­ner-club con­cept that cel­e­brat...

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On this episode of the 204 Rise Pod­cast, we sit down with fit­ness coach and entre­pre­neur Janelle Hill, @janellefaithill, who carved her path as a fit­ness influ­encer before it was cool. From ear­ly con­tent cre­ation to build­ing her own coach­ing busi­ness @gymwithjan, Janelle shares her jour­ney of turn­ing pas­sion into purpose.

We talk about what it was like get...

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In this episode of the 204Rise pod­cast, we take you inside the Win­nipeg Sea Bears’ 2025 Media Day for an exclu­sive look at the peo­ple and pas­sion dri­ving Manitoba’s pro bas­ket­ball team.

From Head Coach and GM Mike Taylor’s lead­er­ship to the ded­i­ca­tion of play­ers l we explore how the Sea Bears are b...

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Wel­come back Neema Naz! We catch up on his incred­i­ble jour­ney since we last spoke. Neema has been grind­ing hard­er than ever, push­ing him­self to new heights in the world of com­e­dy. We dig deep into what it real­ly takes to build a career as a pro­fes­sion­al come­di­an, from nav­i­gat­ing tough crowds and non­stop trav­el to going back to school to sharp­en his craft.

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In this episode of 204 Rise, we take you behind the scenes of our most unfor­get­table moments. It all start­ed with a sur­re­al back­stage encounter with Jel­ly Roll – a raw, unfil­tered expe­ri­ence that became our high­est-viewed episode ever.

We share the chaos, excite­ment, and unex­pect­ed insights from our time with the Are­na Rock­erz at Jel­ly Rol­l’...

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They didn’t wait for a seat at the table, they made their own.

In this episode, we’re joined by Han­nah Pick­nic­ki and Emma Novak of the Track Talk Pod­cast, two con­tent cre­ators carv­ing out space in one of the most male-dom­i­nat­ed sports on the plan­et: motor sports. What start­ed as a pas­sion project quick­ly turned into a pod­cast with seri­ous trac­tion lead­ing to exclu­si...

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In Episode 172 of 204 Rise, we sit down with Gio­van­na Minen­na — founder of Brows by G and Browluxe — to explore her jour­ney from a one-chair brow stu­dio in her Win­nipeg apart­ment to build­ing a nation­al beau­ty brand. Gio­van­na shares how she scaled her busi­ness to over $1.

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This one was spe­cial. On episode 171, we got exclu­sive access to sit down with Are­na Rock­erz right inside Cana­da Life Cen­tre, moments before they lit up the stage along­side Jel­ly Roll on his Beau­ti­ful­ly Bro­ken Tour. Known for their pow­er­house per­for­mances and abil­i­ty to move are­nas full of peo­ple, Are­na Rock­erz opened up to us about life on the road, wor...

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In this episode, we sit down with Maris­sa Nay­lor, a mul­ti­fac­eted pro­fes­sion­al from Win­nipeg who seam­less­ly bal­ances her roles as a wed­ding and brand­ing pho­tog­ra­ph­er, mar­ket­ing offi­cer, and Team Cana­da bowler. Maris­sa shares insights into her jour­ney, from cap­tur­ing authen­tic love sto­ries through her lens to rep­re­sent­ing Cana­da on the inter­na­tion­al bowl­ing sta...

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In this episode, we sit down with YSN Fab, a Win­nipeg native who trans­formed per­son­al chal­lenges into musi­cal tri­umphs. Start­ing his jour­ney as a foot­ball play­er, a career-end­ing injury led him to dis­cov­er his pas­sion for rap. Since then, YSN Fab has released mul­ti­ple suc­cess­ful projects, includ­ing his debut album Made...

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Jas­min Laine is proof that authen­tic­i­ty wins online. From wit­ty takes on every­day life to deep con­ver­sa­tions about per­son­al growth, she’s built a social media pres­ence that feels refresh­ing­ly real. With her con­tent gain­ing trac­tion and reach­ing thou­sands, she’s nav­i­gat­ing the highs and lows of inter­net fame while stay­ing true to herself.

In this episode, we sit down with Jas­...

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Michael Sparks isn’t just mak­ing music — he’s mak­ing waves. The Mon­tréal-based DJ and pro­duc­er has built a rep­u­ta­tion for push­ing bound­aries, blend­ing gen­res, and deliv­er­ing high-ener­gy sets that keep crowds mov­ing. From under­ground clubs to major fes­ti­val stages, his rise in the EDM world has been any­thing but ord...

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In Episode 166 of 204Rise, we sit down with Aliyah Pud­will, a local cre­ator who has tak­en Tik­Tok by storm with her viral trends and relat­able con­tent. Known as @aliyahjuliana_ on Tik­Tok and @aliyahtheano on Insta­gram, Aliyah shares the sto­ry behind her rise as a dig­i­tal cre­ator, offer­ing insights into her cre­ative process a...

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What does it take to turn a vision into one of Winnipeg’s most renowned media pro­duc­tion companies? 🎥 

In this episode, we sit down with Gar­rett McEwen, the mas­ter­mind behind Club Cre­ate, to uncov­er the sto­ry of per­se­ver­ance, pas­sion, and pur­pose that led him to the top of the cre­ative indus­try. Gar­rett shares how he built his busi­ness from the ground up, start­ing with s...

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This year on 204 Rise, we had the priv­i­lege of cap­tur­ing some of the most inspir­ing sto­ries from our com­mu­ni­ty and beyond. In this spe­cial year-end episode, we’re revis­it­ing the high­lights that defined 2024.

From cel­e­brat­ing the Win­nipeg Sea Bears’ tri­umphant sea­son 🏀 to step­ping onto the field with the Gold­eyes ⚾, we explore...

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Episode 163 of the 204Rise pod­cast fea­tures Keisha Paul, a dynam­ic speak­er, busi­ness coach, and media pro­fes­sion­al with a unique sto­ry that spans con­ti­nents and indus­tries. Born in Win­nipeg to immi­grant par­ents from Trinidad and Guyana, Keisha’s jour­ney reflects resilience and adapt­abil­i­ty. From work­ing with

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Episode 162 fea­tures Mitch Math­ews, aka Adren­a­line Mitch on Yotube. As a Selkirk native whose pas­sion for cus­tom trucks, like his big gold Dodge Cum­mins, mind­set mas­tery, exer­cise, and big dreams shines through. Mitch opens up about man­i­fest­ing his dream truck, the chal­lenges of cus­tomiza­tion rules, and how refram­ing his mind­set helped him achieve suc­c...

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On this week’s episode of 204 Rise, DJ Blos­som joins us to share her incred­i­ble jour­ney from her ear­ly days in clas­si­cal music to becom­ing a head­lin­ing EDM artist. She opens up about the chal­lenges of bal­anc­ing art, fame, and self-doubt, along with the cre­ative inspi­ra­tion behind her sig­na­ture pink hai...

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On Episode 160 of 204 Rise, we catch up with VAVO, the inter­na­tion­al duo who have rede­fined the elec­tron­ic music scene. Com­prised of Cana­di­an-born Jesse Fis­ch­er and Lon­don native Alden Mar­tin, VAVO has tak­en the world by storm with their unique blend of EDM...

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204Rise is recon­nect­ing with Fah­jah, on episode 159 of the pod­cast for an adven­tur­ous con­ver­sa­tion about his life since we last spoke. After relo­cat­ing to Bali, Fah­jah has gained glob­al recog­ni­tion, per­form­ing at major fes­ti­vals sim­i­lar to Sum­mer of Sound and oth­er large stages and venues. He opens up about the real­i­ties o...

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