This is the Legend Of...
Have you ever wondered about what it takes to be a great investment banker? Or how you can be a broadcaster for the Olympics on national TV? What about becoming a famous world-renowned musician? Or how about making it to a pro sports league such as the NHL? Join Amos Vang, a Canadian lawyer, broadcaster, and podcaster, as he tells and features the untold real-life stories of professionals and people from all walks of life, as well as the lessons that they have learned from their careers. Real-life stories, timeless lessons, rising legends. Find them all here on "This is the Legend Of...".
Episodes
At 25 years old, he became the youngest concertmaster in a North American orchestra. This is the Legend Of Jonathan Crow, a legendary Canadian violinist, concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and former teacher of another legendary violinist, Kerson Leong.
In this episode, Amos Vang and Jonathan Crow discuss about Jonathan’s marvelous career and experiences in the world of violin. From performing for the great Sir Yeh...
This is the Legend of Cameron Penney.
From working as a co-op student for the Fort Frances Times to managing social media in the NHL for the Winnipeg Jets, Cameron has enjoyed a meteoric rise in his career!
Join Amos Vang as he features Cameron’s career and path to the NHL. Cameron and Amos also reminisce on their times in Ottawa and the Carleton/uOttawa rivalry, and they discuss the difficulties in which the sports an...
If you are a Canadian sports fan, then you know who he is.
James Duthie has spent over 25 years with TSN and has won 4 Canadian Screen Awards for his work. From the Stanley Cup to the Grey Cup to the Vancouver Olympics to the NBA and everything in between, James tells his numerous stories and the many life lessons that he learned since then, including how sportscasting has changed from the 1980s to the present day. Ja...
Psychotherapy. Social Work. Social Science Inventor. Faculty Professor. This is the Legend of Dr. Ka Tat Tsang.
In this episode, Amos features Dr. Ka Tat Tsang, a Hong Kong-born Canadian psychotherapist, about his career and his creation of the internationally acclaimed SSLD system. More importantly, starting at 50:00 in the episode, Amos and Dr. Tsang talk about their shared Chinese cultural heritage, the unique i...
Join Amos Vang as he interviews Byron MacDonald, a former Olympic swimmer, longtime swimming head coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, an award-winning Olympic sportscaster, and former coach of world champion swimmer Kylie Masse!
In this episode, Byron and Amos talk about Byron’s journey competing against the best swimmers in the world (including the great Mark Spitz), his decades-long career as a coach, th...
At 8 years old, Kerson Leong (梁喬信) won his first national music competition, and then won the next 4 consecutive national music competitions at 9, 10, 11, and 12 years old.
At 13 years old, he won 1st prize at the International Yehudi Menuhin Competition (the Olympics/Paralympics of violin). To this day, NO OTHER CANADIAN has achieved this feat (the closest was Scott St. John’s 3rd place finish in 1985).
At...
Join Amos Vang as he interviews Scott Russell, a longtime award-winning sportscaster and primetime host on CBC Olympics!
Scott has been a veteran of the entire sportscasting world, having presented almost 40 years of incredible sports stories from around the world. From the Olympics to NHL hockey on Hockey Night in Canada to horseback racing and everything in between, Scott has experienced some amazing stories of his o...
Join Amos Vang as he interviews his paternal cousin, Ben Wong, managing director of Moelis Australia!
In just his late teens and early 20s, Ben went from being a Bachelor of Commerce student to becoming a Vice President at JP Morgan, the world's largest investment bank. Soon after, Ben would work with legendary Wall Street investment banker Ken Moelis in co-founding Moelis Australia. Since then, Ben has been a managing direct...
New horizons, new adventures, new stories.
Amos Vang, the creator, producer, director, and host of "This is the Legend Of..." introduces himself and the show's objectives, as well as the exciting content that listeners and viewers can expect on their favourite podcasting platforms and on the podcast's YouTube channel.
Music by: Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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