The sports show for people who don't take sports (or life) too seriously. The secret is that we really don't like sports or even talk about the games all that much. With a focus more on the culture and sociology around sports, the show often wanders into general life discussions. Come be in on the joke with us. If you like it tell your friends and if you don't tell your enemies.
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Every week Nick and Megan get together to talk about the things they've watched recently and any big entertainment news. Occasionally they'll also deep dive into the career of a current popular actor or actress. Their best/worst roles, their favourites and what they'd like to see them do next.
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This is a podcast where we find the positive in every situation. Where we share our very personal stories of struggling with hardship, addiction, feelings of hopelessness, rage, depression, and so much more. Where we share why we decided to change our lives for the better, how we overcame adversity, and how we transformed our worlds into places filled with gratitude, love and joy. This podcast is here to help you realize and stand in your true power, and show you that happiness and success a ...
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Episode #19: From a $333 Paycheck to Center Stage: A Journey to Broadway, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Emceeing for Lewis Howes: with Elec Simon
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My guest today is Elec Simon. Elec refers to himself as a “host-tainer” - he’s an event emcee and percussionist based in Orlando, FL, combining his passion for rhythm and entertainment. Originally from Ohio, Elec has performed Stomp on Broadway, was a Cleveland Cavaliers entertainer, and has emceed for the likes of Lewis Howes. Elec’s journey in th…
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Episode #18: Life of the Party - How Your Past Shapes You (and Doesn't Define You)
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On this solo podcast, I’m sharing some stories and moments from my life before I got sober, my “life of the party/party animal/rock star era.” Whilst most people know me now as a pretty chill sober dude that does a bunch of yoga and meditates, I used to be a MASSIVE partier and I’ve got a lot of wild stories. Some of these stories might strike you …
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Episode #17: From Newbie Yoga Teacher to Yoga Studio Owner with Rachel Brooks
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Rachel Brooks is the owner and an instructor at Seeking Space Yoga and Yin Yoga Space in Portland, OR. A Portland-native, Rachel opened Seeking Space Yoga in 2017 as a first time business owner and brand new yoga teacher! She continued to work her “day job” at a mortgage company and bartend at night whilst also running and teaching at the yoga stud…
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Episode #16: From performing for a crowd of 2 to opening for the Boss with Frank Turner
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Frank Turner is an English punk and folk singer-songwriter. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon an acoustic-based solo career following the band's split in 2005. He’s been super successful as a solo musician, releasing nine solo studio albums to date, with his most recent studio album, FTHC, re…
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Episode #15: On the Inside: creative connection for incarcerated women with Nikki Weaver
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Nikki Weaver is an actress, a yoga teacher, a trained massage therapist, and an art therapist. She leveraged her diverse skill to co-found the Portland Playhouse and she now leads On The Inside, a non-profit supporting incarcerated women through creative connection. On the Inside is currently operating in prisons in Oregon, Nebraska, Wyoming, Misso…
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Episode #14: From a 1.8 GPA, self-sabotage and hitting rock bottom to a dream life with Zach Azar, RN
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My guest on today's episode is my dear friend and my housemate, Zacharia Azar. Zach was a paramedic and professional firefighter in New Mexico. He owed his own home and had 2 cars. He had a great life! But then he failed a drug test, was fired from his dream job, and his life spiralled downwards for a number of years. Learn how Zach picked himself …
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Episode #13: Holding Grudges - Why It Hurts and How to Let Them Go
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This episode is another solo episode. I wish I could say that I haven’t struggled with holding grudges in the past, but I have! There was a time in my life not too terribly long ago that I held a HUGE grudge. This grudge had a large and shitty ripple effect on my life and on a lot of people that I love... Dive into this episode to hear more about t…
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Episode #12: Rock 'n' roll & veganism with Derrick Green, Sepultura
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Today I am joined by Derrick Green. Derrick is the lead singer of the Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura and co-host of the plant-based travel TV show, Highway To Health. Sepultura is a world famous metal band that’s been around since 1984 - Derrick’s been the lead singer since 1997 - he's one of the few African American men in metal music Derric…
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Episode #11: How to set powerful intentions to change your life!
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How does one set intentions? Good question! In this episode, I take you through my journey where I learned how to set powerful intentions that helped me make massive shifts in my life AND I share my step-by-step intention-setting process with you. In fact, ALL of the intentions I set when I started this process in May 2020 have since come to fruiti…
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Episode #10: Healing from domestic violence with Day Bibb
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Day Bibb is the founder of Om Thrive, a nonprofit organization that provides free online yoga classes to survivors of domestic violence. Day is also the founder and CEO of Helen Rose Skincare, which makes handmade, all-natural, eco-friendly skincare products. A native Portlander, she’s a mother to two daughters, a yoga instructor and a domestic vio…
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Episode #9: Living in the fire and not getting burned (being sober in the music world)
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In the very first episode of this podcast, I shared a little of my own personal story: “How I went from beer-chugging meathead to sober vegan yoga instructor.” In this episode, I expand on the impact that the party lifestyle that I used to lead had on me, what I think it means to truly be a “rockstar”, and some tips for how to live that “rockstar” …
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Episode #8: Mormonism, Moms & Sexy Sunday's: with Bonnie Weeks
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Bonnie Weeks is a yoga teacher and coach who mentors others on how to amplify their voice. I’ve known Bonnie since 2020 - I took one of her yoga classes that she was running out of her garage and it was like nothing I had ever experienced before! Since that time, I’ve done two different yoga-related trainings with Bonnie - she was, and still is, su…
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Episode #7: What Does it Mean to Fail?
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My last solo episode was on the topic of success, so I thought it would be relevant to follow that one up with the topic of failure. Something I know a thing or two about, being in the music business! In fact, if I believed all the “nos" I've received over the years, I would have given up on music way back in 2002! In this episode I talk about whet…
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Episode #6: Mental Illness and Meditation: with Jonathan Horstmann, Urban Heat
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Jonathan Horstmann is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and the creative force behind Urban Heat, an American post-punk band from Austin, Texas. Urban Heat had a viral moment on TikTok in 2022, with their single “Have You Ever” being viewed over a million times. I'd been into Urban Heat for a while, and after I saw them perform live, I k…
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Episode #5: What Does Success Look Like on You?
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I often say that happiness and success aren’t off limits to anyone! That happiness and success are truly available to all! But what does that truly mean? How do we define happiness and success? In this episode, I invite to you to reflect on these questions, and I share my own personal definition of what success looks like on me. Because I believe t…
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Episode #4: Nakedness & Nests as Art Therapy: with artist Debbie Baxter
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Debbie Baxter (she/her) is a mother, artist, fine art photographer, author of NEST, and creator/founder of The Nest Project, Inc, an arts nonprofit. Debbie turns life's pain and challenges into beautiful works of art. In this episode, Debbie shares her powerful story of how she used art as a way to make sense of, and hold, her pain and wounding fro…
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Episode #3: Is Yoga Only For Rich White People?
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Diversity, inclusiveness and accessibility are much needed in the yoga space. As someone who has pretty much always been the only Black man in the yoga studio, it's important that we break down the assumptions and perceptions about what yoga is and who yoga is for. Because I once thought that yoga wasn’t for me, and that I was excluded from it. But…
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Episode #2: Metal, Black Belts & Breathwork: with Crowbar guitarist Matt Brunson
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It’s our FIRST episode with a guest - and our guest is Matt Brunson, guitarist for the doomy yet groovy, legendary metal band, none which is heavier - CROWBAR!! When I came up with the concept for this podcast early last year, I KNEW that Matt had to be my first guest, because I KNEW the impact he would have on people. Matt’s a total metalhead - an…
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Episode #1: How I went from beer-chugging meathead to sober vegan yoga instructor
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What’s up good people! My name is Nick Harris and I'm the host of The Power Of Positivity Podcast. I’ve been blessed to be able to do a lot of things and live a lot of life at my age. I was once a beer-chugging meathead. I would drink 40s almost every night in college - I was the party captain of my rugby team, and would lead our team in drunken ru…
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Ep. 55: Do You Think Baby Bop Is a Whore Now?
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Nick, Jon and Megan talked about Super Bowl 52 (4:16), Barney the Dinosaur (9:47), recent Windsor crime stories (17:34), WWE Raw 25 (26:04), My Sex Robot on Netflix (34:03), #DisappointMeIn4Words (46:32), Jehovah’s Witnesses (52:27), the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal (1:03:58), bullies (1:17:12) and more.…
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Ep. 54: Get Off of the Tomato and Show Some Respect
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Nick and Jon talked about the NFL Playoffs (2:20), the latest Donald Trump news (25:02), #MeToo (41:55), the secret to a happy life (1:04:07), Ontario’s minimum wage increase (1:07:06), eating Tide Pods (1:18:22) and more.By Nick Azar & Jon Raffoul & Megan Gayer
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Nick and Megan give their thoughts on 'Get Out' (1:30) and 'Logan' (16:51). Then they figure out where 'Logan' ranks against the other X-Men films and all comic book movies (34:59).By Nick Azar & Megan Gayer
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Nick and Megan recap the Oscars going over everything from that crazy ending to some of their favourite moments. Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time.By Nick Azar & Megan Gayer
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Nick and Megan share their thoughts on everything from last night's Grammys including: Chance the Rapper, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, James Corden, Metallica, Adele and more.By Nick Azar & Megan Gayer
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