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Chuck Bastie interviews skater Violetta Afanasieva as well as her reasons for choosing the Humane Society of Kawartha Lakes as her charity of choice! Chuck also chats with Henny Venus, the Executive Director of the Humane Society of Kawartha Lakes about the wonderful partnership they have with Violetta! At the age of five Russian born, Canadian resident Violetta Afanasieva was already figure skating. By the age of eleven she was competing nationally. A year later she retired from amateur figure skating to join the Moscow Circus on Ice with her family. At 14, Afanasieva debuted her hula-hoops act in Russia. She began skating with Holiday on Ice, where she met her future pairs partner and future husband, Pete Dack — a Canadian ice skater. The two have gone on to win the first-ever World Extreme Figure Skating Championship in 2006, and have toured in Canada, Europe, South Africa and South America. A fan favourite for Seasons 2 through 4 of Battle of the Blades, Afanasieva was the first runner up in Season 4 a

Chuck Bastie interviews skater Amanda Kessel as well as her reasons for choosing SickKids Hospital Foundation as her charity of choice! Chuck also chats with Colin Henniger, VP of Major Gifts of the SickKids Foundation about the wonderful partnership they have with Amanda! Wisconsin born Amanda Kessel has always been a natural at hockey. Coming from a sports-oriented family, there is no shortage of talent across the Kessel board. Her father was drafted into professional football, and her brothers, Phil and Blake, are also professional hockey players. Kessel played for four years at college level hockey, and helped her team win three national championships. In 2013 she was selected as the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Kessel has been on Team U.S.A. since 2008 and in the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia, she helped lead her team to a silver-medal win. Most recently, she helped her team win gold in PyeongChang, South Korea in 2018. Outside of hockey, she runs her own clothing line, AK28, with G

Chuck Bastie speaks with former professional skater turned coach Sandra Bezic! Sandra is also the creator of CBC TV's "Battle Of The Blades". To reach Chuck, email him at chuckbastie@gmail.com, or phone the Listen UP Talk Radio contact line at 1-866-269-6155! @cbcbattle, #botb, #battleisback, #cbctv, #skating, #battleoftheblades, #ericradford, #sports

Chuck Bastie interviews skater Eric Radford, about his participation on CBC TV's "Battle Of The Blades", as well as his reasons for choosing Egale Canada as his charity of choice! Chuck also chats with Helen Kennedy, the Executive Director of Egale Canada about the wonderful partnership with Eric! The Manitoba-born figure skater is a three-time Olympic games medalist and has won multiple other titles with his skating partner Meagan Duhamel. Radford is the only openly gay male to have won an Olympic Games gold medal. He is an advocate for the Canadian Olympic Committee's #OneTeam initiative, which supports LGBTQ inclusion and promotion in the sport. Inspired by skaters such as Kurt Browning in the early 1990's, Radford began skating at the age of eight. He moved away from home at the age of 14 to pursue his figure skating career, and hasn't looked back since. He is a back-to-back world champion (2015 and 2016) and in 2018, he and Duhamel became the first pair to successfully complete a quadruple throw jum

Chuck Bastie chats with Amanda Evora and Scott Thornton, from CBC Television's "Battle Of The Blades". American skater Amanda Evora and retired NHLer Scott Thornton have triumphed, winning the fourth season of CBC-TV's Battle of the Blades. Evora and Thornton were declared champions of the televised skating competition Sunday night in Toronto, after earning the most public votes ahead of the season finale. Evora is a two-time U.S. pairs silver medallist, while Thornton had a nearly two-decade long career in the NHL, playing in Toronto, Edmonton, Montreal, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Jose. As part of their win, Evora and Thornton chose the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to receive a $100,000 donation. The pair beat out stiff competition from fellow finalists Violetta Afanasieva and Jason Strudwick and Marie-France Dubreuil and Mathieu Dandenault. All of this year's 16 skaters returned for Sunday's finale to perform in a group number. To get in touch with Chuck, email chuckbastie@gmail.com or call List

On show #5, Justin talks hockey and life with Philadelphia Flyer great Mark Howe! Mark is one of only four Flyers to be inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame and his #2 hangs from the rafters. But what Mark Howe was as a player is second to who Mark Howe is as a person. That is the ultimate tribute to the people who raised him, Gordie and Coleen Howe. Listen as Mark reminisces about his career, speaks warmly about his legendary mom and dad and explains to us how Gordie’s biggest contribution to this world may not have been on the ice, but in the area of medicine! Mark Steven Howe (born May 28, 1955) is a retired American professional ice hockey left winger and later defenseman who played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA). He is currently serving the Director of Pro Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings.[1] He is the son of Gordie and Colleen Howe, younger brother of Marty Howe, and nephew of Vic Howe. Despite the enormous shadow cast by his

On show #6, Justin talks NASA and the shuttle program with Rick Boisjoly, brother of Roger Boisjoly, who worked for Morton Thiokol, the manufacturer of the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) for the Space Shuttle program. Join me and Rick Boisjoly as we discuss his brother, Roger Boisjoly. Roger was one of the only men with enough compassion and strength to try to stop the launch of the ill-fated Challenger launch in 1986. Hear the chilling story of this whistleblower who is a champion to anyone who believes that ethics matter. Roger Mark Boisjoly (/boʊʒəˈleɪ/ boh-zhə-LAY;[2] April 25, 1938 – January 6, 2012) was an American mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist, and an aerodynamicist. He is best known for having raised strenuous objections to the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger the day before the loss of the spacecraft and its crew in January 1986. Boisjoly correctly predicted, based on earlier flight data, that the O-rings on the rocket boosters would fail if the shuttle launched in cold weather. To fin

On show #4, Justin talks hockey and life with Philadelphia Flyer great Reggie Leach! “The Rifle” was one of the greatest “snipers” in the history of the NHL. Join me on my skate with Reggie as he tells us about his career, his challenges and how his amazing work with First Nation youth makes him a Hall of Fame man! Reginald Joseph Leach OM (born April 23, 1950) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings. He is best known for his time in Philadelphia, winning a Stanley Cup with the Flyers in 1975 and being a member of the LCB line. To find out more info about Brian, find him at the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/7rifleman1627 #PhiladelphiaFlyers #Flyers #Hockey #NHL #TheRifle #ReggieLeach https://www.nhl.com/flyers/ To get in touch with Justin, drop us a line at: PHONE: 1-866-269-6155 EMAIl: feedback@radiothatdoesntsuck.com

On show #3, Justin talks hockey and life with Philadelphia Flyer great Brian Propp! You know him as a superstar hockey player. I have been fortunate to get to know him as a friend! Allow Propper to share with us his hockey career, his amazing comeback from a devastating stroke and how his brush with death has made him stronger and more charitable than ever! Brian Phillip Propp (born February 15, 1959) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 15 seasons in the NHL from 1979 until 1994. Propp was born in Lanigan, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Neudorf, Saskatchewan. Brian Propp is a former National Hockey League All-Star, legendary Philadelphia Flyer, former sports broadcaster, entrepreneur, business relationship and development guru and a philanthropist in his community. Brian Propp is currently the Director, Strategic Relationships at Wolf Commercial Real Estate in Marlton, New Jersey. Wolf Commercial Real Estate is a full-service commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm

Todd Miller chats with legendary drummer for @PeterGabriel, Jerry Marotta, about his upcoming tour with @SecurityProject, playing Gabriel songs that Peter doesn't play! Plus some other great PG tunes, some Kate Bush perhaps. We also discuss Soul Redemption, The Marotta Brothers Band, Tony Levin, @Gowan and much more. To get in touch with Todd, drop us a line at feedback AT radiothatdoesntsuck.com or use the contact line at 1-866-269-6155, Ext 1 to leave a v/m for the show or any comments you have about the interview :-) @GlassOnyonPR @JerryMarotta http://www.SecurityProjectBand.com http://www.JerryMarotta.com http://www.RTDS.ca Twitter: @iamtoddmiller Twitter: @rtds

On show #2, Justin talks miracles, faith and strength with longtime QVC star Dan Wheeler. Dan shows us how God's infinite love and grace can carry us through the suffering and death of someone who means the world to us. Hear Dan's story and let it touch your heart! During the Spring semester of 1974 Dan Wheeler hosted his first radio show on his college campus radio station in Springfield, MO. That was his first taste of “live broadcasting” and thirty- five years later Dan has logged more than 10,000 hours of live television. That’s more than Jay Leno and David Letterman combined. For the past 20 years, Dan has been one of the top hosts for the number one electronic retailer in the world, QVC. He has interviewed hundreds of superstars from the world of sports, entertainment, politics and industry. His long list of interviewees includes Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Cal Ripken, Jr., George Foreman, Magic Johnson, Bill Russell, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, Bob Hope, Charlton Heston, Morgan Fairchild, Smokey

Todd Miller from The Vinyl Vault in conversation with bassist Stu Hamm, who has played with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Gamble, Greg Howe and many more! He's coming to Toronto to play the Garrison on March 28th 2018, with a bass clinic first at 7p ET, and then the solo bass show featuring tracks from his new release "The Diary Of Patrick Xavier" at 9:30 pm, tickets are available at TicketFly here ==> https://www.ticketfly.com/event/1626865-stuart-hamm-toronto/ The Garrison ==> http://www.garrisontoronto.com/ Stu/Stuart Hamm ==> http://www.StuHamm.com/

Description of this podcast to be supplied by either Justin or Chuck...need additional tags as well as a logo 1400 x 1400 Chuck Bastie chats with Justin Mirigliani about his battle with IBD, and how Checkmates Charity has become his charity of choice.

Probir Chatterjee​ talks about the wealth of knowledge seniors have gained and how to share it.

Stephanie Lanoue this delightful lady shares her way of keeping social with friends...check out the Ladies Lunch and Laugh!

Susan Haughton is a passionate lady who went through a process with her own mother involving long term care and wants to share some advice!

Jane Chapman was let go from her job and wants to let us all know that there is always something else you can do to use your talents...volunteering for one!

Like many others, Jean's family doesn't live very close to her and Jean has found a wonderful way to manage the sadness that pops over her...this is a great idea for everyone!

Bob Harrick, President of Mississauga Seniors Council. www.mississaugaseniorscouncil.com Bob joins us to talk about what the council is and what it does! ​

David McLean shares his personal opinion about cash strapped seniors and the bills they have to pay, he also talks about what other Canadian provinces are doing differently than Ontario, such as deferring property tax, etc.