Chatter that Matters

Some conversations stay with you long after they are over. This is one of them.

Kim Mason is someone I deeply admire for her intelligence, her humanity and the way she makes everyone in her presence feel heard and seen. She dreamed of becoming an anthropologist and journalist, but a summer job at RBC changed everything. Almost four decades later, she holds one of Canada's most senior banking positions.

But...

When my 90-year-old mother-in-law moved into our home earlier this year, caregiving became deeply personal. Seeing the stairs, stubborn jar lids, fear of falling and loss of independence through her eyes changed how I understood aging, dignity and love—and inspired this conversation.

Millions of people in the middle of their own lives suddenly become caregivers. Most arrive untrained, unprepared and ...

Aaron Bethune lives his life. Musician. Writer. Strategist. Mountaineer. Seeker. Philosopher. Promoter and Publisher. His approach is one we can all learn from.

So many words of wisdom to take away: 'I like to get to the corner to see what's next before deciding to go forward or change lanes.'

Or

Success is not always the award, the applause, or even the destination.

Canada Day is more than flags and fireworks. It is a reminder that this country was not inevitable. It was imagined into being by people who chose union over drift and compromise over collapse. 

My guest is JDM Stewart, author of The Prime Ministers: Canada's Leaders and the Nation They Shaped. James brings history to life by showing us Canada's prime ministers not as sa...

My guest today is Tim Moore, a serial entrepreneur with immense character. Tim's upbringing included failing a few grades, studying to become a priest, then becoming a teacher and eventually a truck driver. His life changed when he bought a secondhand pickup truck, covered it with a tarp, placed a newspaper ad, and started a moving business charging seven dollars an hour.

From there, he built AMJ Campbel...

Happy Father's Day.

Did your father ever try to bottle liquid manure, only to watch it explode in the sunlight while sitting in a store window display?

Did he ever bet the family's fortune on a machine he believed could extract gold from ...

Not long ago in Canada, who you loved could cost you everything. 

Betty Baxter knows this because it happened to her.

Betty was an elite athlete, an Olympic captain, a pioneering coach, and one of the rare women leading at the highest levels of international sport. Her athletes trusted her. Her program was working. Her future was bright.

Then, on a cold November night in ...

Robin Devine has spent her life knocking on doors, sometimes literally, and finding opportunity on the other side. Raised by her grandmother, Robin learned early that hard work, honesty, courage, and instinct could take you places credentials could not.

As a little girl, she sold lilacs and rhubarb door to door. As a young woman, she walked into an advertising agency with no portfolio, no experience...

Leslie Bradford-Scott grew up inside a story so spectacular it felt unreal.Her father drove a Rolls-Royce. A promoter, he brought Pink Floyd and Paul Anka to Hamilton, moved through a world of million-dollar diamonds, and lit up every room he entered.

Then the story cracked.

At twelve, Leslie came home to the police on the lawn. At fifteen, she had a gun pressed against her arm. At sixteen,...

Some episodes entertain. Some inspire. And some remind us what it means to be human.

This is one of those episodes.

Bailey Gee was born with the most severe form of spina bifida. Her life became a cycle of surgeries, pain, bullying, isolation, a wheelchair, and battles with mental health that often left her wondering if life was worth fighting for.  Every day she prayed to be...