In a continuation from the last episode, Blake Murphy, Managing Editor of Raptors Republic, we covered a variety of topics including the rise and origin story of Shams Charania; Summer League takeaways; fighting the cyclical feelings of a season and finding new things to improve on in his craft. We then did a Raptors deep dive covering questions su…

Blake Murphy, Freelance Writer and Managing Editor of Raptors Republic, came on the podcast for an extra long interview. So long, in fact, it had to be split into two episodes. This episode will focus on Blakes career arc and writing, while the second episode will be a more general NBA and Raptors discussion. Topics that were discussed in this epis…

Greg Wyshynski, Editor of Yahoo Sports Puck Daddy Blog and co-host of the Marek vs Wyshynski and Puck Soup podcasts, came on the KossTalk podcast ahead of the Puck Talks event in Toronto to talk about his career. As a person who has been in the industry for over a decade, we went over a number of topics including his writing style; what makes a goo…

Jon Corbin, Executive Producer and Founder of Corbin Visual, was kind enough to hop on the podcast to talk all things his company is getting into. We dove into topics including how he got into video production; his drone videos that blew up across Canada; his work with VR and the future of the technology; what it's like dealing with emerging techno…

KossTalk Host Evan Kossman took questions from you the audience. The questions could be about life, sports, business, and whatever else you had questions about! Questions included: how committed is he to the podcast (1:00), who is your dream interview (3:20), in what ways can younger generations balance life goals and steady careers (4:25), is the …

A person with enough titles that would rival that of Daenerys Targaryen, Robbie Goldfarb came on the podcast this week to go into detail about each step of his career path. The episode started with a conversation about their shared experiences within the Computer Science program at Western University. It then led to a discussion about Robbie's entr…

This week we were honoured by the presence of Mike Belkin, a former professional tennis player, and an inductee of the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame. Mike and I discussed his career arc, how the game has evolved, and his legendary matches going against tennis icons like Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith, among others. We also went into detail being the fir…

This week on the podcast, Zev Skolnik came on to talk about his time at Ivey Business School and about his job as an IT consultant for Infotech. We also took a deep dive on his passion project, impediment, which is his stage name jokingly named after his lisp. Zev then tackles Steve's question from last week, and asks one of his own for the next gu…

This weeks guest is Steve Tsimikalis, Principal and Co-Founder of Toronto Prep School. We discussed the decision to open TPS in the heart of the recession in 2009; the 3 categories of teachers; preparing students with the right skill sets; private school versus public school; not wanting to treat the school like a business; and much more. Steve als…

Jake Mednick and Thomas McCole, the creators of Babsocks, came on the podcast to talk all things Babsocks. With a pair of socks that embodied a fan base, we discussed the origin of the business; the learning curve of going into business; their various product lines; the 'misprint' collector's items; and how you follow up such a successful first pro…