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Welcome to the HowNow Podcast, the brand new series brought to you by Yvonne Woodley and Matt Carson. HowNow is where we hear stories of rapid and radical adaptation told first-hand by prominent figures near and far. The pandemic has created chaos and the need for radical adaptation in all fields. This fascinates us. Our hope is that listening to conversations with prominent people from diverse backgrounds coping with change will help our audience find the inspiration to adapt and realign in ...
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Season Finale: Until Next Time Keep Adapting
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Today on HowNow, we recap season one. We get into some of our favourite interviews, talk takeaways and how the world has changed both in our own lives and in the greater world since we started on this journey. This season, HowNow has charted on iTunes and had over 1000 downloads in 22 countries spanning every continent. We've gained a lot from this…
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Christoph Benfey: Growing A Creative Ecosystem
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Today on HowNow we are talking to Christoph Benfey who is the founder of Low Key Studios, an award winning full service production and film studio. Christoph is located in Hamilton, Canada where he moved 10 years ago to work as a carpenter on projects with Core Urban Inc. This is where Steve Kulakowsky introduced him to the arts scene. Since then h…
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Maja Kasperczak: Navigating Grief, Pandemic Shock and Bat-Wielding Nazis
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Today on HowNow we’re talking to Maja Kasperczak. Back in February 2020, Maja was forced to move back to her native Poland from Canada. Since then she has had little time to readjust being thrown by the effects of a global pandemic and Poland’s largest protests since the fall of communism. We discuss the concept of 'home'. Maja had spent a few year…
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In this episode of HowNow it was our pleasure to talk with Jeff Neven, Director of the affordable housing charity Indwell and co-founder of New Hope Community Bikes. Jeff was inspired by reading the works of civil rights leader John Perkins, such as “Beyond Charity” and others. He talks us through Perkins’ concept of breaking the cycle of poverty t…
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Sue Carr: At The Intersection Of Chaplaincy, Health And Food
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Today on HowNow we’re chatting with Sue Carr. Sue is the current Executive Director of the social enterprise restaurant called 541 Eatery and Exchange. She is also a reluctant pastor at the Meeting Place: a messy church for non-churchy people. In addition to being a mother and grandma, she has a varied history in healthcare, with an undergrad in ph…
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Michael Rancic: Forming A Multi-Stakeholder Media Cooperative
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In this episode of HowNow, we talk with freelance journalist, Michael Rancic. Michael’s work focuses around emerging, experimental and DIY Canadian musicians. His fascination with the low-level social mobilization that happens in DIY communities led naturally to co-founding the multi-stakeholder cooperative, New Feeling Coop. The cooperative’s memb…
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We’re talking to music fan, cycling safety advocate and once and future ad man Tom Flood. Tom uses storytelling techniques of the car industry to provide effective counter-messaging to the automotive industry’s relentless onslaught. His series of short films use these techniques to wake people up to the need for road safety for all road users, and …
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Andrew Hibma: Establishing A Not-For-Profit Bike Shop
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We talk to Andrew Hibma the Executive Director at New Hope Community Bikes. Andrew has found a sense of community and purpose through the formation of Hamilton's first not-for-profit bike shop. As the Executive Director, the organization has refurbished over 5000 bikes, saving them from the landfill, they’ve taught safe cycling skills to 5000+ stud…
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Jason Grishkoff: Quitting Google To Launch A Successful Tech Startup
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We talk with Jason Grishkoff about his journey from Google employee to building a successful music tech startup. We discuss his history in gaming as a professional Counter-Strike player. We talk about the early blog world and the formation of Indie Shuffle and losing 100k in the fallout of an advertising deal. How the emergence of Google and Facebo…
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Stephen van der Heijden: Growing Impact By Investing In People
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We talk tech with Stephen van der Heijden of Offerzen. Since his first job at a small tech start-up, Stephen has gained experience across Africa, primarily in building marketplace businesses. Currently, as the VP of Growth at OfferZen, his main focus is on continuously impacting the global software community. We talk about his experience working in…
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Paul Bauman: Punk-Rock Physicist Enters The NBA Bubble
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This week we sit down with Paul Bauman who has been involved for 30+ years in the professional audio and globe touring industry, holding key positions at leading international concert sound rental firms and respected loud speaker system manufacturers. He's currently the Director of Engineering at Firehouse Productions. He started off his sound care…
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Shaun Bowring: A Balance of Art and Commerce
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We talk with Shaun Bowring about how he and his venues have traversed the difficulty of the pandemic and how it has brought the community together through advocacy. Shaun has been in the music scene for 30+ years. He is the owner of Transmit Presents and Toronto venues, The Garrison and The Baby G. Shaun is a board member of Little Portugal BIA, th…
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Sam Holdridge: Crafting a Digital Marketplace
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We talk with marketing guru Sam Holdridge about his online retail hub for local businesses, as well as his video based marketing company, Hamilton Rising. We explore the origins of Hamilton Hub, the truly revolutionary digital shopfront and explore the pandemic impacts and adaptions on local business.…
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Dahlia Ishak shares her story of rolling with the gut-punch of this prolonged emergency. Her cafe Salty had to shutter, forcing her to radically adapt. Hear her reveal some of the creative ways she not only adapted but rose up as a leader with a radical and exhausting rescue plan involving selling merch to raise funds for companies in the food biz.…
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Welcome to the HowNow Podcast, the brand new series brought to you by Yvonne Woodley and Matt Carson. HowNow is where we hear stories of rapid and radical adaptation told first-hand by prominent figures near and far.
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